Kirjahaku

The Camel's Hoof is about Earth. Most of us know we are doing damage to our environment and this book explains the origins and the extant of that damage through the fictional life of Maggie Smith. Maggie's story contrasts the industrial world's environment to that of the Amazon jungle as a backdrop to her struggles to find peace in her life. A peace that reconciles the modern with the primitive. It sets rules as what to and what not to do with focus always being the protection of a flourishing Earth.

A Gag Gift. A recipe for every day of the week and every week of the year. Sheet music for special occasions in the back.

A Gag Gift. A recipe for every day of the week and every week of the year. Sheet music for special occasions in the back.

Olon's story is about the survival struggles of primitive people in a vastly modern ecologically unsound world that wealds temporary powers over them. In more detail it is about the struggles of the Taglusi Capybara to survive as a food source for the Bantulo tribe of the Amazon river basin. Olon was chosen by fate to be the person who carries the battle of the Bantulo tribe through the Brazilian government courts. It's a story full of intrigue, murder, court battles and adventures in and out of the Amazonian jungles with many cliffhangers.

Rich with intrigue, court battles and murder the novel Amazon is about the perils facing the future of the Amazonian river basin. It explains the effects of logging, mining and conservation efforts on the local indigenous populations that have lived there forever. The main characters are Maggie and her adopted daughter Olon who attempt to save the forests and their inhabitants from these modern forces that lack long range sightedness of the irreversible damage they are doing.

The Amazon is burning because we are not good stewards of the land. The seas and oceans are becoming depleted of life because we are not good stewards of them. The air we breathe is becoming polluted because we are not good stewards of the air. In the past 540 million years it has been estimated that there have been five major extinctions when over 50% of animal species died. Humans have been indiscriminately and arrogantly consuming the Earth's life sustaining habitats for the past 150 years or so and it is time to pay the Earth back.

Contrary to popular belief we are on the cusp of a major extinction event that is totally within the laws of nature. There is no question human activity is driving this event by exhuming ancient remains and resurrecting the conditions in existence back 600 million years ago. It is as if nature is saying the current conditions are not sustainable and Earth needs to reset and return to a previous point in time. Life after all is the process of a chemical compound toppling other structures in order to build up its own. This toppling and building process requires energy and on Earth this energy comes mostly from the Sun. So, sit back and enjoy the ride with music, song and dance for we are on a rudderless ship and mother nature holds the secret to where we are going.

Ard is the third planet orbiting the star QRT103 in the Rusty Riggins galaxy which is 300 million light years away from our Milky Way. It is a sterile planet which was exactly what the federation wanted. As QRT103 rose in the sky warming up two aliens, they started to move around and stumbled upon a plaque with the following inscription: (--- The High Command of the Zulficar Federation's Right of Passage Instructions for Citizenship: You are to bring forth one billion species to a state of stability on this barren planet. Only then will you be allowed to be citizens of the federation and return to the planet Zanab where you will choose a mate and have the opportunity to prosper and pursue happiness. ---) And so, the battle lines were drawn between those of the forces of nature and the intelligentsia in determining the future of life on the planet Ard. On the one hand nature wanted to start out simple and let life evolve more complex as it gained a footing in the intricate environment. But the intelligentsia wanted to start out at an advanced and involved level and create a superior design that was spawned from its Idealism.

Human life arose on Earth more than three million years ago. How the first human cooperative systems emerged from seemingly selfish origins is an area of intense research, spanning biology, game theory and economics. Globus: The Economic Bases for Cooperation is a ground breaking book that reveals in 26 chapters paradigm busting ways on how to think about cooperating human groups in terms of efficiency of work and ultimately of reproduction. It represents the thinking of a leading philosopher/scientist on questions that engage us all on what cooperation is and how it evolves. Hassan Rasheed brings his ideas of cooperation through a shift of thinking to a wider audience of general readers by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative, explaining it in a way that isn't overwhelming for non-science majors and adds questions for the student to prompt critical thinking.

Book two is a compilation of Egyptian folk songs and games. All collected from the streets of Cairo and villages of Egypt around 1940's, 50's and 60's, most put to music and translated by Bahiga Mahmoud Sidki.

It has long been the desire of philosophers to have a way to express their ideas in terms of mathematical equations. "The God Equation" attempts to do just that. It starts out analyzing the philosophical question in biological terms of survival and evolutionary trends. It then proposes an equation for the concept of a God based on the ability of humans to cooperate or compete. In doing so, Hassan Rasheed has been able to bridge the long standing gap between evolution and religion. It is hoped these two subjects of study and worship can now coexist in harmony; a long lasting desire of many. Hassan Rasheed brings his ideas of God through a shift of thinking to a wider audience by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative for non-science majors and adds questions for the student to prompt critical analysis.

Altruism: The Economic Bases uncovers why we have not been able crack open the reason for its existence in economic and biological terms. In addition it proposes a way to look at altruism visa vie the population in which it exists with economic formulas that show altruism as a profitable mode of behavior contrary to popular belief. The book then concludes with an experiment in which the evolution of altruism is shown to be possible and sustainable in the computer laboratory. Hassan Rasheed brings his philosophy of life through a shift from traditional thinking to a wider audience by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative and adds questions to prompt critical analysis.

Humanity is overshooting the limits of what is biologically sustainable on the planet Earth. This overshoot will result in the collapse of the environment's ability to support much of the biosphere. We must act rapidly and effectively to reverse this calamity and reduce our ecological footprint. The past thirty years have been largely wasted since the consequences of our failing to act were detected and detailed. This book gives a picture of the upcoming dark 30 to 100 years and attempts to shed some light to guide the reader in seeing what the alternatives are. Unlike other books in this field, it explores and sets a target to be achieved in order to avert disaster. This target is based on the function and relationship of life to the sun and the Earth.

Hassan Rasheed's "The Wrong Turn" is a unique treatment of how humanity has evolved to the point of running amok on its precious Earth. It starts out by describing how pre-civilized life on Earth worked and, in many ways, tries to work at the present time. It then moves on to the strategy adapted by the civilized to achieve success at the individual and cultural levels and the effects of these strategies on the state of the natural process of the Earth. It takes the view that the current conditions are ripe for a catastrophe and the extinction of humanity and a host of other species in the process. Yet, it bravely accepts this future with the realization that Nature does not speak like we do but communicates by chemical reactions that follow the laws of physics. Humans do not have to carry the burden of guilt as many do for the upcoming biotic catastrophe. After all we are also reacting chemicals obeying the natural laws of physics. So, sit back and enjoy the ride with art, music, song and dance for we are on a rudderless ship and mother nature holds the secret to where we are going.