It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of AtorkorFor centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana-once famously called "the Old Slave Coast"-share stories that reveal that Africans wer...

Some years ago, the Author of this book experienced a supernatural event. This true documented story entwines the death of a U.S.A soldier killed in 1944 with a Canadian soldier killed in 1992. Included in this book are spiritual Prose and Poems which the author feels adds to the supernatural event and the existence of a spirit world. InBetween Shadows will be of interest to readers of all Faiths since it strengthens Belief and helps to convince those who doubt. After all, there is only on...

You never know how things really are in other people's families, in other people's homes. There's the public face and the private truths – the personal griefs and tragedies, whether festering or resting in peace. In her wry, engagingly strange poems, Anne Bailey takes the door off the latch and lets us inside.She shows us loss and disappointment, as well as hardness and resilience, particularly through the eyes of a daughter, wife and mother. We see the domestic sphere in such clos...

This collection of essays represents the best recent history written on Civil War activity in Arkansas. It illuminates the complexity of such issues as guerrilla warfare, Union army policies, and the struggles hetween white and black civilians and soldiers, and also shows that the war years were a time of great change and personal conflict for the citizens of the state, despite the absence of "great" battles or armies. All the essays, which have been previously published in scholarly journ...

Emily Nielson is a young married woman who has just arrived in Singapore. Mrs. Chung, an elderly Chinese lady, invites her for a cup of tea and tells her a compelling love story; one Emily is unable to forget. Nearly thirty years later, Mrs. Chung's story returns to haunt her and she becomes a victim of the intrigues and deceits of the past. She makes a disastrous decision and circumstances lead to sinister consequences. www.annbailey.info Readers will travel a grim and bleak emotional lan...

Alan Mackenzie can't believe it when his laird's sister takes on some foolhardy mission to get close to every male in a rival clan, in the hopes of uncovering who's behind the plot to kill her brothers. He may not be good enough for Kirstie, but he'll be damned if anyone else touches her. But he's undercover as well, and one false move could betray them both.Kirstie Cameron's brothers are in danger, and if she has to flirt with the enemy to save them, she will. But her plans are hi...

Isobel MacLean fears she can't protect those she loves. Due to a violent attack in her past, she'll do anything to keep them safe—except marry the infuriating Grant MacDonald, heir to the MacDonald laird. She wants justice for her family, not a damn husband. Unfortunately, we don't always get what we want . . .Forced to wed the lass responsible for his friend's death, Grant MacDonald is determined to tame his hellion wife. On a mission to Edinburgh to prevent war, sparks fly as the...

Finlay Cameron, the bastard son of an English earl and a Scottish mother, weds stunning, outgoing Blair Macnab to ensure her clan’s loyalty to King Charles. She’s everything he’s ever wanted in a wife, but he suspects she may be plotting his murder.Always considered to be nothing more than a pretty face, Blair Macnab yearns to prove her worth. She refuses to be used as a pawn for political gain, but when confronted by a blackmailer, her only option is to marry the brawny Finlay Cam...

Finlay Cameron, the bastard son of an English earl and a Scottish mother, weds stunning, outgoing Blair Macnab to ensure her clan's loyalty to King Charles. She's everything he's ever wanted in a wife, but he suspects she may be plotting his murder.Always considered to be nothing more than a pretty face, Blair Macnab yearns to prove her worth. She refuses to be used as a pawn for political gain, but when confronted by a blackmailer, her only option is to marry the brawny Finlay Cam...

While spying for Clan Cameron, Brodie Cameron rescues a lass, only to realize it's Skye--the woman who'd broken his heart. Having beautiful Skye anywhere near him is dangerous because the price on his head is higher than the one on hers and he's trying to stop a war that could destroy them all.Upon being rescued from kidnappers, Skye finds herself staring into the eyes of the man she once loved. She's grateful to be free but has no idea how she'll resist the lad who has become a br...

A Wicked Highland Misfits novelBook Two: To Covet a Highland CriminalGrowing up as an orphan on the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland, Bran MacKay had a rough life. To save his adopted sister from paying for one of his past mistakes, he needs a large sum of money. Upon overhearing a plot to rob a business, he beats the thieves to the establishment. When he learns his actions could cost an innocent lass her business, he endeavors to make amends by secretly helping her earn back ...

A Wicked Highland Misfits novelBook Four: Surrender of a Highland SmugglerAfter being pawned off from one relative to the next, all Olivia Ledford desires is to find a stable place to call home. When at her favorite cousin's request, Olivia returns to Aberdeen, Scotland, she is forced to re-live the worst night of her life and the death of the only man she's ever loved. To her surprise, she finds Callum alive and still involved in the business that has destroyed everything ...