Micro Mischief
Micro Mischief

Author: Michael Walden

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0595388795

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Wouldn't it be nice to end our dependence on foreign oil, and fuel automobiles with a cheap and abundant energy source? Corith College scientist George Hollaway thinks he's found the answer to this dilemma when he finally succeeds in squeezing fuel from the tenacious kudzu plant. But when George seeks financial advice for his discovery from newly hired economics professor Dia Fenner, he receives some bad news. He's overlooked some key costs in producing kudzu fuel that make the alternative unprofitable in today's marketplace. Yet powerful forces see kudzu fuel as the ticket to their dreams, including the interim college president and two influential businessmen. When Dia persists in presenting her economic arguments questioning the fuel, she first finds her job-then her life-in jeopardy. Her house is vandalized, she's attacked, and shadowy figures stalk her. Someone is trying to silence Dia. Will they succeed?

Tax Turmoil
Tax Turmoil

Author: Michael L Walden M.E.

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2024-04-10

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1663260923

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Economist Dia Fenner has settled down in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband Ethan and infant daughter Ava. She is now the fiscal adviser to the new Libertarian Governor of North Carolina. When the Governor proposes an ambitious plan to simplify taxes, lower rates, and eliminate tax perks to certain groups, she puts Dia in charge of selling the plan to the public and pushing it through the General Assembly. Yet immediately there is strong pushback from those who will lose their tax favors. At the same time that Dia is fighting the Governor’s opponents, she has to deal with an ex-boyfriend who has arrived to win her back. How far will opponents go to stop the Governor’s plan? Could they go as far as murder? Are Dia and even her family at risk? And, will Dia have to fight her own feelings to save her marriage? Are all these challenges too much, even for the resourceful Dia Fenner?

The Soul of A New Machine
The Soul of A New Machine

Author: Tracy Kidder

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Published: 2011-08-23

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0316204552

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Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry. Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations. The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century. "Fascinating...A surprisingly gripping account of people at work." --Wall Street Journal

Transactions
Transactions

Author: Edinburgh Obstetrical Society

Publisher:

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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Includes List of fellows on each vol.