Football season in New Orleans has been a study in frustration since the Saints arrived in 1967, but this year could be the worst.Not only is the team 0-and-8 and headed for yet another dismal campaign, but owner Ron Beauchamp is threatening to move if he doesn't get a new stadium deal.Things look bleaker still for the team's struggling, Polish-born kicker, Oleg Adamowicz, who nearly dies on the Superdome turf after taking a vicious hit while trying (and failing) to make a ...

Christmas has been a difficult time of year for department store manager Haywood Coleman since the death of his only son, but this year promises to be the worst. A corporate takeover jeopardizes the existence of his store and, along with it, the fate of Mr. Bingle, New Orleans' beloved Christmas mascot.But a mysterious turn of events propels Coleman into a fight to save the little snow fairy despite it costing him his job, his reputation, and nearly his marriage.When all se...

"Epic, exciting, and highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review "A detailed, vivid, and often sobering history of life at sea." — Independent Book Review In the Wake of Empire, the Black Flag Was Born. Black Meridian: Piracy & Empire is a sweeping narrative history of piracy, revealing how pirates, privateers, and imperial powers shaped and destroyed one another across four centuries of global conflict. From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the end of piracy in the industrial age, Sea...

Jake Bershinsky's mother moves to an isolated Forest Service station where he befriends Henry Riley, a local Indian boy. When his mother is called away for weeks at a time on fire suppression duties, he stays with Henry's family, becoming a member of the tribe. It is a idyllic life until the boys are torn apart. Jake joins the Army to get away and forget the painful memory. Years later, when the wound feels healed, he retires from the Army and returns to his boyhood home as a Law Enforceme...

On 11 Jun 1951, the US Government established the Nevada National Security Site located sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. This 1,400 square mile area is pockmarked from the detonation of 1,021 nuclear tests. There was a reason for so many nuclear tests at this location, beyond the obvious. How better to protect Top Secrets until one escapes and begins killing people.

David Dolephene discovers he is the last direct, male descendant of Francois Evreux, one-time governor of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, an the infamous pirate, Dolphin. Traveling to El Hierro he meets twins, Alejandro and Concepcion, to embark on an attempt to recover hidden pirate treasure to save his inherited plantation from an unscrupulous politician. One problem. Someone not only wants the treasure, but him dead.(The revised edition of 2.2013 corrects minor errors inserted b...

It's new: Matt LeBlanc! This book is your ultimate resource for Matt LeBlanc. Here you will find the most up-to-date 124 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Matt LeBlanc's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.A quick look inside: Irwin Allen - Legacy, The Pilot (Friends) - Casting, List of Friends characters, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Co...

As the waters of the great flood rise up and the Ark with Noah and his family sail off into history, Manny Guzman and Sherei, struggle to climb higher up the mountain. Despite being a teenager, Manny had certain skills needed as he had been sent back in time to protect Noah and thwart Lucifer's plan to prevent the Ark from sailing. As he would learn later, that wasn't the only reason he found himself battling the devil's general, Amalekiel. His adversary attempts to drown him along with th...

The Counter-Culture of Conscience: Protestant Nationalism and the Irish RepublicFor three centuries, a remarkable and often overlooked tradition ran through the heart of Irish political life, the tradition of the Protestant who chose Ireland over community, principle over privilege, and the common good over confessional loyalty. From William Molyneux's foundational legal argument for Irish sovereignty in 1698 to the civil rights marchers of 1960s Belfast, men and w...

Zhu Wen and the Forging of Medieval ChinaIn the dying decades of the Tang dynasty, as famine swept the Yellow River valley and the empire's ancient aristocratic order crumbled under its own weight, a classics teacher's son from a forgotten county in central China began the journey that would end with the destruction of one of history's greatest civilisations, and the founding of another. Zhu Wen was a rebel, a defector, a warlord, a regicide, and an emperor, and hi...

One commander chose to disobey. When a catastrophic chain reaction threatens civilization, a battle-hardened commander leads his rogue battalion and their families into exile. Cities go dark. Order collapses. On the first night, it becomes clear the old stories were never myths, but warnings. Epic military science fiction where ancient gods reclaim the battlefield and humanity must decide what it believes in to survive. "A masterful blend of mythology and futuristic warfare, packed with vi...

The practice of Street Photography allows photographers to immediately practise their chops - no studios, or waiting for other people to cooperate, just get out there and start taking photos and start to learn the art of street photography.Within the pages of Sean P. Durham's Berlin Street Photography you can study the many examples of how he sees the streets and the world around himself.The text is full of tips and inspiring ideas that you can use in your ow...