Books Authored

I've always been fascinated with the clever and intelligent use of words and how they can be crafted into eloquently spoken and sounding phrases and sentences that make for great analogies and convey rich imagery. Shakespeare was a master of this  and I was drawn to ultimately reading all of his 36 plays and many of his poems. And as I read them I collected my favorite lines.

I was also always impressed with how a simple proverb, axiom or saying could so beautifully convey a profound thought or meaning and so, over the years, I collected thousands of my favorites of these a well.

Further, while not being a very religious person, I was captivated by the beautiful lines in the scriptures of many of the world's major religions, and collected my favorites.

I collected these lines, sayings and scripture texts not only for their beautiful phraseology and imagery but also with the idea that I'd be able to enjoy reading them in my more leisurely and elderly years when I had, respectively, more time and more capacity, experience and wisdom to better appreciate them. They are now contained in the series of 5 hard covered books that is shown below.

As mentioned in the Bio section of this web site, I believe in creating and leaving a “personal inheritance” to my loved ones. Accordingly, one of the books that I authored was about how to create such an inheritance.  I started writing this book way back in 1987 and finally got it finished in 2015. Over the intervening years, I had reduced the original draft from nearly 200 pages to a more manageable hard cover book of about 70 pages that is also shown below.

Also shown below, is a Gothic short story that I wrote back in 1963/1964 just before I joined the Navy.

Finally, while working for the public accounting firm of Peat Marwick Mitchell, I authored 4 professional publications, one of which, “Banking in the United States”, became a recognized industry standard. These are also shown below in cover form only. The actual hard cover books, as well as the many articles and chapter contributions made to professional magazines and books are not included here but rather in my professional papers and documents. Also, during my professional career, I made various presentations and conducted a number of seminars on finance and accounting which are not show or described here.