Jobless and divorced, Pat Riordan takes a little-sought-after teaching job at the district's school for the hard to handle, Wolfcreek.His sense of loss makes him a good fit for the boys of the school who call their banishment from the mainstream "bricked".Doug Donovan, the school's principal, agrees with Riordan that gentle, but firm teaching strategies are the best way for their kids to learn. But ego-driven administrators who want the school location for more promising st...

In a world where right and wrong are rarely clear, Franklin's Bennies follows Peter Cleary, a mental health counselor working inside a state prison, who is used to helping others navigate their worst decisions-not making dangerous ones of his own.That changes when he agrees to do a seemingly simple favor for Franklin, a charismatic inmate with a hidden past and secrets tied to a long-forgotten fortune. What begins as a quiet act of compassion quickly pulls...

A triumphant story of the spiritThis is for anyone who thinks teaching's a cushy job, who thinks teachers are only in it for the money. Pat Riordan's in it for the kids.Sometimes you have to put aside your own sense of loss to inspire others to rise above theirs.Together with other school staff, Riordan works to bring structure and inspire hope, unraveling the troubles and trauma behind disruptive behaviors and learning delays. Wh...

Jobless and divorced, Pat Riordan takes a little-sought-after teaching job at the district's school for the hard-to-handle, Wolfcreek. Dispirited by their banishment to the at-risk program, students refer to themselves as "bricked." But Riordan sees potential in the behaviors others have deemed unmanageable.Together with other school staff, Riordan works to bring structure and inspire hope, unraveling the troubles and trauma behind disruptive behaviors and...

When former teacher and reluctant sleuth Pat Riordan attends a colleague's funeral, he expects grief-not suspicion. But when the widow presses a cryptic letter into his hand and quietly asks for help, Pat is drawn into a troubling mystery that won't let go.Joe was a good man. Thoughtful. Careful. He'd recently launched a university course digging into local cold cases-an unusual move in their quiet college town. Then he took a fall. Went to the hospital. And died.Now, with ...

New Mexico Territory is no stranger to bad men. But south of the border, on the wild Mexican coastline, is another kind of wicked: a murderous Arab with a ship full of stolen women - to be sold as sex slaves in the four corners of the world. Among them is a missing local school teacher Shawn O'Brien has been searching for - a woman with a past she's kept carefully hidden.Now Shawn, along with a half-mad bear hunter and a professional hangman fight their way to the coast for a blood...

Smoke Jensen and his adopted son Matt are cooling their heels in Colorado when they are called to the Dakotas. Preacher, the legendary mountain man, is in the midst of a vicious struggle. Someone has kidnapped a proud Indian chief's daughter and grandchild. When the kidnapping turns to murder, and Preacher vanishes after clashing with a ruthless Union colonel turned railroad king, Matt sets out to infiltrate the Colonel's gang of killers; Smoke seeks out the only honest citizens in the cro...

In the bestselling novels of William W. Johnstone, mountain man Smoke Jensen is a legend. Now, Johnstone presents the adventures of Smoke's long-lost brother Luke, who was reported killed during the Civil War. The war is over and Luke is very much alive, his soul forged by the violence he witnessed on the battlefields. His job is now tracking down the worst outlaws--by any means necessary.Gloria Jennings is a strikingly beautiful woman. She went on the run when she was accused of m...

They survived the perilous thousand-mile journey to the far edges of the Texas frontier. Now the family that tamed the Wild West must fight to defend their home from a ruthless band hell-bent on stealing it away.Kate Kerrigan has seen the blood-soaked face of war. But nothing has prepared her for the assault on her land that begins with an eviction order hammered onto the door of her family's cabin. Beautiful, cold-blooded Savannah Saint James has her sights set on the Kerrigan pro...

A short compilation of poems, passages, and quotes written down over the years in my experience with love covering the materialistic sense of the word to the platonic.

Overcome painkiller addiction with 101 practical lessons for lasting recovery.Addiction to painkillers is a national epidemic, claiming lives and disrupting families. This self-help guide offers essential knowledge and actionable strategies to navigate the challenges of painkiller addiction and achieve lasting sobriety. It addresses questions such as:How does addiction "rewire" the brain?How does denial perpetuate drug addiction?Ca...

In the midst of the Superpowers and the Third World, a new vision is emerging of a Fourth World, encompassing small communities as an alternative to the notion that “bigger is better.” Returning power to a personal level is one of the goals and Papworth provides some useful ways to meet the challenge he so eloquently describes.