Bøger af Rick Destefanis

Billy Coker, a 19-year-old army infantry squad leader, is in the final 30 days of his tour of duty in Vietnam when he realizes he must find a way to get past the horrors of war and find his future. Although his predicament was self-created by his high school obsession with the opposite sex, he can remember but one meaningful relationship from those years. That was with an over-weight girl he mostly shunned. Bonnie Jo Parker always said he was too cynical when he called their classmates egotistical jerks. If only she could see him now. He'd perfected cynicism in Nam. It was his forte, and he'd raised it to its highest form. A love story, a war story, a story of hope and redemption, Raeford's MVP is by turns deadly serious and side-splittingly funny throughout. Award-winning author Rick DeStefanis introduces readers to the world of a combat veteran who escapes death only to face the futureless void of post-traumatic stress and psychological impotence. His only hope is to find someone special he lost along the way. Buy this book now and discover why author Rick DeStefanis has won four literary awards for his Vietnam War Series.

The Philosophy of Big Buck Hunting is the ultimate companion for any Whitetail Deer hunter who wants to raise his or her game to the next level and become a successful big buck hunter. While most books on the subject provide massive amounts of information and go into detail on every conceivable talking point, The Philosophy of Big Buck Hunting is a focused, concisely crafted viewpoint of the things that matter most, particularly "how a big buck hunter thinks." From reading signs, to scouting, stand placement, weaponry, and many other variables, DeStefanis breaks down the basics in such a manner that the average hunter can assimilate the information quickly and efficiently. A must-have for novice and seasoned hunters alike, Rick DeStefanis' The Philosophy of Big Buck Hunting unselfishly shares the author's knowledge and experience in hopes of spreading his love for the sport of hunting Whitetail Deer. With over fifty years afield and a veteran's ability to pick out the most important details for a hunter to focus on to improve his results, Rick provides the ultimate companion for deer hunting season with The Philosophy of Big Buck Hunting.

When Army sniper Duff Coleridge is recruited by a rogue CIA advisor to assist the Vietnamese Special Police, he little realizes how much of his soul he must sacrifice. The clear moral lines he has learned back home in the mountains of East Tennessee become blurred in the glare of the enigmatic Vietnam War. His CIA boss is dealing arms on the black market while delivering an arbitrary and ruthless justice to the local populace. And when Duff meets and falls in love with a beautiful South Vietnamese woman, Lynn Dai Bouchet, he is left to his own instincts to decide if her advances are true affection or merely exploitation. Is she a Vietcong spy, as his CIA boss claims, or is she only trying to do her part while making the best of a bad situation? When Duff refuses to forfeit his morals, he realizes too late he is trapped in a lethal game of cat and mouse. Buy this riveting prequel to The Gomorrah Principle and learn about Duff Coleridge, the man who brought the Hổ xảo quyệt to Vietnam.

For Jack Hartman, the town of Tallahatchie, Mississippi, is an accidental destination. One day he has it all: a beautiful home on the Gulf Coast, an even more beautiful fiancée, Acey Kimmons, and an assured future as the CEO of his family's multimillion-dollar business. Then he meets talented young Blues singer Cici Cannon and recruits her for his Uncle Tuck's nightclub. Too late, Jack discovers she's a tortured alcoholic. His efforts to help Cici cause her to self-destruct, and his world comes apart when Acey, believing that he's been unfaithful, walks out on him. Jack's guilt compels him to relocate to Cici's hometown and try to rectify the harm he has caused. Thus, he finds himself in the Mississippi Delta as an assistant general manager at an antiquated and failing furniture factory-one he likewise feels compelled to save.A hopeless idealist, Jack plunges into saving the factory and the hundreds of jobs that depend on it-jobs hard to come by in the Delta. As he struggles to gain the respect of the factory's quirky and unpredictable employees, he also hopes to help Cici regain her health. But will his plans to help Cici squash any hope he has of someday reuniting with the love of his life, Acey Kimmons? Jack's quixotic journey teaches him as much about himself and the human condition as it does about life in the rural Delta. Southern fiction and dark comedy at its best, Tallahatchie is a story that is as hilarious as it is tragic.