New Releases by Johnny Ray

Teenage Soccer star turned fugitive Zarco, a young Brazilian football star, becomes an overnight sensation in Manchester with his dazzling performances for Imperial City United. Just as he begins to bask in his newfound glory, his world is turned upside down. Dark secrets about his transfer emerge, suggesting involvement in a sinister money laundering scheme. As the pressure mounts, Zarco''s personal life takes a shocking twist when a mysterious death casts suspicion on him. Accused and alone, he must uncover the truth and prove his innocence while evading unseen enemies in a high-stakes game of deception and danger. The lines between trust and betrayal blur, and every step he takes could be his last. Will Zarco be able to find the truth or lose everything he loves?

Imagine you are an 8-year-old introvert informed by your father that you will spend the afternoon at a famous actor''s house—a famous actor you''ve never met! In fact, this famous actor from Hollywood''s golden age will be your babysitter. From the spooky car ride up a narrow driveway in Benedict Canyon to the creaky opening of the front door that reveals an elderly James Cagney, you are captivated! The star of The Public Enemy, Yankee Doodle Dandy, White Heat, Mister Roberts and many other Hollywood classics is nothing like you''d expect. He''s not brash; he''s not a killer; he isn''t loud and he doesn''t sing and dance. He is quiet and gentle and full of imagination. This isn''t a scary gangster—this is Santa Claus! In one afternoon away from the pressures of a perfectionist father, you relax and fall under the spell of a wonderful babysitter who makes you feel special and encourages you to enter an imaginary world where leprechauns come to life and owls speak to you from the trees. Hours later, you leave James Cagney''s house changed from a timid child into an enthusiastic young man who''s infused with self-confidence and ready for life''s next adventure.

The book is about me being born in Tottenham to working class parents and subsequently growing up in the Tottenham area and the schools I went to and the ''drinking establishments'' I frequented in the area.

As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author''s poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and their kids enjoying the year together.

So Many Questions is a rhyming picture book that will introduce young children to historical figures of color who have made noteworthy contributions to the world. The book will give its readers an up-close view of: * the first black female pilot, * the inventor of the mailbox, * the first black female astronaut, * a leading black ballerina, * a senior pastor of a church who served as a senator at the same time, * and a tennis superstar. So Many Questions will surely be remembered by many because of its rhyming text. Furthermore, after reading this book, children and adults just might discover a bit of genius that is within us all.

Brothers, as the pages of America''s history books are being written, I pray that you will not take this moment lightly! We as black men must rise to accountability. In this book, I talk about many issues that we face and how we can overcome them. A lot of us are walking around in a man''s body, but we are still playing with our boyhood toys. No matter whom we have in the White House, if change is going to come in my house, it must first begin with me! This book is full of inspiration, motivation and information. Man of integrity it is time to change! It is the dawn of a new day and this book will enlighten the young male; it will give hope and strength to the old man, and total encouragement to the brother man.

Many of us have the same questions and thoughts. This book shares some of those questions and answers. It is my prayer that the answers provided in this book by Pastor Franklin, through God’s word, will open your eyes as they did mine. I pray that you never stop having a desire to completely please God and that you always have an everlasting thirst to make it to heaven. By the way, I’m wearing my fine Brand-Name garment right now. Are you?

The fourth installment in the annual publishing venture, profiling Dirty Looks queer experimental film screenings and performance programs throughout the calendar year.

Esmeralda is an international recording artist who loves to play with her young studs she often refers to as her puppies. Understandably, sometimes when you play with fire you can get burned, as revengeful ex-puppies can re-emerge as stalkers. When four college guys out partying jokingly plan their futures after college they jokingly turn their fun on how many young women have worked their way into fortunes by becoming trophy wives to wealthy husbands. This gigolo type fun eventually turns serious as each guy puts his own plan into action, which will be covered in a separate novel in this series. Michael is the first of the four college students who had jokingly plan their futures. While he has now recently graduated college, he spends his time dominating the salsa dance floors of the late night bars in Miami as he contemplates his future.Esmeralda, on the other hand, is struggling to maintain her career. Interestingly, they both need each other, and openly admit when they first met that their affair might come down to who uses the other the most. To make it, however, this unlikely couple must first solve a mystery involving a girl who appeared to have committed suicide next to Michael''s Jeep and the involvement of an unknown stalker from her past. Johnny Ray is an award winning novelist who won the Royal Palm literary award for best thriller and is well known as the master of the international romantic thriller.

Written by Johnny Ray Huston about a visit to "The Magazine" with artist Luke Butler.

An approachable way to introduce young children to this civil rights trailblazer.

