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Before dawn on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls made a choice: steal a Confederate warship or die trying. He was twenty-three years old. Enslaved. A ship's pilot who'd memorized every signal, every channel, every gun placement in Charleston Harbor. That night, he put on a stolen captain's hat, loaded his family and crew aboard the CSS Planter, and sailed past Fort Sumter's cannons in the darkness. If the Confederate sentries saw through his disguise, sixteen people would die—including his wife and children. They didn't. He delivered the ship to the Union Navy, became an instant hero, and met ...

A dying man. Ten thousand miles of road. One question that will not let him rest. In August 1784, Father Junípero Serra lies dying in a small adobe cell at the edge of the world. He has walked farther than any missionary in history. He has founded nine missions along the California coast. He has baptized thousands of souls and buried hundreds of children who died from diseases he carried in his breath. Now, with his final hours approaching, he looks back on a life consumed by holy fire—and asks the question he has avoided for fifty years: Did the good outweigh the harm? The Burning Road ...

A foul ball, a red ribbon, and one promise that spans generations. When Kaylee catches a screaming pop fly at Woodland’s Clark Field, the world tilts—and she finds herself in 1942 on the eve of Japanese American incarceration. There she meets Emi, a fearless girl determined to play one last game before the buses arrive. What begins as a reluctant afternoon at the ballpark becomes a race to hold on to home, history, and the friend who teaches Kaylee how courage sounds when you say it out loud. Perfect for fans of When You Reach Me, Refugee, and Baseball Saved Us, this heartfelt middle-...

You Got This: The High School Survival Guide is the book every middle schooler needs before stepping into high school—and every parent will be glad they found. Packed with honest advice, relatable stories, and zero cheesy lectures, this guide helps teens navigate the real stuff: making friends, handling pressure, staying organized (sort of), and staying true to themselves in a world that’s constantly trying to shape them. Whether your student is excited, anxious, or somewhere in between, this book offers something better than a blueprint—it offers reassurance. With short, digestible ...

She was sold into sexual slavery at age seven. By thirty-five, she commanded 80,000 pirates and negotiated with empires as an equal. In 1801, Shi Yang was property—a flower boat prostitute in Canton with no future and no hope. By 1810, she was Zheng Yi Sao, the Pirate Queen, commander of the largest criminal fleet in history. This is the true story of how one woman transformed herself from victim to victor, building an empire on the South China Sea that neither the Chinese government nor European powers could destroy. Starting with nothing but intelligence and ruthless pragmatism, Shi ...

A haunting World War II espionage novel about the secrets that survive the silence. Lisbon, 1940. A city of exiles, double agents, and voices that refuse to die. British intelligence officer Tom Hale is recalled to the neutral port after a rogue transmission echoes the cadence of his brother’s last signal—sent from a plane that never came home. Ordered to shut down the broadcast, Tom discovers a web of radio operators, smugglers, and coded messages pulsing through the city’s narrow streets. Each frequency seems to carry a ghost—one that sounds too much like family. Across the ...

LOVE, JOE The Story Joe DiMaggio Never Told A Novel by William Ferrier Jr. ★ A legendary life. A love that haunted him. A confession the world was never meant to hear. ★ Joe DiMaggio was an icon—America’s quiet hero, the Yankee Clipper, the man whose talent seemed untouchable. But behind the legend lived a man who built walls so high even those he loved could not reach him. Not his son. Not his brothers. Not even Marilyn Monroe—the woman whose memory he could never let go. On the final day of his life, Joe begins to speak the truth he spent decades burying. What unfolds is a ...

Anna’s Song Faith, Music, and the Quiet Between Applause By William Ferrier Jr. When rising country artist Lila Delaney stepped onto the Grand Ole Opry stage, she thought she’d finally found her dream. But one promise — whispered in a hospital room by a child with more faith than fear — would turn her music into a mission. Now, as fame and faith collide, Lila creates Sing It Forward Live, a movement that lets fans dedicate songs to the ones they love and raises hope for kids fighting cancer. From small-town stages to sold-out arenas, her message spreads like wildfire — until a ...

From struggling actress to master spy—the untold story of America's most dangerous double agent Nashville, 1863. When desperate actress Pauline Cushman agrees to toast Jefferson Davis for three hundred dollars, she has no idea she's about to become the Civil War's most legendary spy. Arrested, tried, and banished from Union territory, she seems like the perfect Confederate recruit. But Pauline is playing the role of her lifetime. Secretly working for Union intelligence, she must convince Nashville's Confederate elite that she's their most loyal supporter while gathering intelligence that ...

Verdict of Silent Water is an electrifying legal thriller where buried secrets refuse to stay submerged. When legendary federal prosecutor Tom Alden is lured out of retirement, it isn’t for prestige or politics—it’s to defend Caleb Mercer, the decorated war hero who once saved his life. Caleb stands accused of a brutal murder, and every shred of evidence screams guilty. But as Tom peels back the case, he uncovers a multi-million-dollar corruption scheme, a hired killer, and a conspiracy that reaches the halls of Congress. The deeper Tom digs, the closer he comes to a night forty years...

