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This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper reports on a study which examined the communication skills, critical academic skills, and machine/tool use requirements identified by employers for 104 selected entry-level jobs in a small midwestern city. The jobs analyzed through employer interviews were representative of occupational clusters identified on the basis of a labor market trend analysis, their potential for initial access and employment stability for moderately mentally retarded workers, and structured interviews with employers. Job clusters were: food service, custodians/janitors, housekeeping, laundry, groundskeeping, and general labor. Results suggested that negative assumptions of many job placement personnel may not be warranted since employers reported that most of the positions surveyed required no more than minimal communication skills or academic skills (e.g. label recognition and simple counting). No single machine or tool was reported as frequently used across the clusters. (DB)

Thursday, August 27, 2020 [updated] 10-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar We hear about corporate social responsibility a lot, and the need for accountability in practice—not just in talk—is more important than ever. This webinar explores how broad-based ownership is being used to create more accountable economies. We’ll hear about decade of research on how corporate “multi-stakeholder initiatives” fail and why we need to rethink ownership from the ground up. We will also hear about the legacy of Associated Press, the cooperatively owned nonprofit news agency that was founded in 1846 and whose content reaches half the world’s population every day. Speakers Amelia Evans (Executive Director, MSI Integrity) Jim Kennedy (Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning, Associated Press) Resources Not Fit-for-Purpose: The Grant Experiment of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Global Governance (MSI Integrity, 2020) Nathan Schneider, " The Associated Press is a joint media venture. Maybe Twitter should be too ." America Magazine (April 21, 2017) Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

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When a startup company takes early investment, typically the expectation is that everyone is working toward one of two “exit” events: selling the company to the investor-owners of a bigger company or selling to stock-market investors in an initial public offering. What if there were a third option, an “exit to community,” in which a startup transitions to ownership by the people who rely on it most? Those people might be users, workers, customers, participant organizations, or a combination of such stakeholder groups. The mechanism for co-ownership might be a cooperative, a trust, or even crypto-tokens. The community might own the whole company when the process is over, or just a substantial-enough part of it to make a difference. These kinds of outcomes could help prevent the accountability crises that now beset today’s most successful venture-backed startups. In this participatory webinar, we’ll hear from entrepreneurs, investors, and activists who are working to make exit-to-community a viable option in the startup economy. We will also work together to devise some plausible pathways for how such exits might become a reality. Speakers Camille Canon (Purpose Network) Bruno Haid (founder, Roam) Scott Heiferman (founder, Meetup) Arielle Jordan (founder, Curafied) Jonathan Moore (founder, RowdyOrb.it) Modupe Odele (attorney, Tiphub) Mara Zepeda (founder, Switchboard and Zebras Unite) Read more “ Startups Need a New Option: Exit to Community ,” Hacker Noon (September 16, 2019) “ Meetup to the People: How a Zebra could Rise from a Unicorn’s Fall ,” @sexandstartups on Medium (November 5, 2019) Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

Project COMPETE (Community-based Model for Public School Exit and Transition to Employment) was a model demonstration project designed to develop linkages between public schools and community rehabilitation agencies, in order to provide work training to severely handicapped youth, aged 16-22. The schools took on responsibility for providing initial work training and work experiences, and the rehabilitation center was made responsible for getting the students/clients ready for competitive employment. In achievement of its objectives, the project developed and validated a service delivery model which linked secondary schools and community-based agencies to prepare severely handicapped youth for successful transition from school to employment, systematically evaluated and revised all components of the model program, replicated the model at an additional site, and disseminated information about the model. This final report discusses achievement of project objectives, client and community demographics, evaluation activities, and case studies. (JDD)

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper examines the need for cooperative programming across agencies serving this population and proposes directions for effective and comprehensive transition programming. Problems in current programming practices include lack of coordination across programs, lack of appropriate goals, and lack of focus on instructional needs of learners. Better programming requires: (1) goal and objective specification; (2) interagency cooperation and planning; (3) cooperative training of staff; and (4) consumer involvement and marketing strategies. Stressed throughout is the importance of training--training individuals with severe handicaps, training direct service personnel, training supervisory staff, and training community employers. (DB)

