Bøger af Herb Marlow

From Georgia to Virginia, Colorado to Texas, Texas to Georgia, and then back to Texas, this is the odyssey of Ryland Moss. As a sixteen-year-old boy Ryland went to war, he came back in 1865 at twenty to a Georgia plantation now managed by his older brother Frank, who did not want to share. That was okay with Rye as he was headed West. Before he left Georgia, Ryland's dad gave him a U.S. twenty-dollar gold piece and ten silver dollars that he had kept through the war. Ryland met three other former horse soldier in Memphis and went to the gold fields in Colorado with them. That worked out well enough that he could buy a Texas cattle ranch. And then one day in 1879 he received a letter from a lawyer in Columbus, Georgia letting him know that Frank was dead and Rye had inherited Shade Valley Plantation. Now what? Should he go back to Georgia? The odyssey continues...

A techno thriller featuring a business man who says of himself: "I was variously called an efficiency expert, a quality control technician, a quality assurance expert, or a business associate. That is, I was called those things to my face. Behind my back there were other titles and names; many of which were profane.""Where Has All the Money Gone" follows a few months in the life of Gene Madison as he takes on a task of turning Better Foods Corporation from red ink to black. There are those in the company that don't want him to examine things too closely, and they try to deter him, but Gene's a tough character - after all his hobby is riding saddle broncs in the rodeo, and that leads him to a budding romance with Eve Mathews, a pretty school teacher who is much impressed with Madison.Then the Drug Cartel steps in with some serious people who will stop at nothing to have their way. In his usual forthright manner Gene takes them on, but his life is in danger. And the the joker in the deck is finally revealed...

In High Lonesome, we meet Trapper Stark, Clint Morgan, Ralph Giddings, Jerry Miller, Alan Kidd and Larry Hardwell. Each man with his own lonesome life is striving to or eventually successfully living a moral life. For some it seems to be more difficult, for others it comes naturally and is welcomed. One may win the heroine, while others leave, not with regrets but giving thought to how life might have been if he had remained. Which is the right way to go? For one man, settling down becomes the comfortable way but for others, what is over the next hill continues to beckon him on and on...... The six exciting stories in High Lonesome include Trapper's Wife, Buffalo Gap, Forty-Four Caliber Justice, Hawken 50, The Wolfer, and Gone at Midnight. Fans of western life of the 1800's will find this collection hard to put down.

Waiting for the water to stir. I suppose that could describe me in the past few years. I was not physically crippled lying beside a pool, but I seemed to be in a spiritual holding pattern, waiting, and I felt like that man lying next to the pool, waiting for the water to stir. Each time I beseeched the Lord to release me from the United Methodist Church denomination, his answer was: "Wait." I waited, and waited, and waited for the water to stir. And then one day it stirred. That's what this book is all about.My journey to learn about and live with the Holy Spirit really began in 1970, and it continues to this day. Recently the water has stirred to the point that I have been plunged into the pool, but more on that later.

Johnny's Run is the third book in the "Jericho Shade Series," following "Jericho Shade" #1 and "Texas Comes Calling" #2. Johnny Muller, ten-year-old son of Layne and Dottie Muller in Texas Comes Calling, is now eighteen and a young man of courage and integrity. Johnny proves both in his long quest for the outlaw that shot his friend and mentor Jericho Shade. His adventures continue and include the final shot that takes down Elvin Yates, the man that ambushed Jericho, plus saving Jericho's life when attacked by a huge bear.

Just who is the quiet warehouse worker named Bill Harmony?Disturbed by the shallow sermons and self-aggrandising showmanship of his pastor, Bill confronts Doctor Littlehope privately only to be brushed off as an ignorant layman. An upcoming revival event at the church run by a TV evangelist who claims he can heal and raise people from the dead raises even more red flags. Certain this isn't the hand of God at work, Bill and his friends set about exposing the scam.But there's more to Bill than meets the eye, and when locals begin revealing the miraculous works he's performed quietly, far from the spotlight, everyone, including his close friends, begin to ask, "Who is Bill Harmony anyway?"

