Both cases were 1st Degree Murder trials. For months, the Mothers carry on a "normal" life, denying any knowledge. Both cases involved the concealment of a missing child. Both involved stories of the horrific murder of young children. Both were deliberated by jurors. Why the different outcome?Told by the Jury Forman of the North Carolina trial, it has riveting insights about the case, and the deliberation process from the Jury's perspective. It is a "must-read" for prospective juro...

In 1928, when Harry Batt, Sr. opened Ponchartrain Beach, a New Orleans dynasty was born. Until it was shuttered for good in 1983, "The Beach" captured the imagination of generations. But now, in the mid-1950's, while Walt Disney was just embarking on his vision of family entertainment, Harry had it all down pat at a long time ago. . .Enjoy a stroll down memory lane to a simpler time. . .

The World of Lyra is a long-forgotten place of a long-forgotten Empire.People there often wonder about their earliest times, the times before that, and even before Time Itself.The earliest Events became stories, stories became legends and legends evolved folklore that inflamed mysteries of the imagination. But many Truths and Knowledge was lost.A Priest class evolved, clothing the mysteries of the past in intricate liturgies and by for...

Others in The Paladin Papers Series:"PAVE BOLO: Target Iran" is the fifth story in "The Paladin Papers" military techno-thriller series. It is also a thought-provoking prequel to its companion story "411: Cybergeddon. Iran is reeling. The "Stuxnet" computer vrus infects its nuclear program control systems. Iranian leaders are hungry for revenge. Resisting calls to halt their nuclear programs, a crushing cyber-strike against the United States is planned. It's time for PALADIN and his...

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy finds key facts fading from memory. As with most historical events, time has a way of dimming the stark realities of that day.In a world enthralled by instant communication and immediate conclusions, the simplest solutions are embraced. The broader questions of "Why" the assassination happened are overshadowed by the facile analysis of "Whodunit" and "How ".It remembers that the proof of any conspiracy lie...

Masters of black ops ruthlessly navigate today's globalization. From World War II; to the Cuban Revolution and the Kennedy assassination; through the CIA's Operation Phoenix and the oil fields of Vietnam; it leads into today's Afghanistan.Must-read, fast-paced fiction with high-impact insights into the geopolitics of global resources. You will think about this long after you put it down

The International Air Cadet Exchange is the premier summer activity for Civil Air Patrol Cadets. Each summer, dozens of CAP Cadets, from across the United States, are selected to visit among dozens of countries represented in the Exchange.For me, the International Air Cadet Exchange was twenty-one days that lasted a lifetime.In our three-week trip to Sweden there were nine trips by air, and eleven by bus. We visited eight historical attractions, eight major Swedish companie...

Civil Air Patrol's "1972 Annual Report to Congress" reported that:"In July, 63 male Cadets attended the Air Force Academy Survival Course at the Air Force Academy, Colorado. The course is the same course given to Air Force Academy cadets and includes training in water survival, living off the land, and developing life-sustaining techniques in mountainous country."It accomplished that and more. . .On the surface it was a new travel experience, and the challenge of ou...

It is April 11th - "411". A cyber attack is underway that eclipses "911". It targets the most vulnerable aspects of American society. PALADIN's ONYX OPS team must find the master cyber-terrorist, identify his sponsors and deliver justice. A fast-paced, fact-based examination of today's high-tech threats in today's high-tech world.

Iran is reeling. The Stuxnet computer virus is infecting its nuclear program. Iranian leaders are hungry for revenge. They stubbornly resist calls to halt their nuclear programs and plan a crushing cyber-strike against the United States. It's time for PALADIN and his Onyx Ops team to derail Iran's nuclear ambitions. They unleash one unique weapon with a Cold War legacy another from tommorrow.

In a world of Global Jihad, it is September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of 9/11. From downtown Washington DC to Area 51 to Somalia and the Gulf of Aden, "Paladin" and his high-tech Onyx Ops team is commemorating this tragic event in their own special way. Follow the masters of global black operations at Onyx Ops as they orchestrate new technologies in the relentless hunt for terrorists.

England has been a land of rich and poor from time immemorial, with a pyramid of privilege that reaches down from the monarch to the lowest individual, each with their own station in life. The great and good always manage to leave their mark, but the poor live and die in anonymity. Throughout England's recorded history there have been many whose labouring existence marks them out as the lowest of the low, insignificant paupers whose were forced to work without due reward. Amongst these inc...