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The British government had few imperial administrators in the American colonies and perhaps fewer ways to exert its authority by force, yet Americans rarely questioned that authority until the eve of the American Revolution. The empire worked and Americans accepted British rule not because they feared the government, but rather because they had effective methods for influencing it to their own benefit.

Alison Olson reveals a source of that influence in networks of interest groups working cooperatively in England and America. Between 1640 and 1790 voluntary interest groups emerged in...

Bill Nelson is a disengaged principal of a suburban high school and a bored husband stuck in a stale marriage. He is jolted out of his complacent life when a young teacher, Penny Spindrift, dies in a fire in her portable classroom. Unable to fathom how such a horrific event could happen at his school, Bill begins a life changing search to discover a resolution to his treadmill career and his stale marriage.

Bill's search begins with his attempt to understand how the fire started and why Penny Spindrift did not escape. A few days after the fire, Bill reluctantly meets with Penny's...

SALMON JOURNEY presents a thought provoking point of view on how to live a loving life in conscious harmony with nature, science, and religious faith. In a unique blend of science, theology, and psychology, SALMON JOURNEY imaginatively traces Ken Olson's quest to find a genuine path to living an authentic Christian life. Ken, doubting who he was and unsure of what the future might hold for him, revealed in SALMON JOURNEY his personal search to find a way that recognized the truth of scientific discoveries and yet allowed room for religious belief. To phrase this search as a question: How...

After winning at Texas Holdem I decided to show Kate my good fortune and after buying a round of drinks, I headed for Kate's.

This area of town wasn't the safest place to be walking at night, so I planned on hailing a cab, as soon as one came by. I had only gone five or six blocks, when a punk came out of an alley with a knife, and demanded my wallet. I laughed at him thinking he doesn't know what I have under my arm, and he was about to get the surprise of his life. Then something hit me on the head from behind. My head was buzzing like mad, and I knew I was in trouble. I tried...

Okay, I'm being a bit facetious and that is not an actual headline. But if you have ever tried formatting a picture book for Createspace, you know that it can be a frustrating process. I used to spend hours and hours of swearing at my computer whenever I tried to get a picture book published on Createspace. For some reason,...