Jerry: 2552 books

Many supernatural events occurred during the life of the Author and are told in a narrative and strait-forward style. Some of the stories are about national events that everyone knows about. The events in the stories had led the writer to other countries around the globe when he was warned about terror...

The breaking of the Enigma machine is one of the most heroic stories of World War II, and highlights the crucial work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers which shortened the war by several years. But there was another code machine used by Hitler himself to convey messages to his top commanders in the...

The Story Of A Girl is the narration from the point of view of a victim. A story on 'a social negative', the narrative expresses the thoughts and emotions of somebody trying to breathe.Being alive is (perhaps) the best feeling that one can have. And it is not only because of spending...

Edward Rose, part Cherokee, part Negro and part white, grew up on the river front wharves of Louisville, Kentucky in the late 1700s. When he was a young man a brutal bar fight left him with several scarring cuts to his face. To evade the law, Rose fled down the river to New Orleans where he lived...

It isn't an easy life for Jane Doe. Well, first there's her name. And then her atrocious adopted family, who like to leave on vacation without her, demanding that she mind the family restaurant. Now all this would be hard enough for anyone, but when you’re only 10-years-old, why, the obstacles...

Before and after writing Invisible Man, novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison fought to secure a place as a black intellectual in a white-dominated society. In this sophisticated analysis of Ellison's cultural politics, Jerry Watts examines the ways in which black artists and thinkers attempt to establish...

The river Aisne featured prominently in August 1914 during the Retreat from Mons and in September was the scene of bitter fighting when the BEF re-crossed it in their unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the German Army entrenched along the Northern Crest. The fighting was hugely costly to the...

The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. Commodus’s passion for hunting animals was so fervent that he dreamt of shooting a tiger, an elephant, and a hippopotamus; his prowess was such that people claimed he never missed...

In 1930, members of Al Capone's gang commit a jewel heist. The gang leader is the only one to escape, and he has the gems. However, he dies while retrieving them. Eighty years later, a scuba diver stumbles upon the lost loot. He is forced to fight off a modern-day gang, as well as his wife who is...

Murders at Hollings General is a medical mystery involving a series of bizarre homicides at a major teaching hospital in New England. The protagonist, Dr. David Brooks, is an engaging if somewhat quirky doctor/amateur sleuth who confines his practice to making afternoon house calls for other physicians....

Quickly Master Basic Latin by Building a Practical Vocabulary Fast! * New for 2017 – Completely revised and updated * First 100 words provides 40% common usage * A simple, fast, proven way to learn Latin with ease * Easy units - your confidence grows as your vocabulary grows * Created by...

Rome is an empire with a bad reputation. From its brutal games to its depraved emperors, its violent mobs to its ruthless wars, its name resounds down the centuries like a scream in an alley. But was it as bad as all that? Join the historian Jerry Toner on a detective's hunt to discover the extent...

OVER THE TARGET… The movie camera in my hands was ready as we entered our run over the oil fields of Ploesti. Cracking towers, smokestacks, huge oil storage tanks and outbuildings almost scraped the Witch’s belly as we let go the incendiaries. Through the camera’s lens I saw a...

Since 2001 the Patriots have played in eight Super Bowl championships and won five, a run of excellence unparalleled in all of professional sports. In a league designed to ensure that no one franchise can dominate over time, New England won for over a decade and a half. A dynasty that began with an...