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In Dead Silent Calm, the seventh book in the nine-book Janitor series, the team goes after a madman Chinese scientist who in addition to coming up with two deadly formulas to unleash on the U.S., is working with al-Qaida. And we also have a major change in the make-up of the team. Two of the new members will stay with the team until it''s disbanded, and will be main factors (team leaders) in the nine-book Asps series that will follow the Janitors. For those of you not paying attention, China is no friend of the United States. It would seem they took notes as we buried the Soviet Union with Star Wars and blue jeans. This story, however, is about one of their scientists who frightens even some higher-ups within China.

How ''bout Both is the third and final book in the Bader trilogy, and 21st Jim Scott book, though again Jim plays a very small part, while Hector Garcia gets involved a good deal more. In this book, Elmer and friends deal with a case involving domestic terrorism. Elmer runs into several obstacles along the way, including many attempts on his life. Old friend Hector Garcia lends a helping hand, as do FBI Special Agent Homer Spradling and NCIS Special Agent Greg Noonan, and others. Both Elmer and his new partner Maine Bobbitt are injured in a terrorist car bomb explosion, while they save many lives through their efforts. Identifying and capturing the car bomber becomes almost secondary to proving a case against the suspected head of several militant Islamist cells in the Los Angeles area. One of the banes of law enforcement in America is home-grown Islamist terrorism. This is especially true when the home-growns are aided with funds and training from afar. This book deals with a Muslim cleric intent on causing as much damage and fear as possible with various acts of terrorism, who takes a personal dislike to Elmer Bader and his TV news reporter friend, Helen Bledsoe.

To anybody who can help, I''m seven and I have three younger brothers and my mommy''s gonna have another one. I don''t know what I''m gonna do if it''s another boy. My brothers are out of control. Bobby just chased off a babysitter in the worst way possible, Stephen keeps showing everyone his underwear and Jason, well, he''s a Bobby in training. I''m trying really hard to be a good big sister but no matter what I do my brothers are just out of control. Send help if you can. Love, Grace

In Tears & Terrorists, the fourth of nine books in the "Asps" series, and 13th of Jim Scott Books, the team suffers some losses and a change in the team make-up as they travel the globe eliminating small (and not so small) terrorist nests, mostly al-Qaida. Also, in this book, al-Qaida sinks to still new depths with a diabolical stunt to make Lucifer proud of his Islamist off-spring...but said off-spring suffer a terrible price as a result. As al-Qaida suffers world-wide losses at the hands of the three main intelligence services (CIA, MI6, and Mossad), determined to hunt down and destroy the sons of Satan, they are finding places to hide more and more difficult. This story is but one of many dedicated to exposing the incompetence of al-Qaida. Enjoy their losses, as you weep for those who have lost their lives fighting this damnable cancer to world-wide human society.

Jim Scott and friends (now called Janitors--as in they clean up other people''s messes) are back for another kick at the can in Back to Iraq, the second book of the nine-book "Janitor" series. All the folks who helped Jim and Holly in Baghdad Butcher are back, with a few new additions. The basic team set-up at the end of Butcher is augmented by a new character. We also have a briefly mentioned character in this book who will become prominent in later books when he joins the team. This time around, Jim and team are headed for Iraq within 72 hours of 9/11. For all of you who enjoyed Butcher and have been making requests (in some cases, repeated requests) for the next book, here it is...Enjoy. For years it was rumored that a secret protocol to the SALT treaties between the United States and Soviet Union called for the banning and destruction of any and all small nuclear devices that were easily carried, thus suitable for terrorist acts. This is the story of four such devices, which were never destroyed and made their way from the Soviet Union (or Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union) to an al-Qaida facility within the borders of Iraq.

