Richard R : 644 books

The kid is delivered to Uncle Henry after he gets badly beat up elsewhere, by a school bully. The powers that be want hie out of their charge and into the charge of someone else, almost anyone else. Uncle Henry is really the only one that they can fob him off on.I arrive at Uncle Henry's farm...

"The idea of multilateralism is not something that can be forced on states, nor does it come naturally to them." —Tom Keating Seeking Order in Anarchy offers insights into both the theoretical foundations and the real-world outcomes of multilateralism in world affairs. Recognizing that...

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact. Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...

A guy graduates from school and then gets a good job, at good pay, right out of school. He works hard and turns out to be very good at his job. However, the culture in his company is that of hard core snow skiers. He has a bit of a handicap. He's in good physical shape so he should be able to learn...

A poor college student works nights as a houseman in a backgammon club. He depends upon his earnings to support himself.Backgammon is usually played for money. Thus, Backgammon attracts certain unsavory individuals. He plays a tournament against a guy who’s suspected of being a traveling cheater....

Jack works in a Las Vegas casino. Jack is approached by Nicky, a tall white-blonde lady with a set of tits that are difficult to believe. Nicky wants Jack to use his Air Force background to aid Nicky and Benny, Nicky's lover, to cheat the casino where they all work. To insure Jack's participation,...

When I was in elementary school, I lived on a local main street. I would walk over to a corner and then walk down a side street to the school.There was a house on the corner, a house with a fenced yard. Inside the fenced yard lived a big, angry black dog.Perhaps a reason that the black dog was so...

Nola asked me, “How would you like to make a million dollars?” “You don't have a million dollars.” “No, but Jerry has at least a couple of million, maybe even a lot more.” “You intend to rip off Jerry?” Nola said, “Rip off Jerry and then move somewhere he can't get at me.” “Sounds...

He's a pretty much typical Jevron male, some seven feet two inches tall. He runs an unusual trading company, out in an Earth desert. He trades with saucer ships that ply the area. The cloaked saucer ships land, offload cargo and pick up cargo. The saucer ships also pick up one other thing, a ship's...

The next day, I’m called by the Receptionist. There is a lawyer to see me. I walk out to the front and the Receptionist motions me into a Personnel Department conference room. I walk into the conference room and I see a very nice looking lady in a very expensive looking lady suit.* * *(What has...

The alien seems to be a pretty much normal human. The alien starts with a nasty lecture, “Do you realize that you could have changed the entire history of your planet with your ill considered time travel?”I jump in, “Your statement makes no sense. I went back in time some 16 Earth years. Conceptually,...

On another planet, commoner Jov Drow is subjected to a Warrior Challenge, so that a Noble can have a job for his mistress. Obviously Jov will run. However, Jov is a warrior in hiding, Jov will fight. With the help of a Noble lady, Jov prepares to fight. The Noble lady discovers that Jov is more than...

I worked hard, while I was in juvie, and I had actually earned a two year college degree, by the time I turned 18-years-old and had to leave juvie.I got a job, programming computers and I was really good at it. Unfortunately, I only had a two year college degree and I found that I had to have a four...

Night Goblin started out as the baddest high school line backer you can even imagine. At six feet four inches and 240 pounds he was strong enough to fight through a 300 pound offensive tackle and fast enough to cover a 170 pound fly boy on a deep pass pattern. Then, one night, his girlfriend's father...