While on a summer, history research trip in 1976, Canadian William Dick finds himself dumped by his girlfriend in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. He soon meets up with Jacques Pierre Falstaff an Australian with a French-Canadian background. Falstaff is known by his friends as BS Jack and gets Bill Dick a room at the Alvermay, a seedy hotel run by Fripp, a black man raised on Fripp Island.BS Jack tells Bill and Fripp a story about how Benjamin Franklin arranged for Bills ancest...

While on a summer history research trip in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1976, William Dick is befriended by Jack Falstaff. Bull-scat Jack, as he is known, gets Bill a room at the Alvermay, a seedy hotel run by Fripp, a black man raised on Fripp Island. Bull-scat Jack tells Bill and Fripp a story about how Benjamin Franklin arranged for Bill’s ancestors from Edinburgh Scotland to send a fortune over to Charleston in the 1770s to help the patriots win the Revolutionary War against the Brit...

Originally submitted by second-year students studying for a BA in Modern Languages at the University of East Anglia, Lectures à l’aventure has been created for those wishing to polish and enrich their French through short stories and text-based activities.

From their commanding role in the so-called British Invasion of the early 1960s to their status as the elder statesmen (and British Knight) of rock and roll, the Stones have become more than an evanescent phenomenon in pop culture. They have become a touchstone not only for the history of our times-their performance at the Altamont Raceway marked the "end of the sixties," while their 1990 concert in Prague helped Czechoslovakia and other eastern bloc nations celebrate their newfound freedo...

In About You, Dick Staub again addresses a general audience of Christians (lapsed and active), seekers, and younger readers and speaks about the personal rewards and benefits of following Jesus. This book illuminates the path back to humanness. It shows that Jesus came to address our universal longing for a fully human life, not to establish a narrow us versus them religion. Salvation is not about going to heaven when we die, it is about a full and abundant life now. It will connect contem...

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day.But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday.In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat ...

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day.But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday.In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat ...

Tensions flare in Northwest Asia and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in this chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the authors of the USA Today bestseller Out of the Ashes.When a team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep, making it look like a robbery, events are set in motion that could shake the balance of world powers. Meanwhile, a U.S. naval combat ship, the USS Milwauke...

Tom Clancy's Op-Center is back with this new thriller written by the New York Times bestselling authors of Tom Clancy's ACT OF VALOR and featuring a chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines scenario.Before 9/11 America was protected by a covert force known as the National Crisis Management Center. Commonly known as Op-Center, this silent, secret mantel guarded the American people and protected the country from enemies. The charter was top secret and Director Pa...

There's the Freedom of Information Act, and then there's Ventura's way.The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bull, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Ventura, the ultimate nonpartisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt. He and Dick Russell walk listeners through sixty-three of the most incriminating programs to reveal what really happens behind the closed doors. In addition to providing original go...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 96 thru 100 brings together five vintage adventures from Philip K. Dick, Fritz Leiber, Mike Ellis and George O. Smith, with mutant children, mysterious planets, alien aggression and an Earth transformed beyond recognition.Strange Eden by Philip K. Dick — Johnson wants nothing more than to leave the lush alien world behind, but Brent insists on exploring. What he discovers gives him a very compelling reason to stay....

Lost Sci-Fi Books 76 thru 80 brings together five unforgettable stories from Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, George Whittington, Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury, where humanity faces mutants, alien invaders, brutal interrogations and a future that may no longer belong to ordinary men.The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick — Earth’s authorities believe they’ve nearly eliminated the mutants created in the aftermath of atomic war. Then a beautiful golden...