Books with author Michael A. Schulman

The Oath is a story of a teenager growing up in an ordinary suburb in the Confederacy of the Sovereign States of Amerikka. While playing in a neighboring haunt, Petor has an awakening: he sees a recruitment poster for the black-shirted secret police and becomes entranced; he wants to become a spy. Petor turns in his friends, teachers—even his family to the government.From a desolate mountaintop orphanage to a band of ragtag guerrilla fighters—the story follows one boy from innocence to the journey’s end finding himself end where he started.The Oath is a story about childhood, corruption, home, and a return to its purity after a lifetime.

Non—an amnesiac—is cast into our world from another dimension. It’s a world close to ours, but hostile. All the terrors of living under collectivism—social rigidity, brutality, and mind-numbing conformity are its hallmarks. Closed captioning TV makes sure everything is in order.In iWear G&C, a hypermarket as big as a city, Non is a privileged eye surgeon. But flying blind, Non can’t remember his training or practice before coming to this world.Around him, Non’s world crumbles through war and unrest, but he continues to survive through cleverness, braveness, and luck.

A wonderboy spy in a dull suburb in the Confederate Sovereign States of Amerikka is living his teenage years. Stickball slinging Petor Croftn joins the police. Under its watchful eye, they rule the people. Petor's weapons: pencil, pad, and microphone. Friends, teachers, and family are his prey.Petor travels the globe in search of a world he once knew.The Oath is a story about childhood, corruption, home, and a return to its purity after a lifetime.

Non—an amnesiac—is cast into our world from another dimension. It’s a world close to ours, but hostile. All the terrors of living under collectivism—social rigidity, brutality, and mind-numbing conformity are its hallmarks. Closed captioning TV makes sure everything is in order.In iWear G&C, a hypermarket as big as a city, Non is a privileged eye surgeon. But flying blind, Non can’t remember his training or practice before coming to this world.Around him, Non’s world crumbles through war and unrest, but he continues to survive through cleverness, braveness, and a little luck.

2070: The Custodian Corporation has taken over the source of production through the miracle of fusion power. Everything you want—HoloFriends and HoloLovers, suburban estates, and weekend getaways. The most and the best for cents, and everyone wants it.The full-time revolutionary Christian Little leads the revolt. His buddy Macks and hacker-outlaw daughter Karen join him to battle Hal Haldor, the powerhouse executive, and the mysterious and deadly Guest to control the fate of New City.In a world where you don’t need a job or money to get all you want, The Custodian shows it takes more than material to make us human.

2070: The Custodian Corporation has taken over the source of production through the miracle of fusion power. Everything you want—HoloFriends and HoloLovers, suburban estates, and weekend getaways. The most and the best for cents, and everyone wants it.The full-time revolutionary Christian Little leads the revolt. His buddy Macks and hacker-outlaw daughter Karen join him to battle Hal Haldor, the powerhouse executive, and the mysterious and deadly Guest to control the fate of New City.In a world where you don’t need a job or money to get all you want, The Custodian shows it takes more than material to make us human.

From silly kid to Grammy-winning rapper, Will Smith has taken the fast track to superstardom. His popular rap music opened doors for Smith, who became a TV star on THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR. After years of balancing rap and television, Smith emerged as a serious actor in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION and as a profitable, crowd drawing star in BAD BOYS. Readers get a rare peek behind the scenes of stardom at this tremendously popular actor, rapper and family man.

Cartoonist Charles Schulz died in 2000, but his work, most notably the Peanuts comics, is as alive as ever. His comic strip continues to run in newspapers around the world, the classic television specials are aired annually, and somewhere at this moment a high school drama club is performing the stage play You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. This entertaining biography tells the story of a shy, awkward teenager who went on to create some of the most beloved and iconic characters in modern history.

From silly kid to Grammy-winning rapper, Will Smith has taken the fast track to superstardom. His popular rap music opened doors for Smith, who became a TV star on THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR. After years of balancing rap and television, Smith emerged as a serious actor in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION and as a profitable, crowd drawing star in BAD BOYS. Readers get a rare peek behind the scenes of stardom at this tremendously popular actor, rapper and family man.

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish immigrant whose interest in helping the hearing-impaired led him to become not only an influential and respected teacher of the deaf, but the inventor of the telephone. This title examines Bell's life from his roots in Scotland, through his immigration to America, to his teaching experiences and inventions, his success with the telephone, and his later work toward inventing a flying machine. It highlights Bell's personal life and dedication to helping people, showing how he used his talents to help such famous Americans as Helen Keller and President James A. Garfield, who had been shot by an assassin.