Books published by publisher BibleByte Books

No one can read this book without coming away with a more nuanced appreciation of Grant and his abilities. Many will find a new affection for the man. If you want to understand Grant as he appeared to those closest to him, read this masterful first-hand account of Horace Porter's time on Grant's staff during the American Civil War.There is no more intimate and appealing portrait of the great general than that drawn by Porter. A keen observer of all around him and a great admirer of Grant to his dying day, Porter brings Grant to life in struggle and victory.Here we get fully dimensional anecdotes of Grant's humor, poise, anger (rare), and his thoughts on a variety of subjects from swearing to lying to naughty jokes to military tactics and strategy.In addition, Porter provides wonderful stories of the other famous men among whom he served, including William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, George Gordon Meade, George Thomas, and many, many others.Long considered one of the most important classics of Civil War literature, this is a book you are assured to read more than once.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

When we are inarticulate, it is to the masters of language that we turn to express our tenderest, most secret feelings. This is what you'll find in the love letters of Margaret Fuller.Considered one of the brilliant intellectuals of the mid-19th century, the opinionated and forceful Fuller would seem an odd choice to turn to for tender feelings. But for all her dynamism and outspokenness, her friends knew her tender heart and sensitive nature. In these letters are all the hopes, insecurities, sadness, and joy of love that we all experience but often fail to put into words.Included in this collection of letters are wonderful memories of Fuller by her dear friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, Horace Greeley, Charles Congdon, and the man to whom these love letters were addressed.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

COMPUTER BIBLE GAMES WITH VISUAL C# ® EXPRESS is a self-paced semester long self-study "beginning" programming tutorial consisting of 13 chapters explaining (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to build a Visual C# Express Windows applications and games. Students learn about project design, the Visual C# Express toolbox, and many elements of the Visual C# language. Numerous examples are used to demonstrate every step in the building process. The tutorial also includes several detailed computer projects for students to build and try. The projects built include a number guessing game, a card game, an allowance calculator, a drawing program, a state capitals game, a video game, and several Computer Bible Games. We have also included the source code to several college prep bonus projects including a loan calculator, portfolio manager, and a checkbook balancer to get you ready for those college courses. For after-school fun we also added several classic Computer Games ported to Visual C# Express. The Computer Bible Game projects built include, in increasing complexity: * Noah's Ark - Race the turtles to Noah's Ark before the Great Flood starts * Elijah and the Ravens - Help Elijah catch the falling bread as he is fed by the ravens * Daniel and the Lions - Shoot Prayers at the lions to protect Daniel in the Lion's Den COMPUTER BIBLE GAMES WITH VISUAL C#® EXPRESS is presented using a combination of over 650 pages of color course notes and actual Visual C# Express examples. No prior programming experience is necessary, but familiarity with doing common tasks using Microsoft Windows is expected. The course requires Windows 7 or Windows 8, and Visual C# 2012 Express. The Visual C# source code, and all needed multimedia files are available for download from the publisher's website (BibleByteBooks.com) after book registration. This tutorial is appropriate for high school students and adults.

Robert Steed Dunn's classic tale of his early attempt to summit Denali (Mt. McKinley) in Alaska is far from the run-of-the-mill heroic mountaineering book. Through all of his years of exploration and work as a war correspondent, his writing was typified by raw honesty and a keen eye toward the foibles and follies of man.Make no mistake, this account is thrilling. But it's also at times hilarious. The 1903 expedition was small and throughout, Dunn exposes the reality of living with and sharing danger with men who become all too familiar. It reads like a modern Krakauer book.Dunn had already been on one very dangerous expedition in 1898. He would go on to explore the Kamchatka River, cover the front lines in World War I for the New York Post, serve as an intelligence officer, and ride with General John "Black Jack" Pershing into Mexico after Pancho Villa.Review"A classic on exploration. Dunn...alone of them all was an artist for art’s sake"--Lincoln Steffens"[Dunn was] a man bent on adventure and ready to face the dangers and hardships that adventure brings."--The New York Times Book ReviewAmazon.com ReviewMore adventure books should be like this. In a genre rife with overbearing machismo and braggadocio, this book, originally published in 1907, is a refreshing and at times hilarious take on exploration. Robert Dunn reveals the bickering and frayed nerves, petty insecurities and trivial jealousies that existed alongside the courage, discipline, and determination exhibited by each member of the 1903 expedition that attempted the first ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Without downplaying the difficulty of the task, Dunn's honest assessments of the men involved reveals the complex motivations for undertaking arduous exploration and the human weaknesses that are revealed in the process.--Shawn Carkonen

Captain John G. Bourke was one of the preeminent scholars of Native-American life in the 19th century. He was a soldier, a Medal of Honor recipient, an ethnographer, aide to General George Crook, and a friend of Indians. Like Crook, Bourke was outspoken and felt the "system" set up to deal with native peoples was not much of a system at all.Yet like most of his contemporaries in the military, he was an instrument of the policy he felt was broken. In this lively and fascinating account of the pursuit of Geronimo and others in 1883, Bourke drew on his diary of the campaign.Bourke has long been cited as a source on Native-American studies and none other than Sigmund Freud wrote the preface for the 1913 edition of Bourke's "Scatalogic Rites of All Nations."A prolific writer, Bourke died a young man but left an astonishing legacy of scholarship.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Scoundrel, comedian, conman, or healer? Dr. Albert Adams was a real bigger-than-life character whose unconventional treatment methods in the early 20th century got him and some of his practitioners into hot water.Abrams (1863–1924) was an American doctor, well known during his life for inventing machines which he claimed could diagnose and cure any disease. Challenged from the very beginning about his claims, it was conclusively demonstrated at the end of his life, and again shortly after his death, that his claims were false and deceptive by design.In 1900 he penned this supposed account of some of his medical adventures. It is both ridiculous and hilarious at the same time. It's difficult to know if Abrams meant this to be comical but one look at the self-satisfied expression on the cover of this book makes one believe he was in on the joke.Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.