Baghdad Butcher is the first book of my nine book "Janitors" series. The team--formed at the end of this book--which does off the books (black bag) jobs directly for the President doesn''t actually pick up the name "Janitors" until the second book. Most of the main (good guys) characters in all nine books have military backgrounds, with a few still active duty military personnel included. The time frame of the series runs from approximately nine months prior to the 9/11 Islamic terrorists attack through the next seven plus years. Saddam Hussein was long known to have many doubles. Some even suggest that his famous trip to the front lines during the Iran/Iraq war was in fact accomplished by one of his doubles. This book, in part, deals with the question of Saddam and his doubles. A word of caution in reading this novel...one of the conclusions herein my not be fully trusted. The question of Saddam and his doubles is revisited in my next book, Back To Iraq, and in future books. While this is a book, and those to follow, are works of fiction, some of the events are based on fact, and many of the characters are based on actual people. One incident and character are actually based on the event of a real person in the Vietnam War, but moved to Desert Strom for the age factor of the character to fit the time frame herein.

Monster''s Palace, Jim Scott Books #26, introduces a new hero, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Clyde Feegle, a Navy SEAL. Clyde and two other Military personnel (one Army, one Marine) form a unit working with the CIA to find and eliminate al-Qaida (and other terrorists) trying to get more involved in the international drugs trade. They zero in on one very large international drug operation, with no idea who is running the operation...they set out to discover who. Their task is complicated by attempts on Clyde''s life, authorized by an irate second in command of the drug group, who loses a relative in the first operation of the book. For readers of my other books, we also have some old friends lending a hand. Forbidden fruit often has adverse outcomes, as is the case in this book. The leaders of the international drug operation in this book venture far afield from the norm, with tragic results, as their depravity ultimately causes them, or at least one of them, much pain. Meanwhile, some of those working to dethrone those leaders, have their own awkward relationships, but one out of left field relationship just happens, with a happy ending.

In Bear''s War, the fifth book in the nine-book "Asps" series, and 14th Jim Scott Book, the team spends a good portion of the book tracking down a half-German, half-Egyptian terrorist. During that effort, they manage to damage the plans he has to make two major attacks on England, and one on the United States...only to have the attacks re-planned. On two occasions, they run into the Iranians offering substantial help to the al-Qaida terrorist they are trying to capture. Tragedy continues to stalk the combined team of Asps and former Janitors, but, as always, they fight the War on Terror, in spite of their losses...and add new and exciting characters. It is obvious to anyone paying attention that a much-weakened al-Qaida continues to find traction in many ways. Not the least of those efforts are in recruiting new members in several locations around the globe. The trick of the game is to thwart those efforts as fast as the terror organization can come up with them. This book, as with most of the "Asps" series, deals with those efforts.

The Myth of the Fear of Rejection walks you through step-by-step exercises that help you discover and overcome the thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes that prevent you from closing.

Forty-five easy to play ukulele songs and a play-along CD. Songs from artists including: Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash alongside traditional tunes.Songs include:- Achy Breaky Heart- Buffalo Gals- Cockles And Mussels- Drunken Sailor- Goodnight Irene- Home On The Range- I Walk The Line- Waltzing Matilda

Based on best-sellers Uke''n Play Ukulele and Uke''n Play Ukulele for Kids, Mike Jackson has now put together a new collection of well known singable songs - country style - for beginner ukulele. With only 3 simple chords to master, you''ll be playing most of these easy 25 classics in no time! No prior musical knowledge is needed. The play-a-long CD teaches the song, keeps the best and gives confidence as playing technique is refined.

After the resounding success of their first short-format self-help book 57 Minutes: All That Stands Between You And a Better Life, authors and entrepreneurs Mike Jackson and Pierre Lever turn their attention to another topic they have extensive experience with-business management. Perfect for new or aspiring managers, recent graduates, or anyone who believes they may have missed the fundamental principles of management along the way, Management in 57 Minutes offers tried and true management secrets in a succinct and easily readable format. Jackson and Lever believe that the best learning comes from experiencing successes you''d like to repeat and failures you''d like to forget. And while books claiming to prepare you for these experiences flood the market, many of them are too theoretical and far too long. Jackson and Lever wrote Management in 57 Minutes specifically to provide first-time managers with practical leadership insights and to answer the question: what should we know at the beginning of our careers that will give us the best possible start in management? Invest one hour to read this book, and gain strategies, insights, habits, and tips that will carry you through a lifetime of management challenges.

