Energy drives the economy, economics informs policy, and policy affects social outcomes. Most economists and politicians delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs that affect income inequality, growth, debt, and climate change. Targeted Age Group:: academic What Inspired You to Write Your Book? Carey W. King, PhD, is a research scientist at UT Austin and Asst. Director at the Energy Institute. His research is related to how energy systems interact within the … [Read more...] about The Economic Superorganism by Carey W King, PhD
In a Flash by William Mangieri
Jimmy was a good cop, but age and changing times were getting the better of him. If he could only get an edge, take advantage of some of that new-fangled tech - what would be the harm? I mean, everybody cheats a little, don’t they? Just be careful not to get caught… Read “In a Flash” to see how Jimmy gets himself out of trouble. "In a Flash" is a sci-fi/crime short story, the first in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series. If you like a little self-deprecation and humor (think Rockford Files) with … [Read more...] about In a Flash by William Mangieri
Re.Think CULTURE by OLUWAmuyiwa
Problems like greed, corruption in communities persist because more than before, we are losing consciousness of the idea of Community and unless we act as such, no true sustainable development can be assured. This has led to so many contradicting versions of how we live and sparked up controversies destructive competitions instead of a shared interest in the prosperity within and between communities by the virtue of Conformity to a True Standard of life. If care is not taken, there would be no … [Read more...] about Re.Think CULTURE by OLUWAmuyiwa
Tentoria by Sorin
Halfway through the 22nd century, mankind enters into a new world war to produce the first generation of Tentorians: an army of bionic humans made up as a last ditch solution to establish peace. With functioning bodies and human intelligence, they are the first genuine success in the artificial improvement. In time, the Tentorians come officially to be a nation, showing more and more their true nature: blood and power-thirsty, human-bodied machines. Thus, in the 25th century, the great powers … [Read more...] about Tentoria by Sorin
Tentoria by Sorin Banu
Halfway through the 22nd century, mankind enters into a new world war to produce the first generation of Tentorians: an army of bionic humans made up as a last ditch solution to establish peace. With functioning bodies and human intelligence, they are the first genuine success in the artificial improvement. In time, the Tentorians come officially to be a nation, showing more and more their true nature: blood and power-thirsty, human-bodied machines. Thus, in the 25th century, the great powers … [Read more...] about Tentoria by Sorin Banu
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican In March 1896, Widow Evaline "Evvy" Amstel has been left with a tremendous debt―before he was murdered, her husband had promised to build and deliver a revolutionary airship, The Empress of the Clouds, to Erasmus Marchand, an embittered Southern millionaire who resents the fact that the damned Yankees won the Civil War. Now that Amstel is dead, no one in Joplin, Missouri, a zinc/lead mining boomtown, knows where the Empress is . . . or if it even … [Read more...] about The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
Coined Reality by Carlos Gomez
It is almost 2020 and society has been hijacked by fear, uncertainty and disinformation. Powerful people with hidden agendas are padding social media and traditional channels with lies and nonsense. Everything with the aim of covering the largest conspiracy in human history. Ceth Fleming, a tech savvy lawyer, navigates the turbulent waters of collusion and corruption among the major banks CEO’s, high government officials and drug kingpins between the United States of America and … [Read more...] about Coined Reality by Carlos Gomez
Interview with Author – Carmen Andersen
About carmen andersen: Carmen Andersen is the founder of CSB Innovations and the creator of Theatre Books, a new and innovative way to illustrate children’s books. “For every crazy idea my family wished I had never had,” reads the dedication written on CSB’s first book. Carmen has always had the spirit of an entrepreneur, and this idea is just one of many. “What if” and “wouldn’t it be cool if” are common phrases for her. It took 40 years for one of those “What if’s” to come to life. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Carmen Andersen
Interview with Author – H S Rivney
About H S Rivney: Holly Rivney was born in southern California at the tail end of the Baby Boom era. Beginning her writing before high school, she considered teaching English as a career. An extroverted introvert, however, she pursued another avenue to avoid human interaction, animal sciences, but kept drifting back to the pen and paper. Led astray into the corporate world by the desire to buy groceries, she kept her foot in the door by writing technical manuals, dabbling in copy writing, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – H S Rivney
The Secret Keepers by Geoffrey M Gluckman
In this sequel, when Sara Nardell and Peter Wellington meet with a man telling a tale of an upscale brothel in the heart of Manhattan, it disrupts the easy life of reunion that Sara and Frank Revere have enjoyed over the last year and a half. Peter springs into action and assembles the Team, now part of a United Nations Special Operations unit. And Sara soon discovers a world rampant with sex trafficking, from Vancouver to China. What begins as a relatively simple mission blows up into … [Read more...] about The Secret Keepers by Geoffrey M Gluckman
Interview with Author – Nicole Sallak Anderson
About Nicole Sallak Anderson: Nicole Sallak Anderson is a Computer Science graduate from Purdue University. After graduation, she developed encryption and network security software, which inspired both the storyline and the science behind the eHuman Trilogy—both eHuman Dawn and eHuman Deception are available at Amazon, the third installment is expected in early 2016. She currently lives with her husband and two teenaged sons on two acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, where … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Nicole Sallak Anderson
Interview with Author – Susan Louise Peterson
About Susan Louise Peterson: Susan Louise Peterson is an experienced school psychologist and award winning author. She has worked in the inner city schools of Las Vegas, NV for more than twenty years. Susan has conducted over 1000 assessments on young children with autism and developmental delays. She is the author of over ten books in the areas of education, research, autism and school psychology topics. What inspires you to write? My love of writing started early as I wrote speeches for … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Susan Louise Peterson