Another romantic thriller from bestselling author Johnny Ray. This murder mystery set inside the world of real estate involves a hot romance, one that will even satisfy those who love the fifty shades of Grey, between a realtor and a mortgage broker who is fifteen years younger than she is. While they have issues to be worked through, they must first survive the serial killer who is still on the loose. Sometimes when you think your career has provided you with everything you would ever want, life has a way of opening your eyes to what little you actually have. While finding and accepting love can be the biggest challenge of a life time, revealing secrets can be dangerous. So, can it be possible to admit what is really important and toss away a life time of work to lock in on love? STALKING LOVE is a romantic thriller set in St. Petersburg, Florida during the current real estate crisis. With a serial killer targeting people involved in the real estate business, and a potential love of a lifetime in the works, it takes all of the strength and courage of a woman thought to have it all, but lacking everything that really matters to grow and develop into who she is destined to become. As Rachel Contino, a proficient, thirty-eight year old realtor, attempts to avoid the real estate meltdown caused by her main client, developer Jonathan Harrell who had died in an apparent suicide, new evidence surfaces that it wasn''t a suicide but murder. This is soon followed up by the murder of Jonathan''s partner. These murders inside a condo complex hosting her largest number of listings makes her sales all but disappear, forcing her into deeper financial problems. In addition to her financial situation, she is scared that the murderer may be targeting her next. Meanwhile, Rachel, who has no time for a life outside of her profession, meets Carlos Martinis, a twenty-three year old mortgage broker, and yields to the teasing of her friends in attempting to make this stud her boy toy.

Just asking, but after sleeping with a literary agent, shouldn''t you receive more than a form rejection letter? It might also have helped to know that this want-to-be writer is bi-polar. However, she is not the one to be feared most by this agent. For her anger and zest in destroying his career has created a copycat, a serial killer with a new target--literary agents. When a serial killer stalks literary agents, and brutally kills them, the world of publishing panics with fear as the FBI hunts for the cold blooded killer, wondering what could cause a person to become such a monster? To someone else, the rejection letter might be perceived as a simple piece of correspondence. But when Amy, who suffers from bipolar disorder receives a form rejection letter from Edward, an agent she had an affair with at a recent convention, she takes the rejection as both personal and professional--in short--a declaration of war. Amy quickly embarks on a plan to get revenge by destroying Edward''s literary agency, but Amy is soon not the one to be feared the most. Her actions create a copycat, a serial killer, who targets literary agents and viciously murders them. Living with the knowledge she has created a monster, a serial killer, is one thing, while doing nothing to stop the madness is another. But how could she track down a killer when she has no training in such? Thinking like a mad man might be the only way--but could she go there and survive herself? When the winds of fate, however, rekindle the romance with Edward, thus making him the next target--she really has no choice but to help the FBI before it is too late.

HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS A WORKBOOK AND GUIDE by JOHNNY RAY Award Winning Novelist And Professional Memoir Ghostwriter Do you have a legacy that needs to be preserved? Would you like to see your life told in the form of a novel? Or made into a movie? Making you both rich and Famous What words of wisdom do you want to leave for your family? Would you like to have your life''s work validated? Or the record set straight? In Reality When will you write your memoirs? Tomorrow, or the next or . . . Written by master storyteller JOHNNY RAY this guide and workbook will lead you through the process of telling the story that must be told and can only be told by you. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE 1) An introduction to what is a memoir 2) How to get started 3) How to recall the memories that make up the pages of your life 4) Determining the main turning points in your life 5) How to stay focused on the main story 6) Deciding which characters to include or exclude 7) Doing research and fact checking 8) Determining the author''s voice and point of view 9) Determining if the book should be factual or fiction 10) Determining the driving purpose behind writing the memoir 11) Determining who the intended reader is 12) Determining how open the author wishes to be 13) Showing versus telling 14) How to polish the memoir 15) How to find an agent or publisher 16) Other methods of getting published 17) How to hire a ghostwriter 18) A list of questions a ghostwriter will usually ask This guide and workbook will lead you through the steps to create your own memoir. A ghostwriter can cost you as much as $500 for even a short story type memoir to over $100,000 for a full length memoir. The consulting fee alone can run to as much as $500 per hour. This guide will save you money as it shows you how to develop and write your own memoir. if you decide you do need to hire a ghostwriter later the instructions enclosed in the guide and workbook should decrease the cost of hiring a ghostwriter by lowering the amount of time the ghostwriter has to spend in developing the story, saving you thousands of dollars.