Revisit the wild, wild west during a time when unwritten rules of conduct for survival were never formal but respected everywhere on the range in this collection of ten, rollicking short stories, including:"Dangerous Ground": The town marshal quits his job yet he's reluctant to leave town once he hears about the mayor's plot to steal $200,000 in gold."Out of the Desert": Undercover Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Boone correctly suspects a banker's plot to steal a gold shipment..."The Hero of Lost Creek": A crippled horse breaker turns hero when he foils cattle rustlers and wins the heart of the boss's daughter."The Trail to Nowhere": With Indians hot on his heels, a naked trapper and former schoolteacher runs into the forest in the dead of winter and uses little more than ingenuity to thwart his enemies and get all his stuff back."Quickdraw": Using a special arm harness and pieces of an old corset, Walker shoots it out with the town bully..."Square-Toed Boots": In a cow town, his farmer's boots appear to make him fair game but, when four cowboys dare to insult his wife, they're about to get a lesson in good manners."Come Morning": At twelve, Sean Mixus can handle a Sharps .50 rifle like nobody's business but putting up with a bath at his sister's house every day forces him to consider O'Reilly and the trail herd as his best escape."Gold is Where You Find It": Marcus and Saul swindle a greedy banker into buying a worthless gold mine, leave town, and they're living in what they believe is the lap of luxury when they read about a gold strike--right where their false map sent the banker!"Mad Dog Muncie": Two scoundrels at Fort Clark have been cheating folks and selling boys into slavery...but then Mad Dog Muncie appears to right a few wrongs."Curley's Kids": Curley Samson is a lone trapper until he rescues two orphan kids and a pretty young woman and finds himself rescued from a life of loneliness in the process.

The greatest adventure I have ever taken part in has to be parenting. Having the responsibility of caring for children on a day-to-day basis is such uncharted water for all of us before the first child enters our homes, that we never know what to expect. What an adventure! And a further adventure is taking care of - and trying to understand - adolescents. Book Two of the Parenting Series: "I don't know! I didn't do it!" explores age groups 13 through 18. The author includes examples and episodes that illustrate the problems parents face, and their solutions. The episodes are taken from Dr. Marlow's copious files, real life scenarios with changes to protect confidentiality.

Tornados, knife attacks, deadly fire and threats. Doctor Charles Miller and wife, Jan have relocated to Wichita Falls, Texas. This time Charles is helping to create a brand new church but there's someone who isn't at all happy about a new church in town. With God's help Charles overcomes the initial obstacles, but greater challenges are in store for the Millers and their new church. Readers of MinisterWanted.com and its follow-up Minister Wanted: Santa Fe know that Charles Miller thrives on adversity. With steadfast faith he and Jan just keep moving forward, establishing a new church for believers, new and old.

Hood River Home is the story of a family of migrant fruit workers - the Rainys - as they lived and worked in the mid-1960s. The book is set in the Hood River Valley of Oregon, and the facts about pear farms and the canning of pears are as accurate as the author can make them for that time period. Herb Marlow is intimately familiar with the canning process as he worked for Atlas Pacific Engineering at Diamond Fruit Growers in Hood River, Oregon for six years. (Herb is Bob Martin in the book.) He had friends there who were both natives of the Hood River Valley, and itinerant workers who followed the fruit harvests all over the western United States In the time period that this book covers, migrant fruit workers were a little known and very special segment of American society. The author has had no contact with these hard-working people since he left the Oregon area in the early 1970s, and thus he has no idea of the changes that have taken place in working and living conditions. At the time he writes about, some people native to the Valley, held the fruit workers in contempt and treated them badly. But others, like Kats Sakamoto and Doctor Ashley, accepted them as valuable and industrious people and treated them with respect.

The Going Away is the story of a Psychologist in mid-life crisis trying to overcome his debility in a positive way. Dr. Pete Paterson has helped other men who are going through Male Mid-Life Crisis, now it's time to help himself. After two years of preparation he is ready to leave his lucrative Fort Worth practice and his lovely shrewish wife, and disappear to Ireland. What happens next will surprise all readers.This book is a "must read" for any man going through Mid-Life Crisis plus his family members.

