It's 1879, and Lt. Cmdr. Peter Wake, U.S.N., is on special assignment as the official American neutral naval observer to the War of the Pacific raging along the west coast of South America. Chile, having invaded Bolivia, has gone on to overrun Peru and controls the entire southeastern Pacific region. Washington, concerned over European involvement in the war and the French effort to build a canal through Panama, has sent Wake to observe local events. During Wake's dangerous mission—as naval observer, diplomat, and spy—he will witness history's first battle between oceangoing ironclads, ride the world's first deep-diving submarine, face his first machine guns in combat, advise the French trying to build the Panama Canal, and run for his life in the Catacombs of the Dead in Lima, Peru.Macomber's sixth novel in the Honor series won the highest national honor in his genre: the American Library Association's 2008 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military... Views: 504
The World in 2000 Years (1878) is a work of science fiction based on economics. In the future it describes, the primary objective of economic policy is the prevention of the accumulation of money into the hands of relatively few individuals. While making money remains an objective, it is subsidiary to the determination to steer it in the right direction and redistribute it in such a way as to give every member of society the opportunity to earn a living free of hardship and strife. Whereas readers in 1878 could only make a simple comparison between their own world and the world of 3878 as it was glimpsed by the hero, contemporary readers can make a third comparison with the world of 2011, which adds an additional perspective of considerable significance to anyone interested in the future of our society. Views: 504
Chapters of Life is an anthology of short stories, essays and poetry that explores the poignant moments of life, where events in a life can be like the chapters in a book. The event is over but the thread of continuity remains and goes on.Would life be so meaningful if it weren't for its fatal quality? Is that what makes life so precious?Chapters of Life is a collection of short stories, essays and poems to present a different perspective to the platitude that we are all dying. Like the chapters in a book, the events that occur in our lives, mark us, and then we turn the page, and most of the time, we go on starting a new chapter in our lives. Views: 504
A Brooklyn kid hustles his way to the top of a sports marketing and memorabilia empireBrandon Steiner went from a kid who sat in the nosebleed seats at Yankee and Shea Stadiums to CEO of Steiner Sports Marketing Inc., one of the largest sports marketing and memorabilia companies in the United States, with an inventory of more than 10,000 collectibles. You Gotta Have Balls details Steiner's multiple entrepreneurial adventures, where he has both learned and taught others his fair share of "rules." Along the way, he developed some of the most innovative approaches to business--methods that many of today's companies would be wise to observe and employ themselves.You Gotta Have Balls follows Steiner on his pathway to success by demonstrating the business philosophies that allowed him to become the powerful magnate that he is. These ideals include:First to market is everything Ask "What Else?" when working with clients to enhance relationships... Views: 504
A free short story about semivirtual flight on another world.There's a body in your alley...Arianna Jackson—AJ to her friends—and her occasionally well-behaved Alaskan Malamute, Nicoh, live a normal, uneventful, admittedly mundane existence, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens.Until it does.Early one morning, AJ stumbles upon a horrifying scene—a girl’s body lies broken in the dumpster behind her home, her face beaten and mutilated.A secret reveals you're living a lie...As if that weren’t enough to upset the balance of normal, things go from bad to worse when she learns of her connection to the murdered girl. Suddenly, AJ realizes her entire life has been filled with secrets and lies.A killer hunts for you...Together with her trusty sidekick, Nicoh, and BFF, Leah, AJ must search for answers. But can she, when finding the truth proves to be more deadly than living the lie?Would you search for the truth if you knew it could kill you?Join AJ and her pals as they race to unravel the mystery of her past, where the pieces of the puzzle bring more questions than answers and the only certainty is the killer’s end game—AJ’s life.Find your truth...Grab your copy of Gemini Rising and join others who've enjoyed this suspense-filled page-turner that keeps you guessing to the end...and beyond.Mischievous Malamute Mystery Series Book OrderGemini Rising—Book 1Beyond Revenge—Book 2Blood of Gemini—Book 3Mischievous Malamute Mystery Series eBook Categories- Cozy Animal Mysteries- Cozy Animal Mystery- Cozy Dog Mystery- Cozy Dog Mystery Series- Cozy Humor Mystery Series- Cozy Murder Mysteries with Dogs- Humor Murder Mystery Series- Murder Mystery- Murder Mystery Series- Mystery Series Views: 504
One small town girl with a bright future.
