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"Sooner or later they'll catch you," could be the theme of this
book on murderers, rapists, and other bad people who have been
chased down and brought to justice, like John Wilkes Booth, or
buried as an "unknown," like young Joey Spears, in the forword, or
in some other way handled, like Bonnie and Clyde, who were shot to
pieces or Ted Bundy, who died in the electric chair. It is
difficult to even imagine why an unthinking parole board will turn
these killers loose to murder and rape and kill again, but it
happens often. And, please be careful out there, it will happen
again.
It was the duty of every captured prisoner of war to attempt to
escape. Escaping meant the enemy had to tie up time and manpower to
recapture the escapee. This meant that even as a prisoner of war,
you still had a chance to effect the outcome. You were, in fact,
still in the battle. If you were recaptured you generally suffered
a few days in the "cooler," in solitary confinement. Until Adolph
Hitler sent down orders to execute escaped prisoners who have been
recaptured, escaping was a battle of wits. Usually you lost and
were returned to prison. Sometimes you died. But occasionally you
made it all the way home. The stories in this book are about
prisoners who refused to stop trying, who became thorns in the side
of their enemy. This book, dedicated to them, tells their story.
There are seven women who will never be forgotten, according to
this author. They are the epitome of everything in entertainment,
in politics, in medicine, and in charity and good will. Some became
wealthy, some spent a life in poverty, but each one of the seven
accomplished great feats in science and leadership. And in other
fields such as entertainment, in the case of Marilyn Monroe. Should
she be in a book alongside Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc? This
akthor feels she should. You decide.
Lt.Col. Charles S. Hudson,the most decorated bombardier in World
War Two, lived a full life of adventure, danger, and challenge.
During his exciting life, he was an athlete, a professional boxer,
an oil driller, an exotic animal hauler, involved in a major prison
break (from outside) and a defendant in a federal drug trial,
something the resulted in him being on a mob "hit list." Charmin'
Charlie Hudson never slowed down, never worried, and lived his life
to the fullest.
The Indianapolis Speedway Race is the most exciting one of all,
held on the largest track in America, with the most in-attendance
fans, and the largest TV audience of any sporting event anywhere,
anytime. It is a dangerous, challenging race that is the most
important one of all to win for the drivers. If you win at Indy,
your future is assured. You are famous. You will get sponsors and
you will be paid to advertise products. An Indy winner is set for
life in this sport. Fans know this, and cheer on their favorite
drivers. But this race is dangerous, and many drivers have lost
their lives attempting to win at Indy. They seem somehow to go
"over the line" at Indy, as Rick Mears does in this book, in an
effort to win. Real fans want them to try harder and harder to win,
but real fans don't want any driver or spectator to be hurt, or
worse. So real fans cheer when Mears goes high into dangerous
territory on the track, rather than low where the risk is less.
Every fan should see this race in person at least once.
David Zaid survived the extermination of the Jews in Poland ordered
by cruel German dictator Adolph Hitler. He went on to become a hero
in the Israeli army. His voice is now stilled, but with this book
he continues to speak out against the holocaust-deniers who insist
that the atrocities, the death camps, the routine executions of
Jews, never really happened. Zaid lived through it, lost his entire
family to an uncaring German firing squad, and knows the truth. And
if he ever questioned his own courage while hiding from the
murderous Nazis and the equally murderous Polish farmers in a
Polish forest, the questions were answered in the Israeli wars
where he fought in hand to hand combat for his new homeland. He
survived once again and saw his final dream come true when he, his
wife and two sons, became citizens in the United States, his final
and most beloved homeland.
Bridges hanging on wires? Tunnels under rivers? Raceways two miles
long? A football field that has a roof? A dam that holds back a
raging river, and provides power? These and more were thought to be
impossible, but they were built by some of the very few
construction genius builders born every generation who refuse to
believe in "impossible" projects, and go ahead and build them. In
this book are the first, when today's construction science was not
available and when most people felt such massive projects couldn't
be done. They were done. Man has landed on the moon, but this was
the first time. And they built a great arch. And they carved a
mountain top. And more.
This is the true story of the famous Lost Dutchman treasure as this
author sees it, and offers a completely new theory on the location
of the massive treasure. This location is within a stone's throw of
the thousands of tourists who visit the forbidding Superstition
Mountain area every year to have fun and to "find the Lost
Dutchman." For the past one hundred years or so, they have no idea
how close they might have been. A map? Yes. Read the book. The hand
drawn map created by an old timer who says he has seen the gold
with his own eyes is available, and almost free.
This book was written by an expert on motion picture films. He even
lives in California, where many movies are made, and he sees famous
actors frequently, interviews many of them, and becomes friends
with a few if them. As he points out in this book, nost actros and
actresses enjoy talking to fans, who soemtimes become fruebds, and
most actors, from local theaters to moviton pictues, will just chat
about anything at any time. They are generally a nice group of very
special people.
Of all the great women in the history of the world, these seven
should be remembered forever. They accomplished so much in
medicine, the arts, the field of entertainment, science, and
contributed so much to everyone in science and in pure charity,
that they will be remembered. They are gone now, but each left a
mark that will never fade.
Dr. Kalani G. Jose, a former sailor in the United States Navy,
became a chiropractor out of necessity. He had a head on collision
with a concrete wall while working as a truck driver, was badly
hurt with a broken back, and was told by his MD's that he would
"never walk again." Today he rushes around his super modern medical
facility, where his staff of MD's, medical experts, office helpers,
chiropractors, and others, are on his staff, and all because of a
chiropractor. In spite of misgivings, Dr. Jose finally went to a
chiro after his crash, and he was helped beyond his dreams. He was
walking, and chose chiropractics as the "magical" career he wanted
to pursue. Now he is one of the best known, and most successful
chiropractors in the business, with modern offices, a very skilled
staff, and a ranch on his home state of Hawaii, where he plans to
retire. But the Kalani chiropractic offices will remain open in
Oxnard, California, and perhaps in other cities around the nation.
