New Releases by Eric Wilson

Once an Assistant Attorney General in Tennessee, Preston Shipp found his convictions challenged after teaching criminal justice courses to inmates from the Tennessee Prison for Women. He resigned from prosecuting and continued teaching. Soon after leaving, an exceptional individual, Cyntoia Brown, joined his class. Shipp believed she deserved a chance at redemption—only to receive an opinion on a years-old murder and robbery case in which he himself had argued for a life sentence for 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown. Out of guilt and empathy, Shipp embarked on a decade-long journey to free Ms. Brown and while traveling his own path to redemption. Today, he dedicates his efforts to the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, which has led to more than 1,000 people receiving a new chance at life after being sentenced to life imprisonment even though they were under the age of 18. Shipp shares his views on how the American justice system is in desperate need of reform, especially for juveniles.

What Are You Going to Do? tells an inspiring true story. In the early 1950s, war scattered hundreds of thousands of orphans across South Korea. Many Koreans sacrificed everything to help. When Everett Swanson arrived to preach to troops on the front lines, he stumbled upon starving orphans. The plight of these children broke his heart. He faced the question: “What are you going to do?” Authors Matt Bronleewe and Eric Wilson tell how Swanson’s answer to those six little words led to the organization known today as Compassion International. Seventy years later, Compassion International sponsors over two million children all over the world, providing meals, education, vocational training, Bibles, letters of support, and more. We are often faced with the same question, “What am I going to do?” And, like Swanson, we feel inadequate, afraid, or ill-equipped. Readers will see how small faithful choices can lead to larger ones—and in so doing, change the world for generations to come. Everyone—young and old—should be acquainted with this amazing story of faith, courage, and compassion.

"Learn about Appalachia''s past by following in the footsteps of the culture through the dance of unions and coal companies, the effects of environmental activism, and the long-standing traditions of arts and crafts, hunting, and telling stories... ''Appalachia Through the Years'' breaks down stereotypes by showing a rich and varied side of a place that is often misunderstood." -- back cover.

American Leftovers is the story of Heidi, Eric, and Shaun, three children who follow their parents through eastern Europe on Bible-smuggling adventures in the early 1970s. When they return to the States, they face third-culture questions of home and identity. They also deal with sexual situations and abuse, while settling into an evangelical bubble with their parents who pastor a fast-growing church. Everything collapses when their father runs off with an eighteen-year-old girl, leaving behind his family and church. This forces Heidi, Eric, and Shaun to reconcile their own spiritual fervor with the lies and dysfunction so close to home.

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At twelve years old, his hatred of God took root. Weighed by chains of guilt and shame, Steven Young grew to live for the moment. He partied, slept around, gambled, and manipulated people for his own desires. His choices led to four failed marriages and eight years in prison. Broke and alone, he lived five years homeless on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2013 decided to end it all. At his lowest point, the very God he despised stepped in. It would still be a long healing journey From Chains to Change. This painfully honest and powerfully redemptive story is an example of God''s ability to transform the past, restore hearts, and offer hope for the future.

In Dino: Tall Tales from a Simpler Times Up on The Hill, the storytellers and brother and sister, LeAnna and Eric Wilson, transport you to a time and place while making you laugh and look forward to the next adventure. This book recalls an earlier time, perfectly capturing the life and all the vitality of the men and women who grew up in American''s coal camps during the mid-Twentieth- Century through the eyes of a young carefree boy looking for fun and finding mischief. The tall tales introduce readers to the wacky adventures of a child named Dino in a series of slightly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Often joined by his friends Jimmy, Pete, and Patty you will be laughing as they chase lightning bugs, frogs, skunks, and a chicken on steroids. You will fall in love with the characters and their mamas with tales of Sunday night baths, trips to the company store, and Mrs. Myrtle get''n the vapors after something Dino had certainly done. Dino: Tall Tales from a Simpler Times Up on The Hill, is a story of family, food, and fun from the porches and gravel roads of a small coal camp that will capture your heart and your funny bone.

A CALLING ALWAYS COMES AT A COST

At the age of thirty-two, Eric was beginning to live the life he had worked towards. With a great job, wonderful friends, and a sleek two-seater convertible, he had the world by the string until he got a phone call from an old friend. What comes next is an against-all-odds tale where Eric becomes the parent of a motley crew of Russian boys charged with proving to them, the world, and himself that the American Dream is alive and well. The decade long journey that followed was a real life David and Goliath story filled with laughter and tears as Eric and his young comrades struggled to take on the world and at times, one another.

