ALLY'S GONE: SLAVERY IS ALIVE AND WELL SO, WHY DOES NO ONE REALLY CARE? The Trafficking of human beings for prostitution, sexual slavery, and forced labor is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. It is bigger than illegal drugs and illegal weapons in both size and scope. (According to "FREE THE SLAVES", a nonprofit human right organization) It is almost a 20 billion dollar industry with victims totaling more than 25 million slaves. There are more people in slavery today that at any other time in history. This story in just one story concerning kidnapping and sexual slavery. However, this story is a unique look inside the brutal world of MOB organized crime dealing with the kidnapping, training, and abuse of the kidnapped victims from the inside. You may and hopefully will find the contents of this book to be both sad and disturbing. But, it really happens, everyday, in one form of another, even here in the United States where it is estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 boys and girls and young women are being held as sexual slaves every year. Why is no one finding them? The real answer, except for a few, is because no one is looking for them. This book, although fictional to protect the innocent, focuses on one group of kidnappers as discovered by this books special character, missy, who is like few others in the world. Because of Missy's special talents she was able to infiltrate the inner workings of the Mob and live to share what she saw and experienced. It's a tale that may disgust you as it is downright horrible. You may need a strong stomach to read and to hear what Missy saw and experienced. But, don't think for one minute it could not happen to your daughter or a young woman you may know.

The first novel out of this Canada-based series has it all; Allison McKean, a product of the system, having been placed in foster care, quickly learned to run from authority, often landing in police stations and courtrooms. Still a minor, Allison found seclusion with her boyfriend, a petty drug dealer named Neal. This is how Allison subsequently met her true love, Michelle, who appeared to have it all. After Allison’s boyfriend turned abusive and left her destitute and desperate, Allison sought out Michelle's help. The bond grew, as did their relationship. Too young to work in strip clubs, Allison had to take her place on the street corners with Michelle’s boyfriend Sean acting as her pimp. No longer willing to take the abuse Sean bestowed upon them, Allison and Michelle, finally the two, are vital to fight back and run. Due to a crooked cop and John, Allison and Michelle were forced to separate. Still not ready to close the door on her love, Allison vows to find her. Finally, at eighteen, Allison no longer had to work the street corners and could now take the stage. Booking herself, Allison boards a bus, escaping the crooked cop and John, and lands in Sudbury. Allison’s search for Michelle begins, and it does not take her long to make friends on the way. Allison first meets Jasmine, another dancer with a troubled past, then Tamara, a lounge singer and lucky survivor. The three found Michelle in a strip club, beaten by a pimp unwilling to let her go. They knew the danger of escaping but agreed to stick together no matter what the cost. Allison, the youngest, quickly takes charge. She seeks the assistance of bikers from the bar as they oblige the girls are home free. Moving to the next town, Allison builds her empire. It is not long before opportunity strikes for revenge, and a dead body leads officers to Allison, who is waiting alone in an all too familiar motel room in Sault Ste Marie. Handcuffed in a courtroom, standing mute on murder charges, Allison is forced to see a court-appointed psychiatrist who will decide her fate. Allison needs to outwit the know-it-all doctor to pull off her biggest con and get the charges dropped. With only five sessions, the games begin, and Allison has many tricks up her sleeve, including her sexuality.

A teenage boy named Joey Princeton must defy the forces of evil from destroying all of humanity. On his incredible journey, Joey will face obstacles and must make decisions that will change everything.

Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from her island, Aeaea—but her heartbreak is eased after dolphins take her to Delos, where she explores a new love relationship. Circe has a strained relationship with her mother, Perse, but when she finally listens to Perse’s encouragement to seek out the amphibian god Glaucus, she’s glad she’s heeded her advice. Together, the two embark on underwater adventures, and Circe shares with Glaucus her knowledge about the healing and harmful power of herbs. While in Delos, she also meets and befriends Skylla, a local beauty with whom Glaucus is enthralled, although the girl is indifferent. Circe eventually returns to Aeaea, but one day she learns, upon consulting her scrying mirror, that there is trouble in Delos that requires her immediate action. In the turbulent world of gods mingling with mortals, our heroine shifts shapes, flies, and uses her superpowers to reverse the course of evil. In a tangle of love, hate, vengeance, and the final righting of wrongs, a cast of irresistible characters weaves an adventure laced with beauty and terror in An Unexpected Ally—a newly woven set of tales that brings to life ancient Greek myths and revives issues familiar to contemporary readers.

An imaginative adventure in Texas to explore life. Leads to learning about friendship and caring for pets.

Ally McCoist is one of Scottish soccer's best-loved characters. In a two-decade career, he won the hearts and minds of legions of fans as he established himself as one of the most popular sporting personalities in the UK. A schoolboy prodigy, it was always clear that McCoist was destined for top flight soccer. At just 16 he signed his first professional contract with St. Johnstone, shooting to prominence in the 1980-81 season, scoring 22 league goals, and playing a starring role for the Scottish youth team. He was soon hot property. After two years of mixed fortunes at Sunderland, McCoist returned to Scotland and signed with his boyhood heroes, the Glasgow Rangers. Over the next fifteen years, he established himself as arguably the greatest goal-scorer ever to play for the club. He not only gave heart and soul for Rangers but was also capped 61 times for Scotland. An authoritative and affectionate portrait of this much-loved sportsman, "Ally McCoist: Rangers Legend" charts the highs and lows of a fascinating career, culminating in McCoist reaching legendary status. It also looks at the events that helped to shape his life overcoming homesickness when first playing for an English club and how he coped when his young son had to undergo several life-saving operations. Having hung up his boots, Ally's vibrant personality made him a natural for the television screen. Now, however, he has come full circle and returned "home" after a successful spell as assistant manager at his beloved Rangers, he has taken over the reins to become manager. This wonderful book is a must-read for any soccer fan, or indeed for anyone captivated by this large-than-life character."