Eurozone Dystopia traces the origin of the Eurozone and shows how the historical Franco-German rivalry combined with the growing dominance of neo-liberal economic thinking to create a monetary system that was deeply flawed and destined to fail. It argues that the political class in Europe is trapped in a destructive groupthink which prevents it from seeing their own policy failures. Millions are unemployed as a result and the member states are caught in a cycle of persistent stagnation and...

After the Memorial Day weekend, 1982, the manager of the JC Penney store in Monroe, Wisconsin discovered an overnight break-in and cash receipts stolen from a locked safe in his office. He immediately called the Chief of Police, Brandon Johns, to report the theft. Johns contacted the Forensics team in Madison and along with Detective Samantha Gates, drew up a plan to solve the burglary and recover the stolen money.Two days later, the murdered body of Ted Garwell was discovered in h...

On Labor Day weekend, 1980, Boy Scout Troop #101 scheduled a weekend campingtrip on the Schmidt farm located outside the City of Monroe, Wisconsin. As oneof the scouts was digging a fire pit on the edge of the grove, he unearthed skeletalremains. Everyone got excited speculating what those bones could be. The Scoutleader promptly called the police to report the finding.Upon inspection, Police Chief Brandon Johns called pathologist Dr. Ken to examine...

In the summer of 1977, in Monroe, Wisconsin, the sudden death of an elderly man who was living alone in his house looked like an accidental fall down a flight of stairs. However, Police Chief Brandon Johns and Det. Samantha Gates weren’t totally convinced. Was it a suspicious death? A week later, a second victim, an elderly woman living alone in her house, met the same fate. Were the two deaths connected? Also, in 1977, the artifacts from the burned-out house of Fiona Brown went on sale at...

On Halloween night in Monroe, Wisconsin, four teenagers, looking for a scary adventure, were double- dared into visiting a haunted pioneer cemetery on a farm place outside the city limits. Summing up all the courage they could muster, the teens made their way to the farm and touched the hand of the weeping angel located at the center of the grave markers. Mission accomplished! But the baying of a farm dog got their attention that led them to an unimaginable horror! The police were called i...

This third book of William Manning looks back at experiences gained while living in Vere, and includes relevant information during important periods in the history of Jamaica.The Tate & Lyle Corporation of England, which owned The West Indies Sugar Company, operated two sugar making organizations in Jamaica; Frome in Westmoreland, and Monymusk in Vere, Clarendon. Vere was a major producer of cane sugar in Jamaica.The Monymusk group played a major part in the life of people wh...

How far would an alien immigrant have to travel to get to America? How much did they have to endure to arrive in America? What would it cost a young immigrant girl? Or even a young boy? Once arriving in America, what would happen to them? Worst of all, how would America treat them? Don't answer these questions too fast. Give it some serious thought. God himself knows what it's like to leave his country and journey to a far country""living wherever he could find a place to sleep, not sure w...

In March 1973, Norman Munz, a confessed killer, dies in prison from pneumonia. Twenty-two years earlier, he was arrested and sent to prison for the murder of Monroe police officer Gregory Figi. Over the years, his mother, Phyllis Munz, had petitioned the police and the governor to reopen the case. She was convinced that her son was innocent, and a grave injustice had occurred. Her determination and absolute belief in his innocence never wavered. Her son languishing in prison for a murder h...

Reflections on architecture and the exchange of information in the spaces and places of the city, from the necessity of skyscrapers in an age of Web sites to cities as talent magnets, from architectural bling to the neo-minimalism of the new MoMA.The meaning of a message, says William Mitchell, depends on the context of its reception. "Shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater produces a dramatically different effect from barking the same word to a squad of soldiers wit...

Function and meaning in architecture and elsewhere, from tongue-in-cheek instructions for creating a surveillance state to reflections on the architecture of the potato chip.World's Greatest Architect: Making, Meaning, and Network CultureArtifacts (including works of architecture) play dual roles; they simultaneously perform functions and carry meaning. Columns support roofs, but while the sturdy Tuscan and Doric types traditionally signify masculinity, the slim an...

How to leave behind our unwieldy, gas-guzzling, carbon dioxide–emitting vehicles for cars that are green, smart, connected, and fun.This book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. The cars we drive today follow the same underlying design principles as the Model Ts of a hundred years ago and the tail-finned sedans of fifty years ago. In the twenty-first century, cars are still made for twentieth-century purposes. They are inefficient for providing...

Drawn from actual events in the author's life, this touching story explores the relationship between two brothers, their adventures in rental homes, what a home is, and how a home is made.