What does a chiropractor do for you? Dr. Kalani Gusman Jose, a
chiropractor with many years of experience and thousands of
satisfied patients, and a man who plans to change the face of
health care, tells all in this book on himself, his practice, what
to expect when you schedule a visit, and his own love of his
profession. He had a terrible accident as a young truck driver, and
turned to a chiropractor after medical doctors could no longer help
with the intense pain he was suffering. As a former athlete, he was
desperate to prove the doctor who said, "You will never walk
again," was wrong. And he did walk again, and in fact he was so
caught up in chiropractic care that he became a D.C. himself, and
now his unique practice of what he thinks is a "magical" profession
is fascinating, and very educational. Yes, Kalani Jose could
"change the face" of health care with his different approach to a
type of patient care that is growing rapidly as more and more
M.D.'s refer more and more of their patients to him.
Buckley Landson is a Congressman from Ohio, and a racing fan,
especially of the Indianapolis Speedway Race. Jim Phillips is the
son of James Phillips, creator and top man at Dresden Industries,
and also a race fan who plans to work in the pits of the upcoming
500. Amil Nazhar is a Middle Eastern man with beloved family back
home who has been given the highest honor of his life, the
opportunity to disrupt this very American tradition on Memorial Day
by burning to death tens of thousands of fans. This book reveals a
way to do it from a writer who has been there many times, although
Dresden Industries is sure that their new equipment will keep
terrorists out of sensitive areas at the track. Buck, Jim, Buck's
long dead wife, his new wife, and Amil Nazhar meet in a stunning
conclusion, and although this book doesn't cover the race, since it
ends as the race begins, it will also appeal to Indy fans,
especially those who have been there.
This is the story of three massive vessels, under the command of
Commodore Marty Branson, who are on a "no return" voyage to a
distant planet where they hope to create a new colony of humans,
and a new life. They face many problems, including the near
impossibility of their mission, and evil Senator Hal Villor, back
on Earth, who will do anything to stop them, especially now that
they have decided to change course, anything at all.
The "Indy 500" is the most exciting auto race, on the most famous
track, before the largest in-attendance audience for any sporting
event ever in history. Every driver wants to win this event,
assuring him or her fame forever and probably a huge amount of
money as well. Drivers at Indy seem willing to take that "extra
chance" to win, such as Rick Mears did in his chapter in this book
by going high into even more danger instead of the low, less risky
line on the track. The author has driven on the track at the
Speedway in a race car, and has covered the race more than forty
times as a reporter. The 500 is, he admits, one of his favorite
topics about which to write in his over 200 book career, and he has
written several books on this subject. He always looks forward to
it every year on Memorial Day, either at the track or on
television. He advises that everyone should see this great race in
person at least one time, but that it is possible you can see more
of the event on television.
Even modern science admits that in the future, hundreds of years
from now, most people will have the ability to move things with
their thoughts, and do many other wonderful things. You won't have
to say, "pass the salt, please," you will just "think" the salt
shaker to come across the table to you, and it will. Right now, we
are on the very edge of this great power. We know the basics,
covered in this book. And sooner or later, one of us will learn how
to cure cancer by thinking about it. We'll just order it, or heart
disease, or other ailments, to "go away," and it will. Even science
now agrees that the "think system" con of "professor" Harold Hill,
in the great show "The Music Man," will really work. Hill saw it as
a scam, but we learn in this book that it is real, and will
eventually be a part of our lives. Hill's rag-tag band shocked
everyone, especially Harold Hill himself, when they played an
almost recognizable rendition of "Minuet in G." Read this book to
see how they did it, and how you can do it.
Hockey is a hard-hitting, beautiful, bloody, exciting,
bruising,stunning game and at the top level it is a ballet. Very
few of the thousands of young players who dream of it ever make it
to the National Hockey League, and then very few of them become
super stars, the best in the business, in the history of the sport.
Most of these dynamic players are retired or gone now, but their
spirit lives on with the teams where they played and in the rinks
where they skated. In most of those rinks, their names are
displayed high up in the rafters, and most of them have their names
engraved on one of the rings of the famous Stanley Cup. This book
tells of their lives, their love of their game, and where they are
now.
Every soldier, if he or she is captured, knows it is their duty to
try to escape. Although not all prisoners of war do try to escape,
those who do know that they are still in the battle because they
are forcing the enemy to use extra troops and time to try to
recapture them. In every war, there are then a few POW's who make a
dangerous crusade out of escaping. They are driven to escape. They
are desperate to return to action. This book is about some of the
prisoners who were the most enthusiastic about doing their duty.
Their duty was to escape. This book is dedicated to them.
In every generation there are a few special men and women builders
who ignore the nay-sayers and build amazing monuments. It will sink
into the ground, insist some of the "experts." It will cause the
drowning of thousands of innocent people or burn to death entire
families with their children. These special builders go right ahead
and we all now enjoy what they have done. They didn't listen when
many others said "It can't be done."
Scott Hunter is an average student, an above average football
player, and an excellent skin and scuba diver and teacher. He
should have known better when he put aside some strict and basic
rules of diving and got into serious trouble. His friend, Lisa
Turner, is in the same trouble, since he is her teacher and diving
partner. When Scott Hunter must watch himself sleeping in his own
bed, knowing that he will never see Lisa again but also that he
must suffer through his parents grief at his own funeral again and
again, he is desperate. So he breaks another bond with a friend.
Even when he has a chance to make things right, a chance to
straighten things out, he bends the rules again. Will he ever come
home again, or see Lisa again? This book answers the question in an
exciting way.
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