Books with author Joseph C. Davis

The Dragon Kingdom has been overrun by shadowy monsters! In their desperation, the dragons send for the only hero brave and clever enough to help them: a young boy named Edgar. Armed with nothing but a couple of tennis balls, the odd vegetable, and a few tricks that he learned in Sunday School, Edgar sets off on a perilous quest to help his scaly friends. But the dark invaders grow more powerful by the minute. Can Edgar and his friends defeat an enemy that no weapon can touch?

Anger that is kept bottled up can affect your feelings and perception to various life challenges and realities. You may begin to feel unhappy and lose interest in things you used to take pleasure in, such as hobbies, school and, friends. Generally, negative emotions decrease our ability to reason. This happens because the brain is more focused on the emotional state of sadness or anger that is being felt instead of concentrating on making decisions or finding creative solutions.During the angry moment, you may do or say something you know is not right, things you know you will later regret. Amidst the tempest, you feel driven on and your inner man keeps telling you it is wrong, but you cannot just stop. Before you realize, the deed is done, you have hurt somebody you cherish, pushed them away, you need to fix the past, but you cannot.By making the effort to keep your anger in check, you and the people close to you will be happier in the long run. When expressing anger assertively, in a non-aggressive but constructive way, you are affirming your needs without hurting your family and friends. Learning to manage your anger will help you to reduce both your emotional feelings and the psychological arousal that anger causes.Here Is a Preview of What you’ll learn in this book...• What Causes Anger• Effects of Mismanaged Anger• How to Express Anger Positively• How to Control Anger• How to Deal With Angry People• How to Manage Relationship among Peers• Developing Emotional Intelligence• Honing Your Social Skills

Frank Boston, retired Air Force Pararescueman, experienced two separate incidents involving three back-to-back deaths early in his Air Force career. He concluded after the second incident that he has a strange power he calls nose-smell, a sort of mystic instinct of seeing who will die in a group of related deaths. He goes years without using his ability until a small girl drowns in a pond on the nearby Air Force Base. He knows two more water related deaths will soon follow. Frank’s mission: to identify the two future victims and prevent their death in the near future.

Sixteen-year-old Delaney Delgado knows miracles aren’t real—if they were, her kid sister wouldn’t be dead. So when the image of baby Jesus appears on a Babybel cheese wheel, she’s not buying the idea that God’s got a dairy obsession. Soon, religious signs begin turning up all over Del’s hometown, tiny Clemency, Texas. Overnight, news vans fill the streets and religious pilgrims start searching for God in the discount aisle of the grocery store.Hell-bent on proving the so-called miracles are fake, Del convinces her best friend, Gabe, to help her find the truth. While Gabe’s willing to play detective, as a preacher’s son he’s more interested in finding evidence that supports the miracles. But when the whole town becomes caught up in religious fervor and even the late-night talk show hosts have stopped laughing and started to believe, finding the truth might cause more trouble than Del can handle. This novel is neither pro nor anti-religion, and will appeal to fans of contemporary YA novels that explore deep themes with an element of humor. The voice and characters are funny, strong, and full of heart. This is a book for anyone who loved Saved!

“They clawed, they screamed, and they tore at the house all night.”Death stalks the colony. Nothing living outside in the dark hours can survive. A valuable new metal, Liptrite, is mined and processed during the day. A young boy, his family, and a friendly native Gotoomp uncover a secret that might pull the entire colony apart. Together with a beautiful young swamp woman of mystery and a foundry owner who is not easily intimidated, this unlikely team must solve the mysteries within the colony and restore order.

Picture Perfect!Pictures of Proverbs makes the writings of the wisest man on earth memorable through depictions that children love. Beautiful, engaging and filled with humor, the images encourage babies and young children to learn the wisdom of God through looking, listening, and reading along with you.Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Listen, my child to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. Proverbs 1:7-8

Four stories that leave readers feeling inspired and grateful for the opportunities life has given them: “The Man with One Leg,” set in Australia, is in equal parts horrific and comical—an all inspiring story of what it means to fight for life, survive, and live life to the fullest. “Bad Day for a Camel” is based on an actual event David Joseph encountered while crew resting in Egypt—two Japanese tourist trapped on a camel. “Swim up the Niagara” is David Joseph’s first-ever autobiographic account of how his mother inspired courage into him as a young boy by her words ‘Swim up the Niagara.’ In “Robins in Alaska”, Air Force veteran flyer David Joseph, a present day Jack London, fictionalizes four tragic events that occurred while he was in the Air Force.

