Jason Priestley, star of the iconic hit television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and one of the biggest teen idols of the 1990s, chronicles the highs and lows of his life and career in this charming and honest memoir. The hit Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210 became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s and propelled its young cast to mega-stardom, including Jason Priestley, who played honorable Midwestern transplant Brandon Walsh. Yet despite more than twenty years in and out of the limelight, Priestley has carefully maintained his privacy. In this compelling memoir, the actor, director, and race-car aficionado invites us into his private world for the first time. With humor, sincerity, and charm, Priestley offers little-known details about his life and stories of his nine years in America’s most famous zip code. He talks candidly about celebrity, marriage, fatherhood, and his passion for car racing. He does not shy away from the devastating lows—his brief jail sentence for drunk driving and the crash at the Kentucky Speedway that nearly took his life. Priestley shares his innermost thoughts about life as a ’90s icon, and goes beyond the Brandon Walsh squeaky-clean image, revealing the tumultuous events that have shaped him, and where he finds his greatest happiness today.
The Legendary Campfire was inspired by the stories of two historical African American figures during the Revolutionary War. These men's individual contributions aided the American colonists to defeat the British. One was a former slave, and the other a free man, but the actions of both of these men helped turn the tides of the Revolutionary War. Without brave men like them, America might not have become the nation it is today
One young boy is the key to the universe. The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. -Genesis 11:6 Upon the Towers of Babel, the people of the Earth scattered, and silence fell. Now, on the brink of a new age, the human race leaps forward into the evolutionary voidand changes the course of human history forever. For young Bobbie Cagle, the normal difficulties of growing up are overshadowed by his unique condition. Bobbie's inability to communicate normally is misdiagnosed for years as autism, and masks the great part in history he is destined to play. His unique ability to create beautiful works of art is just the tip of the iceberg. Coveted by those who would use him for their own purpose, Bobbie, and his mother flee their home out of desperation and fear. In the course of their escape, the truth behind Bobbie's gift and the effects it may have on the planet begin to the reveal themselves, as the future of the humanity hangs in the balance. Find out what fate has in store for the human race and grab your copy of Babble today!
Jason Priestley, star of the iconic hit television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and one of the biggest teen idols of the 1990s, chronicles the highs and lows of his life and career in this charming and honest memoir. The hit Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210 became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s and propelled its young cast to mega-stardom, including Jason Priestley, who played honorable Midwestern transplant Brandon Walsh. Yet despite more than twenty years in and out of the limelight, Priestley has carefully maintained his privacy. In this compelling memoir, the actor, director, and race-car aficionado invites us into his private world for the first time. With humor, sincerity, and charm, Priestley offers little-known details about his life and stories of his nine years in America’s most famous zip code. He talks candidly about celebrity, marriage, fatherhood, and his passion for car racing. He does not shy away from the devastating lows—his brief jail sentence for drunk driving and the crash at the Kentucky Speedway that nearly took his life. Priestley shares his innermost thoughts about life as a ’90s icon, and goes beyond the Brandon Walsh squeaky-clean image, revealing the tumultuous events that have shaped him, and where he finds his greatest happiness today.
There are many things to fear in this life: the enemies within and without. It has been many moons since Sergeant Todd John Jacobs has thought of himself as just TJ. No longer the young boy who had grown up as part of Homlin's primary mission, Todd is now part of the elite Army Rangers. He'd hoped the Rangers would become his new home and family, but instead, he finds himself surrounded by chaos and intrigue. No stranger to adversity, his struggles to start a new life come up against some of his toughest enemies yet for they hide in the shadows. Facing the loss of his new life and identity, Todd finds himself caught up in a game much bigger than himself. Powerful forces have their eyes on Todd, lying in wait for him to slip up, as all humans are prone to do. However, Todd is no human, and he is far from ordinary. In the background, an elite team assembles, and life as he knows it will never be the same. Orrin Jason Bradford's style has been compared to the "early works of Dean Koontz and the late great Michael Crichton." FreeForm Resumed is the third book in the FreeForm series and the third volume of the Saga of the Dandelion Expansion that includes the action-packed Kindred series.
