The Many fun and educational books by Chris Cancilla

Christopher E. Cancilla is a prolific writer, and writing is something he does to relax. He enjoys passing on his excitement, entertainment, and knowledge to others; specifically, you, his readers. He currently has 18 books for sale, a few that you can read for free on his website, and he is working on 6 more books at the moment.

His genre goes from Science Fiction (time travel) to Scouting and camping to cookbooks to business related EDI education and training. Something for everyone!

You can find and purchase any of his books at: https://AuthorCancilla.com

The Archives, a 7-Part Series of Novels

Book 1 – The Archives: Education

Benjamin Jensen is a temporal researcher, a good one. His career started out rough when he nearly destroyed all of history or lost the love of his life in a tragic accident which could have been prevented by him later in his career; but things have a way of working out.

Book 2 – The Archives: Fixing Time

Benjamin Jensen's best friend in all of time, Brad Jorgen, returns from a long-term research project with important news. Someone is traveling in time disrupting the time stream. Benjamin and Brad are tasked to repair and insure it does not happen again.

Book 3 – The Archives: Salvation

Several places on the Earth, the orbital facilities, the Lunar Colonies, and the far-reaching corners of the human populated universe, Christianity is beginning to grow, and spread. The world government is concerned it may over shadow their power.

Book 4 – The Archives: Family

Benjamin Jensen is selected to take over as the Director of the entire Archive Island complex, including all operations and locations. With that promotion comes both amazing responsibility in the guise of becoming one of the most powerful men in history, and a danger so terrifying it has never before surfaced.

Book 5 – The Archives: Fresh Start

Benjamin Jensen is the Director of the Island Complex for nearly two decades now, and his best friend Brad Jorgen is his second-in-command. Their sons are students in the Academy and already well on their way to becoming influential and experienced members of the Archive Island Complex Temporal Research team.

Book 6 – The Archives: Continuum

Benjamin Jensen is still the Director of the Island Complex. It has been a bit more than 30 years. With the unexpected death of someone close, the Island is turned on its ear. Recalling several people close, the memorial service is brief, but the grieving is deep.

Book 7 – The Archives: Temporal Log

Not a continuation of the story, but rather stories between what happens in the six previous installments of the Archive Series. Each character we have come to love and adore has a tribute in this book, each of them has a story that revolves around them that occurs between the stories you are familiar with.

Business books, a 5-part EDI Education Series

EDI 101: The Introduction

Welcome to EDI-101! By reading this short introduction into the world of EDI you will understand how it is structured, why it is necessary, what a standard is and what the individual pieces of data mean and how they interrelate.

EDI 102: A Deeper Dive

EDI may be a mystery, but then again so is magic until you know how the illusion is done. Take the 850-document set, the purchase order. What is it, what are the moving parts and what do all those parts mean?

EDI 103: Invoicing

Read about how to simplify your invoicing, cut costs by not having to create, print, address envelopes, and mail invoices to your customers

EDI 104: Advanced Ship Notice

The ASN, or 856, is seriously one of the most misunderstood documents in EDI. People try to avoid them like the plague. If you understood the ASN, the 856, you would be comfortable reading, and yes mapping, the 856 into your repertoire of documents.

EDI 105: The Complete Series

This is an updated rendition of the 4 previous books in the EDI Education Series; and by reading and understanding the information between these covers you will have an excellent basis to be an asset to any EDI Department.

Other books which are available

Bus Route 40-A

A day in the life of a planetary bus driver. San Francisco and back twice a day, on the 40-North. Side trip to the Lunar surface for a special charter. (not completed at the moment)

Stories from Time and Space

A collection: short stories, essays, & ideas. Contains the beginnings of books not yet written, and a couple contest entries that receive honorable mentions.

Camp Menu Planning 

An Indoor / Outdoor Cookbook. Used by anyone with a desire to learn the art of cooking. Not just following recipes, but a complete understanding as to how and what can be assembled into a meal.

Personal Menu Planning

A Backpackers Guide to eating well. On the trail, the AT, CDT, or PCT eating is important as is your food not weighing you down; both in physical weight in your backpack, and residual weight in your stomach. Both are bad. Learn how a little prep at home can make you a gourmet wilderness cook on the trail.

Scouting: A Guide for New Parents

Learning the lingo and what gear to buy is new and different for some parents. Read here how to decode Scouting and get the right gear.

Scouting: A Guide to Your First Summer Camp

Summer Camp, for the first year Scout, can be a scary experience. Here is a guide as to what to expect, and what to bring and what not to bring.

As mentioned earlier, go to https://AuthorCancilla.com to learn more, and to purchase any of these stories that interest you. Additionally, there are FREE stories there for your entertainment.