John Lee

The only and therefore funniest actuarial fairy tale book in the world! Actuarial Fairy Tales is the result of fitting a statistical humor distribution to a dataset of well-known fairy tales after making some assumptions and unfounded extrapolations. Featuring a diversified portfolio of statistically scintillating stories, including: R-punzel The Princess and the p-value Beauty and the Beastly Actuary RumpelSTATSkin Goldilocks and the Three-Bear...

In this moving, compassionate presentation John Lee shows how to break the crippling cycle of emotional woundedness that is passed from father to son. Sharing his own struggle to come to terms with his father and to recover from a troubled childhood, Lee tells the listener how all men can let go of the past and reclaim themselves and say goodbye to the patterns that are no longer useful or wanted.

This is a unique and powerful approach to Anger and rage. Discover the differences between healthy and harmful anger with John Lee's life-changing program. Therapist Lee's proven method will help anyone immediately tap into the causes of their own anger, allowing them to get a handle on the emotions that cause stress and pain. Without guilt, shame, embarrassment, resentment, or hopelessness this lecture offers groundbreaking information on controlling...

A concise history of the origins of the war to end all wars. Many of us know that the first world war began when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo in June of 1914. But have you ever wondered exactly what chain of events led up to the incident that caused the whole world to erupt into one of the bloodiest conflicts in our history? Expert military historian and lecturer John Lee explains the causes behind...

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....

Travel east through what is now Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and onward into Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Here you'll discover the complexity of Persian power, as well as its lasting influence. With people moving across vast distances, the Persian Empire was held together by its efficient administration and communication systems.

Chart the life of "the king who loved his subjects." After defeating his brother Cyrus, Artaxerxes II stabilized the empire, eventually negotiating an important peace with the Spartans. Watch as he then embarked on a building program unlike anything since Darius I, which showed the empire could still mobilize enormous resources.

Discover the variety of cultural exchanges in the Persian Empire. Never before in human history had such a large area of the globe come under the control of a single power. Here, people were constantly exchanging goods and adopting foreign customs. See how the Persian policy of tolerance of local customs enabled this multiethnic empire to flourish.

The history of the empire was not just about kings and battles. Take a look at the lives of ordinary folks. Beyond the capital cities, farming was the basis of the empire's wealth. Explore the agricultural practices of the empire and meet day-to-day workers - including migrant laborers and slaves.

Take a road trip into the western provinces and see the empire's diverse local customs. The Persian Empire was famous for its roads and bridges, and people traveled often. Learn how its express messenger system allowed information to travel quickly - and allowed the king to keep tabs on every corner of the empire.