Where to start? Well, I’ve done about a dozen books & a slew of articles. While I’ve written scholarly works & textbooks, my main focus has come to be tradebooks — especially, popular nonfiction.I’ve taught at Penn & Columbia, & 30 years at Rutgers. Plus 10 years as Editorial Director for a small publishing house in New York. I’ve also lived & worked, studied & traveled — in 9 or 10 countries around the world, including Saudi & Turkey; Ukraine & Switzerland; Afghanistan & Uzbekistan; India, China, & Indonesia.Writings. For writings to share, I’ve included a chapter from my book The Wanderer: Travels & Adventures Beyond the Pale, with a cast of characters you won’t forget: The baby in the back seat (Marrakesh); Escape from Haifa; On the take in Tashkent; A Jewish-Christian-Muslim (Kabul;) Alfie Zander & the Red Army (Hainan). At the Lama’s table (Sikkim). Captain Werner & the Burning Grounds (Banaras). If you like to laugh — and want to learn a little more about the world — you’ll love The Wanderer; that I like to sum up in four words: profound & irreverent; outrageous & hilarious. Some, naughty. But all, very funny.Your Writing. As for developing your writing, I’ve included several chapters from my book Technique in Nonfiction: The Tools of the Trade (2nd edition), that contains all the techniques a person needs, to write any kind of nonfiction: articles, textbooks, or popular books — science, history or travel; health or cooking, social or cultural issues. You name it.