Max Geller: Target of the Kremlin, MI6, and the CIAFired for bias against the U.S. president, ex-CIA Russia expert Max Geller gets a chance to redeem his reputation and make a fortune when he is hired to investigate the president's incriminating ties to Moscow. Jill Rucker, an undercover CIA agent, is assigned to work with him—and she does—when she's not pursuing her own conflicting goals.The search takes them to England, Russia, Panama, and Switzerland. Alon...

2023 Best Books Award for Best Thriller/Adventure NovelA Russian Defector— A Worldwide Dragnet— A Looming Assassination— Max Geller is back in MoscowFormer CIA Russia expert Max Geller is recovering from an intense mission while lying low in Australia, enjoying his sudden wealth in the company of his new girlfriend. But his beachy bliss is short-lived when Max, while relaxing by the ocean, is ambushed by the CIA.He soon learns that his...

GOD GAMES is an Upside-Down SciFi Retelling of The Greatest Biblical Story Ever Told! But it ain't what you learned in church! In GOD GAMES, a tech-utopian Heaven has sworn off religion, but trouble brews as a new religious movement threatens the peaceful society. After the accidental discovery of humans in a parallel universe, attention turns to Yahweh, a troubled secular professor, who must fight a battle of wits and brawn against an imposing and evangelical Lucifer over the fate of Heav...

On the day (9/11) that the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists, many lost colleagues, friends, and family. Later, terrorist lost their caliphate and their leaders. NEITHER SIDE LOST ITS THIRST FOR REVENGE.On the eve of Ramadan, thieves steal a U.S. nuclear device. Was it stolen by home-grown terrorists bent on setting the Middle East ablaze, or is it in the possession of Middle East terrorists who intend to detonate it on U.S. soil?A Pentagon col...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a simple wooden cross and an empty tomb served as the setting for the greatest rescue mission in history—the good news of a loving Father going to great lengths to save his broken children. Every year at Easter, with a joyful shout of "Christ is risen!" we declare again the climax of this great story. Although Easter Sunday only happens once a year, the truths behind it are big enough to shape our lives every single day. Starting on Palm Sunday, your family will spe...

"Personality in Literature" by R. A. Scott-James explores the intricate relationship between literary characters and the personalities they embody. Scott-James delves into how authors craft their characters, imbuing them with distinct traits that resonate with readers. Through a careful analysis of various literary works, he examines the psychological depth of characters, revealing how their personalities drive the narrative and influence the reader's emotional engagement. This exploration...

IR: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing World presents a comprehensive approach to understanding world politics through the lens of security, prosperity, and quality of life in a rapidly evolving global environment. The book not only acquaints students with events, but also broadens the context to analyze larger patterns, making the experience immersive and engaging.Thoroughly updated, the Fifth Edition incorpor...

In this book, we revisit the teachers, students and their families who helped shape the landscape of Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington D.C., from 1941 through 1970. It was and still is a school grounded in history and chronicles the ups and downs of living in the nation’s capital. The story unfurls over decades of war and peace, civil rights, voting rights, the end of segregation, and the assassinations of public figures, including a president. After the school was renovated in 199...

In the political landscape emerging from the end of the Cold War, making U.S. foreign policy has become more difficult, due in part to less clarity and consensus about threats and interests. In After the End James M. Scott brings together a group of scholars to explore the changing international situation since 1991 and to examine the characteristics and patterns of policy making that are emerging in response to a post–Cold War world.These essays examine the recent efforts ...

Winner of the 2019 Gold Medal Awar****d, Best Military History Memoir, Military Writers Society of AmericaRanked in the "Top 10 Military Books of 2018" by Military Times."In war, destruction is everywhere. It eats everything around you. Sometimes it eats at you." —Major Scott Huesing, Echo Company CommanderFrom the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, two-hundred-fifty Marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Four...

More authors. More stories. The same bestselling universe.It's the Twenty-Second Century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent—we're at the bottom of the food chain.Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separat...

They are hunting us.In this sweeping, threaded narrative of the global phenomenon known as the Vampire Wars, mankind is unwittingly infected by a millennia-old bacteria unknowingly exhumed by a scientific expedition in Antarctica. Now, in some rare cases, a person's so-called junk DNA becomes activated. Depending on their racial and ethnic heritage, they begin to manifest one of the many diverse forms of the "others" that are the true basis for the legends of supernatural creatures...