After being raped, dealing with an abortion and a man who now wants to kill her makes her glad that in a world of madness a least one man can prove to be her hero, but sometimes, even a hero can have secrets that must be confronted. KRISTINA SUTHERLAND learns she''s pregnant, but how? She couldn''t remember having sex with anyone for a long time. Her only explanation--a date rape drug. The problem: it happened on board the corporate yacht attended by every member of the board of directors, older men and friends of her family. Still, the test strip didn''t lie. And now, someone wants her to have an abortion to end the scandal and would do anything necessary to make sure she either complies or dies before giving birth. An insider, the head of security for Lyon International soon offers her the best chance in surviving and discovering the truth. But SHAWN DAVIS has his own deep secrets to hide. While his grandfather, Brent Lyon is the chairman of the board he had tossed Shawn and his mother to the curb when he was born. His mother had refused to have an abortion, a decision Shawn obviously felt thankful for. This time, however, Shawn can make a difference, especially when Kristina needs someone to believe in her, to be her champion.

Do first loves ever really die? While reunions can take many forms, there is always one question that has to be answered sooner or later-what happened? Vance had always been extremely proud of Noella, and just because his life had been ruined, he saw no reason why she had to have the same faith. When his dad died, leaving him and his mother penniless, he dropped out of law school and ended his relationship with Noella, but in doing so, he stopped a scandal that could have ruined her family. These secrets he would never let her know. Ironically, years later, he would have never guessed she would be instrumental in ruining his career with the Tampa police force. After Noella finished law school and started pursuing her goal of working up the ranks in judgeships, she never considered inviting another guy into her life. As such, when someone attempts to threaten her into vacating her seat on the bench, and by force if necessary, she knows of no one else she really trust as much as Vance, who now has a successful bodyguard and private detective business. She knows that Vance might hate her for her part in having him dismissed from the police force, but what he will never know is that she actually saved him from going to prison. Additionally, she now thinks he was framed, and perhaps by the same people who are threatening her. She had to talk him into taking her on as a client . . . but would he agree to her request? As the number of attacks on her life increases, Vance soon has no choice but to offer her his protection, and in spite of everything, when they see each other again their old attraction for each other returns. She wants the truth. He wants the truth. However, making the ultimate sacrifice is not always easy to understand, whether given or received. Ultimately . . . could they now trust each other with these secrets? While their lives depend on discovering the truth to their past, these truths are locked in deep secrets that could also destroy them.

Do first loves ever really die? While reunions can take many forms, there is always one question that has to be answered sooner or later-what happened? Vance had always been extremely proud of Noella, and just because his life had been ruined, he saw no reason why she had to have the same faith. When his dad died, leaving him and his mother penniless, he dropped out of law school and ended his relationship with Noella, but in doing so, he stopped a scandal that could have ruined her family. These secrets he would never let her know. Ironically, years later, he would have never guessed she would be instrumental in ruining his career with the Tampa police force. After Noella finished law school and started pursuing her goal of working up the ranks in judgeships, she never considered inviting another guy into her life. As such, when someone attempts to threaten her into vacating her seat on the bench, and by force if necessary, she knows of no one else she really trust as much as Vance, who now has a successful bodyguard and private detective business. She knows that Vance might hate her for her part in having him dismissed from the police force, but what he will never know is that she actually saved him from going to prison. Additionally, she now thinks he was framed, and perhaps by the same people who are threatening her. She had to talk him into taking her on as a client . . . but would he agree to her request? As the number of attacks on her life increases, Vance soon has no choice but to offer her his protection, and in spite of everything, when they see each other again their old attraction for each other returns. She wants the truth. He wants the truth. However, making the ultimate sacrifice is not always easy to understand, whether given or received. Ultimately . . . could they now trust each other with these secrets? While their lives depend on discovering the truth to their past, these truths are locked in deep secrets that could also destroy them.

While Suzan Mercer''s father promised in his dying words the land he left her would bring her love, she never anticipated the events involved in the process. Now, could she balance her new love life with her hidden CIA commitment? Could she? After serving eight years in the army, Suzan Mercer returns from Afghanistan to Florida as a female war hero-her works as a CIA operative, of course, would always be hidden. She couldn''t believe her mother had used a power of attorney while she was gone to sell the land her father had left her. After learning her mother also has early onset Alzheimer''s and claims to have been taken advantage of by Matt Harris, the billionaire developer involved, Suzan uses her military and CIA training to plot her revenge and to reacquire her land. Entering a world where high heels replace combat boots and deep red lipstick becomes more deadly than a colt 45, Suzan never anticipated the cost to reacquire her land would be losing her heart. Matt also learns his money and power cannot acquire the one asset he has always lacked in his life as he ventures into untested skies without a golden parachute to save him. Also, would the ghost of his playboy image come back to haunt him?