Time may be linear, but history is circular. We see patterns throughout history-periods of prosperity and growth followed inevitably by disastrous upheaval that changes everything. Through an intriguing mixture of historical acumen and big-data analytics, these events can be studied and predicted. In Cultural Cycles, business forecaster J. Eric Wilson applies his knowledge of predictive analytics to the history of human cultures, to help illuminate the past, explain the present, and provide a bold picture of tomorrow. Wilson demonstrates a predictable cycle of historic extremes from periods of abundance and growth to cultural crises, or "resets," marked by disastrous social and political upheaval. At its worst, a reset can destroy a culture-and any nations strong enough to survive such events are forever changed. Closely examining the historical cycles of the United States from the seventeenth century to the present, Wilson argues that the nation is poised for its next cataclysmic reset. The nation''s future lies in the balance-and Wilson''s recommendations can help us prepare. A fascinating, easily understood exploration of history and analytics, Cultural Cycles uses practical reasoning and intuitive insight to reveal what many sense-the next great turn of the wheel of history.

TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system, located 12 parsecs away from the Solar system (39 light years), near the ecliptic, within the constellation of Aquarius. Around a star which is 12 times less massive than the Sun and only slightly larger than Jupiter, there are at least seven planets in orbit. The initial discovery was made by TRAPPIST, the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope. Additional planets were subsequently identified using TRAPPIST and the Spitzer space telescope, the Very Large Telescope, UKIRT, the Liverpool Telescope and the William Herschel Telescope. All the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system transit their star, meaning that they pass in front of it. The planets were discovered from the regular and repeated shadows that are cast during transit. Thanks to the transit signals we could measure the orbital periods of the planets and could calculate the sizes of the planets. The exact time at which the planets transit also provide us with a means to measure their masses, which leads to knowing their densities and therefore their bulk properties. The planets are consistent with a rocky composition. We found that the planets have sizes and masses comparable to the Earth and Venus. Because we know the distance of the planets to their star, and the temperature of the star, we can deduce that they receive an amount of light that is similar to many of the planets in the Solar system, from Mercury to beyond Mars. During transit, some of the starlight goes through the atmosphere of the planets, getting transformed by the chemical composition of the atmosphere and by its vertical structure. This means that we can remotely study the climates of terrestrial worlds beyond our Solar system! The TRAPPIST-1 worlds are the most optimal currently at our disposal. They are providing humanity with it first opportunities at discovering evidence of biology beyond the Solar system.

If parapolitics, a branch of radical criminology that studies the interactions between public entities and clandestine agencies, is to develop as an academic discipline, then it must develop a coherent theory of aesthetics in order to successfully perform its primary function: to render perceptible extra-judicial phenomena that have hitherto resisted formal classification. Wilson offers the work of H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) as an example of the relevance of subversive literature-in this case, cosmic horror and the weird tale-to the parapolitical criminologist. Cosmic horror is a form of writing that relies heavily upon the epistemological assumption of a radical and irreconcilable disjunction between appearance and reality, perception and truth. In many ways, the well-constructed weird tale strongly resembles the hard-boiled detective story or the noir thriller in that the resolution of the narrative hinges upon a dramatically shattering confrontation with an unspeakable reality. Apart from its obvious utilization of conspiracy theory, the primary attraction of the Lovecraftian text lies with its remarkably sophisticated utilization of two central tropes of classical aesthetic theory-the sublime and the grotesque. Not only does Lovecraft''s oeuvre represent a remarkable use of both of these motifs, but the raw literary power of the Lovecraftian weird tale serves as an outstanding exemplar for the parapolitical scholar to emulate in formulating an alternative mode of discourse, or poetics.

Mike Tyson admits that he still struggles with alcohol and sexual addiction, and said he''ll die soon if he doesn''t get help. All athletes rely on a support network, and Mike found his in Team Tyson. Formed by the unique vision of Rory Holloway, the team was a ragtag group that thrived upon private camaraderie and public mystique. The team defied and often angered the critics, guiding Mike from a rape conviction and prison term to a second world championship and earnings in excess of $300 million. Taming The Beast specifically focuses on the relationship between Mike and Rory. After Mike''s infamous bite out of Evander Holyfield''s ear, Mike fired his managers, pointed fingers at his team, and filed hefty lawsuits. Standing in the Shadows delves into the minds of these two childhood friends, peeling back the startling realities that haunted Team Tyson. It also takes a look at boxing history, racism in sports and media, athletes'' struggles with money and success, and the public''s tendency to anoint and then assassinate its celebrities.