If Mercy Had a Sound: A Love Story Forged in Faith and Found in Song He lost his faith when the music stopped. She helped him hear grace again. When country singer Cole Matthews buried his wife, he buried his voice too. Once a rising star with a platinum record and a sold-out tour, he’s now a man hiding behind silence and guilt. But when a small-town children’s hospital invites him to sing for their livestream, one song changes everything. Standing beside him is Lila, a worship leader with a quiet strength and a voice that feels like healing. Together they write “If Mercy Had a Sound...

Still Standing in the Rain By William Ferrier Jr. Sometimes the hardest storms bring the clearest truth. Mae Reeves thought her days in the spotlight were over. Once a rising country artist, she traded the stage for quiet mornings and the steady rhythm of grace. But when she meets Lila Delaney—a runaway eighteen-year-old with a guitar, a past full of loss, and a voice that sounds like healing—Mae sees something she thought she’d lost forever: purpose. What begins as mentorship soon becomes redemption for them both. Together, they find harmony in the small-town silences: on front ...

You Got This: The Essential Guide for Couples Getting Married By William Ferrier Jr. Planning a wedding is easy. Building a marriage? That takes real work. This honest, practical guide cuts through the fluff and gets to what really matters—love, conflict, money, sex, faith, and the everyday habits that shape a lifelong bond. Perfect for engaged or seriously dating couples, You Got This offers real talk, key questions, and simple tools to help you start strong and stay close—no matter what life throws your way. Before you say “I do,” read this. Because forever starts now.

Legacy of the Badge One son. One truth. One department built on lies. When Jack Callahan returns home after years in the Navy and special forces, he isn’t just another academy recruit—he’s the son of a legendary cop who died a hero. But the deeper Jack goes into the ranks of the department his father once served, the more he realizes something is off. Secrets are buried behind badges. Files are sealed. And the men who once called his father a brother now look at Jack like a threat. Haunted by the past and driven by the need for answers, Jack uncovers a hidden network of corruption ...

"Roots of America: Three Centuries, One Tree" - Book Description For Maximum Organic Sales From the ancient oak that has witnessed it all comes an unforgettable American epic spanning three centuries of love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds that make us family. In 1681, a Jumano boy named Aiyana plants a promise beneath a mighty oak tree in the Texas wilderness. Three hundred and twenty years later, that same tree shelters the descendants of Spanish colonists, Mexican ranchers, and American dreamers—families who learned that survival means bending without breaking, that home is something ...

Blood & Adobe: The Untold Story of the Pico Dynasty and the Making of California From frontier soldiers on the 1775 Anza trail to the neon rush of modern L.A., Blood & Adobe follows the meteoric rise—and courtroom collapse—of the Pico family, the last Mexican rulers of California. Governor Pío Pico, fearless general Andrés, and their multiracial clan built a cattle empire the size of Delaware, outmaneuvered the Bear Flag revolt, and briefly turned Los Angeles into their personal capital. Then drought, U.S. land courts, and ruthless financiers stripped it all away. Part epic biography,...

On a rainy class trip to the California State Railroad Museum, eleven-year-old Clara Hernández just wants to disappear into her sketchbook. New school, no friends—she feels as out of place as an old caboose on the wrong track. Then she sees it: a scratched silver compass in a glass case, said to guide people where they are needed most. When the needle spins and the museum floor vanishes, Clara is hurled into the fog of 1862 Sacramento—the year a flood nearly washes the city away. There, among collapsing levees, galloping horses, and streets turned to rivers, Clara meets Sammy and Anita...

Leaving for college is one of life’s biggest transitions—and one of its greatest adventures. This thoughtful, funny, and practical guide was written for soon-to-be freshmen taking their first steps toward independence. Packed with honest advice and comforting wisdom, this book covers everything from managing time and money to finding your people and surviving homesickness. It’s the conversation every parent, mentor, and older sibling wishes they’d had—and now you can give it to someone you love. More than a how-to, it’s a reassuring reminder: they’re ready for this.

STILL WALKING Surviving the Mountains, Memories, and Monsters by William Ferrier Jr. When the plane went down, Maya thought the worst thing she’d face was the cold. She was wrong. Maya Chen-Rodriguez survives the impossible—an air-crash deep in the Bitterroot Mountains. Injured, alone, and with a damaged prosthetic leg, she should not be alive. But when she discovers her grandmother Rose wandered from the wreckage—confused, bleeding, and slipping into the fog of early-onset dementia—Maya makes a decision that will change her forever. She goes after her. What Maya doesn’t know is ...

He proved the Earth was moving. The world called him crazy. History proved him right. In 1930, Alfred Wegener stood alone at the edge of the world with a theory that would revolutionize science—and cost him his life. The continents drift across the Earth's surface like ships on an ocean. To everyone else, it was geological heresy. To Wegener, it was undeniable truth supported by overwhelming evidence: identical fossils separated by thousands of miles of ocean, matching rock formations across impossible distances, ancient glacial evidence in tropical regions. The proof was everywhere—if ...