Charles Ray

When a decades-old skeleton is found in the closet of Margaret Pinckney, one of Potomac Valley Community's oldest residents, and it turns out to be the body of her missing husband, Solomon, the police immediately suspect her. But Ed Lazenby, the community's resident amateur detective, believes that someone is setting her up to take the fall for a crime she didn't commit. To complicate matters, Roland Vickers, the director of the community, is trying to evict her, despite the fact that she's suffering from early onset dementia. Ed and his posse of co-conspirators, Ernesto Cardozo and the Wertheim sisters, Rose and Violet, are determined to prove Margaret's innocence, and save her home, but they find themselves having to confront a danger that none of them had anticipated.

Former US Navy officer Colin Worth and pirate captain Elizabeth Parker, after a grueling campaign in the Caribbean against the English forces fighting the Americans during the War of 1812, have sailed around the southern tip of South America, seeking a peaceful home somewhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. They quickly discover, though, that life in the 'peaceful' ocean is just as chaotic and dangerous as it had been in the islands. From Tahiti to Australia, and then on to China, which is suffering under the heels of western forces who have brought the dreaded drug opium to the Celestial Kingdom, they must contend with treachery and double-dealing at every turn.Determined to avoid involvement in other people's wars, though, they sail from port to port, each time finding the situation worse than what they have left behind.

In 1891, responding to corruption and mismanagement, and under pressure from western commercial interests, the U.S. Congress denied funding for the Interior Department's park operations. The Interior Secretary appealed to the Secretary of War for military assistance to patrol and protect the parks.One of the units selected for this duty was the Ninth Cavalry. First Sergeant Ben Carter and his elite detachment, stationed at Fort Union in New Mexico Territory, were assigned to be an advance party in Yosemite Park in California, a park under the control of the state, and which is a prime target for commercial exploitation.Ben and his men face challenges such as they've never had to face before.Ride with the Buffalo Soldiers on another exciting adventure.

Political caricature dates from the time of Leonardo da Vinci. In America, Benjamin Franklin did the first, but it was from the pen of Thomas Nast and his war with the Boss Tweed administration that the genre grew popular. Charles Ray, who was once editorial cartoonist for a small North Carolina weekly, takes on the administration of Donald J. Trump with a series of biting cartoons that are intended as much to entertain as to enlighten.

Who killed Henry Hawkins? Everyone would like to know.Henry Hawkins was an annoying, bullying man, who had confrontations with just about everyone, so when he turned up dead on the Potomac Valley Community golf course, with his head bashed in, just about everyone was suspect. Ed Lazenby, who barely knew the man, is drawn into the case when Hawkins' widow, Virginia, asks for his help to prove to the police that, despite statistics that show the murderer is usually someone close to the victim, she is innocent. Matters become complicated when Ed finds himself developing feelings for the lovely widow. Oh, what to do? Can logic and a commitment to the law win out over affairs of the heart?

Billie Holiday, 'Lady Day, ' was just coming into her own when she was convinced to sing 'Strange Fruit, ' a protest against lynching. That one act put her in the cross-hairs of Harry Anslinger, the man in charge of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Anslinger launched a decades-long war, not just on drugs, but on Holida

A collection of photographs taken from 2012 to 2018 in locations in the U.S., demonstrating that outstanding photography does not require travel to exotic locations.

Ed Lazenby hates camping, but he has let himself be talked into spending a week on a remote island off the coast of Maine, participating in an adventure tour. Other than his friend and neighbor, Ernesto, he only knows the Wertheim sisters, Violet and Rose, fellow residents of Potomac Valley Community. On the ferry from Bar Harbor, Ed begins to form opinions of his fellow campers, and notices signs of conflict. On the island, things only get worse, and then one of the campers goes missing, and Ed suspects foul play. Problem is, he can't prove it. When a young state cop arrives, alone except for his search dog, he asks for Ed's help. The two of them resort to some 'out of the box' techniques to catch a cunning and ruthless killer.

A collection of nature photographs taken during the period 2008 to 2018 in Africa and North America.

American navy captain, Colin Worth, at the outbreak of the War of 1812, is sent back to the Caribbean to link up with pirate captain, Elizabeth Parker, and the crew of The Vixen. His mission is to create havoc for the British in the region to disrupt a suspected British plan to invade America from the south. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a bloodthirsty British agent and his former captain both looking for his head on a pike, Colin must use his wits to survive. Even more important, he must protect his new family, and his only love.

This is the second edition of 'Things I Learned from My Grandmother about Leadership and Life.' a no-nonsense guide to leading and managing, based on the country philosophy of the author's grandmother. The only leadership book you're likely to ever need.

Ninth US Cavalry First Sergeant Ben Carter and his special detachment are assigned to find geologist, William Heatherton, and his team of researchers, believed lost somewhere in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico Territory. In their search, they encounter a strange boy, alone in the mountains, who talks of a mysterious prophet who seeks pilgrims for the hidden city of Eden to protect them from the Army of Satan, and the boy's teachings have led him to conclude that Ben and his men are the vanguard of that army. Is the boy, Moses, delusional, or is there truth in his tale of a hidden settlement? Ben senses that the answer to that question is linked to the fate of the missing geologist. In order to fulfill his mission, he must find a way to overcome the xenophobic and racist teachings of the prophet, and put aside his own personal prejudices. In the hidden canyons and valleys of the mountains, a clash of values unfolds. Who will survive?