"The bestseller is coming! The bestseller is coming!"- Paul Revere"Wish I'd had this book at the Alamo. We needed a hearty chuckle - and more bullets!" - Davy Crockett"I laughed, I cried, I picked up my ax. A head splitting good yarn!" - Lizzie Borden"Astounding and stimulating like the light bulb and the ever-evolving variety of Chia Pets - I felt like I was there. Wait, I was...." - Thomas Alva Edison"My new favorite book, sehr gut!"- Johan...

When Emily Gillon kills her abusive husband - making it appear to be suicide - she hopes the shotgun blast will free her finally to find the happiness and normalcy she never knew in rural Pierpont, Georgia.Against a canvas of the north Georgia mountains and the ageless beauty of the coastal city of Savannah, Gallica's Thorns is the modern-day story of Emily's quest - a journey laden with innocent love, violent evil, personal tragedy and heart-rending deceit.Beginni...

As a bartender at exclusive country clubs in Atlanta and Savannah, Cass Cassidy has perfected his art of seducing "golf widows," the wives of high-roller golfers whose only real love is the mistress that is their sport. Over cocktails, these ladies chatter about their Louis Vuitton purses, Ferragamos, designer jewelry, and who among them has had "work done," all the banter masking their boredom. Cass has the looks and the bold confidence to make some of them forget their boredom - and thei...

About the book"The Compliance Blueprint" is a comprehensive anthology resource to the dedicated community of compliance professionals during a time of unprecedented disruption." Compliance professionals have never been more important in a world marked by rapid change and unprecedented challenges. An evolving global landscape and complex regulatory webs have made governance, risk management, and compliance practices non-negotiable for organisations.For those responsible for ...

Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, there lurks a deadly undercurrent. This is a first-person account of an award-winning newspaper crime reporter's career, covering scores of murders in the Savannah area, including one of the bloodiest eras in the city's history: in 1985, metro Savannah earned notoriety with the nation's highest homicide rate. The author d...

July 1, 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee advanced across the Pennsylvania countryside toward the small town of Gettysburg--less than 90 miles from Washington, D.C.--on a collision course with the Union Army of the Potomac. In Lee's ranks were 5,000 South Carolina troops destined to play critical roles in the three days of fighting ahead. From generals to privates, the Palmetto State soldiers were hurled into the Civil War's most famous battle--hun...

Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others

Based on over 40 years of consultation and teaching experience, Gear Noise and Vibration demonstrates logical gear noise and vibration approaches without the use of complex mathematics or lengthy computation methods. The second edition offers new and extended discussions on high- and low-contact ratio gears, lightly loaded gears, planetary and spli

Exploring Mathematics gives students experience with doing mathematics - interrogating mathematical claims, exploring definitions, forming conjectures, attempting proofs, and presenting results - and engages them with examples, exercises, and projects that pique their interest. Written with a minimal number of pre-requisites, this text can be used by college students in their first and second years of study, and by independent readers who want an accessible introduction to theoretical math...

Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fort after the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the Union and close the vital Confederate supply port of Charleston while the South needed to defend its birthplace and keep the supplies flowing--thus making Fort Sumter one of the most fervently attacked and most tenaciously defended pieces of real estate in the United or Confederate ...

Spellbinding account of the Confederates' retreat after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864.

It's the slowest race on record when Lucy-Anne becomes a tortoise and has a race with a snail. She becomes a statue and doesn't like pigeons at all. In another tale, she's a cat on the rooftops trying to stop the howling cats keeping her awake. And then a book in a library, treated badly by a girl and boy who have only come in to mess around. 'Highly recommended' says The Book Trust.