On the 6th October 1974, a crime of most heinous proportions was committed. It would become one of the most baffling and infamous unsolved crimes in Australian history. Two female trainee nurses, hitchhiking from Brisbane to the inland township of Goondiwindi on the Queensland-New South Wales border, were to disappear forever. Twenty-one months later their skeletal remains would be discovered in the bush at Murphys Creek, situated at the foothills of the Toowoomba ranges. They had both been hogtied, raped and bludgeoned to death. In April 2013 and thirty-nine years after their murders, a six day Coronial Inquest into their deaths had commenced. Over thirty witnesses, including three persons of interest, would be subpoenaed to give evidence. The Inquest would create immense publicity and shine a spotlight upon the dark underbelly of Toowoomba''s past. The author is the brother of one of those murdered girls. He has documented his quest to discover the truth of what happened to his sister and her friend in his previous book, The Echo of Silent Screams. It set the wheels in motion for this last investigation. This is his ongoing personal story to pursue justice for his sister, Lorraine Wilson, and her friend, Wendy Evans. The $250,000 reward is still current.

Eric Wilson''s work poses crucial challenges to social theory, unsettling our understanding of the nature of the liberal democratic state. In The Spectacle of the False Flag, he urges the reader to examine the, often unconsidered, deep state practices that confound conventional notions of the state as monolithic or uniform. This compelling volume traces deep state conflicts and convergences through central cases in the development of American political economic power-JFK/Dallas, LBJ/Gulf of Tonkin, and Nixon/Watergate.Rigorously documented and unflinchingly analyzed, The Spectacle of the False Flag provides a stunning example of a new criminological practice-one that takes the state seriously, making the inner workings of the state rather than its effects the primary object of study. Drawing upon a wealth of historical records and developing the theoretical insights of Guy Debord''s writings on spectacular society, Wilson offers a glimpse into a necessary criminology to come.

After his sister is killed by an Internet predator, an undercover police officer has to wrestle with how justice is to be dispensed.

A History of Winston, Oregon and the Greater Winston Area. It is a history of events between 1820 and 2012 in the South Umpqua River Basin

Microchips in Humans ... Life-saving Option? Or Dangerous Ploy? Natalie Flynn has faced fears of her own. Now, as she dates Reuben King, a powerful young politician, she is in position to influence his vote on a groundbreaking new bill that makes room for the microchipping of humans. She doesn''t know, though, that others are also pulling strings, shaping a deadly conspiracy. In a modern spin on the biblical story of Esther, Natalie''s been raised up for "such a time as this." But in the race against time, is she already too late?

A college student''s life changes after she discovers that she is an adopted child and the survivor of an attempted abortion.

What You Can’t See Can Hurt You. Returning to the hometown of her birth parents, rebellious 23-year-old Josee Walker seeks answers to long-held questions about her childhood. Her biological father, wealthy vintner Marsh Addison, wants nothing to do with her. But a determined Kara Addison sets out to meet the child she gave up years before, despite Marsh’s passionate opposition. Five Days of Hell for a Glimpse of Heaven When Kara disappears and her car is discovered at the bottom of a ravine, however, Marsh becomes the prime suspect. Suddenly, Marsh and Josee are forced to unite in their search for Kara–and for the truth. But there’s more to their family’s past than meets the eye. What could the mysterious canister that Josee found in the woods contain? What does it have to do with her mother’s disappearance? When an ancient evil rouses, each member of the Addison family becomes enmeshed in a terrifying supernatural battle–one with global consequences.

Your Days Are Numbered…And Clay Ryker Knows It. Clay Ryker is a man with a dark past and an uncertain future. A failure in both business and marriage, he has come home after a decade away, hoping for a fresh start in the small Pacific Northwest town where he grew up. But Clay harbors a terrible secret, one that even those closest to him don’t know. When increasingly sinister notes appear in the folds of his morning paper, Clay realizes that the truth is not so secret after all. Then people around him start dying and, with a serial killer on the loose, he discovers a terrible gift: he can foresee the timing of a person’s death–his or her expiration date. As his newfound ability proves both a blessing and a curse, Clay’s foreknowledge could cost more than he can bear to lose. Working with ex-cop and investigator Vince Turney, Clay has no choice but to face up to the truth of his past. Will he find the courage to overcome an unspeakable evil, one that he himself may have empowered?

