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From the Oregon Trail to the camps of the Lakota Sioux and throughout the Civil War, Ben and Sarah Walters learn to survive. Taken captive by the Sioux after her wagon train is attacked, Sarah learns to live and care again. Through Ben, experience the battles of Wilson's Creek, Lexington and Shiloh, feel the filth and privation of Libby Prison; share a friendship that grows between Sarah and a slave, and live through the destruction of a country torn apart by war. Journey back to one of the most explosive periods in our history in this story of survival, learning, determination, forgiveness...

War is hell, its aftermath just as devastating, as evidenced in western Missouri after the Civil War. Four years of taxes came due, and a new constitution was issued, excluding those who fought on the “wrong” side from voting, teaching, even preaching. Former bushwhacker Buck Jackson wants only to leave his past behind and marry the girl who saved him from himself. With taxes due, the Drake Constitution, and the long-lasting effects of General Orders Numbers 9 and 11, he has few legal choices to save the two families he loves. Nora Miers wants only to live out her childhood dream of ...

To feed her family in the final years of the Civil War, Martha Harrison works at the woolen mill of the Roswell Manufacturing Company. There "Roswell Gray" cloth is made for Confederate Uniforms. Each day Martha prays Sherman, in his vow to "Make Georgia Howl," doesn't go through Roswell on his way to Atlanta. But he does. Four hundred women and their children are arrested at the mill and sent to the Louisville Military Prison hundreds of miles away. There Elizabeth Temms teaches Martha how to survive their living hell--and what real heroes look like.

War is devastating. The Civil War in Cass County was hell on earth. On the shared border between Kansas and Missouri the sayings "brother against brother," "father against son" and "neighbor against neighbor" must have certainly originated here. It was not only spoken--it was lived.From the Border War, which began five years BEFORE the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter, to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, fear was an everyday companion to the people who lived in this rural Missouri county.This is the story of one family who met each new day with the fear of being robbed, beaten ...

On a hot August day in 1862, two armies met on the main street of the small town of Lone Jack, Missouri. In some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War, more than the armies of blue and gray collided. Two men, once friends now bitter enemies, met in a battle of their own. One to exact revenge for past offenses. The other to merely survive.

Experience the joys and disappointments of four women through three decades of friendship. From college to menopause, share the bonds that develop through death, divorce and other adversities as they grow older. Together.

Half-blood Blue Fox hates the children in his white school. He hates his white parents, too. Thrown into the white world when his dying mother leaves him with Ben and Sarah so he will have a future, Blue must endure those who mock him, while wanting only to return to his native Lakota. As time passes, Blue learns to love his surrogate parents and his surroundings, until a cruel, racist, man drives him from them. Finding his Lakota relatives, he learns acceptance is not easily won—anywhere. When he does prove himself and becomes one of The People, Long Hair Custer, comes to the Little ...

The Centaurians is an early sci-fi novel imagining a lost civilization beyond the North Pole, centuries ahead of humanity in technology and society. A fascinating look at pre-modern science fiction and the era’s speculative ideas.

Magdalena is a friend to stray pets, homeless people, and wayward souls. One morning she stumbles into a mystery that leads her along a path that is strange, even for an unconventional free spirit like herself. Tiffany’s Trash and Treasure has been broken into, but no items have been stolen. Every available candle in the second-hand shop was set ablaze and is burning when poor Tiffany entered her resale store in the early morning. She blows them out one by one and the darkness in the shop advances as she does so. In that dim light, the intruder hiding behind a shelf makes a break for the ...

Tom Whitmore’s only love was raising and racing horses—until Abby came along. Losing his heart to this filly, as wild and willful as either of his studs, he must tame her or lose himself. Yankee by birth and southern gentleman by residence and trade, Tom understands better than most the political chasm between the north and south long before the War Between the States becomes reality. Following his heart, he enlists in the Northern Cause with the 8th Ohio Volunteers and spends the next three years in a living Hell. Will his love survive? Will he?

