The Civil Servant's Notebook, Xiaofang WangDevious plots, seduction, blackmail, and bribery are all on the table in a no holds barred scramble for political prestige and personal gain. At the center of it all is a notebook, a humble witness to events, but one whose pages contain information they shouldn't. Penned by a former insider, The Civil Servant's Notebook offers a glimpse into the distorted psyches of those who roam the guarded halls of Chinese political power. "Serve the people" is

Descriptive and inferential statistics

Are there other universes and dimensions

Joe demystifies consciousness and ancient understandings to bridge the gap between science and spirituality

” Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality

And he introduces us to the innovators who are already living more consciously and with more meaning by choosing experience over stuff

personal theory building

is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn

seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger

is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men

But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom

But they find their lives converging in unpredictable ways

And danger and death will surround that fortune for years to come