Download or read book American Honor written by Thomas Williams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Charles Stewarts had eleven sea commands during his sixty-three years as an officer in the United States Navy serving fifteen Presidents. Admiral Charles Stewart commanded and sailed most every type of war vessel from sloops to ship-of-the-line war vessels in the nineteenth century. His skills on the seas were demonstrated in his success in many major combat actions with enemy war vessels. Charles Stewart was a statesmen, diplomat, teacher, scholar, and perhaps most important, a man of truth and honor. Charles was the first officer in the United States Navy to bear the title Admiral. Admiral Charles Stewart fought in the Barbary wars, the War of 1812, the final battle with the Muslim pirates in 1815, as commander-in-chief in the defense of the Pacific (1821) in the breakup of the Spanish held colonies, and the protection of trade in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He married Delia Tudor in 1813 and they had a son and daughter. The marriage did not last. Stewarts true love was Margaret Smith and they had a son. There was talk about running Charles Stewart for President of the United States beginning in 1840. Admiral Charles Stewart served as a pallbearer on the funeral train of President Lincoln in 1862. United States Navy destroyers and destroyer escorts named after Senior Commodore Charles Stewart. Destroyers were named after distinguished USN/USMC officers and enlisted men such as Charles Stewart. (DD, (Destroyers)-216, DD-291, and DE, (Destroyer Escort)-DE-238 and DE-224 carried Stewarts name.

Download or read book Counting Coup written by Jack Dann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-09-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Sarris is a "fix-it" man in Binghamton, New York, with a younger wife and a child and no prospects. John Stone is an alcoholic Indian medicine man on the road. In some unlikely manner they have discovered a bond between themselves. And they are on the biggest binge ever recorded-a joyous, wild, tender, heart-stopping quest to find the very meaning of life. They steal cars, rob stores, drink whiskey, smoke dope, seduce girls; and discover the frightening magic and old powers that are still alive and working in the modern world of highways and electric heating.

Download or read book Farragut North written by Beau Willimon and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Stephen Bellamy is a wunderkind press secretary who has built a career that men twice his age would envy. During a tight presidential primary race, Stephen's meteoric rise falls prey to the backroom politics of more seasoned operatives.

Download or read book Red Moon written by Troy Patoine and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lance Longfall has everything going for him: brains, money, good looks and a promising future as a scientist. One fateful day in 1983, he meets Miranda Evans who will forever change his life. Fate, however, usually has a plan; even when it is tragic. With the help of Stephen Bropalski, his best friend, Lance will stop at nothing to bring Miranda back, even if it destroys everyone around him. To do this, Stephen and Lance will have to perform two of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time-but no one must know about it. As they race towards the future, beating time in the process, to complete their mission, someone from their past relentlessly pursues them which could hinder their success. Lance is obsessed. His only obstacles are inescapable demons from his past and the secret of the mysterious Red Moon.

Download or read book Shinn Plays 1 written by Christopher Shinn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first volume of four plays from the Amercian playwright whose play Dying City was a critical and popular success at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2006. - Other People is set in New York among a twenty-something generation whose lives and hopes are blighted by disillusionment born of affluence and impotence in the face of the unknown. The play premièred in March 2000. - Where Do We Live, set in a post-September 11 world, asks to what extent New York's liberal multicultural society is under threat and how much we should care about the state in which our neighbours live. - The Coming World moves from Shinn's usual Manhattan environment to the coast of New England, where Dora is persuaded, against her better judgement, to help her ex, Ed, in a desperate attempt to escape from spiralling debt. Produced at the Soho Theatre in 2001. - Dying City shifts between 2004 and 2005 - the eve of one brother's departure for Iraq and the day that his twin brother visits his now widowed sister-in-law. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2006 to great critical acclaim. The books also features an introduction by the author.

Download or read book Our Share of Night written by Mariana Enriquez and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post “An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed—“the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time” (Kazuo Ishiguro). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Book Riot, PopSugar, The New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Polygon, Tordotcom, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, Commonweal, CrimeReads “A magnificent accomplishment.”—Alan Moore, author of Watchmen “A masterpiece of literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “One of Latin America’s most exciting authors.”—Silvia Moreno-Garcia A young father and son set out on a road trip, devastated by the death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travel to her ancestral home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed: a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality. For Gaspar, the son, this maniacal cult is his destiny. As the Order tries to pull him into their evil, he and his father take flight, attempting to outrun a powerful clan that will do anything to ensure its own survival. But how far will Gaspar’s father go to protect his child? And can anyone escape their fate? Moving back and forth in time, from London in the swinging 1960s to the brutal years of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its turbulent aftermath, Our Share of Night is a novel like no other: a family story, a ghost story, a story of the occult and the supernatural, a book about the complexities of love and longing with queer subplots and themes. This is the masterwork of one of Latin America’s most original novelists, “a mesmerizing writer,” says Dave Eggers, “who demands to be read.”