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 10-11:30 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar As inclusive design practices catch on, people in building tech tools are asking, "Who really manages the product roadmap? Who ultimately benefits?" This session features leaders from two startups currently working out a more cooperative approach to product design. They will tell us about the design practices that incorporate users, workers, and owners, including the trial and error and lessons along the way. We'll dedicate time to a facilitated discussion based on questions from participants, and conclude with strategies for more cooperative product design that you can try out in your startup or organization, too. Speakers Grace Alexander (account manager, Hearken ) Brian Young (founder, Action Network ) Mara Zepeda ( co-founder & senior manager, Hearken ) Resources Jennifer Brandel, " A New Chapter for Hearken, a New Chapter for Me ," Hearken blog (June 25, 2020) Danny Spitzberg, " Cooperative Design: How Co-ops Center Their Members to Build Better Products, Faster ," MEDLab blog (July 15, 2020) Brian Young, " How to Build Tech With, Not For, Movements ," Civicist (November 4, 2018) Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

A growing network of entrepreneurs, activists, and investors are exploring the possibility of “exit to community”—enabling startups to transition toward ownership by their core stakeholders. There are a variety of possible pathways toward this goal, as well as a variety of challenges that stand in the way. Both the pathways and challenges depend on the underlying law. In this webinar, three pioneering legal experts will share the strategies they have been developing for enabling various forms of exit to community. We will leave most of the time for a facilitated discussion based on questions from webinar participants. Expect to come away with actionable tools for engineering your own E2C. Speakers Camille Kerr (Upside Down Consulting) Morshed Mannan (Leiden Law School) Jason Wiener (jason wiener | p.c.) Resources “ Startups Need a New Option: Exit to Community ,” Hacker Noon (September 16, 2019) “ Exit to Community: A New Option for Startups? ,” MEDLab webinar (December 11, 2019) “ Meetup to the People: How a Zebra could Rise from a Unicorn’s Fall ,” @sexandstartups on Medium (November 5, 2019) “ Conversion to Accountability: Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy, ” working draft Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

How can startups create truly empowered communities? A growing network of entrepreneurs, organizers, and investors is exploring the idea of “Exit to Community”—enabling startups to transition toward ownership by their core stakeholders. There are many possible pathways towards this goal, as well as many challenges along the way. But one way or another, community ownership depends on community culture. In this webinar, we will learn about community culture from two specialists in online communities and a digital organizing. We’ll talk about why community stakeholders are the toughest customers, how to engage them in building power, and what the key tensions are around governance, control, and making things work. After brief presentations, we’ll dedicate most of our time to a facilitated discussion based on questions from webinar participants. RSVP here to share your questions about community culture, and expect to come away with strategies for your own Exit to Community. Speakers Carrie Melissa Jones ( Gather Community Consulting ) Ari Trujillo-Wesler ( OpenField ) Resources “ Startups Need a New Option: Exit to Community ,” Hacker Noon (September 16, 2019) “ Instead of IPOs and Acquisitions, Exiting to Community Is One Alternative ,” TechCrunch (February 25, 2020) “ Exit to Community: A New Option for Startups? ,” MEDLab webinar (December 11, 2019) “ Meetup to the People: How a Zebra could Rise from a Unicorn’s Fall ,” @sexandstartups on Medium (November 5, 2019) “ Conversion to Accountability: Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy, ” working draft Organized by Danny Spitzberg, community fellow with the Media Enterprise Design Lab @ CU Boulder, in partnership with Zebras Unite, and with support from the Open Society Foundations (which are not responsible for the content).

