"Epic, exciting, and highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review "A detailed, vivid, and often sobering history of life at sea." — Independent Book Review In the Wake of Empire, the Black Flag Was Born. Black Meridian: Piracy & Empire is a sweeping narrative history of piracy, revealing how pirates, privateers, and imperial powers shaped and destroyed one another across four centuries of global conflict. From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the end of piracy in the industrial age, Sea...

One commander chose to disobey. When a catastrophic chain reaction threatens civilization, a battle-hardened commander leads his rogue battalion and their families into exile. Cities go dark. Order collapses. On the first night, it becomes clear the old stories were never myths, but warnings. Epic military science fiction where ancient gods reclaim the battlefield and humanity must decide what it believes in to survive. "A masterful blend of mythology and futuristic warfare, packed with vi...

A look at the role of state policies in North-South economic divergence and in American industrial development leading up to the Civil War.In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, "Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else!" With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, and network of rivers and ports, Virginia stood poised to serve as the ...

In June of 2016, I was staring at my best friend's corpse floating face down in Lake Sequoia. I had lost my wife and little girl only a month before. I clung to the hope that Morgan and Ava would return before Morgan's habit got the better of her. There was no hope for Rob Erwin. Murders did not happen in Seven Lakes, North Carolina. Folks left their doors unlocked there. I was devastated.To manage grief, I ran. Actually, I drank and also ran around the lake each day. One morning, ...

A complete "beginning to end" training program that establishes respect, trust, and a foundational skill set in your horse, no matter their age.It's time to get real—that is, real, do-it-yourself horse training. Professional trainer Sean Patrick has created the ultimate guide to the complete riding horse—whether a performance, working, or just-for-fun prospect. Quite simply, you begin at Lesson Number thirty-three and count your way down through the basic exercises...

"Easily the most thorough and best-grounded account of the coal-based system of heating in the nineteenth-century United States . . . authoritative." — The New England QuarterlyHome Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the "industrial hearth" appeared in American cities, the me...

Classic Children's Tale - Follow Pedro on His Many Adventures...

Isaac Graver was never too attached to humans, but one day he mysteriously lost his humanity. He finds himself pursued by creatures he never believed were real; some wonderful, some terrible, and others simply strange. Is he the stray thread that might unravel all Creation? Fortunately, he won't have to find out alone.

Sean Patrick Sayers peels away the veneer of society in this chilling account of a world in crisis and without order as the reader meets characters adeptly forged from years of hardship and a never ending winter. Follow Conrad Scott as he emerges from a tragic accident to discover that the modern age has ended and the survivors have succumbed to savage acts of brutality. Conrad must survive the winter to search for his daughter while overcoming the worst of humanity. But, it is through the...

A satirical and funny story about an unlikeable man who rose above his own competence.**Ronald Stroud is a loud and obnoxious wind that blew into the Oval Office, he doesn't care about history or politics.Ronald Stroud has finally made it to the White House. On his first day, he discovers that being the President of the United States isn't going exactly as he planned - senators want to discuss politics with him and are demanding his tax returns ...

While the traditional Christian engagement with environmental ethics too often begins and ends with Genesis, this project joins numerous recent efforts by biblical scholars to identify new foundations on which Christians can make ethical choices about creation. Wisdom literature, a largely untapped resource, offers a unique point of entry for environmental ethics. Despite their marginalization in ethical debates on the environment, the biblical sages have a great deal to say about the inse...

In this warmhearted memoir, the author revisits growing up the youngest of six in an Irish Catholic family in post–World War II Cleveland.You've heard of Murphy's Law and even the Peter Principle, but here's a new one: Patrick's Law. Patrick's Law, which deserves at least equal space in the index of life, states that in large families, the youngest gets the shortest end of the stick. The youngest has certain traits that can last to adulthood: "His clothing will mar...