Sam: 2572 books

Samuel R. Watkins enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, joining a company of 120 men. When the American Civil War ended four years later, he was one of only seven survivors from Company H. They had fought in every major action of the Army of Tennessee, from Shiloh to Nashville. In “Co. Aytch”...

Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, the protagonist of Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up...

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. “A classic account of Civil War combat. This is a justifiably famous account of the Civil War told by an ordinary soldier from within...

To quote from E.M. Nathanson (author of THE DIRTY DOZEN and numerous other works and fellow alumnus of the HNOH) who wrote the FOREWORD to the book: The title of the book - DEJA VIEWS... - is itself a meaningful play on the French phrase deja vu - meaning, roughly, the startling feeling that...

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide? How did Masefield...

In this ebook, Jake's class is going to Wilf's Wild Adventure Theme Park. But things get MUCH too wild when Mr. Hyde gets spooked on the ghost train and transforms into the naughty Creature! Will Jake and his friends be able to work together to track down the creature and get him to change back into Mr. Hyde before the truth gets out?

In this ebook, one creature is hard enough to handle. But two? That's double trouble! Jake's class is competing in the Whizz Bang Science Festival and there is just one thing standing between them and success . . . Creature! And Creature's made a friend! With two mischievous little monsters causing havoc, things are about to get explosive!

In this ebook, something's out of control in the classroom! When Jake's teacher, Mr Hyde, turns into the naughty Creature at a soccer tournament, how on earth are he and his friends going to keep Mr. Hyde's secret? Chaos is bound to happen when Creature's around!

In this Capstone Interactive eBook, Jake's class has the best teacher in the world, Mr. Hyde. There's just one teeny, tiny, HUGE problem. Mr. Hyde transforms into a naughty creature whenever he gets upset! Jake's class is desperate to keep their teacher, so they will have to use all their ingenuity to hide the creature and stop the secret from getting out!

When Europeans arrived in North America, the average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia and its effects—famine, starvation, desperation, and violence—were stark among colonists unprepared to fend for themselves. This history of the Little Ice Age in North America reminds us of the risks of a changing and unfamiliar climate.

A fascinating guide to the best literary landmarks in London that takes the reader into publishing houses and along paths of inspiration, revealing the stories behind the stories. * One of the world’s greatest literary cities, London has streets full of stories and buildings steeped in history....

New York Times bestselling author Yaeger tells the electrifying story of the game that broke down the last racial division in college football.

Formula 1, the worlds most popular motor sport, from a totally new perspective . Hidden in workshops around the world lie forgotten and abandoned machines - their builder’s dream unfulfilled. These purpose built cars have never started a race, never felt the excitement of a grand prix. Yet they define...