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10-11:30 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar View the video recording of the event here (coming soon!) and the collaborative notes document here . The COVID-19 crisis presents the greatest threat to community-based business in generations. But what if their employees and neighbors had the tools to get through this crisis in better shape, through an “exit to community”? This webinar presents strategies to help business transition to community and employee ownership, which could help ease the crisis upon us and aid in a just recovery. Speakers Nia K. Evans (director, Boston Ujima Project ) Jenny Geffrard (business alliance coach, Boston Ujima Project ) Marjorie Kelly (executive vice president, Democracy Collaborative ) Joe Rinehart (co-founder, Main Street Phoenix Worker Cooperative ) Vanessa Roanhorse (CEO, Roanhorse Consulting, LLC ) Resources Nia Evans, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, and Caroline Shenaz Hossein, " Community Capital in the Time of COVID-19 " ( May 20, 2020) Marjorie Kelly and Thomas M. Hanna, " Local Economy Preservation Funds: A Plan to Save Local Businesses and Create Broad Prosperity ," Next City (May 13, 2020) Gabrielle Uballez, " Philanthropic and Financial Institutions Have a Role to Play in Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in New Mexico ," Asset Funders Network (May 16, 2020) Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

New blockchain-based tokens offer tantalizing possibilities for community ownership. Can these innovations make it easier for startups to become owned by their core stakeholders, in an "ownership economy"? In this webinar, we'll hear from projects that are pioneering new approaches to community ownership. They are working through the challenges of both new tools and regulatory uncertainty. These pioneers will break down how their tools work, how they challenge existing norms, and how these protocols offer trustworthy and reliable solutions. Join us to discuss the opportunities and perils of using decentralized networks as a pathway to community control. Guest facilitator: Bailey Reutzel (CoinDesk) Joris Delanoue (Fairmint) Bradley Miles (Roll) Yev Muchnik (Launch Legal and jason wiener | p.c.)

Friday, May 8, 2020 10-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar In the new world made by the coronavirus, there has been a lot of discussion recently about online collaboration and work. But what about governance? If we are to have community-owned platforms, we’ll have to skill up in platform-based community governance. In this webinar, we are joined by two people who have been doing just that—in contexts ranging from crisis relief to running a national government. Speakers Liz Barry (Director of Community Development, Public Lab) Cui Jia Wei (contributor, vTaiwan) Moderated and organized by Danny Spitzberg (Community Fellow, MEDLab). Resources Nathan Schneider, “ What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work ,” Hacker Noon (Sep. 11, 2019) Liz Barry, “ vTaiwan: Public Participation Methods on the Cyberpunk Frontier of Democracy ,” Civic Hall (Aug. 11, 2016) Claudina Sarahe and Darshana Narayanan, “ In Search of 21st Century Democracy: Two Weeks in Taipei ,” Civicist (Dec. 14, 2017) Diego Rafael Canabarro, Catherine D'Ignazio, Jeff Warren, “ Less is more: The Role of Small Data in 21st Century Governance ,” DigitalGovernance (Dec. 2, 2014) Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper reports on a study which surveyed 58 parents of moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded children in a small midwestern city. Questions were concerned with parental perceptions of the following: desirability of various after school placements, concerns about vocational training problems, the importance of various types of training in the last 2 years of public school, how much school time should be devoted to vocational training, the desirability of their children eventually working, ideas about the type of work their children should perform, appropriate wages during and after training. Results indicated that, as a group, parents wanted their children to go to work someday, but lack information about the available options. Parents wanted their children to have vocational training but were not willing to give up academic training while their children were still in school. Many parents feared their children would be mistreated during work training and/or performance. Parents tended to assume that their children would go to the sheltered workshop rather than into community jobs. (DB)

The purpose of Project COMPETE is to use previous research and exemplary practices to develop and validate a model and training sequence to assist retarded youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. The study reported in this project working paper sought to identify potential factors that affect employers' decisions to hire mentally retarded workers. Six occupational clusters were targeted: food service, custodial/janitorial, housekeeping, laundry work, groundskeeping, and general labor, and representatives from 84 employers agreed to be interviewed. Interviews were conducted with individuals responsible for hiring personnel. In the interviews, employers were asked to specify the degree to which a list of factors would affect their willingness to hire a retarded person. The five incentives ranked highest in having an affect included: probability of regular attendance, ongoing availability of person to call for assistance, high probability of long-term employment, availability of person for on-site training, and pre-job training. The two lowest incentives were subminimum wage and tax credits. Remaining factors (civic responsibility, positive public relations, and funded on-the-job training) may affect willingness to hire. Also examined were employer responses by occupational cluster. (JDD)

