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Only a madman attacks a U.S. Naval vessel in the middle of a raging hurricane. Santana J. Roja is just that madman. Set in the lush rain forest of Honduras and the storm revenged Caribbean Sea, Bravo TWO Sierra follows the lives of Roja and his band of cutthroat, Satan worshiping pirates, and the crew of the USS Massasoit (ATF-167) an old fleet tug that's counting down the hours before she's sent to the razor blade pile.The opening chapter is a flash back which sets the premise of the novel: absolute revenge destroys all. With the selling of Carmella Roja into a life of prostitution and drug abuse by her village priest, Santana Roja grows up a child of the alleys and whorehouses of Puerto Cortez. Shunned by the powerful Catholic church for his illegitimacy, Santana swears faith to the arcane teachings of Satanism. Soon he is in control of the port city's vibrant black market. Now he is in a position to exact revenge on the men responsible for his mother's death, and the man whom he blames for his station in life.Tension is sustained through the individual sailing and port calls of the American salvage crew and Roja's gang of black marketeers. Atmosphere is derived from the ocean and the weather they encounter. The final confrontation between father and son is as explosive as the hurricane that slams a Haitian gunrunner's ship aground in the Straits of Florida.Bravo TWO Sierra captures all the flavor of serving on a small command mixed with such a realistic scenario, that you'd think was yesterday's headline news.

William Pearson is a retired design engineer who for much of his life has been an amateur historian and archaeologist. Articles by him on these subjects have appeared in the journals of various societies in the north-east of England. He is a former Member of the Institute of Linguists and currently a member of the English Place-Name Society, the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society and the Teesside Archaeological Society, having served as Chairman of the last. Decades ago, friendships were established with certain Danes in Stockton-on-Tees who were fellow employees of his company. This led to living abroad, including a period in Copenhagen. As a result of a growing awareness of the wider culture of Scandinavia, interest was aroused in the effects that the Viking interventions had on Britain.Erik Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimsson came to the fore, both for their narrative possibilities and examples of how events of the Viking period have come to be distorted and misunderstood. The eventual result is this book. The life of Erik begins with his background and career in Norway followed by his overseas adventures. After seizing power in northern England he met a violent death there. Also covered is much of the life of the Icelander Egil Skallagrimsson, who tried his best to be a thorn in the side of Erik and his wife Gunnhild. After Erik fell his kin fought desperately to maintain eminence. The western Viking movement was due to revive in a more organised form, but after sporadic outbursts of warfare eventually subsided to emerge as modern nations whose folk were still to be culturally productive like their Viking forebears, but without their collective tendency to violence.To obtain a complete account the sources were ransacked. Certain anomalies showed up involving the identities of some of the characters and the places where events are said to or are believed to have taken place. Attention was directed to solving these problems. Discrepancies in the relationship between three English kings in the mid tenth century and Scandinavians are particularly serious, but can be resolved with certain adjustments. For instance, students of these times have long disputed the location of the important Battle of Brunanburh. Yet another site is proposed, this being not so very far from York.Cover design is by Luke Pearson, the author's grandson and a prolific graphic artist. It is based on suggestions provided by the author. Apart from comic books, such as the popular "Hilda and the ...." series, his work has now been extended into the realm of animated film.

Are you feeling stymied by the myriad problems facing the average job seeker nowadays? Does your résumé seem stale and ineffective? Does the prospect of an interview make you feel like a fish out of water? Vicki Hidde is here to help. In her comprehensive book, Capturing Success by Connecting the Job Search Dots Vicki Hidde, a veteran of multiple job markets, will provide the key to the ignition for the vehicle that will propel you down the road in your career progression. Through a fresh, innovative approach to an age-old, universal quest, Vicki provides the fuel and inspiration needed to get going on the highway toward a successful, satisfying job search. While there is no magic potion for finding a job or establishing a career, there are proven principles that will position the unemployed, or under-employed, to find your stride in the job search cycle. No matter where you are now, there are myriad opportunities awaiting you down the road. Don't be afraid to branch out and discover the job of your dreams, and learn the secrets to Capturing Success.

This is the perfect book for the family thinking about adding a dog, especially if they are willing to consider a "rescue" dog. It may also bring back fun memories for you if you already have a dog, or had one growing up.It is the fun, entertaining story of a family going from one rescue shelter to another, seeing lots and lots of dogs, until they find the one that is just right for them. He is Maximillian P. Dogg, Max for short. You and your child will be thrilled with the realistic, artistic illustrations, and will be repeating the sing song phrases in the book to one another, even if your child cannot read.

When a Christian believer's praise turns into worship, a great power is unleashed. Praise, Worship, and Thanksgiving seeks to inspire you to become a worshipper in order to understand that power. Author Audrey Eccleston shows how praise and worship were used as a weapon by the children of Israel in the Old Testament, under the leadership of Jehoshaphat, Daniel, and Joshua.She further explains that whenever praise and worship were used in this manner in Bible times, the awesome presence of God always brought sure victory to God's people. Praise, Worship, and Thanksgiving illustrates the steps you can take to become a worshipper. While fully describing what praise and worship are to Christians, Eccleston also offers guidance on why, how, and when to praise and worship God.She provides powerful truths from the Scripture for use by those who have faith in God and observations on the differences among praise and worship; the theory and practice of praise; and the theory and practice of worship and thanksgiving. Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving presents a vital manual on worshipping to provide a full-scale "how to" course in all of the essentials.

This book " The Singapore Plotters" is a true story it really happened, and if anyone told me that I was gullible, and that I would fall for this destructive scam, I would not believe it. Until you have read this story you will not understand. Here is a synopsis of what the scam is about.It began with the following: My name is Mr. X and I work for the Bank of China in Singapore. I am the head of Internal Audit Department. While we were conducting the audit system check for the last year, I came across investments accounts that have been dormant for many years. All accounts belong to the same person and the monies total about ¿9,000,000 -- Nine Million British Pounds. The funds have been lying dormant for almost 25 years and your last name and country of origin is similar to that of the late investor.Due to the short time frame we have on this I have asked a colleague of mine coming to the UK to deliver this letter to you. Banking regulations require me to notify our regulatory bodies when making our yearly returns about these dormant accounts once they have been dormant for 25 years. The 25 years of these accounts should become due at the end of April 2005. The account holder was British and after extensive enquiries by me I discovered that the Investor migrated to Hong Kong in May of 1967 and died in Indonesia in October 1988.

Zoo Quest is a story written about school children visiting an animal zoo park. The aim was to have an enjoyable day out from the classroom coupled with an educational experience learning about wild animals and this information was to be used in a school project. Primarily understanding the protection and conservation of wild animals who are now under threat due to deforestation causing destruction of their natural habitat.ABOUT AUTHORMy name is LAURENCE TYSOE and I was born in 1937, I was brought up and received my secondary education in the county of Bedfordshire, I have been married to my wife, Betty, for the last 46 years. I retired in 1990 and had previously worked in the professional field of Social Work. Following retirement we moved to Spain where we spent twenty two happy years. We returned to England in 2012 and took up residence close to relatives in the historic cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. My interests are in music, sport, writing and photography. I also take a keen interest in world affairs and conservation issues. I am a published author of poetry and children's books.