Tthis novel, The Tickleton Affair, Janitors Book #5, is a book of industrial and military espionage, Dan and Janet Orf from Dog Pound and Toboggan meet Jim Scott and some of the Janitors from Baghdad Butcher and Back to Iraq. Those who have read Dog Pound and Toboggan have undoubtedly figured out that Dan and Janet are two of three characters who will become Janitors (they''ll join the team in the next book, Saltwater Connection). In this novel, Dan and Janet are dispatched to investigate and protect a scientist/industrialist who is doing highly classified work for the government (after he is nearly killed early in the book). They work with the Janitors in this effort. A special note here to readers living in, or familiar, with Sedona, Arizona. A bit of literary license has been used to make the book "work better." I am well aware that there is no restaurant facility in the Sedona airport. Also, the ranch portrayed here is no longer owned by those who owned it at the time setting of the book...as some of you reading this story will no doubt know. Industrial espionage is as old as industry. When industry is coupled with military implications mixed in with an unscrupulous master spy to gather information, the "norm" is sometimes ignored. This is the story of such a mixture, and the master spy happens to be from Mainland China.

In this book, Billy''s Rescue, the seventh book of the Asps series, (and 16th Jim Scott Book), Billy Garcia is taken captive by an Islamist group, intent on questioning him. Once away from that group, Billy is kidnapped by a press-gang type operation of Taliban and al-Qaida "recruiters" inside Afghanistan. In both cases, pity the terrorists, because they know not what they have done, nor what they let themselves in for. While Billy is dealing with his problems, the rest of the Asps, the Scotts, and friends, deal with tracking down CIA traitors, who had been recommended to the CIA by the White House. With al-Qaida intent on setting up a drug operation in Colombia, the team once again visits that country, to thwart the Islamists. Also in this book, a very rich liberal supporter of the President gets crossways with Jim Scott--never a good idea. In this book, the team and friends twice have to divert from their other engagements to "rescue" Billy Garcia, from Islamists holding him. Some should have been trying to rescue the terrorists instead. The back story of this book--outside of dealing with the international Islamist problem--concerns how a very rich liberal individual nearly causes great embarrassment to the President--and dumps a major problem in the lap of the new Director of the CIA, who previously wasn''t too sure just how good an idea the Asps really were.

Pool Of Blood is the third and final book of the Becker Trilogy, and Jim Scot Books #24. In this book, Bob Becker, his wife Michelle, and some other help, try to right a wrong. A man is convicted of murder due to having stepped into a pool of blood near the body of a murdered woman, whom he had been arguing with only hours before she was killed. During his investigation, Bob also deals with someone trying to kill Michelle. The case of the man wrongly convicted leads Bob to Australia, where he is assisted by old friend, now-Colonel Walter Kilgorie, an ASIS Agent, and others...including Jim and Holly Scott. No matter how smart a criminal may be, his misdeeds almost always catch up with him. In this story, six bad guys have to face their crimes in various ways. One somehow manages to escape the justice he probably deserves, while another gets more than he might have bargained for. This case takes Jim and Holly Scott, and Bob Becker from Missouri to France, then on to Australia. During the Australian portion of the trip, Hector Garcia joins them. The four also make a stop at the Solomon Islands--where the three Marines visit the sands of Guadalcanal, to pay homage to the Marines who died there.

Bob Becker P.I. is Jim Scott Books #22, and introduces Bob Becker and a few other new characters. Bob is Private Investigator, who owns and operates his small company, Bob Becker Decretive/Protection Agency, with his partner Bill Hedden in St. Charles County, Missouri, just across the Missouri River from St. Louis County. After a woman living in Los Angeles sees her husband kill a woman, she flees to the St. Louis area, arriving at Bob''s office, just as two of the men working for her husband attempt to kill her. From that point onward, Bob agrees to protect her, until her husband can be brought to justice. Along the way, he has help from Hector Garcia, who dispatches two of his men to assist him in his efforts, along with the use of Jim Scott''s computer, as well as Dan and Janet Orf. Needless to say, he succeeds.

