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On September 1st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland starting World War Two the French luxury passenger liner SS Normandie was left stranded in New York Harbor. It sat there unused until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th, 1941. Work to make the Normandie into a troop carrier was started. A fire broke out. Tons of water were pumped into the burning ship. Top heavy, the ship rolled over on to the port side and lay in the muddy river. When a Navy Diving School was established on the Normandie Frank McNeil volunteered and found himself traveling to New York City to start a new chapter in his young life. Little did he know at the time it would change him forever.

Kentucky natives wrote this book about how five generations of their family have enjoyed Kentucky's State Parks. Practical tips are provided about how your family can enjoy the parks. In addition, the book included a concise history of the Park System's development from 1924 to 2022.

Take a remarkable and historical journey in the footsteps of a forgotten soldier. David Carll, was born a free man in Cold Spring Harbor, New York in 1845. At the age of 18 David Carll signed up to fight in the war, leaving behind his newlywed bride of a few days. David was assigned to the newly formed 26th United States Colored Troop Regiment from New York. He would later find himself deep behind Confederate enemy lines in South Carolina. His descendants are telling his story from records pulled from the National Archives in Washington DC, interviews, newspaper articles and family history past down from generations. From those sources, an amazing story of sacrifice, devotion, love and w ...

Pawns in the Sugarcane Book II is the thrilling sequel to Pawns in the Sugarcane. It’s a fictitious story set in 1898 Cuba, just at the outset of the Spanish American War. This little written about chapter in American history plays as the perfect backdrop for this tale of international intrigue. The story followed the life of Luke Sheehan, a United States cavalry officer who finds himself placed in a precarious position near the closing days of his commission. Pawns in the Sugarcane leaves off with Captain Sheehan languishing in a Bermuda Prison, where he is being questioned by Chief Inspector Yardley of Her Majesties Bermuda Constabulary in regard to the murder of a Spanish officer an ...

In his second Adventure, Davy Match, now seventeen, is invited by Professor Beal to join an archeological dig in Anatolia. The professor gets into a jam with a rare letter on archeology he’s “borrowed” from the British Museum, and Davy is sent off to Kurdistan to lay low, with this letter— written by the hand of Benjamin Franklin. On a mountaintop, by the enormous head of an ancient God-King, he meets Gül, a mysterious Kurdish girl, who instructs him to go to the town of Hasankeyf on the River Tigris, a town doomed to be flooded by the construction of a hydro dam. Gül challenges him to help her find the grave of her missing brother, a Kurdish fighter. With the help of an observer from th ...

Superheroes come a-dime-a-dozen, but the one portrayed in this book is undoubtedly the most amazing superhero you have ever met. With a name like Binky, it is hard to imagine a person with such a moniker would be considered a super protagonist. The marriage of a fairytale-like story to historical facts was a challenge worth the effort. With the 14th century hero Binky, also known as Bartholomew Inkersall of Lancaster, and the 21st-century super academician, Thomas Paine Birdsong, they team up to be prolific fighters of crime and injustice in the 21st century. But wait a minute; I am getting ahead of myself. Before these two team up in the 21st century, the infamous antagonists of the ...

The greatest lie that's ever been told is still being told today. It's the ace in the hole for your greatest enemy. This lie has single handedly; destroyed lives, stolen the keys that would have unlocked any door, and held countless people hostage for most of their lives. It's the first lie that was ever TOLD and the LAST lie heard before a miracle takes place: "DID GOD REALLY SAY?" What if your enemy knows if he can just get you to question what God says about you, it's enough to keep you from operating in what He's already given you? What if the word of God is true and every other voice is a LIAR? At the end of each chapter you're given a choice, believe God or believe the lie!