Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protection Tim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been done and set out to win Teina’s freedom. Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the highest court in the Commonwealth, this is t...

Within two years of the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor was forced to defend his throne against a formidable challenge mounted on behalf of a ten-year-old boy who had been crowned in Dublin as 'Edward VI'. Though presented as the last surviving Plantagenet, the young lad is generally known to history as Lambert Simnel.Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke unravels the tangled web of dynastic politics and rivalries in Yorkist England, seeking a context for...

On an August morning more that five hundred years ago, to the sound of thundering hooves, gunshot, the clash of steel and the cries of men in battle, Richard III, King of England, lost his life and the Plantagenet name came to an end. But what do we really know of the battle which became known as Bosworth Field? How do we separate fact from legend when our knowledge is based on sources which by any reckoning are meagre, garbled or partisan? In this classic account Michael Bennett provides ...

HOW TO JUMP HIGHERAn impressive vertical jump is one of the best attributes an athlete can possess.A big jump shows raw power, demands attention, increases the potential of an athlete, and can even strike fear in to the opposition.One of the most impressive athletic feats in the slam dunk. For most regular sized people, dunking is a distant dream. However, with an increased vertical jump, dunking a ball is achievable for most people.Regardles...

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and techniques designed to deal with 21st century national security problems. This second edit...

Beneath the waters of the Pacific, hidden from the human world, lies a kingdom few have ever seen.From the ancient City of Light beneath Mount Shasta to the depths of the Emerald Castle, the ocean is alive with memory, power, and guardians sworn to protect its balance. At the center of it all stands the Crystal Window, an ancient relic that reveals not the future, but the consequences of choice.Angelica, Princess of the Sea, has been warned never to interfere with what the ...

Have you ever felt the sea pull at something deeper than memory?Across generations, one family rises and falls with the tide, their love for the ocean carried forward like a melody that refuses to end.Each life becomes a song - of courage, of inheritance, of promises kept across time.These are the Songs of the Caretakers.And somewhere beyond the horizon, the sea is still singing.

An in-depth, full-color, step-by-step guide to the new golf swing that has taken the PGA Tour by stormThe traditional golf swing requires a level of coordination that few golfers have. So it's no surprise that, despite huge advances in club and ball technology, the average golf handicap in America has dropped by only one stroke since 1990. Maverick golf instructors Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer spent a decade researching the swing, eventually combining physiolog...

Why do many American Christians Today Oppose the Values of Jesus? In recent years, why have most evangelical Christians been more concerned with political "winning" over soul-winning? Why have they been willing to "deal with the Devil" to further their interests and agenda, and disregard their call to "love thy neighbor," and its impact on their witness to the world and reputation of the Church? Why do their calls to limit government assistance and citizen protections mirror those of the f...

Beneath the waters of the Pacific, hidden from the human world, lies a kingdom few have ever seen.From the ancient City of Light beneath Mount Shasta to the depths of the Emerald Castle, the ocean is alive with memory, power, and guardians sworn to protect its balance. At the center of it all stands the Crystal Window, an ancient relic that reveals not the future, but the consequences of choice.Angelica, Princess of the Sea, has been warned never to interfere with what the ...

They had never expected the threat to come this way.With Noah, Fitz, and Daniel away on work that took them from the coast, the clinic is left in the hands of those who know it best. Penny, Anna, and Wendy face a challenge that does not rise from the ocean, but from human ambition corporate interests determined to claim what was built through care. Holding ground means more than defending a place; it means understanding what it asks of them in return.It is Lilibeth who finds ...

A new town. A second chance. A calling he never saw coming.When Peter arrives in Port Redding to rebuild his life, he believes he's come to help, running a harbor rescue clinic along a coastline forever changed by the sea. But this is no ordinary place. Dolphins gather with purpose. Orcas watch from beyond the break. And the ocean is not silent. It's waiting.As the tides begin to shift in ways no one can explain, Peter realizes he is standing at the edge of something far grea...