This poetic collection takes us on a journey through life's mosaic, exploring its joys, sorrows, and the courage in between. With nostalgia for childhood wonder and the contemplation of age, it paints life’s odyssey. From inner battles to spiritual musings, these verses probe our existence, touching on love, loss, nature, and war. It's an intimate anthology that frames the human quest for meaning and celebrates the ephemeral beauty of life, urging readers to find magic in the moment and so...

Christopher James--a disgraced and scandalized reporter--would like nothing more than to get away from everything. But his latest assignment at The Tattler, a low-budget tabloid in Roswell, NM, becomes far more than he bargained for when his informant is murdered, and all signs point to an otherworldly culprit.As James follows the evidence, he uncovers a vast conspiracy too incredible to be believed: the origins of the UFO mania that has swept the nation, the secret fate of Nikola ...

It was supposed to be a simple human-interest story, the kind of fluff piece hard-nosed reporter Brett Davis begrudgingly accepts only because his job is at stake. But when his newspaper editor sends him to the northernmost point of Europe to interview the head of a secretive monastery, Brett encounters a man who cannot possibly be who he claims to be—St. Nicholas of Myra. All Brett wants are the facts, but the tale Nicholas tells is too incredible to be true. Or is it?As Nicholas ...

"Do you want out?"For Gerrold Smith, a desperate father turned terrorist now facing triple life sentences, the question is one he'd rather not hear. But when his former hostage turned partner in crime offers to break him out of prison, events spiral rapidly out of control.On the run toward Florida, the last-known location of Detective Bryce Rogan--a man who holds the key to bringing down the child-sex trafficking ring Gerrold's reign of terror inadvertently exposed--Gerrold...

When Dr. Jonathan Munro’s house is broken into, and his former best friend and colleague, archaeologist Stephen Kaufman, is knifed in the streets of Ankara, he is thrust into a world of international criminals who will stop at nothing to claim the priceless artifact Dr. Kaufman unearthed - a scroll revealing the location of the missing autographs of the New Testament. But is it the find of the century, or a costly fraud? As he flees with Isabel, Kaufman’s beguiling sister, Dr. Munro finds ...

This is the first book to show how to use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with the full spectrum of post-traumatic responses; exploring how they affect and relate to one another. Focusing not only on co-morbidity with other anxiety disorders and depression, the book looks more widely at, for example, co-existing pain, substance abuse and head injury.After discussing how to tailor CBT practice to work most effectively with trauma responses in real-world settings, Michael J Scott...

Katherine Holt lives in a state of desperate poverty in the Lower Quarter of Incorporated Municipality Number 27, FEMA Region II, foraging for food with her disabled sister, Rebecca, and hiding with her Mother from the teams of Sweepers who roam the Lower Quarter, which is supposed to have been evacuated due to plague.But Katherine and her sister hide a secret–one that REGA, the controlling, authoritarian governmental bureaucracy in her sector, would do anything to get their hands ...

Abandoned in Detroit, Peter Baird finds himself in a city no longer recognizably American. Armed thugs roam the streets while the citizens suffer beneath an evil caliph who has taken over and rules the city according to Shariah law.He is soon captured by the caliph's forces and is given a choice: convert or die. Horrified by the murderous oppression of women and religious minorities, Peter engineers his escape and begins a resistance movement.Can Peter convince the citizens...

Special Agent Janelle Becker teams back up with Detective Curtis Bold to uncover the tracks of a serial arsonist burning churches in Rochester, NY. His targets pass all racial and religious boundaries, and his message of judgment becomes peculiarly focused on Janelle herself even as things heat up between Janelle and Curtis.Can Janelle and Curtis find this arsonist before he traps them both, or will their new-found passion leave them burned?Available in both paperback and E...

When a Category 5 hurricane destroys an entire coastline, the property damage can run into the hundreds of billions. Traditional insurance companies simply do not have the capital to cover this level of absolute devastation. To survive, they offload the ultimate apocalyptic risk directly onto Wall Street through Catastrophe Bonds (CAT Bonds). This book exposes the extreme, high-stakes casino of weather derivatives. Hedge funds and pension managers buy these incredibly high-yield bonds, pla...

After so much killing Peter Baird is mentally exhausted, and ready to call it quits and go home. But can he really lay down his weapons while his country is still in flames? As the second civil war rages on, Peter is once more dragged into the conflict. First into West Virginia, and then once more to the Midwest, Peter is pulled farther and farther from home. But this time, he aims to bring the fighting to an end. Will his brothers-in-arms support his cease-fire, or will they see it as a f...

The Liberator of Detroit, Peter Baird has been arrested for treason by the Free Militia of Michigan. But unknown assailants are already attempting to kill him. Will he even make it to trial? Things quickly go awry in this fifth mile of the Jefferson's Road saga. Not only must Peter uncover the deadly source of the government sponsored plague and ally himself with the remnant of the men who've been manipulating him from the beginning, he must do so under the constant threat of death while w...