The Saga continues in Seeds of a New Birth Unlocking the Potential of the Human Mind Scientific Breakthrough... Or a Really Bad Idea? Research geneticist and genetic engineer, Lionel Adams is on the verge of unlocking the vast reserves of the human mind. The head of the genetics research lab where Lionel works is excited about the possibilities and the potential mega-profits. But not nearly as excited as their foreign competitors who are counting on their inside man at Bio Vita to deliver Adam's secret into their hands. Lionel's research takes a dramatic twist when his college buddy, Flip MacDougal, makes a surprise visit to Bio Vita that leads to a laboratory accident with devastating results. Their world spins out of control as they struggle to deal with the massive breakdown that threatens, not only the project but the entire world. In Seeds of a New Power Are Our Children Becoming a Different Species? What Role Will Genetic Engineering Play? In Seeds of a New Birth, book one of the Kindred Series, research geneticist, Lionel Adams and his old college roommate, Flip MacDougal combined to create a scientific breakthrough in the customary fashion of such breakthroughs - by accident. From that accident, arose the Kindred: seven girls from Flip's overly active social life, and twins, Alp and Mel, a product of a clandestine seduction by Flip's spiritual guide, Madame Sarrah. It soon becomes evident from the studies being conducted on them at the genetic engineering research lab, Bio Vita Tech, that these are unique children with incredible survival skills and special abilities beyond anything previously seen in our species. But no one enjoys being treated as a research specimen, particularly not the children of the Kindred. The conclusion of Seeds of a New Earth In the pursuit of power and wealth, corruption and greed never sleep. Captured and alone, the Kindred find themselves once again at the mercy of those who would use and control them. En route to Dubai and the hideout of the Sheik, the Kindred are to be held prisoner there within his harem. After a brief rendezvous, the Kindred are reunited with Dr. Chickowski, whose scheme to facilitate the capture of the Kindred has finally succeeded. With Lionel's template safely in their care, Miriam and the Doctor plan to sell out the Kindred and the template's secrets and make off with a fortune. Meanwhile, James, Lionel, detective Pat Vogt and their cohorts scheme quietly in the background in a desperate attempt to infiltrate the Falconcity of Wonders and free the remaining Kindred siblings from the Sheik's grasp.
In FreeForm, book one of the Saga of the Dandelion Expansion series, a top-secret investigation on a secluded mountaintop becomes a mystery that rocks the world. In 1993, a remote North Carolina mountaintop is the site of an event destined to change the course of mankind and Earth itself, discovered and investigated by Pat Vogt, a junior member of the Bureau of Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects. A slight woman with a hard streak of determination that would put larger men to shame, her bold actions bring her face to face with Earth's first verifiable UFO and sets into motion a series of events that not only threatens her life but destroys her career. In FreeForm Reborn the primary mission is in jeopardy, and the aftermath of its destruction threatens to tear one family apart. A young and impressionable TJ must undertake a journey of self-discovery in order to come to terms with the undeniable truth about his origins which can no longer be denied. The strange power of transformation that comes with it leads TJ down a path of self-determination as he struggles to find his place in this world. The Saga continues in book three, FreeForm Resumed, where TJ learns there are many things to fear in this life: the enemies within and without. TJ is now Sergeant Todd John Jacobs, a unique and deadly soldier of the elite Army Rangers. He finds himself surrounded by chaos and intrigue. No stranger to adversity, his struggles to start a new life come up against some of his toughest enemies yet for they hide in the shadows. Powerful forces have their eyes on Todd, lying in wait for him to slip up, as all humans are prone to do. However, Todd is more than human, and he is far from ordinary. In the background, an elite team assembles, and life as he knows it will never be the same. Orrin Jason Bradford's style has been compared to the "early works of Dean Koontz and the late great Michael Crichton." FreeForm, FreeForm Reborn, and FreeForm Resumed are the first three books in the Saga of the Dandelion Expansion that also includes the action-packed Kindred series. Buy volume one of the Saga of the Dandelion Expansion to start this action-packed epic series today!
With the primary mission in jeopardy, the aftermath of its destruction threatens to tear one family apart... With the brutal murder of his alien father, Homlin, still a vivid memory, young and impressionable TJ must undertake a journey of self-discovery in order to come to terms with the undeniable truth about his origins. The truth behind his alien heritage can no longer be denied, and the strange power of transformation that comes with it leads TJ down a path of realization and self-determination as he struggles to find his place in this world. From the small town of Waynesboro, the effects of Homlin's primary mission ripple outwards into the world, carrying with it a promise of destruction and assimilation. Is the world safe from Homlin's true purpose? Is TJ just a dangerous pawn in his primary mission? Or has the battle for the fate of the Earth only just begun? Return now to Waynesboro at the turning of the tides. Join Pat, Allan, and TJ as they salvage the remains of their dysfunctional and unconventional family, and attempt to make sense of the awful reality that has come to alter their world. Continue the FreeForm series now with FreeForm Reborn, and grab your copy today!
