Herb: 151 books

Come along on a 2-year photographic journey of Green Lake park with reflective, informative, and humorous commentary accompanying each image, creating a work that is both entertaining and captivating. Feel the exhilaration the author feels when taking walks, and rejoice with him at nature’s...

Born and Raised in Hawaii B.S. in Civil Engineering Master Navigator/Bombardier Forward Air Controller (Flew on 202 Combat Missions on RF 4C fighers, B-52 Bombers, Cessna O-2A as a FAC) The book starts with a flashback to 30 years of early living and progresses through the next 40 years. Impressions...

How to beat the game of roulette in a scientific way. If you follow the chapter on Picking a Spinner, you will win.

A compelling historical novel, The Insurrectionist follows the militant abolitionist John Brown from his involvement in Bleeding Kansas to the invasion of Harpers Ferry and the dramatic conclusion of his subsequent trial. Meticulous historical detail blends with dramatic personal descriptions to reveal...

A story of survival, hunger and reflection from a teenaged prisoner of war inside Germany near the end of WWII. From capture at the Battle of The Bulge to the final escape from his German guards, the author allows us a glimpse into the despair and agony of being a prisoner in a foreign land.

Often referred to as the leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies, Helen Matthews Lewis linked scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of the region. Lewis shaped the field of Appalachian studies by emphasizing community participation and challenging traditional perceptions of...

In the year 2081 the DNA of human geniuses is combined with flower pollen in hopes of creating a society of child protegies . However, the bees used in the experiment quickly become superior to their masters and escape. The bees pollinate flowers at random in the wild and the DNA is passsed throughout...

Have you ever wondered what happens before, during, and after a town that goes through the oil craze? How Live Oak County, TX became natural gas rich in the 50s. Read about how the 50s style farming prospered. Take a small glimpse into Texas segregation. Learn how hunters hunted coyotes and panthers...

Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals provides an accessible text and source book of pharmacology for both students and practitioners of complementary medicine. It covers the basic chemistry which builds into an understanding of basic organic chemistry, key pharmacological...

Although the name Winchester is known worldwide and is still used generically for its rifles and shotguns, a comprehensive history of the company has never been published. Herbert G. Houze, the former curator of the Winchester Arms Museum, has written a complete account of the Winchester Repeating...

If Virginia Ryan thought joining the Australian Army Nursing Corps would be the most demanding thing she had to do, she finds there are much worse outcomes when the British oil field she's sent to in Borneo falls into the hands of the Japanese. Greg Cutler, a Z Force commando, is the sole survivor of...

With my wife and an eccentric, “no-account,” cat named Pickles, (explained in chapter two), I drove a thirty-foot motor home on a light-hearted romp of 90 days, 5,000 miles up, down, and across the vast interior of Western Canada, the Yukon and Alaska. We found unique adventures in places such as...

Manny Schwimmer talks to God. He talks to Him about installing an air-conditioning system in Hell, about Civil War heroes and black major-league baseball players, about using mathematics to identify the longest river in North America, about the importance of counting grains of sand. He also talks...

Medicare and Social Security are in trouble, and no one can agree on how to fund it, manage it, or control it. Thats what certain elements within the United States government want people to believe. But in the secret back rooms of power, a diabolical plan has been hatched. These hushed negotiations...