That the Alaska Railroad was ever built is astonishing. It was constructed over the most treacherous terrain in the world during the most violent political era in US history. The workforce included anarchists, Bolsheviks, socialists, syndicalists, and labor union organizers against the backdrops of the First World War, Spanish Influenza, the Russian Revolution, American troops in Siberia to keep Russian Socialism from our shore, Japan's relentless gobbling of colonies from Southeast Asia t...

When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he's about to uncover the largest legal theft in American history. The "Bearded Holmes" of North Carolina finds himself caught between two seemingly unrelated mysteries: elderly cancer patients dying in Switzerland with their fortunes mysteriously vanished, and a sophisticated mortgage scheme that's somehow completely legal. But when lawyer Pietro Gretler begins targeting Noonan...

Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America's schools, do not ask the students. Do not speak with the teachers. Do not eavesdrop on the principals. Do not believe the bureaucrats at the District Education Office. Listen to the substitutes. They are where the rubber meets the road, and they have no loyalty to any one school. In 2:45 Fever, thirty-five substitute teachers tell you what they see. A gifted fifth-grader gets every ...

"The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state." So ordered Governor Lilburn Boggs of Missouri on October 27, 1838—issuing one of the only government-sanctioned religious extermination orders in American history. Executive Order 44 remained legally valid until 1976. But this isn't a story about religion. It's a story about money. Through twenty-five voices—Mormon farmers and political advisors, slave owners and abolitionists, land speculators and...

In this in this riveting and revealing book, Steve Levy, gives a gripping account of the real-life liberal bias in the media. Once his county's most popular politician, Steve shares a shocking story about how the media treats a politician who switches parties from Democrat to Republican. Few books have been written about switching political affiliations, its repercussions and its consequences.Bias in the Media explores how the liberal media tries to shape the outcome of elections b...

"If These Walls Could Talk" is a definitive guide to how mold and other biotoxins are impacting immunocompromised people's home. The book outlines mold, how it affects the home, the inspection and testing process, how to find suitable, environmental consultants and remediation experts and how to mold proof your home. This book is a great resource for anyone who may think their home is making them sick and the best approach to finding out.

Tired of timid erotica? Well, keep reading!My name is Jade. I'm a writer and editor. My work is primarily in erotic fiction. For years, writers have been trading sexy stories online, and I created quite a community of talented (and filthy) collaborators. For this project, I gave them the prompt: "Write something HARDCORE!"And my writers did not hold back.This book has stories featuring:Sugar DaddiesGroup Sex

In The Matter of the Dematerializing Armored Car, Chief of Detectives Heinz Noonan is asked to solve the disappearance of an empty armored car and its two drivers from a tunnel with guards on both ends. Why would anyone want to steal an empty armored car and is it linked the $12 million in cash in the armored car vault under the control of the United States Department of Treasury which vanishes without a trace – legally? A suspenseful thriller of breathtaking action where the detective mus...

How can a man drown in a hot air balloon? Can a boxcar disappear off a moving train, and is it possible for flying horses on a merry-go-round to fly away? These are just some of the impossible crimes Detective Heinz Noonan, the Bearded Holmes, is called upon to solve. Every story has all the clues necessary to see if you can solve the impossible crime as fast as the detective! (And if you can't, you'll have to read to the end of the story!) Want more! Then there's the mystery of why anyone...

As you are reading this, banks are giving away millions of your dollars in gift mortgages. The banks are borrowing money from the federal government for mortgages, claiming the loans have 'gone bad' and then giving the title of the property to 'deserving individuals.' There is no federal check on these 'bad loans' so the mortgages are free and clear—and tax-free. A Writ of Mandamus filed by the author in August of 2017 may end this practice. Beating Banks At their Own Game, is a fictional ...

The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush on Wikipedia, you will get the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike Gold Rush was centered around Dawson in Canada's Yukon Territory and lasted 14 months. The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the end of the First World War, and covered an area one-fifth that of the Lower 48 states. Bonfire Saloon is not a work of narrative poetry. It is a book of history disguised as literature...

Are the end times near? Is the Rapture really just around the corner? Could Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson possibly be right? About 1 billion people among us believe, yes, absolutely.And that means one thing: investment opportunities!For those who are not as expertly versed in the Book of Revelation, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and Jane, helpfully offer both illumination and advice: What exactly is the Rapture, any...