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Ruby’s Prosecutor thrusts you inside the courtroom no camera ever captured—and into the conscience of the man who tried the most infamous killer on live television. Dallas, March 1964. Assistant District Attorney Jim Bowie stands a heartbeat from the nation’s rawest wound, determined to prove that nightclub owner Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald with cold intent. Every fact you remember from the headlines is here—captured shells, time-stamped Western Union slip, KRLD film flashing its muzzle-bloom frame by frame. So are the moments the public never saw: late-night strategy ...

He had the dream. He had the voice. Then one night, he lost everything. At sixteen, Colton Reeves wasn’t chasing fame — just love. But when tragedy strikes on a dark Tennessee road, his voice becomes the only thing he has left. From dusty county fairs to Nashville stages, Colton searches for meaning in the spotlight, trying to outrun the silence that haunts him. Then Mae Parker walks into his life — a songwriter with a soul full of truth and a song that could heal them both. Together, they’ll learn that real faith isn’t found on stage… it’s found in the quiet places where love...

When sound is the only truth you can trust, every second is a verdict. 1943, Western Pacific. A damaged U.S. submarine stalks enemy waters on fumes and nerve, commanded by a skipper who believes courage is restraint. Through the headphones of Ash, the boat's sonarman, we enter a patrol of split-second choices: slipping a mined harbor by inches, shadowing an unmarked transport, and surfacing under smoke to pull survivors from burning water while enemy destroyers close. Ash hears death before anyone sees it—hedgehog patterns stepping closer, a torpedo turning back to hunt its maker, the ...

What if your worst betrayal was preparing you for your greatest purpose? Thrown into a pit by his brothers. Sold into slavery for twenty pieces of silver. Falsely accused by his master's wife. Forgotten in an Egyptian prison for years. Joseph had every reason to believe God had abandoned him. He was wrong. "This is not punishment. This is preparation." JOSEPH OF GENESIS: PREPARATION, NOT PUNISHMENT reimagines the biblical story of the dreamer who lost everything—his family, his freedom, his future—only to discover that every wound was a doorway, every descent a rehearsal for rising, and...

Build Without Permission is the no-fluff, real-world playbook for builders, leaders, and doers who are tired of waiting for a degree, a title, or someone else's approval. Drawing from battle-tested experience in startups, enterprise tech, and government innovation, William Ferrier Jr. reveals the unspoken truths that actually drive success—whether you're launching a product, leading a team, or scaling a business. No jargon. No MBA required. Inside, you'll learn how to: Think like a strategist, even under pressure Build products people actually want Earn trust through marketing that feels ...

Mae’s Story: Little Sister’s Prayer Faith, Music, and the Quiet Between Applause By William Ferrier Jr. She didn’t chase fame—she chased the truth. And the world stopped to listen. When Nashville singer-songwriter Mae Parker steps onto the Grand Ole Opry stage with nothing but her guitar and a prayer for her fallen brother, she doesn’t expect the silence that follows—or the standing ovation that comes after it. Her song, “Little Sister’s Prayer,” sweeps across the country like a revival, touching hearts far beyond the stage lights. But fame has a price. And when the noise ...

In 1942, two men turned paperwork into the most powerful weapon against the Holocaust. Colonel José Arturo Castellanos never intended to become a hero. As El Salvador's consul in Geneva, he was supposed to process routine diplomatic business—not forge thousands of documents to save Jewish refugees from Nazi death camps. But when desperate families began appearing at his door, Castellanos faced an impossible choice: follow orders and watch innocents die, or risk everything to fight evil with nothing more than ink and official seals. Based on the incredible true story that Hollywood has ...

The Experience Engine Reinventing Business Through Radical Customer Empathy By William Ferrier Jr What if your product isn’t broken—but your perspective is? In today’s crowded, fast-moving market, features alone don’t win. Feelings do. The Experience Engine reveals a bold new approach to business innovation—one that puts customer emotion, memory, and behavior at the heart of product strategy. Written by a leader who’s redesigned justice systems, led global tech marketing, and built products that users swear they helped create, this book is part playbook, part manifesto. It shows...

Seven men vanished from Spain’s first over-land march into California. This is the story the diaries erased—and the gold that doomed them. 1769. Governor Gaspar de Portolá leads soldiers, missionaries, and ships toward the mythical ports of San Diego and Monterey. Scurvy hollows the ranks, rations rot, and earthquakes rattle the coast. Deep in the fog-shrouded redwoods, five soldados de cuera and two Native scouts discover river sand that glitters with raw gold. Bound by desperation, they desert under cover of night, vowing to survive the wilderness and return for the mother lode. ...

When cybersecurity expert Sophia Chen inherits her estranged grandmother's lakeside house, she expects to find old furniture and family photos. Instead, she discovers forty years of meticulously documented evidence pointing to a century-long murder conspiracy that claimed dozens of victims—and got her grandmother killed. Elena Chen spent her life as a respected architect, but she died as an amateur detective who got too close to the truth. Hidden in her files are architectural plans, victim profiles, and financial records that reveal a systematic pattern of disappearances around Millbrook...

