Search Results: Titles starting with D from Publication Consultants

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 7/1/08. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “D.B. Cooper is wild and conservative, smart and stupid, careful and courageous. He has imagination, determination, and an adjustable conscience. You’ve got to like him and despise him. He is a pirate, a friend, a schemer, a drug dealer, a nurturer, a murderer, a family man. And now--a writer It’s an intriguing tale. But D.B. Cooper is not a story character, he is real. He planned and schemed and prepared to hijack a plane, then did it and got away with it. Look it up--it was in all the papers, on television, in conversations around the country, around the world. People will say D.B. Cooper, Where are You is fiction, it is some writer’s fanciful account of what may have happened Could be. You know what they say about becoming a writer. Write about what you know. Seems like Walter Grant knows way too much about skyjacking and growing pot. Sort of like D.B. Cooper.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Dancing with the Devil is the second book in the trilogy, The Trojan Horse in the Belly of the Beast, by Carl Douglass. The determined senior officials of the Iranian government present their progress to the Supreme Leader who is highly displeased with the effort and the accomplishment. He urges them to create a nuclear weapon with promises and veiled threats. The members of the U.S. ultrasecret Iran Nuclear Weapons Interdiction Project meet to find a way—any way—to prevent the religious extremists from getting a bomb. The two opposing forces drive inexorably towards an ultimate crisis, and Dr. Afsoon Mouradipour and Dr. Gideon Emmanuel Rothsberger are caught in the vortex of the whirlwind created by the two polar opposite forces converging on them. Despite the obstacles and the improbability of success, Afsoon agrees to become the Trojan Horse; and Gideon falls in love.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 9/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “A Day to Remember is a humorous, action pact story about a squirrel named Merle, a skunk named Hunk, and a bunny named Sonny. Join them on an adventure as they explore the mysterious caverns inside the mountain they live on. See how they all end up pink, which legend gives them honor, and why they need help from their beaver friends. Meet Evan, Luke, and Walter and some of the other woodland characters. Find out who saves them during the biggest storm in history, and who wrestles with them in the mud. See what Merle uses to make a squirrel hammock, why they don’t like soda pop, and where the little purple foot prints came from. Clair the bear, and her cubs Hub and Bub add to the fun when they discover a tote of toys. There is also remote-control mayhem, and robot retaliation making it a day to remember.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/04. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “All author proceeds from the sale of The Day Trees Bent to the Ground go to support the Anchorage Senior Center. The Day Trees Bent to the Ground is 150 first person stories from people who survived The Great Alaska Earthquake. Quotes from the Book: My hands that were still holding my twofer scotch-and-waters. My hands that had taken the glasses under the table, out from under the table, all around the block, into the car and now, as I watched, began shaking so hard they dropped both drinks in my lap. Jean Paal I came to your house to tell your wife she was a widow. Tom Marshall Believe me when I say I am not ready for a re-run of that quake. Arliss Sturgelewski Bill and June wrapped their arms around each other as they were thrown to the floor and were rocketed back and forth and up and down the hall like a human bowling ball. Esther Wunnicke ..could find no information about the… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 12/14/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Some women learn from their mistakes—some don’t! Penelope married a man who first charmed her—then abused her. Fear killed the love she had for him. Then fear branched off into hatred. Should she fight back; should she try to escape? When in desperation fear and hatred collided, it produced a way out, but at a cost. After many years the price had been paid. Penny was offered happiness from the only man who really, deeply loved her. Could she return this love? Could fondness grow into the love this man deserved? Excitement and pleasure versus stability. Which would produce the life she craved? She made her choice, but had nagging doubts. If only she could manage her love life the way she conducted her business. Never seeing what was coming, she walked into the same trap. This time, too late to get rescued.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 11/1/07. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Daren Chambers, wealthy owner of a car dealership in Hawaii, has been shot to death. His beautiful wife, Sally, co-owner and business partner, is terrified. She’s afraid that whoever killed Darren will be coming after her next--and she’s right. She hires Dick and George, the Payne and Clark Detective Agency, to investigate the killing. The police may be working on the who, but Sally is worried about the why. The killer has the same idea, and Dick and George scramble to protect her from bombs on Oahu, stalkers on Maui, murder on the Big Island, and machine guns on Kauai.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/15/16. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Death on a Pale Horse is his the fourth novella of Carl Douglass’ McGee series. Painted Desert High school principal Bertha Yazzie is murdered, and Lt. Naalnish Begay--head of the field office of the NDCI for the Painted Desert District in Blue Mesa, Arizona suspects her husband. It is soon evident that the case is not so simple. Her computer yields angry interchanges with her husband and passionate vitriol from angry parents, disgruntled employees of the school, and especially from a group that opposes American civilization education for the students. For them, the old Navajo ways are the best ways—the only ways. The investigation is further complicated when two more murders occur on the reservation, and witnesses see a painted Indian rider on a light-gray horse around the time of those murders. Both of the new victims are associated with the reservation schools, and that introduces… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 1/15/15. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Sybil Goes From Spy to Surgeon General to a Threat of Impeachment—Sybil Norcroft, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. has been nominated and confirmed to be the Surgeon General of the United States after a stellar career as a practicing and academic neurosurgeon and as a media darling for Wolf News. But...all is not what it seems to be. Dr. Norcroft is also a consummate spy whose secret life threatens her family and her very existence. The latest threat is to the world, and Sybil must use her role as the Surgeon General to gain access to the secret world of those who plan mass destruction. This turns out not to be an arms-length involvement. No, Sybil must fight.

