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History is personal, but never more so than in this volume of letters. Life flows through the river of time on a tide of words. The heartfelt words from forgotten patriots, both men and women, that are preserved on these pages were written just before the

This work documents the Wilson, Mason, Seawell, Goodrich and Boush families in Colonial Virginia from their arrival in the 1600's until the Revolutionary War era. They immigrated to the Norfolk/Elizabeth City areas. Some later moved up the James River and

Long before a lady calling herself Heloise decided to launch books, newspaper, and magazine columns devoted to household hints, an enterprising newspaper person, calling him or herself "Mrs. Joe, " asked readers to submit their household hints to the newsp

This volume contains data gleaned from Kerr County, Texas, land records, 1837-1927. Records are alphabetically arranged by the surname of the grantee for L through Z surnames. Entries include: name of the grantee, name of the grantor, volume and page numb

This volume, twenty-fourth in the series, contains abstracts of the people and events of this period: the death of President Zachary Taylor, an arctic expedition, steamboat disasters, claims against Mexico, appointments by the President, promotions in the

The author, a retired municipal judge, set out to fill these pages with a light-hearted account of dispensing justice in Heath, a very small Texas town, in the early 1970s. Like most small towns, everyone knew their neighbors, the Saturday night drunk, th

Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee[¬[s wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing i

This volume contains data gleaned from Kerr County, Texas, land records, 1837-1927. Records are alphabetically arranged by the surname of the grantee for A through K surnames, Aaron through Kyle. Entries include: name of the grantee, name of the grantor,

The race is on to find ways to reduce our impact on the environment. Ben McNeil shows us how we can make the most of our natural advantages and how Australian businesses can benefit economically when adapting to the new environmental realities.

When a little girl finds a severed head buried in sand on a beach in Whitley, the locals are sent into a tailspin. Little do they know it's only the first of series of grisly murders that will sully their normally idyllic resort town. After the body of local greens activist Rachel Macarthur is discovered minus her head and hands, the local police call on Melbourne profiler, Detective Rita Van Hassel, to help track down the killer. What Rita fi...

This is the scandalous tale of one of the greatest business scams in Australian business history--the controversial fuel pill, Firepower. A magic pill that cuts fuel consumption and reduces emissions--that was the miracle promised by Tim Johnston's company, Firepower. Everyone believed him: prime ministers and presidents, doctors and diplomats, business leaders and sporting heroes. Millions of shares were sold to investors, and by 2007, Firepo...

Laura Caxton vowed never to face them again. The horror of what the vampires did is too close, the wounds too fresh. But when Jameson Arkeley, broken and barely recognizable, comes to her with an unfathomable, unholy discovery, her resolve crumbles. Arkeley leads Caxton to a tomb in Gettysburg recently excavated by a local archaeology professor. While the town, with its legendary role in the Civil War's worst battle, is no stranger to cemeteri...

Laura Caxton vowed never to face them again. The horror of what the vampires did is too close, the wounds too fresh. But when Jameson Arkeley, broken and barely recognizable, comes to her with an unfathomable, unholy discovery, her resolve crumbles. Arkeley leads Caxton to a tomb in Gettysburg recently excavated by a local archaeology professor. While the town, with its legendary role in the Civil War's worst battle, is no stranger to cemeteri...

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Elsie de Wolfe (1865-1950) was an American interior decorator and a prominent figure in New York, Paris, and London society. During her married life, the press usually referred to her as Lady Mendl. She began her professional career in theatre, making her debut as an actress in Sardou's Thermidor in 1891, playing the role of Fabienne with Forbes-Robertson. In 1894 she joined the Empire Stock Company under Charles Frohman. In 1901 she brought o...

Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) was a British educator and historian. He was educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. There he excelled at Classics and was made a fellow of Oriel in 1815. He was involved in many controversies, educational and religious. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As a churchman he was a decided Erastian, and strongly opposed to the High Church party. He was headmaster of Rugby ...

Guitarist, Ana Vidovic, takes us on a journey through the beautiful music of Spanish composer, Federico Moreno Torroba and Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. Ana also introduces us to Altiplanos, an interesting piece dedicated to Ingrid Betancourt written by a guitarist and composer Pierre Bensusan. There is also a hauntingly beautiful Farewell by Sergio Assad, Cavatina by Stanley Myers, the theme from the movie The Deer Hunter, three etude...