We live in a loud world.Not always in sound, but in thought—unfinished conversations, constant notifications, the quiet pressure to stay busy even when nothing is wrong. Many of us move through comfortable lives feeling restless, distracted, and mentally tired without knowing exactly why.Quiet Water, Loud Thoughts is not a book about escaping that noise.It's about learning how to listen to it differently.Through a series of reflective essays rooted ...

Some books about fly fishing teach you how to cast.This one asks you to stand still long enough to notice what changes.The Empty Bank is a quiet, literary memoir about time, routine, and companionship, told through years spent returning to the same river with a dog who never asked why. It is not a guide and not a how-to. Fly fishing serves as the setting—not the point—for a story about presence, repetition, and the subtle ways life shifts when you keep showing up.

Fly Fishing Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide from 20 Years on the WaterDiscover the timeless art of fly fishing without the confusion, intimidation, or overpriced gear. Whether you're stepping into the river for the very first time or looking to sharpen your technique, this guide brings you everything you need to know—taught through the lens of twenty years of real-world experience.From standing barefoot in the icy currents of Pennsylvania's Little Juniata R...

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...

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...

The subject of the address which I have the privilege of delivering to-day is "Sir George Etienne Cartier, His Work for Canada and His Services to Montreal." Let me at the outset, Mr. Chairman, express my deep appreciation of the honor the Executive of the Canadian Club has done me in inviting me to address the members of this important and representative organization. When, in 1892, through the efforts of Mr. Charles R. McCullough of Hamilton, the first Canadian Club was organized, a move...

Guantanamo closed? Terror trials on US soil? That's only the beginning.A Hero Captured:Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, LT CMDR Jose Carmona, a Cuban American and his SEAL team are ambushed in an attempt to capture the terrorist known as The Banker.The world believes the team members are dead. All are killed but Carmona. He is captured and placed in a cave deep in the mountain range known as Tora Bora in some of the roughest terrain on earth. Imprisoned and inju...

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.

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...

TWISTED FATE THRILLER DRAWS ON AUTHOR'S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCENow, with his Colombian-born mother recovering from a heart attack, all he wants is to resign from military intelligence and help her with the family's international manufacturing company. And then the President calls. In John Boyd's debut thriller, TWISTED FATE, Davis--the only person to have found bin Laden--must travel to Colombia on a black mission to stop a planned terrorist attack on the U.S. by the revolutionary ...

What happens when two U.S. Naval Astronauts land on the planet Harlech, where there is no government, no law -- indeed, no concept of sin! Public nudity is a way of life and the paternalism of children is of little interest to their mothers. This wry, amusing, and suspenseful satire is truly John Boyd at his best.Praise for John Boyd's The Last Starship from Earth"This is the best anti-Utopia, the strongest satire on trends in our present culture, I have seen since '1984' a...

ROBERT DAVIS and his brother born to a Colombian mother and an American father, who died in Vietnam, grow up in the United States. The brothers enter the Army after college and begin their journey through the Special Forces with the eldest brother ROBERT DAVIS ending up in Military Intelligence. By a twist of fate he and an elite force hunt down Osama Bin Laden days before 9/11 only to be ambushed and barely escape alive. Upon returning to the U.S. he is tasked under secret orders by the U...