This book is a collection of discrete but related works about inventions, and is itself an invention. The writer has searched for insight and a different way of seeing and describing certain things, but no doubt, many of the ideas will feel familiar, as another goal was to absorb many outside ideas, both old and new.

Consider this work like a contemporary live performance of old, old music, only the live performer makes some variations upon the old music, both in terms of what they choose to play and how they play it, seeking to capture the old but also show the sparkle of something new.

In the fall of 1960, during a three-month visit to Hungary, Arthur Kahn unsuccessfully asked his hosts to arrange a meeting with Gyorgy Lukacs, a persona non grata to the Communist regime. Kahn arranged to meet Lukacs on his own and proposed translating some Lukacs essays never before appearing in English. During the three years Kahn worked on the translations, he and Lukacs engaged in a voluminous correspondence, investigating Marxism as it applied to contemporary events like the Vietnam war. Extracts from this correspondence will be included in a forthcoming volume of Kahns' autobiography, The Education of a 20th Century Political Animal.

The selections in this anthology were written by students at Delta Center Elementary School during the 2001-2002 school year. The pieces received scores of 3 or 4 when judged by their teachers using a state-designed 4 point writing rubric.

Since the end of the Cold War the world has become a different and increasingly volatile place, where our lives are ever more intertwined with the lives of others around the globe; a world of rising terrorism, of clashing cultures and religions, of expanding multi-national corporations, of economic volatility, environmental damage and much, much more.

These changes have brought rise to problems that we can no longer push aside. A new generation of international students, brought together by arguably the top two international student conferences in the world, the ISC-Symposium and the World Business Dialogue, seek to spark discourse and action, to confront and address these problems.

In The World through Our Eyes, students voice their concerns and pose potential solutions. A 'world's eye view' from an insider's perspective, these unique viewpoints range from an essay on Swiss banking by a Swiss banker, to a history of women in India by an Indian woman, to poverty in Kenya by a Kenyan national.

Since the end of the Cold War the world has become a different and increasingly volatile place, where our lives are ever more intertwined with the lives of others around the globe; a world of rising terrorism, of clashing cultures and religions, of expanding multi-national corporations, of economic volatility, environmental damage and much, much more.

These changes have brought rise to problems that we can no longer push aside. A new generation of international students, brought together by arguably the top two international student conferences in the world, the ISC-Symposium and the World Business Dialogue, seek to spark discourse and action, to confront and address these problems.

In The World through Our Eyes, students voice their concerns and pose potential solutions. A 'world's eye view' from an insider's perspective, these unique viewpoints range from an essay on Swiss banking by a Swiss banker, to a history of women in India by an Indian woman, to poverty in Kenya by a Kenyan national.

At the end of 1997, my wife Beverly and myself moved into Del Webb’s first Northern California retirement community, Sun City Roseville, just outside of Sacramento. About two years later I was interviewed by someone from the Sun Senior News, a paper mailed to Sun City residents at the start of each month, because I’d started a New Yorkers club. When the interviewer found out I was a freelance writer for the Neighbors section of the Sacramento Bee she suggested I write something for the Sun Senior News. I wrote a piece called “Observations after Two Years in Sun City,” which was printed, then a few more “Observations,” then it became a monthly feature and is still going on. This book is a collection of ten years of “Observations,” from 2000 through 2009. As I put it together, I saw that I had gone from columns that were mainly about Sun City to columns on what was going on in the outside world. “Observations’ allowed me to express my opinions on a number of matters. I enjoyed doing them, and hope readers will enjoy reading them. Martin Green is a retiree/free-lance writer living in Roseville, California. Starting in 1991, he started writing articles and for a time was a columnist for a weekly alternative newspaper in Sacramento, the Suttertown News. In the same year, he began free-lancing for the Neighbors section of the Sacramento Bee, contributing over 100 articles until Neighbors was discontinued. Since 2000, he’s been writing for a monthly newspaper, the Sun Senior News, which goes to over 10,000 households in two retirement communities, Sun City Roseville (where he lives) and Sun City Lincoln Hills. He contributes two features each month, one called “Observations” and the other called “Favorite Restaurants.” In addition to his journalistic writing, Martin has had over 200 short stories published in online magazines, plus a few literary and “senior” publications. He has so far self-published three collections of these short stories (2006, 2007 and 2008) and has also self-published a longer work, “One Year in Retirement” (2009). Martin has been married to Beverly (a water-color artist) for 45 years, has three sons (David, Michael and Christopher), three grandsons (Logan, Mason and Morgan), one granddaughter (Stephanie) and two cats, (Bun-Bun and Shandyman).

