Just East of Eden is a compilation of stories from the popular blog of the same name. No longer simply a fad, blogging is now an important new literary form. In Just East of Eden, author Eric Wilder explores its many facets, and transports the reader to an entertaining destination located somewhere between fiction and reality.
This collection of stories is about Louisiana and New Orleans in particular. It also contains regional recipes and cooking tips that embody Creole and Cajun cuisine.
When French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas is hired by the Greater Archdiocese of New Orleans to investigate a possible satanic ceremony that may have occurred at the Old Ursuline Convent, he soon learns that more is involved than Satan,
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P.I. Buck McDivit must stop a killer, but first he has to travel back in time a thousand years to drink hallucinogenic tea with a powerful Indian chief and his spiritual adviser, a gorgeous woman that has designs on his soul.
A black panther, a giant wolf dog and a beautiful woman with a rattlesnake tattoo. Buck McDivit must deal with all this and more when a wealthy rancher hires him to investigate murder, oil and cattle theft, and a pagan commune populated only by women.
A new client wants paranormal P.I. Wyatt Thomas to find his mother's killer. The problem is the fifty-year-old murder isn't just cold, it's frozen solid. Events happen fast when Wyatt accepts a large retainer from a new client wishing to keep his identity secret. Shortly after agreeing to find the person who killed the man's mother, Wyatt's client is himself murdered. The killers shoot Wyatt as he attempts to intervene. He awakens in a New Orleans' hospital only to find they have yet to finish with him. The mysterious men want him dead. He escapes and learns they've somehow managed to pin his client's murder on him. But why? Determined to find out, he enlists the aid of Lucy Diamond. Lucy is a beautiful though cynical reporter in town to film a story on the same murder his client paid him to solve. He marks her for death when they discuss the case. Though different in every possible way, they go on the run together. Wyatt and Lucy soon learn more than a single person participated in the murder of. The ensuing chase drags them through the gritty backside of New Orleans where everyone has a dark secret and a bloody motive. What's the connection between the N.O.P.D., Krewe of Rex, and southern mafia? How are the Russian Special Forces, C.I.A., and U.S. Public Health Service involved? Why is the Cuban army trying to kill them? And, what's up with the mysterious and secret satanic sect that practices human sacrifice? Wyatt and Lucy must learn the answers or die. River Road is a paranormal thriller based loosely on an actual murder. Set in the Big Easy, this bayou suspense novel is Book 5 in author Eric Wilder's French Quarter Mystery Series.
Sometimes a family member can become your worst enemy. That's what happens when John Warren's attorney son has him ruled mentally incompetent, takes everything he owns and then plans to send him to a nursing home. Warren leaves his son's Tulsa home in a snowstorm, intent upon visiting the healing waters he calls the Magic Fountain in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He soon meets Attie Johnson, an attractive Native American woman, on her way to play Indian bingo at Red Rock, Oklahoma. John's son, more worried about his reputation than his father's safety, instigates a state-wide search. Attie helps John elude the authorities and they soon become media darlings, much like latter-day Bonnie and Clydes. Along the way, they fall in love and find the real Magic Fountain high in the rugged Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas. Prairie Sunset is a haunting tale you won't soon forget.
Though only 40 miles south of New Orleans, Goose Island may as well be in another world. When a heinous death occurs on the island, a movie producer hires Wyatt Thomas, the French Quarter's favorite sleuth, to find out whom or what killed the victim.
Convinced his former lover Desire Vallee is in danger, private investigator Wyatt Thomas begins a search for her. His quest leads him through haunted cemeteries and back alleys of New Orleans, and finally to a mysterious castle hidden deep in the Honey Island Swamp. Will he be able to rescue Desire and exorcise her demons, or die himself trying?
During a late spring snowstorm in a sleepy Tulsa neighborhood, an old man runs away from his abusive son and meets a woman, perhaps by magic. Together, they find adventure and fall in love. But there are unanswered questions. How old is too old to fall in love, and when should you give up on life? Take the journey with John and Attie and discover the answers.
What is your customers' first impression of your business? What are you known for, other than the products you sell? What are you doing to be memorable in your customers' eyes? The Art of Celebrity Service will help you achieve a standard of excellence that will blow your competition away! Author Eric Wilder discusses his Celebrity Service model and shows you how to add value to the products you sell. He also reveals ways to surprise and maximize interactions with your customers, and how to tell the difference between true customer satisfaction and customer sacrifice. One of the most important aspects of the Celebrity Service ideal is a good training program. Wilder will teach you how to foster teamwork and responsibility within your business. You'll also learn how to create non-negotiable standards and how to form a self-disciplined team that is productive, easy to manage, and provides exceptional service. The Art of Celebrity Service offers you the tools to create an environment that will give your customers that crucial, special feeling of importance. Everyone wants to be on the receiving end of a memorable experience-everyone wants to be treated like a celebrity!
Buck McDivit needs to find a job before his landlord evicts him, the only one available a gig as assistant county death investigator. When the investigation spirals into more than Buck bargained for, he must fight for his life against a killer panther that might just be a supernatural shape shifter.
While many pastors and ministry leaders desire to increase their congregation's participation in missions, many lack the knowledge or management tools to do it effectively. This book will expand your vision and help give you the confidence to fully participate in Kingdom work.You will be equipped to: Make better ministry decisions with clarity and objectivity. Develop and define ministry vision, purpose, goals and results. Create standards of excellence that reflect God's high ideals. Discover God's special purpose for your church or missions program. Increase awareness, inspire enthusiasm and encourage volunteer commitment. Foster a team environment of mutual respect, responsibility and accountability. Because this book: Provides simple, yet proven and effective examples of ministry guidelines. Shows missions teams how to flexibly respond to changes on the missions field. Outlines techniques to improve communication between church ministries. Provides specific examples of how to increase missions funding & involvement. Instructs churches and teams how to make plans, set goals and define success. By combining the gifts God has given you with proven tools and methods, you will become a more effective leader and your ministry teams will be more successful, enabling you to be both faithful and fruitful.
Burdened by spring floods, malaria and yellow fever, citizens of New Orleans often turned to voodoo practitioners-African Rosalie, Sanite Dede, Bras Coupe-for protection. None was more powerful, or feared, than Doctor John or Marie Laveau. After P.I. Wyatt Thomas encounters a ghost during a hospital visit, he tells the story to his sometimes business partner, voodoo mambo Mama Mulate. She puts him in a trance and channels the ghost, soon learning a curse connects him and a long-dead French aristocrat. They are doomed to remain connected forever, unless Wyatt can return to old New Orleans and lift the curse before midnight on New Year's Eve.
There's a cemetery in New Orleans where thousands of bodies are buried, beneath a single headstone, in a common grave. Private investigator Wyatt Thomas deals with the ghosts at this haunted cemetery to time travel back to antebellum New Orleans where he must deal with insanity, brutality and an Irish Witch who practices powerful magic.
The Complete Guide to Wilder Ranch State Park has everything a visitor needs to enjoy Wilder Ranch State Park's 7000 acres. All trails are covered for hiking, biking and horseback riding. The book contains descriptions of the majority of the flora and fauna within the park, with over 53 plants and 34 mammals covered in detail photos for nearly every species. Both the history of the Wilder lands and its people are covered. Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the buildings of Wilder Ranch with every building on the property explained. A completely revised map was created for the book and includes over 190 full color photos. There's even a section on surfing! The book is great for everyone, from families who want to learn more about old west dairy farming to hikers who just want to enjoy this amazing park!
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