Bøker av John Rayburn

ANOTHER RICK O'SHEA WILD ADVENTURE! Rick, Helga, and Lute are commissioned to find the truth about a claim made that Russia's sale of Alaska to the US was not legally completed in 1867. Once again, their signature sleuthing methods enable them to quickly find the truth and resolve the matter once and for all. Of course, this leads to more offers: uncover the thieves of rough diamonds from a Canadian mine, and help neutralize a threat by radicals to plant bombs in the US. During one of their commissioned adventures, the intrepid trio stumble upon a long-hidden stash of gold in an ancient fortress. After hazardous chases around Alaska, Russia, the Mediterranean, Canada, and India in seaplanes, helicopters, and a US destroyer, the team heads home somewhat frazzled and intent upon seeking less harrowing and dangerous future adventures

SETTLING THE WEST POST CIVIL WAR TOOK GUTS … AND LUCK! In 1866 Matt Draper is full of ambition but without money or family to help him succeed. On the western frontier of an ever-expanding America, toiling as a riverboat gambler seems like the best option to raise enough capital to realize his dream of opening a small-town bank. Though gambling is lucrative for Matt, it is also an unsavory enterprise fraught with danger. Fortuitously, before any harm befalls him, Matt and his friend Charlie discover an abandoned Confederate gold cache in a fake grave, which gives him the stake he needs to leave the treacherous gambling world behind. From then onward his life's purpose becomes evident as all roads lead to Neosho, Missouri, where he opens The Bank and becomes a major influence on its growth and prosperity. Matt's exciting and uplifting saga captures the day-to-day reality of life in the tumultuous post-Civil War era, including the hardships, relative lawlessness, and indomitable spirit of settlers bent on creating a good life for themselves and their neighbors.

MEET A DIFFERENT KIND OF DETECTIVE Rick O'Shea's intuitive nature and sense of curiosity led him into a career as an investigator. Not a private eye, not that kind of investigator. He's one who is a "seeker" and "finder" of things that have been lost, stolen, or hidden. His methods may be unusual, but he gets the job done when no one else has been able to, and is rewarded with lucrative finder's fees or found treasures for his trouble. Due to his fame and the substantial worth of the items he seeks to recover, Rick's seemingly innocuous livelihood has its share of dangerous situations and harrowing experiences¿hazardous encounters with hijackers, kidnappers, thieves, and drug dealers, to name a few. Good as he is at what he does, Rick would not have been nearly so successful without the Prof and "Q" providing invaluable research and technical backup. In this adventure, lovely aerospace expert Helga Lange and boyhood chum Luther (call me Lute) Martin also join his team and help him solve challenging mysteries in Europe, The Rockies, and Mexico. Of course, romance develops between Rick and Helga, although neither one seems quite ready to fully embrace a commitment.

Mystery Master Rick O'Shea is a different kind of detective, more aptly defined as a "seeker" and "finder." He and his cohorts are brought in by the Romanian government to investigate two impalement murders tied to high-level intrigue in Transylvania. Is it a reprise of the fictional Dracula or a nefarious struggle to gain control of what may be a multi-billion-dollar invention, or both? Using their signature unconventional investigating methods, Rick, Helga, and Lute venture forth into the regions of Romania and England where Bram Stoker was inspired to write about the renowned Count of vampire fame. In doing so, the intrepid trio ultimately stumble upon the truth, identify the leader of a gang of murderous thugs, and discover his connection to the wife of the Romanian president.

LEARN THE ART OF PRODUCTIVE PROCRASTINATION Put more razzamatazz in your life with some sizzling ideas on how to handle time to your benefit and personal satisfaction. The author interviewed clinical psychologists, governmental leaders, and successful business people to arrive at ways and means of making the clock work more favorably for you. The slogan of the National Procrastinator's Club is "Don't wait. Procrastinate NOW." Wise observations from da Vinci, Churchill, Einstein, Ovid, Sandburg, and others agree putting off in POSITIVE fashion can boost your success and happiness. Since the 1700s we've been plagued by Lord Chesterfield's admonition, "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." This text thumbs its nose at that with methods of managing time without letting it manage you.

Radio was the number one form of family entertainment for a quarter century. In a dazzling step back in time veteran broadcaster John Rayburn talks about the fantastic era of broadcasting in fascinating interviews with a sterling list of guests, including Durward Kirby (Garry Moore Show), Parley Baer (original "Chester" on radio's Gunsmoke), Arthur Anderson (Let's Pretend), Carmel Quinn (Irish singer on Arthur Godfrey), Ezra Stone (Henry Aldrich), Minnie Pearl (Grand Ole Opry), Fred Foy (Announcer on The Lone Ranger), Gale Gordon (I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks), Charles Correll (Andy of Amos 'n' Andy), Himan Brown (Inner Sanctum, Grand Central Station), Chet Lauck (Lum of Lum and Abner), Frankie Carle (Big band leader). There are great stories about Red Skelton, Jack Armstrong, Lights Out, Quiz Kids, Little Orphan Annie, Jimmy Durante, Time Marches On, Hindenburg disaster, President Roosevelt's December 8, 1941 declaration of war against Japan and many, many more.

Radio was the number one form of family entertainment for a quarter century. In a dazzling step back in time veteran broadcaster John Rayburn talks about the fantastic era of broadcasting in fascinating interviews with a sterling list of guests, including Durward Kirby (Garry Moore Show), Parley Baer (original "Chester" on radio's Gunsmoke), Arthur Anderson (Let's Pretend), Carmel Quinn (Irish singer on Arthur Godfrey), Ezra Stone (Henry Aldrich), Minnie Pearl (Grand Ole Opry), Fred Foy (Announcer on The Lone Ranger), Gale Gordon (I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks), Charles Correll (Andy of Amos 'n' Andy), Himan Brown (Inner Sanctum, Grand Central Station), Chet Lauck (Lum of Lum and Abner), Frankie Carle (Big band leader). There are great stories about Red Skelton, Jack Armstrong, Lights Out, Quiz Kids, Little Orphan Annie, Jimmy Durante, Time Marches On, Hindenburg disaster, President Roosevelt's December 8, 1941 declaration of war against Japan and many, many more.