Police officers spin the best tales. We see the best, and the worst, society has to offer and we face it with grit and determination. Because of this, it changes who we are, how we live our lives and how we view the public in general. When the opportunity presented itself, we would sit around and share war stories with one another. As the laughter, and competition of who faced a more gruesome situation, died down the more tenured in the group always concluded with the same reflection: I always wished I had spent just a little time, each day, and written down even a sentence while these memories were fresh in my mind. Now, I'm sure I have forgotten more than I remember. Several experiences in my life, including the loss of a grandfather and the near death of my own father brought to light the fact that all of who I am, and what I have accomplished in my life, would be gone unless I took the initiative to leave a legacy for my children. In 2003, while working undercover, I did just that. I was on surveillance, sitting alone in my car, and decided to begin writing down the more extraordinary stories from my personal experiences. The journal quickly grew into a much bigger project. My initial intention was to keep my "journal" in a plain document format and print two copies, one for each child. But as the project grew I sought criticism from peers and friends who, after reading my stories, encouraged me to find a way to get published, making them available to a broader audience. Now, after seven years of "journaling" I have decided to conclude this project. It describes how I chose law enforcement, the steps I took to get there and the experiences I faced during the first eleven years in this noble profession. Every detail in this book is to the best of my recollection and presented in a way to give credit to the men and women who I've had the honor to serve with.
The zombies have escaped from behind the wall. As they sweep across the northeast the zombies' path is marked by havoc and death as they destroy everything in their path. World leaders turn their backs on their North American allies and institute a full quarantine against them. Former allies fire on planes and sink boats full of Americans fleeing the carnage. Into this nightmare world are thrust several unlikely heroes. Captain Mike Miranda, a full-time National Guard soldier, leads his company of tanks on a harrowing journey from New York City towards the Appalachian Defensive Line, dealing death and destruction to the zombie horde while battling bureaucracy and incompetence at the highest levels. Shawn Ford, a restaurant owner from Newark, becomes the reluctant leader of a small group of refugees trapped behind the zombie advance as they fight for their own survival and end up facing demons of a different sort. Grayson Donnelly, the hero of the first zombie war six years ago, must rise to fight again. This time it's against marauding Mexican drug cartel attempting to establish their own enclave in the Texas desert. Donnelly has to fight against the first invasion of the continental United States in over two hundred years. Retired CIA operative Asher Hawke, aka the Kestrel, is compelled by vengeance to return to the Dead City to settle old scores against the zombies. This time, he will stop at nothing to destroy the Master of the Chosen and eliminate the zombie threat--and save the nation that he's dedicated his life to protect."--Page 4 of cover.
Grayson Donnelly, a former Army officer and his fiancé Emory must each fight for their own survival as the nation battles to end the zombie threat—before it becomes a global pandemic. An ancient fundamentalist organization known as the Brotherhood of Niyyat executes several attacks simultaneously across the globe. Sleeper cells are awakened in North America, Europe and Asia. One of the cells infiltrates the Pentagon and unleashes a deadly viral compound. The airborne virus mutates in the lungs of the Pentagon’s population of twenty-five thousand, turning them into zombies and forcing the military to quarantine one of their most recognizable icons. Across the country, a Secret Service agent, coerced by the terrorists to assassinate several heads of state at the annual G8 Summit, sends the world into chaos. Grayson Donnelly, a former Army officer, is forced to fight for his life in the Midwest while his fiancé Emory is trapped in the Washington, DC quarantine zone.
Every epidemic begins with a relatively small group of people who've been exposed to an illness. The Centers for Disease Control believes that it is imperative to reach the site of an initial outbreak as quickly as possible in order to prevent further spread of the disease. Sometimes that isn't always possible and events reach a catastrophic tipping point before the government can organize a response. Origins of the Outbreak follows the chain of infection from one person to another after a university researcher in a small Texas town unwittingly develops an disease that turns its victims into zombies and threatens to destroy the world as we know it. Told as a series of short stories from the perspective of each victim as they experience their own version of hell while struggling to survive, Origins of the Outbreak will leave you gasping in fear.
From the ruins of the irradiated wastes emerge bloodthirsty scavengers and a dangerous new breed of creature known as the Changed. Some survivors call them zombies, others say that they’re mutants–whatever they truly are, their sole desire is to murder and eat those unaffected. A small group of survivors from Illinois attempts to escape further south away from the deepening cold of the nuclear winter. Along the way, they discover that the true monsters are not the Changed–the enemy to fear most is their fellow man.
