The Power of Legacy, Personal Heroes of America's Most Inspiring People - By Randy L. Sutton

Prepare yourself for a journey, because you’re about to meet some of our nation’s most successful people–and those who made them who they are. What defines a successful life? Legacy–what we leave behind; what we pass on to others. There are Heroes Among Us Who Have Become an Inspiration to Us All.

Meet Bonnie Carroll, the real-life inspiration behind the film The Big Miracle who, after losing her husband in a military air crash, created an organization that has helped thousands of veterans’ families traumatized by death and injury.

Meet Kevin Saunders who, against all odds, survived one of the most devastating industrial explosions in American history. Catastrophically injured, he fought his way back, becoming a world-recognized para-Olympic athlete and motivational speaker.

See how Father Joe Carroll, the Catholic Priest, dramatically improved the lives of countless homeless men, women, and children by creating the nation’s most innovative facilities to rehabilitate, educate, and restore the lives of those in need.

Get to know Jacquelyn Mitchard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 books and films, who has also touched lives by creating a safe and creative environment for abused women.

Learn about Sandy Heverly, whose entire family was killed and injured by a drunk driver punished only with a $100 fine, and read of her tireless crusade that changed the laws and the lives of thousands of victims.

READ INCREDIBLE STORIES OF COMPASSION, CHARITY, SHARING, LEADERSHIP, JUSTICE AND COURAGE TOLD BY SOME OF AMERICA’S MOST INSPIRING MEN AND WOMEN. THIS IS THE POWER OF LEGACY.

True Blue, To Protect & Serve - By LT. Randy L. Sutton

Lieutenant Randy Sutton’s fascinating collection of stories and memories, solicited from law enforcement officers across the country, offers a broad and insightful look at the many facets of police life: courage, exhilaration, frustration, loss, and even humor, from the everyday to the career-defining moments on the job. Told by the cops that lived them, these stories show what it truly means to protect and serve.Readers will come to recognize the faces behind the badge, as they witness officers charge into the unknown on The Beat, honor and mourn friends in The Fallen, hear the War Stories spread in police locker rooms and bars, discover the unbreakable line between civilian and cop in the Line of Duty, and feel the blood-boiling adrenaline during those life-altering moments when a cop must use Deadly Force. TRUE BLUE: To Protect and Serve is a funny, exciting, haunting compilation of true stories written by active and retired police officers, most of whom have never written before, alongside published officers from all over the United States.

A portion of the royalties for this book will be donated to The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

A Cops Life - By SGT. Randy L. Sutton

After September 11, 2001 Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers-his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers a broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. Hundreds of active and former officers responded from all over the United States: men and women from big cities and small towns, some who had written professionally, but most for the first time. Sutton culled the selections into five categories: The Beat, Line of Duty, War Stories, Officer Down, and Ground Zero.The result is True Blue, a collection of funny, charming, exciting, haunting stories about murder investigations, missing children, bungling burglars, car chases, lonely and desperate shut-ins, routine traffic stops, officers killed in the line of duty, and the life-changing events of September 11. Here, officers reveal their emotions-fear and pride, joy and disgust, shame and love-as they recount the defining moments of their careers. In these stories, the heart and soul behind the badge shines through in unexpected ways. True Blue will change the way we think about the deeply human realm of police service..

True Blue, Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them - By SGT. Randy L. Sutton

Veteran Las Vegas police sergeant Sutton, who edited the acclaimed True Blue, brilliantly evokes the tormented inner life of the average cop with 20 short but powerful autobiographical sketches. With a novelist’s skill, Sutton makes fresh situations that could, in lesser hands, come across as hoary clich s. The broken lives Sutton encounters-the suicides, gangbangers, the mentally ill, the burnt-out officers tempted to eat their guns and the innocents in the wrong place at the wrong time-come vividly to life. The memorable figures include a boy who attempts to protect the grandmother who cares for him from violent punks, and a young girl whose trust in the cynical Sutton helps him gain perspective on his job.

The author doesn’t minimize the temptation to respond with force that is often the officer’s instinctive response to mindless cruelty, and unflinchingly portrays the stresses that plague him when his best efforts to protect or save lives fell short- stresses that led him to consider ending his life. Some may find the closing section, a fictional Christmas parable, slightly sappy, but that doesn’t diminish Sutton’s achievement in enabling the reader to pound the pavement in his shoes. (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.