Bøker av Mike McCormick

THE BIG BURN is a tale of ...Life, death, love, and redemption - amidst a booming business of burning up dead people Viking-style."Ray nodded and pulled on his leather work gloves. About the body he knew only what he had to know - it wasn't big, it wasn't heavy, and he would soon be lighting a massive bonfire to burn it up. All the way up, like ashes to ashes, dust to dust burned up.""Skinny dipping is an acquired taste, definitely ain't for everyone," Big Tom agreed as he poured another shovelful of ash onto the sifter."Kim Keeney loved a mom she hardly knew, and that's what Ray saw. She wasn't just a hottie, looking for a dude, though Ray was sure she was, and, further, that he was that dude.""Every funeral supervisor's worst nightmare is a body drop, and Ray was staring right at it.""I found Jesus in Des Moines," said Bonnie, her voice lilting like a child who had discovered a bird's nest filled with eggs. "He was on the radio, talking to me."

Young Jesus is a colorful storybook that invites young readers and soon-to-be readers to share in the life lessons Jesus discovered when he was their age.

From the days of French explorers and the establishment of Fort Harrison in 1811 to the rise of the "Pittsburgh of the West" and beyond, Terre Haute''s history is a study in paradox. Home to prominent schools, railroads, and distilleries as well as social reformers, national figures, and corrupt politicians, the city that grew up along the Wabash suffered devastating setbacks but also soared to spectacular achievements.