Something is very wrong at the International Academy for Martial Arts in Beijing, but the Tigers have no idea what they're facing - yet. Their arch enemy has been transferred to the school and suddenly their instructor, Master Chang, has disappeared. Corrupt forces have taken over the Academy - in the midst of terrible danger only high-kicking action can save the school - and Master Chang's life . . .

In this second brilliant Tangshan adventure, the Tigers are back at the Beijing International Academy, training for their next victory. But when their friend Li-lian disappears and Master Chang vanishes, the Tigers grow suspicious. A vital clue leads them to their Master, and a deadly hunt begins. Master Chang must find a mysterious golden key, which will unlock priceless treasures – and save Li-lian’s life.

--"Age 6" is the tale of an Indiana boy nearing his seventh birthday. He is escorted by an older family friend on a five-day, often mysterious, outing via steam locomotive.Would you like to be turned loose in a toy factory distributor showroom to play? Or, could you be left alone at the lunch table while German spies try to figure out how to nab you so you will not expose them to the authorities? What about being trapped and kidnapped from a men's room 500 miles from home? Is it jus...

This essay is for the beginning fiction writer of any age, or as a help for those embarking on creative writing for the first time. It is not a complete instruction or all the necessary information needed for a successful writing career.Tips herein will give the beginner a basic understanding necessary to begin writing for pleasure or profit. Included are two sections you may find helpful: 1) A Writing Exercise (Chapter 3); and, 2) Publishing On-Line (Chapter 5).Throughout ...

To earn a living these days, your photography has to rise above a lot of noise, so you need all the advantages you can get. Here, Dan M. Lee gives you back-to-back hard-hitting ideas that are proven to make every shot in your portfolio a stand-out image that grabs attention and wins new clients.Clients recognize and reward creativity. It's not enough to be competent with a camera: you need to experiment, find new perspectives, and innovate your workflow if you want to stay competit...

Born to an affluent family in 1836, Hylan B. Lyon claimed ancestors among Irish rebels, patriots of the American Revolution, and slaveowners in his native Kentucky. Biographer Dan Lee chronicles Lyon’s military career, which began with service in the Third US Artillery after his graduation from West Point in 1856. Lyon first saw action in the Third Seminole War. Later stationed at Fort Yuma in California, he went on to fight in the Coeur d’Alene War. Witnessing the execution of Yakima chie...

The Jackson Purchase is the far western section of Kentucky. In 1861, it was a rich agricultural and iron producing region. It also controlled the mouths of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers, as well as that middle stretch of the mighty Mississippi where it transitions from a northern to a southern river. The Purchase was the riverine gateway to the Deep South. The obvious military importance of the region caused both the Federal and Confederate governments to pour material resour...

An audaciously naughty, saucy and humorous story for adults. Six women and one very amply endowed man frolic in a rooming house.George W. Melandorph, an accountant, is small in stature, but has an extraordinary gift. He runs from job to job to escape women hounding him for his male "equipment". His attributes hinder his search for a woman who loves him for "who I am, rather than what I have".Settling in the fictional small Northern Indiana town of Woxland, George once again b...

Attorney John Crocker is determined to reconnect with a woman he met at an epic rock concert 50 years earlier, but he’s lost his mind, literally. He's left a lucrative law career and is driving across the country in an ancient VW Microbus with a nearly blind dog and a wickedly clever imaginary friend. Along the way, he realizes that redemption is earned one highway stop at a time, and the cost of forgiveness is higher than he could have ever imagined.

Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers. This book tells the stories of three of the most beautiful and historic: the Rolling Fork, the Nolin, and the Rough. Each is an unpredictable force of nature flowing through a land that varies from wide, sunny meadows to dark, rock-bound hollows.Chapters describe the people who lived in the river valleys, including pioneers, frontier preachers, a future president, cave explorers, Confederate and Union soldiers, desperate killers, hardscrabble...

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it.Its northern terminus at Columbus, Kentucky saw some of the earliest fighting in the war. The southern terminu...

Colonel Frank Wolford, the acclaimed Civil War colonel of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, is remembered today primarily for his unenviable reputation. Despite his stellar service record and widespread fame, Wolford ruined his reputation and his career over the question of emancipation and the enlistment of African Americans in the army.Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln’s public stance on slavery, Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against the president. Dish...