This is a weight control program that always works if the procedures and suggestions are followed. Please don't try to take a shortcut, but follow the scripts chronologically through the book and you will find that you can bring your weight problems under control. "Self-hypnosis for Weight Control" is not a "lose weight fast" program, or a diet; rather it builds slowly in your subconscious to not only help you lose weight, but more importantly to keep you from regaining the weight you've taken off. This is a life-style change that has only an upside.

"The Fools Brigade' is the prequel to "In Harm's Way." Before Bob Harm was a history teacher in Fremont, Nebraska in 1958 he was a Marine fighting in Korea. This Historical Fiction Novel follows Bob Harm from his entry into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1948 until his final voyage to discharge in 1952. The main battle Bob is involved in is the retreat from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea in the brutal winter of 1950. He led The Fools Brigade in keeping the Chinese Communists at bay until the Marine and Army units could escape to ships waiting in the harbor of Hungnam. Harm was a corporal when he landed at Puson in August 1950, and a captain when was invited to stay in the Corps when his discharge loomed, but he declined, knowing that he needed an education, he determined to go to college and one day teach history.

Island Song is about a young man just returned from WWII in the Pacific Theater. Eric Travers is a much decorated former U.S. Navy corpsman who served with the Marines in the Pacific Islands Campaign - notably on Saipan and Iwo Jima. He was wounded several times, and felt lucky to be alive. Now he is back in Omaha, Nebraska his home town, and he wonders what to do with his life. Sure he has a truck driving job, but he wants to go to medical school to see if he can be a surgeon, but how will he do that? And then there's Sally Richards, the pretty waitress at Ernie's Diner. Eric has many flashbacks of combat situations - today they would be called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - but hopes someday to be rid of those. Perhaps with Sally's help...

The town of Rock Springs, Idaho does not know what to expect when TEXAS COMES CALLING, the 2nd book in the "Jericho Shade Series." Harmon Early and his Texas Cowboys drove a herd of Texas Longhorns to the Northwest, looking for a ranch location where the grass was longer and the cattle could fatten quicker and easier. The residents of Rock Springs will be pleasantly surprised to discover that Harmon and his ranch hands are a lot different from the big ranchers that ride rough-shod over the area. Hard luck has come to a Christian family that befriends Harmon, who decides that he can help these new friends while establishing himself in the area. Exciting intrigue and old west action follows as the Texans look for a ranch site of their own. Of course, when Harm meets Tina McWilliams, Idaho takes on an even prettier look. And then there's gold...

Who is the Phantom of Goliad? No one has seen him until a fifth grade student named Hector Zamarippa and his family are visited one night by the Phantom. The masked man came to help Hector's dad buy a new truck after his was totaled in a bad wreck. But he was wearing black clothes and a black mask like Zorro; and he was riding a black horse. Who is this masked man doing good in the community? No one knows, but Hector and his friend will are going to find out...

I have been a storyteller since early childhood. My grandfather Paullin - Gramps in my book TWISTERS, BRONC RIDERS & CHERRY PIE - was a master storyteller, and I loved to listen to him. As a child, I often told stories to myself. Of course, I was always the hero in those stories. I was always strong and courageous, and I never failed at anything. I also told stories to others, to my playmates and my family. When I married, I told stories to my wife, and she believed them - at first. When my children were born, I began telling them stories at an early age. To this day when we get together as a family, I tell stories. My first experience of using stories to educate came when I was teaching history to junior high and high school students. People often complain about how dry and uninteresting history is, and their complaints are often justified due to the boring way history is taught. But history does not have to be dry and uninteresting. When told as a story, history comes alive, and it is fascinating. So, in all of my history classes, I told stories. Not only did the kids enjoy the classes, they also learned a lot of history.

ON THE EDGE OF SPRING - a short story collection by author Herb Marlow. Readers will enjoy this collection for there's something for everyone in it.: Old West and New West, WWII combat and a contemporary tale. The adventures range from a jewel heist, to a tricky way to catch a cattle thief, to a wounded combat survivor returning from the war in the Pacific, to a man healing on a mountain after a bad truck wreck, to a Texas Ranger solving a mysterious death, to a Marine second lieutenant standing tall leading his platoon out of danger in the jungles of Guadalcanal. There's something for all of Herb Marlow's fans in On The Edge Of Spring .

