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Caught Between the Impossible and the Forbidden As his world erupts in open warfare, Robert Harris' Quaker faith guides him away from the use of violence for any purpose, even if the war could cost him the freedom to practice that faith. Finding a balancing point between this existential threat and the commands of his inner light, while struggling against the chance effects of war, Robert must also face the challenge of an implacable foe, det...

Vermont: 1776The Biggest Heroes are Sometimes UnsungCaleb's father is serving with Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys as the long-anticipated open war against the British rages up and down the length of Lake Champlain. Between his duties on the family farm and constant worry about his father's safety, the young man's attentions are already fully occupied when a fateful encounter with an unlikely neighbor changes everything. Pulled into new intr...

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Virginia, 1781: The Revolution Followed Him Home!Maimed in battle, Nathaniel Wooster returns home to recuperate and to try to rebuild his life. His mother's cottage in the quiet port community of York-Town seems like a good place to find some peace and quiet, and he is slowly finding his way in a life forever changed. But then the British arrive in force, and he has to draw on everything within him just to keep himself and those he cares about...

Planting the Tree of LibertyAbe is haunted by the sudden loss of both of his parents. Left to manage a New-Hampshire land grant and its troublesome Royal Navy mast trees, with only his eccentric aunt to guide him, he finds comfort in a new friendship with Betty, a decidedly odd neighbor. Defying the Royal Governor's crackdowns and his aunt's commands, Abe makes choices that put him on a collision course with both. With rebellion in the air, Ab...

What Does Liberty Mean for a Freedman? Calabar was brought from Africa to North-Carolina as a boy and sold on the docks as chattel property to a plantation owner. On the plantation, he learned the intricacies of indigo production, fell in love, and started a family.Abruptly released from bondage, he must find his way in a society that has no place for him, but which is itself struggling with the threat of British domination. Reeling from perso...

What is Freedom Worth, If it Cannot be Shared?Yves de Bourganes just wanted to make some money to support his widowed mother as she tried to keep the family farm afloat. He wouldn't have minded some adventure, too. He didn't expect to be sent to fight in a war between France's constant nemesis Great Britain and her boisterous American colonies across the treacherous sea. When he arrives, he meets Amalie, a slave girl with a difficult past, and...

They Should Have Been Enemies, But They Became BrothersJoseph Killeen was sent to eliminate the threat of savage enemies in the forests of New-York, but when he meets Ginawo and his peaceful village of Skarure, he realizes that nothing is as simple as he was told. The Haudenosaunee Confederation is being torn asunder by the American Revolution, forced to choose sides in a fight that's not their own. Can Joseph and Ginawo bridge the divide betw...

A Forgotten Document and a Fateful ChoiceA hardworking tobacco farmer in the Carolina Uplands, Justin Harris wants only to provide for his family. The outbreak of revolution turns his life upside down, and he cannot anticipate how even his seemingly most inconsequential actions will touch the lives of generations yet to come. Through crushing setbacks and hard-won victories, Justin's perseverance serves as a gift to his descendants.The Declara...

Caught Between the Impossible and the ForbiddenAs his world erupts in open warfare, Robert Harris' Quaker faith guides him away from the use of violence for any purpose, even if the war could lead to the loss of his freedom to practice that faith. Finding a balancing point between this existential threat and the commands of his inner light, while struggling against the chance effects of war, Robert must also face the challenge of an implacable...

The Biggest Heroes are Sometimes UnsungCaleb's father is serving with Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys as the long-anticipated open war against the British rages up and down the length of Lake Champlain. Between his duties on the family farm and constant worry about his father's safety, the young man's attentions are already fully occupied when a fateful encounter with an unlikely neighbor changes everything. Pulled into new intrigues and new...

The Next Big Thing in Cooking Small! Perfect to cook a dish for one person, the mini baker can go from refrigerator to microwave to oven to dishwasher, and you can just as easily use it to make a slow-cooked soup as a quick and easy cake. Each recipe in this book is sized for one serving--so you can make a dish for one, or make something to interest the palates of everyone at the table.

How can the Internet change the way you do business? Learn how you can take advantage of the information revolution to get access to new markets, improve your purchasing, recruit better employees, and more. From getting connected, to managing your e-mail inbox, to using e-commerce systems, this book will guide you through the promise - and the complexity - of the Internet's impact on your small business. The tools you'll add to your arsenal ar...

Even Stories We Think We Know Have Two SidesSusannah Mills is an ordinary young woman of the Massachusetts-Bay Colony, more interested in skipping her school lessons than in the the growing rebellion against King George. But when the rebellion hits home, everything changes. Her quiet life is shattered, and she has to flee to Nova-Scotia with her father.They find what feels like a safe haven in Nova-Scotia, and she is just settling back into so...

The American Revolution Reaches the Gulf Coast Gabriel is a simple sailor, doing the bidding of his Captain and King, when he is swept up in a storm that changes his life in ways that he could never have anticipated. Carlotta yearns for her lost home, and is searching for her lost husband, but both remain elusive in a world that has been turned upside-down by forces far outside of her control. When the storm that is Governor Bernardo de Gálvez...

Though Dark Days May Come... The darkness descending over coastal Maine leaves George no choice but to leave childhood behind for good. Despite living in the shadow of America's worst naval defeat in the ongoing Revolution, George's life is pretty simple, if dull. A beautiful girl and a deadly conspiracy against the British occupation change all of that nearly overnight. In the blink of an eye, he's in up to his neck. Tenderness and terror ali...