To escape from the mob, a young woman flees certain death for a life of constant degradation. Excerpt “I'll save your life,” the dark-haired, young man smiled as he tugged at me. I was in shock and fear. My lover had miscalculated the outcome of attempting to take the life of an underworld kingpin who was blackmailing him straight to the poorhouse. Instead of meeting minor opposition the entire crew blasted him, leaving him in the plush motel room to die. They found me in his silver Merced...

Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans, published in 1846, is the record of personal adventures by Thomas James.

This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers Ultimate Handbook Guide to Funafuti : (Tuvalu) Travel Guide

This book brings together a bold revision of the traditional view of the Renaissance with a new comparative synthesis of global empires in early modern Europe. It examines the rise of a virulent form of Renaissance scholarship, art, and architecture that had as its aim the revival of the cultural and political grandeur of the Roman Empire in Western Europe. Imperial humanism, a distinct form of humanism, emerged in the earliest stages of the Italian Renaissance as figures such as Petrarch,...

Port Phillip's free settlers often said that they were civilising a wilderness. The truth was that the occupied country already had people, laws, politics, and economies. What did 'civilisation' mean to the free settlers? And what was the relationship between civilising and violence?The Civilisation of Port Phillip tracks the violent history of the first years of British settlement in the Port Phillip District, now the state of Victoria. It illuminates the underlying free-...

This is a true story about how I overcame adversity in my life. Some people may ridicule, judge, criticize, or no longer call me a friend, as some have already done. Nevertheless, these are the struggles I endured as a soldier and husband. No one knows all that I have kept buried deep inside of me to keep the peace in my home over the last 30 years of my life. I am disappointed and ashamed of myself for things I have done and said when it came to my marriage and family.Some content...

RED CLOUD I sometimes wonder if Red Cloud when outflanked along the Powder River by bluecoats, miners, sodbusters and bureaucrats; or when retired to the Pine Ridge Agency to be cowed into a quiet capitulation to the Palefaces inexorable civilization

"A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow" by Thomas James Wise is a comprehensive examination of the literary contributions of George Henry Borrow, a notable 19th-century English author and translator. This bibliography meticulously catalogs Borrow's works, including his novels, travel writings, and poetry, providing insights into his unique style and thematic concerns. Wise's dedication to documenting Borrow's oeuvre highlights the significance of Borrow's...

An ancient colony ship in stationary orbit near the moon received a message from its home world. The Hyraxian enemy have discovered the location of them colonies and have sent dreadnought warships to destroy the colonial worlds and their spaceships.On Earth, only eight ancestors survive from the original colonist. Of those, only the two youngest, ten year old, Kevin and Amy, have the telepathic ability to communicate with the artificial intelligence of the colony ship, the Gossamer ...

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Explaining this collection has been a more difficult task than envisioned. In a sense, the title, as barren as it is broad, really says it all. It is the experience of a movie distilled into a poem. Some are disguised as reviews; some go in more interesting directions. I imposed no guidelines except brevity. And I suppose, in this concision, the craft (Id never call it artistry) finds its canvas. Also, as most were penned in the 2014-to-2016 period, movies from those years feature prominen...

This book follows the career events of a group of young people hired in 1965 to be Auditors for the Army. They go to Army schools and seminars, they learn on the jobs and then they do whatever it takes to advance ahead of their peers. They encounter normal life events of marriage, birth of children, spousal cheating, divorce, promotions, travel to exotic and less than exotic locations and endure the boredom of hotel and motel rooms as the 4 walls close in on them. Many leave the ranks with...