Robert Harm, former Marine and Korean War veteran, is now a high school history teacher. Sounds boring - but not the way Bob handles it. There's plenty of action in this novel about a teacher in Fremont Nebraska in 1958. Yes, there's romance, too. Bob's enemies will learn that it's best not to get "In Harm's Way."There is a sick man attacking women in the town, the police call him "The Basher," and Bob and a policeman are trying to find out who he is, but that's not easy. At the same time the Principle of Fremont High School is not happy with his new History teacher and tries to make life miserable for him. Mr. Kronk wants to date Julie Adams, the lovely English teacher, but she's drawn to Bob Harm. It's an exciting time for the small city of Fremont, and no one knows how it will end...

Dr. Charles Miller has just spent several months in Ruidoso, New Mexico. His time there was professionally, personally and spiritually satisfying. Now, he and his new bride, Jan, are on their way to Santa Fe, New Mexico where a new church awaits them.Living Word Community Church is in decline although many, including a goodly number of the congregation aren't willing to admit that fact. Charles intends to discover the problems, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, do everything he can to solve or eliminate them. His track record says he's the right man for the job...but Charles has no inkling of what he'll discover as he adopts the spiritual reins of the church.

Western author Herb Marlow's Old West short story collection titled: "Hot Texas Morning"is now available in ebook and paperback formats. The book is filled with stories of the Old West (seven of them) about cowboys and mountain men. Here's an excerpt from "The Cowboy: " "At my call everything happened so fast I almost missed it. Miller ups with his gun and fires at the cowboy, and then drops the revolver and reaches into the sack. Walls whipped out his Colt, fired once at Miller and whirled around to fire at McNally standing behind him. Rand's finger tightened on the trigger, but the shotgun blast went into the ground. The cowboy jumped sideways and looked back to Miller, but the town bully was down, and he was as dead as he'd ever be."

South Texas Mean is set near the Texas town of Loma Alta, not far from the Rio Grande River. Matt Somers has arrived on the Wagon Wheel Ranch in the 1880s to take up the duties of foreman for his old friend and former riding partner Louis Reynolds. There is a problem on the ranch, however, a problem named El Gato, a Mexican Bandit bent on stealing Louis' cattle and putting him out of business. Matt's job - along with running the large ranch - is to make sure El Gato is taken care of in a permanent way. How he does that makes this book exciting and hard to put down.

Dr. Charles Miller, feeling that his ministry has become dull and predictable, places an ad on the web site, www.ministerwanted.com. He is quickly asked to take over the Mountain Community Church in Ruidoso, New Mexico. His arrival isn't welcomed by all, and he encounters mystery, intrigue and threats, but more important, he finds love. He marries Jan and together they move to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he accepts the Pastor's job at Living Word Community Church. The church has many problems, but Charles and Jan solve them all. While they love Santa Fe and their church, they are excited to be asked to move to Wichita Falls, Texas, where the challenge is building a brand new church. There were great difficulties, but now the Redeemer Community Church is a vibrant, thriving church.A phone call starts Charles and Jan on a mission to Portland, Oregon, where he is asked to take over the reins of Wellspring Community Church. Are there problems? You bet! Will the Lord help them solve the problems? Absolutely! Hang onto your hat, because Charles and Jan are in for a wild ride in Portland, Oregon.

If you like .... Mystery .... Danger .... Drama .... Romance .... you will like For Everything: A Season, by novelist Dr. Herb Marlow. When Christian psychiatrist Dr. John Harlow returns to Grantsville, Nebraska, his sleepy hometown, he's hoping this homecoming will help him sort through the devastating sorrow of his past few months. Yes, he must settle the affairs of his recently deceased parents, including selling their home, the safest place of his youth. But this process proves easier than finding some sanctuary from his personal pain. Without really planning to do so, he sets up practice in Grantsville, only to find that the accoutrements of big city life have followed him home, including the psychological and spiritual maladies that seem rampant enough wherever you go. By the time he's done, Dr. Harlow has helped restore numerous relationships, solved a murder mystery, and heroically saved more than one life. Yet in the process he's left himself, and those he's recently come to love, at risk from terrorists driven by hatred and revenge at any cost.

