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Thomas Berte is catapulted into the legal battle of a lifetime when the US Attorney General offers him the position of Deputy Attorney General. Though a testament to his meteoric rise in the legal field, this career jump seems too good to be true. Accepting the role, Tom is charged with a daunting task: bring down Cosimo "Nino" Benedetto, the enigmatic leader of an international crime syndicate. But as he digs deeper, Tom uncovers a disturbing connection between his former law firm and the very underworld empire he's determined to dismantle.

It is April 1, 2038. Day sixty of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan. The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced, it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run the Chinese blockade to deliver it? Aggressor is the first novel in a new series that looks at the conflict that could spark the next World War, through the eyes of soldiers, sailors, civilians, and aviators on all sides.

The next standalone action thriller in the pulse-pounding series. Enter the world of Silence Jones. Hold on tight....

The next stand-alone action thriller in the pulse-pounding series. Enter the world of Silence Jones. Hold on tight....

Driving home from a mission, vigilante assassin Silence Jones stumbles upon a small community in despair—and he’s more than willing to lend his deadly skills to their fight. What begins as random encounter soon plunges Silence into a web of lies that has threatened generations of innocent people. To eradicate the suffering, Silence will have to rely on both time-honed skills and newfound allies.

In a gambling town, desperation gets drowned out by the ringing of slot machines, but not even a tough city like Reno is prepared for two simultaneous misfortunes: a serial killer prowling the streets, and a surge of mysterious drug overdoses.

Silence Jones sometimes finds himself in a battle with another assassin, but never before has he confronted one who has lost touch with reality. As Carla Olmeda slaughters more and more members of Miami’s criminal underworld, the city reaches full hysteria. The longer Silence tracks the deadly assassin, the more he learns about her schizophrenic delusions. He has a decision to make: is Carla aware of her crimes, or is she truly insane?

Vigilante assassin Silence Jones receives an encrypted SOS from a world-renowned security firm. A vindictive former employee is holding the firm at ransom claiming the company killed his father. The man exacts his vengeance through a series of ruthless kidnappings and bombings. Though the bomber is undeniably deranged, Silence soon uncovers threads of truth in the man’s claims against his former employers. To stop a bloodbath, Silence will have to tear through a veil of lies and determine who the true villain is—the madman or his victims?

The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth. While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are convicted and imprisoned at an alarming rate.

Three legendary fighter pilots from the Pacific War—all recipients of the Medal of Honor—tell their own stories in this remarkable collection. Marine ace Pappy Boyington is perhaps the most celebrated of all American pilots in the war against Japan, fighting in the skies with both the famed...

Remote and hybrid workplaces are here to stay, and they pose formidable obstacles that complicate managing projects and launching new products. Against this backdrop arrives Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace. In his inimitable style, Simon adeptly fuses critical research and concepts from a slew of diverse and seemingly unrelated fields, including Agile software development, human resources, supply-chain management, organizational behavior, cognitive psychology, and labor economics. Brimming with case studies, insights, and practical advice, the book is a tour de force.

Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against the team’s best interest. Sports fans are left deliberating not only mismanagement but also political, health, and ethical issues. In Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports Industrial Complex at Its Own Game, sportswriter and lifelong sports fan Craig Calcaterra outlines endemic problems with what he calls the sports-industrial complex.

Money Plain & Simple provides a straightforward guide to understanding the global monetary system and why the shine is off the US dollar’s position as the Gold Standard of world currencies. Steven J. Spence, a military veteran and corporate employee-turned-entrepreneur, lays out a concise history of the US monetary system. He’s candid about his own hard-won life lessons and then shares how he came to discover the tough realities revealed in this informative audiobook.

Isaiah Garza wants to sue Polson Reed Trucking for wrongful termination. The only problem is, he hasn't been terminated. His story, however, intrigues Mack Poyfair, who takes a deeper look into how Garza and his fellow drivers are being paid. Mack knows a thing or two about the trucking laws in California, and Garza's paystub tells him something isn't right. He boldly pits his small, fledgling firm against a billion-dollar company in a class-action lawsuit for 665 drivers' wages. Mack must continuously shift his strategy and keep his law firm going to see Polson Reed taken down.

There's nothing fabulous about 50 for LA film critic Jeremy Lerner, who loses his marriage, his job, and the use of his right arm just days after the birthday party he begged his now ex-wife not to throw him. But fate is a sly devil. Jeremy's string of calamities leads to a game-changing emotional and creative rebirth after he meets the intoxicating Annabelle, a beguiling widow who comes to his rescue - and Jeremy to hers. If only their baggage didn't match quite so well.

Imagine a world devoid of violence - a world where fists can’t hit, guns don’t kill, and bombs can’t destroy. In this tantalizing novel of possibility, this has - suddenly and inexplicably - become our new reality. The US president must find a new way to wage war. The pope ponders whether the Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill” is still relevant.

The emergence of this project is due to a fascinating discovery by coauthor James Harman; his great-grandfather Robert Slothower (born in 1871) had left an incredible handwritten life-story manuscript behind. Plains to the Pacific is a well-written and gripping time-capsule account of a lost world. Some have remarked that the author's style reminds them of Hemingway’s. Plains to the Pacific is an engaging listen, the tale of a man who survived more hardship and excitement before he was 30 than most of us will experience in our lifetime.

When the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) planned to send 40,000 troops to attack the 6,000 US Marines at Khe Sanh in 1968, it expected a decisive victory. Certainly, the small US Special Forces camp in the way at Lang Vei would be quickly overcome. The tough, tenacious defenders at Lang Vei had other ideas.

"One hundred and twenty Marines wounded. Eighteen dead. All for one lousy hill". Based on her father’s letters to his parents throughout the Forgotten War, author Christina Thompson has produced this work of historical fiction to pay tribute to Navy corpsmen by remembering their service to their brothers and their country. Imagining her father had guarded his parents from the carnage of war, Christina elaborates on what could have happened while staying true to the dates and experiences her father shared in his actual letters.

From getting stuck in the family outhouse, to buying a donkey as a pet, to creating a giant fireball out of burning Christmas trees, you’ll be taken along for a wild ride full of hysterical stories of Herb growing up through some of America’s most influential moments in history. Set in Arizona and California from 1933 to 1950, this is the story of one boy’s untethered childhood. Herb Bryce grew up as part of a large Mormon family, moving frequently from town to town and house to house.