This comprehensive guide to the flags of the world provides concise, accurate coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale and smaller locator maps. The Complete Guide to Flags of the World, 4th Edition includes the history of flags, the color flags in over 220 countries and territories, flags of international organizations, large-scale and detailed locator maps for easy reference, up-to-date data a...

It's 1881...Murderous outlaw Seth Granger and his gang, Granger's Dozen, have terrorized southern Louisiana for several years. From their cabin hidden deep in a swamp, Seth leads his men in roughing up homesteaders, businesses, and peaceful Indian villages for a "protection fee".When Chief Red Bear and his peaceful Choctaw village refuse to give in to Seth's threats, the gang decides to make an example of them by slaughtering the entire village... every man, woman, and chil...

Nine tales await you in this new collection of horror and suspense from Clive Carpenter."La Piedra Maya" - A stone from an ancient Mayan temple has a deadly surprise in store for the woman who stole it."Scritching" - A camper is awakened when his tent is invaded by creatures so creepy they will make your skin crawl."The Thing in the Hall" - A man wakes up in the middle of the night to find a blood-thirsty creature standing at his bedroom door."Beneath the Cl...

BRAIN MATTER is a collection of 6 original horror and suspense tales with a little something for everyone. From werewolves and grim reapers to walking corpses and heartless psychopaths, this short story collection explores a wide range of content in the horror genre.In CONFESSION, a newspaper reporter visits a dying old woman in a nursing home to chronicle her life's story, only to learn that she has been harboring a gruesome secret for almost six decades.In LUNATIC, a man ...

Two young women arrive on a remote ranch and the cowboys are competing for their attention, "some with a foolish grin, some downcast and reserved, some swaggering in the natural pride of the lady's man." Hidden Water explores how American cowboys talked, thought, and behaved during the turn of the last century. Coolidge's cowboys include "the men that could rope, the men that could ride, the quitters, the blowhards, the rattleheads, the lazy, the crooked, the slow-witted." The novel was wr...

The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman is a record from the trial of two slaves who murdered their master at Charlestown, Massachsetts, in 1755. The outcome of the trial was the death sentence for both; the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death. The record also includes few other cases of punishments by burning in Massachusetts.

Healthy, Vegan and Gluten-Free Lifestyle Made Easy, Exciting and Fun!Your body needs REAL foods that are packed with nutrition in order for you to enjoy health while following a strict vegan, plant-based / animal-free diet.High-calorific foods that are more than unhealthy and contain shocking levels of processed sugars, saturated fats and other chemicals can only result on a progressive health degeneration and weight gain. ...

When Katy Carr and her sister Clover leave for an East Coast boarding school, they do so with trepidation. They can’t but help worry about how their father will manage without their help? Will they fit in, and if they don’t, what will become of them? Will they make new friends?When the Carr girls arrive, they meet the principal, Mrs Florence, who is tall, dignified and very strict: there are no less than thirty-two rules that students must adhere to! And with Miss Jane always on th...

In "The Vanishing Man," Dr. Thorndyke investigates a perplexing case involving a disappearance. The story is characterized by its intricate plot, forensic detail, and the application of scientific methods to solve mysteries. Freeman's background as a physician influenced his writing, infusing his stories with scientific accuracy and meticulous attention to detail in forensic investigations.The novel showcases Freeman's skill in crafting compelling mysteries, featuring complex puzzles and e...

The first idea of this little story was suggested to the author by a printed account of a trial which actually took place, early in the present century, in the United States... It may not be amiss to add, for the benefit of incredulous readers, that all the ''improbable events'' in the story are matters of fact, taken from the printed narrative. Anything which ''looks like truth'' is, in nine cases out of ten, the invention of the author.

"A Portraiture of Quakerism" in 3 volumes is a book by the English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson that features all the most important aspects of the Quakers' life, such as education and discipline, social manners, civil and political economy, religious principles and character of their religious organization. Quakers are a historically Christian denomination whose formal name is the "Religious Society of Friends" or "Friends Church". Members of the various Quaker movements are all generally...

In News from Dead Mule Swamp, Anastasia Raven is running from the pain of a failed marriage, and hopes to hide from the world in an old farmhouse she has purchased at the edge of Dead Mule Swamp. When a hundred-year-old newspaper she finds inside a wall is stolen by Cliff Sorenson, and then Cliff disappears, Ana is convinced that the paper holds the key to the mystery. But what old news could be important enough to put Cliff in danger?(Anastasia Raven Mysteries #1)