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The third tittle of Manhattan's Odyssey has many new interesting addition. First we will start using a new camera in our travels, a NIKON and we will keep info about the previous Canon one used. Second we added many new images and also a wonderful text with the description of a big blizzard in the...

This collection of essays, published in 1858, inaugurated a series of similar books that Holmes would publish over the course of his long career.  The essays are set in the dining room of a boarding house and feature one-sided humorous perorations by the otherwise unnamed "Autocrat" on a number of subjects from old age to conversation.

Holmes’s inspiration for this engaging biography of John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877), was his personal relationship with the American historian and diplomat who wrote the incomparable Rise of the Dutch Republic. Holmes also studies Motley’s correspondence.

This is the final volume in Holmes’s trio of what he called his “medicated novels” (Elsie Venner and The Guardian Angel being the first two); A Mortal Antipathy explores a young man’s phobia about beautiful young women after being accidentally dropped into a thorn bush as a baby by an attractive young cousin.

In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh planted a colony on Roanoke Island in what was known then as "Virginia". The colony of over 100 men, women and children disappeared. Or did they? This book traces the probable journey of the colony inland to Robeson County, N.C. Using historical facts, early maps,...

Christians Under Siege, is a comprehensive study of the war on Christian values that started in the Arabian Desert, and which now reaches into Americas schools and workplace. Barrack Hussein Obama declared that the United States is not a Christian Nation. Historian Patrick Roelle disagrees. To...

A Legacy of Preaching, Volume Two--Enlightenment to the Present Day explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor...

Dont spend one more day of your life not knowing what God has in store for you. Too often people spend their days feeling lost, lonely, and unproductive. When the weights of life and circumstances are waiting for you when you wake, you must be able to fight with a mighty word from the Lord. In this...

The purpose of this research was to obtain a historically rooted understanding of the development, application, and adaptation of the British COIN approach—one from which the US has borrowed heavily. It focuses upon those factors which interfere with timely, adaptive application of current COIN...

The sacrament of Confirmation is full of powerful symbolism and has a rich history going back to its origins in the very early church. This eBook uses scripture and the Church fathers to unlock the beauty of a life enriched by the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

A professional search-and-rescue team goes to South America to search for and rescue an executive of a large US company. Money for the rescue is unlimited, and the talent is top-notch. However, something does not always go as planned.

This unique eBook explains the origins in the Gospel and the continuing value of the Consecrated life as a sign of God’s love to the Church and to the world. In a world increasingly attached to material goods and personal freedom the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience are 'the most radical way of living the Gospel on this earth' (St John Paul II).

Dispelling common myths and misunderstandings, this book provides a fascinating and historically accurate portrayal of the 1858 Almanac Trial that establishes both Lincoln's character and his considerable abilities as a trial lawyer. • Written from the highly informed and experienced perspective...

In The Eye of the Storm: Genesis 10: 24 - 29 Genesis tells us how the idea of slavery within the Americas first came about and how religion was used as a justification to bind and hold a group of people to a dieing system. The impact of slavery on this nation was so horrendous it tore the fabric of...