Books with author James Pauline

Code Version: Can two school rivals save the Western world?Like many young men, Alexis dreams of adventure and being an adventurer, a Viking or a Pirate, or maybe just your movie-style heroic action man saving the Western world. He knows that he’s going to do it by leading his new school, an offshore boarding school and university built by his grandfather and a retired engineer, to ever greater success. The only barrier he sees standing in his way is a kid called Shane. Shane is only at the school because he somehow upsets people whenever he speaks, which isn’t too surprising because while they are very ordinary, he’s extraordinarily clever. It turns out this strange island school is full of misfits like him and he quickly sees that his destiny is to lead it to world away from the people who rejected him. His only real rival for head of the Institute is a kid called Alexis.Each of them believes that only by besting the other, and by clever detective work to stop the other’s rise, will they achieve their true place and that only under their leadership will the future of the world be safe. It’s a coming-of-age, do-or-die struggle, him or me – or is it? Can they both succeed?This visionary science fiction tale begins with Paul James’s new Dystopian Young Adult Fiction novel, The Modest Proposal Institute: An Old Path to a New Future, which launches two new heroes into the world and the cosmos.Buy The Modest Proposal Institute and start your journey to the New Future

Vincent van Gogh was one of the most prolific artists of the Post impressionism era. Here are a few interesting titbits from the life of the famous painter.Though van Gogh did not live for long he produced as many as 900 works of art in a span of ten years. He did this without any formal training and while battling mental illness.It was at the age of 27 that Vincent decided to pursue a career in painting and drawing after unsuccessful stints as a missionary and art dealer.Tragedy was a part and parcel of his life. Throughout his life he barely managed to make ends meet and it was only posthumously that his works earned the deserved fame. The only painting he sold in his lifetime was 'The Red Vineyard'.Many know of the infamous incident involving van Gogh and contemporary Paul Gauguin. An argument between the two friends sent Vincent into a frenzy and apparently, he chopped off his ear lobe (contrary to popular belief that he axed his entire ear).The famous painter who was enthusiastic about painting himself, eternized the wound by painting the Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

No More Empires, the second book in the #1 Bestseller series The Modest Proposal Institute, starts where Alexis and Shane begin building their chosen worlds. We dive below the sea with Shane and fly into space with Alexis while, on the Earth’s surface, the institute struggles to survive amid the Western world’s collapse. Out of the turmoil, a rival emerges to challenge Alexis and Shane for the Institute's leadership. Tomas, who builds the institute’s robots, has his own ideas about how things should be done and his way doesn’t include Alexis and Shane. With the Founders seemingly enthralled by Tomas, Shane works secretly to prevent disaster right up to the moment Tomas decides to save the world from war and starvation.Who are the good guys now? And will they win?

All four books of The Modest Proposal Institute, An Old Path to a New Future, No More Empires, Rival Institutes, War of the Institutes, are here in one place. The story starts as the Western World slowly collapses after the Recession of 2020/21 and disintegrates into petty states, ruled by quarrelsome warlords. The Institute, which had been created in 2018 to stand apart from the coming collapse, is gradually drawn into the strife. It too is soon drifting into separate ‘institutes’ that become rivals and eventually opposing warring states. The end of that war separates Earth’s surface dwellers from the small number of escapees who have headed out into space and under the oceans, leaving behind a series of barriers between themselves and those left behind that they hope will keep the flame of mankind’s progress alive.

The near-future becomes horribly real in this third book of The Modest Proposal Institute dystopian sci-fi series.It’s 2029. The West’s collapse has left millions dead and millions more dying. The Institute’s Founders, Alexis, Shane, and Tomas, clash over how to save the West, and its people, and their individual initiatives lead them to fight each other. Each is sure their way is the only one and are equally sure the others’ meddling will make things worse. Each of them believes only they can save the West and, if they fail, a new thousand-year Dark Age beckons.With stakes as high as this, any violence can be justified, can’t it?

The Modest Proposal Institute, which began in 2018 with such high hopes of saving the future progress of mankind, has broken into rival factions by 2030. Book 4, War of the Institutes, brings to an end this dystopian young adult, near-future sci fi, history of Earth.Alexis and his pioneers have set up home on the moon and Mars, with an Earth 2.0 to come. Shane and his ocean pioneers are establishing mankind's presence on the seabed. Nadia and Tomas reign supreme in Western Europe and would like to extend their dominion across all the old Western lands. A splinter group, led by Jamie, wishes to live free in North America. All would be well if only they would be happy with what they have -- but not everyone can and on Earth mankind returns to its pre-industrial state.

This book, is typically a children's book that can be read as a bedtime story or even just to read in classes as it possesses many literary techniques and devices, as i wrote it for a class project. I have been told is a great book that keep you reading and its very imaginative as i got the top score in my class.So the story is generally about a mythical kingdom called Frel , where a young boy is the center of a world wind controversy over four very important crystals he doesn't even know he is in contact with. He is soon caught up in a adventure that could end up in his demise.

Playdates are a vital process in developing social skills for your children. Playdates for kids are more and more common with even the youngest of children. Playdate ideas range from the simple "come over to my house" to these crazy commercial jump places. Playdates for toddlers are usually done with a phone call and not with playdate invitation.Whether you are new to the play date scene or you've been taking part in them for years, these helpful tips will ensure you and your child have a positive experience in your play date future. Let's face it, building your kid's social skills is priority one. By learning how to have the perfect playdate you will be one step closer to helping develop your children social skills.This book will help your parenting skills, especially when it comes to kid's play dates.If you are new to the play date arena and are not sure how to get started just know you are not alone. For younger children, it's recommended to have the parent stay at the house of the person hosting the play date unless you/your child are familiar with the other parents/kids. On the other hand, if this is not your first introduction to the family then feel free to take some well-deserved time to yourself and enjoy time to run errands or simply be alone. It's important that both you and your child are comfortable with the play date process in order to make it a memorable and repeatable experience. Always discuss transportation in advance. Proper etiquette is normally offering to drive one way.

The pupils of St Campion's Comprehensive, ultra-disciplined exam machines, are devoted to their headmaster. But something strange is going on and the worst class in the world - 6Z - are going to get to the bottom of this mystery and expose the DEMON HEADMASTER! Based on the very popular children's book, The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross, this musical is fun, exciting and a little bit scary. An early version of the musical was 'workshopped' at the Royal National Theatre's studio in 1997 and premiered at The Pleasance Theatre, London. In 1999 it enjoyed a very successful national tour.|Large flexible cast