Philip Anthony (www.philip-anthony.com) brings you: No Diminishing Returns Ex-ForceRecon Marine, now private detective, Martin Glazman, takes four bullets in the back protecting the woman he believes will become the love of his life. A violinist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra with stardom just around the corner, Charlene Williams, who thinks Marty might just be the one, takes three of the bullets that passed through Marty, one ricocheting off her head, plunging her into a coma. They inadvertently stepped in the middle of a mob assassination, perpetrated by Bobby Groat, son of Vincent Groat, head of the largest crime syndicate in the valley of the sun. Trying to consolidate all of the Phoenix metropolitan area under their auspices by eliminating any and all competition, Bobby and Vince must silence Charly and Marty before they can identify Bobby as one of the shooters and disrupt all of their plans. Kino Kessay, Marty's boyhood friend, Marty's sister, Holly Glazman, a gorgeous, tough Phoenix homicide detective, and her partner, Frank Ducek, who has romantic aspirations of his own with Holly, try to protect Charly and Marty as they fight for their lives. The question is, how do you fight an entire crime syndicate once they have you marked for death? Find out as Charly and Marty struggle to regain their lives, putting them back on their original paths, destined to merge in what promises to be a perfect union while suffering no diminishing returns. Visit www.readpa.com for No Diminishing Returns and other Philip Anthony books.
Thinning Blue Lines is a collection of essays and poems written by a police officer serving in the Los Angeles area. The pieces vary in tone; some are light and humorous, while others can be touching, or even disturbing. The thread that binds them all is the author's passion for people and his curious spirit. For those who've never donned a badge, this book will be a no-holds-barred look inside mysteries and tragedies of the police life. For those who have served in that capacity, the reflections and meditations will resonate deeply. Both sets of readers will find themselves highly entertained.
Believe in the bible or not, angels and demons do exist. Just ask Caelan Holmes and Natasha Belleville. They've met their guardian angels, and, incredibly enough, Michael, the right hand of God. Ask Walter Ollident, too. He may not be aware of the devil's presence but the devil is well aware of him and his evil ways. Belial, one of the crown princes of hell, knows the value Ollident promises and the benefits he offers to hell in the war against heaven. Only Caelan and Natasha can stop Ollident and the shift in the balance of power to the dark side. As Belial and his reluctant ally, Abaddona, try to eliminate Natasha, Ollident's only threat to his climb to become the most dangerous and powerful man in the world, Caelan and Natasha join forces to bring Ollident down. They also join together in love, initiated when this struggle began while they were mere youths. From Arizona to England and back, the war between heaven and hell and good versus evil rage to a fiery conflagration with humans as pawns as angels and demons alike pull their strings.
Philip Anthony (www.philip-anthony.com) brings you: We meet Again. Under the tutelage of his father and the memory of his grandfather, both having fought against tyranny and injustice their entire lives, Drew Keller became an assassin for the Israeli Mossad. After many years on the job, disillusioned by the growing political nature of his assignments and near death injuries sustained on the job, Drew took a break only to become a contract killer for the CIA under the guidance of Fred Jones, who saved his live. Drew's exploits and unrivaled accomplishments gained him infamy, eventually earning him a reputation as the most dangerous man alive in certain circles, first as The Leopard when he was Mossad, later as Trudy with the CIA. Lisimba Badawi was a happy child growing up in Egypt until his father was killed while on a business trip to Libya as an American cruise missile on a retaliatory strike aimed at Tripoli veered off course. Lisimba's course changed that day, too, sending him on a path of death and destruction and revenge. Local militia leader Leroy Jefferson Davis spent nearly six years in a federal prison after his attempt to blow up government buildings in Phoenix was foiled by an informant. Once out, he is at it again, but this time, he has help. In an uneasy alliance, Leroy and Lisimba plot to carry out Leroy's original plans, but Lisimba has a different target in mind, an even more heinous target. After a decade together, Drew and Fred finally had enough of their thankless and perilous lives and go their separate ways into the serenity and relative safety of the public