What practical impact does the philosophy of Buddhism have for those engaged with modern culture and how does awareness enter the picture? The author is a contemplative Buddhist who responds to that question through a series of essays showing how the contemporary, Western Buddhist perspective can be used to engage a wide variety of issues realistically with awareness, mindfulness and compassion. The author is a practitioner of the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism following the path of the Bodhisattva. A Country Cop Books publication.

Note that the title is a 'question', not a statement. Regardless of your personal position on this issue, it is impossible to ignore the fact that over one billion followers of 'The God of Abraham' deny that Jesus was divine. They are Jews, Muslims and yes, even some Christians. They consider Jesus a prophet of God and a wise, spiritual and compassionate teacher, but not God Himself. Since the Islamic terror attacks on America on 09/11/2001 many in the Christian culture have struggled to understand what could possibly be driving Muslims (who follow the same God as Christians) to kill...

This updated version of the popular 2006 book is a comprehensive security-training manual that provides all the tools a professional private security guard needs to survive and act within the law. Each chapter ends with a quiz and there is a final exam. The book is an excellent choice for students of the security profession, security company managers, private security consultants or college instructors searching for an appropriate student textbook that covers the fundamentals of basic security guard training. It is written in a lively and creative style that quickly grabs and holds the...

Papa Mike (Michael Jaquish) is the author of over fifteen books and the father of three confused but beautiful daughters and eight high-energy grandchildren. He is also a passable artist and a journalist. Papa Mike spent many years roaming the jungles of Africa, Asia & South America in search of adventure and exotic creatures & sketching & writing about what he found. This book contains some of his sketches that are waiting for fortunate small people to bring to life with colors. A Country Cop Books publication.

'THE LEGACY' is the second installment in the TIME HERO CHRONICLES that began with 'TIME LOVES A HERO'. The story picks up with Ted, the brilliant young physicist son of Troy and Dorian learning of the abduction of his now dead parents by beings that use flying saucers to travel through the historical continuum. Before Ted has an opportunity to digest the revelations he and his buddy, Biff are sucked into a desperate quest across time and space to save civilization from a time paradox that could obliterate their world.

'Zairian Buddhism' is book three of the Time Hero Chronicles. Unlike the first two books, which contain a fictional account of the collision of three human cultures from three different time periods, this book explores in depth the philosophy of mindfulness and compassion that governs the future pacifist society of the people of Zarnia as described in the first two books of this series; TIME LOVES A HERO and THE LEGACY. This book was created to respond to questions from readers intrigued by the nature of the Zairian culture. The book describes how such a society might actually be created and...