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As Bob Burke’s 737 lands at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, he sees a man strangling a woman on a rooftop below. Whether or not anyone believes him, Bob Burke isn’t the kind of guy to let a thing like that rest. He knows what he saw, and it isn't going to end well for the men responsible. Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunications company executive is easily dismissed as the "phone guy".

The Vietnam War dominated a generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some were drafted, some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most were just trying to survive. From 1956 to 1976, from the Delta to the DMZ, these stories tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place, how it changed us, and what we did after we came home.

Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunications company executive is easily dismissed as the "phone guy." After four tours running "special operations" missions in Iraq and the rugged mountains of Afghanistan as an Army Ranger and Delta Force commander, he's one of the most lethal killers the US government ever produced. When one of his old NCOs takes a header from the fifth floor of an Atlantic City casino run by the infamous Genovese and Lucchese NY mob families, someone’s going to answer for it and payback’s gonna be a bitch!

Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter is rooted not only in the horrific reality of institutional slavery but also in the historical fact of Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings (here represented by the character Currer). In William Wells Brown’s telling, Currer has two daughters by Jefferson, Clotel and Althesa. Both become Jefferson’s legal property when they are born, and both wind up at auction - along with their mother - when Jefferson dies.

First published in 1853 amidst rumors that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Clotel is a fictional chronicle of one such child. After Jefferson's death, his mistress and her two daughters are auctioned. One daughter, Clotel, is purchased by a white man from Virginia who impregnates her. Despite the promise of marriage, Clotel is instead sold to another man and separated from her daughter. After escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returnss to Virginia to reunite with her daughter - now a slave in her father's house.

“I am married to an amazing woman, and we have great kids. I also carry a huge secret deep inside: I am gay.” Accepting truth about sexual identity after living outwardly as straight is terrifying and incredibly difficult to maneuver. Some fool themselves that this will be just fine, some have been caught exploring their sexuality, and some consider drastic steps to spare themselves and their loved ones from this truth.

Real stories told by real people, in their own words. Hundred veterans, men and women, caught up in an all-too-real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, buy this audiobook and you will, because they’re like Doritos. Try a few, and you won't be able to stop. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some of us were drafted.

If you are looking for advice on money, health, or happy living, look no further than this collection of wisdom from the sages. An extensive gathering of advice from learned men and women throughout the ages.

It’s "Ocean's Eleven" meets "Man on Fire." In Vegas, the house always wins, unless Bob Burke's at the table. Then, it’s Double Down, all bets are off, and bodies start falling. This is Book #8 in the Bob Burke action-thriller series, with 4.6 Stars on Amazon and 4.6 Stars in Goodreads. When a Vegas casino mogul's daughter is brutally kidnapped off the streets of San Francisco, he makes three phone calls— first, to the head of the FBI; second, to his contact with the Gambino crime family in New York, and third to the Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort ...

When the Russian mafia in Brighton Beach steals his company’s army software contract, blows up his office building in Chicago, and attacks Sherwood Forrest, enough is enough! After dustups with ISIS terrorists, the New York Genovese and Luchese mafia families in an Atlantic City casino, and a shootout with the Chicago DiGrigoria mob in a Forrest Preserve woods, all this former army sniper, ranger, and Delta Force commander wanted was to go back to his North Carolina farm, kick back, and enjoy life.

Born a slave, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) escaped to the North where he became a prominent abolitionist, historian, novelist and playwright. His 1863 book The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements portrays the lives of individuals selected by Brown that had “by their own genius, capacity, and intellectual development, surmounted the many obstacles which slavery and prejudice have thrown in their way, and raised themselves to positions of honor and influence."

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States is an 1853 novel by the author and playwright William Wells Brown. Set in the early 19th century, it is the story of Clotel and her sister Althesa, who are fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. It is considered the first novel published by an African American and explores the destructive effects of slavery on African American families, the difficult lives of mixed-race people, and the degraded and immoral condition of the relationship between master and slave.

In the 1930s, Chief William Berens shared with anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell a remarkable history of his life, as well as many personal and dream experiences that held special significance for him. Most of this material has never been published. Because the elderly chief wanted his visitor to understand the Ojibwe world, and because Hallowell was deeply interested in his subject matter and was such a good listener, Berens freely related his dreams and other stories about encounters with powerful beings.

