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Nicklaase and Meena Elliffe are house parents at State Home for Children No. 13 in Norpol Province, but they are so much more than that. The Elliffe household shares the joyful endeavor of making toys for all the other children who live in children’s home cottages in their valley. The toys they make are distributed every year on Christmas Eve at the school all the children attend. When an ambitious new headmaster forbids the gifts to be given to the children, it begins an unforeseen chain of unfortunate events.

Set in the idyllic mill town of Lawrence, Massachusetts, St. James High School is about to begin another school year as the turbulent ’60s are nearing their end, and the country is straining under the horrific losses of the Vietnam War. Juxtaposed with the stunning success of the lunar landing and Woodstock, this year would prove to be a turning point for so many lives that touch St. James, and one that would likewise be ingrained into its storied history. Will this year be its last?

For a computer hacker named Theo Hillman, this whole occupy business is a little too abstract. When he sees injustice, it's personal. But when he partners up with Earl Sapp, hacking isn't enough, and soon they cross a line Theo never intended to.

It's been decades since the beatings and harassment and the humiliation of this high school bully, yet here he was big as life standing right in front of you at the car rental counter. You may never get this chance again. Go for it. Tell him what a jerk he was and how you'd like to punch his lights out. You jump over the counter, ready to exact your vengeance but you stop. Your bully is supporting himself on two crutches and he has braces on both legs. Now what? You can't very well beat up a cripple. Or can you?

The Pickpocket Chronicles consists of the following short stories:

• 1). "Candy From a Baby" (Introduces our three pickpockets plying their trade at the Milwaukee Circus Parade).
• 2). "I Lean and Rob" (Pickpockets move north to Sheboygan to work the Bratwurst Day festival).
• 3). "California or Bust" (Pickpockets move to Hollywood and pick the wrong people to rob).

Once, I believed success came from tireless effort and chasing every opportunity. But as jobs came and went, a revelation dawned: the work landscape had transformed without my notice. But rather than despair, I found strength in faith and a strategy for this new world. This book unveils that strategy.