Flying Boat is a historical novel that depicts early long-distance airline commercial passenger service from a copilot's perspective. These earliest flights were in seaplanes. Most large cities had harbors. Before airports and longer runways, flying boats, heavily laden with fuel, could make safe takeoffs and landings with a measure of convenience and safety. During the 1930s, while war was brewing in Europe, commercial airlines were expanding their route systems. Pan American Airways flew...

Inflection Points-Risk Readiness & Failure Fearless! Asks and answers the question “are their common denominators in career decision making between and among senior citizens, veterans entering the commercial sector, and aspiring South America female executives”?The book traces the journey of three people of diverse ages, backgrounds, and life experiences and focuses on how they consider their career options, how they address the restraints that exist and are material to decision mak...

In the United States 87 million "Boomers" were born between 1946 and 1964. Generation X produced 44 million between 1965 and 1979. As the Boomer executives depart the workforce there will be a shortage of qualified applicants to take their place. To further complicate the equation, the first party research and client experience of Discussion Partner Collaborative LLC indicates that 90% of executives would prefer to "phase down" vs. "just retire", 87% are keeping their intentions to themsel...

Pilot, poet and adventurer Jason Walker follows his bliss and trips over his past. Her name is Charlotte Lansing. Her husband Alan is a vulture capitalist who keeps his wife on a short leash. With ties to money laundering, pornography and the drug trade, he marks them both for death. Jason and Charlotte are in a race for their lives. But no one can run forever.

Brilliant, disgruntled CIA officer Jack Harris avenges the death of his military fiancé in a fast paced thriller. Jack's clever technique applied to strategic targets in the U.S. is discovered by his childhood friend, FBI agent Frank Warren, who invokes a blood vow to learn why and wherefore. A compelling read with a surprise ending.

The accidental death of his friends results in a "discretionary duty" for writer Jeffrey Stevens, who goes to their home to sort through their personal effects. In one day he learns secrets of how past informs present, and that the future belongs to the living. A novel of quiet existential adventure.

An airliner crashes on an emergency return to JFK. The Captain and his First Officer are lovers in this tale of travel, romance, truth and consequences in the modern world of aviation. Corporate and government interests press their cause for human error, as organs of formal inquiry ask questions that may have no clear answers. An aviation love story.

To be an effective leader - at all levels - you need to pay attention to vision. Creating a Vision provides the 5 compelling vision elements and the 5 vision articulation factors that will reveal a powerful image of how good your organization is and how skilled you are as a leader.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives Col. Jeff Cooper's four universal rules for firearm safety, plus specific safety rules for semi-automatics and revolvers.

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives range exercises to condition you for the follow up that happens on the street after a gun fight.

In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Massad Ayoob argues for backup guns. He provides the rationale, real-life examples, and tips on how and where to carry a small concealed carry gun.

Conflict with direct reports is one of the most difficult challenges facing managers today. But it's a challenge that successful leaders must learn to address. Managers who develop an understanding of difference without judging and are willing to see more than one perspective or solution are in a good position to manage such conflict. They are better prepared to understand emotions that can trigger conflict, to clarify performance expectations, and to provide ongoing feedback for the suppo...