About The Author: Author of "The Gods Played Here", the first book in the Message Series, Karen La Mantia believes: Just because the news is bad, doesnt mean we cant have fun with it. and wrote The Message book series for a humorous and informative look at the state of our Planet and the state of our minds. "There is much we can do to improve our world, Neighbors. It starts with our visions for positive change and ends with a healed and just world. Read the books. They've already started to come true. Mobile Tales: This second book in The Message Book series chronicles more adventures of miraculous Neighbors, just like you and me, as we transform our world. Coming in 2002: The Gospels According to Reverend Ike is the third book in The Message series. Ike "The Preacher" tells the tales humanity needs to hear to accept Different Minds. He hears them at the Abiding Light Sanitarium for the Mentally Ill and then passes them on! Welcome Neighbor! Join Earth Neighbors at www.earthneighborhood.com , read more about the characters from the Message Books, find out what is transforming our world and the positive things you can do, today.

THE SELECTION OF Tales and Bedtime Stories in this book was written over the last forty years with many of them read to the author’s son, Douglas George Spencer, when a child. At times, the author tape recorded a story to be listened to by Spencer at bedtime. The stories were inspired by an incident or by a city or by a country. The longer stories, such as Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong were read over several nights. Spencer was asked what would happen next to Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong or what would they do. Spencer’s thoughts were often incorporated into the story before the next part was written and read to him. Creating tales or bedtime stories continued long after Spencer no longer needed them.

“Apocalypse Now insanity . . . if this is what one soldier saw in seven months, imagine the sum total of the inhumanity being perpetuated in Iraq” (Toronto Star). The first memoir from a soldier who deserted from the war in Iraq, and a vivid and damning indictment of the American military campaign, The Deserter’s Tale is “destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . a substantial contribution to history” (Los Angeles Times). In Spring 2003, young Oklahoman Joshua Key was sent to Ramadi as part of a combat engineer company. It was not the campaign against terrorists and evildoers he had expected. Key saw Iraqi civilians beaten, shot, and killed, or maimed for little or no provocation. After seven months in Iraq, Key was home on leave and knew he could not return. So he took his family and went underground in the United States, finally seeking asylum in Canada after fourteen months in hiding. Detailing the grinding horrors of life as part of an occupying force, The Deserter’s Tale is the story of a conservative-minded family man and patriot who went to war believing unquestioningly in his government’s commitment to integrity and justice, and how what he saw in Iraq transformed him into someone who could no longer serve his country. “Devastating . . . The questions [Key] raises . . . will not go away.” —Daily Kos “A tearjerker . . . Lawrence Hill, the award-winning Canadian novelist and journalist who helped Key write The Deserter’s Tale, does a marvelous job preserving Key’s authentic voice. The writing is fluid, crisp and compelling. The story is shocking.” —Montreal Gazette

From the creators of There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight comes a fun fractured fairy tale about an aspiring chef who mistakenly turns story ingredients into delectable dishes. . . . Uh-oh! In the magical land of fairy tales, William doesn’t quite fit in. He’d rather poach pears than pursue princesses, and he values gnocchi over knighthood. . . . When he stumbles on a delivery of food destined for Fairy-Tale Headquarters (a pumpkin, apples, and a few measly beans), he decides to spice things up and whips the paltry ingredients into delectable dishes. But as you might have guessed, Snow White’s wicked stepmother doesn’t exactly want her magic apple baked and drizzled with caramel. The team that brought you There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight delivers a hilariously fractured, whipped, and souffléed fairy tale that is chock-full of delicious details and jokes to satisfy every appetite.

A compelling novel of business intrigue, suspense, and transformation from a critically acclaimed author In an exciting departure from his writing on leadership, corporate culture, and strategic change, Craig Hickman, the author of such titles as Creating Excellence and Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader, gives us a compelling tale of corporate intrigue and innovation. A suspenseful business novel that engages the reader on every dramatic level while teaching important lessons on how to be a more effective innovator and creative problem-solver, An Innovator's Tale focuses on the trials and tribulations of a newly promoted vice president who has been thrust into a world of corporate turnaround, duplicity, and espionage. Readers learn by her example as she discovers and applies four different levels and five critical stages of innovation, while struggling to contain containing the damage done by stolen business secrets, computer hacking, and high-level company officers who are not quite what they seem to be.

Senator Bernie Sanders has made exposure of 1%%, and the power they hold over all of us, a central point of his campaign. But this constant harping and harassing of the Wealthiest of our society, have left them confused and isolated. One man recognizes their plight and builds a safe place, a sanctuary where they will be accepted and allowed to breath free. But not without consequences! This is a humorous journey into coincidence, politics, the unleashed power of wealth, current events and a hop, skip, jump into a World many will rarely visit! What Bernie is saying doesn't even scratch the surface!

This book is a collection of 'real' events and happenings from either Phil or Glenn, whilst working as 'private hire' taxi drivers. All the 'tales' are described as they actually happened. The 'tales' range from funny, to utterly shocking and some absolutely unbelievable, but 'all' actually happened. Hats off from the authors to all the hard working fellow 'taxi drivers'!