Jim Lane: Scoundrel, Statesman, Kansan is historian Robert Collins's revelatory biography of one of America's most controversial politicians.As the life of US senator James Lane unfolded on the Kansas frontier, so did his saintly and dastardly deeds. Some called him a murderer while others affectionately called him a good politician. Carefully preserving the character of the misunderstood senator, this book tells the untold and largely fo...

In a vast interstellar empire, a young girl from a desolate planet dreams of honing her incredible skills and making her fortune. Song Chunshi's amazing marksmanship and martial arts prowess earn her a coveted spot at the Imperial Military Academy, despite her humble origins.Targeted by arrogant aristocratic rivals who underestimate her, the "Passerby Girl" must navigate the Academy's cutthroat competitions and grueling training regimen alongside loyal friends and frustrating foes....

This book decribesthe history and side effects of chemtrails, with documented evidence of their presence around the world and what people can do to prevent them.

They gained their maturity in an age of monumental and unprecedented change – from horse-and-buggy, Model TFord, and crank telephone, to moonwalks, space shuttles, and the Internet. They are better educated, more affluent, more vigorous, and longer-lived than any generation before them, yet obstinately cling to a forthright simplicity no generation is likely to regain. They are proudly “old fashioned” in their outlook, hardworking, and frugal in their ways. They are the last enthusiastic p...

An intimate look at the people of the prairies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta – who they are, how they live, what makes them a breed apartThe prairies are Robert Collins’s spiritual home. He was born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, but spent most of his adult life living elsewhere. Now he returns to his homeland to pay homage to the special character of the people who live in this unique region of Canada.Prairie People i...

This book explores the tensions that have arisen in the diaspora as a result of large numbers of Russian migrants entering established overseas parishes following the collapse of the Soviet Union.These tensions, made more fervent by the increasing role of the Church as part of the expression of Russian identity and by the Church’s entry into the global ‘culture wars’, carry with them alternative views of a range of key issues – cosmopolitanism versus reservation, liberalism versus ...

A ragged man visits the houses of the nobility. He entered ODonnels house unknown and asked the musicians to play for him. Then he took the harp from them and played far superior music with the harp between his feet, and he played the music with his toes. He insulted ODonnell and was surrounded by armed men, but he made some of the armed men assume his features, and they were attacked and killed. He restored them to life by getting the doorkeeper to rub their upper palates with an herb.

Josh, king of Ulster held a feast in Armagh. King Leon, king of Leprechaun land held a feast at the same time. Leon was six and a half inches tall, half an inch taller than the rest of his people. He boasted and said. Have you ever seen a king superior to me? They all said they had not but David hearing such boasting laughed out loud. The king stopped choking with rage. Why do you laugh? he said, because I know of one province in Ireland and if one of them cam alone here tonight he could t...

Cathal was king of Munster, and Fergal was king of Ulster, with an intense rivalry between them as both wanted to be high king. Fergals sister, Leah, fell in love with Cathal and sent him delicacies. Fergal summoned his wizard and ordered him to perform his mystical practices so that whoever eats them will never again have a days health for the rest of his life.When the apples entered Cathals stomach, they turned into worms, but one large worm consumed all the others. From then on,...

Viking Gormlaith is married to Brian Boru and she has two sons from her previous marriage Sitric, King of the Dublin Danes and Olaf. Niamh falls in love with Olaf. He, however, becomes a Christian, then states he wishes to become a priest so he will have direct access to the sacristy, which contains a chalice ornamented with priceless jewels and which he wants to steal at his mothers behest. His mother is politically devious and wants one of her sons to become High King. Maelmorda, her bro...

He told his story to a hawk on Achill Island. He variously transformed into the birdlike creatures of hawk and eagle. He also assumed the shape of a one-eyed salmon.Satan offers Shaun enough leather to make shoes for thirteen years provided he goes with him after that.Satan has horns on his head, flames coming from his nostrils and his nails are bent and twisted.Shauns story took place long after ancient times and long before modern times.

Will Beck is a farmer and something of a trader. The nobleman he lives under wants him to expand his trade. But going east would lead to competition with other lands and merchants. Beck has the idea of going west, across the lands of the elves, to trade with the domain of the dwarves. What might be the impact of such a bold idea?