Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s-a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene" in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful Dead itself-with a Foreword by John Mayer, an Introduction by Dennis McNally, and an Afterword by Brigid Meier."Strange to think back on those days when it was perfect...

Working the graveyard shift is more than just a schedule change—it's a lifestyle. Thriving on the Night Shift is a practical and personal guide for anyone navigating overnight work while balancing family, career growth, and personal well-being.Drawing from a decade of experience, the author shares real-life strategies for adjusting to an unconventional schedule, maintaining health and wellness, and staying connected with family and friends. With personal stories—like nappi...

Greenpeace is known around the world for its activism and education surrounding environmental and biodiversity issues. With a presence in more than 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Greenpeace is undoubtedly a dominant force in the realm of environmental activism.This is the story of how Greenpeace came to be.In September 1971, a small group of activists boarded a small fishing boat in Vancouver, Canada, and headed north towards Amchitka, a tin...

A masterpiece of architectural literature, The Links is the first book that fully addresses the complexities of the golf course in terms of design, construction, and definition of the game. Written in 1926, Robert Hunter conceptualized The Links as a complete study, a manual for golf course architects and design enthusiasts, specifically written to advance the field of study in a way that had never been tried before.Although Hunter was not a golf course architect ...

Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s-a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of 'the scene' in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful Dead itself-with a Foreword by John Mayer, an Introduction by Dennis McNally, and an Afterword by Brigid Meier.'Strange to think back on those days when it was perfect...

This book is a treasure among the works of Robert Hunter. He spent years crafting this saga but sadly was unable to get it published before his death in 2005. The story is a three generational saga — The focus of the story is that of the life of the oldest girl in a large French-Canadian prairie family, Bernadette. Bernadette is always looking for an escape from the stilted life she experiences. We venture with her and feel what it is like to be a child of the prairies in the early part of...

We drive cars with "Save the Whales" bumper stickers, buy aerosol sprays that advertise "no chlorofluorocarbons," and wear T-shirts made from organically grown cotton. All of these "earth friendly" choices and products convince us that we are "thinking globally, acting locally" and saving the planet. But are we really? In this provocative book, J. Robert Hunter asserts that using catchy slogans and symbols to sell the public on environmental conservation is ineffective, misleading, and eve...

Augustine's Confessions: Conversion and Consciousness argues two original positions concerning the structure and meaning of the Confessions by Augustine. The structure is found to be a tool used by Augustine in his earlier pre-Confessions writings in which he uses the Allegory of the Cave in book VII of the Republic by Plato to both describe human consciousness and as a structural framework for his own life story. As with Plato's allegory, Augustine then uses Books X-XIII to do, what the a...

Managing Your Leadership is the first in a series of e.books on business topics that provide and insight and useful approaches to leading and managing a business, an organization, an association, or your own personal life. The CEO Perspective gives you the benefit of the author's more than forty years of proven business perspective along with techniques that can make anyone a better leader. It can be used as a quick reference guide in stratetic vision development as well as day to day resp...

In today’s culture, we all seek rational answers to events that we can’t explain, don’t believe, or have trouble comprehending. Curious Journey: Origins was the first in a series of books in which nationally known civic leader and business entrepreneur Robert Charles Hunter introduced readers to various perspectives of our world, often called elements of the New Age. In Curious Journey: Energy Hunter blends that with the science of today, taking the next logical step to understand Energy a...

An autobiography of a life story path detailing a little boys excitement found in a bag of "penny candy" morphing into ownership of a chocolate factory. This is a self help book with a principle theme of THOUGHT DELIVERS. The reader is the package and the story will take them where they wish to go..."Thought is the fastest mode of transformation". The Thought Train is now boarding...prepare for departure.

In today’s culture, we all seek rational answers to events that we can’t explain, don’t believe or have trouble comprehending. Curious Journey: Origins is the first in a series of books in which nationally known civic leader and business entrepreneur Robert Charles Hunter introduces readers to various perspectives of our world, many known as elements of the New Age. A lot of us are quick to dismiss anything New Age as a possible path to answers about our planet, but even the most logic-bas...