A personal account of Commodore Perry’s landmark expedition to Japan and life in the antebellum navyGeorge B. Gideon Jr. served as second assistant engineer aboard the USS Powhatan from 1852 to 1856. From his position on the steam frigate, Gideon traveled to Singapore, Labuan, Borneo, Hong Kong, and many other Asian lands. During his time at sea, Gideon penned dozens of letters to his wife, Lide, back home in Philadelphia. Recently discovered in the attic ...

If you want to learn how to play Texas Hold'em and have no idea which book to buy look no further. This is the book for you!This book is written as if it were an instructional manual for a family board game. It includes the basic rules of the game, strategies, and situational examples for the beginner and amateur poker player. This book does not include personal stories of the author, nor his successes or failures at the poker table. It does not include "bad beat stories" or overly...

William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention in both England and America. This volume looks at William Penn with fresh eyes, bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess his multifaceted life and career. Contribu...

A drug dealer gets shot in a hotel parking lot - is the hotel liable?Do workers have a right to organize when they're illegal aliens?Can the KKK march in New York City where there's a law against congregating in masks?YOU BE THE JUDGE!Here is Court TV's riveting compilation of one hundred actual court cases, ranging from the silly to the serious, the outrageous to the offensive, historic to present day. Test your knowledge of law and order, then bang the gavel a...

Ein merkwürdiger Brief erreicht den Meisterdetektiv. In großen Lettern steht darin geschrieben: HOLMES WIRD STERBEN - HOLMES MUSS STERBEN - HOLMES SOLL STERBEN! Wer trachtet Sherlock Holmes nach dem Leben? Hängt es mit einem alten Fall zusammen? Noch bevor der Meisterdetektiv Ermittlungen anstellen kann, wird bereits der erste Anschlag auf sein Leben verübt. Und Holmes muss erkennen, dass er es mit einem äußerst gefährlichen Gegner zu tun hat.

Dr. Watson ist tot. Ermordet. Der Mörder: Sherlock Holmes. Inspektor Lestrade bleibt keine Wahl - er muss den Meisterdetektiv verhaften. Doch dieser ist nicht so leicht auszuschalten. Zusammen mit seinem alten Freund Shinwell Johnson begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem wahren Täter - und dieser ist ein alter Bekannter ...