The disturbing true crime story about what drove an abused New Hampshire wife to kill her violent husband, and the chaos that followed.Before domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband's head in 1987 and was sentenced to fifteen years to life. This is the shocking true story of survival—and the intense bond June shared with her pathologically violent husband, a monster who physically and sexually tort...

Robert Davidson was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in October 2007 after having difficulties with the fitness test necessary to retain senior level soccer referee status. Rather than give in to the disease and die, he decided to fight and live as normal a life as possible, borrowing from Winston Churchill, the mantra “Never surrender”. He and his wife, Heather, believe it was this attitude that led to him “winning” a double lung transplant January 30, 2010, just weeks before he ...

The Yukon beacon dims and a fresh flare ignites in Africa. The Boers, proud and unbending, challenge the British Crown by demanding independence. War is imminent. A clarion call sounds to arms throughout the Empire. Four denizens of Dawson city set out to play their part in the coming conflict. Major Craven returns to fight for Queen and country, Fergal Boyle joins theIrish Brigade, and Aileen and Greta volunteer as nurses, caring for the wounded of both sides. The effect of this was is de...

A short story in which a partner, sentenced to life for the murder of a spouse, reflects on how it all happened.

Glucosamine For Dogs And Other Pets" was written by a dog lover for other dog lovers who have concerns their pet's health. My own Lab was having joint problems and I had heard about glucosamine. Before going to the Vet I decided to educate myself as I am the kind of person that really needs to understand issues about my best friend and companion. Surprisingly, I had a tough time finding information about glucosamine for dogs.

On a wind lashed coast in the far north a group of men assemble on a construction site. The Ness and Struie Drainage Project will dominate their lives for the next few months when they will toil through the daylight hours and into the night, endure hardship and conflict, survive or, perhaps, not survive. Within the compound and wayleaves a new, temporary world will form, bounded by sea, mountains and sky. Site Works is the story of the men and their work, transients creating something perm...

An uneasy truce between recuperating IRA assassin Declan Rath and scarred ex SAS soldier 'Spider' Webb, both suffering from possible psychological damage, adds to the spiralling tension as a Tuzla-bound convoy battles through war-torn Bosnia to bring aid to the beleaguered city. Targeted for destruction by Croatian Military Intelligence and Serbian paramilitaries, the convoy, unwitting carrier of smuggled arms, is prey to all sides.Duplicitous in the extreme Roy Cheatham, the head o...

In 1897 the cry "Gold!" resounds in the Yukon and reverberates round the world, promising riches for many but realizing the dreams of only a few. The yellow metal's siren-call lures hopefuls from crowded cities and barren farmsteads, cajoling them, naïve, unprepared and ill-equipped, to cross the harsh wilderness of the Canadian North-West. Many will succumb to brutal, implacable Nature. Those who survive to seek fortunes, will discover that desire alone does not ensure success. This is Fe...

In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government’s aim of assimilation.The tradition did not die, however; the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a potlatch was held. The occasion: the rai...

“You cannot wash red dirt out of clothing, and you cannot unsee what you have seen.” Retired Detective Lt. Robbo Davidson grapples with ghosts of cases past, one victim or another looming in the blackness over his bed, denying him sleep. At last, Robbo resolves to lend voice to these ghosts conceding, “I think if I do not, the evil I have seen may never let me sleep.”Set in DeSoto Parish between bayous and the Big Woods, The Evil I Have Seen was awarded the Gold Medal as ...

A tale of how Mairie won back her man and her happiness, knowing, with certainty, they would be together forever.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]Colonel MacKenzie was only a young subaltern of three years' service when the great Sepoy Mutiny broke out in 1857. His regiment, the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry stationed in Meerut, was one of the worst effected and he and his fellow British officers had to fight for their lives as the native soldiers rioted. Having escaped narrowly from his erstwhile sol...