Benjamin Joel Wilkinson

Books

Gazing into the Congeneric Mirror
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,890. Language: English. Published: March 25, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Animals, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Anthropology
Every animal species on earth faces competition from other species, and each different competitor demands a strategy to minimize the competition that it offers: some may be avoided, some may be driven away, and some may even be deliberately killed. In the vast majority of cases of interspecific competition, it seems that the competitor is of interest only inasmuch as it is a competitor.
Eternal Flight: The dream, the reality, and the price
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,430. Language: English. Published: March 25, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Animals, Nonfiction » Transportation » Aircraft
The ability to fly forever, without ever having to touch the ground, is one of the most basic and universal dreams of humanity, and it isn't difficult to deduce why. To embrace the sky, to be bereft of the responsibility of (to paraphrase Franz Kafka) "shuffling pointlessly across the earth," to take a running leap and never, ever come down—that would be glorious!
Hiroshi's Dragon
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 5,550. Language: English. Published: March 25, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Animals » General, Fiction » Children’s books » Art
Hiroshi is a young boy living in a small village in pre-modern Japan. His family have been traditional kite makers for generations. One day, he encounters a large and mysterious creature in the wilderness beyond his village. He believes it to be a dragon, if a very strange-looking one, and through patience and kindness manages to befriend it. Strange and wonderful events ensue . . .