Richard O Munson

George Fabyan: The Tycoon Who Broke Ciphers, Ended Wars, Manipulated Sound, Built a Levitation Machine, and Organized the Modern Research Center

The rich are different, but George Fabyan was unique among millionaires. This Gilded Age tycoon sponsored and inspired a "community of thinkers" who changed how we wage wars and keep secrets, how we transmit sound and design buildings, and how we stimulate scientific advances. Fabyan created perhaps...

Salem's Secret (Rebecca Brown Series Book 1)

Rebecca Brown is an extraordinary fourteen year old … precisely because she is ordinary. Rebecca is the only non-witch in her family: the first in centuries and that makes her stand out. As she is about to enter Salem's public high school, her parents announce that she is going to attend Salem’s sch...

From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity

The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were for...

From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity

The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were for...

Cousteau: The Captain and His World

A behind-the-scenes look at the life of Jacques Cousteau, the world's most famous explorer of the deep seas. Munson adds a skillfully researched portrait of the private man which shows him as a complex, controversial, but nonetheless vibrant personality. Photographs.

The Cardinals of Capitol Hill: The Men and Women Who Control Government Spending

A behind-the-scenes look at the powerful House Appropriations Committee shows how this secretive and little-known body of thirteen members of congress controls hundreds of billions of tax dollars and makes decisions affecting all Americans.

Cousteau: The Captain and His World

The Cardinals of Capitol Hill: The Men and Women Who Control Government Spending

The Power Makers: The Inside Story of America's Biggest Business...and Its Struggle to Control Tomorrow's Electricity

Energy Switch Alternatives to Nuclear Power