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It's 2002 now and Matt's 91. Clay is 52 and his grandson, Elliott is 22. Elliott wants to be a writer and has asked grandpa Matt if he and his private eye exploits would like to be the subject of his first book. Matt agrees and tells Elliott the story of how it all began back in the 1930s. This story starts in 1934 and has Matt telling of his beginnings in the Chicago Police Department, his move to Los Angeles, his beginnings in the Los Angeles Police Department, his first marriage to Stella and life after her death.

Once, when young Nasruddin was acting up in class by distracting his classmates with endless antics, jests, and stories, his irate teacher uttered a curse: ''Whatever you do or say, wherever you go or stay, whether it's night or day - people will only laugh at you.'' Now, eight centuries later, people everywhere are still laughing at the immortal Mullah Nasruddin, one of the world's most beloved folk characters.

I've bundled five Matt Cooper stories together here from the 1948 era. They were written sequentially and flow together almost as a single novel.

In San Francisco, the brutal murder of a Chinatown businessman sets off a deadly chain reaction that exposes a long dormant blood feud. The spotlight falls on his eldest son Joe Sung, an aspiring folk singer, who must now evade death at the hands of a rival tong. At the same time, his girlfriend Maya gets caught in the crossfire as she digs deep into his family's hidden past.

Cooper Five-Pack consists of the following short stories: "051 - Revenge Never Expires," "052 - Head Shot," "062 - Classified Information," "065 - The Best Offense," and "066 - Jack The Stripper."

Reverend Jesse West and his family resided in a town called Jacksport for the past thirty years and were well known in town. The Reverend's wife taught bible school to young children at her husband's church while he wowed all the members of the church. The Reverend knew his bible inside and out and always helped anyone in need. Money was pouring in every Sunday and things were really looking good for the West family, but the Reverend West had a dark side nobody knew about not even his wife.

Clay and Elliott Cooper are hired by a movie studio as extra security for an on location shoot. The studio head promised them a $200 bonus if they'd rush a special movie camera back to Hollywood ahead of the equipment trucks. They almost make it back in one piece when they are confronted by The Hell's Angels out in the desert. Clay Cooper has to think fast to talk his way out of this situation. But that's what comes with age...the ability to think on your feet.

Cooper Times Three consists of the following short stories: "085 - Nut Job:" Somebody's breaking neighborhood merchants' windows with a slingshot loaded with nuts. "089 - The Hollister Story:" Back story on L.A.P.D. policeman, Dan Hollister and his son, Dean. "090 - Hell Is Other People:" Gruesome killer is stalking victims in Hollywood. Cooper tries to find him.

Here is A Ten-Pack of Shorts which includes: "Alice Visits a Psychiatrist:" Just back from Wonderland, Alice can’t believe what she saw and needs to tell someone. "Are We There Yet:" If that kid doesn’t stop asking if we’re there yet, I’ll…I’ll…You’ll what? "Automated 911:" Another annoyance of everyday life taken to extremes. "Blood Bath:" There’s blood everywhere in this room, yet no one was killed. How’s that possible?

Sandman built his dubious reputation by turning the dreams and nightmares of others into harsh reality. Now he's pursuing his own twisted dream; the beautiful Maria Milan. But she doesn't want to become a player in Sandman's sordid fantasy. Michael Sykora is a hit man who kills for justice. Sean Riley is a hit man born to kill. Together, they're out to take down Sandman and his organization. Whether mercy is given depends on who catches him first.

So You Are a Leader? Inspiring Leadership Stories and Lessons for Kidz of all Ages is full of lively inspirational leadership stories and lessons for kids of all ages. It has short heart-warming stories each depicting in a rich, practical, and simple way leadership lessons that will enrich and inspire your kids. Stories such as "Danny Makes a Cool Escape", "Leaders Are Brave Regardless of the Obstacles", "Abie and the Beautiful Country", "Leaders Embrace the Unknown", "Mo Fights for His Brother", "Leaders Stick Up for Their People", and much more will fill your child's or children's heart with memories of great heroes.

Matt Cooper's back...somewhat. That is, his son and grandson open the story at Matt's graveside, paying their respects to the legendary detective. It's now 2012 and Matt's been dead for ten years. His son, Clay and grandson, Elliott now run Cooper Investigations and they're hot on a double murder case.

Children like it simple, powerful and compelling, don't they? The "spirit" of this audiobook makes leadership lessons for kids simple and powerful, yet compelling. This "treasure trove" of stories from African Proverbs is filled with compelling leadership lessons for children all over the world. This audiobook is written for children in every nation whose little minds are curious, who love to explore new and different worlds and who love to listen to stories.

"I still remember the day as though it just happened today," said Bill Withers. "I was traveling down Old Hatchet Trail road after midnight when this beautiful woman with golden long blonde hair was standing all alone on the side of the road. It was starting to rain and I just couldn't leave her there in the black of night. I just couldn't, so I stopped my car beside her and rolled down the front passenger window and said 'Please get in out of the rain and I'll take you home.'"

It was 1863 in a town called Cactus Jack and Dr. Henry Corbin who was the town's doctor had grown tired of practicing medicine and was really interested in opening his own wax museum. When Henry brought mannequins to his wax museum and had his grand opening it turned out to be a disaster and Henry was out for revenge. That's when the horror begun for the townspeople.

It was Halloween night and Jimmy was partying with a gang that he was excited about joining called the Demon Nights gang. There was only one thing that would prove he was worthy of being a part of the Demon Nights gang and Darren who was head of the gang would tell him.

Dan Edwards was getting sick and tired of everybody dying around him and having to attend so many funerals. One night, while he was lying in bed watching TV and daydreaming, he said aloud, "I wish there was a place where there were no graves." So he immediately got out of bed, sat down at the computer, and searched for hours. Then just as he was about to give up he got lucky. There was a small island barely on the map that never buried their dead. Dan just had to find out for himself if this was too good to be true, so he got on the next flight the next morning.

Dr. Phillips was an archaeologist that had a hunger for finding the big one, meaning a dig that would put him in history books. But Dr. Phillips wasn't a very patient man and if anyone got in his way of finding something worth celebrating, they were a dead man.

One night, while Dr. Phillips was reading his newspaper and smoking his pipe, he came across an interesting article that said there was a dig deep in the jungles of Africa, but no one has been able to recover the artifacts--only to die trying.

Evil was about to fall upon the Delany estate that Mike and Samantha could have never imagined. The first sign that Johnny had the mark of the beast was June 6. It was the 6th month, 6th day, and Johnny was 6. All the numbers represented 666.

Hell Hill Island was founded in 1863 by Marshall Sam Tucker who didn't believe in a fair trial because of his short fuse. If you back talked the Marshall, he would shoot you in both legs, then drag your wounded body with a rope he held as he rode his horse up to the Gallows to be hung high and when the Marshall was through watching the dead body swing back and forth on the Gallows, he would set their body on fire and light his cigar from the flames off their body.