Download or read book Fight It Out Box Set Books 1 4 written by Terra Kelly and published by Balto Creative Media, LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Binge read the first four books in the gripping romantic suspense series. Survive (Book One): It’s not just about winning the championship title in this gritty romantic suspense. My father made sure my life was built on lies. Everything about my past was created to protect me. I just don’t know why. Former fighter, Julian Moore, used to grace my TV one too many times, and I secretly had posters of him on my walls. Now, he may be the only one I can trust and he’s vowed to stand by my side no matter what. I want to believe him. My father’s secrets brought Julian and me together–a secret that I have yet to uncover. I was never given control of my past, but now it’s time to take control of my future. Unbroken (Book Two): The very people you’re taught to trust are the people you’re now running from in this intense romantic suspense. My father controlled me, dictating my every move. He almost made me believe I was weak. Almost. So I left. Being in control of my own life was safer. Then I met him. Brooks Moore is a champion MMA fighter and the one man determined to train me to be indestructible. I never planned to fall for him. I didn’t think I was ready to trust another man, until the day he started to knock down my perfectly placed walls. Then my father reappeared determined to break me. To survive I must let go of my past. Temptation (Book Three): It’s a race against time in this emotional and gritty romantic suspense. The man I’m trying to avoid might be the only one who can help me. Tyler Moore is broody, mysterious, and a complete asshole. Then one night he shares all his secrets and I finally see who he really is. I want him…all of him. But I never thought I’d get entangled in his life with another man. Tyler and Stephen want to claim me, and I plan to let them. I wasn’t prepared for what two men had to offer, but they satisfy me like no-one else can. As we find our new normal, danger lurks in the shadows. When Stephen suddenly disappears, Tyler and I will stop at nothing to find his kidnapper. Temptation brought us together, but will fate take it all away? Protected (Book Four): When you discover the life you dreamed about was all a lie in this emotional and intense romantic suspense. The man I married became a monster. I was too afraid to run, but more afraid to stay. Then I met Malik, a retired MMA championship fighter with mesmerizing hazel eyes. He rescued me. Kept me safe and hidden away from the life I knew. I didn’t think I could ever feel again. I’d forgotten how to love. Then Malik showed me what life could be like without fear consuming me. As each day passes, I realize we’re both in danger until we can rid our lives of the monster for good. Maybe I should’ve stayed, but I want to survive. In the Fight It Out series you’ll get a strong female lead, mixed martial arts, suspense, and inspiration to make a new recipe.

Download or read book Meeting the Unusual written by Mark Wolters and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Cryer is a carefree young man who has just graduated from high school and is beginning to feel the freedom of living away from home. Like so many other young people, he is drawn to the partying lifestyle he and his friends are beginning to enjoy too much. Stephen has a girlfriend and a good relationship with his father, and he doesn’t seem to have any worries in his life. That is until he meets an unusual man who is known to everyone by the name of H. Stephen tries hard to be successful in his classes at college but is constantly allowing himself to be distracted by the nightlife he thoroughly enjoys. During a break from college, Stephen goes home for Thanksgiving and finds out he has to face the demons that remained behind with his father and his brothers. Upon his return from break, Stephen falls deeper and deeper into an unhealthy lifestyle of going out night after night. His life begins to unravel in ways he could not possibly have anticipated. All the while, H remains his close companion during Stephen’s descent into a madness of his own making.

Download or read book Frighten the Horses and Other Plays written by Adam D Watson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Lollygagged and Flannel Flogged comes a collection of three plays set in Louisville, Kentucky. In The Birdbath, a father and son attempt an impossible reconciliation in a funeral's aftermath. In Frighten the Horses, a romantic liar complicates his life even further when stereotypes, myths and illusions collide against uncertain truths. And a couple attempts to overcome a new danger of millennial dating when it is revealed Your Browser Refreshes Every Thirty Seconds. Grab your seat and hold on. The curtain is going up…

Download or read book Assholes written by Aaron James and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it for someone to be an asshole? Although most of us are forced to deal with such people every day, few of us could easily say exactly what an asshole is. And as prevalent as they are, no one has offered a sustained analytical treatment of the subject. Assholes are arguably part of the human social condition, so the topic is perhaps the special provenance of philosophers. In fact, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel and Sartre have all grappled with asshole-related questions of moral status. In the spirit of the bestselling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James tackles the subject of assholes in a philosophical – yet also humorous, entertaining and accessible – inquiry into what makes a person an asshole. The book also explores different asshole types, the roles gender, nurture, and nature play, and how best to deal with assholes in daily life. A pop-philosophy book with great potential to crossover into the gift book and humor genres, this will

