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The autobiography of the author presents in short story from true adventures and actual events which have spanned his eighty-seven years. Like exploring pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the reader is able to discover what has shaped the man he is and what he has become. Some stories are humorous, others spiritual but all are entertaining

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There is a population within our society that most ignore. Yet the inhabitants of this population, who hide in the shadows of too many of our cities, have much to instruct us about humanity, survival, and adaption. This is a true saga of homeless people from the perspective of someone who not only embraced the learning from these individuals but also the people themselves. In the process, I learned what it is to be truly compassionate to the n...

For the second time in the history of the world, the Church of Rome is under attack and its enemies can finally foresee its downfall and destruction. Only one individual, a Jesuit monsignor, holds the key to turning back this tsunami of chaos. But can he succeed? He advances his ideas in a book that describes the current predicament in which the Church finds itself, comparing it to the First Reformation of the 15th Century, but also describing...

There was a time when the Cold War ended. The United States found itself in a position of unquestioned power. Deception was a tool in the possession of both major powers and redesigned weapons placed in strategic locations could provide an edge for the nation that was ready and willing to use them. For more than forty years the United States military had seeded parts of Europe with nuclear mines meant to slow an aggressor in case of preemptive...

From the eighth century, onward, the term assassin has come to mean the agent of an organized, clandestine, secret effort to eliminate enemies. The study of this effort is complex and takes many turns. In modern times, the assassin lives on as agent of the nation state who employs the same methods to eliminate enemies. As before, the individual assassin must be well-trained in many skills which include proficiency in languages, fighting arts, ...

Offering readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades, this is a historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth.

Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e follows its successful predecessors in providing a framework for use by health professionals visiting a resource-constrained environment. Aimed at health professionals, Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e encompasses problems brought about by local conflict or natural disasters. It covers preparation, organisation, logistics, treatment of major trauma and medical emerg...

A serial murderer/caregiver and her accomplices devise what they demonstrate is the perfect means to murder twelve sickly senior citizens of Seaside Hills Senior community and abscond with their estates. Only one person, Carol Olmstead, now a resident of Oceana, another nearby senior community, puts the clues together with the help of close associates to trap the clever perpetrators. Meanwhile, events in Carol's Oceana community spiral out of ...

Third Murder Mystery in a TrilogyMurder Without BordersA fanatical foreign assassin driven to revenge vows to murder eight Marine aviators based at nearby Camp Pendleton because of a "war crime" he believes they committed in Afghanistan. One disgruntled resident of Oceana reacts violently to the lack of apparent concern by his neighbors to what he discerns is the alarming threat of international terrorism by clandestinely blowing up parts of t...

The People's Republic of China's Ministry of State Security, operating from its Washington, D.C. embassy, steal a secret U.S. program. It's disclosure will secure for China Iran's ample supply of petrochemicals and place the U.S. government before the World Court accused of starting World War Three. Action skips across continents as strategists move and counter-move to gain advantage in this international game of espionage and military conflic...

Murder in OceanaReaching back twenty years into the Cold War, disgraced Soviet spy master, Ivan Serov, sets out to assassinate twenty of his former agents in an act of revenge against the man responsible for his imprisonment. Only Carol Olmstead, a retired government agent, now a resident of a Southern California senior community, stands between Serov and success. A match of two Titans engaged in a cerebral, action-paced, adventure-mystery tha...