The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is the riveting history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, its missions, and its impending demise. It also examines the plans and early development of the space agency’s next major effort: the Orion Crew Exploration Capsule. Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert," chronicles the planning stages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut it down. As a rookie reporter visiting the Kennedy Space Center hangar to view the Challenger wreckage, Duggins was in a unique position to offer a poignant eyewitness account of NASA's first shuttle disaster. In Final Countdown, he recounts the agency's struggle to rebound after the Challenger and Columbia tragedies, and explores how politics, scientific entrepreneurship, and the human drive for exploration have impacted the program in sometimes unexpected ways. Duggins has covered eighty-six shuttle missions, and his twenty-year working relationship with NASA has given him unprecedented access to personnel. Many spoke openly and frankly with him, including veteran astronaut John Young, who discusses the travails to get the shuttle program off the ground. Young's crewmate, astronaut Bob Crippen, reveals the frustration and loss he felt when his first opportunity to go into space on the first planned space station was taken away. As the shuttle program winds down, more astronauts may face similar disappointments. Final Countdown is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space.

The Rough Diamonds are a close knit team. Kev McGovern, their captain, makes sure they work hard and play hard. Kev has lived total football and worked the Rough Diamonds to the top - but will the ghosts from his past come back to haunt him, ruining all their chances and snatching victory from them?

The final countdown to the Kingdom of God has begun. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is here. The end times that signify the end of this evil world have arrived. The Revelation of Christ will be within a few short years based on the prophecy in the Holy Bible. Please read this book and learn for yourself the twelve Super Signs that must occur before the Messiah is revealed to the world. We are living in the times of the man of 666, the Mark of the Beast and Armageddon. Jerusalem is surrounded by her enemies and the nations of the world are conspiring against Israel. Here in America biblical prophecy is being fulfilled. Already five of the twelve super signs have been fulfilled! The Countdown to the Kingdom is escalating as prophecy is in our news daily. Jesus warned us to not be deceived, yet false doctrines abound. Christians are to be watching, preparing and to know the prophecy as it occurs. Christianity is about to shine as our Christ arrives at the Second Coming. Praise God.

Time is running out. Three people hold the clues to where a dirty bomb is located, but they are being systematically killed. After their escape from Beirut, Lebanon, Jared and Fatemah Russell return to America and are caught between radical Muslims and their own safety. Joined by Habib Hanif and Anita Bashera, Jared and his friends meet three strangers who give them a cryptic message, but they too are being hunted. Anita’s brothers, Amil and Rajeed, have set things in motion and without divine intervention … thousands will die. Anita’s cousin, Kaleel Bashera, a CIA agent, has been given presidential authority to hunt down and kill Anita’s brothers, but there’s a problem … only Anita can identify Rajeed. Is she willing to kill her own brother? Tensions rise, tempers flare as the clock ticks. Can they solve the mystery before America experiences another September 11th ? Author Bryan M. Powell has done extensive research for this fictional, but true to life story. What if the events in this story were true? It’s only a matter of time.

Because God loves us, He has given us many warning signs to show us that the 7-year Tribulation is near and that the return of Jesus Christ is rapidly approaching. Therefore, The Final Countdown takes a look at 10 signs given by God to lovingly wake us up so we'd give our lives to Him before it's too late. These signs are the Jewish People, Modern Technology, Worldwide Upheaval, The Rise of Falsehood, The Rise of Wickedness, The Rise of Apostasy, One World Religion, One World Government, One World Economy, and The Mark of the Beast. Like it or not, we are headed for The Final Countdown. Please, if you've haven't already done so, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late!

Because God loves us, He has given us many warning signs to show us that the 7-year Tribulation is near and that the return of Jesus Christ is rapidly approaching. Therefore, The Final Countdown takes a look at 10 signs given by God to lovingly wake us up so we'd give our lives to Him before it's too late. These signs are the Jewish People, Modern Technology, Worldwide Upheaval, The Rise of Falsehood, The Rise of Wickedness, The Rise of Apostasy, One World Religion, One World Government, One World Economy, and The Mark of the Beast. Like it or not, we are headed for The Final Countdown. Please, if you've haven't already done so, give your life to Jesus today, because tomorrow may be too late!