Zulapa and the Tale of Corpo Seco is a reimagine of many South America tales woven together in a fresh way by the author, to offer the reader stories of long ago. This work of fiction, fantasy and horror, and their parts - desire, power, greed and loss of spiritual enlightenment, mirror the current world we live in.

Two jaded government agents team up with three veteran conmen to carry out a $5-million courier mission in this "first-rate thriller" ( New York Times )."Everybody else watch out! Ross Thomas writes with a switchblade knife. Out on the Rim dazzles!" —Ed McBainWould you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Phi...

Five years of hope and frustration, beginning in November of 2006, filled the pages of Wheres Opie? Vanished in Chicago, story of our family and our missing son Jesse Opie Ross. Wheres Opie? Life goes on beginning in January 2012, takes you on a year long journey inside our lives, day by day; A chance to feel what we felt; do what we did. An opportunity to sense the reality of a missing loved one, without the terrible sacrifice our family has had to endure in order to make this journey. A ...

Wheres Opie? allows the reader to ride along with a family of a missing person, Jesse 'Opie' Ross, learn details of his disappearance in Chicago; Share the experiences of a family suddenly thrust into the reality of having a missing son. Learn what it is like day to day, living with this reality and finding the courage to go on.From the beginning, in shock, learning as you go, you will learn how such an event affects the family, friends, law enforcement, strangers soon to ...

Why does Jesus place forgiveness as the foundation both of the obedient Christian spirit and of God’s plan for the reconciliation of humanity? In this groundbreaking study, Donald Algeo reveals the answer to both of these questions.Beginning with an analysis of forgiveness in general, Algeo shows how Christian forgiveness in particular—forgiveness offered by Christians—represents an authority, a privilege, and a responsibility uniquely conferred upon his followers by Christ himself...

The primary aim in the surgical management of heart disease is an accurate diagnosis. This is achieved by a thorough clinical examination combined with the appropriate special investigations. For convenience, we think in terms of congenital and acquired conditions although the distinction is not always clear. Congenital lesions can usually be subdivided according to the presence or absence of cyanosis. There is also an important intermediate group of conditions which may develop cyanosis o...

This little book is a memento of my Dad, for my relatives and friends who knew him or knew of him. Its core is a set of pictures from his war album, annotated by me using his wartime letters and diaries, and my childhood memories. I hope you enjoy it. Don

Best friends Rumpus, Tai, Phil, and Phlox are thrilled for the chance to make their first real mural, but when they fall into the world of their own epic painting, they suddenly have to face down the piranha-pistol-packing Wildhares, cattlefish stampedes, and buzzing battlebees of their own creation. Even if they survive, how will they ever find their way back home?Giddyup with the Scribble Squad as they ride into a very weird, very wild Old West!* With over a hundred full-...

The Trial of Alex Henson contains the actual transcript of a high profile criminal casetried in an East Texas town in 1953. Henson was accused of a late-night burglary ofthe private residence of a prominent physician and assaulting that physician's wifewith a gun while the doctor was away on an emergency call.Henson was Black and his alleged victim was white.The case stirred the emotions of both the white and the Black communities.The whites ...

Leading heart surgeons (including the President of the Royal College of Surgeons) bridge the ever-widening gap between the "student" (both pre- and post-graduate) and an increas- ingly remote group of medical and surgical specialists in this , the only book devoted entirely to the established principles of cardiac diagnosis.

Don Ross was an Oklahoma State Legislator for over 20 years, a civil rights activist, and a journalist. ***"Pillage of Hope"***is a testimony to his dedication to righting this massacre's horrible wrong.This memoir sheds light on what led to the success of Black Wall Street; the culture of white supremacist laws and culture that nurtured the enemies of the success of the Greenwood Community - BLACK WALL STREET. It all expl...