Stephen Palmer

It's double the fun, double the pleasure, double the trouble and double the ventures in Extra Special TWIN Adventures 'If your child likes Disney, they will love Extra Special TWIN Adventures, the Ultimate Girls Only Play Series '- The Huff Post Join twins, Hannah and Maddie in this extra special first issue, Dress Up Day Ride horses and kick up dust as a cowgirl or direct traffic at an intersection as a police officer. Sing the ABC's to an audience as a famous singer or even twirl and spin through the air as a ballerina Perfect for young readers, ages 4+A terrific 'girls only' reading night book Come join the adventure with Animal Cuteness Series early reader books for the 'I Can Read ' attitude Affordable Price and a Perfect Story for your Early Reader Ideal Beginner Books for Kids

Walk the Great Wall of China during the Ming Dynasty with Infinite Travels, a Fantastic Children's Educational Series Explore the FUN facts about History hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to 1368 when the Ming Dynasty was formed Learn about the Great Wall of China, valuable Blue Porcelain and mysterious places like the Forbidden Kingdom Meet the Yellow Emperor and learn how China had an advantage during warfare. It's reading with Tiger Style in this action-packed History lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Race Chariots in Ancient Rome with Infinite Travels, Chock-Full of Games and Activities Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to 753BC, when Ancient Rome was founded Discover magnificent monuments like the Colosseum, Pantheon and Circus Maximus. Learn how to use Roman Numerals and meet famous emperors and gladiators like Julius Caesar and Spartacus. All roads lead to Rome in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue Author's NoteIt all started with an idea, which led to an animation. The idea came from my childhood: I used to dress up as my favorite action-figure and run around the neighborhood pretending I was that toy. I wanted to run with this idea of imagination - a boy with his imagination. However, I had another passion - education. I wanted to show young souls how much fun it could be to learn about topics such as History with the use of just a touch of imagination. So I created Billy - a young boy eager to travel not just to different places, but to different time periods. Kids will enjoy flipping each page, seeing the beautiful colors, characters and historical events that formulated our world. Billy uses his trusty Time Machine to take the reader to a time and place; teaching them everything they need to know. Best part is, the books are interactive, as I have added fun games and trivia in the back of every book, just like I remember ruining the lovely books my mother bought for me, scribbling in them as a young child. With Infinite Travels, you don't need to worry about that. The kids can color and fun as well as learn in the process. I wanted want to make sure every product of mine makes a reader of any age feel something. Stay tuned for more Infinite Travels. - Stephen Palmer

'Thar's Gold Up In There Hills 'Get Rich in the California Gold Rush with Infinite Travels Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to the year 1849, when 49'ers from all around came to California to strike it rich in the hay days of California Gold Rush Learn how to recover real gold and find out where the precious metal was found. Ever wonder where gold comes from, or how it is used? Well, come along It's time to explore some mysterious mines in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue Learn how to pan for REAL gold in the back of this book

Travel the Famous Oregon Trail in this pioneer book for kids with Infinite Travels The Ultimate Children's History Series Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide. In this issue, Billy takes you on a journey along the Oregon Trail Climb the rough terrain of the Rocky Mountains and across vast plains. Trade goods with other settlers and tell stories around the campfire, but avoid the rattlesnakes There's danger around every corner in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Fly High in the Rise of Aviation with Infinite Travels Games and Trivia in Back of Every Issue Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this adventure, Billy brings you back over a century ago to the first plane that took off into the sky Learn about various aircrafts and take a ride on some of the first flights. Meet famous pilots and engineers like the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Compete in the Space Race with Infinite Travels The Ultimate Children's History and Activity Book Explore the FUN facts of history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to the year 1957, when the Space Race began. Take a ride in outer space and discover what it took to set foot on the moon for the first time Learn about famous satellites, spaceships and astronauts that brought us to the new frontier in this fun-filled, action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Be a Queen or Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt with Infinite Travels, The Ultimate Kids Activity Books Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to 7500 BCE to Ancient Egypt Explore magnificent structures like the Great Pyramid, Sphinx and Luxor Temple. Learn about hieroglyphics and decipher codes hidden on the walls of tombs. Meet powerful deities and discover who ruled Ancient Egypt in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Travel back in Time to the American Revolution with Billy in Infinite Travels Join Billy in his exciting time travel adventures to the time of the American Revolution. Travel back in time on an exciting adventure to the American Revolution with Billy in Infinite Travels, the ultimate history activity book for kids Learn all about the American Revolution in this exciting kids children's history activity book designed to help kids learn about America's exciting history. Jump into America's history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In Infinite Travels: American Revolution, Billy takes you to the year 1775, when America was becoming its own nation. Meet founding fathers like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams and many more who helped America with independence in this fun-filled, action-packed children's history book