The Grief Matrix: A New Way to Mourn, Heal, and Live Again By William Ferrier Jr. Grief doesn’t follow rules. It doesn’t arrive in stages or leave on a schedule. It twists, returns, and reshapes who we are. And too often, we’re left wondering if we’re doing it wrong—if we’re broken for still feeling lost. The Grief Matrix offers a new, compassionate path forward. Blending powerful storytelling with a groundbreaking framework, author William Ferrier Jr. introduces the four zones of grief: Numb, Storm, Survivor, and Renewal. These zones aren’t steps to finish—they’re ...

Before Cole Matthews played the Grand Ole Opry, before "Still Yours" became a country anthem for the grieving, before Mae Parker—there was Hannah. She was a parts counter girl with grease on her hands and grace in her eyes. He was a songwriter who'd never believed in anything bigger than himself. She made him come to church. He made her laugh through chemotherapy. They had five months of marriage and a lifetime of love. From the moment Cole walked into Henderson's Auto Parts with a made-up truck problem and a real attraction, Hannah Bennett knew he was trouble—the good kind. What ...

Twelve-year-old Charlie thinks his class trip to Jack London State Park will be nothing but dusty barns and boring lectures—until a mysterious storm whisks him back in time over a hundred years. Stranded in the early 1900s, Charlie wakes up face-to-face with legendary writer and adventurer Jack London himself. Now stuck on a working ranch with no way home, Charlie must adapt to a world without phones, cars, or comfort—and discover the grit, passion, and vision of a man who dared to live on the edge of wilderness and imagination. But as another strange storm brews on the horizon, Charlie...

El Capitán: José Francisco Ortega and the Birth of California sweeps you onto a saddle beside the little-known scout who changed the map of the American West—then asks why you’ve never heard his name. Ride shotgun on Spain’s last great gamble. Feel fog sting your cheeks as Ortega becomes the first European to glimpse the vast, hidden harbor we now call San Francisco Bay—and watch an empire pivot on his hastily penciled sketch. Build a frontier—in real time. March into wildfire heat, mix adobe alongside Chumash brickmakers, and raise the guns of Santa Barbara’s presidio before ...

Tom Hale: The Weight of Names A Novel of War, Silence, and Translation by William Ferrier Jr. In a war built on lies, his only weapon is the truth—and even that can kill. Madrid, 1937. The city burns from the inside out. Bombs fall, alliances shift, and every word is dangerous. American linguist Tom Hale is sent to translate for a foreign tribunal, believing language can bridge chaos. But in a world where each sentence is a verdict and every signature seals a fate, he discovers that neutrality is a myth—and silence has its own cost. As the war tightens its grip, Tom becomes witness to ...

Lost in the Valley of the Oregon Trail What if a history assignment could change your life forever? Twelve-year-old Matthew never cared much about dusty textbooks or wagon-train pioneers. But when a school field trip takes an unexpected turn, he finds himself thrust into the middle of 1840s America—where survival is real, choices matter, and the Oregon Trail stretches farther than he ever imagined. Caught between two worlds, Matthew must learn to adapt quickly: crossing rivers, braving storms, and discovering courage he never knew he had. Along the way, he forges bonds with settlers whose...

The Plague Rider plunges you into a forgotten chapter of the American Southwest—when deserts were roadless, smallpox was a death sentence, and one unsung doctor dared to gallop straight into the epidemic’s maw. In December 1803, Basque-born surgeon Dr. Cristóbal María de Larrañaga receives a fragile vial of cow-pox lymph and an impossible order: carry living vaccine 1,400 miles from Chihuahua to the edge of the Rocky Mountains before it dies in the cold. With a mule train of orphan “courier” children, a scarred Navajo scout, and a midwife who trusts science more than saints, ...

In the aftermath of the Gold Rush, the Sierra Nevada is a land of breathtaking beauty—and deadly secrets. Sixteen-year-old Lila has known only the quiet rhythms of life with her grandfather Elias, a former scout who teaches her how to read the sky, track the forest, and survive in the wild. But when whispers of young women vanishing spread through the scattered mountain settlements, unease begins to shadow even their remote cabin. One night, masked men shatter Lila’s world. Abducted and dragged into the lawless depths of the wilderness, she is forced to endure hunger, fear, and the ...

In the summer of 1942, Johnny Ferris boards a train to war with nothing but a duffel bag, a baseball glove, and a promise whispered to the girl he loves: I will see you again. Told through tender letters that cross oceans and silence, I Will See You Again captures the heartbreak and hope of a love tested by World War II. Johnny writes from barracks and battlefields; Claire answers from their small town, her words steady as prayer. Each envelope becomes a lifeline—carrying devotion, courage, and the vow that distance cannot erase. As weeks stretch into months, censored lines and missing ...

He didn’t conquer California. He named it—river by river, memory by memory. In the early 1800s, Spanish lieutenant Gabriel Moraga rode deep into the wild, unmapped heart of California. What he discovered would shape the future of the West—but what he left behind was something far more enduring than conquest: names that still ripple across maps, city signs, and courtrooms today. River-Maker is a breathtaking historical narrative that brings Moraga’s forgotten journey vividly to life—from the sweeping silence of the Central Valley to the tangled wetlands of the Delta, from ...