Kirjahaku

Happy Valley School was an outgrowth of the work of The Five Point House, a private charitable foundation organized in 1850 to relieve the distressed conditions of an area in New York City known as the "Five Point District."

Communication, the lifeblood of every society has undergone tremendous advances over the centuries. One of the earliest messages, as recorded in the Old Testament of the Bible, was transported by a dove to Noah in the form of an olive branch. Moses inscribed the Ten Commandments in stone tablets to stress their importance and to etch into the memory of his people lasting principles of human conduct. The Chinese developed a Post House Relay System that used mounted couriers to deliver messages on paper. The ancient Romans, Mayans, and Incas developed systems to relay messages. This very basic need to communicate over a long distance marks the advent of postal services.The ingenuity of man in devising means to communicate over long distance is a tribute to man's imagination. Dogs, cats, camels and reindeer were used at various times until technology improved to the point where steamships, railroads and airplanes aided communication. As faster means of communication were devised the postal service was quick to make use of them. Now computers, satellites and fax machines provide even faster means to communicate.This fascinating history follows the evolution of the postal system from stone tablet etchings to electronic mail via satellite. The book closes with a discussion about stamps and stamp collecting that will make readers look at postage stamps with greater appreciation. A wealth of images enhance the narrative.

What if opposing forces in the next world war employed noxious, new weapons that had never been used before. What if much of Earth became uninhabitable? Could a heroic team of five astronauts armed with 3-D printers, infrared-resistant plants and oxygen-producing bacteria save mankind by terraforming Mars? Readers are invited to travel with the crew of Courage One on its mission to Mars. Join Commander Michael Ryan and his fellow astronauts as they explore and make extraordinary discoveries, with the assistance of Dixie GPS, the robot dog.This is a work of science fiction, which the author predicts will become a reality within the next hundred years. He believes that American astronauts will be the first to step foot on Mars and explore all the resources that Mars has to offer. Terraforming Mars to make it habitable is in our future.