Cherry Picking: If the Cherries Arenât Low Enoughâ¦Get a Ladder! by Mike Jackson exposes the pitfalls, hazards, and consequences of selective selling. Beginning with a well-argued premise, all the way through actionable and transformative approaches any sales professional can follow, author Mike Jackson makes an irrefutable case against cherry picking as a sales strategy. In this book you will identify how your thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes influence critical sales decisions, especially when it comes to deciding whom you will, or wonât, engage in your âA-gameâ sales presentation. Cherry picking thoughts are powerful and can manipulate the sales professionalâs decision to cut presentations short, or worseâreject fully qualified customers, resulting in another lost sale. Written with humor and clarity, Cherry Picking is an essential resource in any sales training curriculum, and a must-read for anyone striving for sales success.

This is a complete ukulele starter kit. It has instructions, 45 songs with chords, and a 48 track play-along compact disk.

Whodunit Did It is the first book of the Bader trilogy, and 19th Jim Scott book, though Jim and Hector Garcia only get a mention in this book. These three books will feature LAPD Homicide Detective Elmer Bader. In this one, Elmer and friends work to find a ruthless killer/thief who enjoys killing as well as stealing. He is actually quite good at his chosen profession, having gone years without being brought to justice. Good, hard, police work to track him down, is interspersed with the lives of those chasing him--including, but not limited to, Elmer''s humorous, sexually charged romance with one of his three ex-wives and his efforts to play "cupid." Unlike my previous books, this one, while having a few former military men, does not focus on military folks. Hope the readers of the Janitor and Asps series will still find it entertaining. A bad guy may be smart. A bad guy may be good at what he does. A bad guy may be very careful to leave no trace of himself behind at crime scenes. But even this bad guy--street named ''Whodunit'' (without his knowledge) by an associate--can be tracked down with good police work. A piece of evidence he had no idea would ever be discovered is discovered. But does his escape plan work?

When a monster captures his friends and threatens world domination, Gilbert, the second or maybe third strongest kid in his Grade 3 class, and his Grandpa Bert are all that stand it its way.

Bullets And Baseball is the sixth book of the "Asps" series, and the 15 Jim Scot book. As a possible matter of interest, this book is actually a re-write of a book to be released at a later date, which is titled Ancient Rookie. That book started out to be the sixth book of the "Asps" series, but along the way in writing it, your idiotic author fell in love with the characters in the substory, involving an old man who loses an arm in an auto accident and his arm is rebuilt with bionic elements. By the end of the book, it had become a sports fantasy novel, even though it did have action/adventure elements. This book, Bullets And Baseball, is an action/adventure novel, with sports-fantasy elements. If this is confusing to you, guess how it was for me. I hope you''ll give both a try. One of the key elements of successful Military operations can often be a matter of trust between those conducting the operation. This even includes when forces of different nations work together--maybe especially then. If you have read other "Asps" series books, you know the Asps often work with British SIS and SAS, as they do in this book, with continued good results.

Protecting Nikola is Jim Scott Book #33, and in this novel Jim and friends are faced with defeating a major terrorist plot to terrorize the United States with a series of terrorist acts. As they try to unravel the layers of the plot, it turns into a much more deadly situation. After the local police department, with assistance from Jim and a few friends, take out a terrorist group who had planned an ambush, they coordinate with Hector Garcia in L.A., and the FBI back East when it is determined that their local situation was not an isolated incident. With joint investigation into the plot of the terrorist leaders, in time it is found out that there is a much deeper target than just the various terrorist targets. While defeating the planned terrorist operations, they also discover and protect the main target of the terrorists, and the man funding the terrorists. That man has a plan, Jim Scott also has a plan to defeat the evil man''s plan...then the race is on to see who has the better plan.