Henry and Harriet Callins, having discovered that all that glitters is not Golden Age, move into Restful Bowers, a community for seniors. It has all the amenities anyone would want, plus a Care Center and Assisted Living facility, their umbrella.Henry attends meetings, where problems are solved by planning more meetings. For Henry's fellow residents, the big event each day is waiting for the mailman. They enhance their wealth by scraping off the nickels and dimes that come in chari...

SURVIVORThrough six grueling years of warfare, USS Russell and her gallant crew pitted their prowess against a determined enemy.From the pre-Pearl Harbor Battle of the Atlantic to the campaigns in the Pacific, She was home to warriors who fought off attacks by submarines, planes and ships. She saw them through sixteen major engagements of World War Two including the Battles of Coral Sea, Java, Midway, Savo Island, Santa Cruz, and Guadalcanal She supported the land forces thro...

Dead EndThey found Henry Gibson shot dead in his abandoned car on a dirt road. DEAD END.Then George Horner…and Noah Hamberger. Wait a minute…who's depleting the population of Northeastern Ohio? Are these random murders or a sicko with an agenda? DEAD END.That was the problem facing homicide detective Al Maharos. He ran out of ideas. DEAD END.Maharos had never worked with a woman partner until Karen Vandergrift. Attractive, brilliant Vandergrift. Together, they u...

Jack Sh*t 2: Wait for the Movie, It's in Color is the second installment (there will be three) in the life of my father, Jack Friedman. "Pushing 90"—that's how he described the last half of his 80s. Still in good health, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, albeit kicking and screaming."He dragged me here!" he'd say, pointing to me, to those who'd ask and those who didn't.He wasn't completely wrong.Before, three, four times per year I'd fly to Vegas to help him fin...

He endured every parent’s worst nightmare.When writer-comedian Barry Friedman’s son died from a drug overdose one Friday morning, Barry was devastated—but not surprised. Paul’s death had been in dress rehearsal for years. The world alternately froze and galloped after Paul was found face-down in his room. Barry had to find a way to continue, to reject magical thinking and forge a meaningful path for the future. During the following four days, Barry dealt not only with his crushin...

The Shroud of Turin stolen! The burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth? Interpol investigator Arturo Benavivo is assigned to the case, but while his investigation is underway, the Shroud is mysteriously returned—mutilated.Pieces of the cloth have been cut out.Although he is now officially off the case, burning questions prod Benavivo to continue his search. Who stole the Shroud? Why? Why was it mutilated?Benavivo's persistent hunt, in the face of a desperate and cunning foe...

These stories are narrations of incidents that have occurred during my medical school and internship years, my experiences as a Naval Medical Officer during World War II, and the 50-plus years as a physician specializing in orthopaedic surgery. The people in these stories are real, and the events actually happened.I have changed the names of some of the people mentioned to avoid embarrassing them. Anyone reading this book will be able to tell which of the characters might be embarra...

Dr. Ron Harris is engaged in a project which, if successful, will revolutionize fracture treatment. His mission takes him from the wooded jungles of Ecuador to the concrete jungles of Los Angeles. At every step along the way, his goal is sabotaged by persons unknown He is the target for devices ranging from poison darts to fire bombs. Why is his work under attack and by whom? He is determined to meet and defeat these challenges.

What has happened to the thousands of Bosnians, Croatians and Serbians swallowed up in the Balkan war of the 1990s, never to return to their homes? Matt O'Brien, ex-senator and former Vietnam POW is a member of an international commission whose duty it is to sift for clues. Outraged by the commission's inaction, O'Brien teams up with radar engineer Hank Wilson. Together, they embark on a high-tech probe of the Bosnian killing fields. As they delve into the core of devastation, they unearth...

This is the fourth volume in the Jack Friedman Trilogy.I know, right? But I needed to do one more.When my father was 89, Gregory, my son, asked him, "How much longer do you think you'll live, Grandpa?""Seven years."He kept his wordHe died at 96.No matter how many birthdays my father celebrated, he always told people he was at least one year older. He would turn 93 and he almost immediately would tell people he was "pushing" 94. He knew he loo...

"They got some old timers here, you know, Ba? It's a Jewish place."So said Jack Friedman, my father, after moving into the Tulsa Jewish Retirement Center, later known as Zarrow Pointe—but to him it was "The Hebrew Home."We'll go with that.In Jack Sh*t 3: I'm the Father?—the third installment of a 4-part trilogy—we are reminded that the world is Jack Friedman's oyster . . . or more accurately, Jack Friedman's scrambled egg on a soft roll.It's always ...

Allen boarded the elevator before he realized a hospital security guard was already aboard. He quickly faced the door as the elevator started up. Just before it reached the fifth floor, he heard the static of the guard's walkie-talkie. An unintelligible message crackled. The elevator slowly came to a stop. He leapt out of the half open door,raced to the ICU and glanced back.The guard had not gotten off the elevator. Allen breathed deeply. He was running scared, but from what? He had done n...