Michael Calpino

Captain Giovanni Bartolli and his pirate crew sail to the New World after stealing the HMS Tyger. Seeking fortune and revenge, Giovanni finds himself in a quandary when they take a ship loaded with slaves. After suffering involuntary servitude as a result of the press, he is loathe to condemn any man to slavery. But how can he guarantee the freedom of these men and women and still provide the gold his crew desires? A delicate balancing act ensues that will try friendships, test loyalties and put his two fold mission of love and revenge at risk as the threat of mutiny looms large. Along the way new bonds will be formed, old ones broken as he begins to navigate among the men and waters that make the Golden Age of Piracy such an intriguing era.

Liberty is more than a political concept. It is the essence of a man's life, it encompasses his work and relationships, it enables him to fulfill his purpose and gives his life meaning. This work is not a dry textbook but a conversation between John Smith, an average man frustrated, oppressed and flailing about in his life, and Hashticharot. Each chapter focuses on one area of life and how John interprets it and puts it into practice. He learns about relationships, family, work, law, religion and government, to name a few. Liberty is a simple concept but it is hard to put into practice. I intend to enlighten and challenge you to learn to live the way men and women were meant to live. In a world of growing oppression and confusion, conflict and lies, understanding liberty will give clarity and hope. It is men and women who understand and live liberty who will save us all.

When Yahushua (Jesus) arrived on the scene in the early first century and began preaching, he did so as a Jew in a Jewish context. His talmidim (disciples) we all Jews who practiced Judaism as it was understood in the second temple period. So how did what was simply another sect of Judaism become Christianity? What were the historical and theological changes that resulted in an anti-Semetic religion claiming a Jewish Messiah? This work, drawing on a variety of historical sources, traces the history of the Natzrim (the followers of the Nazarene) from "Pentecost" to Constantine. It explains the historical reasons for the abandonment of Judaism and the theological justifications developed to support it. In addition, it explains the role of Jew and Gentile in the early community and what they could or should be. The consequences of these changes were, and are, catastrophic for both Jew and Gentile. By understanding them, we can rebuild what Yahushua intended for his people.

A Philosophical and Practical Guide for the next American Revolution

An Inception of Piracy is the story of Giovanni Bartolli, the son of a wealthy Genoan merchant, who finds himself pressed into the English navy. The story follows his misadventures through the abuse heaped upon him by sadistic superiors, shipwrecks, naval battles, a wrongful imprisonment and eventually, his emergence as a pirate during the "Golden Age" of piracy. It is also the story of how a man responds to injustice, how chivalrous actions can still be made amid the most horrific circumstances, how the loss of everything a man holds dear affects him and the how every man strives to take control of his own destiny. An Inception of Piracy is an historically accurate novel of high seas adventure with a plot that will keep you guessing and characters you will come to love.

An Inception of Piracy is the story of Giovanni Bartolli, the son of a wealthy Genoan merchant, who finds himself pressed into the English navy. The story follows his misadventures through the abuse heaped upon him by sadistic superiors, shipwrecks, naval battles, a wrongful imprisonment and eventually, his emergence as a pirate during the "Golden Age" of piracy. It is also the story of how a man responds to injustice, how chivalrous actions can still be made amid the most horrific circumstances, how the loss of everything a man holds dear affects him and the how every man strives to take control of his own destiny. An Inception of Piracy is an historically accurate novel of high seas adventure with a plot that will keep you guessing and characters you will come to love.

America faces grave challenges in this second decade of the twenty-first century. Debt and deficits, moral degradation, terrorism, corruption, and unemployment, to name a few. The one thing all these problems have in common is that they were caused by government, made worse by more government and they will not be solved until we, as Americans, accept the fact that government is the problem and not the solution. If we are going to solve our problems and make it through this difficult time in our history, we must embrace the pure liberty of our heritage, the freedom for all promised in our founding documents. It is this generation over the next decade that will decide the future for our posterity and the fate of freedom in the world. Whether they curse us in the darkness or admire us for lifting the light of liberty once again is up to us.

This work explores the history of the early church and its implications for those who seek to recapture the true nature of the early church. It details the development of the false religion of Babylon and how it has infiltrated the church. It seeks to lay out the relationship between faith and works, law and grace, the definition of sanctification and what a community of believers should look like today.