sector. As a small business owner, Drew finds it increasingly difficult to escape conflict, this time instead of fighting terrorists in far away countries, he faces local gangs in his own neighborhood, first in Chicago, then in Milwaukee. Despite that, he is content, until word reaches him that his friend and mentor, Freddie Jones, has been killed in an apparent robbery gone wrong. Drew Keller travels to Phoenix to look into Fred's unsolved murder. While there, he reunites with Trudy Wilson, a special agent with the FBI. They met briefly years before in Afghanistan. Neither forgot the encounter, each fantasizing about the other ever since. Together, as their unexpected reunion blossoms from unrequited dreams into overwhelming reality, they battle home grown and foreign terrorists across the valley of the sun, uncovering a plot to kill tens of thousands of innocent Americans. Eventually, they learn of Lisimba's ultimate target and the pressure to succeed intensifies with a likely conclusion of a massive death toll and an explosive conflagration, bringing America to her knees and striking a devastating blow for terrorism around the world. Visit www.readpa.com for We Meet again and other Philip Anthony books.
Dreams can go one of two ways. Either they are realized through hard work and perseverance or just plain luck, or they can be destroyed by never coming to fruition or by someone else with evil intent. Doug Harriman had a dream. Having graduated from college as arguably the best basketball player ever to play the game, his dream was looking forward to a brilliant NBA career. One fateful day, his dream was shattered, changing his life forever. Susan Bennett had always been a Doug Harriman fan starting in high school, all the way through college. Actually, she had a one-sided love affair with Doug that seemed destined to be an unattainable dream of her own. She never gave up on him, even after his career was ended and he was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life for a double murder he didn't commit. Against all odds, he escaped while being transported to prison to serve out his sentence. He hid for five years until someone finally recognized him. Thankfully, miraculously, it was Susan. After she confronted him, urging him to return and clear his name, to earn back his life instead of forever running away, he had a decision to make. Well, he made it. Together, Doug and Susan attempt to do the impossible, reverse a court decision and sentence that seemed airtight, beyond question, unbreakable. As Susan finds the love she thought would never happen and Doug finds love that was never going to be, they come up against evil conspirators who will stop at nothing to stop their investigation. Enlisting aid from a past enemy, they struggle to learn the truth, evading the best efforts of those wanting to eliminate them as they narrow in on the real perpetrators and a future of redemption, freedom and true love. Look for other Philip Anthony novels at www.philip-anthony.com or Amazon.com.
This unique book is the first to describe mankind’s 5,000 year history of using wine as a medicine. Wine is our oldest, most documented and best preventative medicine. It reduces the rate of death from all causes by up to 50% by minimising vascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes by up to 50% and dementia by up to 80%. This text rewrites the history of wine by showing that the first grape wine was actually made in China and not Georgia, as current theory suggests. It contains a unique detailed chronology of wine as a medicine from 9,500 years ago in China until today. It also details some interesting stories about wine, such as its use to help keep convicts alive during their long voyage to Australia, its use in Australian lunatic asylums, Australia’s many ‘Wine Doctors’ such as Penfold and Lindeman, and the American Presidents who championed wine. The book also contains a chapter on one of the main health components of wine, namely resveratrol; written by Professor Joseph Maroon, the famous American neurosurgeon for the American NFL who is an expert on concussion injuries and a great advocate for the use of resveratrol to delay the aging process. It shows that the best way to absorb resveratrol is as a liquid via the buccal mucosa or lining of the mouth and not as pills or capsules. That is why it is best to swirl wine around in your mouth for a minute or two before swallowing it, to absorb more resveratrol.
In this modern world of mass communication and advanced technology, a brutal war rages between the Seers and the Wraiths behind international cover-ups and deception. Snow must face her greatest fears and come to terms with the truth about her origins, as she is plunged deep into the heart of a global conspiracy as old as humanity itself.
