Llama Crossing, a historical/fantasy novel is a spiritual journey in a dangerous world. As indicated in a recommendation letter by Poul Anderson, renowned science fiction/fantasy writer, the dual plot structure juxtaposes past and present conditions which formed our needs with the void that remains when today's world is "turned over"--Pachacuti!

Connections,a contemporary novel, is the story of a group of elderly people who create new rites of passage in their struggle against ageism, loneliness and social boundaries. Romance, love, sex affects the lives of older men and women, too. Survival and quality of life can be more challenging but each member of the household brings a greater lifetime of experience to find solutions.

What do the main intelligence agencies do and where do they operate? How do they recruit personnel? What are real life honey pots and sleeper agents? What about truth serums and enhanced interrogations? And what are the most common foibles of popular spy fiction?With the voice of over forty years of experience in the Intelligence Community, Bayard & Holmes answer these questions and share information on espionage history, firearms of spycraft, tradecraft techniques, and the persona...

Key Moments in Espionage is a collection of brief histories of important espionage events, including the pivotal role of spy ships through the ages, an examination of critical intelligence failures, decisive events of the Cold War Era, and a biography of Vladimir Putin, the KGB veteran who spun chaos into a dictatorship.With the voice of fifty years of experience in the military and intelligence communities, Bayard & Holmes use their dry humor and narrative style to illuminate dark...

This is the first book in an epic fantasy series. It follows a group of three long-time friends and career mercenaries that are searching for a fresh start in a new region. Winter has broken and jobs have been posted. With no references or reputation to rely on, they find it difficult to secure work. The trio can either accept the only job they've heard back from or resort to adventuring work. The Gray Wolves Free Company is light on details but influence is influence, so caravan guarding ...

With the voice of forty-five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, Bayard & Holmes journey through Iran's history to define the challenges that face Western nations today.A cradle of civilization, Iran has been a political hot spot not just for decades, but for eons. Now, the urgent issue for Western nations is the extent of Iran's nuclear capabilities.Is Iran developing an atomic bomb? If so, should we do something to stop it? Who is "we," and precisely what w...

Key People & Wars is a collection of short biographies of important Western military and intelligence figures and brief histories of critical conflicts that have helped shape the modern world.From the founder of Special Forces, the would-be King of Mexico, and the man who taught the FBI to shoot, to the Battle of Manila, the Boer Wars, the Battle of Fallujah and more, Bayard & Holmes bring fifty years of military and intelligence experience to their narrative style to illuminate th...

Shoes? Check. Flowers? Check. Cake? Check. Restore power balance of Western Hemisphere? Working on it.When CIA operative Sonia Pérez goes wedding shopping with her mother, she gets more than she bargains for. Not only is a national security crisis dumped in her lap, but she discovers that a knack for espionage runs in the family. With a top-level government traitor and no one on the inside to trust, she teams up with an old partner and a new one – her mother, a veteran Cold War spy...

"Here is a lightning-fast tale of intrigue, lies, and the mother-of-all terrorist plots. Big story, big adventure, big thumbs-up!"—JAMES ROLLINS, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kingdom of BonesJohn Viera left his CIA fieldwork hoping for a "normal" occupation and a long-awaited family, but when a Pakistani engineer is kidnapped from a top-secret US project and diplomatic entanglements tie the government's hands, the Intelligence Community turns to John and hi...

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDThe bestselling business playbook for turbocharging any organization, updated for modern audiences with new and never-before-seen materialEvery single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a thousand different strategies? When The Ultimate Sales Machine first published in 2007,...

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDThe bestselling business playbook for turbocharging any organization, updated for modern audiences with new and never-before-seen materialEvery single day 3,076 businesses shut their doors. But what if you could create the finest, most profitable and best-run version of your business without wasting precious dollars on a thousand different strategies? When The Ultimate Sales Machine first published in 2007,...

This book serves as a valuable aid for scientists and engineers who seek to discover and disseminate knowledge so that it can be used to improve the human condition. This book can be used as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate courses on technical communication and ethics, a reference book for senior design courses, or a handbook for young investigators and beginning faculty members.In addition to presenting methods for writing clearly and concisely and improving oral or poste...