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The journey of a man, father, and sailor, Anchored in Resilience: Overcoming Adversity through Mental Health Awareness is the true story of adventures, lessons, and growth as seen through the eyes of a boy looking for love, a young man looking for answers, and an adult yearning to inspire. Author and Navy veteran Amaury Ponciano shares vulnerable truths, revelations, and experiences from over twenty years of Naval service. Anchored in Resilience is a memoir of healing—because healing starts with understanding our wounds.

How would you like to achieve unimaginable success, attain unspeakable wealth, and be successful in life and relationships? Listen to this digitally mastered collection and learn how you can enjoy the life that you want, experiencing all of the success and happiness that you envision, by controlling and managing your thoughts and actions.

1695. Spanish Netherlands. The war between King Louis XIV and the League of Augsberg reaches a pivotal moment at the Siege of Namur. When the besieged French army starts to mount an increasingly fierce resistance, Bastian immortal Conrad Greene and his company of elite intelligence operatives are sent to Liège to track down the traitor supplying the enemy with stocks of a new, powerful gunpowder.

Bob Reiniger plots and waits, waits and plots. The one thought dominating his days is the revenge of Dizzy's death. And while he's at it, protecting his "family" is a priority. Clyde Barster made the apocalypse worse when he burned Lettie's house to the ground and killed Bob's best friend. Now Bob must exact his revenge. However, several will try and stop him: a man with a strange device that threatens Libby, a stranger named Carmen, and even his own kin.

A Narc’s Tale is a four-book series that is a first-hand account of stories, written like a memoir or personal diary, which gives you an inside glimpse of what it is like working six years deep undercover in the dangerous drug world as a city cop (Vol. 1), county vice and narcotics investigator (Vol. 2 and 3), and special agent with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (Vol. 4). Most undercover books only show this from one perspective, but you will get three here - city, county and federal - and realize the differences among them.

Have you ever wondered if Santa and the Tooth Fairy would show up at your house on the same night, or who would replace Santa if he retired? Well, wonder no more. This soon-to-be-classic Christmas story starts with a young impish boy, Nate, losing a tooth on Christmas Eve.

When internationally-renowned thief and Crovir immortal Howard Titus hears of a hoard of gold and cash about to land in the vault of the First Chicago Bank, he has only one thought in mind. Getting his hands on the dough. On the night he breaks into the bank to carry out his carefully-laid plan, the Crovir thief comes face to face with a man who challenges everything he thought he knew about the immortal races and all his plans for his future.

As a twin in a large Massachusetts family with a heart of gold, Eric wanted to emulate his hero when he grew up - his Police Officer father, Sgt. Edmond Caron, a former Marine. Throughout his 25-year decorated career as a Special Agent and Diplomat for the US Government, Caron discovered the powerful, life-saving effects of listening to one's heart, mind, and God-given instincts. The author came to think of this principle as being "Switched On". Join this Special Agent as he takes you on a ride-along and reveals the key to becoming switched on for life.

“If I keep getting shot, how will I ever survive?” Bob Reiniger realizes he’s never getting home; not back to his old home at least. No Where is home for now...and maybe forever. Surviving his first winter alone, his life moves forward. All around him are signs of the apocalypse. Though here in northern Michigan, those signs are the absence of everything that formerly existed: Workings cars, computers, cell phones, decent people.

Daisy is missing, and Bob desperately wants her back. But is he willing to search all of No Where for her? Perhaps alone? Violet offers her help and off the pair goes, searching the fish camps dotting the northern Michigan coastline with Lake Superior. Following a tip, they retrace their path southward, where Bob makes his final stand. Getting himself shot again, he depends on Violet's help one last time. But it's during his recuperation that Bob discovers what he was truly searching for: the truth - about everything.

Volume 3 jumps right into the action with a murder-for-hire and a multi-kilo cocaine deal, which stems from the largest undercover operation in my county’s history. Working with informants continues as tricks of the trade, props, shooting techniques, and the mental effects of working undercover are shared in great detail. Harassment, threats, and hits on my life further depict the dangerous work of an undercover narc. One creative undercover tactic literally goes up in smoke. Working with female undercovers and remaining physically fit is shown to be crucial to my success.

A "thrill seeker" as deemed by his mother. An assessment that was only justified as he entered the journey of life. He escaped the jaws of death on multiple occasions, being catapulted through two windshields and hitting a telephone pole at 110 MPH on a motorcycle among his perils. But nothing compared to author Perry Muse's battle with prostate cancer.

Named the number one business book of 2016 by The Globe and Mail, Cort Dial's award-winning debut Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership proves that peak business performance is achieved by not by stifling humanity, but by embracing it.

The Friendship Advantage provides practical ways to strengthen bonds that will improve employee productivity, happiness and well-being, as well as boost the bottom line through higher retention rates and a richer company culture.

After overcoming several obstacles and finishing second in my class at the academy, my undercover story continues in Kansas, where I face some of the most dangerous criminals and situations of my career. Creative undercover tactics, a task force, and continuous wiretaps help take down some of the most deadly and largest drug cartels in the US and Mexico. Frustrations with the bureaucracy and family issues lead to the end of my undercover work and a new career contracting overseas in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Liberia, as well as rising to the rank of chief of police in SC.

Let’s be honest. It can feel like the world is in a downward spiral. Bad news, division, and negativity can leave you feeling hopeless. Worse still, it can make you wonder if God even notices or cares. In Compassionate Love, Rick Allen answers the question: Does God care? with a resounding yes, and he proves it through multiple compelling stories of medical professionals serving in under-resourced locations around the world. These are stories of health, healing, and hope that will uplift, inspire, and open your eyes to God’s blessing.

Zapatista is faithfully based on the facts of the 1994 Chiapas Indian uprising in southern Mexico. Whether you are looking for adventure or a deeper glimpse into the real drama of a people's revolution, Zapatista draws you into the middle of all the struggles, glory, and grit through one man's unexpected participation in survival.

Death is a clear-cut objective moment, but the process of dying and the choices we make for our own death and others is a wholly different subject. Not becoming educated on your ability to influence your dying process is leaving that potentially long helpless period to fate. Raw and informative, this book explores the truth and asserts your right to knowledge and your right to say “No” to medical procedures that ultimately only prolong suffering once imminent and inevitable death arrives.

A woman has been arrested in the streets of Rome. She's young. She's beautiful. She's covered in blood. And she claims to be an ancient prophet in search of a mystical amulet hidden somewhere within the city. Ex-priest Tom Shaman teams up with a headstrong policewoman to unravel the mystery. But within Rome's churches and corridors of power, stealthy enemies are conspiring against them. And soon, the woman's deadly visions begin to come true.

Individuals, teams, and organizations must become more resilient in today’s complex world, and each one will experience failure at some point. Successful individuals, teams, and organizations bounce back. Winning After Losing: Building Resilient Teams offers a collection of lessons on leadership and resilience of winning teams. I am writing this book as a retired US Army three-star general and as the former chief operating officer of a public biotechnology company.