Charles Andrew Hooper

Brief Authority

The Bones of Jesus

The novel is the story of the change wrought in the life of one archaeologist who makes a discovery. Harry Cutter, on his way to his dig at Jericho,is tricked into doing a rescue dig in Nazareth, where he finds a large ceramic urn containing bones and a fragile papyrus letter written in Aramaic. He ...

Expert Oracle Practices: Oracle Database Administration from the Oak Table (Expert's Voice in Oracle)

This book is an anthology of effective database management techniques representing the collective wisdom of the OakTable Network. With an emphasis upon performance—but also branching into security, national language, and other issues—the book helps you deliver the most value for your company’s inve...

Making Great Decisions in Business and Life

The phrase "work smarter, not harder" has been repeatedly ridiculed in the Dilbert comic strip and elsewhere, not because it is a bad idea, but because it is thrown like a brick lifesaver to drowning employees. To tell someone to work smarter is like telling someone to be happier, healthier, and ric...

Nine Tennessee Stories

These are short stories that shine a light into the corners of the lives of ordinary people in Tennessee, mostly rural, mostly set in times just a bit before what the South has become. It was a simpler time, before cellphones and cable. People just wanted to find out who they were and where they wer...

The Resurrection Tree

1918. The Great War nears its end, and in a rural community in Tennessee, Oliver Walker returns from the war alive but maimed, and soon falls ill with the Spanish Influenza, which has killed millions. Ben, Oliver's brother, lives nearby and struggles with the rest of the people in the valley to surv...

The Next American Revolution: How To Demand Congressional Reform Now

In The Next American Revolution, Charles R. Hooper identifies the corrupted congressional electoral system as the culprit behind a failed national legislature. No matter how much Congress is despised or how dramatic elections appear to be, 80% to 90% of incumbents remain in office. Until reforms are...

The Call Of The Wild With Original Version Illustrations

What happens when Buck, a strong impressive dog, is taken by a dog slavery? Will he adapt to the new life of "Kill or be killed" versus his previous moral life as the dog of a respectful judge?