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It is spring, 1963. Only six months earlier the world breathed a sigh of relief at the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Soviet and United States agents are already positioned for a confrontation in northwestern Mexico. Jack Stark and beautiful Maria Salizar, heir to the Salizar dynasty, are thrown into each others arms during a wildly turbulent plane ride to Mazatlan. What follows is a classic tale of passion, intrigue, and mortal d...

In the summer of 1940, the gods of war were wreaking havoc on the wretched populations of Europe and Asia. But here in the United States, the north central San Joaquin Valley of California with its sprawling vineyards, orchards, and open fields provided an idyllic greenhouse for a hardy foursome of eight-year-old boys. For a brief, blessed patch of time the events of their days would trip one upon the other, free of precedent and full of adven...

Jack Stark, now a Fellow at the prestigious Hoover Institute at Stanford University has a chance encounter with beautiful heiress Jillian Spencer Tang, an Oxford trained anthropologist. Their peppery, unconventional relationship evolves into a thrilling international escapade to determine the fate of Jillian's missing father, archeologist Sir Royale Spencer. The quest ultimately leads them to the lofty peaks, plateaus, and cloud canyons of the...

This book, written for the eyes of a single reader, suggest a truth that touches us all. The romantic adventure between a beautiful young Russian immigrant and a high profile university chancellor spins from Manhattan, through Las Vegas and Nevada, to the rustic refuge of the California wine country. It bears witness that true love ignores all boundaries: age, ethnicity, social canons, geography, even the grave. Moreover, in the twists and tur...

This book fulfills a father's promise to his daughter that he would someday write of their struggle with what came to be known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Children so unnecessarily disabled are condemned to endure a purgatory of failures as they struggle to meet the expectations of family, peers, school, and society. This account reflects Margaret's choice of whom and what she deemed to be meaningful inclusions in a story based upon h...

What really goes on behind the ivy-covered walls of American colleges and universities? The author draws upon nearly fifty years of experience and observation to offer the reader an eye-opening glimpse of the human comedy of modern campus life. Be a fly on the wall as top administrators wrestle with a range of issues which span from sex for grades to brazen NCAA violations. Hear the real dialogue. Observe side-splitting, clumsy, and often inge...

In the summer of 1951 sixty-five young U.S. Marine recruit volunteers are discreetly transported to and inserted into the mountainous tropical forests of Southwestern Luzon, Philippines. There, they are trained in jungle combat and deployed into their unique, low profile mission on the fringe of the battle raging between the Philippine Army and communist Hukbalahap forces. This book is a modest effort to memorialize rather than judge the persi...

In this sequel to Jack and Jill, Dr. Jack Stark, A Fellow at the prestigious Hoover Institute, and beautiful, wealthy Jillian Spencer Tang seek to recuperate from their harrowing adventure in northern Mexico by booking passage on a cargo vessel bound for Hawaii and ports of call in the South China Sea. Their hopes for a peaceful respite implode into a vortex of geo-economic and political conflict which has them running for their lives. In the ...