Tom Bradshaw, a top-level Los Angeles negotiator for a kidnap and ransom insurance company, takes extraordinary risks to free kidnap victims until he is kidnapped and fights for his life.He meets with kidnappers to transfer ransoms to off-shore accounts, drops money from a helicopter to waiting snatchers and rescues victims. These perils result in his being wounded twice.The job is addictive, and he’s hooked on the high it gives him when he successfully brings a victim back...

Kirby Wallace is a top investigator for the U. S. Treasury Department and survives assassination attempts and a kidnapping while investigating money laundering by global banks that cleanse billions of dollars for drug cartels, terrorists, organized crime, oligarchs and blacklisted countries.Wallace goes undercover in New York and joins France’s largest bank that is money laundering funds for blacklisted countries, including Iran, Sudan and Cuba. He assembles proof of the crimes, wh...

This epic historical western novel revolves around a dynamic ship’s captain, John Randolph, who becomes the major transporter of food and supplies to General Zachary Taylor’s armies battling General Santa Anna’s forces on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border during the Mexican War of the 1840s.U. S. President James Polk is determined to take all of the land between Texas and the Pacific Ocean in order to fulfill America’s Manifest Destiny. His offer to Mexico to purchase the land ...

Rebellion is sweeping northern Mexico as peons attempt to gain freedom from wealthy land owners who treat workers and farmers like indentured servants or slaves. Periodically peons and vaqueros will visit Ricardo Montoya in the Arizona Territory, pleading with him to join the rebellion and lead the rebels who are continually being mauled by the Mexican Army.Ricardo has become James Barringer. He has a new wife, Christina, and is content to manage the huge Barringer cattle ranch. Ja...

Dan Ryder develops a reputation as being the most aggressive, hard-hitting regulator in the banking business, as he forces the banking giants to pay hundreds of millions in fines for their transgressions rather than have their operational licenses revoked.Inadvertently, Ryder is caught up in the drama of a murder and must clear his name without destroying his boss's chance of winning the on-going gubernatorial election that is labeled a tossup as election day looms. Ryder is caught...

The unbelievable true story of John Bishop, a former megachurch pastor who ended up running drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel.For thirty years, John Bishop was a pastor. Along the way, he learned that everyone does stupid things. We lie to our families. We lie to ourselves. We take long lunch breaks and sneak cigarettes when we said we’d quit. Sometimes, we take a sabbatical from our nice, comfortable life as a pastor and start running drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, then...

Dangerous churches are willing to put everything on the line for the one thing that matters most: reaching lost people.Through probing questions and amazing stories of God's grace, John Bishop confronts church leaders to embrace what matters most to the heart of God, whatever the cost.Most churches naturally gravitate to what is safe and familiar. Church leaders who take risks are bound to fail, and fear drives us to continue in our comfortable, but ineffec...

Ethan felt uneasy and confused after someone he trusted touchedhim in a way that didn't feel right. He didn't know what to do orwho to tell.That night, as Ethan drifted off to sleep, he was met by a specialfriend who understood how he felt and offered the guidance heneeded.Obie, the ultimate friend, not only accompanies you on yourfavorite nighttime escapades but also serves as a constantreminder of your own special "Amazi...

Acutely ill patients are found in the hospital, in the skilled nursing facility, in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, in outpatient practices, and in the home. The role of the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant is to rehabilitate these vulnerable and frail patients to enhance their health and functioning.The goal of Acute Care Physical Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide, Second Edition is to provide the acute care practitioner with the necess...

The world has rehearsed many stories, fables and secrets since the fall of man, in an attempt to teach some moral lesson or ethical grace. However, the greatest mystery ever revealed was first hidden by God, Himself, in Himself, long before the first Adam was formed from the dust of the earth. This mystery, having been kept secret since the world began was revealed only after the last Adam, Jesus Christ, died, rose, ascended and returned as the Comforter on the day of Pentecost. This Book ...

A park ranger becomes obsessed with the case of a missing child—a case that mirrors the disappearance of her own brother, whom she lost in the woods years ago—and the possibility that both were taken by something vicious and unnatural that lives deep in the Ozarks.“Fleet-footed, compulsively readable, haunting, and monstrously satisfying.”—Nat CassidyFifteen years ago, Audrey Figg's little brother, Benny, vanished on a family vacation to De...

We are called to encourage one another and that is what this book does! It lifts our spirits so we can be the best we can be and shine like the sun! The Encouragement Page presents seven hip-hop poetry verses designed to help kids shine and know that they are talented, gifted, and blessed. With a little help from these songs kids can be inspired to follow their dreams. These seven hip hop poetry songs carry an uplifting message so kids can believe and achieve! • Do what you love to do! • D...