Search Results: Authors starting with W from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Do you believe children are inherently good? Do you believe a child to be capable of deliberate calculated malice? Has your child ever encountered a bully? Which child would you focus on during such an encounter; the bully? Or the victim? Little children grow up to be adults. The behavior in the child is indicative of the person they truly are deep inside before God. As we journey with our child, it falls to us to prepare them for their future. We cannot change the world around our child, nor can we prevent conflict in their lives. Fortunately, we can weave into our children moment by moment, the art of being proactive. We journey with our children only once. The substance we pour into their soul, or lack of it, will remain with them long after we retire to the grave. In our “Lil” story, conflict arises reducing Grace to tears. Nonetheless, she walks away the victor as she applies… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “For years Galen Mason had been the head accountant for Bluefin Seafood Inc. Over the years he had done things such as carrying cash out of the United States to the Bahamas for the company. He never questioned his orders, but once he determined the company was a front for the Columbian drug cartel he decided to quit, but knew the cartel would never allow him to leave. He devised a plan to disappear and change his name. In his new life he opened an accounting and consulting office where he hired a pretty, young assistant. The Bluefin Seafood enforcers found him and killed his assistant. If they found him once, they could find him again. He decided to take the matter into his own hands after the enforcers attempted to kill him at his aircraft hangar. Assisted by a local fire captain with a military background he was able to fend off the attack but decided to return to Florida to take revenge on… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “As a fifth generation Earp he was the first since the original to make his living as a lawman. Twenty years as a policeman in Fairbanks, Alaska has given him the experience and investigative skills to be a Village Public Service Officer (VPSO) in remote Illiamna, Alaska. Thinking it would be a quiet place to live out his retirement years it proved to be an exciting and wonderful place with the same crimes and the same variety of criminals he had encountered in his twenty years as a street cop. Three heroin deaths in the village made it a crime wave. In this remote community he survived a brown bear attack and saving the life of Wildlife Trooper, Lonnie Davis. In his duties he met the local school teacher, Linda Mason, and fell in love. The drug deaths lead to encounters with the Alaska State Troopers, FBI, and DEA. The village crime leads to an international cartel and high stakes crime.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Bill Gant and Alan Pulis, both retired Alaska State Troopers are halibut fishing when they find a body floating in the rip at the center of Cook Inlet. They discover the victim, wearing a life preserver, has been shot in the back. Captain Rollin Caswell of the Alaska State Troopers recruits the retired men to investigate the case on a contract basis. They find the victim is a local banker and suspect the killing was a mob hit. A local waitress had been dating the banker and is found to be on the list of hit men. The investigation leads the investigators to New Jersey and to an organized crime boss, causing them to rely on the FBI and U.S. Marshals to assist in the investigation. From local intrigue to international banking the story winds leaving death and fear in its wake.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Otis Fairfax, reclusive older resident of Nikiski, Alaska, had a lust for gold prospecting; it was all he wanted to do. Otis only worked when he needed cash to buy gas for his plane to scout a new prospecting site. Returning from one of these trips, his gas ran out along with his luck--but not before old Otis had finally struck it rich! What investigators found in his plane would come to make many people rich, as long as they had some connection to it. But easy come, easy go. And possession of another man’s fortune would come to make many people do a lot of surprising things, some not easy and some that wouldn’t just go away. Join Trooper investigator Sergeant Bob Seaton and his young protege as they track this gold trail through its various owners to an unforeseen conclusion.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/15/09. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Jodi Eagle knew at an early age that he was going to leave the reservation. Being raised by his grandfather, Jodi had learned the ways of his Sioux heritage, but reservation life was not for him. He had seen too many friends come to a bad end. With help from friends he had made along the way Jodi became a Deputy Sheriff at North Bend, Washington where a killer was kidnapping and killing children.Local parents were terrified for their children. One of the victims was the son of Jodi’s friend Earl Campbell. Jodi’s own son was a school mate and friend of the murdered child. Jodi tried to help control his own son’s grief with stories and customs of his Native American heritage. After eight years fingerprint evidence gathered at one of the crime scenes is matched with a body found near Anchorage, Alaska. This would solve the child murders, but opened a new question; Who killed the killer.… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Captain Meadows had a worried call from an old friend and asked Trooper Penny Rossiter to stop on her way home after shift to check on the old man. It was eleven miles out Funny River Road to the home of Gus Sampson. Gus told the small red-haired, pretty, trooper he was worried about a friend who lived up the road, asking her to please check on him. She allowed Gus to ride along. Arriving at the cabin she asked him to wait while she checked it out. She found Will Goodson beaten to death in his own living room. Penny called the crime scene team to investigate. The five member team headed by David Haskins collected evidence as Penny took Gus back to his cabin. While returning home she had a call asking her to fly a search mission looking for two blond sisters and their young boys missing on Resurrection Trail between Hope and Cooper Landing, Alaska. This file, too, became a cold case. Later… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/12. