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A sadistic KGB assassin.A dozen atomic bombs.The world can only hope Col. Joel Knight''s mission succeeds.Dateline: Norton Air Force Base, 14 July 1950-The Soviets protest AF pilot Col. Joel Knight''s nomination as the Aviation Attach├⌐ to Moscow. Joel faces a demotion or a forced resignation. Major General Garret "Red" McNeil offers Joel a temporary ''piece of cake'' assignment with the CIA . . . a "flying job, pure and simple."Joel''s mission? Fly undercover to China as a WWII war veteran pilot-for-hire in a converted Navy Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon and extract a defecting Russian atomic scientist. If captured, Knight will be shot as a spy. Meanwhile in the Kremlin, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People''s Commissars, Beria plots to unleash A-bombs on U.S. and U.N. troops in Korea and blame China.The CIA''s complicated evacuation plan backfires. A high-stakes getaway-turned-deadly endangers the lives of not one, but six Russian scientists, plus their CIA rescuers. A run-for-their-lives pursuit by the ruthless KGB plunges the fugitives into a nail-biting race against time in the Siberian wilderness. The against-all-odds mission subjects Joel''s skills as a leader and a pilot to the ultimate test. If Joel fails-all will die.Knight joins forces with an unlikely ally-a secretive, Mongolian collective farm commissar. Joel discovers Soviet crews unloading a dozen atomic bombs at Magdagachi Air Base. When Joel steals a lumbering Antonov An-2 biplane and flies toward freedom, stormy skies fill with Russian MiG-9 jet fighters. The clock counts down to a shocking climax. Will the three-way one-upmanship between the Soviets, the Mongolians, and the Americans result in a daring escape or death? Will Joel reach General Douglas MacArthur in time to convince the stubborn, five-star general to evacuate before Russian bombers launch their full-scale atomic attacks?

Old Order Mennonite cousins, Poppy and Sadie, suspect "a re-e-a-a-al criminal!" is staying at Aendi Hannah''s bed and breakfast. Then a missing dog, a mysterious code, creepy creaks, and a floating light in the dark of night only make Poppy and Sadie more jumpy and suspicious of their strange, elderly guest. Even trusting Aendi Hannah wants to keep an eye on her snowy headed guest.After spotting wads of green bills in Ms. Lindy''s large trunk, the sleuthing cousins wonder: Was Ms. Lindy just released from prison and is she a thief?To figure out what this little old, Mennonite grandmother is up to, the junior detectives spy on their mysterious guest. Why has Ms. Lindy come to Middlebury, Indiana, and what is the puzzling stranger searching for in Aendi Hannah''s root cellar?Confused by Ms. Lindy''s odd behavior and an accidental discovery in an old-timey recipe journal, the nosy amateur sleuths hit a dead end. Will Poppy and Sadie''s snoopery solve the mystery surrounding Ms. Lindy''s past in this cozy mystery in the children''s Middlebury Mystery series?

What kind of creep lurks just waiting to steal from Mammi or Dawdi?Poppy and Sadie never expected a real, honest-to-goodness burglar to strike in their close-knit, Old Order Mennonite community in Middlebury, Indiana. The pie-swiping culprit mystifies everyone by stashing all the stolen evidence inside the dusky-dark, covered bridge near Dawdi''s farm.Is the thief-on-the-loose tempting the suspicious cousins to catch him-or her? Jonah, who''s distraught and developmentally disabled, fears the burglar will hurt his grandparents. And to make matters worse, Mammi and Dawdi refuse to lock their barn and house-even at night. Using an apple pie as bait, the junior detectives set a trap.Will these amateur sleuths nab the criminal or will the bandit remain on the run in this cozy mystery in the children''s Middlebury Mystery series?

A bad back laid up energetic Aendi Hannah, who''s likely going stir crazy. Poppy and Sadie fix up the rooms for guests staying at the Aendi Hannah''s bed and breakfast in Middlebury, Indiana. While cleaning the guesthouse, Poppy and Sadie discover a key behind a broken baseboard. Who hid the key that looks like a skeleton''s bony finger, and why?Their crazy quilt clues-an old cast iron key, 70-year-old letters promising a great treasure, a lost, buried time capsule, and a hidden, secret room-lay out no real pattern or direction. The trail grows cold, like the back burner on Aendi Hannah''s big, old gas stove.Twelve-year-old, amateur sleuth Poppy worries: Will their snoopery discover any new leads to follow? And how will the Old Order Mennonite, junior detectives find time to solve this mystery while attending school, cooking meals, and taking care of a household, plus guests?Are the mystifying lock and treasure lost forever? Or are Poppy and Sadie on a wild goose chase in this cozy mystery in the children''s Middlebury Mystery series?

Fifteen years have passed since a car bomb blew up seven-year-old Ella's father, a colonel in the Air Force. One minute her daddy was there. The next? He disappeared, leaving only a charred shell of a vehicle and a burnt hubcap clacking down a Turkish street. Gone. As if he never existed at all.The percussion of her father's violent death still ricochets in the present. Ella yearns for healing and peace from the emotional shrapnel embedded in her heart. Drawn back to Turkey-a place she swore she left behind-Ella seeks to solve the mystery of who killed her father-and why.When she meets Murat, a handsome Turkish man, she almost hopes for a new beginning-until she discovers family secrets that torture Murat and shake Ella to her core. Will the war in her soul close her heart to receive or give love-or forgiveness?Ella faces two choices. Stay anchored to a bitter past or seek a new ending. Can Ella move past old wounds? Or, is the damage too shattering, making healing impossible?

