Alla P Gakuba: 61 books

The 1964 was a historic year for American women and minority. The Civil Right Act of 1964 was created in the USA.  It was the 1st time in American history when women and minority were given an equal opportunity to enter colleges, and workplaces. To enforce the Civil Right Act of 1964—Equal Employment...

On October 4, 1957, history was made. The Soviet Union Lunched Sputnik. Sputnik’s impact on the world and the USA was colossal, impressive, and unprecedented. And the space programs and arms races between the Soviet Union and the United States began. Find in this story how space programs...

It is a common knowledge that computers improved the quality of peoples life. Computers are one type of technology that contributed to total technological progress in the 2nd part of the 20th century. Technological progress even increased the peoples life expectancy. At the beginning of the...

It is astonishing to see how 2-year old children are intelligent. They even designed specially their natty behavior to test grandparents’ patience. How much they could push grandparents and get away with it. What a blessing to be a grandparent, provided one has access to grandchildren. Grandchildren...

Life propelled a young woman into a cascade of unpredictable and stressful events. This is a story of hard life, bad luck, broken dreams, high expectations, abandonment, life agony, and contemplated suicide.  Then an unexpected breakthrough. Abruptly a revelation descended upon her—regardless of what happened to her – the life is going on as if nothing happened.

I undertook a major change in my life—and filed for a divorce. Shortly I was swamped with numerous difficulties and faced many types of people that some I never dealt before. Lawyers, courts, judges, contractors and subcontractors (I start remodeling our 20-years old house to put it for sale), real...

Sometimes I hear some disappointments, especially from younger people, that they have very few achievements, if any, in their lives. Often, they blame it on themselves, thinking that they are not smart enough, or took this particular job, or choose this profession, instead of a different one.  I...

What is capitalism, socialism, and communism? The author is very much familiar with both systems. She lived under socialism (in the former Soviet Union) and under capitalism (in the USA). The story gave definitions and introduced advantages and disadvantages of each system. Why countries have...

Life is unpredictable. How someone life is developed no one knows, or could predict. All depends on circumstances, fate, and environment.  They shape the person’s destiny. The author, a structural engineer, went to work in post colonial Africa, to help African countries to build their independence. In...

Look at the messenger: who is he? Whose interest is he pursuing? This statement, or life skills, my wise grandmother taught me when I was disappointed about other people: their behavior, intentions, actions, and attitudes. In this story I am applying the above axiom, or statement, as a starting point for my health problems that I started encountering as I started getting older. 

How did the USA survive and recover from the Great Depression of the 1930s? There were 3 factors responsible for it: (1) World War II; (2) Noble President Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR; and (3) The struggles, and tribulations of that generation. The story describes thee Great Depression, FDR’s “New Deal,” and input and sacrifices of the Great Generation.

That was the1st time in my life when I found myself with no responsibility. I was free. My children graduated from college, and I filed for a divorce.  I was looking forward to start my new and easy life. But a fate has a different plan for me. A routine monogram test found something in my breast....

How American women, after the passage of the Civil Act of 1964, took a risk and an opportunity —to fail or succeed on their own terms? Millions entered the labor force to compete with men in hostile working environment. How and why such victory wonder happened for the women?  How American...

The author, in this short story, describes her real life innovation. That is: how she created her greatest innovation – from conception to completion. This innovation sparked entirely new industry. Thousands of new jobs were created and brought billions of dollars in new revenues every year to many...