A persuasive dean from a historically black university in Washington, D.C. talks Dr. Benjamin Parks into teaching a seminar on cross-cultural relationships. Bright students enroll and question whether bridges really can be built across racial, gender, attraction orientation, political, and religious divides.The universal dilemmas explored in the seminar are but one of the multilayered complexities that in some ways challenge and in other ways trap Ben Parks. His professional achievements c...

Three lifelong friends Ben, Levi, and Tracy take very different paths after high school, but all have brushes with danger and war. What happens in war? Only injury, if one is lucky.This powerful novel tells of Levi’s war with family tragedy and alcoholism, of Ben’s war with rage, and Tracy and Levi’s Vietnam War experiences. Ben is called to treat the wounds of war, both with his friend Levi, and in his professional role as an organizational consultant.This unusual combination of prequel/s...

Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things.Theodore Gray has become a household name among fans, both young and old, of popular science and mechanics. He's an incorrigible...

F.B.I. Special Agent Caitlin Cavanaugh’s latest assignment: to stop a violent madman on the rampage in Somersett, South Carolina. Even more challenging is working with sexy former Navy SEAL Quinn McKade, as they spend the steamy summer nights together investigating the murders. But when the killer starts leaving chilling clues, the pair knows that the murders aren’t random—and that they could be next.

The Change of Seasons is the seventh book in the 299 Days series, where summer has ended and reality has set in at Pierce Point. For many people, this means scrambling to survive the long winter with even less food. Some were smart enough to spend the summer preparing for the changing season and the expanding effects of the Collapse; others were not so smart, and their desperation and fear grows stronger by the day. Grant Matson reflects with pride on how he has provided for his family whi...

They did not want to be any part of this but the law wants them to. It is fate or something darker that fate. And they cannot fight it, fighting it means jail time and that is not an acceptable option. And when they land, they happen to unleash their worst nightmare. They should have saved his life, but they did not. Sally and his friends tried to kill the one person who is going to make their lives a living hell. And there is no escaping him. Just when they think he cannot reach them, he ...

It has been said that military life is “not for the faint of heart.” But neither is it without its benefits and blessings. One thing is certain: It is an experience like no other—for both the soldiers and their families. In this collection, readers will experience the pride that wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, siblings, and friends feel when a loved one chooses to put his or her needs aside for the benefit of the country. Featuring stories from the current Iraq war as well as stories of...

To all my brothers and sisters who served in Vietnam and to their families, I say, God Forever be with you and take care of you. So many young men and women were lost in Vietnam. So many are still suffering from the Vietnam War, but God makes no mistakes and everything is for a reason. I will never forget any of my comrades that I served with in Nam, they were and still is true warriors. They deserve to be honored and treated with respect. Rest in peace my brothers and sisters who did not ...

Stevie Dyer had a knack for making loads of money from the time he began selling newspapers at a large defense company outside of Boston.So when he meets CJ Wilson and Billy Toye while in the Air Force, coming up with a get-rich quick scheme is only a matter of time.Putting their heads together, the three friends form The Black Gold Investment Corp., with Stevie putting up the money to get it started. It isnt long before the three partners are awash in money, but with succe...

He was taller than me, dressed in black, scary, and I knew he was lying. A few days later, we killed him, but it was okay because it was Vietnam and I was fighting for The United States of America. Thirty years later, he came back to my medical office and tried again to take me out, but this time he was fighting for The United States Department of Justice, I was the enemy, and I was lying. Not all the scars of war are visible and some never heal. Learning that lesson can be painful for all...

He was the only survivor at Roswell in 47. They moved him to Area 51 in order to retro-engineer his spacecraft and squeeze as much information out of him as they could. And they thought they had everything under control as construction of his unique aircraft neared completion sixty-eight years later. But they were wrong. Autopsies on his crewmates showed that he had no vocal cords. He couldnt speak, but then he didnt have tohe could read human thoughts. From day one he knew what they were ...

Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the oth...