"Primus and I have been good friends for the past several years. He has a unique way of accumulating a myriad of facts and applying them to everyday living. I'm confident you will find his wiring insightful and interesting." Charlie Roberts May of Tooele, 1997-2005 Primus S. Butler Is educated in Biblical studies and American history. A graduate of Central Bible College of the Assemblies of God, he has ministered the gospel in several cities. Twice a candidate for the Utah legislature, he has struggled for hope in a troublesome world and thinks he will come out on top with good writing endorsed by published authors. A native of Illinois he lives in Tooele County, Utah and his hobbies include reading and traveling.

This book is designed to help law enforcement professionals overcome the internal assaults they experience both personally and organizationally over the course of their careers. These assaults can transform idealistic and committed officers into angry, cynical individuals, leading to significant problems in both their personal and professional lives.

In Australia in 2010, “drug barons” of considerable influence in the community rule the roost, prompting the government to commission an elite force known as the Strategic Intelligence Service to combat the country’s current state of affairs. The S.I.S., commanded by Major Hutchinson, was allocated the decommissioned Silverwater Jail as his H.Q., and emergency powers to cut through the red tape. The group’s goal is to eradicate the drug barons by covertly abducting them and sending them where they could do no harm, using their confiscated bank accounts to finance rehabilitation centres for addicts, and dispatching their teenage drug dealer gangs to an education programme in the Simpson Desert. Camps to house and educate siblings are commissioned to hold the children until their parents are ready to reassume responsibility. Everything was working as planned, until a group of siblings are kidnapped en route to a reunion with their parents at Florinda Ridge. The ransom demands the drug barons’ release and the return of their funds within six days, or the captives will be pulverized. When Major Hutchinson discovers there’s a mole in his ranks, the fate of the hostages becomes critical, and the rule book goes out the window. The major has to solve these problems by using the very people he was being paid to protect.

Pain is experienced by everyone at some point in their life. Some people experience pain that hangs around far longer than it should. This books tells the stories of people who have experienced persistent pain and recovered from it. It also gives some practical, evidence based advice on how to embrace what modern science tells us about pain in order to recover. No quick fixes or magic silver bullets, just sensible advice that is echoed by the lived experiences in the stories of the Pain Heroes.

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction. When U. S. Army Captain William Sumner was asked to check out the state of the zoo, he found that it, too, was devastated. Hundreds of animals were missing, and the few remaining were in desperate need of care. And so Captain Sumner accepted a new mission. Together with an international team of zoologists, veterinarians, conservationists, and dedicated animal lovers, Captain Sumner worked tirelessly to save the neglected—but tenacious—animals of Baghdad. Saving the Baghdad Zoo tells the poignant stories of these remarkable animals. Meet the abandoned lions who roamed an empty palace with no food or drink; the camel, Lumpy, who survived transport through sniper fire; the tigers, Riley and Hope, who traveled 7,000 miles from home; and many more. The Baghdad Zoo, open once again to the people of Iraq, has become an oasis of hope and safety in a city where both are precious gifts.

Hope and Heroes is a photo-essay landmark giving witness to 47 heroes who offer hope and inspiration for the future...each forward thinking, acting on their own beliefs and truly making a difference. Their common bond is integrity which overcomes adversity. Their motives and issues are quite different, ranging from self-esteem to global peace, human and animal rights, the environment, business and political integrity, spirituality, addictions, diseases, racism and more. To name a few from four continents: Dr. Maya Angelou, Ed Asner, Diane Dupuy, Uri Geller, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Billy Graham, Monty Hall, Rick Hansen, Julie Butterfly Hill, Dune Lankard, Senator Joe Lieberman, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Lewis MacKenzie, Nelson Mandela, Dr Phil McGraw, Shimon Peres, Kim Phuc Phan and Martin Sheen From the famous to the lesser known, these 47 heroes demonstrate how every person has the potential to make a difference in the world, from their own back yard to global consciousness. Each of the 47 principal photographs is full-page, full colour, shot on location, not posed in the studio, and accompanied by a full page biography based on the personal interviews recorded by Barry Shainbaum during each photo session, Another 47 smaller photos appear at the back of the book, together with Barry's own comments and insights about his encounter with each photo personality; In most cases, including website and email information.

Get a deeper look into the inner workings of Sanctuary. When heroes visited the facility, they relived their trauma through virtual reality, contending with the events that brought them there in the hope of reaching a meaningful resolution. That is, until the trauma took over and escalated these personal events into a full-blown crisis! Find out what pushed one of the superheroes over the edge and how it broke the machine. This special issue reunites the Eisner Award-winning MISTER MIRACLE team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads!