My explorations began in 1959, initially, teaching high school physics students how to protect themselves in the event of nuclear "exchanges" with the Soviet Union. (You were out of luck if did not enroll in physics.) Later, this venture continued whenever my physics students at Illinois Wesleyan University encountered nuclear phenomena. When the United States initiated the world's first nuclear war over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, and at Trinity, they created the largest releases of e...

Frolicking together under rainy skies usually results in romantic fun for Angela and Roger, until they encounter the tempestuous storm of their livesthe death of their child. Ac-company them through their struggle of shattered dreams, broken hearts, and torn relationships. Discover how they overcome their sorrow and the path they took towards mending their relationship and moving towards healing in their journey of grief. Learn also how you can have an effectual ministry with families stru...

Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their homelands, and the destruction of their ways of life. Through various movements, Native Americans accepted, rejected, or acclimated to the nontraditional worldviews of the colonizers and their...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Beowulf (Complete Bilingual Edition: Original Anglo-Saxon Edition + 3 Translations + Extensive Study + Footnotes, Index and Alphabetical Glossary)” contains 5 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Sa...

Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their homelands, and the destruction of their ways of life. Through various movements, Native Americans accepted, rejected, or accommodated themselves to the non-traditional worldviews of the coloni...

What this book is about.Yes, this book contains photos of victims of nuclear war. However, this book also contains a plan for world peace and the elimination of all wars.A plan or strategy is proposed that, if adopted: would put "everyone" back to work; bring peace and stability; end war-sacrificed lives; ensure satisfactory industrial profits, growth and cooperation; and would allow people to return to peaceful opportunity-laden homelands. This workable moral strategy, for...

While researching the McKee branch of my Wilson family tree, I learned my grand uncle Colonel Alexander McKee had a close relationship with a Shawnee Chieftess named Nonhelema – sister of Chief Cornstalk. Both Nonhelema and Cornstalk were formidable warriors who established themselves as leaders in the Shawnee tribe. Local legends claim that as Cornstalk was being murdered by undisciplined soldiers at Fort Randolph in 1777, he put a curse on the area. Regional stories claim that Cornstalk ...

"The class the stars fell on" is an expression used to describe the West Point Class of 1915. In the U.S. Army, the insignia reserved for generals is one or more stars. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 attained general officer rank, more than any other class in the history of the academy. When Colonel Herman Beukema (West Point professor) retired from the U.S. Army in the fall of 1954, he was advanced to brigadier general on the retired list, a fitting recognition of his long and disting...

Legend has it that Daniel Boone once shot and killed a mysterious creature he called a "Yahoo" sometime between 1778 and 1779. Described as a huge, hairy, man-like beast, the story sounds eerily familiar to modern-day accounts of Bigfoot encounters. Boone wasn't the only historical figure to come face-to-face with something unexplainable in the deep woods. Less than six months before Davy Crockett was killed at the Alamo, he wrote a letter to his brother-in-law (Abner Burgin) in which he r...

Hessian troops served throughout the Revolutionary War, and were both feared and admired for their discipline and ferocity. They played important roles in many battles. After the war, most of the Hessian soldiers went home to Germany to wait to be called to fight in another war in some other place and to spend some time enjoying their new wealth with their families. However, some of them decided they liked America and wanted to stay there, and after the war, Americans were willing to let b...

It is widely known that Major General Benedict Arnold conspired to hand the American fortress at West Point over to the enemy for 20,000 British pounds and a brigadier general commission in the British army. The plot also included the possibility of capturing General Washington while he was visiting with Major General Arnold at West Point. Sadly, it has been all but forgotten that there were three New York militiamen who foiled Arnold's treasonous plot to turn over the strategic fortress a...

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), mathematician and physicist, is one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. This fully illustrated, accessible guide to the life and work of Isaac Newton is the perfect introduction to his groundbreaking work on gravity, motion, optics, light, colour and calculus. It also considers his lesser known research into chemistry, theology and alchemy while assessing his continuing legacy.Organised chronologically, this book covers his childhood in ...