Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe.William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pas...

On May 10, 1869, the Golden Spike linked the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah. The dream of a railroad across America had at last come true. This book tells the story of swaggering men with big plans, of an America emerging from the Civil War and reaching its manifest destiny. The men who imagined the transcontinental railroad were impassioned profiteers, an unlikely, often ruthless band, guilty of both financial double-dealing and ferociou...

Sam Houston was one of the most extraordinary figures in American history. During his life, he held an astonishing range of positions: governor of two states (Tennessee and Texas), congressman (Tennessee), senator (Texas), and president of the Republic of Texas during its independence. He was an ardent expansionist who helped make Manifest Destiny a reality, and more than any other individual, he was responsible for Texas's entry into the United States. But Houston was a complex man whose ...

In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher’s Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America.It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek “an original relation to nature,” drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes up in Butcher’s Crossing, a small Kansas town on the outskirts of nowhere. Butcher’s Crossing is full ...

Ever since he was a child, Manny Benson was fascinated with ancient Biblical artifacts, archaeology, and mythology. He would bend the ear of anyone unlucky enough to be within range to expound upon his newest idea on what happened to Noah’s Ark, the Ark of the Covenant and whose image it was on the Shroud of Turin. But more than anything else, Manny loved to talk about his theories concerning the blood of Christ.“Imagine if the blood of Christ was actually in this clay pot,” Manny ...

Two cousins are united in their grief for their lost mothers and increasingly begin to struggle with their own feelings for each other.They plan an idyllic holiday at the family's ancentral home in Norfolk during the golden summer of 1914, but their inner emotional battles are thrown into further turmoil as the Balkan Crisis turns to war.One has to remain in England with his father, the other is to also return home with his father - a German navy officer.Now separated ...

Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people – an essential bedside book for all fans.Filled with succinct observations and narrative stories, the book charts changes in the people, events and culture of the game from its origins in 1863 to the modern-day global dominance of the Premier League. Its short, episodic chapters highlight the unusual, the epic, the remarkable...

"The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm" by John Williams Streeter is a compelling narrative that explores the life and challenges of farming in America. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, Streeter captures the essence of rural life, detailing the hard work, dedication, and resilience required to cultivate the land. The book serves as both a tribute to the agricultural lifestyle and a reflection on the changing dynamics of farming, emphasizing the connection bet...

In the summer of 1989 John Williams embarked on an epic journey through a deeply troubled USA.A right-wing Republican administration seemed bent on rolling back the advances of the civil rights era; the Supreme Court were partially reversing the Roe vs Wade ruling on abortion; criminals from the Central Park rapist to the serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacey were all over the news.Who did Williams turn to make sense of all this? America's crime wri...

This is not a book for the faint of heart. It's for the weary warrior who refuses to quit. For the believer who's been knocked down, overlooked, or underestimated—but still gets up. This is for the Church that's ready to rise, to war, and to awaken.In Unrelenting, John Williams draws from Scripture, real-life fire, and raw spiritual truth to call the Church out of slumber and into action. From the lonely fields of David to the furnace of Joseph, from repentant tears to rev...

"I feel married, but alone."Behind countless Christian marriages is a silent crisis few dare to talk about — affection starvation. One spouse longs for connection, tenderness, and intimacy while the other withdraws, dismisses, or simply refuses to give. The pain grows quietly, but the damage runs deep.Starved: The Silent Crisis of Affectionless Marriage exposes one of the most common — and most overlooked — threats to covenant marriages tod...

Ferocious LoveThis is not a gentle love. It is a consuming fire.Ferocious Love is a cry from the heart of one who has been marked by God's presence. It is a journey into the kind of love that sacrifices, surrenders, and burns with holy longing. This is not about casual Christianity or safe religion. This is about lovers of God who have counted the cost and chosen the flame.In these pages, you will be invited to wee...