Bøger af Jim Jones

As Jared Delaney rides home from a cattle drive to Colorado, he is haunted by a nightmare of menace and impending change, signified by the moon encircled by a hazy band of light . . . a halo moon. When he arrives in Cimarrón, he is shocked to discover that his friend and mentor, Sheriff Nathan Averill, has been murdered. Against his wife's wishes, he agrees to seek vigilante justice to avenge Nathan's death. Estranged from his family and friends, Jared travels the perilous trail to vengeance, unaware that a truly evil man is stalking him and his family at the same time. Refusing to accept the counsel of those close to him, he finds moral guidance from an unlikely source-a young man with a checkered past on the run from the law. Will the end justify the means? How many people will die along the way?

Steve Williams, an ordinary family man, stands by helplessly as his medical supply company is hijacked by a radical Islamic terrorist who intends to use his innocuous surgical masks as vehicles to destroy most of the world's population. His family kidnapped, traveling in a strange foreign land for the first time, and the fate of civilization resting on his shoulders, he must devise a plan to save his family and prevent a world-encompassing tragedy. Can he achieve the impossible?

Does your newspaper have a police blotter? It's a column of short stories about minor crimes and disturbances. In the blotter you find tales of normal people with normal lives who have, for some reason, gone off the rails. Aflame with anger, he set fire to the carport of her new lover. The police blotter is funny, ugly, absurd, sad: in short, very human. And it lends itself to haiku: a brief, structured verse form that cuts through routine facts to the heart of the matter. A woman's young son comes home smelling of marijuana? The haiku reads: The end of childhood. She smelled it as pot smoke on her twelve-year-old son. What's the appeal? It's the knowledge that any of us could end up in the blotter. We're all human. If the right temptation catches us in the wrong state of mind, who knows what might happen? Open this book, and see. Within you'll find over 250 tales of the human condition taken from newspapers across America - and over 100 illustrations. Who knows? Maybe you're in there already.

They say with age comes wisdom. Okay, I don't know who "they" are or if they even say it, I just know that I say it. Of course, my children might say that with age comes senility. They could be right. I honestly couldn't tell you if my decision to do a weekly blog on the "meaning of life and other stuff" in 2014 was the result of wisdom or senility. Once I was into it hot and heavy, trying to meet my self-imposed deadline each week, I began to think that I'd lost my mind to attempt such a thing. This suggests that senility was the most important factor in my decision. Once I was committed though, I was determined to see it through. The title of this book begins with the words "Western Takes." Let me clarify that this does not mean I'm a cowboy. I'm not. I do know some mighty good cowboys and I've learned a lot from them, much of which I've included in these essays. In my job as an itinerant musician, I travel all over the Western United States. I visit with people and try to listen very carefully to what they have to say on a range of topics, including but not limited to, politics, religion, family values, rainfall patterns, music, horses and cattle. In these essays, I attempted to strike a balance in tone and topic between humor and sentimentality. Here and there, I included some discussion on the state of politics in our country today as I see it (that would be an angry tone on my part). If there are any pearls of wisdom in this collection, you're welcome to keep them. If there are "pearls of senility," feel free to drop them like a hot rock. I hope you enjoy what I've written. I hope some of it makes you laugh; I hope some of it brings a tear to your eye; I hope some of it makes you feel righteously indignant; and I hope all of it makes you think just a bit.

The Bible, what many use as their guiding light today, is an ancient manuscript from a culture long gone. Without studious insight, the rich truths of the New Testament are hidden, and some of its meaning has become distorted over time. If we are to have any hope of understanding Jesus' teachings, we must delve into the cultural, economic, and political differences of then and now. You are invited to see the world of Jesus from a unique perspective that will reveal new insight into his actions. Author Jim Jones presents Jesus' life and teachings as a call to a Sacred Revolution. He argues that we can no longer overlook the violence and hate that affect so many across the world. But how can we incite change? Jones answers that question in a series of chapters meant to inform, explain, and bring into question our fundamental beliefs.

In 1879, Franklin County, Mississippi, George Walker Guice's seemingly normal life is forever altered as he quickly takes center stage in a feud with the neighboring Hawley family. The feud, which will end on the busy streets of Natchez, Mississippi, in 1881, quickly turns violent. Between 1879 and 1883, a very young George W. Guice will be shot by his nemesis, retaliate against his adversary, face a murder trial, lose an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and surrender himself to the state penitentiary to serve a life sentence. Facing an unknown future, George Guice senses renewed life after receiving a pardon in 1886. With his newfound freedom, Guice gradually attempts to, once again, live an ordinary life. Before long, he finds work as a Jackson, Mississippi, police officer. For a time, it appears as if Guice has truly put his past behind him; however, that changes on January 14, 1893. On this day, Officers George Walker Guice and Percy Clifton Hines are directed to arrest two vagrants. While in the performance of their duty, a violent shoot-out occurs within earshot of city hall. When the gunfire stops, two men lay on the ground, fatally wounded. The following months produce two trials, an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and an unexpected twist for two young defendants. Based on true events, this story follows the short adult life of George Walker Guice and shows that Southern justice often has a way of working itself out.

The year 2016 was heartbreaking for law enforcement agencies across the United States, with 140 officers being killed in the line of duty. Their deaths, and the deaths of those who died so long ago, should never be forgotten. Officer Down: 1850-1900, Volume 1 is a compilation of seventeen riveting stories of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty between 1850 and 1900. These stories are pulled directly from various newspapers across the United States, captivating the reader just as they did when first put to print. Many of the stories are so mesmerizing, you can practically hear the gunfire erupt while choking on the pungent aroma of spent gunpowder as it fills the air. The book begins with the shooting of Newark, New Jersey, police officers Benjamin Elsden and Augustus Dickerson in July 1876. The shootings were perpetrated by three notorious brothers, who met justice in an unconventional manner. The final chapter is a fascinating case involving the death of multiple law enforcement officers in the state of Washington at the hands of Thomas Blanck. This book is a tribute to all the men and women who wear a badge and carry a weapon for a living. These stories are retold, so they will never be forgotten.