Sixteen-year-old Delaney Delgado knows miracles aren’t real—if they were, her kid sister wouldn’t be dead. So when the image of baby Jesus appears on a Babybel cheese wheel, she’s not buying the idea that God’s got a dairy obsession. Soon, religious signs begin turning up all over Del’s hometown, tiny Clemency, Texas. Overnight, news vans fill the streets and religious pilgrims start searching for God in the discount aisle of the grocery store.Hell-bent on proving the so-called miracles are fake, Del convinces her best friend, Gabe, to help her find the truth. While Gabe’s willing to play detective, as a preacher’s son he’s more interested in finding evidence that supports the miracles. But when the whole town becomes caught up in religious fervor and even the late-night talk show hosts have stopped laughing and started to believe, finding the truth might cause more trouble than Del can handle. This novel is neither pro nor anti-religion, and will appeal to fans of contemporary YA novels that explore deep themes with an element of humor. The voice and characters are funny, strong, and full of heart. This is a book for anyone who loved Saved!

Picture Perfect!Pictures of Proverbs makes the writings of the wisest man on earth memorable through depictions that children love. Beautiful, engaging and filled with humor, the images encourage babies and young children to learn the wisdom of God through looking, listening, and reading along with you.Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Listen, my child to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. Proverbs 1:7-8

Anger that is kept bottled up can affect your feelings and perception to various life challenges and realities. You may begin to feel unhappy and lose interest in things you used to take pleasure in, such as hobbies, school and, friends. Generally, negative emotions decrease our ability to reason. This happens because the brain is more focused on the emotional state of sadness or anger that is being felt instead of concentrating on making decisions or finding creative solutions.During the angry moment, you may do or say something you know is not right, things you know you will later regret. Amidst the tempest, you feel driven on and your inner man keeps telling you it is wrong, but you cannot just stop. Before you realize, the deed is done, you have hurt somebody you cherish, pushed them away, you need to fix the past, but you cannot.By making the effort to keep your anger in check, you and the people close to you will be happier in the long run. When expressing anger assertively, in a non-aggressive but constructive way, you are affirming your needs without hurting your family and friends. Learning to manage your anger will help you to reduce both your emotional feelings and the psychological arousal that anger causes.Here Is a Preview of What you’ll learn in this book...• What Causes Anger• Effects of Mismanaged Anger• How to Express Anger Positively• How to Control Anger• How to Deal With Angry People• How to Manage Relationship among Peers• Developing Emotional Intelligence• Honing Your Social Skills

Colonization and exploration on a distant planet, Lumpo, has yielded a valuable new metal, Liptrite. Lightweight, shiny, and extremely strong, this new metal has brought both foundry mechanization and danger to the colony, as well as prosperity to the home world of Poppo. Death stalks the colony in the night. Nothing living outside in the dark hours can survive. Googles are everywhere. But where did they come from? What do they look like? No living being has encountered a Google and survived. They even eat each other when no prey can be found. Not even the native Gotoomps can recall the exact date that Googles were first reported. However, the arrival of the colonists seemed to predate the arrival of the uninvited killers. A young boy, Jo Hunnimuff, his family, and a friendly native Gotoomp uncover a secret that might pull the entire colony apart. Something has been buried in a remote area of the planet called the Nume Nock Area. It is policy in the colony to log any object that has been buried for tracing and protective purposes. However, no record exists for anything in the Nume Nocks. It is a remote and highly dangerous environment plagued with crystals and sharp sand spikes. Together, Jo and his Gotoomp friend Carddgo dig up the mysterious object. On the edge of the colony lies a swamp region with a mysterious stalk tower growing from its center. Swamp Grells and other creatures protect this area. Within the tower, live a young woman, Creeta, and a mysterious shrouded figure. These two practice the art of horticulture and have established a trade with the colony. No one has ever entered or been invited into the swamp tower. It is accepted by all as an off limits area. All except for one aggressive individual, Slernet Burtlebunker, who is adamant that she will build a tract of new colony homes in the swamp area while displacing Creeta. A fatal accident has occurred in Mine Number 3 while extracting the precious Liptrite ore