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Curiosities of the Civil War
Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and Bizarre Events
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2011
Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrison’s Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard.
Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics you’ve likely never heard. Debated, reenacted, and analyzed, the Civil War has been the subject of countless...
Dred Scott's Revenge
A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Racial hatred is one of the ugliest of human emotions. And the United States not only once condoned it, it also mandated it?wove it right into the fabric of American jurisprudence. Federal and state governments legally suspended the free will of blacks for 150 years and then denied blacks equal protection...
Contractor Combatants
Tales of an Imbedded Capitalist
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2007
The enemy is everywhere in war-torn Iraq, and suppliers and construction workers run the same risks as uniformed combatants: guerrilla attacks, suicide bombings, rocket bombardments, and road mines. This is the compelling story of Carter Andress and the unique methods his multinational team used to...
Bikin' and Brotherhood
My Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
From the popularity of cable television shows concerning building choppers or the criminal aspects of the motorcycle gang lifestyle, to the phenomenal success of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, no one can deny America has become fascinated with bikers and the machines they love.
Author...
Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume Two
On Life As a Pioneer Woman
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
In Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Life As a Pioneer Woman, Laura tells her readers what it was like to be a pioneer in the early 1900s. Her stories and insights show us how difficult even the simplest chores or tasks were for the early pioneers, yet through it all she continued...
by Georges Hormuz Sada
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Georges Sada was one of Saddam's top generals and foremost military advisors. A truth-teller in a government that made the truth dangerous. A devout Christian in a Muslim country. And a man who would stand up for what was right?even at the risk of his own life.
In this eye-opening exposé,...
The Portable Patriot
Documents, Speeches, and Sermons That Compose the American Soul
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American? Get the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and other important United States historical documents all in one book!
The soul of America is far more than a concept—it is a people. Even the most sacred...
No Atheists In Foxholes
Reflections and Prayers From the Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Experience gripping wartime stories and honest prayers by this Camp David chaplain now serving in Iraq.
When words mean less and less, but money talks more and more; when blasphemy is a best seller, and eternal war has replaced hopeful diplomacy; in times like these is prayer even possible?...
They Came for Freedom
The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history.
Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries...
by Clint Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2006
You don't have to know much about the Civil War to be familiar with Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, or William Tecumseh Sherman.Bull's-Eyes and Misfires, however, tells the fascinating stories of fifty largely unknown people who dramatically changed the course of the Civil War...
Searching for Sunday
Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really means to be part of the Church.
Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel Held Evans didn’t want to go to church anymore. The hypocrisy, the politics, the gargantuan building budgets, the...
The Secret Message of Jesus
Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
When Brian McLaren began offering an alternative vision of Christian faith and life in books such as A New Kind of Christian and A Generous Orthodoxy, he ignited a firestorm of praise and condemnation that continues to spread across the religious landscape. To some religious conservatives, McLaren...
Standing in the Fire
Courageous Christians Living in Frightening Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Not Even ISIS Can Scare Them Off
Followers of Christ need to relearn what it means to stand courageously for their faith rather than merely survive in a climate of fear. Instead of motivating believers to action, today’s headlines appear to be paralyzing them. Standing in the Fire...
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
A Memoir. . . of Sorts
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Learn the personal story of Ian Morgan Cron, the enneagram best-selling author of The Road Back to You.
**In this surprisingly funny and forgiving memoir, Ian reminds us that no matter how different the pieces may be, in the end we are all cut from the same cloth, stitched by faith into an...