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False Negatives is a fictional story of a young man who joined the LAPD in the wake of the Watt’s riots and amidst the rising tide of violence. The novel initially reads like a memoir of a naive idealist who was sure he could make LA’s streets safer and improve the department’s troubled relationship with the minority communities. When the point of view opens, the listener sees what the young idealist does not: the truth. Written by a retired LA cop, the fast-paced novel is as real as it gets.

Whoever lets loose a sunbeam in this world starts a benediction among men. Whoever sets a little lamp where its beam may shine on even a few feet of someone's path has done that which is worth while. God made the sunbeam, and the candle was lighted a great while ago; but if in my little book I can bring the light nearer to some who will be blessed and cheered by it, that will be enough.

The Master is a benevolent tyrant, the world's sole immortal, whose 1000-year-reign has enabled him to steer humanity from an age of wars and want to a scientific age of peace and plenty. But now, the Master faces his greatest challenge - for, what is the price of immortality, when Lady Ellora, the woman he loves, lies dying?

First printed in 1977, Cops and Bobbies has become "one of the two or three consensus classics in the history of police", according to Roger Lane, author of Murder in America. In this second edition, Wilbur R. Miller provides a new preface in which he discusses how police historiography changed in the 20 years after the book's initial publication.

The three lead characters of Three for the Money are Canadian Anthony James, American Tommy Sanderson, and Scotish Steve Hughs. On their retirement from militariy intelligence, after WWII, Tony has convinced these gentle giants to join him in an advertising agency back in Montreal. Tony meets Catherine Rothschild, beautiful and sophistocated, in the company of Susan and Jim Taylor. There's a murder of course. Jim, an agency client and Tony's good friend, is found poisoned after a dinner party at the Taylor mansion.

Our three millionaires, Anthony James, Tommy Sanderson, and Steve Hughs, take on a fourth partner. Cal Peters flew in the same R.A.F. squadron with Tony during the war. Tony suffers from boredom while flying to L.A. because everything's too easy. Cal welcomes them with a spectacular C46-A and a gorgeous female flight crew. After business with Warner Bros., there's a shakedown cruise to sunny Acapulco, and then it's on to Las Vegas. Tommy is jailed for casino mayhem after being cheated at blackjack.

Kerry Keen is a young millionaire playboy by day to hide his nocturnal adventures as a costumed airborne crime fighter! From a secret underground hangar on his Long Island estate in the Graylands, The Griffon takes to the skies in the Black Bullet, his supercharged and heavily armed seaplane on missions of justice and vengeance! Six tales of action, excitement, mystery and amazing aerial adventure take flight in this collection.

A stranger with a glittering hook for a left hand. He came to the untamed wilderness of Africa to escape from a dark, troubled past to make his fortune. Yet his new life comes at an unexpected price. Wherever he goes adventure, danger, and death seem to follow. From Pulp Obscura comes brand new adventures of one of the most unique heroes of classic pulp! Armless O'Neil, explorer, adventurer, and soldier of fortune with his own unique view on life and a thirst for action like no other lives once more in these stories!

This novel is the conclusion of the four-book sequential series, The Life and Times of Anthony James. It delivers 50 chapters in a fast-paced, easy-to-follow style, liberally laced with sex, violence, nostalgia, and a whole lot of fun. The format is a satire of movies of the period. It was written in the first person, in descriptive, visual terms with many surprises.

Are you concerned with the numerous synthetic chemicals in your life? Do you hate taking harsh drugs for minor health issues or wonder about the lingering effects of strong household cleaners? Do you feel there should be a natural and healthier alternative? In this book, author Linda R. Miller talks straight about the barrage of synthetic chemicals in your life, led by Big Pharma, and the natural alternatives for a wide range of aliments, personal use remedies, and household cleaners using all-natural essential oils.

Are you tired of feeling like you’re not enough? Do you scroll through social media and wonder how everyone else seems so perfect? In a world where likes and follows can feel like the measure of your worth, it’s easy to lose sight of who you really are. Self-Talk That Makes or Breaks You for Teens is your guide to breaking free from the pressure, the comparison, and the constant need for validation.

Lore has it that Dragons are vile, evil creatures—so human’s must be the righteous ones. But are they really? Get ready to dive headfirst into the fray as fearless defenders clash with fierce Dragons in heart-stopping action throughout the country. From pulse-pounding firefights, with literal fire, to jaw-dropping heroics, these adrenaline-fueled tales will thrust you into the world of dragons.

In Change of Heart, Calvin Hardy Jr., a project development engineer, refuses to forgive his father for hurting him and his mother after catching him with another woman when he was a teenager. He ends up carrying this anger and bitterness into his own family until it backfires against him. The trap is set by the devil, he's lured into it with a bait chosen specifically for him, and voila, he falls right into it as the devil planned.

Christianity

In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of racism today. They invited a multiracial team of fourteen scholars to join in, thus launching the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project.

Homes are the divinely ordained fountains of life. It is not by accident, that people live in families, rather than solitarily. The human race began in a family, and Eden was a home. The divine blessing has ever rested upon nations and communities, just in the measure in which they have adhered to these original institutions.

Richard Kramer, still nursing his injuries, is on his way to Germany with Lily Lefèvre to find his sister Anne and her children. Charlie Bentwith is struggling to overcome the trauma of recent events, and the enigmatic Dr. Westcott seems to be distracted by problems of his own. When a new threat arises from an unexpected source, the group of friends who had been bound together by Katherine's death are scattered and still reeling from their recent ordeal.

It is December 1888. Jack the Ripper has not killed for over a month and London is beginning to relax as Christmas approaches. When Katherine Kramer cuts herself on a strange book at a dinner party, she quickly falls ill. Her husband Richard is a professor of medicine, but even his efforts are futile as the mysterious illness blazes through her. As Katherine dies, she gives birth to something nightmarish. Something which should not exist. Something which spurs Richard to embark on a terrifying journey of discovery as he chases the answer to one question: who or what killed his wife?

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