A good book to read if you are looking for a fictionalized account to help the history come alive, or as a supplement to other historical accounts. There was a good amount of suspense to make it interesting. I thought this was pretty cheesy in a lot of places, and rather repetitive in some of ...
Yet another winner from Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen. I will steal a sentence from my review of their novel, "To Try Men's Souls." This book, notwithstanding the fictional approach, can really help you understand the almost unbelievable physical, mental, and emotional commitment and persev...
I have enjoyed the previous writings of these two men especially the civil war series. This one was not as good. Having Alexander Hamilton stuck in the story when he was not supposed to be there detracted from the credibility from the start. It almost felt like the authors wanted to add him to ma...
She had taken the red, white, and blue cotton and silk from several dresses, now long out of style, to create a new dress for the occasion, complete to a sash of blue with white stars. There was a time in her life when such was not necessary; when a mere charming smile to her indulgent father wou...
All in the yard fell strangely quiet at the sight of her. men whispering to each other. Some of the wounded were boys in blue, and one of them, leg missing below the knee, propped himself on his elbow. "Let's hear it for old McPherson!" he cried, and a ragged three cheers echoed weakly. She looke...
At one point during the season, Coach Kris Hogan saw an opportunity to teach his team something much more important than how to win a football game. The Lions were preparing to play against Gainesville State, which was a maximum-security juvenile detention facility housing kids who had been convi...
All was silent, except for that clock, and the background noises of a ship laboring through heavy seas.His staff stood respectfully, no one stirring, no one seated except the architect of this day, this day that all knew would be the most fateful in the history of their people, their race, their ...
Paul International Airport. He’d chosen the Alle Aamin Coffee Shop on Cedar Avenue in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, home to most of the Twin Cities’ Somali residents. When he arrived, his guest was already sitting at a corner table. Nader stopped to order at the counter before ...
Tom Paine woke up, confused, not sure for a moment where he was. The room was semidark, curtains drawn. It felt stifling, confining, and chokingly hot, with heat radiating from one of Franklin’s stoves. Pulling back the covers, still not sure where he was, he was startled to discover he was naked...
von Steuben whispered under his breath. “Sir?” He turned to the entourage that had taken to following him around the camp. Du Ponceau was a step behind him on one side, carrying a plank of polished wood with a sheet of paper pegged to it, ready to take notes, struggling to keep up with translatio...
And many of the remaining jobs are created by companies that began as small start-ups. So if you want to expand the economy and create jobs, you have to focus on small business. American prosperity is the cumulative result of the creativity, courage, and leadership of individual men and women. In...
Bachman stared nervously down the access road in the direction they had gone, as if afraid the government car would suddenly reappear. "It was the FBI. They were looking for you." "Of course they were looking for me," Skorzeny replied calmly, staring straight into Friedric...
X-ray Delta, this is Phoenix, come in.” “He’s gone,” Halsey said quietly, the petty officer operating the radio looking back at his admiral and nodding in agreement. McCloskey, standing to one side, gave a nod of agreement as well. They had broken radio silence long enough. He didn’t want to risk...