This book will take you from the early days of my life as I re-live it, and you see it through the retrospective mirror of my eyes. Hopefully you will be equally amazed reading this book as I was writing it. I will delve deep into the darkest area of my experiences, from childhood to adulthood, taking you from my earliest days, growing up in New York , and then working as a New York City Transit Cop, through my experience as a New York City Detective. I will take you through the accounts o...

THE HIDDEN RULES OF SUCCESS: HOW TO GET AHEAD BY GETTING THINGS DONEIn the corporate world, the fastest-rising employees aren't necessarily those who follow every rule, but those who understand when to challenge boundaries to achieve results. Successful professionals navigate bureaucratic obstacles, keep projects on track, and advance their careers—all without waiting for approval.Doing the Right Thing Without Permission reveals 50 proven methods h...

Glue Lines is a sequel to Bill Perry's first novel, Not Perfect. Emotionally damaged by the murders of his wife and son and unable to cleanly glue together the pieces of his psyche that was damaged by their deaths, Bo Pearson, along with his best friend, Heinz Viol, charges headlong into a search for the killer of Heinz's ex-girlfriend. Nicole Grant is brutally murdered at her home. Pearson and Viol vow to bring the killer to justice.As they search for the murdere...

This book is about what a soldier goes through while in combat in the Middle East and returning home having to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While on the battlefield, dealing with firefights, being shot at, and having to hear the battle cries of wounded fellow soldiers all the while trying to save yourself are very traumatic experiences. Suppressing all of these horrific ordeals creates PTSD. We will bring to light the effects of PTSD and how veterans are returning home ...

Not Perfect is about the tragic chain of events that occurs after a major league baseball player misses a fly ball. Bo Pearson plays for the Boston Red Sox. He is in right field during a sure perfect game thrown by rookie pitching sensation, Jake Lang, who is the darling of Red Sox Nation. But, a catchable line drive sails over Pearson's head in the ninth inning, ruining Lang's perfect game.The misplayed line drive causes a furious reaction among fans and teammates, especially Lang....

This is a story about the differences between the world's view of retirement and God's view of retirement. For example, the world says store up your treasures for yourself, but the Bible says be a cheerful giver. The world says just take care of number one, but the Bible asks you to be a caregiver for others. The world says when you retire it's time for fun and travel, but the Bible asks you to use your extra time in retirement for service to the Lord.I'm sure that when God created...

Jeffrey Hirsch discusses how to capture market-beating returns by following specific stock market cyclesWhile predicting the direction of the stock market at any given point is difficult, it's a fact that the market exhibits well-defined and sometimes predictable patterns. While cycles do not repeat exactly all of the time, statistical evidence suggests that cyclical tendencies are very strong and should not be ignored by investors. The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles will show y...

A comprehensive and practical guide to the stock market from a successful fund manager—filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need to become a stock market genius.Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too. You’re about to discover investment opportunities that portfol...

More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success.America’s most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the wo...

The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski.Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll suffer the same fate.Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actre...

In this gritty crime novel, the disappearance of a stockboy sets salesman Nick Stefanos on a dangerous investigation that changes his life forever.As the advertising director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics business. Blow-out sales and shady deals were his life. When one of the stockboys disappears, it's not news: just another metalhead who went off chasing some dream of big money and easy living. But the kid reminded Nick o...

From Naptown to Tinseltown—legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo—before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor in a biopic—there was Indianapolis. And not the good part. Mike Epps is one of America's favorite and funniest people, but the path to fame was paved wi...