Darryl MacArthur (Mac) Lester and Raymond Vincent (Raven) Watkins help people while running Mac's laundry and dry cleaning business. You have a child in trouble? You have a problem with crime in your neighborhood? If you have a loved one go missing? They will help you. Mac, a college graduate with a degree in cultural Anthropology, never able to ply his trade as a vocation due to inheriting the laundry from his ailing father, now uses what he learned in college as an avocation in the real world. Ray quit college his freshman year due to the murders of his pregnant wife, his cop brother and his brother's wife along with Ray, himself, taking two bullets to the chest. He went into the military after he recovered physically and remained there until the rage ebbed. Still troubled, he returned and went to work for Mac. In the years since, he has built a reputation as a crime fighting urban legend. Julia Olson, an award winning investigative reporter who, three years ago, lost her beautiful younger cousin forever as she tried to come from Mexico across the desert to live the American dream, specializes in writing about America's immigration issues. Julia is a strong voice for immigrant's rights within a sane American immigration policy. She digs deep, leaving no stone unturned, practices fair reporting but remains thorough and tough when she has to be. Somewhere in the desert south of Tucson, Arizona, a truckload of recent arrivals to America are gunned down. Julia comes down from Phoenix for the story. Mac and Ray come down because they believe the daughter of one of their employees might be among the dead. Together, the three of them investigate the incident that takes them back to Phoenix and a human and drug smuggling operation run by evil and greedy men who slough off human life for the almighty buck. As Ray fights his own demons and Julia and Mac find each other, they come up against ruthless drug and human smugglers and a Mexican drug cartel that will stop at nothing to protect their operation and themselves. The action spans the valley of the sun ending up all the way down to Mexico as the passion of love, the bittersweet taste of revenge and the challenge to stay alive against unbeatable odds reverberates from every page until the final fiery confrontation.
See the world through the eyes of poet Philip McDonnell in his latest collection of original poems. Here is an invitation to look at the everyday in a new way and marvel at the wonder all around us. Some poems are inspired by Philip's love of travel, whether he's describing the trip of a lifetime to San Francisco or mourning the loss of the Azure Window on his beloved Malta. Other poems capture moments of spiritual profundity, from pilgrimages to prayers with a dying friend. Philip also celebrates love, friendship and the beauty of nature, and ponders on a world that's changing fast, for better and for worse. Sometimes amusing, sometimes challenging, always thoughtful and sincere - these are poems to read, remember and treasure.
In his extraordinarily influential book on ethics, After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre maintained that Kierkegaard's notion of "choosing" to interpret one's choices in ethical terms implies an arbitrary and irrational leap. MacIntyre's critique of Kierkegaard has become the focal point for several new interpretations of Kierkegaard that seek to answer MacIntyre. Kierkegaard After MacIntyre brings together both new and already published articles in this vein, with a new reply by Professor MacIntyre. Kierkegaard After MacIntyre reflects the emergence of a new consensus in Kierkegaard scholarship. This consensus is strongly anti-irrationalist and contemporary neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, clarifying their common ground as well as their differences. In responding to MacIntyre's 'irrationalist' objection, the authors clarify the sense in which Kierkegaard's own conception of freedom is teleological and suggest that his understanding of the development of ethical personality involves a quest for narrative unity, a commitment to practices involving social values, and a self-understanding conditioned by historical reality—all of which are also central themes in MacIntyre's work on virtue ethics. Despite MacIntyre's diagnosis of Kierkegaard's existential approach to ethics as unsuccessful, some of Kierkegaard's insights may support MacIntyre's own theses. "Kierkegaard After MacIntyre is an outstanding book which brings Kierkegaard into direct conversation with one of the most important contemporary philosophers. The conversation contains both lively disagreements and illuminating analyses, all focused on issues of fundamental importance for human life." —C. Stephen Evans, Calvin College ". . . this wonderfully edifying collection of essays." —Timothy P. Jackson, Emory University "In addressing MacIntyre's charge that for Kierkegaard the adoption of the ethical can only be a 'cirterionless choice,' this stimulating set of essays by well-known Kierkegaard scholars provides a welcome addition to the literature on Kierkegaardian ethics. Kierkegaard After MacIntyre provides a valuable exploration of the role of reasoning, will, and passion in moral life, as well as of the relation between aesthetic and ethical dimensions of life." —M. Jamie Ferreira, University of Virginia
