The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel.When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding "...

CORRUPTION, BETRAYAL, MURDER and REDEMPTION as Capitaine Celestine Courbet fights for justice against those closest to her, the Bordeaux Police Force, and the ruthless and deadly Vietnamese mob.The story races from the backstreets and ancient cemetery of old Bordeaux to the treacherous waters of the Gironde Estuary, as the investigation into two brutal murders brings Celestine into conflict with powerful forces who want her silenced.Ostraci...

CORRUPTION, BETRAYAL, MURDER and REDEMPTION as Capitaine Celestine Courbet fights for justice against those closest to her; the Bordeaux Police Force and the ruthless and deadly Vietnamese mob.The story races from the backstreets and ancient cemetery of old Bordeaux to the treacherous waters of the Gironde Estuary, as the investigation into two brutal murders brings Celestine into conflict with powerful forces who want her silenced.Ostracised by her colleag...

The Devil's Point - In the glorious sun-kissed countryside of South West France a deadly game is being played and when the dark history of a French town re-surfaces, can one woman unravel the threads that lead to murder? From a 13th-century abbey to a ruined village in the woods, this murder mystery moves relentlessly to its dramatic conclusion on the hill of Calvary.A thrilling French mystery of murder, intrigue and dark secrets.Weep for the Dead

From Hamas to America is a gripping memoir that follows the son of Hamas founder, Mosab Hassan, as he breaks away from his culture’s practice of terrorism to becoming a double-agent for Israel to finally fleeing to America and becoming a US citizen, and ultimately finding peace.“This is my opportunity to share my journey with others, to let go of both the traumas and the triumphs, to find freedom, to proclaim my truth.”Mos...

Young Edwin Drood, an orphan who plans to marry Rosa Bud and go to Egypt to work as an engineer in his father's company, disappears under mysterious circumstances. John Jasper wonders where the boy has gone, as well as being the choir director of Cloisterham Cathedral, and Edwin Drood's uncle and tutor, and Rosa Bud's music teacher. He is also secretly in love with Rosa. Did Edwin Drood Voluntarily Disappear? Or was he murdered? A story full of exoticism, suspense, and strange characters, ...

The Becket List is a not entirely serious compendium of ‘First World Problems’ the sort of stuff that drives us round the bend on a daily basis.How is it that atonal music, bus stations, cling-film and coat-hangers can bugger us up so comprehensively? Or passport control people, modern poetry, or just about anything you’ll find in a typical hotel bedroom?Embracing both the inanimate from allen keys to Rawlplugs and the animated (well, in some cases) from your fellow-travellers to every thi...

Some explanation is perhaps due from a writer who adopts the title of Comic in relation to a subject which is ordinarily considered to be so essentially grave as that of History. Though the epithet may be thought by many inappropriate to the theme, this work has been prompted by a very serious desire to instruct those who, though willing to acquire information, seek in doing so as much amusement as possible. It is true that professedly Comic literature has been the subject of a familiarity...

Time is running out…Jews in South West France are being hunted. As the Nazis close in, a desperate man leaves a coded message for his son.Eighty years later, powerful men will do anything to prevent the deciphering of this code.Former police detective Celestine Courbet is escaping with her partner, Jacques Lecoubarry, from tragedy and betrayal in Bordeaux. When they moor their barge in the small town of Lissac-sur-Tarn they have no inkling that they...

An annotated cosmology of Anne Rice's Vampiredom from A(kasha) to Z(enobia)—all fifteen books of the Vampire Chronicles detailed, by a longtime Anne Rice reader and scholar; the who, what, where, why, (and often) how of her beloved characters, mortal and 'im', brought together in a book for the first time. Illustrated by Mark Edward Geyer.An Alphabettery of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles gathers together, from all fifteen of the books in the series, the fa...

JACK IS A YOUNG, recently separated man living in the city of Chicago. The year is 1997 and for some time now he has felt a growing sense of alienation for the era in which he lives and with the culture and people that surround him. One morning, on the way into the office, he is involved in a violent bus crash and suffers a blow to the head. The injury somehow unlocks an innate ability within Jack to travel thru time. His first encounter sets him back two weeks, where he has to come to gri...

Are you looking for more peace in your life? Do you wonder how you can develop the habits and character traits that will teach you when to say, "No" to energy-draining activities and "Yes" to becoming the person you've always longed to be?Then Cultivating Your Character is the perfect guide for you on your path to greater self-esteem, success, leadership, and life-changing new habits.Deanna Becket takes her readers on an incredible journey, first back in time to learn Benja...