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When First Sergeant Jeremiah Tucker is found dying on the cold stone floor of his quarters at Fort Union, the doctor is quick to blame cholera. Tilly Beaufort, his laundress and part-time housekeeper, knows better, and she has the evidence to prove foul play. Secretly, Tucker, an excellent gambler, used his winnings to rescue young, soiled doves from the nearby villages. One of these girls lives in his quarters, and Tilly is driven to ensure her safety. Tilly turns to Lieutenant Seth Covington for help, but Seth is more interested in questions surrounding Tucker’s demise. Together, they ...

“Fantastic...Packed with heroic figures, lightning action, and great drama.” – Ralph Compton Death had been a way of life for the Absarokee tribes of the plain. But now, as both new and old forces threaten the Crow homeland, they must stage a final, decisive battle and become...THE LAST WARRIORS. Out-numbered, out-gunned, they were the most courageous warriors of all—fighting for survival on their own land. From the acclaimed author of the FIRST FRONTIER colonial-era novel series Michael Kosser. WARRIORS’ HONOR On the harsh plains of the changing American West, the once omnipotent...

”What a Great Book!” — Jennifer P., HISTORY/A+E Networks “A Blazing Gilded Age” is the epic story of a volatile nation burning with ambition, yet bleeding with injustice. It was a time of profound change, boldly transforming from an agrarian backwater into an industrial powerhouse. Center stage is the Wozniak family; poor coal miners struggling to achieve the elusive American dream. Suffering a string of calamities at the hands of their ruthless boss, Archibald Desmond Huxley, the Wozniaks are thrust into utter turmoil, thus igniting a blazing journey of revenge, justice, and ...

The rain washes away the evidence, but the timber never forgets. In the dark, isolated corners of the upper left coast, the landscape is more than just a backdrop—it is an active accomplice. Murder Land - Pacific Northwest unearths twenty of the most brutal, deeply unsettling, and heavily obscured cases to ever plague the region. From the transient, mud-soaked waterfronts of 1910s Aberdeen where itinerant workers vanished without a trace, to the shocking 2009 ambush of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, this meticulously researched volume strips away the idyllic veneer of the...

From Italian parlors to Appalachian porches, one small instrument carried the sound of two worlds. Before bluegrass was born, before guitars ruled the stage, there was the mandolin — a shimmering, eight-string traveler that journeyed from Neapolitan opera houses to Kentucky hollers.

The history of secret societies is often a tapestry woven from threads of genuine civic duty, collegiate tradition, and the inevitable allure of mystique. Among these organizations, the Burning Spear Society at Florida State University stands as a unique case study in how institutional influence and student leadership can merge into a powerful, albeit often controversial, force.

In September 2008, the American financial system came within hours of complete collapse. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned congressional leaders that without immediate intervention, there might not be an economy left to save by Monday. What followed was the most dramatic economic crisis since the Great Depression, one that would destroy trillions in wealth, cost millions of Americans their jobs and homes, and reshape global politics for a generation. This book traces the full arc of the catastrophe, from its origins in the wreckage of the dot-...

In the months after September 11, the CIA built a network of secret prisons across three continents. Men disappeared into facilities in Thailand, Poland, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, held in conditions designed to shatter their resistance. Government lawyers wrote memos redefining torture so narrowly that waterboarding, sleep deprivation lasting over a week, and confinement in coffin-sized boxes could be deemed legal. This book reconstructs what happened inside those black sites, from the panicked decisions made in Washington to the interrogation rooms where theories about "learned ...

There are few symbols of modern power as instantly recognisable as a man in a dark suit with an earpiece, scanning a crowd that is cheering for someone else. The posture is familiar, almost cinematic now. The face is neutral, but the attention is absolute. He is there to be unnoticed and yet, paradoxically, he is impossible to ignore. He stands near the president, near a president’s spouse, near a visiting leader, near a microphone, near a motorcade door, near the edge of a stage. Sometimes he seems to be watching nothing at all. Then, in a fraction of a second, he moves.

In 1973, Walter Forbes founded a company based on an idea so far ahead of its time that it would lose money for a decade. He envisioned Americans shopping through computers years before home computers existed, and he was right about everything except the timeline. By the mid-1990s, his company CUC International served fifty million members and generated hundreds of millions in revenue, making Forbes one of the most celebrated entrepreneurs of the digital age. Behind the vision was a fraud that began in 1985 and grew every year for more than a decade. Forbes and his executives allegedly ...

With 30 years of backcountry patrol experience in Florida, Bob Lee has lived through incidents of legend, including one of the biggest environmental busts in Florida history. His fascinating memoir reveals the danger and the humor in the unsung exploits of game wardens.

The history of African American Christianity is one of the determined faith of a people driven to pursue spiritual and social uplift for themselves and others to God's glory. Yet stories of faithful Black Christians have often been forgotten or minimized. The dynamic witness of the Black church in the United States is an essential part of Christian history that must be heard and dependably retold. In this book, Walter R. Strickland II does just that through a theological-intellectual history highlighting the ways theology has formed and motivated Black Christianity across the centuries.

En enero de 1923, el tren con el cuerpo maltratado de Ricardo Flores Magón avanzó sobre territorio mexicano. Hubo vítores, aunque pocos. La familia recurrió a donativos para trasladar desde Estados Unidos a uno de los más grandes revolucionarios mexicanos, muerto en cautiverio. El nuevo régimen elevaba a rango de mártir a Francisco I. Madero, pero regateaba el reconocimiento a un luchador social que había hecho posible la gesta armada.

This is the true story of three men, each of whom formed one side of a terrible and sordid pyramid of death. It is a tale of drugs, abuse, degradation, and murder set against the backdrop of beautiful small-town America.

Under the leadership of her fearless skipper, Captain Gene Fluckey, the Barb sank the greatest tonnage of any American sub in World War II. At the same time, the Barb did far more than merely sink ships-she changed forever the way submarines stalk and kill their prey.

This is a gripping adventure chock-full of "you-are-there" moments. Fluckey has drawn on logs, reports, letters, interviews, and a recently discovered illegal diary kept by one of his torpedomen.

Have you ever wanted to read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and really understand what they're saying? Millions of others have, too. But getting a real understanding of the legal language of 200 years ago can be challenging - and as a result, few Americans know these important documents as well as they should. Recognizing this, Paul Skousen has written exactly the book you've been looking for. It's an easy step-by-step guide that makes these documents come alive.

A brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators.History turns on a dime. A missed meeting, a different choice of words, and the outcome changes dramatically. Nowhere is this truer than in the field where Jeff...

America's own The Professor and the Madman: the story of Noah Webster, author of the first dictionary of American English-and a forgotten leader during a turning point in our nation's history. Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but although there is much more...

"We could see them now, hundreds of little black figures riding through the chaparral. A spent bullet droned overhead, then one unspent, and then a whole flock. 'Come on, Meester! Let's go!' We began to run...." The material for this remarkable history came from journalist and poet John Reed's experience as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution.

***NATIONAL BEST SELLER*** A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by town and generally out of view of the national media. A realistically positive and provocative view of the country between its coasts. For the last five years, James and...