Over all very good or better condition. One creased wrapper. Three of four books come with publisher's promotional bookmarks. Tight, clean, flat and square books with sharp corners.
Ken Filing has found success in his second career as an author and is the one in a million guy who has managed to make a success in writing and self-publishing through the vanity press method. His six books have all ranked in the top fifth of books on Amazon, and have been re-printed in hardcover as well as e-Book. Here are four of them, pre-owned and in very good or better condition.
In the late 1930s, Rosie Connor is a young female daredevil pilot, and her hero is the famous pilot Amelia Earhart. Several years after Earhart disappears during a flight across the Pacific, Rosie and her husband Chris try to complete her unfinished flight. Unfortunately, they find themselves recreating the journey too accurately, as they also crash into the Pacific. They are eventually rescued by the crew of a Japanese ship; however, it is only after they have boarded the ship that they realize they are not guests but prisoners. The year is 1941, and they are treated brutally in the months leading up to the infamous battle at Pearl Harbor. As Rosie and Chris deal with peril and adventure on an island occupied by the Japanese, World War II becomes a larger threat to the world. Follow the adventure of a lifetime, and see the world through the eyes of a pilot whose bravery knows no bounds, who lives a life of adventure and risk-taking.
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Captain Kent Allison and his beautiful wife, Teddi, are owners of the Sea Rose, a long-time fishing boat sailing in the South Pacific. Their adventure starts when they are hijacked by the notorious pirate Captain Armond Yang. Several anxious days later, they escape with their two Polynesian crew members and sail to an island in a sailing dinghy. They find tranquility on this island, but are anxious to get their boat back. They discover that the Australian Navy can assist them in recovering their boat and Kent sets out on a new adventure to accomplish this.
After several years of commercial fishing, they leave their boat with their faithful crew and realize their dream to buy a sailboat and sail the world. But they're thwarted by a group of devious scientists who kidnap Teddi and want to perform inhuman experiments on her and other women. Kent's rescue of Teddi involves more suspense and action. Awash in Mystery is a gripping tale of adventure on the high seas and tranquil times on a South Sea Island and later in the Caribbean
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A tribe of Amazon women have fought a devastating battle with an Indian tribe in the Amazon Basin. Prior to the battle the beautiful blonde leader became pregnant from an encounter with a missionary doctor. She gives birth to a girl who, some day, is destined to be a leader of the clan. An earthquake kills the entire village of Amazon women except for the young girl who goes on to grow and prosper while on a quest to locate her father. Many adventures and pitfalls occur while she travels the rain forest looking for the village where her father is a missionary doctor. Follow her adventures as she too becomes a doctor and searches for a cure to a devastating tropical disease.
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Tony Marino has reached a crossroads in life. With high school commencement just two weeks away, Marino is definitely ready to explore the world that lies outside Cleveland, Ohio. But times are tough in 1949, leaving Marino only one viable option-to join the navy. As he enlists, he has no idea that the Korean War is about to break out. Soon after his ship is assigned to action in Korea, Marino is sent on an undercover mission with two shipmates, Sully and Peacock, to provide valuable information to General MacArthur, who is planning an invasion of Inchon. As his mission increases in intensity, Marino and his shipmates bravely face great danger as they scout out three islands, gather critical information, and finally return safely to the ship. But as the war progresses, it is not long before their ship is assigned to help in the evacuation of Hungnam in North Korea-a fateful decision that leads Marino and Sully to imprisonment in a clandestine hospital known for its inhumane experiments. In this military thriller loosely based on real-life events, two American sailors must rely on the CIA and a beautiful Korean girl to escape-before it is too late.