Books with author David Berry

You read about John Paul Jones’ famous battle with “HMS Serapis” in “Not Self but Country;” now read “The Crucible of Tradition” and empathize with his internal struggles and external battles after the victory. Treason, treachery, and infidelity plague him at every turn.Get reacquainted with Captain John Barry. Discover his humble peasant beginnings in Ireland. Experience the warm kinship in his loving family in the oppressive poverty of the eighteenth century. Accompany him on his rise to prominence and his personal struggle through two marriages. Meticulously researched, this novel, the second in the series, will introduce you to the men who secured America’s independence while others framed her government. You will walk the streets of colonial America in scenes that were pulled from period maps and newspapers. Fight, grieve, and exult alongside the men and women who were the actual flesh and blood heroes of their day.Tommy Robinson, Author and Twentieth Century Submarine Sailor, wrote:I have just finished reading “The Crucible of Tradition” and it was a great read. Mr. Perry’s attention to detail brings the characters to life and gives the reader a sense of being front and center. When sitting down to read this novel I feel that I have donned my best nautical attire and am sailing again with Captains John Barry, John Paul Jones, Jordi Farragut and others in this sweeping new sea saga.“The Crucible of Tradition” chronicles 30 years of colonial struggles along the Atlantic Seaboard, Caribbean Sea, and European waters. Landsmen, officers and sailors alike are all severely tested in their heroic efforts to establish a new nation and the fledgling Navy as a sea power. David Perry paints a vivid detailed picture with his pen, placing you on deck, in the rigging, and behind the cannon in explosive battles on the high seas against the British, pirates, and privateers. The reader will become part of the war for independence.Happy ready, and Fair Winds and Following Seas!

A thousand hands shaped its banks and a thousand ships have traversed the waters of a canal that defined a region. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal has both provided an important route between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and acted as a secondary and unofficial boundary between the North and South. Yet this historic waterway almost failed before the first shovel struck earth in 1804. Local historian David Berry tells the fascinating story of the C&D Canal, from the tenacious Gilpin family's sixty-year struggle to open the shipway to the canal's role in the Civil War as a vital path for Union troops and supplies to quickly cross the Delmarva and travel down the Chesapeake.

Gargantuan creatures deserve a truly mammoth book. With amazingly huge, life-size pictures, plus 7 gigantic gatefolds, this spectacular guide will practically transport readers back to the time of the dinosaurs.It’s astounding: for the first time, pictures convey the actual, awesome bulk and bigness of the large dinosaurs and present intricately detailed views of the smaller species, too. Just open up the three 8-page-long gatefolds and the four 6-page ones to see what these vanished creatures looked like close-up. Life-size illustrations virtually take you into the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s drooling mouth, with its sharp teeth ready to rip up prey. Kids will love looking at the immense and thick skull of the bone-headed Pachycephalosaurus, with its bumps, ridges, and horns. The knife-like claws of the Therizinosaurus are so realistic you just might step back in fear. In addition to the breathtaking illustrations, there’s plenty of fascinating background about the different dinosaur types, their shared world, their way of chatting and battling, and their fight for survival. And as an extra treat: take off the jacket, flip it over, and there’s a big poster of a giant dinosaur on the reverse side.

In the world of the eighteenth century, young people grew up quickly. There was no period of idle adolescence. If a boy or girl was finished being a child, then they became a man or woman.That is world known to young Midshipman Edward Jonathan during the American Revolution. This is the story of his exploits with his cousin, the famous American warship captain, John Barry.This exciting sea adventure retells the true story of the famous Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, on the shores of New Jersey. Follow the non-stop action right up until the surprise ending. Learn the history of America by being right in the center of it yourself!

Q: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? A: On the bottom.Q: What did the flag say to the pole? A: Nothing, it just waved.Q: Why did the belt go to jail? A: It held up a pair of pants.1100+ Clean Jokes For Kids (and adults of all ages!) is the ultimate collection of laugh out loud jokes for anyone aged from 7-70!Chock full of over 1100 Knock Knock jokes, Questions and Answers, Doctor Doctor, Riddles, One liners and more, this giant book will get the whole family rolling on the floor in fits of laughter!The perfect gift for any child (or adult!)

A thousand hands shaped its banks and a thousand ships have traversed the waters of a canal that defined a region. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal has both provided an important route between the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and acted as a secondary and unofficial boundary between the North and South. Yet this historic waterway almost failed before the first shovel struck earth in 1804. Local historian David Berry tells the fascinating story of the C&D Canal, from the tenacious Gilpin family's sixty-year struggle to open the shipway to the canal's role in the Civil War as a vital path for Union troops and supplies to quickly cross the Delmarva and travel down the Chesapeake.

This Physics Workbook for CSEC is a valuable activity book for CSEC Physics students. It covers all aspects of the Caribbean Examinations Council’s Certificate of Secondary Education Physics syllabus. This book provides excellent practice for the structured questions from Paper 2 of the CSEC Examination and is a great aid to revision and examination practice. It has been specially written to help CSEC students maximize their exam scores.

As the World as we know it comes to an end a journey is just beginning for Dawn Gray.Her best friend is saving her and transporting them off Earth before disaster can strike but if Dawn thinks this is makes her safe she couldn’t be more wrong.As the Earth is towed away by the Galactic Council and re-located at the opposite end of the Galaxy, Dawn and her best friend Fizz begin a journey fraught with danger and adventure, a journey that will take them across the stars, across the Galaxy and across the path of several unpleasant characters.The first part of a trilogy of inter-galactic adventure that pitts Dawn and her Alien friend, Fizz against Cyborg defenders of the Space-Time Vortex, vengeful Empresses, and a whole array of weird and wonderful creatures some of whom help along the way some of whom certainly do not.This is an adventure the likes of which you have never seen before.With an appeal to boys and girls – Dawn Gray and the End Of Everything is the first part of a three part adventure that gets weirder as it goes on and with leave you breathless as the action-packed story explodes from the pages and brings the Galaxy to life in your very hands!