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Trapper Ken Whittle spent the morning pre-heating and preparing his Pieper Super Cub to fly so he could check his trap-line. The minus 20 degree weather made this a taxing task. Flying to the area of his traps was pleasant, but near the first lake on his route he came upon an airplane nose down in the trees. He landed to discover the pilot dead--frozen in his seat. In the aircraft were four duffle bags later found to contain marijuana, and a metal briefcase containing a large amount of money and a .45 automatic Colt pistol. Whittle wrestled briefly with his conscience before deciding to keep the money. He surmised that it was drug money and would not be missed, but the drug bosses did notice and sent henchmen to retrieve their money. This opened an investigation by the Alaska State Troopers and the NTSB which found that the pilot had been murdered and eventually uncovered a huge marijuana… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/17. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Violent incidents on the Kenai River and on commercial fishing grounds of Cook Inlet prompted Trooper, Andy Biggs, to contact State Senator Price in an attempt to change fishing regulations causing harsh attitudes leading to violence. The good senator formed a panel composed of commercial fishermen, sports fisherman, subsistence users, fish and game biologists and regulators, sport fishing guides and other special interest group leaders to hold hearings on the matter. Outside interests, meaning non-Alaskans, pay protesters to disrupt the hearings. Every faction of Alaska’s fishing industry has strong, self-serving, opinions, and a personal stake, in the issues being considered by the panel; which leads to even more violent incidents. Several state politicians involve themselves in the argument and are paid for their votes by cannery owners rejecting the proposed changes. Alaska Fish Wars… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/11. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Tragedy met two Seattle bankers kayaking in Prince William Sound in Southcentral Alaska. One of the men was killed by falling ice while the other video-taped the event. The banker was the one charged with managing the Alaska Account at SeaFirst Bank in Seattle. Aliana Pedersen, Assistant Director of Finance for the State of Alaska, must now find a replacement. Shortly after the change-over a clerk in the bank discovered irregularities in the account. Trooper Reuben Hayes had become acquainted with all the parties when the first banker was accidentally killed. His investigation leads him to a personal affair with the Deputy Director of Finance and embroils him in a case of bank fraud. Reminiscent of Alaska’s Last Bridge to Nowhere politics, the suspected perpetrators are the bank president, the head of the Alaska Account at SeaFirst, and even the Governor of the State of Alaska. Many others… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/15/20. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The new head business agent for AmerAsian Labor Union is warned he is about to be taken away and possibly murdered. He calls his brother, Bob, to hide and protect his young daughter, Jenny. The business agent is beaten and left for dead but survives. A lieutenant with the Alaska State Troopers is a friend of Bob’s and becomes involved in the investigation. Bob hides the niece at his remote hunting and fishing camps until he moves her to Oregon to stay with two of his friends and keep her in their motorhome traveling around the U.S., constantly on the move. The security men from the labor union send men to kidnap the girl in order to gain influence over the business agent and ultimately to eliminate him. The investigation uncovers a worldwide network of human trafficking, prostitution, money laundering and murder. Efforts are needed from the Alaska State Troopers (AST), U.S. Immigration… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/96. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Pipeline security guard, Dan Webster, and pump station technician, Gwen Stevens, discover a nuclear device inside an ultrasonic inspection pig, and are convinced it is a part of a sinister conspiracy involving the pipeline. They discover a multinational plot, Cinch Knot, masterminded by influential oil and shipping leaders to restrict the flow of oil by nuking the pipeline and driving the price of oil upward. Thus, the fate of the Alaska oil pipeline, Valdez, pristine, Prince William sound, and economic stability of the world, as well as the lives of thousands of people are threatened unless the bomb is disarmed and the schemers are stopped. Fast moving -- Cinch Knot’s 200 pages takes the reader on an intriguing international chase to stop the scheme, and to the story’s surprise ending.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Alaska Wildlife Trooper, Will Trippet, partnered with his old schoolmate, Gordy Ponset, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer to patrol Mystery Creek Road on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula to check bear baiting stations. While investigating tracks of an all terrain vehicle they discover a poached moose. The poacher lay dead at the scene, killed by a brown bear. This grisly scene ignites an investigation that took a year to complete. The poacher came from a family making a living taking illegal fish and game. Poacher’s Paradise gives a glimpse into duties and perils of the adventurous, dangerous routine of Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Included in Poacher’s Paradise is a true account of an early Alaska Fish and Wildlife Officer, Al ‘Bear Bait’ Thompson, written by Al’s wife, Joyce Thompson, who was with him during the entire ordeal. It gives details