R Smith: 66 books

The dragons have mysteriously vanished from the lands of Valadae––except one. With no memory of his past, or what happened to his kin, Laeka’Draeon begins the daunting quest for answers, well aware the stakes are more than personal. If the dragons fail to return and restore the waning magic...

Mitchel Becker ventures in Versailles, France days before the Nazi occupation, confident he can get out before the Nazis invade. It isn't the first time he's been wrong. Then he meets Kirsche. He doesn't realize she is a trained Gestapo assassin.  Enter Burns of Army Intelligence who coaxes...

What Follows is an eclectic selection of ten short stories of various genres; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Whimsy, and Literary fiction, featuring "The Quatro**:** four short stories from the village of Dos Cruces, east of Chihuahua, in the Sierra Madre." 

Laeka’Draeon is the last dragon in Valadae. The key to finding his missing kin lies in the prophecy obtained through the centaur prophet, Belzor Ven’Ho. To interpret its hidden meanings, Laeka’Draeon and his companions must journey to heart of the Raegelian forest, wherein resides the legendary...

Laeka’Draeon and his companions have awakened the first of the Beacon Throne guardians. But only with the power of all four guardians can he hope to stop Valadae’s imminent destruction and fulfil his calling as the last of the dragons. His journey takes him west, into a kingdom rife with conflict...

All Alex has to do is think of something, and it happens. It's easy to bring an object or an event into his life. He tries to keep it a secret from his friends. He just wants to be ordinary like anyone else. But things get complicated. When his live-in girlfriend leaves him, he accidentally...

Willard wants to write a novel, but he doesn't have any ideas, until he meets Robert on the strand at Venice Beach. Robert offers Willard a story, a story about which he swears every word is true, but there are some complications that come with it.  Robert appears to be harmless enough, but...

The first two Beacon Throne guardians have been awakened. The third lies far away to the east, beckoning Laeka’Draeon and his companions onward in their race to stop a second Manna Eruption from destroying Valadae. But with every achieved triumph the danger grows, not only from the enemies of the...

Descriptions and legal citations for 700 state and federal laws protecting personal information or limiting surveillance of individuals, grouped by categories and states. Includes financial, credit, medical, school, government, insurance, employment, and arrest records, plus wiretapping, Social Security numbers, tracking technologies and telephone services.

This engaging book explores the hidden niches of American history to discover the tug between Americans' yearning for privacy and their insatiable curiosity. It includes histories of wiretapping, credit reporting, sexual practices, Social Security numbers and ID cards, modern principles of privacy...