John Warner

The stories in John Warner's Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad - sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Christ played minor league hockey before he became the Son of God (""Second Careers"")? What would you do if a group of poets in search of inspiration appeared on your farm (""Poet Farmers"")?Many of the stories upend expectations of the act of storytelling, as in ""Corrections and Clarifications,"" written entirely in the form of newspaper corrections, or ""Return-to-Sensibility Problems after Penetrating Captive Bolt Stunning of Cattle in Commercial Beef Slaughter Plant #5867: Confidential Report,"" which begins as a straightforward account of slaughterhouse operations but quickly devolves into something wholly surprising and different.Warner's relentlessly inventive stories are reminiscent of the works of Donald Barthelme, George Saunders, and Amy Hempel. With comic and tender rambunctiousness, his satirical voice parries and thrusts its way through each narrative, combining a strong wit with a soft heart.

Every Foreign Land takes you along on an exciting journey of spiritual exploration and adventure as the author bicycles across North America followed by 17 years in Ecuador as a pioneer-teacher of the Bah ' Faith. Stories, often humorous and thought-provoking, written in a flowing, easy style, will transport you as he travels to the Bah ' World Centre and throughout Ecuador. READERS' COMMENTS: "... couldn't put it down " "... read it in one night " "... very inspiring story " "... easy to read style... good stories to share ... it's really taking me down my own memory lane..." "... found your story highly enjoyable as well as informative and inspiring..."

Readers of all ages will enjoy the challenge of discovering the answers to—or being stumped by—these interactive mysteries. In brief paragraphs and black-and-white illustrations, award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner present 70 puzzles, each with a logical "aha" answer that requires thinking outside the box. Clues and answers are included in separate sections.Mystery:A man is looking at a clock that displays the correct time, but he doesn't know what time it is. Why not?Clues:The man can see and tell time perfectly well.The clock is normal and in plain sight.More than one clock is in the room.Solution:Each clock in the room is displaying a different time, so he doesn't know which one is correct.Hours of wholesome entertainment is practically guaranteed!

While on an innocent and boring magazine assignment on German reunification in 1990, journalist Raymond Barton is suddenly prey in murderous pursuit by international secret agencies. Isolated, he seeks help from his German ex-lover whom his British fiance is insanely jealous of. Teaming up, this trio is forced to seek buried Nazi gold but secrets buried with the gold force them to seek means of disarming a threat to world peace.

Ours is a time of profound change that holds the seed of almost unlimited opportunities for those with the vision, courage, and ability to seize them. Swamp Fox Insights dispels the notion that commercializing innovations is a crap shoot - that the only way to be successful is to make a large number of bets and hope for a few monster home runs. Swamp Fox outlines a systematic, risk-managed process to guide leaders in making critical decisions that impact the success of their high-impact companies.

The FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act provided authority to members of the armed services to participate in the federal thrift savings plan (TSP), whose structure is similar to the Civil Service Retirement System. A cost analysis by the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board found that extending the TSP to reservists is a poor idea because of the excessive cost of administering many small accounts. However, the authors conclude that although reserve TSP accounts are likely to be numerous and small on average, (a) a relatively small number of reservists are likely to participate and (b) reserve accounts will be larger if prior-service personnel can transfer their active-duty balances. They recommend that reserve participants be allowed to contribute more to their accounts; that the possibility of multiple accounts for one person be reduced; and that funding be made available to the TSP Board to adapt its computer system to handle reserve TSP accounts.

This book aims to introduce the reader to the design, development, and evaluation processes of new Green Chemistry methodologies. A comprehensive introductory text, it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of topics. Topics covered include: alternative feedstocks, environmentally benign synthetic methodologies, designing safer chemical products, new reaction conditions, alternative solvents and catalyst development, and the use of biosynthesis and biomimetic principles. The reader is introduced to the new evaluation process that encompasses the health and environmental impact of a synthetic pathway from choice of starting materials through to target molecule. Throughout the text, comparisons and contrasts with classical methodologies are offered as illustrative examples. This accessible text is aimed at all those involved with the design, manufacture, use and disposal of chemicals and their products - especially synthetic chemicals at the graduate and professional level, process development chemists and environmental scientists. From reviews of the hardback: 'An excellent introduction into the fast growing field and the fascinating science of green chemistry.... Should be consulted by anyone who wants to know about environmentally benign chemistry and, especially, by scientists who contemplate adopting its principles in their own research or teaching efforts.' Science