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The death of his wife has left Olin Caylor a man who crawled into a bottle to survive.  It’s his feisty 12-year-old daughter, Darcie, with all the faith in the world in her father, who wants to stop his slide into oblivion. She gets him to take on a missing person’s case without knowing it’s...

This all happens while Garrett is helping teach an undergrad course called “Communication Between The Sexes” for an often absent professor.  His own bride, Hope, can’t understand how Garrett knew about the dead husband’s cheating ways but never said anything about it. The students have...

Just before World War I along the Texas-Mexican border, an American pilot, who gets air sick if he’s over four feet off the ground, lands his bi-plane on the wrong side of the Rio Grande and is captured by second rate gang of  Mexican bandits.  The outlaws leader, a  Pancho-Villa-want’a-be,...

This monograph is a personal account of the author’s experiences as a prisoner of war. Major Newell was a 19-year old Army Enlisted Infantry man when captured in South Vietnam in 1967. His purpose is to provide his first impressions upon capture, relate his experiences, and provide lessons learned....

Basic Boxing: A Beginners Guide To The Sport of Boxing This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Boxing-gyms-where-your-physical-workout-takes-place Chapter 2: Basics-of-amateur-boxing Chapter 3: Basics-of-professional-boxing Chapter 4: Boxing-how-to-deal-with-the-punches...

When John Jewitt boarded a ship in England in 1802 for what was supposed to be an eighteen-month voyage around the world, he was ready for adventure. The seventeen-year-old had been enthralled by stories about China Trade, which promised enchanting islands, exotic ports-of-call, and thrills beyond...

THE DREAMSPINNERS WHO WEAVE NIGHTMARES They lead us through wondrous doors to the dark side of imagination—exposing our most carefully hidden fantasies … and our deepest fears. Now twenty-six of the world's premier Maestros of the Macabre share their secrets, their goals, their creative...

Now available, John Wayne. 'Marion Mitchell Morrison' (born 'Marion Robert Morrison'; May 26, 1907– June 11, 1979), stronger recognized by his stage designation ‘John Wayne', was an American feature performer, director and maker. An Academy Award-winner, Wayne was amid the top container function...

The city of Oxford has a long and prosperous history. First mentioned by name in 912 as one of the 'burghs' or fortified places that King Alfred and his descendants had constructed to protect Wessex from the Vikings, Oxford has played a significant part in many of the great historical events that...

My autobiography begins in 1939. It illustrates a rather exciting journey. However, writing this in my seventies, some events and parts of my life have been forgotten or just plain omitted due to the fact that I thought them either boring or unnecessary. As you read through these memoirs, you may...

True stores how the author and others started a business with little of no money

Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock—in some cases overseas, elation—was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on everybody’s mind. United States troops on Wake Island...

The word maven is defined by Wikipedia as a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. Since the 1980s it has become more common when the New York Times columnist William Safire adapted it to describe himself as the language maven. The word from Hebrew is mainly...

The third edition of an established text, this book provides comprehensive treatment of international marketing issues and includes expanded coverage of Eastern Europe and the Pacific Rim. New for this edition are the expanded use of mini cases within the text to illustrate the latest developments...