Professional magician, actor, marketing executive, award winning salesman, poet, teacher, philosopher, theologian, the author has traveled countless roads. A MAGIC MAN LOOKS AT LIFE is just as varied as his life experiences. The chapters include, THINGS TAKEN FOR GRANTED, AND THE EXPLOSION OF SEVERAL MYTHS, (God is Good, Jesus was a perfect man (or was He?), the level playing field (myth or reality). Hard work always pays offreally?; THE LITTLE BOOK OF WHYS (including such scintillating questions as "Why is there is racism?"; "Why doesn't capital punishment work?", "Why are our kids so violent?", "Why is there a Southern Drawl?"; ROADS, exploring the roads to success and failurewhich roads are guaranteed? And for what? There is something for everybody --some seriously thoughtful stuff, and some seriously fun stuff. The final chapter is dedicated to helping grown- ups better understand their kids, and to helping kids along that torturous path to becoming productive adults.