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Sybil Ludington rode further and longer than Paul Revere to warn of the approaching British saving the entire Hudson Valley in the American Revolution helping to upend Britain’s plan to capture the Hudson River and destroy the patriots by dividing New England from the rest of the colonies. An incredible achievement of riding, Stacey Romeo,Championship rider, trainer and instructor.

Why the term Sketch Book in the title of this book and not the term Notebook? Because Sketch Book is part of a book title by Washington Irving who was my late wife Jeri's favorite author and Notebook is associated with a title of a book by one of our greatest authors F. Scott Fitzgerald but not a favorite of Jeri's and this is a book about Jeri so her favorite author takes immovable precedent over all others. Though I should mention that it is a series of random notes more akin to F Scott’s Notebook. Regardless, Jeri was a noted New York artist who worked in wood construction, collage, ...

Join the author and his wife Jeri as they share their love for each other while finding creative inspiration in that love that allows them to effectuate a fantastic Hudson Valley garden and official wildlife habitat that is landscape designed in the style of Frederick Law Olmsted and in the approach of both The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the New York Botanical Garden as well as all the historic estate gardens in the region where there is always abundant blooming throughout the growing season and even into winter providing recollection of the words of Cicero , "All that you need in life is ...

Ten year old Gregory peers into a Free Library book box and is swept away into the the greatest adventure of his life in the fashion of Robert Louis Stevenson.

The dreamed of golden age of the LGBTQ community having been achieved with near universal approval suddenly the Pride world finds itself targeted by extremists and a firewall holding back a flood of hate that may devastate America. These are the places of the LGBTQ world from the city bars to Fire Island and P Town to the rapidly expanding gay enclaves of the purple mountains of the Catskills. Now available in Kindle and paperback and hardcover within hours. “Without love you have hate” — Sal J. Calise Book Life reporting, “…Looks like an opus,” — Gary A Kulhanjian, Social ...

Armenia had a 500 year history with Rome that was a struggle for survival which proved to be the precedent for survival for Armenia through to the present time. Includes 2021 conflict analysis and breaking 2022 genetic science updates. Booklife Reports: ”The study of Roman Armenia that I wrote many years ago has been so completely rewritten where it’s premise as to the survivorabiliy of the Armenian homeland is proven 2,000 years after its inception against the Roman Empire. This time though it is 2021 and the attack by Azerbaijan and Turkey forces using Turkish drones to disable the ...

The Armenian enclave of the Catskills as told both as a general guide and essays of the enchanted purple mountains that helped heal the survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide and their descendants like an elixir of Mother Nature.

The famed Catskills guide now in a spooky curiosities edition

Fire Island and P-Town are being eclipsed in popularity as a new LGBTQI+ summer getaway Mecca grows throughout the purple mountains of the Catskills, America's first vacation land just 90 minutes from New York City the Catskills are protected by the New York State Constitution as Forever Wild and are a European style checkerboard park of private and public lands inside a so called Blue Line boundary 700,000 acres in size with over 40 percent of the land protected as forest preserve. This famed Catskill Guide is now in its fourth edition released now as a special LGBTQI+ Pride Edition that ...

A look back on the 1990s New York Litigators who were the Right Stuff worldwide superstars of the legal profession. who served and delivered justice to the public like an attorneys' version of Seal Team Six. Another contribution to the legal profession--Gary A Kulhanjian, Social Historian

Mike and Jeri share their journeys through American history visiting historic sites, attending patriot events and honoring family members who served from the American Revolution to the present while campaigning, protesting and voting. "The person we had just purchased our historic 1841 John Adams style saltbox home from said that a flag had flown from this house since 9-11. We quickly asked him why the flag had not been flying before then. "A great tribute to your wife...describes the era of the 1960s...so well," - Gary A. Kulhanjian, Social Historian

The book studies infanticide through sacrifice, exposure and abortion in Ancient Greece and Rome. "A very informative book, it pertains to a controversial topic of infanticide... in ancient Greece and Roman times...looking at the past, Boyajian is cognizant of the future. A book for not only those who appreciate history but for the general reader and audience." -- Gary A. Kulhanjian, Social historian. Five star rating from Goodreads.

Released the day India landed on the moon, August 23, 2023 The Armenians of India: Merchants of Empires from the Age of Vishnu and Home Again, Second Edition, tells the story of the 2300 year relationship between India and its Armenians. The diaspora of Armenian merchants in India were at the center of a global trading network and at the center of their lives were their churches which remain as monuments to the diaspora in India. The Second Edition contains updated information on freemason Sir Catchick Paul Chater not just the greatest Armenian philantrphist and business leader of India and...

Mike and Jeri love books so much they are not just writers, readers or bibliophiles. They are happily devoted to all of these things. “Enjoyed…Thank you…” — Gary A Kulhanjian, Social Historian.Booklife reports Number one new release in antique and collectable books on Amazon Kindle

Husband and wife world travelers Mike and Jeri recount their amazing untold numbers of journeys into the occult world from the inner circle of Stonehenge to Loch Ness to Green-Wood Cemetery to Edgar Allan Poe’s home to Treadwell’s Books in London to the Freemasons to Madame Laveau’s Voodoo Tomb to a Coven of Witches to a ghost hunter and so much more as scientists exclaim that we are on the cusp of discovering the wonders of this other world.

Before the author became a judge he interned during law school for Justice Charles Kuffner in Staten Island who was fascinated by Minor League Baseball so much so he gets the author hooked on the idea so that when the minor leagues arrive in New York City he and his late wife Jeri get heavily into the game going to see the Brooklyn Cyclones and the then Staten Island Yankees and when they move to the Hudson Valley they become season ticket holders for the local team the Renegades. This is their story about the game and the people they meet and the friends that sit with them. This crowd ...

Mike and Jeri are the perennial Jimmy Stewart character from Its A Wonderful Life where Stewart just can’t get off the ground for a Grand Tour of Europe for his entire life. Lucky for Mike and Jeri good fortune falls their way and they are able to travel twice a year for many years including four trips to London and one to Edinburgh. There is some sort of progression from trip to trip but it’s not certain if it’s a good thing or bad. Booklife reports that, Michael Boyajian’s, The U.K. Progression, named by Amazon as NUMBER ONE NEW RELEASE among London book 24 hours after publication...

A recollection of the GOP party years from Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki to George W. Bush as the candidate journeys through the rough and tumble world of New York politics.Join our candidate as he guides us through the sometimes comic ups and downs of 1990s New York Republican politics while battling an illness in Homeric fashion.

History of Ancient Roman Funeral Practices Four star rating from Goodreads

Today suicide is viewed as a mental health issue but in Roman times it was viewed as an acceptable life exit strategy. The revised second edition explores the topic in today's light and in the eyes of the Romans..