60 Ebooks by Alla P. Gakuba
Alla P. Gakuba: A PERSON IS A PRODUCT OF TIME, PLACE, AND CIRCUMSTANCES: Book 2 in the trilogy
A PERSON IS A PRODUCT OF TIME, PLACE, AND CIRCUMSTANCES
In this book Alla P. Gakuba expertly postulates and shares with readers her knowledge and know-how skills: regarding when to take or not to t …
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Alla P. Gakuba: HOW TO DESIGN INNOVATIONS AND SOLVE BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS: Book 3 in the trilogy
How to Design Innovations and Solve Business and Personal Problems
These are motivational and inspirational nonfiction 20 short stories in the trilogy of Laws of Life from Wisdom and Experience. …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Is Quality of Life? Or, a Conversation Between an Eagle and a Snake.
The conversation between an eagle and a snake based on Ancient Greek mythology. When Greeks, to teach people common sense, logic, wisdom, new skills, and creativity have used conversations between Go …
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Alla P. Gakuba: A Fool and a Common Sense. Or, 5 Donuts and 1 Bagel.
On Sunday, a country boy, in his earlier 30s, arrived into a new town and started having difficulties to solve his small problems in unfamiliar environment. His difficulties were: he does not have en …
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Alla P. Gakuba: There Is no Royal Road to Knowledge. Or, a Lesson from Alexander the Great.
This story is applicable to everyone. It teaches how to became sophisticated and intelligent from a historic example. Alexander the Great was a prince and a king. But, regardless of his status he wor …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Our Mind Is a Tape Recorder.
A theory is our mind is a tape recorder. It records everything that it hears, sees, and reads into brain. It stored indiscriminately all information into everyone’s brain database.
The bigger stora …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Were the Happiest Years of Your Life? Or, What Is Happiness?
Life is full of surprises, both big and small unexpected stressful events. They are occurring many times a day and every day. These events challenge people’s knowledge, creativity, and skills and tes …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why do Africans Have Less Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer? And no Depression, Osteoporosis, Arthritis, or Asthma?
Why do Africans have less heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? And no depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, or asthma? This observation the author made soon she arrived in Rwanda, Central Africa. To f …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Honey Is a Medicine.
When growing up in the former Soviet Union (now Russia) the Author was exposed to natural medicine. That time the Russians pharmacies’ glass shelves and cabinets were full of such natural potions. Ru …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Africa. Past, Present, and Future
After African continent throughout colonial power, thousands of engineers, technicians from all over the world, and the Peace Corp volunteers from the United States, went to work in Africa to help th …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Cowards. Or, Blood Is Thicker than Water.
Some people do sensational acts to attract mass, or world attention to themselves. Why some cowards even defected to their country’s enemy? This story is described and examined this kind of peo …
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Alla P. Gakuba: No Money, no Funny. Or, from Renters to Homeowners
What an experience it was! When an author went from renting an apartment to buying a house and living in it for 20 years. All money that was saved when renting, soon went in smock, engulfed by …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Question. Who Are You?
Try to answer this question: who are you? You probably have one, or several answers. None is correct. The correct answer you can find only in this story. Once you gain a knowledge of the correct answ …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Who Is More Intelligent? A Person or a Computer?
It is a common knowledge that computers improved the quality of peoples life. Computers are one type of technology that contributed to total technological progress in the 2nd part of the 20th century …
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Alla P. Gakuba: My 2-year-Old Grandson Paris’ World
It is astonishing to see how 2-year old children are intelligent. They even designed specially their natty behavior to test grandparents’ patience. How much they could push grandparents and get away …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Is a Life Span? Why Man-Made Things Depreciate and not Appreciate?
It is a common knowledge that everything, including people, have a life span. Except the nature and the earth, they have eternity, or endless life. That is: people have a life expectancy, man-made th …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Only One Thing in Life Is Constant-Change. Or, Rise, Fall, and Disappearance of Empires and Powerful Countries. :
Everything is changing constantly. Only one thing in life is constant—change. What was true and applicable just recently is could be absolute today.
The history has witnessed the rise, fall, …
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Alla P. Gakuba: American Women Are Products of Time, Place, and Circumstances.
How American women, after the passage of the Civil Act of 1964, took a risk and an opportunity —to fail or succeed on their own terms? Millions entered the labor force to compete with men in hostile …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Everything Happens for the Best. Or, Embrace Events and Challenges
The author received a devastated news. After 4th semester she was expelled from her civil engineering university. The reason was: she did not passed a calculus exam. When the truth was: the mat …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Self-Esteem and Maslow’s Theory. Or, an Elephant and a Poodle.
When the author was a student, she and her friends loved the Maslow’s theory that they learned in one of their economics classes. The theory has 5 steps of the “Hierarchy of Needs.” or “A Theor …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Risk:To Take or Not to Take? Or, Once You Take a Risk, Your Probability of Success Goes from 0% to 50%
That was beginning of the 1970s when the author started her engineering career. Surprisingly, she was hired, but she was the 1st woman structural engineer in a company. Men engineers revolted, they t …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Everything Has a Limit. Or, How Much Stress Can Our Brains and Bodies Take?