“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, 12/15/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Desert Rose had an idylic life boarded on Hartley Ranch with her mother. She and the Hartley’s son Brody formed a lasting special attachment. Brody was devastated when he came home from school and discovered Rosie and her mother were gone, taken home by their owner. A despicable crime occurred that left Rosie, her mother, and three additional horses at risk of starvation and the life of a special and very valuable stallion owned by Rosie’s owner in more dire straits. Brody’s friend, Marianne was the only one who knew how Brody felt about Rosie. She instigated a chain of events to reunite them. When the truth about the missing stallion became known, Marianne and Brody got their friends together to search for him in the vast Mojave Desert where blistering heat, enduring monsoon rains, lightning, thunder, and treacherous flash floods couldn’t stop them. Their hope was if they could… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 8/1/18. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Desperado was something of a wild child. He explored the territory around his birthplace because there was no lock he couldn’t pick. That early exploration would later save lives. Desperado had two loves in his life. One was his 80-year-old owner Hilda. The other was his 14-year-old rider, Todd. His biggest fear was Hilda’s children would sell him to a man he despised after her death. Unfortunately an incident occurred that let Desperado prove beyond doubt what he felt in his heart. He ran into danger when all other creatures ran the other way. He ran through fire to protect the ones he loved. He hoped it would be enough to ensure his future with Todd on the land he called home.

“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, 1/15/10. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Diesel Dining: The Art of Manifold Cooking is for hungry truck drivers. Hard working people not having the luxury of being at home, and wanting something at the end of a long day resembling a home-cooked dinner. Diesel Dining: The Art of Manifold Cooking teaches you how to prepare good, healthy, hot, affordable meals. Diesel Dining: The Art of Manifold Cooking is guaranteed to save you thousands of dollars a year by removing the temptation and impulse buying of overpriced fast food products when you are famished and too exhausted to cook. Diesel Dining: The Art of Manifold Cooking offers a variety of recipes you can try cooking on your manifold. It also includes tips, tricks, stories, and trucking folklore. If you’re a long haul trucker, and you want to enjoy a home-cooked, hot, meat and potatoes dinner at the end of your day’s drive, then Diesel Dining: The Art of Manifold Cooking is… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/11. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “The State of Alaska is endlessly in the national news--whether the news be political, adventurous, or simply a report on odd occurrences (of which our state seems to have an abundance). Director of the Tours is an attempt by the author to report on both humorous and touching stories relating to the more than one million visitors whom choose to visit Alaska aboard cruise ships each summer. Thirty-five stories concern the author’s interactions in unique situations during his ten years of leading guests on mostly five and six day land tours. These tours stretch from Seward, in South Central Alaska to the Alaska interior city of Fairbanks. Another 11 stories relate to events occurring in winter, when we tour directors are encouraged to jump on board any cruise ship (space available), anywhere in the world—and get a feel for what our guests get to experience on these luxury liners. The author… Read More

