Captain Kirk called at precisely 4:00 am. Why is it always the same time ungodly hour! “Mike, don’t hang up on me, I need you down here, I'll pay you every dime I owe you and it’ll be an easy job.” I already started cringing in disbelief. When Captain say's easy job, I know from past experiences it has a way of turning out really bad for both of us. At ninety feet below the surface painted on the hull was the name— Flat Busted. Upon opening the master cabin door, tied to the bed was a nake...

What if you met the ghost of your grandfather while flying at 30,000 feet? What if you fell into a sewer system and had to spend the night? What if your doctor preferred payment in marijuana rather than cash for your treatment? What if you had to carry a box of chocolate cookies to fend off your own dog from attacking you? What if you were faced with completing an island house thousands of miles away where the natives spoke “Spanglish” and you had no building experience? All questions the ...

Water and Witchcraft recalls the travails and triumphs of providing drinking water to villagers in rural Malawi. In an African land where little goes as planned, gracious locals and quirky foreigners pit their wits against witchcraft, sickness and questionable managers to improve the lives of remote families. The results are rich and unusual. This story recalls years spent working throughout Malawi.

Visual Magic is the first step toward planning any project or accomplishing any goal – by seeing it already completed. This book is where The One Minute Manager meets Think and Grow Rich.

River of Tuscany blends mystery with history in a series of interconnected stories set along the Arno River during pivotal moments of Italy's past. A cryptic guild of hydraulic engineers wields twelve rules of wisdom to alter the course of civilization. Hannibal used them to smash the Romans, Dante to transform Italy's language, and Da Vinci to herald in the Renaissance. Now that ancient criteria have been satisfied, these lessons can be written down and unleashed to the world. Yet a power...

Water after War tells about searching for drinking water during a cease-fire. In an African country three times larger than California, joy and tragedy coexist in towns where the last buses pulled out twenty years ago, and where the last seen elephants were slaughtered to be grilled. This is a story of a gorgeous, war-ravaged land where abductions, anarchy, and strolling through minefields form part of daily life. Welcome to Angola – a strangely novel and hospitable country where each day ...

Levitation technology that can deliver free drinking water throughout the world verges on release. It can wipe out thirst and disease, or be wielded as a tool to keep oil as the world's dominant energy source.From the streets of Zurich to coastal inlets of British Columbia, and from Malibu's Pepperdine University to the malpaise badlands of New Mexico, a chase unfolds that matches wits, gumption, and an unusual mathematical algorithm against powers eager to control the transformation of th...

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and is a leading cause of adult disability and discharge from hospitals to chronic care facilities. Despite the frequency and morbidity of stroke, there is a relative paucity of “stroke experts,” such as vascular neurologists and neurocritical care physicians, to care for these patients. Clinical research in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke has grown exponentially over the past two decades resulting in a great deal of new...

The Deep Sand of Damaraland tells of drilling for water in a stunning land, and the irony of trying to battle drought in a desert. This is where the Wild West meets Africa – where trackers hunt criminals, farmers feud neighbors, rogue elephants pull apart water tanks, and one contractor rides horseback to the bush to lasso giraffes. In a paradoxical land where African and European lifestyles coexist and clash, and where intuition eclipses logic – the key to sanity and success pivots on get...

River of Ireland tells of raucous and romantic episodes that shaped the character of these island people during the past five millennia. Fiction and fact are woven together in a series of interconnected stories set along the Shannon River that include Viking raids, the triumph of King Brian Boru, a Norman siege, a blind harper’s romance, and the pursuit of a Spanish Armada captain over a wild landcape. Each story points to a mysterious location and a pivotal event that transformed the futu...

In the wake of murder, three characters within a young man’s dreams identify the culprit. But putting the criminal behind bars creates another challenge. Set within England’s beautiful and ancient university town of Durham, River of Dreams braids together stories of a medieval battle, construction of a Norman cathedral, and a failed French rebellion – to help solve a murder mystery. A soldier, a milkmaid and a rebel transform to unusual allies in this fresh storyline that oscillates betwee...

In Panama's Darien jungle, Colombian rebels kidnap American wildlife biologists tracking a harpy eagle – the most ferocious raptor alive. In Maryland, researchers at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center discover this eagle has vanished. The link between these abductions unfolds in a story of smuggling wildlife, running drugs, tracking clues via satellite, and succumbing to unlikely romance. This story about facing the past in order to handle the future skips from Central America to Dubai, ...