The New York Times bestseller and the basis for the classic drug-smuggling film: "A well-told tale of adventure, greed, deceit, and revenge." — Houston ChronicleBlow is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel—the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. J...

"This amazing true story could have been written for the big screen . . . will satisfy fans of Blow , Donnie Brasco , and true crime stories." — Library JournalRaised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highes...

A "Shadow Agenda?"First, the Shadow Agenda is NOTA political movement, (even though it utilizes politics and human government as a means to accomplish its agenda.)It also isn't "religious," (but will readily cloak itself in religion to blind people to its real agenda.)So what is it then, and why must it be destroyed?The "Shadow Agenda" is an ancient evil conspiracy originatin...

This is the story of a shy boy who then became a bit of a terror and who led others astray. He rebelled about almost everything. Some of his activities included playing truant and playing tricks on people without any thought about the results. This behavior continued until he was challenged and gradually became a completely different person. From a rebel without a cause, he becomes a rebel with a cause.

The Toronto 2018 Symposium on Christian Higher Education provided an opportunity for leaders in the Canadian Christian higher education movement to reflect deeply on its development, current reality, and future possibilities. The Canadian Christian higher education scene comprises a wide range of institutions, including Christian universities, Bible colleges, and seminaries and graduate schools. Each type has its own distinctive history and likewise represents both challenges and opportuni...

Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in the years from 1835 to 1877. Mann drew deeply from the history of his own family, the Mann family of Lübeck, and their milieu.It was Mann's first novel, published when he was twenty-six years old. With the publication of the second edit...

"From flight training, Bruce Porter's aeronautical skills as a Marine day- and night-fighter pilot defined the term fighter ace! Bruce's book reflects the keen, analytical mind of a fighter pilot's technical skills projected into combat. This book is a 'must' for anyone interested in combat aviation history." Col Jeff De Blanc, Marine Medal of Honor recipient "[In his book], Bruce relives the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs of training, on to his victories in the Corsair in the Solomo...

Snatched is the electric tale by the New York Times bestselling author of Blow, Bruce Porter, that tells the true story of a woman caught between two worlds, with her life dangling in the balance.Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade.After two failed marriages and...

States make war, but war also makes states.As Publishers Weekly notes, “Porter, a political scientist at Brigham Young University, demonstrates that wars have been catalysts for increasing the size and power of Western governments since the Renaissance. The state’s monopoly of effective violence has diminished not only individual rights and liberties, but also the ability of local communities and private associates to challenge the centralization of author...

With worshipful reverence, we sing hymns and bear testimony of the one Being whose omniscience, power, and splendor allow him to reign as the King of Kings. In this eloquent and personal book, Elder Bruce D. Porter teaches and bears witness of Jesus Christ. He explores the feelings and spirit surrounding important events in our Lord's life — his birth and resurrection, his roles as Redeemer and Light of the World, his atoning ransom, and his future millennial reign. Jesus of Nazareth was a...

Blow is the unlikely story of George Jung’s roller-coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel—the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung’s early business of flying marijuana into the United States from the mountains of Mexico took a dramatic turn when he met Carlos Lehder, a young Colombian car thief with connections to the then newly born cocaine operation in his native land. Together t...

The evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a clinical tool, be it a diagnostic technique, a preventive methodology, or a therapeutic intervention, is an im portant responsibility of physicians. The history of medicine is characterized by the authoritarianisms of teachers and of organizations giving way to the clinical experience of physicians; authoritarian dictum was replaced by case report and then by case series. As physicians learned to substitute the analysis of data for the inconsi...