Holy Crap!The History and Evolution of Human Waste and SanitationEvery human being does it. Every society has had to deal with it since the beginning of civilization. And yet we rarely talk about it.Holy Crap! is the fascinating, disgusting, surprising—and often funny—history and evolution of sanitation: how humans have dealt with their waste from ancient cesspits and primitive toilets to modern sewers and sewage treatment.Along th...

Harness the Business Writing Process: E-mail – Letters – Proposals – Reports – Media Releases – Web Content. Ideal for anyone who has to write email, letters, proposals, reports, and web content. Do you find yourself feeling blank when you face the blank page? Do you have a lot to say but don't know where to, or how to, start? Do you suspect your writing tends to go on too long and is not as organized or as focused as it could (or should) be? Have you ever used ASAP in an email me...

Geri: A Post-Pandemic LGBTQ+ Novel About SomethingGeri, a talented but unknown non-binary stand-up comedian and carpenter, navigates their LGBTQ+ life in the city with three LGBTQ+ roommates. The novel is, in some ways, a parody of the heterosexual series, Seinfeld, but it is its own story. Geri will be published mid-October 2020.Main CharactersGeri Sender: a non-binary stand up comedian and carpenter who lives in a house f...

MS & ME: From First Signs, To Diagnosis, To Living With Chronic Illness. What Multiple Sclerosis Is, How It Manifests Itself And What Can And (Unfortunately) Cannot Be Done About It. If you are newly diagnosed with MS, know someone who is, or if you are a caregiver of someone with MS, no doubt you have a lot of questions about MS. MS & ME has a lot of answers. it answers questions about: what is and why is MS, different types of MS, various MS symptoms and medications. It looks at...

Six-Figure Freelancer: How to Find, Price, and Manage Corporate Writing Assignments - Revised & Improved! With more ideas, more detail, more examples, more inspiration and more exercises to get you started and keep you going!Paul Lima was a busy technology freelance writer, earning a six-figure income, during the dot-com boom. When it went bust, so did many of his Information Technology corporate clients. Paul developed new business and marketing plans and within 18 months...

Love. Sick. by Paul Lima.Rachel and Amil were colleagues and friends whose connection hinted at something more—but when Amil admitted his daily, unrelenting headaches and withdrew, they parted ways, each nursing their own struggles. Rachel, secretly battling multiple sclerosis, never revealed her condition, leaving both with unspoken questions and unresolved feelings. Life moves on, and when Rachel takes over as manager of a credit union branch on Roncesvalles Avenue in To...

Chronic: A Sick Person Writes is dedicated to everyone living with a chronic condition. There are more of us than one might imagine. We just don’t make a lot of noise about it.There are many books about overcoming adversity. This is not one of them. There are far fewer books that simply say, “This is what living with chronic illness is really like.” This is one of them, and it is a perspective you may appreciate because it is genuine rather than an attempt to be artificial...

The Other Half by Paul LimaThe end of the world doesn’t arrive with fire—it begins with absence...It begins as “an incident.” A few cities. A few unexplained cases. Then the truth becomes impossible to deny...For Daniel, an ordinary man living an ordinary life, the catastrophe unfolds through television screens, anxious phone calls, empty streets, and the slow realization that nothing—from relationships to governments to civilization itself—can survive unchanged.

Ramblings: Poetry & Haiku Collection is dedicated to chronically ill people everywhere. Ah, what the heck… and to healthy people too.

Before there was a Toronto, there was a town called York. Before the Town of York, or Muddy York as it was called, the area belonged to indigenous people. Hence the Pre-York name in my subtitle. Toronto grew and was surrounded by five suburbs. A provincial government merged Toronto with his suburbs, creating the Mega City. Hence the Post-Amslgamation in my subtitle. In short, this book is the History of Toronto, from before it became the Town of York until after it becsme the Mega City it ...

The Evolution of Writing Tools is a journey through human civilization, capturing the development of communication methods and tools used to write and print, from primitive drawings to advanced digital tools. This book delves into the various stages of the evolution of writing and printing tools over time and highlighting the innovations, the people behind them, and their impact on society.The book includes a chapter on the evolution of printing presses.

How to Use AI to Write and Publish Your Book. This how-to guide is designed to take you through the exciting journey of using artificial intelligence (AI) to write, design, format, and publish your own book. By the end of this book, you will have the knowledge and tools required to create professional-quality electronic books (e-books) and print books, set up accounts on major self-publishing platforms, and successfully publish and promote your work. Whether you’re a first-time au...