A discovery was made many, many years ago by a small group of Navajo people not long after they traveled over a thousand miles from the far north down to northern Arizona following in the footsteps of their ancestors' past great migrations. This discovery answered a question that wouldn't even be asked for centuries to come. They held onto this discovery, this secret, until an early twentieth-century industrialist learned the truth of it. The same secret was held for over another hundred years until two people, Jake Warner and Naomi Conrad, the latter a descendant of that industrialist, figured it out and investigated on their own at great risk to each of them. Three years before they even met and learned the truth, Jake and his family had been targeted just for investigating the secret, unbeknownst to them at the time, what that reason was. His family and employees were injured or killed to protect it, but Jake survived and went into hiding, still not knowing why it was all happening. Then, Naomi found him by chance, and they joined together to further investigate, all the while, falling deeply in love.Once they knew what that secret was, they did something the industrialist and his descendants searched and failed to do over the years, find artifacts that the original founders hid for safe keeping. Those artifacts changed their lives forever, both physically, emotionally and in every way possible. They became more than human, endowed with abilities only seen in science fiction superhero movies. From then on, they were on a mission they felt obliged to undertake. It was a mission of exploration, discovery, culmination, and purpose, to finish what that secret had started all those years ago, a mission that was out of this world.
Policing Gun Violence makes the case that increasing the effectiveness of the police in gun-violence prevention is both possible and essential. It is essential because in many cities, gun violence is the most pressing crime problem, making cities less liveable and dragging down economic development. There is no good alternative to police authority for gaining control of criminal gangs and interrupting cycles of retaliation. Increasing police effectiveness is possible due to considerable advances in the understanding of what works (and what doesn't) in the strategic use of police resources. In particular, innovations such as focused deterrence, hot spots policing, procedural justice, and enhanced shooting investigations have been widely studied and offer real promise if implemented correctly. The challenges in this domain begin with the fact that low-income communities of color, which bear the brunt of gun violence, tend to be distrustful of the police. Residents of these communities often feel that they are overpoliced, due to heavy-handed tactics and all-too-common officer-involved shootings. But they also feel under-policed, as evidenced by slow response times, failure to intervene in tense situations, and low arrest rates for serious crime. A comprehensive strategy for policing gun violence requires a community focus and a commitment to reining in police misbehaviour. This book makes the case that, done correctly, policing gun violence is an urgent investment and a matter of social justice"--
When bad people get away with committing truly evil deeds, they should be held responsible. With Michael Bennett's assistance, Audrey Davenport will deliver cold justice to those who deserve it.
This book tells the story of the world’s first documented pandemic, based on ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets and ancient DNA from skeletons. This pandemic eventually involved all of Eurasia and spread to India and Russia. Ancient historians have suggested many theories for the demise of Sumer and the Indus Valley civilisations; but none have ever proposed the possibility of an infectious disease – a pandemic. Hence, this book rewrites ancient history and asks people to consider the possibility of an infectious disease pandemic being the cause of the eradication of a civilisation.
