Best-selling thriller writer John Boyd's first in the Denver Noles series John Boyd fans are already hooked by international thrillers. Now Boyd introduces Denver Noles, a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor winner, with a major hole in his life. One way out When Denver Noles inherits half an island in the Florida Keys after the death of his Uncle Harry, he decides to leave the Navy and change his lifestyle. After converting his uncle’s house into a bar, he recruits a couple of other SEALS to run...

Terror On Trial - John Boyd's newest military thriller Guantanamo closed? Terror trials on US soil? That's only the beginning. A HERO CAPTURED Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a SEAL team is ambushed in an attempt to capture the terrorist known as The Banker. The team members are believed dead, but they are far from it. Lieutenant Commander Jose Carmona is captured and placed in a cave. Through a daring escape, he leads his fellow prisoners to freedom. A FATAL MOVE The United States P...

An inside story of going after the world’s number one bad guy, I Hunted and Killed Osama bin Laden is a first person account that is chilling and seems unbelievable at first until the story leads to a trail of deceit and lies that don’t stop until it’s almost too late. Ray Rivers, an alias, tells his story of being set up after completing the most impossible mission of his life. He has to fight for survival as he turns into the world’s number one marked man, chased and hunted by operators ...

Dr. Henrietta Carey, leader of the Fems, was the first woman candidate for president and the perfector of VITA-LERP, a biological skin cream designed to do away with superfluous men. It spelled WAR BETWEEN THE SEXES.Originally published in the 1970s, Sex and the High Command is a reflection of the age and, though dated, a fascinating historical read. Contains some adult elements.

This book examines real-time target tracking and identification algorithms with a focus on tracking an agile target. The authors look at several problems in which the tradeoff of accuracy and confidence must be made. These issues are explored within the context of specific tracking scenarios chosen to illustrate the tradeoffs in a simple and direct manner. The text covers the Gaussian wavelet estimator (GWE) which has a flexible architecture that is able to fuse uncommon sensor combination...

Dixon and Amelie Boyd were Belfast medical students. Later he was a Cambridge Professor and she an Academic's wife. They and their four sons, became a Cambridge mid-century fixture. Their copious letters (and memories of those sons, the authors) bring to light an unvarnished picture of that University at a time of dramatic change.Darlingest, It not only seems but it was a long time ago. We were half our present ages; the war was no more than a shadow of a man's hand in bright sunli...

“Vail is in the mold of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and Robert Crais’s Joe Pike….This guy has movie written all over him.”—Chicago Sun-Times“Fans of Sam Spade and Jack Reacher will feel right at home with this new tough guy.”—Boston Globe“We have a new American hero in Steve Vail.”—Patricia CornwellSteve Vail, former discarded covert operative and the FBI’s new go-to guy for the toughest jobs, returns in Agent X—the puls...

Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". He has his work cut out when a body is discovered in a corridor of the second floor of the Wilton Hotel. He is quickly identified as Gaston Todd. Is his death a result of the ongoing feud with another man over the hand of society belle, Edna Thurlow? Surely it can't...

A recent book intimates that there are three kinds of Sunday-school teachers. Some are so poor that they must be forgiven by those who had the disadvantage of having Christianity interpreted through their words and spirit. Some are so colorless, so neutral, so neither poor nor rich, that they are forgotten by those who in years of youth had no Christian impression made upon them by their responsible teachers. Some are so good and wise that they are forever remembered with that honor which ...

This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day. It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays, the great Shakespearean period, Molière and Racine in France, Goethe in Germany, through the nineteenth century and the main movements in the twentieth century. It is illustrated by numerous examples of differing styles, with some historical recordings as well and excerpts from nearly fifty plays a fascinating journey. It is written by Da...

International Bill of Rights: Humanity’s Agreement to Live Together revives a plan for humanity that was created after 70 million people were killed in WWII: an International Bill of Rights enforceable in the courts of all countries.At a time of increasing division and uncertainty, this book presents a plan for how people, nonprofits, businesses and governments can collaborate to create a written agreement to live together - embodied in an International Bill of Rights. Mov...

Canadian Reptile Hobbyist features articles from Canadian experts plus guest authors from around the world. Each issue covers topics related to the captive care and breeding of reptiles and amphibians that will appeal to herpetoculturists everywhere. News & events, articles on conservation, and advertising focus mainly on Canadian content. As the world’s second-largest country geographically, we may not be able to meet together, but we can connect via the magazine. You might think...