Millie Dunbrook—a young and unproven private investigator badly in need of steady work—has been hired to perform some exploration into a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner. Jack Hauser—a man still stinging from the recent departure of his wife and daughter—is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren’t met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.
The place, an elementary school in suburban Detroit. A bright eyed, excited student steps up to the front of the class after being chosen from the sea of eager hands of her classmates. The student reaches into a brightly colored cloth bag and retrieves an object which is given to "The Storyteller" who intern uses it as a launching pad into the world of an original fable filled with fun, excitement and lessons for all. This illustration gives insight as to the genesis and usage of "Stories From The Storybag". Other works included in this book, "Holiday Stories" and "Jonah's Whale's Tales" had origins which include my attempt of taking an egg and a bunny, (remembering bunnies don't lay eggs), and connecting them to Christ on the cross, and my favorite, while needing a fish story, I used a whale looking for his purpose in life who ends up transporting a wayward prophet to the place GOD told that prophet to go, all in the context of an African storyteller. The latter two groups of stories as well as "Proper Prayer" were created for use in Sunday school, however, my favorite group of these stories "High John The Comforter", had its intended audiences in prisons, churches and auditoriums for adult audiences for many occasions, including one funeral. Even though I call myself "The Storyteller", I do acknowledge the true source of these stories is "THE CREATOR". This book is a combined effort of my immediate family to acknowledge "THE CREATOR" as "THE REAL STORYTELLER".
Billionaire Milton Hughes – the puzzle, board game, crossword, and brainteaser mogul – is dead in an untimely and horrific accident. Wanting his love of fun and games to continue beyond his death, Milton prepared for such a fate, and his will is not a basic assignment of his assets to different beneficiaries. Instead, six rightful heirs separately receive single clues, allowing the entire group to easily locate and divide the fortune, provided they merely work together to solve the riddle and find his substantial riches. Unfortunately, due to feelings of being cheated, a tainted past, bad sentiments between different family members, old-fashioned greed, and one unknown among the six recipients, the game becomes neither simple nor straightforward. The pursuit has many twists and turns, as the various players plot, connive, scheme, and conspire with and against each other. Alliances are formed and disbanded as quickly as one gains an advantage and chooses to backstab another. Cooperation, suspicion, honesty, and mistrust seem virtually interchangeable. And ultimately, the game turns deadly.
Millie Dunbrook—a young and unproven private investigator badly in need of steady work—has been hired to perform some exploration into a few strange yet minor incidents aboard a Caribbean cruise liner. Jack Hauser—a man still stinging from the recent departure of his wife and daughter—is simply another passenger trying to enjoy a relaxing cruise while searching for some personal answers in hope of finding new meaning to his life. Two other passengers have a completely different agenda, however. Neither Millie nor Jack, in their wildest dreams or nightmares, ever expected this cruise to be the ultimate target of an improbable plot, devised to completely destroy the boat and everyone aboard if the ransom demands aren’t met. What results is an amazing nautical game of terror as the ship and passengers sail unknowingly toward an approaching death.
They couldn’t be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus Boudreaux exists. She’s from the Midwest. He’s Cajun. She has dreams. He has a dog. She’s prim and proper. He drinks beer from a can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish high school. She’s never had as much as a parking ticket. He’s done time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal. He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to capture the desires of their heart.
“The Antarctic Factor: if anything can go wrong, it will. It's basically Murphy's Law on steroids.” —Chris Turney On Christmas Eve 2013, off the coast of East Antarctica, an abrupt weather change trapped the Shokalskiy—the ship carrying earth scientist Chris Turney and seventy-one others involved in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition—in densely packed sea ice, 1400 miles from civilization. The forecast offered no relief—a blizzard was headed their way. As Turney chronicles his ordeal, he revisits the harrowing Antarctic expedition of famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton on his ship, Endurance, as well as the legendary explorations of Douglas Mawson. But for Turney, the stakes were even higher: he had his wife and children with him. Turney was connected to the outside world through Twitter, YouTube, and Skype. Within hours, the team became the focus of a media storm, and an international rescue effort was launched to reach the stranded ship. But could help arrive in time to avert a tragedy? A taut 21st-century survival story, Iced In is also an homage to all scientific explorers who embody the human spirit of adventure, joy in discovery, and will to live. “Traveling in the footsteps of the great explorers Ernest Shackleton and Douglas Mawson, Turney draws on records from their journeys, making comparisons versus his own struggle in this enjoyable armchair adventure.” —Booklist “A classic adventure tale of a fight for survival. Turney’s account brings a chill to the spine.” —Herald Sun, Melbourne “Exciting and compelling reading.” —Good Reading With a New Epilogue by the Author
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