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper reports on the first 2 years of the project, which has placed 20 students with a mean IQ of about 38 in community work experience sites. A marketing approach was used which showed that employers considered such worker characteristics as good work habits, work attitudes, and interpersonal skills to be critical to occupational stability. It also showed that employers consider a worker who has previously developed the critical traits to be easier to retrain because retraining can focus on vocational skill specific to the new job. The project's experience has shown the usefulness of employer-validated information and evaluative feedback in development of a vocational training program at the secondary level that stresses the demands of the work environment and cooperative programming by both public schools and rehabilitation agencies. (DB)

Project COMPETE (Community-based Model for Public School Exit and Transition to Employment) was a federally funded service demonstration project to investigate new procedures for secondary education and transition services for youth with moderate, severe, and profound mental retardation. The goal of Project COMPETE was to develop and validate a model for assisting the youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. The project focused specifically on establishing formal linkages between the public school system, the rehabilitation center, and other community-based agencies, with clear delineations of responsibilities involved in delivery of services. Under the COMPETE model, rehabilitation center staff and area vocational rehabilitation counselors participate in public school case conferences. In addition to development of the model, Project COMPETE developed a model of cooperative transition planning, a labor market survey, and a taxonomy of community living skills; conducted staff training sessions; and produced 11 working papers about the project. (JDD)

The purpose of Project COMPETE is to use previous research and exemplary practices to develop and validate a model and training sequence to assist retarded youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. This project working paper lists vocational goals and objectives that individuals with developmental disabilities should learn in the normalization process. Creation of the taxonomy began with establishing an instructional aim--independence--meaning that the individual will be able to go where other people go, do what they do there, and not seem to be different because of his or her behavior. Identified are goals and objectives related to obtaining work, to performing the work routine, to co-existing with others on the job, and to handling "glitches" such as changes in work routine and work schedules. In addition to the goals and objectives, desirable precursors are noted, the presence of which makes instruction easier even though there is no requirement that the skill be present prior to the time instruction begins. This list of vocational tasks, in combination with four other domains (personal maintenance and development, homemaking and community life, leisure, and travel), makes up an entire taxonomy of instructional objectives for developmentally disabled persons. (JDD)

May 12, 2021 9 a.m. Mountain Time Boulder Startup Week webinar How can startups transition from community engagement to community ownership? This session features two startups that are figuring it out. Hacker Noon, a tech publishing platform based in rural Colorado, moved from Medium to its own software thanks to a $1 million equity crowdfunding campaign . Groupmuse, a platform for organizing classical-music performances, is in the process of converting to a worker cooperative— and exploring how to include its musician community, too. Participants will come away with lessons from each "Exit to Community" journey. Facilitator: Danny Spitzberg ( MEDLab community fellow) Kyle Schmolze ( Groupmuse ) Linh Smooke ( Hacker Noon )

The purpose of Project COMPETE is to use previous research and exemplary practices to develop and validate a model and training sequence to assist retarded youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. The taxonomy described in this project working paper focuses on instructional objectives in four domains. In the "Personal Maintenance and Development" domain are listed goals and objectives pertaining to routine body maintenance, illness treatment, establishing and maintaining personal relationships, and handling "glitches" such as equipment breakdowns. The "Homemaking and Community Life" domain focuses on goals and objectives related to finding and caring for one's living quarters, getting along with neighbors and others in the community, and handling the "glitches" that arise during daily community life such as household supplies depletion. The "Leisure" domain identifies goals and objectives for developing leisure activities, performing leisure activity routines, co-existing with others during leisure times, and handling such "glitches" as equipment breakdowns. In the "Travel" domain are listed tasks related to routine travel in the community, use of conveyances, co-existing with others while traveling, and handling glitches such as schedule changes. For each goal, the taxonomy also notes desirable precursors which, though not required prior to the time of instruction, can make instruction easier. (JDD)