Priestley offers new insight into Parker's career, beginning as a teenager single-mindedly devoted to mastering the saxophone through his death at 34 in such wretched condition that the doctor listed his age as 53.
The nation’s capital has fallen to the zombies in the series that started with Gnash, “a mashup of Stephen King, Tom Clancy, and just a dash of Dan Brown” (Larry Duane, host of Not Ready for Radio). Six years ago, the president made the difficult decision to abandon Washington to the undead—and The Wall was built to keep them trapped inside. Now, a new presidential election revives the hopes of the nation as one candidate promises to retrieve the Declaration of Independence and Constitution from behind The Wall. Retired CIA operative Asher Hawke, AKA the Kestrel, agrees to lead a team to recover the national treasures. But when they insert behind The Wall, they discover that organized crime families have been stealing priceless artwork and cash—as well as disposing of bodies . . . Praise for the thrillers of Brian Parker “Gnash is an action-packed read that’s as scary a nest of black widow spiders taking up residence in your bedroom.” —The Bookie Monster “Parker did a wonderful job of creating a seedy Noir future setting which invokes Blade Runner without copying it.” —C.T. Phipps, author of the Supervillainy Saga “These characters are so well rounded and perfect in their imperfection it feels incredibly real as you read it.” —J.B. Havens, author of the Steel Corps series “With A Path of Ashes, Brian Parker has taken a major step toward becoming a leader in Post-Apocalyptic fiction.” —W.J. Lundy, author of the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot series
Hasa Diga Eebowai' In 2011, a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that year’s Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant return of the American musical. This book explores the inherent achievements (and failures) of The Book of Mormon—one of the most ambitious, and problematic, musicals to achieve widespread success. The creative team members—Matt Parker, Trey Stone and composer Robert Lopez—were collectively known for their aggressive use of taboo subjects and crude, punchy humor. Using the metaphor of boxing, Granger explores the metaphorical punches the trio delivers and ruminates over the less-discussed ideological wounds that their style of shock absurdism might leave behind. This careful examination of where The Book of Mormon succeeds and fails is sure to challenge discussion of our understanding of musical comedy and our appreciation for this cultural landmark in theatre.
This engaging new study uses biographical evidence to explore Pierre, the puzzling novel that Herman Melville wrote immediately after the publication of Moby-Dick. Parker and Higgins reveal that Melville drastically altered the end of the novel after a troubling meeting with his publisher and editor about the perceived failure of Moby-Dick. Melville re-wrote Pierre's protagonist as a writer and used the novel to attack the publishing industry. Parker and Higgins' exploration into Pierre shows that this is a deeply flawed novel, but an intriguing and revealing glimpse into the mind of an American literary giant.
Unsettling Lent: Following Jesus to the Cross is not your ordinary Lenten devotional. That's a good thing, given the ways Lent's radical meaning has been diminished by our culture's false promotion of religious complacency. By connecting the biblical story to present-day realities, it invites Christians to make Lent a season of solidarity and justice-seeking. In contrast to devotionals emphasizing personal spirituality and interior transformations, Unsettling Lent emphasizes the public implications and communal aspects of self-denial, sacrificial love, and confrontations with power. Followers of Jesus are invited to journey to the cross in a more faithful way that promises to harness the power of this season for the renewal of ourselves, our churches, and our world.
Winter has never been so hot, nor the world so dangerous.Sidney Bannister has been lucky so far. With no survival training and no real skills besides her street smarts, she realizes that must learn to fight so she can protect her newborn baby from the infected that plague the United States.Enemies from her former life arise to bring the AWOL Lieutenant Jake Murphy to justice. The hunt intensifies as the remnants of Jake's old unit close in around him and his group of survivors.In the middle of the chaos, Iranian aircraft fill the skies of Kansas, forcing the Americans to make decisions that will impact all of their lives. How much is Sidney's small group willing to sacrifice to stay together? Follow the action that began in the Phalanx Press collaborative novel Five Roads to Texas as the series continues to grow.
Provides the tools, resources and support to teach Geography with confidence using Geography for Global Citizens .Teacher Resources Book Each chapter is supported with: teaching strategies and advice ideas for introducing a topic, helpful advice for teaching geographic skills worksheets and suggested answers for all Learning to and Learning about activities chapter tests with answers and marking criteria multiple choice, true/false, short answer and long answer questions
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