John Atkinson

Dr. John Atkinson holds a Doctor of Education with an Emphasis in Mathematics from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. He retired in 2000 as Professor Emeritus from Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri. After completing his 43-year career teaching mathematics, he pursued his interests in the National Historic Trails to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California. He also continued a lifelong hobby of Photography and is currently active in the Photography Club of John Knox Village where he and his wife Barbara have resided since 2013. Dr. Atkinson grew up on a farm located, he says, "on the west edge of the Flint Hills of Kansas". He remembers a little of the difficult times during the Great Depression of the 1930s and includes some of those memories in his book Reflections on a Good Life. John and his wife, Barbara, have been married since 1957. They have two sons, five grandchildren, and, so far, two great-grandchildren. Journaling has been his habit for at least three decades. This book is an effort to share a small fraction of what his journals contain. Reflections on a Good Life was written with the hope that at least some of his descendants would find it interesting to read about growing up in Kansas in the middle of the 20th century.

Step into the heart-pounding world of Professor Harriet, a brilliant bio-chemical and genetic scientist, as she leads a European funded research team in their quest to unlock the mysteries of ageing and health. Harriet's ambitions are thrown into turmoil when Oxana, a murderous Russian national, infiltrates their ranks with dual agendas and deadly intent. As the team races against time, a terrifying side effect emerges--a creation of a lethal product that reduces its users to dust. In a world where trust is a luxury and betrayal lurk around every corner, Harriet must navigate a treacherous web of secrets, power, and manipulation. Lives are at stake, and the line between allies and enemies' blurs as they all become pawns in a dangerous game with irreversible consequences. Can Harriet survive the deadly forces ranged against her?

A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied with funny color illustrations.Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn’t is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the most famous works of literature from many of the world’s most revered authors, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, James Joyce, Plato, Ernest Hemingway, Dan Brown, Ayn Rand, and Herman Melville.From "Old ladies convince a guy to ruin Scotland" (Macbeth) to "Everyone is sad. It snows." (War and Peace), these clever, humorous synopses are sure to make book lovers smile.

Fundamentals of Ground Engineering is an unconventional study guide that serves up the key principles, theories, definitions, and analyses of geotechnical engineering in bite-sized pieces. This book contains brief one or two pages per topic‘snippets of information covering the geotechnical engineering component of a typical undergraduate course in civil engineering as well as some topics for advanced courses. Written in note form, it summarizes the basic principles and theories of soil mechanics, the procedures for creating a geotechnical model, and the common analyses for slopes, foundations, and walls. Puts the mechanics into soil mechanics Presents information that is simple to use‘structured around diagrams and formulae with few words Explains detailed analyses given in the longer standard texts A short, easily read summary of the basic theories and routine analyses of ground engineering, Fundamentals of Ground Engineering incorporates plenty of diagrams and concentrated data without going into detailed explanations. This text is an ideal reference for students, practicing civil engineers‘senior and junior and by engineering geologists.

The latest issue of this regular publication for studying contemporary film considers the resurgent genre of science fiction cinema. Essays include the star persona of Tom Cruise in relation to his many science fiction projects (such as "War of the Worlds" [2005] and, most recently, "Edge of Tomorrow" [2014]) and the theme of the double in science fiction cinema, using "Moon" (2009) and "AI: Artificial Intelligence "(2001) as the most prominent examples while also drawing on older works.