"Running the Blockade" by Thomas E. Taylor is a gripping historical novel that immerses readers in the tumultuous era of the American Civil War. The story follows the daring exploits of a Confederate blockade runner, navigating treacherous waters and evading Union forces. Taylor's vivid descriptions and well-researched details bring to life the challenges faced by those who risked everything to transport vital supplies to the South. The characters are richly developed, showcasing their cou...

The first-person experiences and adventures of blockade runner during the American civil war. - Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier

Dive into the lucrative world of house flipping with "The Rookie Renovator's Guide to Flipping Success." This comprehensive manual equips beginners with essential knowledge, from understanding the basics and developing a successful mindset to mastering negotiation and renovation planning. Learn to source profitable properties, navigate permits and regulations, and effectively market and sell your flips. Transform from novice to expert with invaluable guidance, leaving a lasting legacy in t...

The Unseen Frontline gathers thirty Civil War narratives that shift attention from battlefield strategy to the improvised labor of survival: nursing, refuge, relief work, captivity, displacement, and the moral pressures of divided communities. Diaries, memoirs, eyewitness chronicles, reformist testimony, and literary reflections create a formally varied archive of wartime experience. Accounts of hospitals, occupied towns, Confederate homes, Union relief networks, and African American servi...

Analyses of crime and justice in an unprecedented timeWhile COVID-19 lockdowns affected nearly everyone worldwide, feelings of anxiety and fear were exacerbated for those already entangled in the criminal justice system. Scholars recognized the unique opportunity to study crime and the justice system’s response during this period, though they soon realized that determining the pandemic’s effects would be a complicated, nuanced process.Crime, Corrections...

"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries" explores the ancient religious rites and rituals of Eleusis and Bacchus, two significant cults in ancient Greece. Written by Thomas Taylor and published in 1790, this work delves into the secretive and mystical ceremonies associated with these mystery cults, which were celebrated in honor of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone in Eleusis and the god Dionysus (Bacchus) in various regions. Taylor provides insights into the beliefs, practices, and symbo...

With a life enveloped by the occult from childhood, Taylor dove into forces of the unknown in an attempt to master them. Walking the line of witchcraft and madness, she struggled to find answers. From toddler to adulthood, a continual series of bizarre and horrifying paranormal experiences shaped her life, which she accounts through the pages of each chapter, sharing what was revealed to her with each experience. This nonfiction book illustrates the connection we all have with an unseen sp...

This Book is about my struggle with my own sexuality after I was molested and raped. It’s hard to understand why things happen to us in life. What do you do when you don’t understand why and how to change it? Is what society teach us really true? How do we deal with that unknown part of us? Do we know what we really want in a sexual relationship? This book will touch many areas in women lives that they may be afraid to address, or do not have anyone to talk to about their issues. It addres...

When Herbie and Violet's arch-enemy Sebastian Eels turns up in Eerie-on-Sea, seemingly back from the dead, it can only spell bad news. The town may welcome his entrepreneurial scheme to resurrect Festergrimm's Waxworks, a dusty and defunct old gallery of spooky characters from Eerie legend, but Herbie and Violet are suspicious of his motives. And when they learn the legend of Ludo Festergrimm the clockmaker, creator of a vast mechanical robot that wrought havoc in the wrong hands, they KNO...

There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...?When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it ... but should they in fact fear it? Legend has it that the bottle contains an extraordinary secret that spells doom for the whole of Eerie-on-Sea. Could it be true that the vast sea creature Gargantis has awoken from her slumb...

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea series to a heart-stopping climax.It is midwinter once again, and the hosts of a paranormal podcast have descended on Eerie-on-Sea eager for a sighting of the legendary malamander. Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, is feeling uneasy – and not just because of the visitors. He’s being plagued by unsettling dreams, and the head-splitting “Eerie H...

A creepy magician with a shadowy act. A legend that goes back to the dawn of time. Eerie-on-Sea just got stranger. And darker...A mysterious stage magician has set up in the theatre at the end of the pier, with an act so hypnotic and strange that Herbie Lemon and his friend Violet Parma suspect dark forces are at work. Meanwhile, folk are disappearing from Eerie-on-Sea, and no one knows why. There is an Eerie legend that goes back to the dawn of time, about a creat...