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 3/1/10. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “At British Petroleum’s power plant on the oil-field at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a worker experienced nearly a decade of health issues. Repair of a contamination source in the drinking water system, with its sudden resolution of some of the symptoms, both revealed the problem and presented an unexpected situation. Management reacted and a man 55 years old lost his job and career as the situation was buried. Actions of some professionals and the state’s people simply seemed to be one-sidedly, goal oriented--and all a disaster for the victim. Medical input concerned cancer and there has been, as feared, an exceptional amount of cancer among the plant’s crew-members. Several of them have already died. This book is an effort to tell the story in an attempt to get the remaining crew members monitored for their protection. Be prepared to encounter some unexpected and possibly troubling things.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 2/1/00. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Have you ever had a spouse “”listen”” to you as he reads the paper? Has a friend ever said she loves you and then proceeded to patronize you? Have you ever felt that no matter what you do you will do the wrong thing? Such dilemmas occur all too frequently and can result in much pain and suffering. Double binds: Finding the Soft Spot Between the Rock and the Hard Place will help you understand how and why such situations take place. This book will help you learn how to avoid some of these quandaries and how to limit your contribution to others’ dilemmas. It will also suggest ways to minimize the damage double binds can cause and recognize how they can ultimately be beneficial.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/05. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Douglas Avenue is the story of an immigrant Armenian family, the Stepanians, whose children grow up during the Great Depression. In the midst of their poverty, like so many other Armenians, the Stepanians cling to their hope for a better tomorrow and cherish their children above all else. It is a time of trials and triumphs as Dickron and Mariam struggle to make a home for their boys, Garo and Harry, on Douglas Avenue, in Providence, Rhode Island. Join Garo and Harry in their boyhood adventures during the Great Depression. Here are the stories of their pranks and escapades as they learn how to survive by overcoming the differences between two cultures.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 4/1/14. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Tina and James Hansen are living every parent’s worst nightmare--their daughter Hailey has vanished from their home. With the help of Sheriff Jamison and FBI agent, Annie Meyers, they uncover a string of disappearances leading back more than 50 years. The long battle of good and evil in Patterson is finally coming to an end; a battle fought not only by Hailey’s desperate parents but by Hailey herself. A battle fought by the Sheriff fighting for the small town he loves and by the FBI agent uniquely qualified to see what goes on under the surface. A battle fought by the living and the spirit of one of the lost.

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 5/1/03. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “If You Want To Train Your Pet -- You Have To Be Smarter Than They Are will capture the interest and attention of children. The patterned text and fun and colorful illustrations help children learn to read. Young readers will want to hear the book over and over as they read along with you. You will find yourself laughing with children as you visualize the various unimaginable pets, and how interesting it would be to train each of these animals.”

“Anchorage, Alaska”: Publication Consultants, 10/1/04. First Edition. Perfect Bound. Like New/Like New. “Teaching the Bible to young children will be fun and exciting when you use Dr. Frenchy’s Bible ABCs. When teaching another language, use this book to enhance and enrich your bilingual program. The variety of languages and colorful illustrations will capture the attention and interest of children, as well as adults! Young readers will want to hear this book over and over as they read along with you.”