Download or read book Rogue Invasion written by Marjorie King and published by Starscape Media LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brant would give his life to protect his students. And he may have to. Inside IAS--Institute of Adapted Soldiers--Brant teaches evolved children to control their special abilities. Under Brant's safekeeping, the kids learn to accept that they’re exceptional people, not deadly mutants. But a looming war drains the entire school of its soldiers and even some of the instructors. With the school exposed, KyeHan Lee, the school’s predictor, foresees an attack from a rogue school of adapted soldiers. But IAS’s leadership is entangled in crippling politics. And Brant’s connection to the controversial Knox has called into question his loyalty to the school. Can Brant and the skeleton crew left at the school protect his students? What if he’s fired and sent away? Brant will need all the help he can get from Knox and the Maverick crew. From the author of Maverick Gambit comes the next exciting installment. Get ready for the next adventure with the Maverick crew.

Download or read book Caught by My Dad s Boss An Age Gap Romance written by Isla Chiu and published by Isla Chiu. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What are you doing?" I yelp, dropping the book. I cringe when the novel lands with a thud. He clicks his tongue. "You shouldn't be so careless with that book. It's worth quite a bit of money." My fear nearly strangles me as I turn around… And see Stephen Cohen smirking at me. Although I've never formally met my dad's boss, I recognize him from seeing him in magazines. Like an idiot, I squeak, "Hi." And like a true idiot, I think, No wonder the New York Post called him one of the city's hottest bachelors. He has silver hair, which is belied by his youthfully handsome face. I resist the urge to quiver as his smoldering violet eyes take in the sight of me. He picks up the book, clicking his tongue again. A new wave of nausea comes over me when I see the cracked spine. F**k, I don't think it was cracked before I dropped it. He shakes his head. "You damaged my favorite book." WORD COUNT: 3,400 Caught by My Dad's Boss is a naughty short story about a young woman and her dad's sexy boss!

Download or read book Rear View Mirror written by Cindy Callinsky and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rear View Mirror touches the soul of anyone who has ever loved and lost. This remarkable book deals with the complex issues of family ties and losing people that we care about. It will make you laugh, cry, and it will remind you to cherish those in your life who mean the world you. It's a gal's kind of read on the beach book. It's phenomenal. *Angie Gendreau* _________________________________________________ You can view pictures and watch videos relating to the book @ www.myspace.com/rearviewmirrorbook

Download or read book The House Within written by Fiona Kidman and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of linked stories about a woman's search for identity beyond family ties, expectations and demands. Bethany Dixon is at the centre of a complex network of relationships. She is mother and stepmother, wife and ex, daughter-in-law, sister and lover. Earthy, generous, addicted to children and food, Bethany has yet to establish her place in the world. Peter, who has loved and left her, still perceives her as the central drama of his life. In fragments and snapshots, Bethany, Peter and their children see their lives revealed as twenty-five years pass in the blink of a shutter. They discover their separate identities from unlikely sources.

Download or read book Time and Trouble written by Gillian Roberts and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2014-12-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marin County is famous for its affluent pleasures and the beauty of its beaches, mountains and redwood forests. In Time and Trouble, a teen-aged runaway, a yellow hearse, an insurance scam, a heart-shaped talisman, a baby’s skeleton in a meadow, and something ugly and odd going on in a Sausalito houseboat all converge there to provide the first—and nearly last—case for Billie August, the new hire of seasoned P.I. Emma Howe. Billie, a single parent with no practical job skills, desperately needs the job, and Emma, whose personality has caused most of her employees to head for the hills, hires the sure-to-fail inexperienced young woman out of her own desperation. An unlikely, antagonistic pair, both find out that things are seldom as they seem, and appearances—in and out of crime and investigation—can be dangerously deceiving.

Download or read book I Spy Something Wicked written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s All Hallows’ Eve and Mark Hardwicke’s past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission, back to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan—a mission Mark knows he can’t survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness before duty? Especially when deep down he knows he doesn’t deserve a happy ending?

Download or read book Stephen Stills Change Partners written by David Roberts and published by This Day In Music Books. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Stills is one of the last remaining music legends from the rock era without a biography. During his six-decade career, he has played with all the greats. His career sky-rocketed when Crosby, Stills & Nash played only their second gig together at Woodstock in 1969. With the addition of Neil Young, the band would go on to play the first rock stadium tour in 1974. Stephen Stills is the only person to have been inducted twice in one night into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.