In 1865 at the battle of Five Forks, Colonel Rutherford's luck will run out. He is wounded there taking a sharpshooter's bullet in his left shoulder. Refusing to stay in a Confederate hospital and against doctor's orders, the colonel starts off on horseback for his North Carolina home. Along the way a suffering Rutherford meets up with a deserter who wants his horse. After his fight with the deserter Colonel Rutherford is now bleeding badly. He makes it to Rebecca Morgan's farm and while t...

On July 9th, 1864, at Norcross, Georgia, General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered General Joseph Webster to:“Deport those civilians working for the Rebels. Have them sent by rail to north of the Ohio River and turned loose to make their way back by their wits. That ought to git ‘em outta our hair for a while.” Lorena Oakwood, a Confederate General’s wife is one of those caught in Sherman’s net. She is arrested and sent to the Canadian border with no money and no word to her family. After a...

My new book on nutrition, good health and the food we eat, is a real departure from my earlier books on the American Civil War. Nevertheless, after 40 years as a doctor and certified nutritionist, I think this may be the most important book I’ve ever written. It may be the most important book you’ll ever read. It could even save your life! If you are suffering from a serious health condition; if you’re struggling with weight, have high cholesterol, or you’re just sick and tired, then TOXIC...

Sam Atkins and 18,000 of his companion Rebels glare at the 80,000 Union troops that have them cornered at Durham Station, North Carolina. Weary of this uneven contest, and aware that General Lee has already surrendered, General Joe Johnson is in consultation with General Sherman to see what terms the Union General will give the confederates if they capitulate. Johnson does surrender, and after giving up his rifle, Sam leaves a trail of adventure from North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama...

Growing up during World War 2 and Korea, for Sydney Bannon it was a time of exciting possibilities. As the day of her wedding approaches, Sydney learns she has a life-threatening disease. In a panic, she cancels her wedding plans and goes into a deep depression. Finally coming out of it she decides to Europe and, "see Naples and die." On her European odyssey, she meets a survivor of Hiroshima and a Partisan that fought the Nazis. Then by a twist of fate, she meets three strangers who tell ...

Follow General Lee as he first saved Richmond from the Yankees starting the Seven Days battles, and then drove them clear out of Virginia. Five resounding victories followed until Gettysburg. After that Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia fought on the defensive until the surrender to Grant at Appomattox. This is the story of America’s most difficult period, as told through the eyes of the man who lead a rebellion. This is the memoir General Lee always intended to write. His friends and ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Impressive . . . Rutherford has indeed embraced all of Russia.”—The Washington Post Book WorldHere, Edward Rutherfurd turns his remarkable talents to a vast canvas: Russia. Spanning 1,800 years of its history, people, politics, and culture, Rutherford's grand saa is as multifaceted as Russia itself: harsh yet exotic, proud yet fearful of enemeies, steeped in ancient superstitions but always seeking to make its mark ...

AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THAT SOLD OVER 50 MILLION COPIESTHE DEFINITIVE GUIDE ON SELF-HEALING, AFFIRMATIONS, AND THE POWER OF THE MIND TO HEAL THE BODY“Louise Hay writes to your soul—where all healing begins. I love this book . . . and I love Louise Hay.”— Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, author of The Power of IntentionYou Can Heal Your Life has...

A tragic accident at a prestigious boarding school sets in motion a vicious conflict of political power, greed, and lust—a “breathlessly plotted [and] relentlessly suspenseful (The New York Times) historical thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth.“A terrific page-turner.”—Los Angeles TimesIn 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young stude...

Selected as one of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2013Spanning five turbulent decades in Iranian history, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic, and up to the present, The Book of Fate is a powerful story of friendship and passion, fear and hope.A teenager in pre-revolutionary Tehran, Massoumeh is an average girl, passionate about learning. On her way to school she meets a local man and falls in...

Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thriller that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot ... very fast.In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would fin...