There are several example in this story when the author was faced with huge job problems and must find solutions and then solve it—otherwise her career would be over.
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Alla P. Gakuba: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC.
The 1964 was a historic year for American women and minority. The Civil Right Act of 1964 was created in the USA. It was the 1st time in American history when women and minority were given an e …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Today, 60% of American Women Are Graduating with College Degrees versus 40% of American Men.
Even the Civil Right Act of 1964 gave an equal opportunity to women and minorities, discrimination and prejudice continue even today. Brilliant and pioneering women in these generations sacrificed, e …
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Alla P. Gakuba: The Great 20th-Century Event that Changed the World:Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution of November 7-8, 1917.
The greatest event of the 20th century was the Russian revolution of November 6-7, 1917.
The architect of the Russian Revolution was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, he changed the world into 2
systems: ca …
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Alla P. Gakuba: The Technological Invention that Shocked the World in the 20th Century. Or, the Russians Launched Sputnik.
On October 4, 1957, history was made. The Soviet Union Lunched Sputnik. Sputnik’s impact on the world and the USA was colossal, impressive, and unprecedented.
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why Was the Soviet Union Fighting in Afghanistan Before the USA?
After the Russian Revolution of November 6-7, 1917—the Equal Employment Opportunity Decree was issued and the Russian women and all minorities (Russia had 70-100 million minorities) became equal.
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Alla P. Gakuba: The Greatest Catastrophe of the 20th Century. Or, How the Soviet Union Disintegrated in 1991.
The Soviet Union disintegration in 1991 was a curse and not a blessing for the USA and the Western Europe. Their economies eventually spiraled down due to rampant laws of a fee market economy, catego …
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Alla P. Gakuba: It Is Easy to Despair, but the Best Traits of the Human Character Are Not to Give Up, but Instead to Stand Up, Fight Back, and Save Oneself.
One day I had a dream—to get my doctoral, or Ph D degree. By that time I had a record of achievements and had no difficulties to be accepted to any university of my choice. The problem was, I was a w …
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Alla P. Gakuba: A Fly in a Bottle. Or, if Only I Knew it Before.
I undertook a major change in my life—and filed for a divorce. Shortly I was swamped with numerous difficulties and faced many types of people that some I never dealt before. Lawyers, courts, judges, …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Return of the Sound. Or, Shocking News.
That was the1st time in my life when I found myself with no responsibility. I was free. My children graduated from college, and I filed for a divorce. I was looking forward to start my new and …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity.
Sometimes I hear some disappointments, especially from younger people, that they have very few achievements, if any, in their lives. Often, they blame it on themselves, thinking that they are not sma …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why Is Engineering the Most Prestigious Profession Everywhere in the World, Except in the USA..
What is engineering? Everything around us that are man-made and not by nature is— engineering. Engineers create national wealth and contribute to the development of civilization.
Their e …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Is National Wealth? How Is National Wealth Created? Who Creates National Wealth?
The history is full of examples how some nations became great and contributed to the development of civilization—all because they built national wealth. In the last 20 years no national wealth was bu …
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Alla P. Gakuba: How Many Millionaires Are in the USA? What Types?
From the beginning the new America become an inspiration and attraction for all emigrants from the Old World. To become a millionaire was everyone’s dream—the American dream. A new concept of the Ame …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Is Amok? Or, Housing Amok.
From time to time a real estate housing is running amok. Home prices kept going 3-5-10 times sharply up, then spiraled down. Intoxicated buyers are keeping snapping houses and condos, regardless of p …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why do Immigrants in the USA Speak with Foreign Accents?
Many people sometimes are asking me: “Why do you speak with accent?” Indeed, why do I ? My children, who come with me, do not speak with accent. No one ever thought that they are not Americans. Why e …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Skills Are Transferable from One Industry to Another
One Friday was my graduation day, I received my doctoral degree, or Ph D. The next day, on Saturday, my then husband, Chrys, a physician, asked me to come to his office and see that is going on there …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Africa. An Interrupted Dream. Or, Wonderful Life Discoveries in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
This short story describes a real life example of an innovation. Here the author on her real life example guides readers on how to design innovations—starting from the idea—to the prototype and then— …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Passion. Believe in Yourself and Achieve Your Dreams. An Unexplained Phenomenon.
The author, in this short story, describes her real life innovation. That is: how she created her greatest innovation – from conception to completion. This innovation sparked entirely new industry. T …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Learn New Skills Here. How to Solve External and Internal Problems
In my others stories on problem solving and how to create innovations I introduced many skills to readers. Here are another set of skills—how to solve external and internal problems. That is: the 1st …
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Alla P. Gakuba: How to Calculate Interest Earned on Money? Or, Does Money Grow on Trees?
