Fresh out of federal witness protection and enjoying the pleasures of Venice, Italy, former mobster Vinny Fabrizio is offered the criminal chance of a lifetime: $10 million to destroy a crucially located container ship port and a shot at his FBI nemesis, Jack Rivers. The catch? He’s being paid by anti-American Islamic insurgents, and the port is back home on American soil. As Vinny weighs his pangs of patriotism and the opportunity for a bloody revenge, Jack struggles to remain loyal to his own family and make a name for himself at his new job as director of security—at the very port Vinny is planning to blow up. The two men speed toward each other on a dangerous collision course that threatens to destroy much more than just each other. Behind his sinister smirk, Vinny hides an unexpected weakness: Linda, a gorgeous, strong-willed southern belle who must decide if she’s willing to risk it all for real love. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking…

Catch a Falling Knife

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Frank, Foster

Thrillers & Suspense

Library Tales Publishing

Boca News

ENJOYING THE EASY ISLAND LIFE... Lynn Woo's laid-back existence in southwest Florida's Boca Grande is shattered as she finds her friend, newspaper publisher Lester Hood, looking at the wrong end of long knife. It's wielded by an islander who is upset with the publisher over his editorials on a raging local controversy which has the governor involved. But Lynn soon discovers there's a list of islanders who have it in for Lester. ISN'T SO EASY... When Lynn and Lester narrowly escape the bombing of Lynn's boat while on a manatee survey, it becomes clear that the publisher is a target. When he falls ill and dies in the emergency room of "congestive heart failure" it doesn't pass Lynn's sniff test. She and her lover Rolf Berglund, and best friend and sheriff's deputy, Truck Kershaw, dig for the truth. WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING KILL YOU... But Lynn's digging makes her a target which hardens her conviction that Lester did not die of natural causes. She weaves her way through a cast of colorful, tropical characters on her way to shocking discoveries of greed, lust and revenge, and a gut-wrenching, slam-bang conclusion.

BOCA NEWS

Mystery

Hilliard & Harris Publishers

42: A Biography of Jack "Jackie" Robinson

History

Americas

Golgotha Press

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey decided to break the "color line" and integrate major league baseball in the 1940s, he spent years doing exhaustive background research and interviewing players. This role could not just go to an extraordinary athlete, but one of immense character as well Things went down with integration in the National Basketball Association a bit differently. The NBA had only formed in 1946, and was still sorting out franchises and struggling for recognition on April 25, 1950 when the basketball owners sat down for the annual player draft. When the second round began, Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown selected an African-American All-American guard out of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh named Chuck Cooper. A few weeks after the draft, the New York Knickerbockers made a deal to purchase the contract of Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton from the Harlem Globetrotters; he became the second African-American to sign an NBA contract on May 24. So, the 1950-51 National Basketball Association season tipped off with three African-Americans on active rosters. While Robinson became one of America's greatest heroes, the stories of the black pioneers who broke down the NBA color barrier went untold. Jackie Robinson was recognized by his sport by being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible to appear on the ballot in 1962. Not so for Clifton. He was not inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame until the Class of 2014, more than 50 years after he converted his last NBA hook shot and a quarter century after his death. Clifton's incredible journey and story is told in this biography.

Sweetwater: A Biography of Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

The history of sports and race is messy. In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the first black major league player, which conveniently forgets Moses Fleetwood Walker and other players of color who appeared on 19th century diamonds. Football deals with the messiness a different way. The sport employs the term "modern era" instead. So Kenny Washington is the first black player of the "modern era." James Harris was the first black quarterback to start an NFL game in the "modern era." Art Shell was the first black head coach of the "modern era." The reason football has to append the qualifier to its historical racial milestones is because there was a man who was doing all those things back when the National Football League began. His name was Fritz Pollard, and this is his story.

Breaking the Color Barrier: The Story of the First African American NFL Head Coach, Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard

The only complete and easy to use color guide of all U.S. Military medals, ribbons, unit awards, devices and commonly presented foreigh medals. Covers all of America's conflicts from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. This complete edition is written for vererans, veterans families, active duty, Reserve and National Guard military personnel, collectors and researchers. Complete description of each medal, it's criteria, dates of awards, background, symbolism and attachments with front and back views. Color plates of all U.S. Military Decorations, Service Medals, Marksmanship Medals and Ribbons, Foreign Medals and all ribbon only awards. Complete color ribbon display in the correct order of precedence for all awards and ribbons of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine since 1939. The most complete chapter on devices for awards and ribbons ever published, describing which devices go with each medal and ribbon (cross-indexed with all medal and ribbon plates). A complete section on wear and display of U.S. Military Awards.

A Complete Guide to United States Military Medals, 1939 to Present: All Decorations, Service Medals, Ribbons and Commonly Awarded Allied Medals of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard

Lawrence Borts

Medals of America Press

The only complete and easy to use color guide of all U.S. Military medals, ribbons, unit awards, devices and commonly presented foreigh medals. Covers all of America's conflicts from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. This complete edition is written for vererans, veterans families, active duty, Reserve and National Guard military personnel, collectors and researchers. Complete description of each medal, it's criteria, dates of awards, background, symbolism and attachments with front and back views. Color plates of all U.S. Military Decorations, Service Medals, Marksmanship Medals and Ribbons, Foreign Medals and all ribbon only awards. Complete color ribbon display in the correct order of precedence for all awards and ribbons of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine since 1939. The most complete chapter on devices for awards and ribbons ever published, describing which devices go with each medal and ribbon (cross-indexed with all medal and ribbon plates). A complete section on wear and display of U.S. Military Awards.

A Complete Guide to United States Military Medals: 1939 to Present Sixth Edition

Military

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