COMPUTER BIBLE GAMES WITH JAVA FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS is a self-study or instructor led intermediate level programming tutorial that teaches Java GUI (Graphic User Interface) programming concepts while providing detailed step-by-step instructions for building many fun games. The tutorial is appropriate for both teens and adults. The games built teach logical thinking skills. To grasp the concepts presented in COMPUTER BIBLE GAMES WITH JAVA, you should have experience with building Java projects and be acquainted with using the Swing control library. Our tutorial LEARN JAVA GUI APPLICATIONS will help you gain this needed training. COMPUTER BIBLE GAMES WITH JAVA FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS explains (in simple, easy-to-follow terms) how to build a Java game project. Students learn about project design, the Java Swing controls, many elements of the Java language, and how to distribute finished projects. Game skills learned include handling multiple players, scoring, graphics, animation, and sounds. The game projects built include, in increasing complexity: Bible Safecracker - Guess the combination to remove the ancient Bible from the safe Bible Tic Tac Toe - Bible Trivia Game using a Tic-Tic-Toe Board Bible Match Game - Match the Bible characters with this picture memory game Noah's Ark - Race the turtles to Noah's Ark before the Great Flood starts Elijah and the Ravens - Help Elijah catch the falling bread as he is fed by the ravens Daniel and the Lions - Shoot Prayers at the lions to protect Daniel in the lion's Den This book also has an associated internet downloadable solutions file which contains all the Java source code, graphics and sound files needed to complete the projects. This 6th Edition course requires Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7. You also need the ability to view and print documents saved in Microsoft Word format, and Oracle® Java. To complete this Java tutorial, you will need to have a copy of the free Java Development Kit (JDK 6) installed on your computer. This tutorial also uses the JCreator® 5.0 as the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for building and testing Java applications.

From service in the Civil War to presiding over the trial of Wild Bill Hickok's killer to fighting Indians, Judge W.L. Kuykendall lived a frontier life full of real adventure and close calls.When elected judge by the citizens of Deadwood for the trial of Hickok's killer, Kuykendall told the town..."While willing to assume the responsibility, I refused to serve unless all those present agreed to be present with their revolvers when the court convened to see that a proper jury committee was selected and to remain through the trial and see the proceedings through to the end. Officers and everybody except the prisoner were armed, and the theater was packed with men."That's frontier justice for you.He went on to preside over the trials of other desperadoes and has a fascinating collection of stories of frontier days.For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.

"The wittiest woman in America is dead. There are others who say many brilliant things; but I doubt if there is another so spontaneously and pointedly witty, in the sense that Sidney Smith was witty."So wrote famed writer, Mary Clemmer Ames, about her friend, Phoebe Cary.Brilliant, witty, iconoclastic, Alice and Phoebe Cary were much beloved writers and poets of the Victorian period. Praised by influential critics including Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and Horace Greeley, their work today seems very modern.Their famous salon in New York hosted many of the intellectual and literary luminaries of their day.Here they are brought to life in a lively and beautiful rendering that will put you into their parlor and make you wish you'd been part of their salon. Alice was the poet, Phoebe the lyricist (and poet), both of them advocates for women's rights.Who better to bring forth this memory of the wonderful Cary sisters than Mary Ames. Writing with great sensitivity, wit, and a thorough appreciation for her subjects, Ames' writing will also read as very much "today" to the modern reader.For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

By the age of 90, when he wrote this memoir, Charles Peters had lived an extraordinary life. Born in the Azores, an immigrant to America at 10, he caught the Gold Fever in 1849 and headed to California. He spent the rest of his long life there, prospecting for gold and ranching.As you'll see in his book, he became something of an encyclopedia on California mining. He packed this book full of wonderful tales as well as a great many fun facts about gold, mining, and the luck of the Chinese. If it hadn't been for an accidental drowning at 96, he may well have made it to a much greater age. He had the genes for it.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

More than one woman ventured alone to the great Alaskan north during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Sarah Fell was one them. She did not find gold but nevertheless made a good living for herself through perseverance and resourcefulness. Lucky for us, she left us this volume full of stories, facts about prices in the gold rush, and how she made her way."I have seen strong men in middle life sit down and cry as the loneliness and desolation of it all swept over their souls; women are more enduring than men and with equal hardships kept in better cheer."Shipping out of Seattle with a year's supply of goods, Sarah was admittedly caught up in the "gold fever" of the day and looking for a way out of debt. Like most prospectors, she would not realize her dreams of striking it rich.But she did gain a wealth of experiences that she shares with us in this slim volume. Available for the first time in an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, you can find out how Sarah met with the obstacles and opportunities thrown her way in 1897.Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.