American frontier women of the 18th century were an extraordinary people whose contribution to the creation of the United States is one of the most enduring stories in history. The gallant women of the frontier have never been given the full credit they deserve for settling with their families in an uninhabited wilderness.  This book places on record the notable achievements of these heroines. Northern Ireland author/journalist Billy Kennedy, in the eighth of his Scots...

From their earliest arrival in America 350 years ago, the Scots-Irish left a lasting legacy. The history of the United States is interwoven with outstanding personalities from the Scots-Irish diaspora and the distinctive characteristics of a people who pushed the frontiers to new horizons.  This comprehensive study of the Scots-Irish in America by Northern Ireland author Billy Kennedy has created a much greater awareness of the accomplishments and the durability of the hardy settlers...

Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston and David Crockett were three men of destiny in 19th century American history who had much in common in family and ancestral ties, in character, mannerisms and political and social outlook as they shaped the fabric of a nation that was to gradually emerge as the greatest, most influential in the world. They were a gallant and fearless trio of men, hewn from the same genealogical and cultural stick that was rooted back across the Atlantic Ocean in lowland Scotlan...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed explores the seedy underbelly of a Depression-era town in the second novel in the Albany cycleBilly Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, moves throuh the lurid nighttime glare of Albany, New York. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of the city's sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor, until he finds himself in ...

Billy Blaireau a besoin d'aide ! Il a été kidnappé par deux vilaines sœurs très très laides. Elles ont prévu de faire combattre Billy contre trois chiens bêtes et méchants. En plus, le pauvre Billy est obligé de porter un short de boxeur rouge beaucoup trop serré. Mais pas d'inquiétude : Oncle Shawn est là ! Disons qu'il n'est pas très loin. Et il adore sauver les blaireaux en détresse. Il a un plan infaillible. Enfin, presque...

Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor until he finds himself in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping of a political boss's son. In relating Billy's fall from the underworld grace and his storybook redemp...

The authors are: Billy Graham, Adrian Rogers, John A. Huffman, Jr., Thomas K. Tewell, James Kennedy, William Bouknight, Reverend Chuck Smith, Michael W. Foss, Robert Anthony Schuller, Robert H. Schuller, Dr. Roger Swearington. Why bad things happen to good people is a topic that has increasingly captured my attention-and for two principal reasons: First, the number of dedicated Christians and Jews to whom this question seems to remain quietly disturbing-in times of personal crisis, occasio...

Billy Phelan è un uomo dalle mille risorse: giocatore di poker che non lesina trucchi, artista del biliardo e piccolo re delle scommesse sportive. Albany è casa sua: ne percorre e ne domina le strade e i locali, ne conosce a memoria gli intrighi politici. È proprio per questi suoi molteplici talenti che il potentissimo Bindy McCall – boss di una famiglia che governa Albany ricorrendo a ogni mezzo possibile, dalla minaccia alla corruzione – si rivolge a Billy per fare da intermediario con l...

A thrilling account of the ins and outs of the Suffolk County Superior Court, this novel is vintage George V. Higgins.The third installment in the Jerry Kennedy series finds the Boston lawyer defending his toughest client yet, Billy Ryan. But it’s a few years on and battered Boston lawyers don’t look so hot under strong white light. Seemingly not the man he was, Jerry has to dig deep to come out on top in discrediting the prosecution. He looks to the likes of Bad-eye Mulvey, Cadill...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Made in Scotland by Billy Connolly, read by Gordon Kennedy.All roads lead home.‘After my knighthood was announced,a woman from the BBC came toGlasgow to interview me. We satdown in a lovely hotel in a nice partof town, and she hit me with her firstquestion: “This must mean a lot toyou, with you coming from nothing?”I looked at her, and I...

**Shimmering with rage and sparkling with subtle humor, Billie Starr's Book of Sorries showcases Edgar Award-nominee Deborah E. Kennedy's singular voice as Jenny, a heroine in the vein of Olive Kitteridge in Crosby, Maine and Miles Roby in Empire Falls, shines a light on the town of Benson, Indiana, where lakes, grudges, and family rifts run deep – but so does a mother’s love.Sometimes, a woman has to rescue herself.**Jenny Newberg, Queen of Bad D...

Vous êtes embêté par la Loufoquerie ? Votre glace a un goût Loufoque ? Votre chien a une odeur Loufoque ? Vous avez des proches qui paraissent… Loufoques ? Envoyez-les directement au : DR GíNAKR SPÉCIALISTE MONDIAL DE LA LOUFOQUERIE. D’ailleurs, sa victime préférée n’est autre qu’Oncle Shawn. Pour sauver son meilleur ami, Billy Blaireau, assisté de ses amis les lamas un peu dingues, A UN PLAN HURLUBERLU FARFELU !