First published in 1985. In the late autumn of 1774 at the age of 37 Tom Paine arrived in Philadelphia. Eighteen months later he had established himself as a seminal figure in the Independence movement. It was the start of a career in which he became the first US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; was outlawed from England by Pitt for the publication of the second part of the Rights of Man; delivered a final plea for the life of Louis XVI in the National Convention of 1794; was impris...

This book is a collection of essays printed in the Abilene Reporter News, the daily newspaper for Abilene, Texas. These essays are less about expressing the author's opinions and more about widening the discussion. Political, social, and religious issues are too often discussed in the simplest possible terms, usually with a predetermined slant. Most readers go about looking for information and opinions that coincide with what they already believe. When it comes to issues that affect us per...

This eBook contains the "extras", bonus material, and deleted scenes from David W. Powell's original memoir My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma. In this new posthumous edition, we get an intimate look at David's life in previously undocumented stages:Growing up in Pasadena, CaliforniaDraft NoticeBoot campFrom Camp Pendleton to Da NangHighlights of his life from 2007 to 2011Join us with a final salute to David W. Pow...

Details Sherman’s grueling advance from the Etowah River to Kennesaw Mountain during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign.The scope, drama, and importance of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign was on a par with Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign in Virginia. Despite its criticality and massive array of primary source material, the operations in North Georgia have lingered in the shadows. Award-winning author David A. Powell’s first of five installments, The Atlanta Campaign: Vol...

David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the USMarines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would beable to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he neverthought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise. Evenless that he would wind up serving as a Rocket man in the jungles of DaNang and Chu Lai for a 13 month tour in hell.David's journey from naive civilian to battle-hardened combat veteranshows us all how fr...

The scope, drama, and importance of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign were on par with Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign in Virginia. Despite its significance and wealth of primary source material, the operations in North Georgia have long lingered in the shadows. Award-winning author David A. Powell’s first and second volumes of his planned five-volume series covered the campaign’s opening phases: the maneuvers around Dalton and Resaca in May, and the trench warfare and fierce fighting near Ma...

In an intricately linked series of poetic, short tales set in a 1983 suburb, Greg Bottoms portrays his life as one of two "at–risk" boys as they attempt to learn how to be—and what it means to be—men.By turns funny, disquieting, and moving, Fight Scenes takes an unsparing look at juvenile disaffection and the dark side of white, working–class masculinity. By narrating his experiences with childhood buddy Mark, Bottoms shows how many of America's young men ...

This volume brings together, in definitive form, all of John Clare's important autobiographical writings. His Autobiographical Fragments, Journal, and Sketches are set alongside his famous Journey out of Essex. Maps of Clare's countryside, his will, and extracts from his asylum letters are also included, presenting the author in all his guises—ploughboy, gardener, and militiaman; lover and husband; acquaintance of Hazlitt, Lamb, and Coleridge; and finally, inmate...

If you could change your life today, what would you do...?Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds gives you the inspiration you need each day to be the best you can be and live the life you've always desired. Let me be the coach who will lift your spirits, challenge you to go the extra mile, and fulfill your life's wishes every day.Have you ever wondered?How to have the most fulfilling relationship you can imagine?Why you keep ending u...

A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and why scholars feel it necessary to reconsider one of the most critical turning points of the American Civil War.The first academic analysis that delineates all three Civil War campaigns foug...

‘An outstanding book’ SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth – an English Hen Harrier – which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.‘The sun was blood red as it broke the horizon and lit the communal roost where the female hen harrier had spent the night. She watched the other harriers as they left to go foraging for food out on the moor. She didn’t join them, for she had felt a quickening in...

With the ideology of democracy under more global scrutiny than ever in the wake of the war on Iraq and suspicions over election results, David Beetham offers new insights into democracy. He looks at real examples such as the role of the citizen and how large corporations affect democracy as well as contemplating the future of democracy in the developed and developing worlds.