In Philosophical Musings, Rogers introduces students to philosophy by focusing attention on some of the most interesting and challenging questions philosophers have wrestled with for the past 2,500 years. In this engaging, thorough, and accessible introduction, Rogers lays a philosophical foundation by asking how philosophy began, how it developed, and why we should study it. With this basic foundation in place, Rogers then asks a series of questions that provide students with insights not only into what philosophy is, but into some of life's most important questions, including: What can be...

The young Coleman brothers face unimaginable challenges as they leave the hills of Kentucky for the first time in search of their parents' killers. Though capable young men, Caleb, seventeen, and Zack, fifteen, could not have anticipated the events that awaited them beyond the friendly hills of the Cumberland. Knowing their father only as an outdoorsman and a Kentucky farmer, they are surprised to learn of his former life as a famous mountain man. Everywhere they stop, it seemed someone knew his name. Over the next few months, the Coleman brothers would learn that there was a side to their...

When June Morrison, CEO of Lindell Industries, asked Jake Badger to find out why her identical twin sister, Jane, walked away from her family, her enormous wealth, and her privileged life thirty years before, she had no idea that she was putting not only Jake's life in danger but her own as well. She had no idea she was setting in motion events that would change her life and her company in ways she could not yet imagine. As Jake begins to talk with people at Lindell Industries who had worked with Jane thirty years before, someone within the 120 billion dollar electronics and weapons company...

For over three years Jake has blamed himself for her death. It had been his sting operation. He'd planned it and led the team of fellow FBI agents who'd executed it. But something had gone wrong. When the last shot was fired, Elaine, his partner and the woman he loved, lay dead. And as far as Jake and the official FBI report was concerned, it was Jake's fault. Or was it? When a powerful woman Jake respects suggests to him that someone inside the FBI had leaked details about the sting to the syndicate, Jake decides to take a closer look into what happened. With the help of his best friend, FBI...

It had been a long time since Jake had allowed himself to love anyone. He had felt responsible for Elaine's death and loving another woman, even after almost four years, just didn't feel right. But when he'd discovered the truth about what had happened, things changed. Jake was in love again. And the woman he loved was Monica Nolan. He'd probably loved her for a long time but hadn't realized it. He'd thought she was just a good friend. When he finally allowed himself to love her, the love was deep and complete. And when she was abducted, his anger was just as deep and complete. He'd find her....

While Aaron and Alexis enjoy their honeymoon on Aaron's private island resort, three of Los Angele's superrich, one of whom is the mayor of Los Angeles, are murdered just days apart, each in a different manner. Aaron suspects the killings are not random unrelated events and upon his return home convinces Captain Frank McGarry of the LAPD to let him investigate. Soon Aaron discovers that all three men were childhood friends who grew up in the same small town in Iowa. During Aaron's investigation, another murder occurs. The wife of one of the victims is killed. She, too, was one of the group of...

On the campus of the California College of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious private college, four female students have been murdered, shot with a small caliber round, their nude bodies found next to their cars, their clothes folded neatly nearby. Strange symbols are carved into each victim's chest. The police are investigating but not making much progress. When the college president asks crime consultant, Dr. Aaron Archer, to investigate, Aaron is drawn into a web of deceit and intrigue that calls into question the integrity of both the college faculty and the student body. As two more bodies...

In The Immortal: Alabaster, crime consultant and philosophy professor, Dr. Aaron Archer, receives a call from the LAPD to assist in the investigation of a series of gruesome murders-the victims were immobilized and their hearts were cut out. In the course of the investigation, Aaron, a fifty-five hundred year old immortal detective, will encounter a killer that challenges even his vast experience and threatens the life of the women he loves, the only person who knows who and what he really is. LAPD Captain, Frank McGarry, hires Aaron to help investigate the murders of three religious leaders...