Dean Reding: 8 books

After returning to Rio de Janeiro from Brasilia a young woman working for a major oil company does not make it to her hotel in Ipanema. The company CEO calls in his best security investigator to travel to Brazil, find her, and discover who planned and executed the kidnapping. He soon discovers there...

This is a group of limericks based upon Cities in Texas from Abilene to Yorktown. Some are fun, others serious, and some are just plain silly. If you like limericks, you'll enjoy reading about some of the most famous cities and some obscure hamlets throughout the Lone Star State.

From working in the summer on sports fields to watching games at the stadium or court, these poems deal with the gift and frustration of sport. From baseball, football, basketball, golf, and other life sports comes a perspective of a novice trying to play games where only few excel. Frustrations, talent, hope, despair shines through and maybe some humor as well.

Did you wonder why the Mars Rover did not work for a while. Find the answer here.What did they throw off of the Tallahatchie Bridge? Find out here.What was high school like in the early sixties?A host of other poems about life and everything encountered from ants to whales.

The Storyteller New and Revised looks at the parables of Jesus as told in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Comparing the stories in each gospel we may be able to conclude why the writers of the gospels chose to tell the identical story. Is there a diverse meaning for each one, or do they all communicate the...

A teacher asked me to write a poem regarding my favorite color.My granddad used to take me to the courthouse square in Denton, Texas. I wrote a poem about what happened to the square. It is applicable to any town that once had a central square.Do you every wonder if God is concerned...

These poems are about life as it was in the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote them from the time he was in high school through the early years of his working life. They give insight into what life was like before and during the depression.

These poems are meant to give one a sense of peach, inspiration, and provoke thought. They range from feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, Christmas, sincerely, God and his mercy, true meaning of worship. They are meant to make you think, experience thankfulness, and inspire to to be more like Christ.