Forced to choose between military school and a Christian spy organization, skeptic Spencer Garmond signs on with the Bible geeks. But, before he even boards the plane for Moscow, he realizes this is no Bible club.

What if your prank killed your best friend. Could you live with yourself? You try to forget and move on; you enrol in Army training, you want to make something of your life. The training is tough and it almost breaks you. But you survive; you know youâe(tm)ll make a good soldier. Finally, when youâe(tm)re out in Afghanistan, under enemy fire, you come face-to-face with your best friendâe(tm)s brother. He still blames you for his brotherâe(tm)s death. You now have more to fear than just enemy soldiers . . .

Brings to light challenges that Boomer-centric membership associations are experiencing and viable solutions that association executives can implement to successfully recruit and retain younger generations.

Andy witnesses a bank robbery and becomes a recruit for a secret organization that finds and eliminates evil.

The New Recruit is a story about a young girl who is devastated when her father leaves the family home. Hurt by the past and unsure of the future, she retreats into her own bruised world, but through the help and understanding of Sharon, her one true friend, Susan slowly begins to heal. She was encouraged by Sharon to make music in the safe and happy environment of other young children, all intent on making their band the very best. The Victory Cadet Marching Band is a newly formed band in a small town, and all those involved are passionate about it and none more so than the bands hardworking owner and teacher, Ross Mills, who sees in Susan a gifted and natural young trumpet player; she is given the chance to suppress the past and look forward to the future with a newfound confidence. The story is set in the early 1960s, a time when two young girls could walk in safety in the evening without fear and where families could share simple pleasures and vehicles did not clog streets and pavements and in every city, town, village, there was at least one band. The Victory Cadet Marching Band was such a band.

Ninety percent of business problems are actually recruiting problems in disguise. If you're filling your company's vacant positions with B-Players, you're playing with fire. Instead, hire Rockstars to build an organization with limitless potential. Recruit Rockstars shows you how to find, hire, and keep the best of the best. Top-tier executive recruiter Jeff Hyman has hired more than three thousand people over the course of his career. Now, he reveals his bulletproof 10-step method for landing the very best talent, based on data instead of gut feel. From sourcing and interviewing to closing and onboarding, you'll learn how to attract winners like a magnet and avoid the mistakes that result in bad hires. Assembling a team of driven and innovative Rockstars is the most powerful competitive advantage you can have in today's ever-changing business world. Recruit Rockstars will help you nail your numbers, impress your investors, and crush your competitors.

Provides an inside look at the entry-level college recruiting game.

Hannah Torrington has used her newfound training to seek revenge for her sister's death at the hands of the vampires. Her relationship with Will ruined and her abilities growing stronger each day, she is determined to graduate from the program and help end the vampire uprising. When the vampires continue to stalk her family and Will refuses to let her go, she must battle both her feelings for the Lycan and the vampires who wish to destroy her.

An idyllic California town. A deadly secret. A race against killers hidden in plain sight. . . . “Extraordinary! I can think of no other thriller that portrays its vital themes—all relevant to our times—in such a riveting and up close and personal way.”—Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bone Collector Rancho Santa Elena in 1987 seems like the ideal Southern California paradise—that is, until a series of strange crimes threatens to unravel the town’s social fabric: workers attacked with mysterious weapons; a wealthy real estate developer found dead in the pool of his beach house. The only clues are poison and red threads found at both crime scenes. As Detective Benjamin Wade and forensic expert Natasha Betencourt struggle to connect the incidents, they begin to wonder: Why Santa Elena? And why now? Soon Ben zeroes in on a vicious gang of youths involved in the town’s burgeoning white power movement. As he and Natasha uncover the truth about Santa Elena’s unsavory underbelly, Ben discovers that the group is linked to a much wider terror network, one that’s using a new technology called the internet to spread its ideology, plan attacks, and lure young men into doing its bidding. Ben closes in on identifying the gang’s latest target, hoping that the young recruit will lead him to the mastermind of the growing network. But as he digs deeper in an ever-widening investigation, Ben is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about himself and his beloved community, where corruption is ignored and prejudice is wielded against fellow citizens without fear of reprisal. Chilling and timely, The Recruit follows one man’s descent into the darkness lurking just beneath the respectable veneer of modern life.