Describing how NFL great Willie Davis helped define the hard-nosed, in-your-face defense of the original football dynasty, the 1960s Green Bay Packers, this revealing autobiography also illustrates his persona off the field—humble yet ambitious, with an infectious smile and a reputation of strict discipline that matched his leadership mentality. The book recounts the competitor as one of the game's strongest, quickest, and most agile defensive linemen in his time, showcasing a team captain...

About the BookFilled with spiritual inspiration and just a touch of humor, Working in God’s Orchard: Collection of Poetry teaches us to keep the faith as we go on our way through everyday life. Inside, find encouragement and a reminder that, with God, you are never alone if you believe.About the AuthorWillie Davis enjoys arts and crafts, games and movies, nature walks and gatherings with her family and friends, and cooking and eating good food. A mother and grandmothe...

For more than 90 years, the Green Bay Packers have been the model of excellence across the National Football League. Now, LeRoy Butler—a 12-year veteran and one of the most popular Packers ever to don the uniform—teams up with Rob Reischel to tell the stories of the Packers' most memorable players and coaches, including Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Forrest Gregg, Jim Taylor, Herb Adderly, Willie Wood, James Lofton, Sterling Sharpe, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and Donald Driver to name but a f...

A Soldier's Lament is the true story of Willie Davis, Jr., a U.S. Army officer whose negligent mistake during Operation Iraqi Freedom claimed the life of a fellow soldier. More than a war memoir, it is a journey through guilt, accountability, and faith showing how tragedy can lead to redemption. A powerful read for veterans, leaders, and anyone seeking inspiration in the face of failure.

Carter County, Kentucky was blessed with an abundance of diverse natural resources, including timber, iron ore, coal, and limestone. During the Industrial Revolution one of its towns, Olive Hill, became the center of a 600 square mile hotbed of fireclay, a unique heat-resistant clay used to make firebricks. For decades, thousands of hard-working Olive Hillians dug, moulded, and fired that uncommon clay into hundreds of thousands of firebricks per day to line open hearth steel furnaces, loc...

“It started with a miracle. It was a useless miracle, but it still counted as a jaw-dropper, a total malfunction of reason and time… I can burn my own bushes, so I have no patience for miracles.”Introducing the inimitable Milo Byers, a seventeen-year-old dropout whose brother is missing and mother has given up on life. In Lexington, Kentucky, Milo spends his nights being a bar bouncer and boosting cars while searching for his brother, who he suspects is a mysterious figure named “N...

Carter County, Kentucky was blessed with an abundance of diverse natural resources, including timber, iron ore, coal, and limestone. During the Industrial Revolution one of its towns, Olive Hill, became the center of a 600 square mile hotbed of fireclay, a unique heat-resistant clay used to make firebricks. For decades, thousands of hard-working Olive Hillians dug, moulded, and fired that uncommon clay into hundreds of thousands of firebricks per day to line open hearth steel furnaces, loc...

In The Finishing School, former Navy SEAL Dick Couch, author of the acclaimed Warrior Elite, follows SEALs on the ground and in the water as they undergo SEAL Tactical Training.In America’s new war, the first guns in the fight are special operations forces, including the Navy SEALs, specially trained warriors who operate with precision, swiftness, and lethal force. In the constantly shifting war on terror, SEAL units—small in number, flexible, ste...

When John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook—two of them were his grandmother's grandparents. He began the lifelong research project that would become The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, the fruit of more than thirty years of archival and field research and DNA testing spanning 250 years.A descendant of Wessyngton slaves, Baker has written the most accessible and exciting wo...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Make Your Bed—a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL.The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Ope...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Brilliant!” —Jeffery Deaver,** New York Times **bestselling author“Two well-chewed thumbs up.” —Gregg Hurwitz,** New York Times **bestselling authorAn addictive debut thriller starring an FBI consultant with a peculiar taste for crime and punishment…**A boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a ransom call: pay or else. It’s only hours before the ...

One morning the world ended. It wasn't with a boom or even a whimper. Ice covered everything. What happened and why is Sharalyn the only one who is still moving? The first story in a new collection, Ice.