Books
Note: All of the books are available on Amazon
How to Be a Boss Without Being a Jerk
In "How to Be a Boss Without Being a Jerk", the author answers the question, "Must we be a jerk as a boss to be successful?" with an emphatic "no!" This book uses real world experiences to identify the attitudes, actions and approaches that will help a person be successful as a boss without being a jerk.
The Rational Environmentalist
The subject of the environment and specifically of the impact of carbon dioxide on our world is one that generates a lot of emotion and rhetoric on both sides of the question. This book challenges wide held beliefs both among those that call themselves "skeptics" and those that call themselves "environmentalists". The book discusses the overall situation with logic and common sense. It also discusses many of the approaches proposed to decrease carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and shows their real overall impact.
The Reluctant Quarterback
Eddie Pond is in junior high and plays little league football. He is an excellent pass catcher and hopes to someday play for the local high school team. However, his football career as a receiver is thrown into question when the high school varsity coach in the area visits Eddie and tells him that he wants Eddie to start preparing to be a quarterback in high school. Eddie is not sure that he wants to be quarterback or that he has the skills to do it. Follow Eddie as he struggles with self doubt and negative feelings by some of his team mates as he attempts to learn a new position and at the same time help his team get to the conference championship game for the first time in their history.
The McDonald Anomaly
Published Dec 2022
Sophomore Sensation
Published May 2023
Grandpa's Telescope
Published Dec 2023
Hammond Saunders is the lead astronomer at the McDonald observatory near the Big Bend in southern Texas. At an observing party at the observatory, a young man, using one of the observatory's small telescopes makes an incredible observation of something that shouldn't exist. The object observed becomes known as the McDonald Anomaly and it changes the world forever. Under the direction (and interference) of the government, Hammond and his team study the anomaly to determine what it is and what it could mean to the world.
This work of fiction is intended to explore how mankind in general, and a scientist in particular might respond when some of their long held beliefs are shattered.
Book #2 in the Reluctant Quarterback Series. It is a new year, Eddie Pond's first year in high school. Eddie must contend with angry upperclassmen, a new school, new team mates and his own ongoing doubts about his ability to be a quarterback. If you were wondering about what happened to Eddie Pond after the events in "The Reluctant Quarterback" this book is for you!
Grandpa's Telescope is an illustrated book for children and pre-teens. In this book, a grandpa introduces his grandson to astronomy and helps his grandson to understand his place in the universe.
The Fight in the Dog
Published May 2023
The true story of the 1973 State Champion West High Panthers. It had been 46 years since the last time West High had won a state football championship. In 1973, an unlikely group of young men overcame obstacles, physical size and the doubts of nearly everyone except themselves to break that streak. As a sign in the locker room stated, "It is not the size of the dog, but the size of the fight of the dog that matters!" This account of how it happened is being written in honor of the 50th anniversary of the event.
The Elder Army and other Stories
Coming Soon
Compelling short stories:
- A young boy discovers a terrible secret almost in his back yard.
- A spacefarer must deal with loss of memory and terrible loneliness.
- Four "tween" girls make "First Contact".
- A vicious alien race is approaching the Earth. Who will step up to defend the planet?
- A miraculous machine is invented, but its use requires a terrible sacrifice.
- The efforts of the world to limit population growth become too successful.
- An alien invasion occurs, but a group of workers in Texas fight back
- A scientists search to understand the Fermi Paradox leads to a startling discovery
- A huge asteroid is detected approaching the ecliptic of the solar system. Where is it going? What are the consequences?
Astronomy and Astrophotography on a Budget
Published January 2024
A short a concise guide on how to get into
astronomy and astrophotography without
breaking the bank. Includes many examples and practical suggestions.
Manufacturing Plant Startup
Published March 2024
The Worlds in Dreams
Published July 2024
The Athlete and the Musician
Coming Soon
Major manufacturing facilities can represent a considerable investment, sometimes amounting to billions of dollars. The process of hiring and training the workers, monitoring construction, commissioning the facilities, and starting up those facilities is a major undertaking that is seldom talked about. This book deals with those issues and includes checklists and advice that will be useful for those tasked with starting up a major facility.
Have you ever had a dream that is so vivid, so realistic that it is hard to distinguish from reality? Arthur Anderson has had dreams like this. He comes to believe that there is meaning and purpose in these types of dreams and he begins a lifelong search to discover the secrets of vivid dreams.
A professional basketball player finds that despite his success, his life seems empty. A concert violinist approaching the peak of her profession also finds her successes to be somewhat hollow. The two come from totally different worlds that seem to be incompatible. A chance encounter begins a journey neither of them expects. Against all odds, they find a mutual attraction. However, there are many forces working against their relationship. Can they survive their trials and their differences? Can they overcome the many voices around them saying the relationship can not possibly survive? Can they move beyond their own biases and preconceived notions?