The Unseen Frontline gathers thirty Civil War narratives that shift attention from battlefield strategy to the improvised labor of survival: nursing, refuge, relief work, captivity, displacement, and the moral pressures of divided communities. Diaries, memoirs, eyewitness chronicles, reformist testimony, and literary reflections create a formally varied archive of wartime experience. Accounts of hospitals, occupied towns, Confederate homes, Union relief networks, and African American servi...

A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world—the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco" more than its soaring clock tower. But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts, the...

Guy Psycho and the Postmodernaires are broke.An enigmatic billionaire offers them five million dollars for a private performance of their lounge act. Somehow, that performance includes re-enacting an ancient Assyrian epic deep inside a mountain in Tennessee, in the sub-basement of a mansion that leads all the way to ancient Mesopotamia.To escape, Guy and his bandmates must retrieve a rumored thirteenth tablet of GILGAMESH. If they don't, they can't spend the five million, a...

For fifteen-year-old Joe Martin, growing up on the outskirts of West London, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, busy pubs, disco girls, stolen cars, social-club lager, cutthroat Teddy Boys and a job picking cherries with the gypsies. Life is sweet—until he is attacked by a gang of youths and thrown into the Grand Union Canal with his best friend Smiles.Fast forward to 1988, and Joe is travelling home on the Trans-Siberian Express after three years away, remembering the highs and l...

Farming and ranching success comes from the freedom to fail because there is no silver bullet. Curiosity – Farmers Discovering What Works tells journeys farmers make to find solutions that are kinder to the environment, easier on the pocket and bring purpose, pride and confidence to those in the most complex profession there is. Each story has nuggets of inspiration and insight to stimulate observation and logic in farming matters.John's perspectives are associated with th...

Adventurer, Cartoonist, Innovator, Musician, Man of God, Missionary, Trainer … all characterize John King. Eagerly accepting challenges that most would say were impossible or couldn’t be done, and yet inspiring others to participate with him in his radical “Off the Wall” endeavours. From jungles with crocodiles, to participating in the Guinness World Records with his musical saw, John wouldn’t say NO to any opportunity, sometimes to the dismay of his more sensible wife, Laura.John’...

Bienvenidos al Volumen II Resolviendo el Rompecabezas del Paisaje.Ahora que has aprendido un enfoque único para crear tu fantasía paisajística definitiva, utilizando las técnicas de planificación que te he expuesto en una guía paso a paso fácil de seguir, en,Volumen I - Resolviendo el rompecabezas del paisajeEl libro diseñado para eliminar el misterio de la creación de un paisaje que usted, su familia y sus invitados puedan disfrutar durante muchos años. Has podido ...

Discover how to profit from the stock market, even if you're a complete beginner. The stock market is the most powerful wealth-building tool ever invented. Are you ready to claim your share? This book will equip you with all the knowledge you need to start making money in the stock market right away. Don't risk your hard-earned money without a plan. To achieve significant financial success, you must understand how the stock market truly operates. Avoid common beginner mistakes and expensiv...

"The Book of Legends" follows a young boy named Spencer who is watching his two younger siblings, as they are all alone in the house. Not willing to go to bed, just yet the two young siblings ask Spencer to tell them stories, but he tells them legends, instead, taking them on an adventure with each one.An exciting new author, John King Keller, shares four amazing, scary and entertaining legends in this book that kids of all ages will enjoy. These legends feature a haunted bridge, c...

The glory gives you the throne to rule with Christ in God as an overcomer. It is rising up to the depths of Heaven and descending with authority and power of the kingdom of Heaven. it is ruling in God beyond having victory. Are you ready for the throne? In Dominion, power of rulership you will find extraordinary revelation to excel in God. You will know and understand the authority and power of:Principalities -- jurisdictional and territorial authority and power. How to move ...

Growth is part of the keys to added values! Growth is so important to maturity because it’s a way to gauge levels of advancement. Prayer also share similar growth processes to reach the ultimate dimensions. Targeted prayers must have all the intelligence components together to deliver a greater power-punch. Precision is what demonstrates the transparency of a guarded and guided life. Erratic behaviors are signs of oblivion, and until we know what to say, how to say them — when to speak or ...

A concept of warfare is only a module to simulate a possible eventuality or expected scenario that might occur in the battlefield and battlefront. This is to say that experts understand the risks of real battles and the challenges that might arise. Managing the shift is what takes away over-confidence to keep the soldiers aware of the inevitable unpredictability. Warfare is not playing in a campus and it’s the reason war drills are tailored to present a near or comparable battlefield exper...