Germany is most often credited with the birth of the internal combustion engine. France gave rise to the first credible motor industry. The United States added a little Yankee ingenuity and came up with its own version of both. While the American automobile industry got off to a bumpy start, by 1908, U.S. automobile production had surpassed that of European manufacturers. When the outbreak of World War I all but halted European production of passenger cars, American auto makers took advantage of the opportunity to establish a toehold in Europe. During the war and for two decades after,...

Why would a modern-day Scrooge toss $1 million in cash to strangers on the street? The Billionaire's Gift: A Spiritual Business Parable is an inspiring tale about finding greater meaning and purpose in our lives, whether we're rich or poor, young or old. The billionaire is a coldhearted CEO and modern-day Scrooge who reveres his vast assets, his corporate conquests, his hidden vaults of gold. But when his health fails, he finds that all of his riches cannot bring him joy, nor heal his spirit. He seeks a higher calling than the unending pursuit of earthly goods. To his surprise, the CEO...

When Alice McCleish's gardener Brian unearths an object of great archaeological significance deep under the compost heap it is not only Alice and her burgeoning friendship with Margaret Allerton, retired Professor of Anthropology, that are affected: the family, friends and neighbours of Alice, who people the narrative, are also touched by subsequent events. Alice and Margaret find themselves questioning long-held beliefs about the material and spiritual world that surrounds them; and both women find their lives transformed unalterably by their newfound companionship. Serendipity puts Alice's...

Mindfulness Practices AND Changes in Body Posture, Position and Movement. Answers all questions about thoughts that arise in meditation practice. Guides through body and movement assessment and practice. Lea Wilson discovered what many people suffering with the agonizing and emotionally stressful pelvic pain disorder already knew: Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) is a poorly understood clinical syndrome of related diagnoses AND research has verified huge difficulties in effective treatment. Affecting as many as 9% of men, Chronic Pelvic Pain continues to baffle the clinicians. Her husband's...

"O wad some Power the giftie gie us/To see oursels as ithers see us " But what if it's the other way round? New technology records the highlights of emotional experience for others to share. Buy a helmet and you can feel the exhilaration of an Olympic ski jumper, or the heat of a lucid dreamer's erotic imaginings. Commit a crime, and you may be sentenced to endure the suffering you inflicted on others. But such recordings may carry more information than the public has realized. What will criminals learn about their victims? When a husband is wrongfully convicted of injuring his wife, how will...

Praise for The Essence of Aptitude: **************************************************************************************************************** "A true page turner. The plot is imaginative and the writing is beautiful and poetic. The first page draws you in and the characters stay with you long after the last." **************************************************************************************************************** "Bajaj is able to successfully encapsulate the emotions of institutional turmoil as well as familial displacement in both a well crafted, and suspenseful novel."...

The Fracture grows more powerful by the day. Juliet struggles to unite the Council before the Great Empire of Corpus is overtaken by war. Captured and broken, Gwendolyn and Nyx fight to survive. The Cerebrum and the Fracture scramble to raise their armies. As tensions rise, ghosts of the past threaten to resurface. New alliances are forged in the wake of tremendous losses. In the explosive continuation of the events of The Essence of Aptitude, the fate of the Empire is decided once and for all, with betrayal and suspense lurking around every corner.