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A Civil War novel asking what did the killing of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson have to do with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln—was it a conspiracy created and carried out at the highest levels of government?
AURA LEE – a Civil War novel of historical fiction built on edge-of-the-page suspense designed to ensnare the reader with pulse-pounding involvement: What did the killing of General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson at the battle of Chancellorsville have to do with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln nearly two years later? Scofie Goodis and Hunter Worboys are two young Confederate soldiers assigned as batmen to General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson and his brother-in-law Lt. Joseph Graham Morrison, and also the perfidious Capt. William Jameson. Their presence forms the pr | | | | Circles !
Fidel Castro attempts a bloody, disastrous take-over of the Moncado Barracks in Cuba while the OSS, about to be restructured as the CIA, must construct a clandestine “invasion” of Cuba with a band of mercenaries and assassinate Castro.
Anna Teresa lifted the rifle to her shoulder with the same fluid motion and grace with which she often, at the Larchmont Public Library, lifted a book from the cart and placed it carefully on the proper shelf in the proper Dewey Decimal sequence. Framed perfectly in the notch of the squared sight less than fifteen feet away was a target she would miss only if she suffered second thoughts before she could pull the trigger: there it was, the base of Fidel Castro’s head riding atop his neck. To her surprise, she was more relieved than nervous; her hands remained steady, and the weapon&rs | |  | | The Better Angels
Two serendipitous teenagers acquire a military surplus jeep and begin pilfering gasoline from an aircraft carrier at the Norfolk Naval Base; the ship departs while the are aboard; discovered and sent home in a Navy fighter/bomber, which accidentally encounters the enemy, they are invited by President Roosevelt to the Biltmore Estate prior to an Allied Summit meeting, where they uncover and thwart a Nazi assassination plot
In 1943 U.S. military surplus/reject Jeeps were being auctioned off at various bases, and young Marty Eden and his pal, Lamont Cranston (the latter known among his peers as "Shadow") go to all extremes -prevarication, chicanery, even thievery - to acquire one. At any cost. The two soon learn that owning a $50 vehicle is one thing - securing highly-rationed gasoline to operate it is quite another. Posing as the Norfolk Navy Base's oft-absent commander's son and nephew, Marty and Shadow are befriended by a sympathetic shore patrolman who invites them aboard the aircraft carrier USS | | | | Tycoon!
A moderately talented TV personality attains local fame in a minor
broadcasting market, then surprisingly wins role in network series and rises to brief national renown; marries eventual megastar, orchestrates her destiny as a repeat Oscar/Emmy choice, as he plans against all odds to re-make Gone With the Wind.
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WALL !, a novel of intrigue and mystery as Ian Fleming and Noël Coward conspire with the father-of-the-bride to elevate the occasion of the nuptials to an international event.
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In 1927 Charles. A. Lindbergh flew alone across the Atlantic in a rickety monoplane with five sandwiches, a canteen of water, and no radio—an adventure that inadvertently marked the beginning of an era: The Great Depression. Many who were adopted back then began to fantasize being the kidnapped ‘Lindbergh baby,’ only to have their dreams evaporate amidst harsh reality. Ronnie Coalman clung to the supposition throughout years of heavy drama, zany comedy, and overblown special effects until finally the defiance hurlers appeared once again in the cockpit as they had fifty years before—but this time it was when Coalman attempts to duplicate the flight to prove his rather absurd assertion.
Ronnie Coalman was a product of the Great Depression. His story, however, is timeless; he emanates from an evolution of American technological marvels in show business and entertainment that has made it possible for practically anyone with a modicum of talent to rise from the most humble of beginnings to the top of his profession by displaying little more than what William James called “the recipe for positive results”: Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity; successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes |
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Galveston, 1900 Indignities, The Arrival
by N Brown
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 Compelling historical fiction that traces the life of a young English immigrant woman who travels to America at the turn of the century to start a new life for herself. Encountering danger, romance, heartache and tragedy, she strives to fit into a |
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