The second novel in the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. FBI Agent Brian Atwood is used to danger, and when he hunts down leads to a terrorist plot and saves a U.S. Airbase, he's eventually offered a position to be the personal bodyguard of the President of the United States. The job not only tests his skills as an agent, but also his faith as a Christian when he discovers that the President has the morals of an alley cat. As Brian tries to come to terms with doing his job and having to look the other way, his world begins to crumble. His wife is dying of cancer and his son was taken away by the government because he has Down's Syndrome. What else can go wrong? As the End Times approaches and the U.S. disintegrates into chaos, Brian must try to save his family.
In late October of 1944, alarms sounded as spotlights and panic spread throughout Camp Clinton, a POW camp in rural Mississippi. After hours of searching, all that remained of the escaped prisoner were the rumors of his connection to a missing $500 million fortune and the legacy of the man who became known as Der Geist, or The Ghost. By the end of World War II, the U.S. government had over 500 prisoner of war camps throughout the continental United States to house German and Italian POWs captured by the allies in Europe. In total, these camps held more than 400,000 prisoners. Following the end of the war, all of these prisoners had been returned to their homelands...except for one - The Ghost. Some 60 years later, Frank Arrington decides to honor his aging father by chronicling his WW II memories. The reluctant father finally reveals that not only was he a guard at Camp Clinton, but he was also on duty the night of Der Geist's escape. Intrigued, Frank searches the Web and quickly discovers that he is not the only one looking for information on The Ghost. That simple search alerts a lethal international group who has spent decades searching for The Ghost and the missing fortune. With the lives of the Arrington family at risk, Frank is forced into an international nightmare where he becomes the key to finding The Ghost. Guarding The Ghost is a 97,000-word thriller that challenges the reader to question what is fiction and what is pure captivating history. From the barbed wire fences of Camp Clinton to the wealthy elite of Boston, this novel grips the reader with page turning action supported by detailed research on every page. Realism and suspense compel the reader forward to learn the identity of "The Ghost".
A young man with a cowardly reputation feels forced to leave his midwest town of Danville in order to escape the constant ridicule. The truth was that he deserved the reputation as a coward, and he knew it. Never having ridden a horse in his life, he buys one at the local livery and heads west. His adventures are harrowing, testing his resolve to the limits. Fortunately for him, his new horse, Wind, turns out to be his life saver. So how does the coward and his horse Wind deal with the wild west? Read RIDE THE WIND and find out. I think you will be surprised. Oh, and you will like his lady friend too
Moving On chronicles the life of a new psychiatry resident who, during his first night on call at the psychiatric unit of the Oklahoma VA Medical Center, was faced with a decision he felt unprepared to make. What path had he followed to reach a place in his life where he was totally in charge of another person's well-being? Born into a long line of farmers with little education, his family had expected him to graduate from high school, then live as a farmer or a blue collar worker in rural Oklahoma. His father wanted him to be a tough, aggressive male above all else. His mother wanted him to be an honest and hard working man who would find a nice girl and settle down locally so he could give her grandchildren to spoil. But after leaving the home of his divorced mother at age fourteen to live and support himself for a year while attending his freshman year of high school, he learned to shoulder responsibility and make his own way. Instead of following his mother's wishes, he chose a different life path. Despite no scholarship and no family support (financial or otherwise), he entered Oklahoma A&M College and worked his way through. His path to higher education was filled with obstacles: financial hardships, intellectual naivet , spiritual turmoil, and college administrative bias. Despite a college official telling him he should drop out because he couldn't afford college and a psychologist cautioning that he lacked the intelligence to do college-level work, he persevered. Heavily influenced by a religious mentor but troubled by spiritual conflicts, he decided to become a medical missionary. Once in medical school, however, he became intrigued with studying the emotional and behavioral dysfunctions some people developed and resolved to devote his professional life to caring for those who suffered from them. That resolve led him to seek training as a psychiatrist and led to the night he found himself on a VA hospital psychiatry ward facing an enraged man sprawled on the floor with six aides pinning him down. Would he know what to do?
FIENDS WHO PASSED FOR PEOPLEHere, in all their uncensored viciousness, are the gruesome stories of history's most depraved human monsters--men and women motivated by blood-madness and savage cruelties. The notorious Gilles de Rais, whose castle dungeon ran red with the blood of unnatural crimes... the fearful partners Burke and Hare, stalking the streets for the victim they would deliver tomorrow to the dissecting room... Aristocratic Marquise de Brinvilliers, who practiced her painful poisons on human guinea pigs.Here, also, are the true accounts of Jonathan Wild, "Bluebeard" Landru, the cannibalistic Sawney Beane, and many others whose warped natures drove them to revel in savagery and torture.
The secret mission of U.S. Marines Clint Johnson and Kaiser Hawkins in the Peruvian jungle to gather intelligence on a revolutionary group aided by a Russian cammando unit is betrayed by someone back in Washington D.C. Communist revolutionary leader, Jorge Guevara is trying to overthrow the Peruvian government, and eventually the whole of South America. He is also believed to have enlisted the secret, non-official support of the Russian government. Due to the looming national security threat posed to the United States, President Fulton has ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to organize a top-secret, clandestine operation to combat the posing threat. Johnson and Hawkins have been tasked with leading two reconnaissance teams into the Peruvian rain forest. Their mission: to confirm the location of Guevara's compound, the size of his militia, and the presence of any Russian military personnel. What the men don't know is that prior to dust off, they had already been betrayed.As the Marines close in on their objective, they find a heavily armed and well-prepared force. With the odds of mission compromise having increased, the teams are soon engaged by an enemy patrol probing the jungle. Compromised, and unable to immediately extract themselves from the area, the Marines now have no choice but to stand and fight. Only Clint and Kaiser escape the onslaught. Filled with sorrow and anger at the loss of their men they have a raging desire to locate and punish those who betrayed them.
Deviant behavior is not a subject that you study in school and then file away. It is a study of life and is ever changing. Defining the concept of deviant behavior is one of the most difficult tasks to overcome when studying the subject. Sociologists probably disagree more over the meaning of deviant behavior than any other subject. Deviant Behavior is an easy-to-read text that defines and explains the concepts and issues involved in the study of deviant behavior.The book begins by exploring the nature and definition of deviance. It discusses why certain conduct is labeled as deviant and some is not. It examines the two major perspectives on what constitutes deviance—positivism and constructionism. It goes on to look at the various theoretical explanations for deviant behavior, including free will or lack thereof, rational choice, social control, cultural transmission, strain theories, and biological and psychological explanations.The book provides an in-depth explanation of the many categories of deviant behavior—interpersonal violence, self-destructive behavior, family violence, business and organized crime, governmental deviance, cybercrimes, and human trafficking and commercial sex. The authors take an international approach and emphasize that what is deviant in one culture may not be deviant in another. To aid understanding, each chapter concludes with a detailed summary, review questions, and definitions of the relevant key terms.