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Renaldo Hudson, an inmate at a maximum-security prison outside Chicago, initiated a writing contest in the fall of 2003, asking Illinois prisoners to reflect on the questions, "Who am I, and what can I do to be better?" Lockdown Prison Heart contains the thirty-eight personal essays submitted to that contest. These brief writings-thoughtful, angry, sorrowful, honest, regretful, meditative-allow us to hear directly from people whose voices are too often distorted or ignored by mainstream media. The proceeds from the collection will be donated to Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, a national organization composed of people who have had family members murdered-by homicide or state killings-and who work to restore communities by promoting crime prevention, opposing the death penalty, and helping victims reconstruct their lives.

Renaldo Hudson, an inmate at a maximum-security prison outside Chicago, initiated a writing contest in the fall of 2003, asking Illinois prisoners to reflect on the questions, "Who am I, and what can I do to be better?" Lockdown Prison Heart contains the thirty-eight personal essays submitted to that contest. These brief writings-thoughtful, angry, sorrowful, honest, regretful, meditative-allow us to hear directly from people whose voices are too often distorted or ignored by mainstream media. The proceeds from the collection will be donated to Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, a national organization composed of people who have had family members murdered-by homicide or state killings-and who work to restore communities by promoting crime prevention, opposing the death penalty, and helping victims reconstruct their lives.

Twenty-three writers in the Dana Point, CA, Autobiography Workshop have joined together to share some of their stories with you. This same Workshop published a previous book, Looking Through the Rearview Mirror, iUniverse, 2004, which had rave reviews. The variety of their stories is as wide as the universe, and the range of their topics as great. These 23 folks (some appearing just after attending a few sessions) represent more than 2000 years of living, and the tapestry of their lives is fully reflected in the contents of this unusual book. It is a page turner that you will not quickly put down.

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In July 2008, teachers of writing came together at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, to share their knowledge, experience and creative expression in language arts as participants in the Meadow Brook Writing Project. Affiliated with the National Writing Project, the Meadow Brook Writing Project’s 2008 Summer Institute provided these teachers with the opportunity to learn from each other and write together during a month of intensive professional development. IN THE COMPANY OF WRITERS 2008 is the wonderful anthology resulting from their collaboration. All participants, from elementary through college, returned to their classrooms in the fall inspired and ready to pass on that inspiration to their students in order to help them become better writers.

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The Road Taken is an anthology sure to please readers of all tastes. Murder, mayhem, love united and unrequited, family stories of celebration and of the deepest grief, humor, romance, mystery and wit-it's all here and more in this collection of short stories, essays, memoirs and poetry. Spend a few minutes or a few hours in pure enjoyment.

What happens when a talented, enthusiastic teacher and twenty-six aspiring writers work on craft together? Over time, they produce a collection of short stories, memoirs, essays, and poetry. What happens to this collection? In the case of Cyndy Muscatel and her Creative Writing Class, it becomes a published anthology.

For the authors, it's the trek of discovery from rough draft to published manuscript. For the readers, it's the opportunity to take a remarkable road trip into the human condition via many points of view. The journey represents a unique, collective experience.

The WritersNet Anthology of Prose reverses the trend of the publishing industry expanding onto the Internet. What began as an on-line evaluation and editing workshop on the WritersNet website turned this trend on its head when the best of the material submitted by writers across four continents, both published and unpublished, both previous best-sellers and those seeking their first appearance in print, was published in this two-volume anthology. This project not only showcases the widely diverse talent of new and established writers and has established a new common-purpose dimension of community among the writers participating in WritersNet, but it also serves the community at large, as all profits above production costs are being donated to the Salvation Army in remembrance of the events of 9/11.

The resulting collection of thirty-one essays and three children’s short stories by twenty-eight separate authors provided in this volume two of the anthology, WritersNet Anthology of Prose: Nonfiction and Children’s Literature, is much more eclectic than is normal with such works. These works defy the normal “common thread in content” rule. You can find something here to entertain you—and to make you ponder—no matter what your reading pleasure. Explore and enjoy.