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On February 12, 1812, Ann and Adoniram Judson sailed from Salem aboard the brig Caravan as two of the first missionaries to go out from North America. Watching the shoreline disappear from view, they could not have foreseen the impact of their journey on the future of the Christian world mission or on the thousands of men and women who would follow in their footsteps. After a short stay in India, they carried the Good News of Jesus Christ to the golden shore of Burma.

With a bit of insight into the Native American culture, paired with a larger understanding of how the settlers of the west actually lived, you'll be able to decipher what happened to the Oatman family of your own accord, empowering an honest understanding of this history. In The Captivity of the Oatman Girls, you’ll discover powerful insight into the truth of the relations between the settlers and the Plains Indians of North America, why the actions of the colonists in the late 18th century bordered genocide - and how this shifted the landscape forever, and more.

The late 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a new type of school, the behavior modification program. With few other options at their disposal, Jay Chaparral's parents turn to one such program to save their son: Crooked Timber Creek Academy (CTCA). The Chaparrals, in deciding to send their son "away" from the toxic small town of Waverly, Indiana, pull him out of a downward spiral and set him on a path that will forever alter his fate.

In this age, turning hard data into a compelling narrative is no longer a luxury. It has become a necessity. Visual communication is no longer enough. Presenters need to kick things up a notch and find effective ways to turn hard-to-chew insights into compelling and persuasive stories that influence your audiences’ decisions and push them to want change to happen.

On the 12th of October 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, and enslaved the native population. This was the start of the greatest crimes against humanity. For 400 years, 12 million men, women and children were sold and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean; this was known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Dunn’s life becomes forever entwined with the rough and tumble prairies of the Nueces Strip of 1860. As an immigrant-turned-lawman, Dunn continues his quest to deliver justice, as murderers, swindlers, whores, robbers, and savages are wrapped into this exciting tale set on the Texas frontier stretching from Corpus Christi west to Laredo and south to Brownsville.

Ötzi’s Odyssey: The Troubled Soul of a Neolithic Iceman opens in the year 1991 with the remarkable sighting of a mummified man, half-frozen in glacial ice, whom two hikers stumble upon. Along with this profound archeological discovery, the soul of this 5,000-year-old iceman is awakened. Ötzi the iceman’s adventure takes him to the modern era, where his observant soul tries to comprehend why it remains tethered to the frozen mummy, as well as to make sense of a technologically advanced world.

1893 Oklahoma Territory. Robert Hiram's is in love with his boss's daughter, but she is betrothed to another. Amidst roving outlaws and the chaos of a land run, can faith and love overcome the drive for revenge? Robert Hiram dreams of claiming his own land and escaping the grip of a cruel boss, but his heart belongs to Belle, a woman promised to another. When Belle's brother, Frank, falls in with a gang of outlaws, tragedy strikes, shattering lives and testing faith. After everything, a woman of deep faith stands as a beacon of hope for Frank.

Charlotte and Simone have an unusual friendship. Charlotte is the daughter of James Worthington, a wealthy tobacco plantation owner and enslaver. Simone, the daughter of a slave, was taken from her mother’s arms and sold to James. When Simone arrives at Huntington Manor Plantation at seven years old, she and Charlotte have an immediate bond. But as the girls mature, there is no denying their different positions on the plantation—Charlotte is privileged, and Simone is an enslaved servant.

Dr. John Rayburn is a man of conviction—a healer, a father, and a believer in the unshakable values of God, Family, and Country. When three of his sons go off to fight in World War II, they return changed—hardened by combat, humbled by loss, and haunted by the experiences of war. John and his son Theodore channel their skills into something enduring: the first surgical clinic in their small town of Pontotoc. What begins as a modest practice evolves into a full-scale hospital, serving as a lifeline for the community.

When mystery/adventure novelist, Jonathan Tyler Springer tires from his routine of writing in the paradise of Key West, a surprise invitation presents him with the opportunity for travel to the Lesser Antilles. Feeling bound to return a favor to his mysterious landlord, Jon ventures to the island of Dominica. Accused of political espionage, he encounters colorful island characters while trying his best to evade the authorities. Making his way back home to Key West during a tropical storm proves to be a more difficult task than expected.

Run Right at It is an action-adventure story with a realistic lead character. What makes the story unique is that Eli Brown is not a superhero or a former special forces operator. He is a common man who finds a way to do the impossible. What does a morally upright man do when forced to decide between the lesser of two evils? He single-handedly takes out an entire motorcycle gang.

Jason figured it out, but not in time to change the future. He must pass his notes and the task of stopping World War III on to Angel. Once drafted into the military together in a parallel universe, the two are now friends in juvenile detention lockup before they meet in bootcamp. Angel only knows the poor, abused life he's had so far, but the time machine his dying friend wants him to build from his notebooks could change all of that.

Paperback mystery/adventure novelist Jonathan Tyler Springer is starting to settle into his new life and writing habits on the island of Key West when the opportunity to do a short trip to Mexico knocks on his door. Invited by the local seaplane pilot to tag along on a charter flight, Jon must decide between only writing about adventure, or actually living it.

Trey Binyon, the only White reporter for a Black Chicago newspaper, is on his way to Tampa to cover a story. At the Suwanee River, he watches from hiding as a White mob hangs Joshua Bulow, a 15-year-old Black boy, from a rusting bridge—with his helpless father bound and watching. The metallic taste of fear prevents Trey from intervening, and that becomes for him an enduring shame.

Thunder Falls chronicles the transformation of Leopold Wolf from a naive young man into an outspoken advocate for Native American rights during the late 1800s. Leo works for the Carlisle Indian School, an institution governed by the motto “kill the Indian, save the man”, and notorious for its harshness of its abuse, neglect, and victimization of the children under its care.

The sun beats down on a father and son…together on the road, and on the run…intertwined in a life of crime. While navigating the twists and turns of the choices they make, they never know which direction to take once the dust settles. In the chaos, their family foundation is built on barren land.

While John Salmon was busy building a small town empire, he and his six very different children kept the town gossip alive. Private investigators look for one missing son. The town Sheriff, who happens to be John's brother, arrests another son for possible murder, and a mortified mistress flees town. The Salmons watch their business partnership crumble, but John's loyal wife remains by his side.

After viewing the summer solstice at sunset from Oregon's Larch Mountain in the mid-1990s, amateur sleuths John and Sara Todd are run off the road while navigating the scenic highway. The driver, barreling down a long gravel driveway from an abandoned sawmill, doesn't stop. As John and Sara track down the person who wrecked their car, they stumble into a case of illegal waste dumping and a desperate business owner. The Todds stay a step ahead of the DEQ, local police, and FBI, but as they put together the pieces, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a man with nothing to lose.

In the autumn of 1901, our protagonist, Percy Hope, ventures off to New York City’s Lower East Side in search for his six-month-old son Walter, and his mother, the fugitive Peggy Greenburg. Along the way, Percy stumbles upon a journal left behind by the late Magnus Vega chronicling his adventure into Alaska’s wilderness, along with a cryptic map that sends Percy and his friend Liam upon a quest, where they must track down a lost fortune of gold, outmaneuver gangsters, and decipher the mysteries of what happened to Magnus under North America’s tallest peak—Denali mountain.