Lynn Vincent

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GRIPPINGTHIS YARN HAS IT ALL. USA TODAY * A WONDERFUL BOOK. The Christian Science Monitor * ENTHRALLING. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * A MUST-READ. Booklist (starred review)A human drama unlike any otherthe riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, nearly nine hundred men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive.For the first time Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own in a wonderful bookthat features grievous mistakes, extraordinary courage, unimaginable horror, and a cover-upas complete an account of this tragic tale as we are likely to have (TheChristian Science Monitor). It begins in 1932, when Indianapolis is christened and continues through World War II, when the ship embarks on her final world-changing mission: delivering the core of the atomic bomb to the Pacific for the strike on Hiroshima.Simply outstandingIndianapolis is a must-reada tour de force of true human drama (Booklist, starred review) that goes beyond the mens rescue to chronicle the survivors fifty-year fight for justice on behalf of their skipper, Captain Charles McVay III, who is wrongly court-martialed for the sinking. EnthrallingA gripping study of the greatest sea disaster in the history of the US Navy and its aftermath (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Indianapolis stands as both groundbreaking naval history and spellbinding narrativeand brings the ship and her heroic crew back to full, vivid, unforgettable life. Vincent and Vladic have delivered an account that stands out through its crisp writing and superb researchIndianapolis is sure to hold its own for a long time (USA TODAY).

The Blood of Lambs reveals the true inside story of the making and mind-set of a Muslim terrorist. Though his ties with terrorism were severed more than twenty years ago, it was not until 9/11, when radical Muslims rained terror on American shores, that Kamal Saleem stepped out of the shadows and revealed his true identity. Today, he is a different kind of warrior. He now stands on the wall and shouts to America, "Open your eyes and fight the danger that lives among you." As the terrible fruit of Kamals early life in jihad screams from todays headlines, he courageously puts his life on the line to defend America, the country he now calls home.

Colton Burpo tenía cuatro años cuando fue operado de urgencias de apendicitis. Meses más tarde, comenzó a hablar de aquellas breves horas en que se encontró entre la vida y la muerte. En 2003, durante un viaje familiar, Colton empezo a explicar que unos angeles lo habian visitado en el quirofano. Todd no podia dar credito a lo que oia, pero lo animo a seguir. El pequeño afirmo entonces que mientras lo operaban vio a sus padres aguardando desconsolados en la sala de espera. Esto no era mas que el principio. Durante los años siguientes les fue dando detalles de su breve estancia en el cielo y de las personas que alli conocio, como su bisabuelo Pop, muerto desde hacia mas de treinta años, o su hermana,a la que su madre perdio en el segundo mes de embarazo. En la actualidad Colton tiene once años, pero todavia recuerda aquel cielo en el que abundan los colores, las personas y los animales. Su historia nos ofrece un mensaje esperanzador que ha conmovido a millones de lectores en todo el mundo.