Enjoying the life of a college student, Adam Weber didn't think or care much about the Vietnam War. But when his wealthy parents force him to choose between their choices for his life and love, all that changes. Disinherited when he goes against his parents' wishes, he loses his "umbrella" of college, is drafted, and the war in Southeast Asia takes on new meaning. There he learns many valuable lessons about life and death, friendship and survival. Injured at Khe Sanh, he returns home and must learn to forgive the parents he blames for his being sent to Vietnam, while trying to rebuild his ...

Sam Whitmore hates slavery. Turning his back on his slave-holding family, he purchases a run-down tobacco plantation with the hope of someday making it a success. Freeing Horace and Jefferson, the slaves who came with what he now calls Summerset, they become Sam’s new family... Until the night he meets Ellie Baker and his life changes forever. Ellie believed what Sam believed and upon their marriage, she happily stays in Tennessee to help him make Summerset a success. The first few years Sam’s dreams are realized, but soon after the weather deserts him, leaving a worthless property and ...

In this episode, a guest and I will be talking about the following: Importance of being at your highest self!How we get to our highest self (Self love, Journaling, Me time, etc.)How it helps our relationship(s)Peace, Love, and Hair Grease!

Emily Coates was a free spirit and daddy's little girl. She loved romance and daydreamed about a love she had yet to discover. However, her emulation of Jane Austen was the center of her problems with men. Her father sets her up with one failed suitor after another, all local and successful men who would ensure his daughter would want from nothing. Admiral Carlton Coates forces his daughter to be dependent and centered.

Al final de este libro, podrá leer tres veces más rápido que su velocidad actual. A diferencia de algunos cursos que puede haber visto antes, el curso presentado en este libro no promete que leerá veinte veces más rápido que su velocidad actual durante el próximo mes. Existen muchas técnicas de lectura dinámica, pero encontrará que las técnicas enumeradas en este libro son las más fáciles de adaptar. Las técnicas son una extensión natural de su capacidad de lectura actual. Los ejercicios se utilizan para resolver algunos de los problemas comunes que le impiden leer más ...

My transformation from a poor, orphaned scullery maid into the enchantingly mysterious lady who snagged the heart of the prince did not happen - as the rumours insist - in a magical metamorphosis of pumpkins and glass slippers. Instead, with the help of a touchingly tragic past and the some highly illegal spells, my stepsisters and I infiltrated the ball and captured the attention of the prince. I became a princess, secured our fortunes, and ensured we'd all live happily ever after. But of course, there's always more to the story.

A podcast recapping our favorite reality shows, hosted by D&L—two very different perspectives make for one hell of a hilarious recap!

Rabbit Trails Redirect leads those searching for spiritual clarity back to the word of God for answers. Whether Jew or Gentile, Christian or atheist, believer or unbeliever, this book is not only for those who have never read the Bible from cover to cover, but for every hungry soul seeking the wisdom and truth given to us only by our Creator.

Créé et animé par Béatrice Copper-Royer, psychologue clinicienne et présidente de l'Association e-Enfance/3018, et Marie Guyot, journaliste santé et psychologie, "En Famille" est un podcast pour aider les parents à accompagner au mieux leurs enfants et leurs adolescents dans un monde en pleine mutation. Ce podcast est produit par Kard, l'application d'argent de poche préférée des familles. Une carte et un compte ado pour apprendre la gestion et la valeur de l'argent, et une app parent pour superviser et les accompagner en toute sécurité. Plus d'infos : https://kard.eu/

Aternité, c'est le podcast qui part chaque mois à la rencontre des nouveaux parents pour discuter de la naissance de leur parentalité, de leurs petites anecdotes et grandes histoires depuis leur rencontre jusqu'aux premiers mois/années de bébé. Nous sommes partis du constat qu’il existait des podcasts pour les mamans, des podcast pour les papas, mais aucun pour les couples. Ce qui est dommage car la plupart du temps, un enfant se fait à deux. Il devenait alors évident de proposer à nos auditeurs des histoires de naissance à deux. Nous faisons intervenir, la plupart du temps, ...