Bøger af Timothy Brannan

In this political action thriller, dropout Vietnam Veteran Edward Teach happens upon and kills a marauding bear and becomes a local hero in the isolated NC mountains where he lives quietly with his Vietnamese wife Djo. Due to his newly acquired notoriety, he decides to get more involved with the community by teaching a GED class at the local prison. Little does he know that he would need all his skills as a war veteran and ex-lawyer in running for Congress with the help of his prison GED students, solving a gruesome murder, rescuing Djo from fanatic kidnappers, exposing the violence of a secret extremist church, and literally fighting for his life.

Special Dedicated Edition of original poetry

A collection of poems in two sections focused on a modern day citizen sailor and his personal journey in search of an understanding of the Hawai'ian canoe sailors exploration of the Pacific ultimately resulting in their discovery of the Hawai'ian islands. In the tradition of Homer, Ezra Pound's Cantos, and Derek Walcott's The Star-Apple Kingdom.

A WORK OF FICTION & MUSICThe first novel with a sound track. CD or downloads sold separately.EPIDEMIC OF BEACHED WHALES HITS EAST COAST"We have a humpback whale dead on the beach here in Maine with some kind of huge silver-green pod-like object partially visible in its mouth." Jasmine, New York Co-Anchor, INN"New beached whale sightings seem to be coming in every few hours now. Between fifteen and thirty beached humpback whales have been reported along the east coast over the past three days." Ellworth Hayes, Washington DC Co-Anchor, INNThis literary drama mixes adventure/mystery with a trip into the Inferno, and the whales are just the beginning of a bizarre terrorist invasion of the USA. The action pits Vietnam veteran English teacher Gwynn Camsron, the American descendant of a fourteen-century Scottish warrior poet, against jihadist invaders led by his former comrade in arms and friend in Vietnam, Saladin Keayrn, a direct descendant of the great Muslim leader Salah ad Din. THE FIRST NOVEL WITH MUSICWhile writing Tears of Allah I kept hearing music, and it was driving me crazy. Throughout history, novelists have used poems or songs or quotes from other sources to provide mood or context for an entire book, a chapter or a section. It seemed like a natural progression to actually compose and perform my own music as part of the process. The soundtrack sets the tone for this tale of a centuries-old clash of religions and cultures bubbling back to the surface of history.

This fable-like tale begins as Matthew Parkrow approaches Alamogordo, New Mexico on horseback. He has just escaped from a rock festival at the Altamonte race track in California that degenerated into violence and murder. High School and college baseball star, highly decorated Vietnam veteran yet dishonorably discharged protestor, and a rebel seeking meaning to his existence during one of the greatest periods of conflict in our history, Matthew is a walking contradiction who experiences the devastating tensions of the times between war and peace, parents and children, family and friends that tore the country apart and nearly paralyzed a nation.Matthew is immersed in the social and political "underground" of the sixties and a university English teacher who is searching for his best friend from childhood whom he believes he was responsible for possibly killing inadvertently in the Vietnam war. Rumors of him still being alive fuel his search. When they finally meet as doctorate candidates the sparks fly.Rooted in the author's personal experiences fighting the two wars of the Sixties (the Vietnam War and the counterculture war), Matthew Parkrow's is the quintessential story of the Sixties.

If you came of age during the sixties or knew someone who did, then you have probably heard stories about someone like the protagonist of Manhattan Spiritual. Matthew Parkrow, a highly decorated Viet-Nam veteran, is drummed out of the army for committing what he considers an act of conscience--leading a charge of Hippies during the march on the Pentagon in 1967 while serving as part of the Army security forces there. Later, while studying for his masters in Literature at Columbia University, Matthew becomes embroiled in the 1968 riots and is a participant and/or witness to major upheavals during this period while he searches desperately for a man whom he believes may be his long lost best friend, Ward Crampton who went missing in action in Viet-Nam several years earlier. Matthew's search leads to the inexorable conclusion in the desert near White Sands Missile Range where, instead of his lost friend, Matthew faces the legends and realities of his generation's birth at Ground Zero.

The untold drama of the 1974 NCAABasketball Champions: the North Carolina State University WolfpackAs the 1973-74 college basketball season began, most experts expected John Wooden's UCLA Bruins-led by All-American Bill Walton-to win its eighth straight national championship. Only one team truly challenged them: an archetypal Naismith team--the NC State Wolfpack led by the dynamic trio Tommy Burleson, David Thompson, and Monte Towe recognized by many at the time as the best one-two-three punch in college basketball. Their historic run for the national championship was accentuated by challenges, successes, and failures. It was one of personal sacrifice and determination by a group of young men who pulled together amidst adversity to become one of the great college basketball teams ever.

There's a coup d'etat brewing in American Paradise, and only one person can stop it: Alfred Crist, Pulizter Prize winning journalist and former CIA operative. Until now nothing has ever stopped the carnival in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands; however, if Al's suspicions that the US Vice President is behind an insurgent plot to overthrow the island government are confirmed, it might be stopped for the first time. Grenadians who claim to be part of a large well-armed and well-trained revolutionary group have threatened Al, the Senate President, and the VI Governor and attempt to enlist the Rastafarian leader Ras Ujamma I in support of their coup. With help from his sailing buddy and first mate Frenchie Bryan, his close friend USVI Senate President Teddy Morhead, and others, Al attempts to keep that from happening in this fast-paced action thriller.

Beware of fractured sentences and broken words as this poem story collection hurtles its way toward Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.