of the attack and mauling as well as the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The Waltmans are both tireless advocates for the chaplaincy program, and I thank them for the open communication and supporting efforts they have continuously demonstrated over the years. Major D. Casanovas, Deputy Director, Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage, Alaska *** The example set by Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman brings great credit to themselves and the Alaska State Troopers. Investigator Sherry Ferno, Alaska Bureau of Investigation, Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage, Alaska *** Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman demonstrated compassion and unwavering dedication and are true testaments of service to others before self. Casandra Byrne, former Executive Secretary to the Commissioner of Public Safety, Anchorage, Alaska *** In Alaska’s cache of treasures, AST Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman and the AST Chaplaincy Program are shining gems, lifting up Alaska’s finest law enforcement… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Anyone else have childhood memories of watching the comedy variety show Hee Haw? Their silly song ‘Gloom, despair and agony on me-e! Deep dark depression, excessive misery-y,’ was meant to be funny. And it was. However, it resonated with my young heart and spirit on a deeper level; already, from that young age, a shadowy melancholy plagued my quality of life and threatened my necessary daily functioning. How does one conquer deepening internal blackness? For me, it has only been through faith in the Lord that my soul is able to challenge the untruths forecast by the darkness. John 8:12 says, ‘When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”’ This has proven true over and over again; no matter how black the darkness gets, there is always the Holy Spirit’s steady glow to… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/1/07. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Disillusioned with life in the city, and spurred on by childhood dreams of adventure and discovery, a young geologist take a chance and moves his family to Alaska during the 1970s’ pipeline boom. Awed and humbled by the Great Land and its unpredictable inhabitants--animal and human--he begins a 20-year search for the elusive tundra daisy--a giant oilfield with the potential to put him and his discovery o the map. Unexpectedly, however, this young explorer’s search yields more than black gold when he discovers that life’s greatest lessons are often learned under difficult circumstances. A mix of harrowing, humorous, and heartwarming true stories, Craig White’s Tundra Daisy embodies the spirit of a real Alaskan, and recaptures a bygone era of discovery in the Last Frontier.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/04. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “An inexperienced family set forth into the South Pacific, carrying on with plans made before husband/father Ted’s tragic death. Captain Danny, navigator Denny, and crew Bonnie and Terri barely make it to Hawaii. There the girls, returning home, are replaced by new crew, and the adventure begins. In the course of their eventful voyage they run aground in New Zealand, approach Fiji under tow, are shipwrecked on Guadalcanal, and the author undergoes major surgery in a jungle bush hospital. In Part Two, daughter Bonnie and the author revisit the islands, this time by jet, and have equally challenging experiences!

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 6/1/13. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “William takes on the great Alaska outdoors in several dreams the night before his big trip. William and his mother will hike Lazy Mountain the next morning. As he goes to sleep his excitement cannot be contained. William’s imagination gets the best of him as his dreams take him all over the state of Alaska. He finds himself on the North Slope down to Prince William Sound and just about everywhere in between. Along his adventures William spends time with a few animals found in Alaska. This fun loving heartfelt story of a mother and her son preparing a hike on Lazy Mountain will have you laughing, crying and anticipating Williams next dream. Don’t miss this adventure; you’ll feel like you’re in Alaska’s Great Outdoors”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/96. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Demons of Stony River, a unique story about an extremely solitary animal, the Alaska wolverine, is more than a good fictional story about one of nature’s most fascinating animals. It is a highly informative study of fauna and flora, wilderness, and nature. Written as fiction, and accompanied by accurate information and drawings of Alaska’s flora and fauna -- 192 pages -- fully indexed. The author’s expertise and knowledge is based on first hand observation and experience with the exactitude of a biologist. Tom tells it the way it is in nature with her endless cycles and survivals of the fittest. The beauty of wilderness is described with touches of poetic splendor. The stark realism of the bloody fight for survival with nature in the raw, is told with no punches pulled, yet without cheap sensationalism. This book tells it like it is in a clean, clear, easy to read style for young and… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “After thousands of years of conflict, the human race had finally learned to live in harmony. Then aliens came. Though conquered by an intergalactic federation, in face of the adversity, the human race chose not to return to their prejudices; instead, they biased against nonhumans. Fate cast the ‘race far from their planet. Fortune, however, made the army of the federation so bureaucratic that it was compelled to document the location of Earth. But as luck would have it, the one person capable of finding the planet despises the rest of his kind for reasons no one knows. A marine sniper, who hates killing, and a gentleman of a terrorist must convince the man to join them and strike into the heart of the dastardly federation to recover their lost homeland.