Genres : History

Life has dealt him an unfair hand, leaving him with few options. Will a chance encounter with a caring American colonial family provide a poor English boy with a stable home, or will the boy be lost in events that are spiraling out of control?Peter Smith, a boy of humble beginnings, is a testament to the human spirit. Despite his impoverished upbringing, abduction, and mistreatment, he refuses to be defined by his circumstances. Born into poverty and hopelessness on the...

#1 Best-Seller in 4 categories on Amazon - Literary Titan 5-Star Editorial Review Big Government versus an elderly, solitary widow in the Mojave Desert. The government didn't stand a chance. When bulldozers came to carve a highway through her property, one woman refused to move. Margaret “Bonnie” Orcutt wasn’t just protecting her home—she was standing her ground against the unstoppable weight of progress all the way to the White House.Set against the sun-scorched backdrop of Newberry Springs, California, Mrs. Orcutt’s...

Fascinating stories from medieval Gower: battles, brutality, adultery, daring escapes, fairies and an ogre! If you like scandal, intrigue and true stories from history, then you’ll love Ann Marie Thomas’ book. Buy Medieval Gower Stories and witness the crimes of mad King John, the atrocities of the Ogre of Abergavenny and search for the lost treasure of Edward II.

Step into the savage heart of Feudland, where the rugged hills of Breathitt County, Kentucky, pulse with a relentless drumbeat of vengeance from 1870 to 1915. Known as “Bloody Breathitt,” this untamed Appalachian frontier bore witness to feuds so ferocious they eclipsed the infamous Hatfield-McCoy saga in scope and savagery. At the core of this tempest lies the Hargis-Marcum-Cockrell conflict, a sprawling saga of ambushes, cold-blooded assassinations, and corrupt political machinations that tore families apart and drenched the soil in...

Nobel laureate economist F.A.Hayek firstt revolutionized economists' understanding of markets, and then profoundly challenged the public's understanding of government. Hayek is one of only a few social scientists over the past 200 years who thoroughly rethought the relationship between individual people and both the market and the state. While countless works have discussed the importance of Hayek and his ideas, none have focused on making his core ideas accessible to average people. This volume highlights and explains Hayek's basic insights...

Buck Blackman is an infamous gunslinger with a questionable reputation. In an effort to leave his traumatic past behind and ease his conscience, he saves Pawnee Jones from getting hanged after a gambling game. With Pawnee by his side though, he soon finds himself caught in a bloody mission, where he will have to face the menace of the mad Charley O’Leary, son of an Irish gang lord. When he meets a family fleeting O’Leary, Buck falls in love with...

Cuba occupies a place of undisputed fascination in the American psyche. Despite its proximity to America, this island nation remains a mystery to most Americans. Few Americans have traveled to Havana, and still fewer have traveled deeper into this isolated country.Chris Messner, a Fine Art Photographer, was drawn to Cuba, by his artistic curiosity. He covered thousands of miles on the island's back roads photographing out of the way places. He saw Cuba as it exists today and captured images...

Book One of the award-winning Katherine Wheel Series catapults Katy and Jem into the global arena of World War One and changes their lives forever.Cheadle is a sleepy village in rural Wiltshire, England. Nothing much changes and little family dramas provide the only food for scandal and gossip. Then WW1 erupts into the lives of these country people, leaving no one unscathed.We meet Katy as a young maidservant, restless for more than domestic service can offer and reckless to a...

Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues covers the century when infectious plagues—anthrax, tuberculosis, tetanus, plague, smallpox, and polio—were conquered, and details the important role that veterinary scientists played. The narrative is driven by astonishing events that centered on animal disease: the influenza pandemic of 1872, discovery of the causes of anthrax and tuberculosis in the 1880s, conquest of Texas cattle fever and then yellow fever, German anthrax attacks on the United States during World War I, the tuberculin war of...

10th Anniversary Edition(With over 75 full-color illustrations)For over 150 years, Western badmen have filled dime novels, pulp magazines, and movie screens. Jesse James. The Dalton Brothers. Black Bart. Belle Starr. Their names have become a part of American folklore.Somewhere along the way, they stopped being criminals and became folk heroes.The legend says Joaquin Murietta came to California during the Gold Rush and was driven into outlawry by prejudice and the Foreign Miners Tax. The story says he robbed wealthy Americans...