After training for what seemed forever the twelfth Connecticut finally gets a chance to fight in the  Lafourche Interieur of Mississippi.

Edited by founder and chairman of the National Fatherhood Initiative Don Eberly, The Faith Factor in Fatherhood addresses the key role that religious institutions can play in reviving what Eberly calls the "sacred vocation of fatherhood." In response to the wider debate regarding the increased expectations that are being placed by policy makers on faith-based institutions to serve important public purposes, contributors to this volume guide denominations, places of worship, and re...

Palliative-care physician and award-winning author Anna DeForest returns with an ode to life and to death, and the ways we care for ourselves and others on our long, marvelous walk toward the end.In a pandemic-hushed city, a young doctor lives a life of insecure attachments: to a distant partner in an untended marriage, to a loaner child who stirs up hurts from the past, to houseplants wilting in a dark apartment on a once-vibrant street.Through a yearlong ...

Lang Nelson didn't know if he was hiring a cook or taking in a stray. Beth Richards claimed to know her way around a kitchen and the Rafter N, the Colorado ranch that had been in the Nelson family for generations, needed help in the worst way. Still, Lang's common sense and the frightened look in Beth's eyes told him the lovely lady was on the run.Fleeing a glittering life of wealth and status, Beth found herself drawn to the ruggedly handsome cowboy. Lang Nelson made her feel safe...

During the first half of the 20th century, radio's hunger for captivating characters and stories could not be sated. Three national networks and dozens of independent stations had to fill a vast expanse of air time with comedy, adventure, mystery, drama and music, night after night. It's no surprise that producers and writers looked to outside sources, drawing some of old-time radio's most beloved characters (Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Hopalong Cassidy, Buck Rogers) directly from books....

Most people, asked whether they believe in their major decisions, will say yes. Pressed on the specific commitments they have actually made, the marriage, the career, the move, the money, most will admit the belief was thinner than the yes suggested. The gap between the confident answer and the shakier reality underneath it is where this book lives.The Conviction Threshold is a clear, unsentimental guide to the question almost no one examines before they c...

Christmas promises to be anything but merry for Robin Matthews who is waging a losing battle to keep her ranch and her family together. So when rugged ex-Marshal Nathaniel Hollister grudgingly agrees to help her run the Rocking M temporarily, he appears to be the answer to her prayers. But with Christmas fast approaching, Robin is going to need a miracle to keep from losing everything, including her heart, to this kind but bitter man.Though his attraction to her is growing by the da...

Fleeing her beloved country while her brother fights their cruel cousin to claim the throne of Valdavia, Princess Sophia Eugenie Tamaroff flees to New York City without money or protection. Forced to work as a parlor maid, she soon discovers she is dangerously attracted to her ruggedly handsome, enigmatic employer.Jared Grayson, former U.S. Marshal and current cattle baron, knows his beautiful new maid is lying about her past. Determined to uncover her secrets and get to know the r...

McCurdy Investigations, aka, Sh*ts and giggles Incorporated is fiction, humor, action, mystery, of approximately 49,000 words, and is intended to be first in a series. Book two is in in the works. It is a story about a down and out Private investigator initially hired because of his assumed incompetence by the nefarious groups directing the not so innocent damsel in distress client. The objective of the book is to make the reader smile. The characters are a lovable band of misfits with sha...

Sacrificing her reputation to provide for her orphaned nephews, Miranda Kilpatrick took over the saloon she inherited from her uncle, along with a world of trouble. Knowing she can never marry, Miranda tries not to care if Tobias Johnston, the handsome new schoolmaster, believes she is a fallen woman. But when Miranda sees kindness, humor and desire in Tobias's gray eyes, her vow never to risk her heart again begins to weaken.Despite the somber gray suit and gold spectacles he wear...

Palliative-care physician and award-winning author Anna DeForest returns with an ode to life and to death, and the ways we care for ourselves and others on our long, marvelous walk toward the end.In a pandemic-hushed city, a young doctor lives a life of insecure attachments: to a distant partner in an untended marriage, to a loaner child who stirs up hurts from the past, to houseplants wilting in a dark apartment on a once-vibrant street.Through a yearlong ...

When technique becomes an instinctive response to a musical imperative, execution improves, control improves, and more reliable and better performances result. Practice for Performance for Violinis filled with practical musical tools and inspiring extra-musical examples that help evoke instinctive musical responses while improving the mechanical processes of playing the violin.