Cherish the good memories. Weaponize the bad ones.Together with her faithful canine companion, Foxy Valdez lives a Spartan life in her single-wide trailer. A legendary mercenary, she's under contract with Salvage Corps PMC, known as Ángel de la Muerte. Haunted by memories from her tragic past, she’s desperate to break free of the gun-for-hire life that she’s sold her soul to.That opportunity presents itself when journalist and social media influencer, Brendan Thor, uncovers...

Tasked with hunting a powerful member of The Committee in Paris, Foxy Valdez has a chance to strike at the heart of the organization manipulating the world from the shadows.Her target is a French pharmaceutical titan attempting to accomplish what The Committee's failed disinformation campaign never could: absolute control over the human mind. Hunted by a legendary assassin who may be her equal, Foxy follows a trail of lies and half-truths through the streets of Paris while growing ...

The first three books in 'Foxy Valdez Thrillers', a series by Brian Cotton, now available in one volume!Weaponized: Foxy Valdez lives a Spartan life in her single-wide trailer. A legendary mercenary, she's haunted by memories from her tragic past and desperate to break free of the gun-for-hire life that she’s sold her soul to. After Foxy is presented with an offer she finds hard to refuse, she finds herself on her own in a dark world chock-full of ruthless mercenar...

They should have known better.Two years after exposing the head of The Committee, Foxy is free - or so she thought. While vacationing at a resort in Mexico, her past comes back to haunt her.The new head of The Committee wants rid of her for good. When tragedy strikes and all that Foxy has gained is taken away from her again, she seeks revenge. Rejoining Old Man and Brendan Thor, Foxy learns of The Committee’s latest scheme to control the world’s population. The enemy has jo...

Gabriel Black has it all. He's the star of the varsity basketball team, and his dream school offers him a full ride. Soon, he’ll be headed to the NBA to make his millions.But his dream comes at a cost. His high school sweetheart ends things with him, and during his first practice at university, he blows out his knee in a freak accident.Dream gone. Girl gone.But what if he could change the past? After answering an online ad, the now hopeless Gabe shares his story wit...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Sc...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-UnionThe ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was—and its true nature coul...

PRACTICAL GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPYThe fundamental guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy returns in a fully updated new editionFor over forty years, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has offered a clear, accessible introduction to the fundamentals of endoscopy, from patient positioning to the range of available procedures. Now updated by a new authorial team to reflect the latest advances in endoscopic proced...

Translated into seven languages, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has for the last 25 years been the basic primer for endoscopy around the world, providing clear, clinical and practical guidance on the fundamentals of endoscopy practice, from patient positioning and safety, how to perform different endoscopic procedures, and the latest in therapeutic techniques and advances in technology.It's key strength and reason for its popularity is its step-b...

In 1999, Ville Platte, Louisiana resident and sports nut Tim Fontenot longed to do something to celebrate this small town's prep football city championship. Amazed at the harmony between Sacred Heart High and Ville Platte High, two schools that could not be further apart racially or socially, "Dr. Tim" wanted to commemorate the teams' simple ability to get along with each other.What started out as a nice idea and a trophy is now a weeklong community celebration complete with zydeco...

Horse trader Will Summers wasn' t looking to be anybody' s hero, let alone stop a bank robbery led by the son of Gunn Point' s most powerful man. He' d rather hit the trail than try to take on the rest of the robbers, who are hell-bent on skinning his hide. But when the local sheriff is injured and his deputy outmatched, Will knows that things are only going to get worse. With an enigmatic gunhand as his only ally, Will is going to have to outshoot-- and outwit-- a gang of vengeful cutthro...

Winner, 2010 Bennett H. Wall Award, Southern Historical AssociationIn this fresh study Brian Schoen views the Deep South and its cotton industry from a global perspective, revisiting old assumptions and providing new insights into the region, the political history of the United States, and the causes of the Civil War.Schoen takes a unique and broad approach. Rather than seeing the Deep South and its planters as isolated from larger intellectual, economic, and political deve...