The Yard Dog takes place near the close of World War II, when a large number of Nazi POWs were incarcerated in camps scattered across the prairies of the United States. At Waynoka Divisional Point, near POW Camp Alva, the disillusioned Hook Runyon is assigned by the railroad to run off hobos and arrest pickpockets. Left behind in the war because of the loss of his arm in a car accident, Hook lives in a caboose, collects rare books, and drinks busthead liquor. When a coal picker by the name of Spark Dugan is found run over by a reefer car, Hook and his sidekick, Runt, the local moonshiner, suspect foul play and are drawn into a scheme far greater than either could have imagined. This conspiracy reaches the highest echelons of the camp and beyond and will push Hook and Runt to their physical and mental limits. Hook is a complex character, equal parts rough and vulnerable, an unlikely and unwilling hero. He is more than matched by Dr. Reina Kaplan, a Jewish big-city transplant to Camp Alva who is battling her own demons and has been put in charge of educating the Nazi inmates in the basics of democracy before their eventual return to Germany. Vivid descriptions of period detail, stark landscapes, and unique characters make this first book in the Hook Runyon series a fascinating mystery full of tension and deep insight.

Jack Palace wants to move on from his criminal past, but there’s the small matter of owing his life to the son of a top mobster. Can he pay back his debt, shield his loved ones, and get out of the criminal life alive?

Behr The Junky Yard Dog is about taking care of your belongings. Behr realizes that his friends are not as fortunate as he is and notices the mistake that he has made. Behr decides to make a change and be responsible. He learns that you must be grateful for the things you are blessed with and give God thanks for what you have. Appreciate what is yours and be respectful to what your friends have.

This book is to my knowledge accurate although as we all know some things get embellished with repeated telling. The company names are not real, as well as many of the names of individuals. Those who are in it can probably easily fi gure out who they are in this book. The story starts with Telecommunications back in the analog and live operators plugging in cords for local calls; then moves briefl y through Purchasing and Data Processing with the fi rst corporate main frame; and then to scheduling. It is more about me and my travels than it is about scheduling. The discipline took me to some very exotic places such as Tehran, Iran; Bergen Norway; Madrid Spain; Leyte Island; Jakarta, Dieng, Bali all in Indonesia; and Hawaii. It is also is a chronicle of some of my very good friends and lovers over the years. I hope all of you that read this enjoy it as much as I have in telling it.

Once you have ridden a horse you may then progress to owning your own horse; if you do it will no longer be just a hobby but it will become a way of life. The horse you own will be with you - hopefully - until the end, so owning a horse is not a decision to be taken lightly as it is life changing. True horse owners are a very dedicated group of people often doing two jobs just to keep their horse; it is a commitment like no other but they are worth all the effort and cost as they provide a richness and a quality of life that I certainly would not want to be without. Our Olympic equestrian team showed all the aspects of the horse, its strength, its agility, its gracefulness. For me the Dressage shows us the horse as his best; in harmony with a human working silently together to produce such astonishing movements. All this from an animal that aimlessly grazed until humans harnessed its power and taught it a new language; horsemanship.

The Yard Sale Wars; The Flying Carpet Caper is a mystery with offbeat humor; two rare carpet merchants are found split from here to Oklahoma on Ophelia Johnson's white Mohair carpet. This brings about an estate sale of their business and their home. The resale shop owners are asked to come to the Anderson's beautiful spacious home to purchase the interior assets. We walk into a beautiful house with pastel walls, high ceilings and grand rooms to find furniture which Kurt aptly called World War I Polish surplus.

What do two murders, a kidnapping, and an immense fortune have to do with an aging lumberyard? Nothing, unless it is Fannelli's family-owned lumber yard, the oldest lumberyard in the country. Come along as young Jeremy Lingemi, the newest employee in the year 1977, tries to uncover, with the help of the old lumber company's spirits, the many answers. Who is doing the killings? Is the mob involved? And are they connected in any way to the owners of the Fannelli Lumberyard? Is there really a hidden fortune somewhere in the old lumber yard? And can the spirits lead Jeremy to the treasure before he, or anyone else, dies? Hidden deep inside are the answers to this deadly mystery.