The Dream Team is a heartwarming children's adventure about friendship, courage, and the magic of working together.In the icy world of Snowflake Bay, Penny the Penguin dreams of exciting adventures and mysteries to solve. When the magical Snow Crystal suddenly disappears, Penny knows she cannot find it alone. She gathers her brave friends, Freddy the Fox, Bella the Bear, Lily the Owl, and Sam the Seal, each with a special gift that can help along the way.Together, the frien...

This volume presents twelve studies, written between 2007 and 2023, which examine the conduct of war in Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany from the mid-ninth to the early eleventh century. Grouped thematically rather than by date of publication, the chapters focus on military recruitment and administration, intelligence gathering, the military infrastructure of frontier fortifications, campaign strategy, and the religion of war.Cumulatively these essays represent an asse...

Can a detective and a policeman find love amidst murder? Heath Barrington is an attractive, clever, big city detective, confident, strong, and crazy about police officer Alan Keyes. Down-to-earth, noble, and naïve, Alan struggles with his desires for Heath versus 1940s America and his guilty conscience.Heath’s skills of deduction and reasoning are put to the test as he and Alan work together to solve the murder of an eccentric millionaire in his mysterious, isolated estate. They se...

Traditional and original Celtic, European and Old Time American music for the Mountain Dulcimer. Sheet music combined with tablature along with charts of scales and fingerings, a brief history of the instrument, discography of recordings and resources for further study. Illustrations, photos and tips with and index. A brief description of modal scales inherent to the instrument, Guitar chords over the score, notes on other instruments suitable to play the music. Lyrics to three of the thir...

England, 1951. Black tie, French champagne, and a pinch of poison.Sir Charles and Lady Endicott have planned a pleasant weekend for their family and friends at their sprawling country estate. Scandal is the last thing on the menu, but tempers simmer as difficult and disliked decorator Oscar Maxwell joins the party. By the time he suddenly drops dead after dinner, no one is exactly sorry.As the local inspector determines poisoning, suspicion falls on a charming and ...

The background to this mystery thriller and romance drama is the idyllic town of Sanremo on the Italian Riviera. Not the place to expect to find murder, corruption and political intrigue. Or so Nico Moretti, an attorney, thought when he moved there from the Big City in search of a more peaceful life.But overnight, he and his intrepid, bodacious girlfriend, Susanna, become the chief suspects in a case of double murder. Faced with the seemingly arbitrary acts of the police and justic...

The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, is one of the biggest and most decisive theaters of operation in modern history, and was the largest theater of war in World War Two. A total force of 9 million Germans and Russians battled on both sides with a combined strength of 590 divisions. Military losses approached 5 million German casualties, and 17 million Russian casualties. Altogether, both sides had an active strength of 13,000 tanks, 18,000 combat aircraft, and 50,000 artillery pieces. With the e...

All Detective Heath Barrington and his partner Alan Keyes want is to get away for a weekend of romance, but they find murder instead when a missing tie leads them to the body of the peculiar Victor Blount, and Heath can't resist the urge to investigate. Who killed Blount, and why?Clues turn up around every corner, but what do they mean? The bloody "W," the green spool of thread grasped in the dead man’s hand, the newspaper left at the doorstep: they all lead down a strange and wind...

**A powerful memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity."Moving, thoughtful, and inspiring." —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy**David Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America’s second highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where many of our most crucial cases are reso...

How to Spot the Spirit's Work in Your Life is a deeply insightful and accessible guide to recognizing God's presence in everyday moments. With clarity and compassion, the author transforms a profound spiritual concept into something personal, practical, and relatable.Blending scripture, reflection, and real-life insight, this book invites readers to become more aware of the Spirit's quiet yet powerful work within them. Thought-provoking questions and gentle guidance make it a meani...

Alan Keyes takes a break from his police duties to scratch his acting itch in a local stage production. But when the leading man is murdered during the opening night performance, his partner Detective Heath Barrington is thrust into the limelight to find the killer. Alan soon learns the theater has a deadly past and ghostly forebodings, including a telegram that seems to have come from the beyond.Among the large cast of suspects is Oliver Crane, the director whose finances depend o...

This thesis examines the evolution of artillery tactics in World War II using General J. Lawton Collins' U.S. VII Corps as a case study. This study first reviews artillery doctrine and tactics during World War I and during the 1920s and 1930s, in which time future leaders like General Collins were military students.In 1943, General Collins commanded an infantry division on Guadalcanal where he was one of the first American generals to implement the Army's new doctrine of fire direct...