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John Cheney was a well educated businessman living in Dixon, Illinois. In 1862 he raised an artillery company-Battery F, 1st Illinois Light Artillery-and served as its captain. Battery F fought in the Western Theatre in the Army of the Tennessee (Gens. Grant and Sherman). This volume draws on 318 entries from Cheney's Civil War diary and 100 letters he wrote home to his wife, plus additional documents, photos, and material relating to his lif...

Family histories are most often a collection of loosely connected stories. Such chronicles begin where they begin. They conclude where they conclude. "Oh, Sweet Jesus, Mary Helen!" He knew Mary Helen enjoyed making him uncomfortable. She knew he knew. Page after page, there it was, the core of his psyche filleted for anyone who cared to glimpse.

Twelve-year-old Anika's life is turned upside down when she is forced to leave Edinburgh, Scotland, where she lived at the university with her father, and move in with her grandmother on a country farm. But leaving Edinburgh is not so easy. Mishaps place her alone in a dark alley, where a well-dressed cat named Edward finds her and offers to guide her to safety. Anika is thoroughly seeped in Scottish Literature and is delighted to find that Ed...

Twelve-year-old Anika's life is turned upside down when she is forced to leave Edinburgh, Scotland, where she lived at the university with her father, and move in with her grandmother on a country farm. But leaving Edinburgh is not so easy. Mishaps place her alone in a dark alley, where a well-dressed cat named Edward finds her and offers to guide her to safety. Anika is thoroughly seeped in Scottish Literature and is delighted to find that...

The Book of Revelation is the only book in the New Testament that is almost entirely devoted to prophecy. It was written by the Apostle John to tell us how this current Church Age will end. The Book of Revelation is complex and mysterious, and can only be understood by carefully studying the scriptures with the help of the Holy Spirit. After 40 years of teaching and studying the New Testament Book of Revelation and the Old Testament Book of Da...

Crisis of Discipleship analyzes the causes of the current decline of Christian faith in the West and proposes a response by faith communities that is both Biblical and grounded in historic Christian faith.

Book Special Features · This book presents a clear exposition of the fundamental theory, procedures, and applications of network analysis with emphasis on flow optimization. · This book was written for two key audiences. It can serve as a textbook on theory and applications of network models for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students, especially Master's students and introductory level Ph.D. students in industrial engineering...

The stories you're about to read are based on the goodness of Christian faith.In each setting - whether you are an honest family man trying to earn better for his family, an innocent boy who could always strike up a friendship with any senior (including the town's only bear), or a teen testing the waters with an elder - let faith be your guide.It will see you through each and every time!

Demetri is an ancient and powerful demon. His abilities at delivering souls to his master provides him great favor and privilege. Demetri's choice to indwell a young and vulnerable girl, Cindy Firestone, will bring him face to face with Alex Dante. A mere human mortal with a gift that will challenge and confuse Demetri.When Cindy and Alex's worlds are brought together, the supernatural world will be exposed in the coastal city of Astoria, Oreg...

Readers often expect sonnets be written in the style of William Shakespeare. Don Moore, a devotee of the English poet, chose to write his own poems in that classic manner. With free-wheeling thoughts adhering to the iambic pentameter patterns of the 14 line sonnet, Moore explores many subjects beyond Shakespeare's English Renaissance realm. His interest in Asian legends, American music and life, astronomy, and mythology is penned in admiration...

The twentieth century has witnessed an astonishing number (386 at latest count) reported Apparitions of Our Blessed Mother. The vast majority of these claimed apparitions have yet to be investigated and approved or condemned by the Roman Catholic Church. They normally warn of very dark days ahead and future catastrophes. They appeal for a return to God, with renewed emphasis on prayer, the Rosary, Mass attendance, Penance, Confession, Bible re...

I have often thought how wonderful it would have been if any of my grandparents, not to mention my great grandparents, had jotted down some of their thoughts, experiences and accumulated wisdom on paper for me to read, irrespective of how trivial or mind-blowing they may have been. I could have gleamed a glimpse as to who they were and how they thought, even though they died long before I was born in most cases. I really feel the void of not h...

How liberating would it be to shed all false identities that we or others have placed on ourselves? Claiming our true identity as followers of Jesus begins by believing that Jesus really is in us and we are in him. Trying harder gets us nowhere. Waking up to who we already are allows us to see our full status as sons and daughters of God. We discover our true identity by recognizing that the life of Jesus flows deep within each believer's hear...

Havana, Cuba in 1957 was the original gambling sin city. The haunt of the wealthy and famous offering gambling, sex, and drugs in an exotic Caribbean setting only 90 miles from Florida. Luxury casinos with five-star hotels, fine dining, and elaborate floorshows with scantily clad beautiful women. A corrupt dictatorship inviting investment by the American Mafia fuels Havana's hospitality industry success. Cuban-American Bart Landeira resigns fr...

Almost one hundred forty years after the vicious and unsolved murder of the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of a well-to-do local family, a seasoned prosecutor and detective of the Monroe County Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office team up to solve this coldest of cases. By using the techniques, methods, and insights acquired over the course of their careers they pursue the crime in all its details, recognizing the limitations and failings o...

Almost one hundred forty years after the vicious and unsolved murder of the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of a well-to-do local family, a seasoned prosecutor and detective of the Monroe County Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office team up to solve this coldest of cases. By using the techniques, methods, and insights acquired over the course of their careers they pursue the crime in all its details, recognizing the limitations and failings o...

Where In the World Are You? chronicles the life of Lester McCloud from the time he was a pre-teen through his new life in Canada and his life in the Canadian Air Force during World War II. It also follows his half-sister June's search for the brother she never met. World War II sees McCloud drafted and then trained as a fighter-bomber pilot. He is badly injured when his plane crashes and he is taken prisoner. After he and many others are lib...

Golf and life are captured in this 18 hole synopsis that parallels the similarities of each, from life's beginning, on hole #1, to the end of the round on hole #18. Words of wisdom, humor, and strategy as the author begins his round and tries his best not to bogey too many holes or too many life situations.

Readers often expect sonnets be written in the style of William Shakespeare. Don Moore, a devotee of the English poet, chose to write his own poems in that classic manner. With free-wheeling thoughts adhering to the iambic pentameter patterns of the 14 line sonnet, Moore explores many subjects beyond Shakespeare's English Renaissance realm. His interest in Asian legends, American music and life, astronomy, and mythology is penned in admiration...

Havana, Cuba in 1957 was the original gambling sin city. The haunt of the wealthy and famous offering gambling, sex, and drugs in an exotic Caribbean setting only 90 miles from Florida. Luxury casinos with five-star hotels, fine dining, and elaborate floorshows with scantily clad beautiful women. A corrupt dictatorship inviting investment by the American Mafia fuels Havana's hospitality industry success. Cuban-American Bart Landeira resigns fr...