George Nolly served as a pilot in the United States Air Force, flying 315 combat missions on two successive tours of duty in Vietnam, winning 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 24 Air Medals, flying O-2A and F-4 aircraft. In 1983, George received Tactical Air Command Instructor of the Year Award for his service as an instructor in the Air Force Forward Air Controller course.
Following his Air Force duty, he hired on with United Airlines and rose to the position of B-777 Check Captain. He also served as a Federal Flight Deck Officer. Following his retirement from United, George accepted a position as a B-777 Captain with Jet airways, operating throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Phil Orbane author of - Tortured Cardboard. The term “tortured cardboard” sums up what happens to cardboard when making a board game (bound, cut, folded, punched). And, as you’ll learn, great board games often reflect whatever “tortures” culture. Each gained immortality after a chaotic beginning and a chance survival. Why? Because—be it chess, backgammon, Clue®, Monopoly®, Scrabble®, Settlers of Catan®, or one of ten others featured in this book—each is replete with “lessons” applicable to achievement in your life.

As the twenty-first century gathers momentum, our love affair with board games continues to strengthen. They involve us, they refine social skills, and they teach great lessons applicable in real life.

“Tortuous” is the journey of every great board game, from birth in chaotic times, through survival by mere chance, to raging popularity and eventual immortality. Tortured Cardboard reveals how the great ones came to endure and—all fun aside—how each teaches us something about our own behavior while providing “rules” that can work in your life.

David S. Brody is an author who writes stories about the pre-Columbia days of America and the exploration of the land from that time. Brody has expressed a strong interest in the secret history of North America and also in the belief that America was explored and traveled through well before the days of Columbus.
Much of Brody’s work has been highlighted in his Templars of America series. These are stories that have been heralded as unique works that are especially for fans of Dan Brown and others who write in the field of historical fiction.
Brody is a former attorney who graduated from Tufts University and Georgetown Law School. He has studied pre-Columbian exploration for years and has served as a director of the New England Antiquities Research Association. http://davidbrodybooks.com/wordpress/

The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today.


He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future. https://behindtheblack.com/

Major David Toon (retired)
Retired Army Aviation Officer, Helicopter Pilot: OH-58 Scout, UH-1 Huey, AH-64 Apache, Combat Veteran: Operation Iraqi-Freedom II,
Contractor: Irag/Afghanistan [masked]), BS degree in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ 2015), Staff Sergeant - Electronic Warfare Intercept Systems Tactical Repairer (Military Intelligence-33S), Aerostat Flight Technician-M22 [masked]).
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Rachel Lance is an author and Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University, where she conducts research out of their Hyperbaric Medicine facility. She enjoys scientific non-fiction, and is passionate about writing because it lets her share with the world her love of finding the answers to complex riddles. https://rachellancewrites.com/