Captain Petroc Gray, commander of the ship-rigged sloop of war, HMS Kestrel, is drawn into diplomacy, intrigue, and espionage when he rescues the Freiherr von Dieffenbach and his family off the island of Rügen in the Baltic. The Freiherr is an important and valuable connection in the struggle to beat the Napoleonic Continental blockade of British trade, and his daughter, Silke, is a delightful young woman with a quick wit, brilliant intelligence, and a keen eye for observing the e...

Conflict in Shadow is a tightly woven story combining science fiction, space adventure, and intelligence-driven military action.Conflict in Shadow takes the reader on an exploration of inter corporate sci-fi, military space adventure, and intelligence-driven suspense. It provides a window on a naive young man’s journey from teenage ‘fugitive’ for enemies of the world he grew up in, to a useful youngster developing his own skills and talents in support of his mentors. It watches as C...

Step into the gritty streets of London's East End in the 1830s as three boys resist the system that would confine them to a life of misery in the workhouse. Just when they think they've made it to freedom, an underground scheme run by the Beadle and his cronies nearly destroys them. Limehouse Boys by Patrick G. Cox is a thrilling tale of hardship, criminal activity, determination and courage, and an exceptional work of authentic 19th century British historical fiction.

Ned Farrier has grown into a fine young man after the agony and humiliation of a London workhouse and a gentleman’s club in Vauxhall where he was rescued with two friends as described in Limehouse Boys, a work of historical fiction. He learns the seagoing trade as a bargeman and works his way up to Captain of his own merchant ship bound to Australia, South Africa and beyond. Then, Ned loses his young wife and child to the consumption, and the Cape Colony of South Africa tugs at his heart a...

A freak accident on board the HMS Spartan during a sea battle with the French navy in 1804 catapults Midshipman Harry Heron and his shipmates Ferghal O'Connor and Danny Gunn four hundred years into the future, landing them on the NECS Vanguard, flagship of the World Treaty Organisation Fleet. While Captain Blackwood and Major Heron sort out the mystery and determine whether the young men are alive or dead, Harry and his friends are faced with the challenge of learning new roles aboard a sp...

St Patrick is the most well-known saint in the world. Mention his name, and many people think of St Patrick's Day parades, parties, and green beer, or leprechauns and four-leaf clovers decorating office cubicles and classroom walls, with everyone wearing green for good luck. But when you get past all the revelry, you’re left with the question: Who was St Patrick, the man? Magnus Sucatus Patricius was born to a wealthy family of minor Romano-British nobility. Captured by the Scotti (the Iri...

In a state assumed to have a constitutionally weak governor, the Speaker of the Texas House wields enormous power, with the ability to almost single-handedly dictate the legislative agenda. The House Will Come to Order charts the evolution of the Speaker's role from a relatively obscure office to one of the most powerful in the state. This fascinating account, drawn from the Briscoe Center's oral history project on the former Speakers, is the story of transition, modernization, an...

In Harry Heron: No Quarter, Book Three of the Harry Heron Series, Harry and his best friend Ferghal O'Connor are cadets at Fleet College, eager to master their skills in preparation for commissioning to a ship. They've barely stepped foot on campus when they realize they’re targeted and sabotaged at every turn, but this doesn't stop them from exuberant participation in the Sailing Regatta, the Gun Run, and the usual flirtations and hijinks of college life. Meanwhile, the Consortium, suppor...

Newspaper publishers played a crucial role in transforming Texas into a modern state. By promoting expanded industrialization and urbanization, as well as a more modern image of Texas as a southwestern, rather than southern, state, news barons in the early decades of the twentieth century laid the groundwork for the enormous economic growth and social changes that followed World War II. Yet their contribution to the modernization of Texas is largely unrecognized.This book investiga...

A compelling biography of a Texas senator who was "a defiant, dedicated liberal in the face of conservative Southern politics" ( Publishers Weekly).Revered by many Texans and other Americans as "the People's Senator," Ralph Webster Yarborough fought for "the little people" in a political career that places him in the ranks of the most influential leaders in Texas history. The only U.S. senator representing a former Confederate state to vo...

Written by a distinguished international team of contributors, this volume explores Shakespeare's vivid depictions of moral deliberation and individual choice in light of Renaissance debates about ethics. Examining the intellectual context of Shakespeare's plays, the essays illuminate Shakespeare's engagement with the most pressing moral questions of his time, considering the competing claims of politics, Christian ethics and classical moral philosophy, as well as new perspectives on contr...

A freak accident on board the HMS Spartan during a sea battle with the French navy in 1804 catapults Midshipman Harry Heron and his shipmates Ferghal O’Connor and Danny Gunn four hundred years into the future, landing them on the NECS Vanguard, flagship of the World Treaty Organisation Fleet. While Captain Blackwood and Major Heron sort out the mystery and determine whether the young men are alive or dead, Harry and his friends are faced with the challenge of learning new...