Philip McDonnell has a poet's gift for seeing the extraordinary in the everyday and glimpsing eternity in the present moment. You will find poems that are inspiring and uplifting as well as challenging and provoking. Philip writes with immediacy and passion, whether he's describing humorous or poignant moments in family life, a special wedding, friends past and present or the beauties of creation. He skilfully evokes the atmosphere of places he has visited on holiday and on pilgrimage, from the snowy splendour of the Pyrenees to the windswept shore of Inchydoney, and from monastic peace in Glendalough to sacred silence in Medjugorje. Philip is not afraid to confront the darker side of the world we live in - the cruelty and suffering caused by war, whether in Gaza or Auschwitz, and the ways in which technology is changing society for the worse. However, hope ultimately triumphs and faith shines through in poems that will remain with you long after you have closed the book.
Matt Clark lost his family in a car accident. For four years he has suffered and grieved, unable to live a productive life. On behalf of her client, Lara Holmes, a civil attorney, is currently suing Julius Casper, a rich and powerful man, for forty million dollars for the wrongful death of his wife. One day, while jogging through a local Milwaukee park, she is attacked. Following this, her client is killed. Both of their lives have plummeted to unprecedented lows. After more than a year of restoration for them both, Lara and Matt meet by chance and fall in love. Due to the reopening of the lawsuit, an enraged Julius Casper will stop at nothing to put an end to it once and for all. This sends Lara and Matt on a desperate flight through the metropolitan Milwaukee area to stay alive while staving off several vicious attempts on their lives.
Ben Goodwyn lost everything. A former double Olympic medal winner, followed by rarely equaled success in the business world, a beautiful wife he barely tolerated, and a child he adored, tragedy wiped it all away. Overwhelmed by utter grief and excruciating loss, he rid himself of all material goods and holdings, save one. He exiled himself to his secluded cabin in one of the most remote parts of the continental United States. There, he struggled to salve his wounds and recover his humanity. Over time, as the grief ebbed, everything began to turn around for Ben. He met what turned out to be the best friend he ever had, saved the life of the woman of his dreams and learned a truth that would shock him to his very core.
An overweight, hopeless romantic, Rex Kramer works for RC Production booking events and handling clients like no other can. In his free time, he loves to belly up to the bar at a local club, drink coffee and listen to the entertainment, well, actually, to one entertainer, in particular, Veatriz Corona, a hot blooded Latina songstress who drives him wild. Unfortunately, she goes for every other guy but Rex. Bob Pierce, one half of twins, works with his brother managing a number of businesses, but Bob has a side business of his own. As the money from this illegal and immoral venture keeps flowing in, the danger from his powerful and threatening partners builds almost to the boiling point. Bob is grateful that he has any number of women he can turn to for solace. Currently, Veatriz is his woman of the week. While on break from performing, Veatriz overhears Bob on the phone talking about a killing. The next day, she learns about a woman found dead, the circumstances similar to what she overheard. Could it just be coincidence? Or was there something to it? She decides there was no way and puts it out of her mind...for the moment. After another incident, a worse incident, the relationship between Bob and Veatriz ends and a new one begins...with Rex. Though it wasn't the kind of relationship Rex wanted with Veatriz, he was happy with whatever he could get. After she told him what she overheard, they found themselves investigating Bob Pierce...together. As their investigation ensues and they begin peeling the onion away to expose the layers underneath, the smell gets worse and worse and the peril grows and grows. Bob associates with truly evil people and now these people are onto Veatriz and Rex, who are blindly unaware until it's too late. If they survive what is to come, it will be a miracle. Rex and Veatriz disappear and where they are, they will, most likely, never be found. Scattered within the prose is another story; a story of love and passion and separation and heartache. In the past, Rex had engaged in a short but intense relationship with, arguably, the greatest entertainer of the time and, unarguably, the most beautiful woman ever, but it wasn't meant to be. Apples and oranges shouldn't mix. Apples with apples and oranges with oranges was how it was supposed to be. As Rex had been told, she was not for someone like you. Maybe that was why he and Veatriz weren't connecting. He already had his love, a true love, and he blew it. Did he deserve another chance with Veatriz? Only time would tell. First, they had to survive to find out.
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