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O Jerusalem! is the epic drama of 1948, when Arabs and Jews fought for control of the city of Jerusalem. This story traverses centuries and continents, covering the time between WWII and the creation of the independent state of Israel. Based on five years of intensive research and thousands of interviews, this is a story of courage, terrorism, heroism, and ultimately, war.

What if a retired NYPD officer is asked to investigate a mysterious death at the National Authors Conference where various attendees offer their theories and suspicions? Murder...They Wrote answers this question as Agapé Jones, retired NYPD detective, tries to determine the truth surrounding the death of Robert Dyer, noted poet and critic.

Space freighter co-captain Matt McGregor is worried. His father’s ship, the McGregor-7, has not returned from the Triangulum Galaxy. A cryptic message from the Federation battle cruiser Majestic warns of an attack and an alien virus. Matt, his bride Tracy, older brother Marc, sister Maddie, and Federation investigator Jake Stevens push their modified freighter to its limit to reach the far galaxy.

"Wake up, Matt, wake up", an insistent voice repeats in my head. From that moment, Matt McGregor's life will never be the same. Upon awaking from cold sleep, Matt, co-captain of the space freighter, HC7 McGregor-15, discovers the ship has been abandoned and life support is failing. Once he gets the systems started, he finds out his brother and co-captain, Mike, has been captured by space pirates. Matt immediately sets out to rescue Mike, aided by the disembodied voices.

When Iran's deadly nuclear game is revealed, CIA agent Frank Williams realizes there is only one man made for the job of traveling to the other side of the world to neutralize this threat—his disgraced former partner, agent Jim Duffy. Williams travels to Duffy's Maine hideaway and presents the facts of the case: The world's largest heroin dealers have carved a path straight to America's doorsteps and may possess six of the deadliest weapons known to man. Duffy doesn't want to yield to the Agency that cast him aside. But a sense of duty and a love of country will not let him stand by.

After two years on the planet Kaùsan in the Triangulum galaxy, Zyrah McGregor is finally ready to return home to face her uncle Ziad Faheem, the man who killed her grandparents, parents, and younger brother. However, it will not be easy. Ziad has taken over her father’s business and has become rich and politically powerful as a deputy councilor in the League of Arab Worlds.

Dominic Drive is the coming-of-age story of Charlie Williams, a young man who has a difficult childhood but who remains optimistic and hopeful, told through the eyes of another young man who becomes as close as a brother to him. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it captures life in a post-WWII community.

When two Federation diplomats go missing on the planet Kaùsan in the Triangulum Galaxy, Marc and Zyrah McGregor, along with an old nemesis, Judge Advocate General Craig Larson, must join forces to rescue them before the two are infected by a mind-wiping virus and their bodies taken over by an alien intelligence. Will they be in time? And can Marc and Zyrah prevent JAG Larson from discovering the illegal nanomedical robots, which he thought were destroyed, are still living hidden inside the McGregors?

As if being chased by pirates looking to abduct Matt's wife, Tracy, for ransom, keeping the outlawed medbots a secret from the authorities, and preventing Federation genocide of the natives on Kaùsan weren't enough, now they're saddled with returning a rich duke, his bejeweled wife, teenage daughter, and young son to their home planet, Radm, in the middle of a rebellion.

On the distant planet, Kaùsan, in the Triangulum Galaxy, three million light-years from Earth, Marc, Maddie, Leanne, Eric, and Judy McGregor, along with Jake Stevens, and Zyrah Duban, have elected to remain to help the transplanted aliens adjust to their new bodies, survive in the dangerous environment, and avert a possible Federation genocide.

On an early morning paddle, Agapé Jones' outrigger team finds a body in the water off Maui, thrusting him into unexpected danger. Agapé Jones, retired NYPD detective, is asked to act as special investigator in the murder of famous surfer Philip Fowler, the son of Hawaii State Senator Thomas Fowler. The assignment takes Agapé to the North Shore of Oahu where he discovers that he’s investigating more than just a murder. The young man had no enemies, and Agapé is frustrated by little evidence and few possible suspects.

31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime - moving to Japan to participate in the construction of the Universal Studios Japan theme park.

Space freighter captain Matt McGregor and his fiancee, Tracy Warren, must rescue her mother, held prisoner by Marinas Christiansen Sorenson, a charismatic faith healer and leader of a religious commune, on a private planet called Eden. They enlist help from Matt's brother Marc, and sister Maddie, along with Jake Stevens, a Federation Detective. Can this unlikely group invade a foreign, possibly hostile planet, defeat Sorenson's army, and bring Tracy's mother to safety?

Lakeview Park is a collection of O. Henry-like slice-of-life stories about the people who frequent a fictitious park. These tales reveal folks of all ages, from a small child to the elderly.

The Memory Keeper is the story of Tomas Romero, a native of the Acjachemen band, whom the Spanish rename Juaneno. Born in 1820 in San Juan Capistrano, Tomas attends the mission school where, in addition to the catechism, he learns to read, write, and cipher - uncommon for the Indians in San Juan at the time. Because Tomas assists the padres, he becomes aware of the world outside the small religious community.

In 1925, a family sets out to drive by automobile from Wheatland, North Dakota to Long Beach, California. This is their story.

DEA agent Kevin Grady discovers that the CIA is turning a blind eye to drug smuggling by its allies—and CIA officer Jack Lind is at the center of this conspiracy. Lind allows Panamanian policeman Manuel Noriega to become the country's dictator, ignoring his ties to the Medellin cocaine cartel in order to use Panama as a base for an anti-Communist crusade. Grady and Lind become enemies in a war they should have been fighting together, and beautiful Panamanian Juanita Boyd—Lind's lover—is caught in their struggle.

Zyrah Duban-McGregor, the sole survivor and only direct heir to the Duban fortune, along with her aunt and her aunt's children, is forced to hide on the planet Kaùsan as her uncle and his brother intend to kill them and take over ownership of the Duban corporation. Geologist Katia Cummings is sent on an illegal secret mission to Kaùsan to find molybdenum mining sites. An accident leaves her and aide, Cora Kanaka, trapped a thousand kilometers from the nearest help.

Responding to the Federation demand for the planet Kaùsan to become a member of the United Federation of Planets, Counselor Tõkor, his wife, Leanne, and their infant son travel to Vida-7 to negotiate the terms of the agreement. Unknown to them, a powerful consortium plans to use Federation membership to replace the native Kaùsan government and open the planet’s lucrative mining operation to foreign control.