Rick Reed Libri

Focusing on the essential personal preparation for effective preaching, this book emphasizes the importance of a preacher's character over mere technical skills. It addresses common struggles such as discouragement, insecurity, and pride, offering practical strategies to overcome these challenges. By cultivating a heart filled with the Spirit, preachers can enhance their ministry and deliver messages that resonate deeply with their audience. The work encourages self-reflection and character development as foundational to impactful preaching.

"The body parts of a young woman have shown up in the town landfill and homicide detective Jack Murphy is on the case. But when the victim's identity is revealed, the horrific crime takes an even darker and far more personal turn. Nina Parsons was not only a deputy prosecutor, but the rumored lover of the man Jack's ex-wife is about to marry: the Chief Deputy Prosecutor. Now Jack must battle not just his own fears and demons, but the political interference that ensues as he fights to expose the greed and power that can drive even good men to commit evil acts."--Back cover

What if your first love was abducted and presumed dead—but returned twenty years later?That’s the dilemma Cole Weston faces. Now happily married to Tommy D’Amico, he’s suddenly thrown into a surreal world when his first love, Rory Schneidmiller, unexpectedly reappears.Where has Rory been all this time? What happened to him two decades ago, when a strange mass appeared in the night sky and lifted him into the heavens? Rory has no memory of those years. For him, it’s as though only a day or two has passed.Rory still loves Cole with the passion unique to young first love. Cole has never forgotten Rory, yet Tommy has been his rock, by his side since Rory disappeared.Cole is forced to choose between an idealized and passionate first love and the comfort of a long-term marriage. How can he decide? Who faces this kind of quandary, anyway? The answers might lie among the stars….

This compilation features a selection of inspirational and thought-provoking quotations, specifically curated for young readers. Aimed at encouraging and uplifting children, the book serves as a delightful resource for instilling values and sparking curiosity. Each quote is chosen to resonate with kids, making it an ideal gift for fostering a love of words and wisdom.

Detective Jack Murphy faces a chilling case involving an abandoned truck filled with murdered immigrants. Alongside his partner Liddell Blanchard, they navigate a complex investigation with a lone survivor and potential witnesses, all while contending with federal interference. As Jack suspects a link to a local murder, he realizes the violence is ongoing and is determined to confront a killer who justifies his actions as patriotic. In a world where indifference is a crime, Jack is relentless in his pursuit of justice.

Detective Jack Murphy Is Back-on the trail of a criminal mastermind who kills for profit and tortures for pleasure. In Jack Murphy's experience, the killers who blend in are the hardest to catch. But none are as elusive-or efficient-as Mr. Smith. A man of average height, weight and build, Mr. Smith is as ordinary as his name. Which makes it easy for him to get close to his targets. To kill without conscience. To use every weapon at his disposal to raise the stakes in a global game of terror and death. Mr. Smith is no ordinary killer. But Jack Murphy is no ordinary cop . . . Praise for Rick Reed and his novels "As authentic and scary as crime thrillers get."-Nelson DeMille "Det. Jack Murphy tracks killers through a political maze of lies, deception and dishonor that leads to a violent, pulse-pounding climax."-Robert S. Levinson "Everything you want in a thriller: strong characters, plenty of gory story, witty dialogue, and a narrative that demands you keep turning those pages."-Book Reporter "Reed thrusts the boundaries of his story forward to bring us along on a ride we won't soon forget!"-Suspense Magazine "Put this on your must-read list."-John Lutz "A jaw-dropping thriller."-Gregg Olsen

It Takes A Cop Like Jack Murphy To Find Justice . . . Jack Murphy knows a setup when he sees one. Proving it makes his day. Especially when it involves his own partner. Lured into a trap, Evansville P.D. Detective Liddell Blanchard is accused of murdering a cop who was investigating a shadowy voodoo cult. Justice is murky enough in the swamplands of Louisiana, but when a purported descendent of Marie Leveaux menaces a murder investigation, the gumbo really hits the fan. Corruption comes with the territory. But there are darker forces at play-and only Murphy can see the light . . . Praise for Rick Reed and his novels "A jaw-dropping thriller."-Gregg Olsen "As authentic and scary as crime thrillers get."-Nelson DeMille "Rick Reed knows the dark side as only a real life cop can, and his writing crackles with authenticity."-Shane Gericke "Put this on your must-read list."-John Lutz "Det. Jack Murphy tracks killers through a political maze of lies, deception and dishonor that leads to a violent, pulse-pounding climax."-Robert S. Levinson "Reed thrusts the boundaries of his story forward to bring us along on a ride we won't soon forget!"-Suspense Magazine "Reed gives the reader a genre story worth every minute and every penny spent."-Book Reporter

In 1995, Ricky's first trip overseas results in love with fellow American Walt Whitman. But back in Chicago, he immediately falls in love with sexy blue-collar beast Tom. With a visit to Walt looming, Ricky is truly torn.

This volume features papers from the 14th SDL Forum held in Bochum, Germany, focusing on Design for Motes and Mobiles. The SDL Forum, a key event in the calendar for academia and industry, has been conducted biannually for thirty years, serving as a vital platform for discussing the evolution and application of System Design Languages and modeling technologies. It highlights recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field. The forum addresses the modeling and analysis of reactive, distributed, and real-time systems, particularly in telecommunications, automotive, and aerospace sectors. The audience includes users of modeling techniques from industrial, research, and standardization backgrounds, alongside tool vendors and language researchers. Over the past three decades, languages, methods, and tools have significantly evolved, reflecting dramatic changes in application domains. Mobile technology, once considered science fiction, is now commonplace, with software embedded in everyday items, including children's toys. The rise of multi-core processors in consumer computers is now extending to small devices. Even compact, independently powered devices like motes and mobile phones possess sufficient memory and processing capabilities to support advanced operating systems and applications.

This volume contains the papers presented at the 11th SDL Forum, Stuttgart. As well as the papers, the 11th SDL Forum also hosted a system design competition sponsored by Solinet with a cash prize for the “best” design. This follows a similar competition at the SAM 2002 workshop (papers published in LNCS 2599). The winning entry from SAM 2002 is described in the last paper in this volume. The SDL Forum was ? rst held in 1982, and then every two years from 1985. Initially the Forum was concerned only with the Speci? cation and Descr- tion Language ? rst standardized in the 1976 Orange Book of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). From the start this graphical CEFSM (communicating extended ? nite state machines) notation was used both to describe the implementation of systems and to specify systems (especially protocol systems in standards). In the early days both types of description were quite informal, though speci? cations were certainly more formal than the main alternative: natural languagewith some ad hoc ? gures. Implementations were usually written in assembly language, which is at too low a level to reason well about the interaction between communic- ing agents within a system. In this case the notation provided an intermediate description that gave an overview of how the implementation worked, and often the actual logical development was done at the graphical level with hand coding of that description.