Books with author J.G. McPherson

It's all fun and games until the demons come...It's Year Two at Dark Saints Academy and after the summer Ryleigh's had, she can't think of anywhere else she'd rather be. It's time to get answers. Answers into who she really is, why she possesses dark magic in her soul, and what it has to do with the incredibly powerful and staggeringly handsome, Danté Ramirez.But when demons suddenly attack and nowhere is safe, Ryleigh finds herself on the fast-track to discovering far more than she bargained for.Betrayals run deep, emotions run high and the threat of uncovered secrets leads to a journey no one expected to travel...Class is now in session.

This is the only biography of Calvin available for young people. Joyce focuses on Calvin's childhood and youth, tracing his days at the university and the circumstances of his conversion. She traces his early and precocious leadership of the Protestants in France, and his flight to Basel, Strassburg, and Geneva when King Francis I began executing Protestants. The result is a warm and affectionate picture of the leader of the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. This is a book worth reading out loud to younger students; older students and adults will find it a valuable introduction and aid in understanding the author of The Institutes of the Christian Religion.

It’s time to choose…Whether they like it or not, fate is written, and Danté and Ryleigh must now decide which path they plan to take. Will they forge a bond to bind the worlds or will Ryleigh succumb to the shadows?Betrayal and heartbreak make the idea of surrender sound all too tempting to Ryleigh, and things are only going to get worse…Will she hold on to the one shred of her soul, when everything else is taken?

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.

James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg. The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War and with it the course of history. More than any other place in the United States, Gettysburg is indeed hallowed ground. It’s no surprise that it is one of the nation’s most visited sites (nearly two million annual visitors), attracting tourists, military buffs, and students of American history. McPherson, who has led countless tours of Gettysburg over the years, makes stops at Seminary Ridge, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Hill, and Little Round Top, among other key locations. He reflects on the meaning of the battle, describes the events of those terrible three days in July 1863, and places the struggle in the greater context of American and world history. Along the way, he intersperses stories of his own encounters with the place over several decades, as well as debunking several popular myths about the battle itself. What brought those 165,000 soldiers—75,000 Confederate, 90,000 Union—to Gettysburg? Why did they lock themselves in such a death grip across these once bucolic fields until 11,000 of them were killed or mortally wounded, another 29,000 were wounded and survived, and about 10,000 were “missing”—mostly captured? What was accomplished by all of this carnage? Join James M. McPherson on a walk across this hallowed ground as he be encompasses the depth of meaning and historical impact of a place that helped define the nation’s character.“[I]n a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract.” —President Abraham Lincoln

It's time to choose...Whether they like it or not, fate is written, and Danté and Ryleigh must now decide which path they plan to take. Will they forge a bond to bind the worlds or will Ryleigh succumb to the shadows?Betrayal and heartbreak make the idea of surrender sound all too tempting to Ryleigh, and things are only going to get worse...Will she hold on to the one shred of her soul, when everything else is taken?

It's all fun and games until the demons come...It’s Year Two at Dark Saints Academy and after the summer Ryleigh's had, she can’t think of anywhere else she’d rather be. It’s time to get answers. Answers into who she really is, why she possesses dark magic in her soul, and what it has to do with the incredibly powerful and staggeringly handsome, Danté Ramirez.But when demons suddenly attack and nowhere is safe, Ryleigh finds herself on the fast-track to discovering far more than she bargained for.Betrayals run deep, emotions run high and the threat of uncovered secrets leads to a journey no one expected to travel...Class is now in session.

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy“The best concise book we have on the subject… McPherson is… our most distinguished scholar of the Civil War era.” —The New York Times Book Review History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. Many Americans of his own time and in later generations considered him an incompetent leader, not to mention a traitor. Not so, argues James M. McPherson. In Embattled Rebel, McPherson shows us that Davis might have been on the wrong side of history, but that it is too easy to diminish him because of his cause’s failure. Gravely ill throughout much of the Civil War, Davis nevertheless shaped and articulated the principal policy of the Confederacy—the quest for independent nationhood—with clarity and force. He exercised a tenacious hands-on influence in the shaping of military strategy, and his close relationship with Robert E. Lee was one of the most effective military-civilian partnerships in history.Lucid and concise, Embattled Rebel presents a fresh perspective on the Civil War as seen from the desk of the South’s commander in chief.

A dark angel. An heiress of shadows. A society of souls, secrets & sin. As heir to the shadow throne, Ryleigh De La Cruz is a threat to the balance of good and evil. Darkness surrounds her. Demons trail her. And she battles a hunger for souls-one more than others; the dangerously powerful Danté Ramirez. Whilst Ryleigh struggles to fight the dark power that threatens to consume her, she learns that the only one who can save her is Danté, a dark angel with a mysterious past. Their connection is as brutal as it is beautiful, and more damning than either could imagine.Sworn to defend or destroy each other, Ryleigh & Danté are swept up in a world of secrets, saints and shadows. A world they knew nothing about until they entered Dark Saints Academy.Now, Danté must find a way to bring Ryleigh into the Light before she surrenders to her shadows and rents the world asunder.Fans of Sarah J Maas and Jaymin Eve are addicted to this heart-pounding, medium burn, paranormal romance from USA Today Bestselling author, S. McPherson.

The esteemed, Pulitzer Prize-Winning history of the Civil War that brings to vivid life, the generals, the presidents, the soldiers, politicians, Abolitionists, Southern fire-eaters, Northern barn-burners, Copperheads, and Know-Nothings. An instant classic, this is the single volume on the tragic war and its background that every historian--amateur or trained--will want to have on the shelf to read again and again.

James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg. The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War and with it the course of history. More than any other place in the United States, Gettysburg is indeed hallowed ground. It’s no surprise that it is one of the nation’s most visited sites (nearly two million annual visitors), attracting tourists, military buffs, and students of American history. McPherson, who has led countless tours of Gettysburg over the years, makes stops at Seminary Ridge, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Hill, and Little Round Top, among other key locations. He reflects on the meaning of the battle, describes the events of those terrible three days in July 1863, and places the struggle in the greater context of American and world history. Along the way, he intersperses stories of his own encounters with the place over several decades, as well as debunking several popular myths about the battle itself. What brought those 165,000 soldiers—75,000 Confederate, 90,000 Union—to Gettysburg? Why did they lock themselves in such a death grip across these once bucolic fields until 11,000 of them were killed or mortally wounded, another 29,000 were wounded and survived, and about 10,000 were “missing”—mostly captured? What was accomplished by all of this carnage? Join James M. McPherson on a walk across this hallowed ground as he be encompasses the depth of meaning and historical impact of a place that helped define the nation’s character.“[I]n a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract.” —President Abraham Lincoln