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper describes the Taxonomy of Community Living Skills, an organized statement of instructional goals to aid in curriculum development for persons with mental retardation. The goals are organized into five domains: (1) Homemaking and Community Life, (2) Vocational, (3) Leisure, (4) Personal Maintenance and Development, and (5) Travel. The taxonomy provides lists of skills for each of the major goals. In addition each domain has a list of potential "glitches" with which everyone must learn to cope (e.g., missing the bus). Results of a review of the taxonomy by 59 experts in instruction of the retarded are detailed and indicate that they perceived the taxonomy as a potentially useful document. Twenty-one references are listed. (DB)

This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose developing and validating a model and training sequence that applies the results of previous research and exemplary practices to improved transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper presents a set of evaluation instruments for students or clients in community work experience settings. The evaluation packet contains four evaluative instruments: (1) Critical Functions Profile; (2) Employer Concern Form; (3) Employer Rating Scale of Worker Performance; and (4) Work Performance Profile. A Yearly Exploration Summary form used to summarize evaluative data for a single learner across one year of work experience placements is also included. The Critical Functions Profile identifies functions necessary to produce required results and also provides a record of the job coach's time commitment. Employers complete the Employer Concern Form frequently to identify social and work performance problems or deficiencies as early as possible. The Employer Rating Scale is a summative instrument requiring comparison of the mentally retarded worker to others doing the same or similar jobs. The Work Performance Profile is completed by the job coach at the end of a work experience placement. (DB)

The purpose of Project COMPETE is to use previous research and exemplary practices to develop and validate a model and training sequence to assist retarded youth to make the transition from school to employment in the most competitive environment possible. The curriculum described in this project working paper focuses on personal maintenance and development, homemaking and community life, and travel, with the aim of taching severely/profoundly retarded learners to be "independent," defined as exhibiting behavior patterns appropriate to particular settings. In the domain of personal maintenance and development are listed goals related to body maintenance, illness treatment, establishing and maintaining personal relationships, and handling "glitches." The homemaking and community life domain focuses on environmental cleanliness, food, budgeting, social relationships, and handling "glitches." The travel section deals with development of mental maps, use of conveyances, interpersonal interactions while traveling, and handling "glitches." The curriculum was developed for a public school program and aims to assist severely/profoundly retarded learners to become integrated into the community. The goals and objectives included are benchmarks for programming, rather than program goals and objectives per se. The curriculum also provides a list of desirable precursors, which are preexisting skills which are helpful in learning to perform the stated objectives. (JDD)

Monday, August 31, 2020 11 a.m.-noon Mountain Time Webinar Starting with a call for "Exit to Community ” in September 2019, we have been exploring what this new option for startups might look like and how to get started. Looking back, what have we learned? What can we do with our lessons? This event debuts a new publication, Exit to Community: A Community Primer , co-authored by a group of participants in this ongoing conversation. Join us to celebrate what we’ve been building together, and learn about what’s next. Bonus: attendees will learn how to receive a free copy of this zine! Hosted by the Media Enterprise Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder and Zebras Unite , with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.

1Masters of Space

By Edward Everett Evans and E. E. Smith

The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place--could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of All? (Summary by Gutenberg)

This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story "Injustice" by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conquest of Palestine by the British troops during WWI. The story takes place on the Turkish side of the dividing line between the combating forces. An escaped British prisoner of war had taken shelter among a group of Jewish workers, who, following a heated discussion, turned him over to the Turkish army. The second part of this project, in English, is a chapter in the book "The Escaping Club," written in 1922 by the same British prisoner of war, the aviator A. J. Evans, who gave his account of the same event. (Summary by Omri Lernau)

3Escaping Club

By A. J. Evans

Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. <i>The Escaping Club</i> recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly "escape-proof" German prison camp during World War I. After repatriation and rejoining the war, Evans again finds himself captured, this time first by Arabs and then by Turks. He again manages to escape. A detailed look at the trials faced by Allied POWs during World War I. (Summary by Tom Weiss)