One smokejumper with a dark past.
One summer that will forever change them both.
They’re going . . .
Up In Flames.
Elle’s life couldn’t possibly get any more small town than it already is. She was raised in the same home as the two generations before her were, her family owns the iconic downtown cafe, and she’s been dating the pastor’s son since she was allowed to go on her first date at sixteen.
Cole’s life couldn’t possibly get any larger. He’s tried. Roaming from town to town for the past three summers as a smokejumper, Cole dreads the thought of putting down roots. The only thing he avoids more than that is settling down with one woman, especially when there are as many willing women as there are trees in the forest he jumps out of planes to save.
Elle Montgomery’s life is going one way. And Cole Carson’s is going the opposite. There’s no reason their paths should ever intersect, even in a small town in central Washington.
But summer in the Methow Valley has other plans for Elle and Cole. After an awkward run-in at the local swimming hole, Elle tries to keep away from the guy who looks at her like she’s already lying beneath him in bed. She fails. Cole is about as successful at staying away from the girl who seems immune to his charms.
As the summer heats up, and tensions between Elle and Cole run high, he begins to realize there’s more he’s attracted to than Elle’s body, and she discovers there’s a lot more to the man that jumps out of planes into raging forest fires than meets the eye.
UP IN FLAMES is a New Adult Romance intended for mature readers due to steamy content and saucy language. Views: 504
King’s War has broken out in the Southlands.As Solomon Baal ravages what remains, a demented tribal chief guides his band of struggling refugees to make camp within the ruins of Elm City. But obstructing their path ahead is Riverstein Forest, where dwells 1,000 ravenous hellhounds admitted into the mortal realm by the cosmic force of the abyss.King’s War has broken out in the SouthlandsAs Solomon Baal ravages what remains, a demented tribal chief guides his band of struggling refugees to make camp within the ruins of Elm City. But obstructing their path ahead is Riverstein Forest, where dwells 1,000 ravenous hellhounds admitted into the mortal realm by the cosmic force of the abyss.Zoe – hope of the future – suddenly vanishes without a trace, possibly falling victim to the insatiable taste of the fiends.Enter: Cantos – violent Nomad of Orion – who through the power of Chaos, unleashes evil versus evil while wandering the vast expanses of Gaia. Emerging from the forest, he is bound to secure Zoe’s “repossession” and lead the band to their salvation…for a price.Brutally violent, raw, and with a touch of soap drama: Scourged Land Book I: Arrisal is the first of a loosely connected series of tales, constructed as if translated from a lost language of a dark fantasy world unknown.Chapter I is available as a preview for the upcoming novelette. Views: 504
In our youth we feel the most, know the most, and experience every second of our existence. We are never as impressionable nor impressed. Our hearts are open and our minds expanding. Take a break to remember yourself, how you lived and loved, during your moldable youth.Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Go on a journey with Ellie, a young orphan girl, as she tries to find her real home. Searching for The Silent Lady is a tale of magic and mayhem, set in a desolate world, devoid of something that only Ellie has the power to bring back. Views: 503
Written with Patricia Lee Macomber At first, thirteen-year-old Jamie wasn't sure what had awakened her. Then she heard it again. A telephone ringing. Slowly, she crept up the attic stairs. She had to answer the phone. She had to listen to the voice that whispered through the receiver. And then, she had to do its horrifying bidding... Views: 503
Steve and Catriona are in love, but become involved with a Masonic courier. They acquire information damaging to a career criminal which results in a fight for survival. Steve is recognised for his bravery and selected to lead a pilgrimage to the Promised Land. The final four must assasinate a president & negotiate their way through the Arab Rising. What is their ultimate aim?This light-hearted short story duo is sure to make you smile, chortle, and outright laugh. A Fairy Tail follows the desperate adventures of Sir Craig as he works to rescue his beloved from a fiendish sorcerer. However, Boots, a ragged young man who has a habit of shapechanging into various creatures including a unicorn, is a rival for fair Gregoria's hand. Will Craig rescue Gregoria? Will Boots get to eat apples out of Gregoria's hand? Or will darker forces intervene to keep these lovers apart? Out of the Bag is a short short story, but long on imagination. Jason the cop expects a normal day on the force, but a chance encounter on a breaking and entering call changes everything. Views: 503