Learn About the American Revolution the FUN Way with Infinite Travels Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to the year 1775, when America was becoming it's own nation. Meet founding fathers like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams and many more who helped America with independence in this fun-filled, action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue Author's NoteIt all started with an idea, which led to an animation. The idea came from my childhood: I used to dress up as my favorite action-figure and run around the neighborhood pretending I was that toy. I wanted to run with this idea of imagination - a boy with his imagination. However, I had another passion - education. I wanted to show young souls how much fun it could be to learn about topics such as History with the use of just a touch of imagination. So I created Billy - a young boy eager to travel not just to different places, but to different time periods. Kids will enjoy flipping each page, seeing the beautiful colors, characters and historical events that formulated our world. Billy uses his trusty Time Machine to take the reader to a time and place; teaching them everything they need to know. Best part is, the books are interactive, as I have added fun games and trivia in the back of every book, just like I remember ruining the lovely books my mother bought for me, scribbling in them as a young child. With Infinite Travels, you don't need to worry about that. The kids can color and fun as well as learn in the process. I wanted want to make sure every product of mine makes a reader of any age feel something. Stay tuned for more Infinite Travels. - Stephen Palmer

Turn Your Gears and Move Heavy Machinery during the Industrial Revolution with the Infinite Travels Children's History and Activity Books Series for kids Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to the 1760's, when the Industrial Revolution was in full force. Explore how America built it's nation fueled by steam and coal. Meet famous inventors like Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell and many others who led us to modernity in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue

Turn Your Gears and Move Heavy Machinery during the Industrial Revolution with the Infinite Travels Children's History Books Series for Kids Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this issue, Billy takes you to the 1760's, when the Industrial Revolution was about to steam up. Explore how America built its nation fueled by steam and coal. Meet famous inventors like Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Alex Graham Bell and many others who led us to modernity in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every issue Author's NoteIt all started with an idea, which led to a book series. The idea was rooted into my childhood memories: dressing up as my favorite action-figure and running around the neighborhood; pretending I was that toy. I wanted to literally, run with this idea - a boy with his imagination. However, I had another passion to share with the world - fun ways to learn new things. I wanted to show others how much fun it could be to learn about topics such as History, with just a touch of imagination to boost the motivation for learning about each topic. So I created Billy and his Infinite Travels universe, where and eager to explore young reader can travel along with Billy, and travel to not just different places, but to different time periods, as well. Enjoy seeing colorful and exciting illustrations, meeting prominent historical figures, as well as experiencing historical events hands-on that formulated our world as we know it today. Billy uses his trusty Time Machine to take the reader to a famous time and place; educating them in a life-like manner about what events took occurred. The best part is, each issue has fun games and trivia at the end of every lesson - a great value for hours of educational entertainment. Stay tuned for more Infinite Travels - Stephen Palmer

Shake Hands in the Civil Rights Movement with Infinite Travels Children's History and Activity Books Explore the FUN facts about history hands-on with Billy, your Infinite Travels guide In this exciting issue, Billy takes you to the year 1947, when the Civil Rights Movement took place and racial equality was in question. Take a look back to when America began to coexist. Meet famous activists and politicians like Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Abraham Lincoln and many more who paved the way for equality in this action-packed history lesson for kids Fun games and trivia inside every activity book

In Beautiful Intelligence Stephen Palmer told a global story of artificial intelligence in a fractured, dangerous future, overseen by the eyes of the nexus. Now in No Grave For A Fox he continues the tale, returning to Kid Indigo, the mysterious AI last seen isolated and disorientated in the ruins of Seattle. The year is 2110. In Africa, water and food shortages force many people to exist hand-to-mouth, including a couple of itinerant street musicians, Ibrahim and Elodie. When a Japanese dog appears one evening at a gig, Elodie befriends it, but soon the lives of the couple are entangled with both the dog and enigmatic nexus wizard Zouhair Fox. Soon the trio find themselves taking part in a nexus revolution that threatens to cover Africa, and perhaps the whole world. The short novel, No Grave For A Fox, is a second fast-paced, philosophical thriller that takes the reader across the globe through a post-oil world of danger, surprise and possibility.

Two sisters on the run, both pursued by their mother. But when this mother is the Empress of Ghana and one of the most powerful people in the world, it is no ordinary chase. And life has changed in the mid twenty second century. The aether is a telepathic cyberspace. Biochips augment human brains. AIs, concepts, even symbols can be dangerous. Mnada is heir to the Ghanaian throne, yet something has been done to her brain that has made her insane, something to send her fleeing north across jungle and desert towards the mysterious place called Muezzinland. Nshalla is relegated to the status of puppet, ignored, yet also part of her mother's plan; she follows her sister's flight, determined to discover the truth behind Muezzinland. And the Empress herself, possessing the most modern technology with which to recapture her daughters - androids, morphic tools, orbital stations, all powered by a ruthless will. But not even she can predict what might happen should the family be reunited, least of all if it is inside Muezzinland... Set in a vivid and fascinating future, Muezzinland is a tour de force of the imagination from the author of Beautiful Intelligence and No Grave for a Fox. An earlier version of this novel was first published in 2003. This 2015 edition is the author's preferred text.

