D Cross: 29 books
The Underground Railroad
The long journey to freedom in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Slavery existed throughout the western Hemisphere, but after its abolition in the British empire it persisted for decades in much of the U.S. Even in states where slavery was illegal, slaves were subject to capture and return to their owners. The only sure escape was to cross the border into Canada.
The...
Flying on Instinct: Canada's Bush Pilot Pioneers
Canada's Bush Pilot Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and flew through cold, snow and fog without the benefit of radios, maps or weather reports. They flew over the Barrens, frozen lakes, boreal forests and mountain ranges by dead reckoning and...
Treasure Under the Tundra
Canada’s Arctic Diamonds
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
It is said that the sparkle from Canadian diamonds mimics the awesome and seductive radiance of the northern lights. Yet until 1991, no one thought diamonds could even be found in Canada—no one except geologists Chuck Fipke and Stu Blusson, who uncovered diamond-rich kimberlite in the Barrens at...
Knowledge Coupling
New Premises and New Tools for Medical Care and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Knowledge Coupling discusses the premises upon which the coupling of knowledge to every action is based in the practice of medicine, as well as why these premises must change. In concrete terms, the volume explores the methods of structuring and using medical knowledge and medical records that enables...
High Peaks Engineering
Rocky Mountain Marvels
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Building transportation routes through the Rockies is dangerous. It always has been. It is also expensive, labour-intensive, and highly political. But railway and highway construction through the western cordillera succeeded thanks to scientific innovation and sheer human grit. In the nineteenth century,...
The Luck of the Karluk
Shipwrecked in the Arctic
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
When the members of Canada’s First Arctic Expedition set out from Victoria aboard HMCS Karluk in the summer of 1913, it was a moment of great optimism. The three-year mission would chart unexplored landmasses of the Western Arctic and secure Canada’s place in the international geographic community....
The Millionaire Searches for a Virgin : Erotic Romance
a contemporary erotic romance, sensual erotica
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
He was a millionaire and he was searching for the perfect woman, a virgin.. One that would love him for him and not just the money he had. He tricks the women into thinking he is poor to see if they will love him for whom he is and not for his money.
When he finds the woman he is looking for...
The Quest for the Northwest Passage
Exploring the elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
For centuries, Europeans sought the elusive Northwest Passage that would link Europe to the Far East and China. Early visitors to Canada's northern coasts included Viking sailors and Basque whalers. Then came the prominent explorers -- John Cabot, Vasco da Gama, Martin Frobisher and Sir John Franklin....
by L.D. Cross
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
In late 1942, Britain was desperate to win the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. German U-boats had sunk hundreds of Allied ships containing millions of tons of cargo that was needed to continue the war effort. Prime Minister Churchill had to find a solution to the carnage or the Nazis would be victorious....
by Onterio D. Cross
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
The Cursed Ones is a collection of poems or thoughts that I created over a period of time. The Cursed Ones basically stems from what I see as the exemplification of a modern-day American man who happens to be black or an African American. Why are we cursed? Look at the bigger picture. A black man...
by D. Cross
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Silent Screams recounts one woman’s painful struggle following a severe psychological crisis. After an attempted suicide reveals the doctor/patient relationship that she has had with her psychiatrist for many years, she takes a look back at her life to understand how she arrived at such a painful...
by St. John of the Cross, Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This revised edition of The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross was produced to mark the fourth centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross (1542–1591). The result is an English translation of his writings that preserves the authentic meaning of the great mystic’s writings, presents them...
Navigating Souths
Transdisciplinary Explorations of a U.S. Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.S. South in regional, national, and global contexts is an intellectual project that has been going on for some time. Scholars in history, literature, and other disciplines have developed an advanced understanding of the historical, social, and...
by L.A. Starkey, DB Nielsen, CK Dawn
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Thirteen never before seen YA short stories just in time for the holidays!Book 1: Twelve Days to Christmas by L.A. StarkeyBook 2: Christmas Seasoning by DB NielsenBook 3: Merry Chris Witch by CK DawnBook 4: Wrapped in the Past by Chess DesallsBook 5: Butterflies in the Snow by D.E.L. ConnorBook...