A Life of Business

About the Book

Karl Monrad was born in a small Oregon town and was raised by his father. He had several different jobs when he was high School. He flunked out college and he learned he suffered from a rare brain disorder that prevented him from reading material; however, he could understand the material when read to him. His father urged him to go to college and to get a good job; his disorder prevented him from finishing college or finding work. He started his own business of bartering mineral-rich lands and gradually became the owner of a successful cement company, partly due to patent pending being denied. His beautiful wife and college girlfriend, who hated each other, both helped him become the owner of the largest cement company in the country. In the end, he was disabled; and his girlfriend, protected his empire from wall street scavengers.

About the Author

K. Arnold was born in Oregon and went to school in Oregon and Pennsylvania obtaining degrees in Engineering. He then worked in Houston Texas for an oil company for his entire career. He started writing in 2002 as a hobby and enjoyed it. His first book ‘Sometimes Things Just Happen’ is nonfiction book about the evolution of the planet, man, and modern civilization, targeted at the high school level. He also wrote a brief history of East Texas and the city of Houston. ‘A life of business’ is his first novel followed by a second, ‘Race to the Top’ about the life of a successful businesswomen. His recent works have not yet been submitted for publication. He is currently writing a third novel.