Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Linefeatures a compelling collection of stories about women in law enforcement. From a dispatcher on the radio trying to remain calm and do her job while her husband is involved in a gun battle, to a desperate search for a missing child during a frightening storm, to a courageous lone officer staring down the barrel of a gun inside a crowded department store, the tales in this book will have your pulse racing....

Not only are the Oak Tree Press authors wonderful writers, they are also great cooks. Meals often appear in their books. This cookbook assembles the best of their recipes along with author profiles and a bit about their books. contributors include: Amy Bennett, Holli Castillo, Lorna Collins, Lesley A. Diehl, Michael Eldridge, Nicola Furlong, J.L. (Janet) Greger, Shirley Skufca Hickman, Ann K. Howley, Marilyn Levinson, J. R. (John) Lindermuth, Nancy LiPetri, F. M. (Marilyn) Meredith, Sharon...

At sixteen, Michael and Annie, locked out of the house, took shelter from a rainstorm in her mother's car. As Annie slept, Michael whispered a lifelong vow he'd keep until his last breath: Through Vietnam's jungles, battles scarred his body, but his heart bore the deepest wound. Decades later, he shared his story with his best friend, John. When Afghanistan took Michael's life, John fulfilled his promise, contacting Annie with an untold tale of her first love. Unaware of its depth, thinkin...

What could go right with a social worker Daddy and an injured boy?WillAs a social worker on Almstead Island, I've come to understand the hidden battles people face. But seeing Beckett injured shook me. Behind his tough exterior, there's a vulnerability that tugs at my heartstrings. I want to be his daddy, not just to fulfill a fantasy, but to provide the comfort and security he so desperately needs.BeckettTh...

In 1860 the Australian interior was unmapped and unknown to European settlers. When the Victorian Exploring Expedition tasked Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills and a party of nineteen men with crossing the country from South to North, this was soon to change. Following their slow and arduous journey from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, John Van der Kiste gets to the heart of the expedition and the men involved. This book explores the way in which poor leadershi...

**Two award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author join forces for a collaborative novel of awesome proportions.One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.H...

Does God have a path for me? How do I make the right choices in life? Why is it so difficult to uncover God's will?Trusted pastor and teacher John MacArthur answers these vital questions and more. Found: God's Will shares six powerful principles that will give you direction, fill you with purpose, and give you the confidence to live out His plan for you.

Following the bestselling SUMMER OF A DORMOUSE, Sir John Mortimer - playwright, novelist, octogenarian and erstwhile QC - offers up more wickedly funny lessons in living and growing old disgracefully. What would we like to leave to our descendants? Not a third-rate painting or our PEPS, according to Sir John, but a love of Shakespeare, a taste for alcohol, the ability to defeat boredom, the importance of never locking the lavatory door, and so on. Owing something to Montaigne's essays, som...

What you do when you find out you’re the bad guy mattersJackson “Jax” Caruso’s parents fought for the Independents. They lost.This fast-paced sci-fi adventure picks up fifteen years later. Jax is just trying to get by without attracting imperial attention. After all, food and, more importantly, beer ain’t free.He’s got a fast ship, two droids, and not much else. So when he’s approached about a job that seems perfect, he pulls in some friends, ok, mo...

At a time when the basic costs of living continue to increase at a far greater pace than most wages and salaries, it’s become well known that the residential real estate sales industry can provide personal incomes that range from $100,000 to $1,000,000 per annum. This book, written during the 2008 Global Financial crisis, is a very personal account of someone who has worked step by step through a process of starting from zero to progress through to becoming a high achiever in the competiti...

Jackson ”Jax” Caruso inherited a ship from his parents.They’re dead, they don’t need it.The unification wars happened a while ago, Jax’s parent’s fought for the losing side. Now he takes the jobs he can get; smuggling, bounty hunting, hauling cargo. If it pays, he’ll do it.When Jax is approached with a job that seems too good to be true, he should have known better, he should have walked.He didn’t.Now he and a few friends are in it deep; Imperial ent...

“This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelEditor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic About and What Have You Changed Your Mind About with This Will Change Everything. Brockman asks 150 intellectual superstars “what game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect t...