After returning to Rio de Janeiro from Brasilia a young woman working for a major oil company does not make it to her hotel in Ipanema. The company CEO calls in his best security investigator to travel to Brazil, find her, and discover who planned and executed the kidnapping. He soon discovers there are sources within the company, and the government that do not want him to succeed. Faced with a rash of attempts on his own safety, he must navigate the world of corporate and government corru...

These poems are meant to give one a sense of peach, inspiration, and provoke thought. They range from feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, Christmas, sincerely, God and his mercy, true meaning of worship. They are meant to make you think, experience thankfulness, and inspire to to be more like Christ.

The Storyteller New and Revised looks at the parables of Jesus as told in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Comparing the stories in each gospel we may be able to conclude why the writers of the gospels chose to tell the identical story. Is there a diverse meaning for each one, or do they all communicate the same message. What evidence leads us to conclude that some of the parables had multiple meanings. Can some of the stories tell us why they were intended for a specific audience. Knowing to whom...

Did you wonder why the Mars Rover did not work for a while. Find the answer here.What did they throw off of the Tallahatchie Bridge? Find out here.What was high school like in the early sixties?A host of other poems about life and everything encountered from ants to whales.

These poems are about life as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote them from the time he was in high school through the early years of his working life. They give insight into what life was like before and during the depression.

This is a group of limericks based upon Cities in Texas from Abilene to Yorktown. Some are fun, others serious, and some are just plain silly. If you like limericks, you'll enjoy reading about some of the most famous cities and some obscure hamlets throughout the Lone Star State.

A teacher asked me to write a poem regarding my favorite color.My granddad used to take me to the courthouse square in Denton, Texas. I wrote a poem about what happened to the square. It is applicable to any town that once had a central square.Do you every wonder if God is concerned about you? Does he hear your prayer? Does he speak to you? I wrote this poem to remind me that the answer to those three questions is yes!

From working in the summer on sports fields to watching games at the stadium or court, these poems deal with the gift and frustration of sport. From baseball, football, basketball, golf, and other life sports comes a perspective of a novice trying to play games where only few excel. Frustrations, talent, hope, despair shines through and maybe some humor as well.

mudpits & saviours was written with one thought in mind: we are all in need of a saviour. Deep down, you know it and I know it. We all need help sometimes. When it feels like we’re stuck in the mud-pit of life with no hope of ever getting out, when there’s nowhere else to turn and we feel like we’re surrounded and sunk in the mud-pits of life, there is help. Whatever your ‘mud-pit’ is, whether it’s a bad week at work, a destructive lifestyle that has surrounded you, a bad attitude that you...

From New York Times bestselling author Paul Christopher comes an international thriller delving into a Templar threat right at America’s doorstep.Retired Army Ranger John Holliday and his friend Eddie travel to Cuba in search of Eddie’s mysteriously vanished brother—and find themselves desperately trying to stop a shocking plot of a secret Templar cabal that has been growing for five hundred years. As the conspiracy tightens the corrupt and dying Castro re...

Though a primary requirement of God for leaders, very little has been written on this subject. In this book, Dag Heward-Mills outlines very important principles with the intention of increasing the stability of churches. So relevant and practical is the content of this book that it has become an indispensable tool for many church leaders.

A humorous, illustrated, pocket field guide describing where to find—or where to avoid—the most disturbed North American birds. The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds allows anyone to quickly identify psychotic, violent or mentally unstable bird species—and provides the perfect gag gift for your bird loving (or fearing) friends and family.Throughout the book the reader will discover tales of murder, assault, mental breakdowns, obesity, drug abuse ...