Spring, 1943. The war is turning against Germany, but Hitler isn't giving up. In a secret bunker deep in occupied France, scientists are hard at work on Hitler's latest deadly weapon: code name FZG-76. Back in England Henderson's boys will need to undergo advanced sniper training if they've any chance of infiltrating the bunker. Parachuting into occupied France, they track down a secret dossier filled with invaluable material - and uncover the meaning of the enigmatic code. For official purposes, these children do not exist. Views: 503
Reeling from the tragic events of Dust & Decay, Benny Imura and his friends plunge deep into the zombie-infested wastelands of the great Rot & Ruin. Benny, Nix, Lilah and Chong journey through a fierce wilderness that was once America, searching for the jet they saw in the skies months ago. If that jet exists then humanity itself must have survived…somewhere. Finding it is their best hope for having a future and a life worth living. But the Ruin is far more dangerous than any of them can imagine. They are hunted by fierce animals escaped from zoos and circuses. They must raid zombie-infested towns for food and medical supplies. They discover the very real truth in the old saying: In the Rot & Ruin…everything wants to kill you. And what is happening to the zombies? Swarms of them are coming from the east, devouring everything in their paths. These zoms are different. Faster, smarter, infinitely more dangerous. Has the zombie plague mutated, or is there something far more sinister behind this new invasion of the living dead? In Flesh & Bone, Benny Imura, Nix Riley, Lou Chong and Lilah the Lost Girl are pitted against dangers greater than anything they've ever faced. To survive, each of them must rise to become the warriors Tom trained them to be. Views: 503
Cursed lovers Scott and Olivia use dreamwalking to see each other, but when Scott discovers an elusive red aura on one of her classmates, he knows Olivia is in extreme danger.Shocked by a discovery about herself, Olivia struggles with her new reality and the secrets her parents have hidden from her.When the two are forced to meet, the countdown begins. Will Scott and Olivia find a way to break the curse or will it lead to Olivia's death? Views: 503
The contents of this transcript were discovered after clean-up operations began at the Westfield Psychiatric Hospital on 1st October 2009. Contained inside are field notes regarding the strange & abnormal progress of patient Jonathan Winterhall Gray, taken from the discovered journal of Dr Henry Renholm.Following the Era of Conflict between Homo-Sapiens and the Cyborgs they created, a tentative period of cooperation emerged. The residual population was heavily skewed to the Borg template. By 2175, the radiation threat from the dissipating ozone layer had escalated to worrying levels. The Rift Incident had to be investigated, and a rigorous selection process for the crew resulted in four Borg and two humans heading for Jupiter space. What they discovered would become known as The Jupiter Paradox. Was it a genuine paradox or merely a puzzle to which there was no acceptable solution? What would happen if they did nothing? It clearly illustrated that the Borgs and their creators would have to strengthen their alliance quickly in order to deal with the discovery, and that wasn’t going to be easy. Views: 503
Great Mythconceptions
'Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one,' said Albert Einstein.Is the toilet seat cleaner than the office desk? Did Man really land on the Moon? Is the Black Box black? Does a soul weigh 21 grams at the time of human death? Did Einstein fail school? Why isn't a quantum leap huge? Do we really use only 10% of our brain? Did hydrogen seal the fate of the Hindenburg airship? Does a duck's quack echo? Is there really a truth serum? Is a camel's hump full of water? And is it really written in the stars?Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. He appears on Triple J and other ABC radio stations, the BBC and is a regular on Channel 7's 'Sunrise' program. This is Dr Karl's 23rd (ooh that's a prime number) book, based on his popular column 'Mythconceptions'. Views: 503
