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Jump into the darkness with America's most decorated military hero, William Broderick Simpson III. With the Great War stalled along the Western front, General Simpson and 500 of his hand picked men will employ a novel and innovative new concept to get behind the German lines and break the stalemate. And...they will be doing this in the darkness of night.

Revolution is in the air in 1787 France. Death comes in many forms, and the list includes famine, disease, and war. Leila Ducharmé is a nineteen-year-old seamstress in the best dress shop in all of Paris. Though her family is wealthy, she works to stay connected to the masses. Leila walks among the trampled working class, giving out money and food to help wherever she can. Leila awaits the arrival of her childhood friend, Damien Bourbon, who i...

Baltic Winds, a nonfiction work, tells a life story of the prominent Soviet defense attorney, her family, friends, and clients. The narrative covers the period from the 1950s through the '90s and reflects lives of the characters on two continents, from Leningrad through Tallinn, Rome, and finally New York. The first part of the book, "Mothers and Children, " presents life in Russia. It provides first-hand observation about people from differen...

This book is an intriguing novel exploring the challenges immigrant families face when the social norms of their new home country threaten their cultural and religious traditions and values. In a world of natural disasters, pandemics, migration, racial conflicts, this book addresses marriage as being at the heart of choices people must make wherever they are. It is written for a culturally diverse and volatile context where colorful flags from...

Written by oncologists and patients, the authors have presented real, inspirational clinical histories specifically for patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Having been told by their doctors that MBC is "treatable but not curable, " many focus on the word incurable. This book describes the clinical courses of thirty-nine woman and one man living with MBC often many years beyond what statistics would predict. These are stories of copin...

I wrote this book so that I could share lessons learned from over forty years of baseball. In my book Coaching Baseball you will enyoy reading about the importance of player accountability and performance in practice as well as games. I try to provide you with a better understanding of the amount of hours it takes for players to develope their baseball skills so they can compete and play at a highier level. Coaching Baseball discusses time tes...

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Richard Keith Turnipseed's DELTA RICH charts a particularly eventful Thanksgiving-through-New Year's stretch in the life of The fabled MacFarlane family of Bayard, Mississippi --an influential family of Delta cotton planters in the mid 1980's. Rich in lyrical passages that bring alive the stark beauty of the Delta's broad cotton fields and cypress-lined bayous during and after the harvest, it also delivers *all* the disappointments, betrayals,...

In 1940, Leo Butlion, a young Jew studying to be a medical doctor in Koblenz, Germany, has his future plans disrupted when Nazi forces destroy his family and their business. His heroic escape and commitment to survive drive him to overcome the greatest test man could ever encounter. Ivy Jacobson, a deformed yet highly talented fashion designer, works in a textile factory in Liege, Belgium That is ransacked by Nazi invaders. She escapes their b...

In November 1989, the Royal Ontario Museum staged a controversial exhibit called "Into The Heart of Africa." This sparked a protest demonstration that proved to be a life changing experience for many. The youth-led outcry for change became a landmark in Ontario's race-relations leading to an upheaval so impactful it altered the course of history for museums worldwide becoming in effect a milestone in the way museums mount and curate exhibits. ...

Le Chateau Montebello circa 1930, during its June opening. (Photo courtesy Muir Publishing.) It is a joy for me to see the 3rd edition of this book launched upon such an auspicious occasion as the 25th anniversary of the American/Canadian Log Builders Association International (www.logassociation.org) and at such an historic site or Mecca for log builders like the Chateau Montebello. It was my privilege to have met Victor Nymark, the master bu...

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Here it is, folks! A collection of bar stool reflections, from an> This book practically guarantees: Intellectual stimulation Popularity with your love interest A discovery of inner beauty> Realize all the benefits I've enjoyed with this mindset. As they say, let the journey begin...

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An ancient civilisation of humans living underground on Mars, with the capability of space travel, have been abducting humans from Earth for thousands of years. The abducted people, over time have built an Earth Colony in a valley, deep within a mountain range. Both races live in harmony until probes from Earth begin landing on Mars. The ancient race fear Earth will endanger their fragile existence. So...they come up with a plan to send Coloni...

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Rucker Basketball Wars is the book basketball fans of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and economic backgrounds have been waiting for. This is not your usual sports folderol book. It is a dialogue with the reader that allows him to make up his own mind about what he thinks, according to the reader's own personal code of conduct. After reading this book the reader may realize that Phillip Rucker writes like people talk around the dinner table at h...

This book is the consolidation of family research carried out over some fifty years. It concentrates on the family name Barrow brought to the island of Barbados in the 17th century. Six separate Barrow families are identified. Early members of five of these families established roots and contributed to the growth and economic viability of the island. However as time advanced, most of the members of these five families departed Barbados for mor...

This photographic book documents a delightful collection of handmade miniature vehicles, boats and planes made from discarded and recycled material in Africa and purchased in at least 20 different countries between 1985 and 2003. They range from rudimentary to amazingly sophisticated. The collection has educational, cultural and environmental aspects, and the pieces showcase the imagination and ingenuity of African children and craftsmen. Auth...