“A propulsive mystery of high verve and wit, teeming with misfits, and fizzing with greed and desire."—Scott Dominic Carpenter, author of Theory of RemaindersIn 1990s San Francisco, the gruesome death of former district attorney Harrison Rose uncovers a 19th-century double homicide aboard the ship Hurricane, and begins the hunt for Inca gold smuggled from Peru to California by wayward Catholic priests.During the Gold Rush, dozens o...

The ultimate guide to mental toughness by James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence—the greatest endurance athlete in human history.Lawrence’s accomplishments are nearly impossible to comprehend. After breaking two Guinness World Records, he shattered possibilities in 2015 by completing 50 full-distance triathlons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Yes, THE IRONMAN®, “the single most difficult day in sports”– a 2.4-mile swim, 112 miles on a bike, then a 26.2-mile run, all com...

Uncle Jim's storytelling ability comes through clearly in this series where he shares a story told to him by SPARKLES. This first book deals with a lost polar bear cub, whose fate leads to Santa Claus and how being helpful to others has its rewards. The story will progress on how SPARKLES confronts real life concerns, until Sparkles' destiny in life is realized. The remaining three books explore what SPARKLES must endure searching for identity and purpose in life. Through SPARKLES, the aut...

Hjalmar Schacht: Hitler's Banker Who Tried to Stop HimBy James LawrenceHjalmar Schacht was one of the most brilliant - and most contradictory - figures of the twentieth century: the economist who rescued Germany from collapse, financed Hitler's rise through monetary innovation, and later risked his life in a conspiracy to bring the regime down. Hjalmar Schacht: Hitler's Banker Who Tried to Stop Him is a gripping narrative ...

Ray Dalio is one of the most influential investors of the last half-century-but the true story behind his success is not about markets, money, or algorithmic trading. It is the story of a mind engineered through failure, humility, and an obsessive pursuit of truth.Born to a middle-class family and working as a teenage caddy, Dalio's earliest lessons in wealth came not from textbooks but from watching the behavior of the powerful. A restless experimenter, he learned...

"Marco Rubio campaigned for optimism in an age of resentment. He arrived at the future of the Republican Party just as the party decided it no longer wanted one." Marco Rubio is far more than a senator or a former presidential contender; he is the bridge figure of modern American politics. In Marco Rubio: Conservatism in an Age of Anxiety, James Lawrence provides a balanced, narrative re-examination of a career that mirrors the identity crisis of the American Righ...

"She hunted fear itself." In 1941, Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a 25-year-old history student at Kyiv University with dreams of academia. One year later, she was "Lady Death," the most feared sniper on the Eastern Front, credited with 309 confirmed kills. In Lyudmila Pavlichenko: Lady Death, James Lawrence provides a cinematic and rigorously researched biography of the most lethal woman in military history. From the tomboy childhood in Odessa to the blood-soaked rubbl...

Lana Del Rey did more than release music—she invented a world.From her quiet beginnings as Elizabeth Grant to her rise as the modern icon of melancholy, she reshaped pop culture through a persona she consciously built: glamorous, tragic, poetic, defiantly vulnerable.Lana Del Rey: The Self-Made Myth of Melancholy traces her evolution from ignored New York songwriter to global archetype. It follows the breakthrough of "Video Games," the cinematic pow...

Quentin Tarantino did not enter Hollywood so much as he detonated inside it. A high-school dropout and video-store clerk with an encyclopedic memory and a bottomless love for film, he transformed pure obsession into one of the most distinctive voices modern cinema has ever seen. Quentin Tarantino: The Movie Geek Who Rewrote Cinema is the first narrative biography that truly captures the strange blend of genius, geekdom, ambition, and audacity that made him a global cultura...

For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z**, this “sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel—a look at where we’re going if we don’t quickly get our act together” (Bill McKibben,** New York Times bestselling author) regarding climate change—unveils our potential terrifying future.2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the most dire predictio...

Uncle Jim is a unique storyteller. His creative ability comes through clearly in this series of children's books about SPARKLES, a polar bear cub he created. The series is one long story of what SPARKLES must endure searching for identity and purpose in life. Through SPARKLES, the author demonstrates how children relate imaginary concepts to reality. In SPARKLES THE TOY MAKER, learn what this shy cub discovers about himself, and what the meaning of a family truly is. SPARK...

This is a true story about a 10-year-old Maltipoo who discovered that a new puppy moved into the yard behind her. There was a fence separating them until Jake the puppy realized he could fit through the fence. Jake was a ball of energy and smothered Honey Bear with puppy love. She accepted all the attention Jake would offer. Jake was full of life as Honey Bear was fading. You have to read the story to see how a fun beginning can turn into tragedy and still wind up with a happy ending. This...