An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most of the people at the reading of the will did not know the deceased in person, but had received kindnesses from him, for instance by the payment of school and university fees. The principal beneficiary, a great-nephew, also did not know him. The only two people who really knew him were the old lawyer who dealt with his affairs, and an old Indian servant....

William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones (b. 1824) stands among the most notable Southwest Virginians to fight in the Civil War. The Washington County native graduated from Emory & Henry College and West Point. As a lieutenant in the "Old Army" between service in Oregon and Texas, he watched helplessly as his wife drowned during the wreck of the steamship Independence. He resigned his commission in 1857.Resuming his military career as a Confederate officer, he mentored the legendary John ...

"BANTA: Where the Frontier Shapes the Man" tells the life story of William Banta, a boy who grows up against the harsh backdrop of the Texas Hill Country and becomes a man shaped by the trials of the frontier. From early lessons in survival to the choices that define his character, Banta's journey reflects an era marked by danger, transformation, and resilience. Inspired by historical accounts, testimonies, and the lived reality of frontier families—which emphasize emotional and historical...

***Mekong Delta Blue***s by James Ballard is a story about love in the face of war. It is inspired by the author’s wartime experiences as a medic.As the Vietnam War escalates, the counterculture arrives in 1960s California. Johnny Ornowoski and his girlfriend, Cecelia, are immersed in the changing times and their newfound love. When these currents collide, the young lovers are confronted with a bad set of options. Their lives are irrevocably disrupted.No longer able to avoi...

THE WHALE DONE SCHOOL is the third in the Whale Done! series, focusing the proven power of positive attention on the process of educating children. Based on an actual school-turnaround story, the fable demonstrates how students' behavior and academic performance improves dramatically when teachers systematically employ the science of training killer whales -- i.e., building trust, giving lots of attention to what their students do right, and redirecting wrong behavior to positive outcomes....

February 2016 marked the second anniversary of the Covington Writers Group (CWG). Anniversaries, as well as other special occasions, are usually celebrated in certain ways, commonly referred to as “Family Traditions”. We noticed many of these traditions included a special family recipe or craft project, some of which have been passed down from generation to generation. We decided to share some of our favorite traditions and the foods or projects that make our stories unique.

They didn't bury the past. They built on top of it. The Ridge Remembers uncovers the hidden Civil War that tore through the Texas Hill Country—one rarely taught in classrooms and almost erased from public memory. Unionists and Secessionist Loyalists lived side by side, bound by proximity but divided by conviction. Fire‑Eaters enforced their will in shadows. Rumors lingered of Dead Man's Hole. Bushwhackers and hangerbangers rode through the night. Neighbors turned on neighbors. Silence beca...

With a new foreword by Dermot Moran‘the work here presented seeks to found a new science – though, indeed, the whole course of philosophical development since Descartes has been preparing the way for it – a science covering a new field of experience, exclusively its own, that of "Transcendental Subjectivity"’ - Edmund Husserl, from the author’s preface to the English EditionWidely regarded as the principal founder of phenomenology,...

This comprehensive anthology draws together classic and contemporary readings by leading philosophers on epistemology. Ideal for any philosophy student, it will prove essential reading for epistemology courses, and is designed to complement Robert Audi's textbook Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 1998).Themes covered include, perception, memory, inductive inference, reason and the a priori, the architecture of knowledge, skepticism, the analysis of knowl...

Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This revised edition of the Prolegomena, which is the best introduction to the theoretical side of his philosophy, presents his thought clearly by paying careful attention to his original language. Also included are selections from the Critique of Pure Reason, which fill out and explicate some of Kant's central arguments (in...