William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was a prominent abolitionist, historian, novelist, and playwright. Brown was an African-American pioneer in various literary genres. His novel Clotel; or, The President's Daughter (1853), was published in London, England in 1853. It is the story of Clotel and her sister Althesa who are fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson, and explores the destructive effects of slavery on African-American families, the difficult lives of people of mixed-race, and the degraded and immoral relationship between master and slave.

"John Wick" meets "The Day of the Jackal" in a deadly game of espionage and murder. Burke’s Hit Man is Book #9 in the Bob Burke thriller series, with 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.7 stars from Goodreads. The Kremlin must have America's top-secret mega-laser weapon to avoid a humiliating defeat in Ukraine and to shore up its fading power. To steal the Laser prototype and the plans, they send their deadliest assassin—a fearless Georgian killer named Zuran Gelashvili. He's left a wispy trail from one end of Europe to the other of poisoned dissidents, mysterious bombings, and traffic accidents,...

Balas, bombas, caos y mucha diversión. Es Burke's Justice, la nueva novela de acción y suspense de Bob Burke, la décima entrega de la explosiva serie de aventuras militares de Bob Burke, donde el honor se enfrenta al poderío de las armas. 4,5 Estrellas en 57 reseñas en Amazon EE. UU.¡ 4,6 estrellas en Goodreads! El comandante retirado de la Fuerza Delta Bob Burke es uno de los asesinos más letales que ha producido el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Ahora retirado y viviendo en su granja de Carolina del Norte, esperaba que sus días esquivando balas hubieran terminado. Se equivocaba. ...

Cartelli della droga messicani. Rapitori di Las Vegas. Abili assassini del Cremlino. Tre nemici che commettono lo stesso errore fatale: prendono di mira la famiglia e gli amici di Bob Burke. È un errore che si commette solo una volta. Ti piacciono le serie di azione e avventura? Ti piacciono Brad Thor, Vince Flynn e Lee Child? Se sei un fan di Mitch Rapp, Scot Harvath, Jack Ryan, Grayman, Jack Reacher o Milton di Mark Dawson, adorerai questo cofanetto. Si tratta dei libri 7-9 della serie thriller d'azione Bob Burke, quella di cui i lettori non smettono di parlare, con oltre 1400 pagine e ...

"Sicario" meets "Taken." The Mexican Sinaloa Drug Cartel snatched Bob Burke’s wife to control him. They should have asked the Gambinos and Luccheses in New York or the DiGregorios in Chicago what happens when you cross “The Ghost.” Book # 7 in the Bob Burke Action-Thriller Series, with 4.6 Stars on Amazon and 4.6 from Goodreads! The Mexican cartels control the fentanyl flooding America's streets, killing more Americans each year than Vietnam did. Bob Burke just made stopping them personal. When the Sinaloa Cartel's sicarios snatch Linda Burke from their North Carolina farm in broad ...

Invierno de 1944-45. En las ruinas de la Alemania nazi, un agente estadounidense de la OSS y una luchadora de la resistencia comunista descubren que el amor es la misión más peligrosa de todas. ¡Pero los espías mienten y los espías mueren en este trepidante thriller de acción ambientado en la Guerra Fría! ¡Excelentes nuevas traducciones! ¿Te gustan las buenas series de acción y aventuras? ¿Te has devorado las obras de Brad Thor, Vince Flynn y Lee Child? Si eres fan de Mitch Rapp, Scot Harvath, Jack Ryan, Grayman, Jack Reacher o Milton, de Mark Dawson, te encantará esta serie de ...

Today’s CIOs do not have the luxury of dropping old responsibilities as new ones come along. Legacy technologies are hard to phase out, governance and cyber security responsibilities get more complex, and an entirely new techno sphere is encompassing most organizations. A “3.0 World” is emerging quickly – where, for example, an asset-light company like Uber can completely upend the transportation industry. The CIO needs to both manage technologies such as machine learning and communicate/inspire their competitive potential to senior management. What Top CIOs Know provides the ...