Has life passed you by? And you fit in-nowhere?"I gave the best years of my life to a cause-to a belief that proved false. I loved living on the edge. The thrill of standing the watch. Rushing into harm's way on behalf of my country. For over 22 years and with pride, I represented America by wearing the cloth of the nation.When my service was all over? Life had passed me by and . . .I fit in - nowhere."Senior Chief Petty Officer Brad Genereux Is forgiveness and peace within the grasp of those who spent their lives pursuing the next mission on behalf of their country? Brad Genereux traces two parallel journeys-one through the inferno of war in Afghanistan, and the other through the healing purgatory of the Camino de Santiago. Juxtaposed between a combat zone and The Way of Saint James, experience two adventures and the two lives of one man. Willing to sacrifice his life to aid the Afghanis, Brad's candid account chronicles the challenges to carry out missions while operating under a complex chain of command, Afghani corruption, and deadly sabotage by the Taliban. After Genereux retired from the military, he faced the arduous pursuit to assimilate into civilian life and to make sense of the unexpected deaths of three family members. Brad revisits dark demons imprisoning his spirit and the peace and healing unlocked on The Way of Saint James. A Soldier to Santiago: Finding Peace on the Warrior Path shadows the reflections of a war-hardened man devoid of identity and purpose and his search for answers, hope, and himself on a 769-kilometer trek over the Pyrenees and across northern Spain. Are you searching for peace and purpose?Experience the camaraderie of warriors deployed to the battlefield and the esprit de corps of Camino peregrinos as they triumph over the inner battles of the spirit. Are you suffering from isolation, hypervigilance, nightmares, or insomnia? Join Brad in the Spring or Fall on The Way to find peace on the warrior path.

The haunting poetry of The Ghosts of Babylon is as near to the crucible of war as you can get without wearing Kevlar and camouflage.Every war triggers the question-what's war like? The Ghosts of Babylon offers eyewitness accounts of warriors who lost their innocence dueling in the sands of the Iraqi inferno or fighting in the chilling Afghan mountains or on the khaki-colored plains. Wounds enshrouded under the bandages of headlines and sound bites will never bridge the gap between soldier and civilian.Every war triggers the question-what's war like? The Ghosts of Babylon offers eyewitness accounts of warriors who lost their innocence dueling in the sands of the Iraqi inferno or fighting in the chilling Afghan mountains or on the khaki-colored plains. Wounds enshrouded under the bandages of headlines and sound bites will never bridge the gap between soldier and civilian.Only a soldier poet lays bare the honor and horror. Only a veteran reveals the physical and mental battles waged by the warrior caste. Only the war poet distills the emotions of those who tasted bravery and terror, love and vengeance, life and death. Based on the experiences of a U.S. Army Ranger turned private security contractor, these powerful poems capture the essence of Jonathan Baxter's twelve military and civilian deployments.Jonathan reveals the contradictory nature of deployment in a war zone-exhilaration, monotony, ugliness, and occasional beauty. From ancient times to present day, war poetry telegraphs a dispatch across the ages about the universal experiences of war-brotherhood and bereavement, duty and disillusionment, and heroism and horror. No history mirrors the brutal realities and emotions of armed conflict than the shock of war erupting from the warrior poet's pen.Jonathan resurrects the ghosts and gods of soldiers past. His poignant memorial to fallen brothers transmits the shadowy presence and ultimate sacrifices of the coffined to the fortunate un-coffined. The Ghosts of Babylon strips away the cultural varnish of the 'enemy,' painting the bitter irony of every day lives caught in the crosshairs of terror, chaos, and death. From moving to startling to soulful, these masterpieces provoke you to think about the truths and consequences of those who risk their lives on the frontline of freedom-for you, their friends, and our country.

Are you searching for comfort and wondering, “Where is God?” amidst terror and turmoil?The day that changed the world—September 11, 2001—propelled America into the long war, the Global War on Terror. Like many Americans who serve our country, Chaplain Bob Ossler donned his firefighter turn-out gear, boarded a plane, and made his way to Manhattan to help in any way possible. He was escorted onto the smoldering, quaking heap, dubbed “The Pile.” Entering into the Gates of Hell—the crematorium and morgue for nearly 3000 beloved souls—an electrifying chill of horror shot through him.Trained as a professional first responder, Ossler served five tours of duty during the cleanup at Ground Zero after 9/11. His eyewitness vignettes recount the questions, fears, struggles, and sacrifices of the families and workers overwhelmed by despair. Chaplain Ossler conducted over 300 mini-memorials for the fragmentary remains carried off the Pile. He comforted the mourners, the frightened, and the heartbroken laborers sifting through millions of tons of carnage for the remains of their faith, their friends, and the unknown dead.From the broken fragments of glass, steel, and men, Ossler’s mosaic of God’s grace unveils the outpouring of generosity, heroism, and unity from people who stepped up to do “something.” Chaplain Ossler honors the ultimate sacrifice and bravery of first responders who rush toward terror to save lives.What do Chaplain Ossler’s insights reveal about finding meaning and purpose in the thick of chaos and personal tragedy? Ossler chronicles the best of humanity—acts of courage and goodness in the midst of unimaginable devastation. As terrorist attacks continue to assault humanity, Triumph Over Terror reveals how your spirit can triumph over terror’s reign, and how you can help those suffering from trauma and loss.