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Winner of the 2011 OHS Donald Grant Creighton Award This book is about Major General Sir Isaac Brock (1769 - October 13, 1812). It tells of his life, his career and legacy, particularly in the Canadas, and of the context within which he lived. One of the most enduring legacies of the War of...

German immigrants created leafy beer gardens here nearly two centuries ago, establishing Bucktown as the heart of entertainment in downtown Davenport for generations. In 1916, the founding of the Tri-City Symphony Orchestra at the Burtis Opera House embodied the neighborhood's reputation for high culture....

The origin of Menageries dates from the most remote antiquity. Their existence may be traced even in the obscure traditions of the fabulous ages, when the contests of the barbarian leader with his fellow-men were relieved by exploits in the chase scarcely less adventurous, and when the monster-queller...

Among the military leaders of the Second World War, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply enigmatic figure. As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler – to whom he was unquestioningly loyal – as head of the Third Reich,...

Were holy men historical figures or figments of the theological imagination? Did the biographies devoted to them reflect facts or only the ideological commitments of their authors? For decades, scholars of late antiquity have wrestled with these questions when analysing such issues as the Christianization...

It's Jason's last night in Africa, his last chance to have her and he won't squander it. For Akua, sweet goodbyes mean no regrets, only lasting memories of a forbidden encounter.

Katie did not expect a handsome stranger to make a move on her on a crowded public transit train. She somehow feels compelled to follow up on the mysterious note he wrote, deciding to give in to her wild fantasy of getting intimate with a stranger who doesn't even know her name. When he gets shy when the time comes, Katie has an idea that leads to a very sexy evening.

Being a teenage girl is not easy. There are many challenges in store for girls. This book will give girls some healthy advice as they start woman hood. 

Discovering you have an inoperable brain tumour is a shock, but with a ticking clock, I must decide whether to fight or tackle my bucket list one-by-one. My name is Dante King, and I’m an average twenty-two-year-old with dreams and a lifetime to complete them. At least, I did until this morning.Something...

ONE BOY. ONE GIRL. ONE INSIGNIFICANT MOMENT THAT CHANGES THEIR LIVES FOREVER.Bella and Clark are two young twenty-somethings, finding themselves in a chaotic and crazy world. One craves love; the other avoids it. Will they find one another, or will a single what-if moment mean they never meet?BEYOND...

Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...

The Breaker of the Storms offers a progression of poetic episodes that speaks to the challenges and joys of each and every day lived in Gods loving hands. Poet Burdella Carmen Turner has crafted this collection a firsthand reflection of her souls search for meaning and purpose in a cruel and seemingly...

A psychological ghost story: Haunting memories lurk in the shadows of this mysterious walk from the past. When Dr. Marc St. Clair inherits his eccentric aunt Miriam’s old Victorian house at Calico Acres, in southwestern Wisconsin, her Last Will and Testament states that he and his invalid...

Twice widowed, Blue resigns herself to being a single mother raising her three-year old son, knowing that she will never marry again. However, Yavapai-Apache Architect Clyde Slaughter doesn’t believe in “never” and points her life in a new direction: building hotels, flying in private jets, and driving antique sports cars.