MODELS AND LOVERS Have you ever had love slip between your fingers? When was the last time you had a hero and heroine that you could really pulled for? This is a love story blossoming inside the world of modeling. In spite of the glamor and intrigue of this high fashion world, love is really about one guy and one girl finding each other. But wait, there is one more condition--they have to admit it to each other. Thomas (Tommy) Conseco, the frightfully delicious owner of one of the top modeling agencies in New York City, demands respect which he has so rightfully earned. Aspiring models from around the world would sacrifice anything to become one of Tommy''s "girls" fully knowing he can make them a legend, or send them home crying. Tommy has one rule he has followed without exception. He never gets personally involved with anyone in the modeling industry, and as far as sex with his models and employees is concerned, it''s strictly off limits. As a result, his heart is immune to even the most beautiful women in the world. This rule has served him well in business, but has left his personal life and bed cold and empty. Enter Balarie Danson, the woman who is about to turn his carefully constructed world upside down. Balarie may not have the glamorous looks of a super model, but she''s bright, attractive and terrific at her job booking talent for the agency, especially the male models. Yielding to her charms, Tommy invites her to go on a business trip to Milan with more than business on his mind. When she turns him down, saying she''d prefer to concentrate all her energies in the New York market, Tommy assumes she''s refusing him and the possible chance at romance. The truth-Balarie is secretly terrified of flying and a long cross-Atlantic flight is more than she can face, despite her ambition in business and her secret attraction to her enigmatic boss. She''s heard the rumors, but the sparks flying between them are telling her Tommy''s looking for more than her talent as a booking agent. But Balarie is also looking for more than a one-night stand. So if Tommy intends to break his long-standing rule and seduce this woman into his bed, he''ll also have to let her into his heart because Balarie won''t settle for anything less than a love that lasts forever, and a hero who can help her conquer her fear of flying.

All Serial killers are different--but with one that stalks literary agents--mere words are not enough. To someone else, the rejection letter might be perceived as a simple piece of correspondence. But when Amy, who suffers from bipolar disorder receives a form rejection letter from Edward, an agent she had an affair with at a recent convention, she takes the rejection as both personal and professional?in short?a declaration of war. Amy quickly embarks on a plan to get revenge by destroying Edward?s literary agency. However, Amy is soon not the one to be feared the most. Her actions create a copycat, a serial killer, who targets literary agents and viciously murders them. Living with the knowledge she has created a monster, a serial killer, is one thing, while doing nothing to stop the madness is another. But how could she track down a killer when she has no training in such? Thinking like a mad man might be the only way?but could she go there and survive herself? When the winds of fate rekindle the romance with Edward, thus making him the next target?she really has no choice but to help the FBI. But will she be too late?

This study was an attempt to add to the existing research base, as well as fill in a gap in the literature with regard to speech language pathologists in public educational organizations in Texas. Variables explored in this study were recruitment, retention, career commitment, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job overload, and turnover intent. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between recruitment, retention, career commitment, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, job overload, and the turnover intent of speech language pathologists in Texas. Additionally, this study sought to identify those factors that most influence the recruitment and retention of speech pathologists. A random sample of 500 speech pathologists was identified for participation in this study. Responses were elicited via Questionnaires, and consisted of eight sections: (a) demographic information and (b) seven previously validated and reliable instruments related to the variables identified in this study. All instruments were deemed appropriate for use in this study and were set to a six-point Likert scale. The data revealed that job responsibility, pay level, size of caseload, needing a job, and administrative support played a major role in the recruitment of speech language pathologists. On the other hand, job satisfaction, caseload, and job security were found to be the most influential in the retention of speech language pathologists. Furthermore, recruitment, retention, and job overload were found to have a significant positive relationship to turnover intent in speech pathologists, whereas career commitment, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction were found to have a significant negative relationship to turnover intent.

Our Shabby House Sits Inside a barbed wire fence. We have very little. No swing, no fancy bikes, Not even wood for a treehouse. The most we have (for now) are dreams of a better life. Our landlord has it all. A brick house, new cars, a motorcycle, a truck. All outside the barbed wire fence. But still, we dream our dreams and keep telling one another that we can be proud of who we are and still have something.

This title is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years. Beginning with King`s childhood and following his life through his " I Have a Dream Speech" and subsequent death, this book reveals (in age-appropriate language) how King ended segregation in America and influenced the way we live our lives today.

This book profiles eighteen of our funniest elections, from 1828, the first election in which all states had electors, to the election from hell in 2000. The book also includes chapters on Watergate and impeachment, and a gallery of official photographs.