"A fascinating book, and the most detailed account you will find about intelligence operations during the Gettysburg campaign." —Dr. Vince Houghton, Historian/Curator, International Spy Museum, Washington, DCAs intelligence experts have long asserted, "Information in regard to the enemy is the indispensable basis of all military plans." Despite the thousands of books and articles written about Gettysburg, Tom Ryan's groundbreaking Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in ...

This award-winning Civil War history examines Robert E. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and the vital importance of Civil War military intelligence.While countless books have examined the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army's retreat to the Potomac River remains largely untold. This comprehensive study tells the full story, including how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his Army of the Potomac to pursue Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of ...

"Lee is Trapped, and Must be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days after Gettysburg: July 4 to July 14, 1863 focuses on the immediate aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg and addresses how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his Army of the Potomac in response to President Abraham Lincoln's mandate to bring about the "literal or substantial destruction" of Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of Northern Virginia.The eleven-day period after Gettysburg was a battle of ...

Christen sollten in Sachen Kreativität eine Vorreiterrolle spielen, doch sie tun es nur selten. Gott ist der Schöpfer aller Dinge, und er hat uns nach seinem Ebenbild geschaffen. Kreativität ist in das Gewebe unseres Menschseins eingewoben. Deshalb sollten Christen die Kreativität als einen wesentlichen Teil unserer Rolle als Ebenbild Gottes schätzen und fördern. Stattdessen wissen Christen oft nicht, was sie mit Kreativschaffenden anfangen sollen und Kreative wissen nicht, was sie mit dem...

In Missionary Priest, Fr. Tom Ryan shares the richness of the ministerial life that has taken him throughout the world, engaging with people of all faiths and backgrounds. His work has encompassed campus ministry, founding a center for spirituality, leading retreats, preaching parish missions, engaging in ecumenical and interreligious dialogues, and writing books and articles.

Christen sollten in Sachen Kreativität eine Vorreiterrolle spielen, doch sie tun es nur selten. Gott ist der Schöpfer aller Dinge, und er hat uns nach seinem Ebenbild geschaffen. Kreativität ist in das Gewebe unseres Menschseins eingewoben. Deshalb sollten Christen die Kreativität als einen wesentlichen Teil unserer Rolle als Ebenbild Gottes schätzen und fördern. Stattdessen wissen Christen oft nicht, was sie mit Kreativschaffenden anfangen sollen und Kreative wissen nicht, was sie mit dem...

Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do.God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role. Instead Christians often don’t know what to do with creatives and creatives don’t know what to do with Christianity. On one side you have Christians who neglect or discount art, im...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

This scholarly exploration of Hamilton encourages audiences to interpret this popular culture force in a new way by revealing that the musical confronts conventional perceptions of American history, racial equity, and political power. Contributors explore the ways in which the musical offers social commentary on issues such as immigration and gender equity, as well as how Hamilton re-considers the roles of theatre in making social statements, especially relating to the narrator, the curtai...

Skies darken. Sirens wail. Buildings tremble with each distant boom. You grasp your loved ones close to you. Any second could be your last.Howls From the Wreckage will push you to the edge of imminent disaster—and drown you in the heartbreak of its fallout.HOWL Society Press presents its thrilling anthology of disaster horror, fittingly introduced by Nick Cutter, acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep."Don't Play in the Closet...

Born in 1865 into a farming family of Fenian tradition near Fermoy in Co. Cork, Thomas Kent became involved in the Land League in the 1880s and lived for a time in Boston, where he was active in Irish cultural organisations. In 1889, back in Ireland he joined the fight against injustices and evictions and was imprisoned several times for his part in orchestrating a boycotting campaign.Dedicated to freeing Ireland, Thomas and his brothers mobilised in Co. Cork at Easter 1916 and wai...

When the Beaudette mining company blows open a mountain deep in the Congo, they release something that puts man on the bottom of the food chain. Salticids, more commonly known as jumping spiders, mutated and enlarged to staggering sizes through millennia of underground chemical anomalies. With eight massive legs, eyes that can see 360 degree, and the ability to leap thousands of feet at once, there is no escaping these dangerous hunters.Which is a very bad thing for Janet Beaudette...