World Craft

The growing buzz of aircraft engines disturbed the Japanese military construction personnel hauling equipment ashore on the beige coral sand of Tulagi Island at 8:20 AM on May 4, 1942. Offshore, the large IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) minelayer Okinoshima, flagship of Admiral Shima Kiyohide, lay at anchor, along with two destroyers, Kikuzuki and Yutsuki, and transport ships. Six Japanese Mitsubishi F1M2 floatplanes also rested on the gentle, deep blue swell, marking Tulagi's future as an IJN floatplane base.

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia E. Butler. It is a collection of ideas about how to look, listen, breathe — how to be in...

The First Counterspy is the story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent. The first two were Larry Haas, a leading aviation engineer at Bell Aviation, and Leona Franey, head librarian at Bell's technical library. The FBI pitted them against Andrei Ivanovich Schevchenko, operating legally as one of the highest Soviet officials in the United States during WWII, and illegally as head of a wide-ranging spy network hidden within the American aviation industry.

A girl, a laptop, and a waddle of penguins. In this witty and genre-defying memoir, a young writer can travel anywhere she wants to finally finish her novel—and ends up on a frozen island at the bottom of the world. Twenty-seven-year-old Nell Stevens was determined to write a novel, but...

Delve into the enigmatic realms of "The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism." This audiobook uncovers the mysterious and supernatural, exploring the historical witch trials of Salem and the intriguing phenomenon of the planchette. From the chilling tales of accused witches to the eerie world of communicating with the beyond, this audiobook delves into the boundaries between the seen and the unseen. With meticulous research and thought-provoking analysis, it navigates the complexities of belief, superstition, and the inexplicable.

In a world where change is constant and chaos seems to reign, there exists a timeless anchor: principles. This book is not just another self-help book; it's a roadmap to navigating life's challenges with wisdom and resilience. Drawing on the wisdom of ages past and the insights of modern thinkers, this book distills essential principles into bite-sized lessons that anyone can apply. As the saying goes, "Methods are many, principles are few. Methods often change, principles never do."