A boy loses his father and is thrust into an all or nothing journey. He is accompanied by a group of retired elite soldiers on a conquest to save a prince from being beheaded while Onken is under attack from overwhelming odds. There is a tight deadline and maybe nothing to come back to.

How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the churchAt the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated hour in America is still Sunday mornings when Christians gather for worship.In Slavery’s Long Shadow fourteen historians and other scholars examine how the sobering historica...

Utilizing the global aspects and intricacies of U.S Customs Bonding & brokerage systems, & living in several parts of the nation, my book does not reflect any one person as it is a blend of many people and many events. The ins and outs, scenarios uncovered & global movement of people, places & things are elements of what I know in a world behind many closed doors not previously disclosed. I write about what I have seen, heard, experienced, and participated in, to weave a story uniquely odd...

Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize (2009)Winner of the Henry-Russell Hitchcock Book Award (2010)Henry Austin's (1804–1891) works receive consideration in books on nineteenth-century architecture, yet no book has focused scholarly attention on his primary achievements in New Haven, Connecticut, in Portland, Maine, and elsewhere. Austin was most active during the antebellum era, designing exotic buildings that have captured the imaginations of many f...

All 18 episodes of Radio 4's word-obsessed comedy panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth, where stars from across the world of wordplay come together to guess the meanings of now-obsolete words, invent their own clichés and cockney rhyming slang, discuss their own favourite words and phrases - and suggest words they would like to ban.This witty and unexpected show brings you toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang and Greek gobbledegook. Find ...

Though many of its early leaders were immigrants, most histories of the Stone-Campbell Movement have focused on the unique, American-only message of the Movement. Typically, the story tells the efforts of Christians seeking to restore New Testament Christianity or to promote unity and cooperation among believers.Among the Early Evangelicals charts a new path showing convincingly that the earliest leaders of this Movement cannot be understood apart from a robust evangelical ...

James A, Gorman writes this coming of age story during the turbulence of the 1960s counter-culture in an era of sex, drugs, rock and revolution. Meet an eclectic cast of characters and hear their stories, some hilarious, some tragic.For his 18th birthday he would be busted for smoking flowers while his girl picked flowers in the woods. After serving thirty days in the county jail, he would earn the respect of twenty harden criminals.He attended the Woodstock music festival be...

A world-renowned paleontologist reveals groundbreaking science that trumps science fiction: how to grow a living dinosaur.Over a decade after Jurassic Park, Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur.Based on new research in evolutionary developmental biology on how a few select cells grow to create arms, legs, eyes, and brains that function together, Jack Horner ...

A balanced, well-documented history of the Churches of Christ in AmericaThe Churches of Christ is a denomination defined by not being a denomination. These communities intended to restore a primitive Christianity, undivided by historical quarrels.Despite this ideal, the Churches of Christ in America have a surprisingly complex history dating back to the nineteenth century. James L. Gorman's fresh edition of Richard T. Hughes's classic work, Reviving the...

A short story about a dart point crafted by a Paleo-Indian approximately 7,000 years ago.The story is ficticious with exception of the last six paragraphs which are factual.The dart point was carried into space on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-113 by Cmdr. John B. Herrington, USN in November, 2002.

"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of people already passionate about this n...

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are.Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also incl...