Discover the Jerusalem’s Undead trilogy in this 3-in-1 eBook bundle from author Eric Wilson. The suicide of Judas Iscariot in AD 30 left his blood seeping into the soil of the Field of Blood, in Aramaic the Akeldama. This tainted blood caused a counterfeit resurrection of the dead—the Collectors, who seek to corrupt and destroy. When Jesus was resurrected, ancient scripture says many rose from the grave. Today, 36 from this group of undead remain—the Nistarim, who are here to watch over the world and protect against the Collectors. Field of Blood follows Gina Lazarescu, a Romanian girl with a scarred past who has no idea she is being sought by these undead. Gina realizes her future will depend on her understanding of the past, yet how can she protect herself from Collectors who have already died once but still live? Gina’s journey continues in Haunt of Jackals. The Nistarim and the Collectors are after a single target—a boy named Pavel who may possess the key to the Collectors'' unlimited power . . . or ultimate downfall. Gina has survived one battle with the undead already and is determined to protect Pavel at all costs. But she has no idea how long she can stay a step ahead of the Collectors. In the final installment of the Jerusalem''s Undead Trilogy—Valley of Bones—readers will witness an epic showdown of a battle between good and evil that started with the suicide of Judas Iscariot. Gina Lazarescu''s life has been on a collision course with the Akeldama Collectors. She knows she can''t defeat them on her own, though, and that it will take the combined efforts of all Those Who Resist for this living evil to be stopped.

From the makers of Overcomer and Fireproof comes a novel that asks: what’s the most important thing in your life? Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was—the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son. He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn’t until God slowly unraveled everything that he saw how empty his life had become. Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son. In a world filled with cheap imitations that distract us from God’s higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life. Full-length inspirational contemporary read Novelization of the Kendrick brothers’ film Flywheel Includes bonus materials and discussion questions for book clubs

Firefighter Caleb Holt lives to rescue people from flames. But when his marriage is in danger of collapse, how far will he go to save it? Based on the beloved film Fireproof and the inspiration for The Love Dare, this New York Times bestseller reminds us that God will choose to save us every time. Growing up, Caleb Holt’s wife, Catherine, always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father. Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being “good enough” for Caleb. Countless arguments and anger have them wanting to move on to something new, something easier, something with more sparks. As Caleb and Catherine face inevitable divorce, Caleb’s father challenges Caleb to commit to a 40-day experiment: “The Love Dare.” Wondering if his failing marriage is even worth the effort, Caleb reluctantly agrees, not realizing how these forty days will change his world forever. Surprised by what he discovers about the meaning of love, Caleb begins to see his wife and marriage as worth fighting for. But is it too late? His job is to rescue others. Now Captain Holt must face his toughest job ever . . . rescuing his wife''s heart. A contemporary inspirational standalone novel based off the film Fireproof by the makers of Facing the Giants and Overcomer Includes stills from the movie set and a bonus chapter called “The Making of Fireproof” by Stephen Kendrick Includes discussion questions for book clubs

In his harrowing yet ultimately hopeful memoir, The Mercy of Eternity, the author turns an unsparing eye on his own continuing struggle with bipolar depression and finds, within the very illness that causes so much suffering, the resources for hope, forgiveness, and love. --from publisher description.

THREE BOOKS IN ONE! THE EMILY CARR MYSTERY Adventure and suspense await Liz Austen and her friend Tiffany in beautiful Victoria. After dangerous moments on dark ocean waters, the two are swept up in the strange world of the ancient Thirteen Oaks mansion and its troubled inhabitants. THE ST. ANDREWS WEREWOLF When Liz Austen lands a role in a summer production of Annie in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, she meets Emily, who desperately needs a good friend to help her discover her own strength and courage. Liz and her friend Makiko also find themselves investigating the legend of the St. Andrews Werewolf, a series of arsons, and a mysterious mansion on an island where time has stood still. THE INUK MOUNTIE ADVENTURE What is the sinister conspiracy that is code-named CanSell, and how does it threaten Canada? The truth is on a microcassette that Tom Austen must somehow find before a crucial vote by Canadians on the future of their country.

For millennia, two groups of immortals have roamed the earth in a spiritual chess game for human souls. Now they enter the time of Final Vengeance. On one side are the Collectors--unholy, undead entities who feed on misery and blood. In opposition are the Nistarim--saints raised from their tombs during the Nazarene''s resurrection, who work to protect mankind. Natira, a powerful Collector infused with Judas''s blood, is on the verge of finding the last of the Nistarim. To destroy them all in one master stroke, he must find the Nazarene''s Crown of Thorns which is believed to be buried near Jerusalem. But the Nistarim have a potent weapon of their own, a boy who carries immortal blood. He has been hiding and waiting until now, when both sides collide in a battle of biblical proportions at Israel''s historic Valley of Bones. The Jerusalem''s Undead Trilogy takes readers on a riveting journey, as imaginative fiction melds with biblical and archaeological history.