These stories illustrate the importance of investments (leading to jobs), education (basics in reading, writing, math, personal and public health), and political awareness (understanding how politics work) in raising the standard of living, usually simultaneous with developing a middle class, in third and second world societies.A DREAM TO IMPROVE THE REALITY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLDThese stories illustrate the importance of the following:Invest...

Follow along with orphaned siblings, Nadesh and Petra, as they make a new home in Big Tree Land after being kidnapped by pirates! A kind lady takes them into her home, a refuge for lost and orphaned children. Not everyone is happy with their arrival, but lucky for them most of the other kids took a vote and decided to let them stay. Nadesh and Petra discover what it means to live in a democracy, a place where not only everyone has to pitch in and do chores, but most importantly, everyone i...

Peace is not a policy. It's a way of lifeThe world awaits PEACE. But peace, if it is to be successfully accomplished, requires a plan, one that can be realized. Volumes abound on dusty shelves of the world's libraries which contain lofty, if not utopian, plans for peace. In this book I offer another plan aimed toward peace. I call it The Global Peace Village Initiative. I dream the dream of global peace too. But this plan has a new twist. It bypasses the need for n...

...the mystery is real......connection with the Unknown...These spiritual stories are universal in nature and do not represent any one religion. If you believe in a Supreme Creator, you will enjoy the stories. Dr. Epps encourages each person to have a relationship with their Creator, no matter what religion they do or don't practice. He hopes Native Americans, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Christians and any others will all be inspired ...

Freedom and democracy are important, but they will not survive long if they are not supported by a robust economy to which all players have equal access. For the most part, in a free market system, merit, wits and hard work will be rewarded; and when they are rewarded, the entire society benefits. This author strongly believes that democracy and robust economy go hand in hand and that free enterprise is the best way of achieving that robust economy!Welcome. I hope you enjoy...

This series is written to teach and inspire children about democracy, rule of law, free enterprise and so on. It is intended to help them see the merits of these institutions so that they will seek to put them into actual practice in their personal and professional lives as they mature. As they grow up to work or create businesses, think about politics, and prepare their own children to take their place in the world, we want them to have the ideas and resources to create a world that is go...

Every community needs entrepreneurs if a strong economy is to develop.Entrepreneur Discovery is a six-weekend training program that discovers who has the natural aptitude to be an entrepreneur and then educates and arms men and women around the world with the tools necessary to end poverty in their neighborhoods.It is entrepreneurs who see business opportunities where others do not. They have the drive to put the idea into practice and make a profit. It is not...