Book View Café presents thirteen (of course) brand new (mostly) tales of ghosts, hauntings, and things that might or might not go bump in the night—tales that will inspire an involuntary glance over the shoulder, an unexpected shiver, or an uneasy chuckle.Open this book at your own risk—of a spooky good read.Stories by Alma Alexander – Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff – Chaz Brenchley – Marie Brennan – Brenda W. Clough – Marissa Doyle – Katharine Eliska Kimbriel – Shannon Page – Paul...

Man O' War, or "Big Red" as he was affectionately called, was the greatest racehorse that ever lived. In 1919 and 1920, he won 20 of 21 starts and set eight records, including three world records, while conceding as much as 30 pounds to his rivals. His time in the Belmont Stakes at 1 mile, 3 furlongs stood for an incredible 50 years. On three separate occasions, bookmakers quoted him at an astronomical 1-100. Credited with reviving the sport of horseracing in much the same way as Babe Ruth...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...