Animals are disappearing all over Cairo, Egypt and nobody knows why. A new detective moves to town and soon gets on the case. Walid Shabeezar and his best friends, along with his parents and a strong military escort, set off on a trip across the kingdom to visit his old village, and they have no idea that someone will use a frightening and mysterious force in an effort to stop them.In the midst of the most unexpected and oddest adventure yet, Walid and Mafulla will discover new pos...

Discover the secrets to building great morale and productivity in your organization, drawing on the timeless wisdom of classical philosophy.In If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge he garnered from a lifetime of studying history's wisest thinkers and shows how to apply their ideas in today's business environment. Morris finds inspiration in the teachings of a wide array of t...

A short horror story based on the Lovecraftian Necronomicon. Two academics thought they could unravel the secrets of this diabolical book but it destroyed them both.

Ego. Power. Self-Focused Grandiosity. Inventions out of control. These forces now threaten us all on a scale never before seen. And it[s all about an inner motivational structure, a mindset, named here as "The Frankenstein Factor" that we can resist.Pioneering public philosopher and bestselling author Tom Morris analyzes the source behind the most challenging problems of the present, with sharp and needed insights from our most astute poets, playwrights, and novelists. This book br...

Intended to be the first in a series of short publications dealing with alchemy and the alchemists this is the biography of Thomas Charnock (1524,6 - 1581). At an early age he was left destitute by the machinations of his uncle who none-the-less awoke his interest by leaving him a library of alchemical books. He lived in relative poverty, his hopes of gaining the Philosopher's Stone constantly frustrated and, despite an ill-fated attempt to gain royal recognition, died in obscurity in a So...

The author of Making Sense of It All and Plato’s Lemonade Stand offers a roadmap to help readers make the most of their daily lives.Throughout the ages, plenty of people have written and spoken about success and excellence. But leave it to contemporary philosopher and popular business speaker Tom Morris to gather the best of it into a universal tool kit for achieving nearly any goal. From a clear CONCEPTION of what we want, to a stubborn CONSISTEN...

Awakening Memory is a practical, encouraging guide to exploring your life experiences and expressing these in your own voice through memoir writing. Based on workshops for non-professional writers led by the author, this book will inspire you to start writing, help develop your writing skills, explain the roles of storytelling and personal essays in a memoir, guide you step-by-step from writing first drafts to producing your final, satisfying memoir, and even help you start your own memoir...

As leader of his tribe Hrothgar believed it was his responsibility to ensure their wellbeing – whatever the cost.

Steve Jobs: In some ways, he was like a Socrates in Silicon Valley. Throughout his life, he embodied a spirit of endless curiosity on a quest to expose limited assumptions and leave behind the flimsy opinions of those who had not dared to think deeply enough. He stripped away people’s illusions through fierce challenges and tough questioning. And as a result, he blazed new paths whose influence will likely never disappear. This book explores the philosophical operating system behind his gr...

The action is unexpected, and the philosophical ideas are deep. A vicious attack, a dubious new ambassador, shocking murders, and several assassins on the loose, a boat trip down the Nile, a terrible accident, a strange little book with secrets, and a major battle take their places in The King and Prince, Book Four in the adventure series Walid and the Mysteries of Phi.The realities behind appearances, synchronicity, intuition, happiness, power and meaning, life and death, evil and...

The sad tale of a family driven from their ancestral home when the neighbours found their way of life unaccepatable.

Two powerful individuals have vanished. A prince has been transformed overnight into a king. A stranger wakes up on a church pew in New York City with no memory, but possessing unusual abilities. His unexpected arrival leads to a bizarre rescue mission that connects up with equally strange events in Egypt. Nazi assassins suddenly descend on Cairo and New York in a desperate search for an ancient scroll that may contain the most coveted secret of all time. They will stop at nothing to succe...