"Poignant . . . Well worth the read." -Wall Street Journal In December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's famed Third Army. Over the next six months, as the war in Europe raged, Sisson would participate in many of World War II's most consequential events, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Dachau. Now 95 years old, Frank shares his remarkable story of life under General Patton for the first time. Frank Sisson grew up in rural Oklahoma during the Great Depression. His father died when Frank was young, and so in 1944, at age eighteen, Frank, like so many other young men across America, enlisted in the Army and was deployed to France. At a traffic intersection one day, Frank caught his first glimpse of the man who would control the next six months of Frank's deployment, and whose lessons, and spirit, would shape the rest of Frank's life. General Patton could be erratic and short-tempered-but he was also a brilliant military tactician and cared deeply for the men who served under him, a credo that gave Frank and his fellow soldiers solace as they faced death every day. In this gritty, intimate account, Frank reveals what life on the ground was really like in the closing days of World War II. After the war, Frank continued to serve in the army as a military police inspector in Berlin. When he finally returned home, he attended college and built a career in business. Like many members of the Greatest Generation, he was often reluctant to share his stories of the war, in all their glory, and terror. He was content to live and work in the nation he had fought to protect, an embodiment of the American Dream. Patton, on the other hand, would not live to see the postwar world he helped create. In December 1945, less than a year after the conclusion of the war, he tragically died following a car accident. Now, seventy-five years later, Frank Sisson's remarkable reminiscences provide a fresh, unique look at Patton's leadership, the final days of World War II and its direct aftermath, and the experience of combat on the front lines.

"A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw's voice as if he were sitting beside you." -Wall Street Journal An unforgettable soldier's-eye view of the Pacific War's bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest amphib ious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent casualty rate. The first American officer ashore was then-Major Art Shaw (1920-2020), a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three months, Shaw and his men served near the front lines of the Pacific's costliest battle, their artillery proving decisive against a phantom enemy who had entrenched itself in the rugged, craggy island. Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. When the final calculations were made, the Deadeyes were estimated to have killed 37,763 of the enemy. The 361st Field Artillery Battalion had played a crucial role in the victory. The campaign would be the last major battle of World War II and a key pivot point leading to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to the Japanese surrender in August, two months after the siege's end. Filled with extraordinary details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hills of Okinawa.

Location: Moscow, Russia Vladimir Putin seeks the defeat of the West, as well as the recovery of world power, with the rebuilding of the Soviet Empire. To accomplish his objectives, he has arranged for the simultaneous assassinations of the three major American political personalities. The target date: December 25th - Putin's Christmas present to America

"Deleted! "features a walk through the world of computer crimes and international intrigue. In Amman, Jordan, a young Arab has broken the code designed to protect movie disks, which would cost the Motion Picture Association of America millions of dollars. The Sloans and their inquisitive seventeen-year-old daughter, Cara, journey through a maze of cyber-investigation to find the thief. Unexpectedly, Sam encounters a lead through the FBI that exposes him, the Sloan family, and his Middle Eastern partner to personal danger. Suddenly, the criminal's assault careens toward a most unexpected target!

The year is 2021 and the world has been made eerily vacant by the strange disappearance of multitudes of people. Now, six months after these unexplained vanishings, society is in turmoil and filled with fear. For Graham Peck and his family, making sense of this new world is unlike any struggle they have ever known, and one made even more difficult after a family tragedy. To find comfort, they turn to the one place they have always known to be a constant in their life: the Church. But, to their shock, all the buildings are empty. Instead, they find a radical group called The New Believers who welcome Graham and his family into their midst. Now, in this world that has become a virtual police state with constant electronic surveillance, the Peck family must learn to survive...in order to discover the renewed life that lies ahead for them.