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In 1952 newly-commissioned Lieutenant Ben Hunnicutt is diverted from assignment to Korea and sent to the Territory of Alaska to work on Operation Washtub, a mission to help recruit, organize and equip potential "Stay-Behind" agents to be activated if Russia occupies the Territory. After the mission Ben continues on to the war in Korea, but vows to return to Alaska, a land he has learned to love. Fifteen years later, Ben returns to Alaska as...

Retired Major Ben Hunnicutt, living in Eagle River, Alaska, encounters an old Army friend who now commands the Nike Hercules guided missile units which defend Anchorage and the nearby military installations from surprise enemy air attack. The Cold War is at its height, and the Lower 48 states are in turmoil from rioting, dissident groups committing acts of domestic terrorism, and a general rejection of the war in Vietnam. When a warhead is...

A murder is committed during the big game hunting season in the Talkeetna Mountains of Alaska. Retired Army Major Ben Hunnicutt and his hunting partner find the body and are drawn into the subsequent investigation. In an attempt to lure the killer into the open, officials publicly hint that Ben and his partner may be able to identify the killer. Due to bureaucratic bumbling, Ben's partner is murdered and an FBI agent is killed. Ben must take m...

They are called the Poor Souls in Purgatory for a reason. It is because they are the souls of people who have died in a state of grace, but who are not able to enter heaven yet because they owe a debt of temporal punishment due for their sins which have been forgiven. The Poor Souls cannot pray, offer sacrifice, or give suffrages for themselves. There is nothing that they can do to merit any relief from the pains that they experience in purgat...

Jen, 30, is obsessed with personal branding and determined to break the glass ceiling to achieve her #girlboss destiny. Thad, 28, reminds himself "Today is an ordinary day, today is an ordinary day, " to quell his waking fear of untimely death. Kat, 25, has the creeping feeling that despite all her rage, she is still just a well-nourished, college educated rat in a cage. And Dirk, 28, just wants self-driving cars to hit the market already so h...

Continue to explore the Secret Beasts of Heaven with this second book. Use your imagination to create never-before-seen art from these fantastic fantasy animals.

Kill the king to save the world? Not on this wizard's watch.... Reborn wizard Emma Hale hadn't thought she could make a bigger mess of her life-and that of her liege and sometimes lover, the legendary King Arthur. Turns out she was wrong. With the greatest of the dark fae roaming free and the spell that preserved Arthur's soul broken, it'll only take one misstep for her to lose him forever. Keeping her balance is no easy feat. Thanks to the oa...

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The Spanish Navy sentenced Patrick, a British sailor, to indentured labour in San Luis (St. Louis). During his sentence, he witnessed a double homicide. Despite his cooperation with the investigation, he became the prime suspect of both killings as well as the missing of Belle Guerra y Pontes. A Portuguese sailor, David, believed in Patrick's innocence. David's own investigation revealed various dark secrets about Spanish Louisiana...

Underground Sensing: Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Environment and Infrastructure brings the target audience the technical and practical knowledge of existing technologies of subsurface sensing and monitoring based on a classification of their functionality. In addition, the book introduces emerging technologies and applications of sensing for environmental and geo-hazards in subsurface ¿ focusing on sensing platforms that can enable ful...

This textbook is designed to explore the corrections system process and examine and discuss current issues in corrections. These articles will discern corrections system agency procedures by way of reviewing articles, policies and training material, for the purpose of reviewing the delivery of services within the corrections system. The texts will pronounce issues such as corrections mission, goals and challenges, to gain insight to the correc...

A Fence XV is the 15th book of the "A Fence" book 'series'. It contains more dark poetry, continuing to try to get over the pain of the past, including new offences that need to be dealt with. Physical and mental pain is agony, but it makes for decent poetry. Using the pain creatively is how the poems in this book came to be.

Don't read this. I regret being this open, and transparent for the world to judge.

A collection of poems about things that are taken for granted every day. Some of these are physical, and some are not. With a mix of metaphorical and literal descriptions, you'll see daily life in a whole new light. Written by a sixth grade student in New Orleans.

When Annie has to begin her summer with an injured arm, she is anxious about how she will enjoy the season. Her mom helps her focus on all that she CAN do and the fun time she can spend with cousins. She discovers an injured starfish...but by summer's end, both she and the starfish are healed. It ended up being a great summer!

Wow. More! Mark Slade has long been a leader in dark fiction, but this brings him to a new level. Congratulations to him and his amazing crew. I could so see this on the screen, too-but meanwhile, this is a must listen. I stand in awe." -G. Wayne Miller, Author of Thunder Rise Trilogy, Vapors Vol.1-2, Car Crazy, Toy Wars, filmmaker and Providence Journal Staff Writer, Director, Story in the Public Square: Pell Center, Salve Regina University

What Matters Most of All - School is about More than ABC's is written for parents who are looking for from-the-trenches advice about everything from maximizing that first day of school to thriving in the end-of-year school slump. Written by two teachers.

Colloqui coi personaggi" è una novella che fa parte della raccolta "Novelle per un anno" di Luigi Pirandello.

Lindsey Harper woke up to find her life changed. This is the story of how she lived with it.

When Elise Golden goes in for a cornea transplant, the last thing she expects to come out with is a psychic eye! But, as she recovers from surgery, she begins to realize that she can see things she couldn't see before. If the eye is the window to the soul, Elise is practically a Peeping Tom! She can gain insights into people's actions just by looking them in the eye. Ace Aunt Elise lives in a cozy small-town courtyard with her twenty-something...