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Varina Howell Davis was the granddaughter of Richard Howell, the third governor of New Jersey. Her father, William Burr Howell, came to Natchez, Mississippi where Varina was raised in the Antebellum South. William Burr Howell's bankruptcy during his daughter's youth affected her throughout...

My E-Book looks at George Washington Keefe from the perspective of a player and family member. He was the son of a diabled Pennsylvania Union Civil War soldier. Charles Keefe was a cabinetmaker who drew a pension after being wounded as a reservist in combat with the Pennsylvania infantry. His son,...

Dutch Schultz made the big time of racketeers when he entered the business of speakeasies. From a respectable Bronx family Schultz served time on Roosevelt Island for a minor offense that he committed in 1919. When he was paroled he got into speakeasies, partnering with James Noe after a brief stint...

Morris "Moe" Kleinman was a bootlegger in Cleveland who switched into gambling rackets at the end of Prohibition. Kleinman was associated with Louis Rothkopf, Moe Dalitz, Samuel Tucker and other Cleveland mobsters of the 1930s and later. My e-book looks at Kleinman's criminal career. particularly...

Bradley University was among the best college basketball teams in the United States entering the 1949-1950 basketball season. Some observers and pundits believed they were the finest. The Braves were led by their 5'8" point guard Gene Melchiorre. The star player and two of his teammates were...

A humorous novel set in the picturesque town of Sonoma. A series of personal tragedies had turned the protagonist into an resentful recluse. A painter, his depression has reduced him to turning out trite pictures for tourists. In despair, and while consuming quantities of Bourbon, he hatches a plot...

Elon Musk is a bold billionaire visionary who looks for places where humanity should be at by now and if we aren't there yet, he attempts to get there and fill that void. But he is a shrewd business man and will only consider projects that are economically viable. Everything he has touched so far...

The second in the series consists of three novellas and one novel. All four stories are unique with Super Sleuth detective Stacy Foreham at the forefront of the homicide investigation. Murder at the Lighthouse involves a mysterious death by suffocation of a potato; Murder in the Pasture has a dairy...

Some would think being alone is not healthy or the way to live life. For some, over the age of fifty might just think otherwise. Here is a story about one person's search for peace and quiet within himself and what surrounds him. By the way, this story is free, but tell me what you think?

HOW TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS There are weight loss stories all around us. Every month 11,100,000 searches are conducted on Google for the words “weight loss.” Yes, that’s EVERY month and, yes that is over 120 million searches per year. What percentage of those people need...

What was the P-51 named before becoming the Mustang? Which was the first Major League baseball team to buy their own aircraft? Who was the first woman helicopter pilot? What was the Constellation named before becoming the Connie? What U.S. bomber crashed into NY’s Empire State Building in 1945?...

Now is your chance to stop searching for the purpose of your life and to start living it. In this small book, you will find the answers to discovering your life’s purpose. Read this book to the end and discover once and for all what you are meant to do. Make sure to take advantage of the FREE Resources...

What you are about to learn is arguably the most powerful idea in the world.  That’s a big statement but see if you don't agree by the end of this short book. Please give yourself an extraordinary gift by reading to this book as soon as possible . . . it's unbelievably life-changing. If...

" Je suis devenu ministre par surprise. C'est sans doute vrai puisque je l'ai entendu dire un peu partout. Enfin, j'ai essayé de faire de mon mieux et j'ai quand même tenu trois ans. Avec le recul, ce qui m'a plu aussi dans cette aventure c'est d'avoir osé sauter dans la cage aux lions de...