AI or BI? Artificial intelligence or beautiful intelligence? The race to create a sentient machine is headed by two teams, led by former researchers at Ichikawa Laboratories, who escape the regime there - and each other - to pursue their own dreams in the world beyond Japan. Leonora Klee is creating a single android with a quantum computer brain, whose processing power has never before been achieved. Manfred Klee is creating a group of individuals, none of them self-aware, in the hope that they will raise themselves to consciousness. But with a Japanese chase team close on their heels, will either be successful before they are trapped and caught? Beautiful Intelligence is a fast-paced, philosophical thriller that confronts questions of how we will create artificial sentience, and whether it will be beautiful." A supremely odd yet deeply rewarding experience..." Jason Pettus, CCLAP"Stephen Palmer is a find." Time Out"Stephen Palmer is a writer you should read. His work is unique, original, sometimes challenging, always fresh and sometimes barking..." Amazing Stories

What is love? One evening at the Suicide Club three gentlemen discuss this age-old problem, and thus a wager is made. Dissolute fop Sheremy Pantomile, veteran philosopher Kornukope Wetherbee and down-on-his-luck Velvene Orchardtide all bet their fortunes on finding the answer amidst the dark alleys of a phantasmagorical Edwardian London. But then, overnight, London Town is covered in hair. How the trio of adventurers cope with this unusual plague, and what conclusions they come to regarding love is the subject of this surreal and fast-paced novel. And always the East End threatens revolution... "Stephen Palmer is a find." Time Out "Science fiction has gained a distinctive new voice." Ottakar's "Stephen Palmer's imagination is fecund..." Interzone "... (a) supremely odd yet deeply rewarding experience." CCLaP Fine blonde hair growing on Waterloo Bridge makes it impassable. The young man, trapped by a rampant beard on the southern banks of the river, looks to the stanchions on the northern side that once were grey stone, but which now are hirsute. He cannot see how he will cross, but he must, because the hair beneath his feet is so luxuriant he is in danger of sinking into it, drowning, smothering in that yellow tide. In his pocket he finds a rope with a grapnel on the end, and this he uses to haul himself up to the thinly haired bridge parapet. Like a monkey on a branch he moves along the parapet, slipping on clumps of hair, ducking when the wind gusts, almost losing his balance - but not quite. In ten minutes he is on the northern side. He leaps down into the mass of blonde hair that waves in the breeze coming up Victoria Embankment. The locks cover him to waist level. With no other alternative he begins forging his way towards High Holborn, where he has an engagement...

Straightforward, easy to read and practical, How to Deal with Stress, 3rd edition will put you back in charge of your life. Written by two internationally-recognized experts in the field of stress management, Cooper and Palmer provide a thorough understanding of the psychological causes of stress and the resulting physical effects, enabling you to build your own personal plan, improve well-being and enhance your performance at work. Full of insight and examples from real people, a brand new chapter provides a practical worksheet to help you develop your problem solving skills and reduce stress day-to-day. Crammed full of techniques on how to deal with stressed employees and colleagues, How to Deal with Stress will help you achieve the ultimate long term goal.

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical ‘how-to’ guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques. Reflecting upon published research on the solution focused approach, Bill O’Connell, Stephen Palmer and Helen Williams bring their own experiences of Solution Focused Coaching together with others in the field to cover topics such as:the coach-coachee relationshipthe role of technology in coachinginclusive coaching group and team coaching practical issues and skills. Incorporating coachee case studies, worksheets, practice tips and discussion points, the skills, strategies and techniques in this book are straightforward to apply and can be used in most coaching settings. This practical book is essential reading for experienced personal or executive coaches, managers considering introducing a new and better coaching culture for their staff, and for those just starting out on their coaching journey.

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical ‘how-to’ guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques. Reflecting upon published research on the solution focused approach, Bill O’Connell, Stephen Palmer and Helen Williams bring their own experiences of Solution Focused Coaching together with others in the field to cover topics such as:the coach-coachee relationshipthe role of technology in coachinginclusive coaching group and team coaching practical issues and skills. Incorporating coachee case studies, worksheets, practice tips and discussion points, the skills, strategies and techniques in this book are straightforward to apply and can be used in most coaching settings. This practical book is essential reading for experienced personal or executive coaches, managers considering introducing a new and better coaching culture for their staff, and for those just starting out on their coaching journey.