How to Calculate Interest Earned on Money—is an essential tool, or skill, to use every day in order to be money wise and be a powerful person. This story is teaches this tool, actually it gave …
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Alla P. Gakuba: How to Cure Headaches, Migraines, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Fibromyalgia.
What is a natural cure for her headaches, migraines, peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia? Earlier civilizations developed knowledge and information by observing natural world around them.
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Alla P. Gakuba: Nothing Happens by Accident. There Is Always a Reason for It.
Nothing happens by accident. There is always a reason for it. That is: do not accept things what happened to you for granted. Instead, analyze and find reasons for it—and save yourself. To illustrate …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Look at the Messenger. Who Is He? Whose Interest Is He Pursuing?:
Look at the messenger: who is he? Whose interest is he pursuing? This statement, or life skills, my wise grandmother taught me when I was disappointed about other people: their behavior, intentions, …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Everyone Wants You to Be Stupid. Why? So They Can Make Money from You.
Everyone wants you to be stupid. Why?
So they can make money from you—is another axiom, or a statement, that wise and smart people are using when they are facing prob …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Comediante or Tragediante? Laugh or Cry?
Comediante or Tragediante? Laugh or Cry? —in the 19th century a new form of literature and plays was born, comedy-tragedy in English. The play combines 2 great human emotions, comedy and tragedy, int …
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Alla P. Gakuba: How Did the USA Recover from the Great Depression of the 1930s?
How did the USA survive and recover from the Great Depression of the 1930s? There were 3 factors responsible for it: (1) World War II; (2) Noble President Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR; and (3) The stru …
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Alla P. Gakuba: When Capitalism Ran Amok and Brought the Capitalist Economy to the Brink of Collapse, Socialism Was Called to the Rescue.
Unrestricted and unchecked American capitalism has run amok and 2 times brought the USA economy to the brink of collapse: “The Great Depression of the 1930s, ” and a Financial Crisis of 2008.
The 1 …
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Alla P. Gakuba: What Is Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism?
What is capitalism, socialism, and communism? The author is very much familiar with both systems. She lived under socialism (in the former Soviet Union) and under capitalism (in the USA). The story g …
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Alla P. Gakuba: 3 Types of Economies. Market, Planning, and Mixed
There are 3 types of economies: market, planning, and mixed. The story gave definitions and introduced advantages and disadvantages of each type of economy.
The author lived under all 3 types …
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Alla P. Gakuba: There Are 3 Types of American Capitalism. Old, New, and Global. What is Old Capitalism? New Capitalism? Global Capitalism?
There are 3 types of American capitalism: (1) Old capitalism which occurred from the 17th century—1940s; (2) New capitalism, from 1940s–1991; and (3) Global capitalism from 1991– present.
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Alla P. Gakuba: ‘Look Through the Window.’ Or, Marie Antoinette and President George W. Bush.
The British were French old enemy. Not to fight the British on French soil, the French King was financing America Revolution in 1775-1783 by heavily taxing his subjects. Queen Marie Antoinette never …
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Alla P. Gakuba: President Barack Obama’s 2 New Doctrines.
President Barack Obama’s 2 New Doctrines: “World Disorder, ” and “National Disorder” are discussed in this story.
The Americans, disappointed with failing policies of President George W. Bush, elec …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why Is the NSA Spying on All 316 Million Americans and the World?
Why is the NSA spying on all 316 million Americans and the world. So the USA’s big corporations could put billions of dollars into their pockets for spying on all innocent American and the world …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Big Scams in the USA That Are Destroying the American Middle Class, Seniors, and the Nation.
Big scams in the USA that are destroying the American middle class, seniors, and the nation. Some of these scams are: dot-com; subprime mortgages; 0% interest rate; international disorder; higher edu …
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Alla P. Gakuba: Why Couldn’t the USA Recover from the Financial Crisis of September 2008? How Can the USA Recover from Today’s Financial Crisis?
For the USA to recover from today’s financial crisis it needs a noble President and a decent, selfless, and nationalistic government who knows how to solve national problems. …
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Alla P Gakuba: WHAT IS LIFE? WHAT IS HAPPINESS?: Book 1 in the trilogy
WHAT IS LIFE? WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
Subtitle: Book 1 in the trilogy of motivational nonfiction short stories to teach logic, creativity, new skills, and self-esteem that would change readers liv …
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Alla P Gakuba: Nights of a Young Woman. Or, What Is Life?
Life propelled a young woman into a cascade of unpredictable and stressful events. This is a story of hard life, bad luck, broken dreams, high expectations, abandonment, life agony, and contemplated …
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Alla P Gakuba: What Was World War II? Who Won World War II? What Was the Great Patriotic War?
Adolf Hitler’s raise to power in Germany in 1930s was a threat to the 20th century civilization.
In 1930s, to pull Germany from a deep depression and mass unemployment, Hitler started drumming up h …
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