4College Freshman's Don't Book

By George Fullerton Evans

A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)

5Masters of Space

By Edward Everett Evans and E. E. Smith

The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place—could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of All? - Summary from Gutenberg text

One of the very first New Zealand novels, Over the Hills and Far Away is a heavily romanticised tale of a woman's journey from England to Otago, New Zealand, and her subsequent experiences in the wild new colony. - Summary by Lewis Fletcher

7Planet Mappers

By Edward Everett Evans

The Carver family are out in space, travelling to new worlds to check them out for colonization. But, when Mr. Carver has an accident, and remains out of commission for the trip, his sons, Jon and Jak, step up and take over their trip. The boys use their different talents to make their journey a successful one! (Ann Boulais)

Sonnets from The Patagonian is a collection of sonnets and the first work published by the short-lived Claire Marie press. Each sonnet is a portrait of someone Evans knows from the Modernist scene just beginning to coalesce in Greenwich Village, and each portrait is dedicated to a completely different acquaintance. (Evans's portraits of his friend Allen Norton are dedicated to the critic Carl Van Vechten, for instance, and his portraits of himself are dedicated to Allen Norton. His portrait of Carl Van Vechten is dedicated to Gertrude Stein.) What emerges is a clever, irreverent, set of early Modernist in-jokes that look forward to the Dadaist and Surrealist movements that would form in Europe after World War I. Giddy, bizarre and deftly constructed, Sonnets from the Patagonian read like nothing else of its time. Evans owned and managed the Claire Marie press and during the year it existed, he published only six titles, including Tender Buttons by Getrude Stein. It is for Tender Buttons that Claire Marie and Donald Evans are best remembered, if they are remembered at all. While it lasted, the press exerted an outsized influence on the world of Modernist art and literature in New York. Evans was an associate of Stein, Van Vechten, Mabel Luhan Dodge, Walter Conrad Arensberg and Wallace Stevens. He published three more books before his death in 1921, allegedly by suicide. Summary by Wes Freeman.

9St. Elmo

By Augusta Jane Evans

Written in prose and full of references to religion and mythology, this book tells the love story between St. Elmo and Edna. He is cynical and worldly, she is as beautiful as a nymph. The book was very popular during the 19th century and inspired movies and plays. It is even claimed that Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind was inspired by St. Elmo Murray. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

10Man of Many Minds

By Edward Everett Evans

GALAXY IN DANGER!<br> Somewhere, somehow, the first moves have been made—the pattern is beginning to emerge. Someone—or something—is on the way to supreme power over all the planets held by Man.<br> And the Inter-stellar Corps is helpless to meet the threat—no normal man can hope to penetrate the conspiracy.<br> But—the Corps has a man who isn't normal, a man with a very strange weapon...<br> ...his mind.<br> Exciting! Strange! Extraordinary! One of the most unusual science fiction adventures ever published. <br><br>Space travel, telepathy, and heroism! Military school cadet George Hanlon is selected to join an elite, super-secret, secret service organization. He has extraordinary mental powers, among them the ability to talk to animals and transfer parts of his mind into them. Old-school space opera! (Summary by TriciaG and from the preface)

Born in London of Welsh parents, George Essex Evans was raised and educated by his mother Mary Ann (née Owen) in Pembrokeshire after she was widowed when George was only a few months old. Emigrating to Queensland with his siblings to Australia at age 17 with the intention of farming, Evans was badly injured in a horse-riding accident, when he was thrown against a tree and was unable to do any physical work. Evans was described as a reserved man, and at times rather moody and impulsive. However, he was also described as a kind person and a loyal friend. He had a strong sense of honour and self-respect, traits that made him a model husband and father. Evans was described as having a tremendous memory, particularly for poetic verse, of which he was able to recite a prodigious amount. Few of his contemporaries were able to match his breadth of knowledge of English, American, and Australian poetry. Summary by Wikipedia

A retelling of the classic fairy-tale, illustrated by one of the leading figures in the Golden Age of book illustration. Never underestimate the importance of receiving an invitation to significant social events. (Summary by mlcui)