• Above-ground graves resembling small, outdoor ovens furnished the name for the Mariposa County village of Hornitos. Hornitos is a Spanish word that means “little ovens.”      • In 1885, Alexander Kirkwood founded a hotel called Rattlesnake House in Tuolumne County. After his death, Mrs. Kirkwood remarried a fellow named William Priest. The hotel was generally called Priest’s Station after that and the locality is still known as Priest....

The Other Side of Reality is an imaginative adventure born in Gary's heart many years ago. It's the tale of a young woman who is pulled into a daring quest in which the future of humanity is at stake. The quest takes place on the Other Side of Reality, the realm in which both material and spiritual realities are seen and interacted with in ways that reveal the Creator's grand Story more clearly than most of us have ever imagined. She fights intense battles, confronts many faces of evil, le...

The Other Side of Reality is an imaginative adventure born in Gary's heart many years ago. It's the tale of a young woman who is pulled into a daring quest in which the future of humanity is at stake. The quest takes place on the Other Side of Reality, the realm in which both material and spiritual realities are seen and interacted with in ways that reveal the Creator's grand Story more clearly than most of us have ever imagined. She fights intense battles, confronts many faces of evil, le...

Only one will win the right to call her “mate.”Sergius Durham and his brothers are legendary trackers, and only the local sheriff knows why. They’re wolf shifters, attempting to live quietly on their horse farm. A difficult task when they’re summoned every time a hiker goes missing.Serg knows there’s something different about his latest case the moment he touches her clothing. She’s his mate, and nothing will stop him from finding and claiming her—...

Ada Kelly is doing the best she can. Smart, driven, and practical, she works hard to make her favorite Durham bar, Craft, as successful as possible. Except she's thwarted at every turn by the sibling drama of the bar's co-owning trio. Still, she loves her job, and everyone she works with.Well, almost everyone.Charlie English is selfish, flaky, and the sexiest man she's ever known. And he makes her absolutely stupid. Early on in her employment at Craft, Ada made the mistake ...

When Carol Shannon, the rebellious daughter of Brassbank's pit manager, falls for young miner, Mick Todd, their relationship causes a storm in the close-knit mining village. The bitterness between their families runs as deep as the coal seams that are the town's lifeblood.But the hardest battles are yet to come. As 1984 dawns, the yearlong Miner's Strike begins, a dispute that divides the nation and sets communities at war.Hardship not only...

At the dawn of World War 2, shop girl Sara dreams of a life beyond the small pit town of Whitton Grange. Desperate for adventure, she is thrilled when she meets the charming and exotic Joe Dimarco, whose family own the exciting new gelato shop in the village.Soon, love blossoms and Sara finds true happiness for the first time. But Joe is Italian, and as war threatens, hostility boils over in their little town. Sara's family are against the match an...

In the shadow of the Great War, life is hard in the mining village of Whitton Grange. Louie longs to build a new life but with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders and freedom seems impossible.But then she falls for 'Red' Sam Ritson - boxer and union leader. Strong and fearless, Sam gives her the courage to marry and start a family of her own. But Sam's loyalties are t...

Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from early times to the present day. Subjects include history, politics, art, archaeology, literature, etc. The Dictionary is intended for students, teachers and researchers, and will also be of interest to the general reader. Entries provide factual information and contain suggestions for further reading. ...

From the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York to the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the presence of Muslim communities in the West has generated security issues and major political concern. The government, the media, and the general public have raised questions regarding potential links between Western Muslims, radical Islam and terrorism. This speculation has given rise to popular myths concerning the Islamic world and led to a host of illiberal measures such ...

Eight years after the second Palestinian uprising, the Oslo accords signed in 1993 seem to have failed. The reasons for the failure continue to fascinate students, politicians, researchers and policymakers alike. This book explores one of the major aspects of the bilateral peace process – the composition and behaviour of the Palestinian negotiating team, which deeply impacted the outcome of the negotiations between 1991 and 1997. It focuses on the dynamics between the PLO leadership outsid...

This book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characterized by tolerance, compassion, generosity, hospitality, self-control, correct behaviour, equality and consensus. The author argues that present-day struggles in many Arab countries to redefine polities and politics are related to the fact that the underlying political culture of the Arabs has been overridden for centuries by successive political r...