An enigmatic traveler, a withdrawn clerk, a lonely careerist and a morally-challenged artist are among the odd characters in this set of early short stories written in and around the 1980s.

Paris Remains revisits characters Dave, Aisling, Jeff and Marie later in life as sad news causes them all to return to Paris. Though they haven't been in close touch over the years, they are inextricably linked together by their shared pasts, and the act of revisiting Paris challenges each of them to reconsider their direction in life and the choices that have led them to the present.This novelette by Robert David Duncan shares some intriguing connective tissue with other works inc...

In the days and weeks following their friend's memorial in Paris, friends Dave, Aisling, Marie and Jeff ponder what to do next in life, each finding that they have reached some sort of crossroads. Meanwhile, street artist Spirit has a trick or two up his sleeve.Après Paris adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

You want to make movies but dont know where to start. It seems there are too many barriers like lack of knowledge, money, and equipment. Plus, you never went to film school. I wrote this book for you. Together we will make your first film, a one-minute micro short, and get it entered into festivals. We will do this all with your existing resources. Sound good? Lets go!

A definitive bicentennial history of Alabama and its place in the American South.Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state’s bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama’s evolution. Organized chronologically and divided into t...

Multisided Platforms: Evaluating launch conditions deals with a specific type of organisation, the multisided platform that operates in multisided markets with positive feedback effects. These are some of the most exciting and valuable but rare organisations. Examples can be found in a variety of settings from postal delivery, shopping malls, print publishing, open source software projects, through to internet based social media, to name a few instances.Th...

Eccentrics, oddballs and free spirits inhabit the worlds of these extremely short stories by Robert David Duncan.

We all have secrets hidden somewhere in our past. Many are of little value, while others may be sources of embarrassment. What if your secrets could hurt or harm those closest to you?Captain Mark Styler is blamed by his daughter and extended family for his wife Katherine's death. Chantal, the Android and her secret fugitive past, and Sara, the ship's computer, will cause trouble for all those who know her.These three individuals live and work on the Marvel, a priva...

After the final battle for the City, the great warrior Hector, former Chieftain of the Gatherers, along with Pont the Merchant, embarks on a voyage of adventure to the far south of the Great Sea. And to record their escapades in his grubby, food and wine stained journal, here again is the repellent Urgus. Little escapes his caustic eye; whether in desperate fights with outlandish renegades or a disturbing encounter with a lost tribe, whose exquisite manners conceal an unsavoury inclination...

In choosing a price type an organisation signals its strategic intent, as it does with its choice of market positioning strategy. Price type, unlike market positioning strategy is an observable signal, and one that competitors respond to.There are multiple roots underpinning the formulation of the price types. These roots include the characteristics of the contract type, availability of information, economic effects to be activated, and bargaining power. The propos...

In the late 1870s, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the town of Elyton (near the future Birmingham) became the focus of a remarkable industrial and mining revolution. Together with the surrounding counties, the area was penetrated by railroads. Surprisingly large deposits of bituminous coal, limestone, and iron ore—the exact ingredients for the manufacture of iron and, later, steel—began to be exploited. Now, with transportation, modern extractive techniques, and capital, the region’s geolog...