History

The objective of these writings is to give honor and stature to the approximately 25,000 men who were willing to leave their homes and families, while they subjected themselves to the tedium of repeatedly going where, they did not know, to stand ready to do, something they wished never to need to do, only to return to rest awhile so that they could do it all over again and again and again. They wear few medals, are the subjects of no individual monuments to their tireless efforts, and seek no special favors for their individual sacrifices.

Sworn to secrecy for 65 years, John Cardinalli can finally talk about his life as an OSS agent during World War II. Slipping behind enemy lines on dangerous missions, training would-be spies — it’s exciting and way better than a James Bond movie because it’s true. Step into the world of a wartime spy and prepare to be amazed.

Most of what we know of the life of Jesus comes to us from four Gospels in the New Testament, specifically, the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. These books present a more human, historical view of Jesus. The Gospel of John, much different, provides the view of a divine Jesus. These four Gospels are unique endeavors regarding Jesus' social situations, his loved ones, and his reactions to stress. In this study I looked at Jesus' behavior through the Synoptic Gospels, and analyzed Jesus' behavior against the field of criminology. My hope is that we derive more of Jesus' motivation and social situation than what one typically accepts. This is but one view, under a small ...

This is the story of Abraham Lincoln's first run for the U.S. Senate in 1855.

There have been hundreds of books and diaries written on the horrors of the second World War, but that wasn’t his purpose for keeping this diary. As he put it, Jack Pollock's diary was intended for the interest of his readers. There was no attempt made to reveal military secrets, or to show the blood and guts of the battlefield. He was just a small-town Hoosier boy who was given the opportunity to experience parts of the world in a way he never would have in the normal course of things. Jack Pollock’s light and detailed commentary focuses on the 1,168 days he spent as a soldier from his training at the newly opened Camp Atterbury, his journey to north Africa, and on to the slopes of ...

From the mountains of Wyoming, a river flows across Montana, scattering seeds along the way. Somewhere on the eastern plateau of the Great Northern Plains, the last of the seeds wash up onto the river bank. There, in a foreign habitat, they take root and grow into tall, white-barked trees crowned by yellow leaves. Indian legend calls it the Spirit Grove. In 1879, homesteader Silas Rye, discovers the unlikely grove and claims the land on which they stand. Weathering years of drought and hardship, he creates Aspen Grove Ranch. His granddaughter, Fanny, struggles to hold onto the ranch through two World Wars, the Vietnam conflict, and the attack on 9/11. Drawing her strength from the mystic ...

East Berlin 1961. The Cold War is heating up and US Army Colonel Gerard "Mac" McDesmond has just taken over as Chief, United States Military Liaison Mission, located deep behind enemy lines. This intelligence-gathering unit is the only American military outpost, permitted to operate in East Germany and behind the Iron Curtain. Mac knew the work was dangerous, but he never imagined what awaited his arrival to this Soviet controlled region. Five deep cover CIA assets have gone dark; an East German cop is chasing a serial rapist and killer, who may have abducted a member of the USMLM; McDesmond's long time friend, Marshal Konev, CINC of all Soviet Forces, Germany, has uncovered a plot to ...