Sergeant Murphy is about a young Marine who joined the Corps in 1939 to become a career man. Then came the war, and the book follows Sergeant John C. Murphy of the 1st Marine Division in the battles of Tulagi, Edson's Ridge on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and finally Okinawa. Murphy was in the thick of the action in all of the battles, and he was wounded several times.Having read accounts of the battles from war records to reminiscences and personal accounts I believe I have kept to the facts as much as possible while writing a book of historical fiction about a fictional character; my readers will let me know if I have been successful.The U.S. Marine Corps was given the short end of everything in the Pacific war, as the U.S. Army always took precedence for equipment and supplies and replacements. Things grew better after the German's surrendered on May 9, 1945, but it was common knowledge when the U.S. was fighting on two major fronts that the leaders in Washington D.C. felt the war in Europe was more important than the war in the Pacific, and the European Theater was first on the supply line.

Jericho Shade was a Mountain Man and a rough and ready trapper. He'd been told about the Oregon territory, so he headed in that direction to sell his furs and see what all the talk was about.First he met a friendly Christian preacher...then he met the preacher's adopted daughter and fell head over heels in love. When he asked permission to marry Aspen, her father had only one condition. Jericho dropped to his knees and allowed Reverend Lee to lead him to the Lord. Later he was baptized in the old-fashioned way...in the river.A whole new way of life was opening for Jericho and his beautiful bride, Aspen. What followed was a trip into the wilderness to create a new homestead, and a life packed full of adventure and excitement."Herb Marlow has crafted a story that is loaded with action and adventure that will thrill anyone who craves hearty western tales. Slip into the saddle neighbor, and prepare for a great read in "JERICHO SHADE."

Dr. Charles Miller has been the pastor of the same church for several years. However, he feels that his ministry has become dull and predictable. Deciding to offer his services on an interim basis he places an ad on www.ministerwanted.com. He gets a response quicker than he anticipates and is soon on his way to Ruidoso, New Mexico. Upon his arrival he finds more than he expected; mystery, intrigue, threats... and even romance.

Joe Garth is back! In Cowboy Riches Joe won the Texas Lottery and became owner of his own ranch. He met a wonderful woman, married and life was full of happiness. Then things suddenly changed: oil investments went sour, and Tommie, the love of his life, died in childbirth leaving Joe with an infant daughter to raise alone. Joe survived and three years later he is part owner in a cattle ranch in Jack County, his daughter is happy and healthy, but still, he's a lonely man. As a relationship blossoms with his partner's daughter, Joe finds he can fall in love again. Life becomes even more complete after settling back into married life. Then strange gun shots create unrest and tension mounts when Lilly and Ashley disappear. When the kidnappers call making demands for their return, Joe finds himself in despair. If only he can find where his wife and daughter are being held, maybe he can rescue them. Maybe...

"The dark figure paused behind a large lilac bush just outside the circle cast by the spotlights. It was a time to wait and watch, the long summer evening just dark enough for the security lights to come on. An hour passed, darkness fell, and nothing moved in front of the house. Suddenly, the figure ran to the front door, fitted a key into the deadbolt lock, turned the key and the knob at the same time, and pushed the door open just far enough to slip inside. Once inside the front hall, the figure re-locked the door and entered a small sitting room on the left side of the hall. A glance told him nobody was there, but then he didn't expect to find anyone..."Al Holmes, Kid Detective, is on the case. Will he discover who the burglar is? Will the burglar want to stop Al? Read on to find out what happens to: The Jewel Thief Who Knew Too Much.

Do you want to quit smoking but can't seem to do it without help? You are not alone. Have you read the online ads about quitting and failed to find a way that fits you? Then this book: SELF-HYPNOSIS TO STOP SMOKING is the answer for you. What has to happen to overcome your nicotine addiction is a change in your sub-conscious mind, and that will be accomplished as you follow the program in the book. As you follow the procedures in SELF-HYPNOSIS TO STOP SMOKING you will find that your desire to smoke will disappear and you will become a non-smoker. Many others have accomplished their goal through self-hypnosis - why not you?