In the pursuit of power and wealth, corruption and greed never sleep. Captured and alone, the Kindred find themselves once again at the mercy of those who would use and control them. En route to Dubai and the hideout of the Sheik, the Kindred are to be held prisoner there within his harem. After a brief rendezvous, the Kindred are reunited with Dr. Chickowski, whose scheme to facilitate the capture of the Kindred has finally succeeded. With Lionel's template safely in their care, Miriam and the Doctor plan to sell out the Kindred and the template's secrets and make off with a fortune. Meanwhile, James, Lionel, detective Pat Vogt, and their cohorts scheme quietly in the background in a desperate attempt to infiltrate the Falconcity of Wonders and free the remaining Kindred siblings from the Sheik's grasp. Far off in the distance, in the ominous Falcon's Lair, good meets evil on the battlefield that will determine the fate of the Kindred and those who seek to control them. Will the template fall into the wrong hands, or does fate have something more in store for the future of the Kindred? Immediately following the events of Seeds of a New Power, Book 2 in the Kindred Series by author Orrin Jason Bradford, Seeds of a New Earth is gripping, powerful, and a stellar follow-up in the genetic engineering science fiction thriller saga.
Something strange is happening in the North Carolina mountains. Pat Vogt, formerly of B.I.U.F.O., the Bureau of Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects knows it. In fact, she's forced into an early retirement as part of a massive government coverup. Dr. Allan Pritchard, Wayneboro's small animal veterinarian also knows it when a late night C-section on a giant mongrel dog turns into a living nightmare. Local hunter, Bo Strickland, also knows it's the strangest deer season he's ever seen as the abundant wildlife of the area seems to be infested with something out of this world. And whatever happened to his hunting companion? Dr. Fredric Homlin, president and owner of Biogentrix, is the one most aware of the strange happenings around Waynesboro because he's the instigator of it all. It's all part of his plans, and the whole reason he founded Biogentrix, a top secret research facility specializing in biogenetic engineering. As Homlin explains to the FDA, "Biogentrix has successfully manufactured a genetic material with incredible adaptive properties. One could call it the modeling clay of life. We are a small lab with limited research funds. I realize that scientific progress could be made much more rapidly if more researchers could work on the material." In truth, once FreeForm is out, it will be Dr. Homlin who determines the forms it takes...all of them destined to help him take over the world. J. O. Bradford is the pen name for W. Bradford Swift's visionary fiction written primary for adults that includes the technological thriller, Seeds of a New Birth. His style has been compared by one reviewer as reminiscent of the "early works of Dean Koontz and the late great Michael Crichton.
Unlocking the Potential of the Human Mind Scientific Breakthrough... Or a Really Bad Idea? Research geneticist and biogenetic engineer, Lionel Adams is onto something hot --the key to unlocking the vast reserves of the human mind. Everyone is interested in it. Bio Vita Tech, the research lab he works for, is excited about the possibilities and the potential mega-profits. So are their foreign competitors who are counting on their inside man at Bio Vita to deliver Adam's secret into their hands. Everyone seems to want a sample of Adam's formula, except his college buddy, Flip MacDougal, who makes a surprise visit to Bio Vita to play a practical joke on his old friend. Unfortunately, it's Flip who ends up with the sample. His world is turned upside down as he struggles and maneuvers his way through the trouble he has gotten himself into as he unwittingly spreads his "gift" to others. "Seeds of a New Birth" is a technological thriller with a hint of romance (and yes, even sci-fi erotica) about a future where the highly volatile formula of biogenetic engineering coupled with corporate and personal greed threatens the course of human evolution and perhaps mankind's very existence. Grab your copy today.
These offspring may lead to man's fall... Mothered by multiple mothers and fathered by one, 'The Kindred' aren't merely 'half-siblings'. In fact, owing to alien genetics, the children could scarcely share more. Their bond is strong, their powers stunning. The question is: whose side are they on? Following a narrow escape from Bio Vita Tech, Alp and her sisters seek safe haven, finding an unlikely friend en route. Helicopter commandeered, pilot, and former B.I.U.F.O. operative James Stepp guides the girls to shelter, but no earthly refuge will last for long. Never have fugitives been more valuable, and the government won't rest until every last one has been apprehended...studied and dissected. However, to certain officials, some members' respective 'skills' are prized over others, and personal aims could jeopardize the chance for global peace. When FDA agent Chunk locates Kindred-brother Mel, a sting operation begins to formulate-one that could bring a dark chapter to close...or spark unparalleled chaos. When disparate paths are made to cross, a massive crash is likely...With volume V of the FreeForm Series, O.J. Bradford has done it again. Raising the tension higher still, he leads to a stunning crescendo... (Previously published as Seeds of a New Power.) The FreeForm series includes: FreeForm: Crash (a prequel) FreeForm: Beginnings FreeForm: Reborn FreeForm: Resumed FreeForm: New Birth FreeForm: New Power FreeForm: New Earth
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