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Follow Suzanne and her new husband Francois Gurnee as they make their home near the Hudson River in New York state andeventually deal with the stresses of the Revolutionary War. All the major characters and places are real. Suzanne and Francois' parents knew each other before leaving France. Their son Francis Secor marries a woman named Annie Gurnee. She has been a mystery to the ancestry community because of another woman by the same name. Read and find out who she is.

Colin Trevelyan, newly orphaned heir to his parents' fortune, is kidnapped in the night from his ancestral home and taken to the grim Broggin Home for Boys, where he is underfed, overworked, and destined for a short life in a deadly glass factory. This story "immediately hooks readers, who will gobble up this satisfying fare," says School Library Journal. "Fully realized Victorian melodrama that would make Dickens proud," says The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. A Junior Literary Guild selection and winner of the Mystery Writers of America EDGAR Award.

It is not difficult to learn to play basketball. Thats more, it can bereally fun! Bball Basics for Kids is a step-by-step handbook featuring Hoops, a playful, basketball-loving friend who showskids of all ages the most important skills of the game.Coach Bobby Kaplan knows basketball. He applies his experience of having coached more than a thousand games to teach kids thebasics of a sport that combines individual skills with the skills of teammates. For those who are just beginning to learn the game, Coach Kaplan shares practical tips on the fundamentals: Dribbling and passing Shooting and rebounding Playing defense Improving footwork on the courtIncluded is a history of the game, inspirational stories, warm up exercises, a glossary of basketball terms, and a sixty-minute self-improvement practice plan to help young players refine their skills.Bball Basics for Kids not only teaches the basics of a great game played by millions around the world, but also educates youngplayers about the enduring values of cooperation, respect, trust, sacrifice, and perseverance.Bball Basics offers the unique opportunity for any basketball program to customize the handbook with their own personal photos.

My Screws Are Loose A story of Triumph Over Tragedy is a unique autobiography. It is based on a true story that is published for the first time. It includes photographs of her personal journey as she fought a rigorous and lengthy health battle as she struggled with a chronic illness. The author had the cooperation of her family, doctors, and some close friends for this project. This story depicts a young girl who suffered a cheerleading injury at the age of sixteen and she persisted on with a cheerleading and dance career. She worked for Walt Disney World in entertainment as a character, and had a lengthy education career. Behind Nichole Thomas' elegant smile, she hid many tears of pain and discomfort due to Scoliosis. She is one who went through the depths of despair where recovery seemed impossible, yet she courageously fought to rise out of the storm. It tells a story of her heartbreaking silence and how she found herself through adversity and a strong faith. She is a Scoliosis survivor and wants to inspire people fighting health conditions from all walks of life.

Life is unpredictable. We are given no map at birth, and yet we wade through the adventure together, learning different things along the way while collecting experiences. Excerpts from an Abstract Mind is a poetry collection about the chance encounters, lessons learned, and ideologies acquired by author Ewana Hines as she plays witness from the sidelines of life.She tells stories about a frightening Ouija board and a caged lion that yearns to be free, but she also delves into philosophy and personal battles. For instance, there are times in this mad life when we must run and other times when we must stand and fight. Ewana enumerates the importance of trying while asking questions and then answering them.The book is a passionate tango between fervent beliefs and carnal flesh. At times, it dances past political correctness on its path toward the priceless treasure of love for self, the Lord, and our fellow human. This journey unfolds through the lenses of poetry and narrative storytelling. Come and see where the abstract mind will go.

Most of us learn in school about the accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, and George Washington Carver. But what is the name of the first self-made American woman millionaire? How about the name of the woman who refused to sit in the Jim Crow section of a train that was assigned to blacks in 1883? Or the name of the black man who invented the gas mask and three-signal stoplight?With a fascinating trivia book filled with two thousand multiple-choice educational and entertaining questions in four categories, Curtis Claytor invites others to test and increase their knowledge of black history and celebrate the achievements of not only well-known African Americans but also the lesser known. Black history enthusiasts will learn the answers to a variety of interesting questions like who scored 101 points in the first half of a high school basketball game, in what city the first black-owned television station was established, when the freaks come out according to the Whodini song, and Fred Sanford’s middle initial.The Ultimate Black History Trivia Book shares two thousand questions in four categories that will help educate anyone interested in learning more about the achievements of African Americans.

Strange things are known to happen in the rugged Garfagnana region of Tuscany. A friendly ghost in a monastery. A visit from a soldier from the other side. A village that sleeps for a hundred years. The legend of ghosts in the theater. All these make their appearance in The Ghosts of the Garfagnana: Seven Strange Stories from Haunted Tuscany—a new book by Paul Salsini, the award-winning author of the popular six-volume A Tuscan Series.

Revelation. The last book in the Bible. Also, the most mysterious!You've always wondered about Revelation, haven't you? But you were afraid to get lost in the symbols and creatures that seem so hard to understand. Have you wished someone could just explain the basics of Revelation to you? Just give you enough background to enjoy the preview of the Second Coming of Jesus without either scaring-or boring-you to death?Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs! is what you've been waiting for! This book will take you through Revelation in a brief but thorough style. And you don't have to be a teenager to enjoy it! Along the way, you'll learn:Every Biblical theme that threads through the book, such as Hell, antichrist, the Kingdom, Satan, and many others!Every important term in Revelation, explained clearly and simply.Dozens of real world principles to apply in your everyday life!Nearly 200 personal reflection journal questions to mark your spiritual growth!Dozens of unique portraits of Jesus as He is only seen in Revelation!You are about to begin a strange and wonderful journey. Along the way, you'll meet seven-headed beasts rising from the sea, and dragons falling from the sky. You'll see cities of earth crumbling to the ground, and a city from Heaven descending to the earth! You'll visit both Heaven and Hell, and see people who cannot die. When you finish Dragons, Grasshoppers, & Frogs! you'll understand the events leading to the end of history and the return of Christ! Above all, you'll discover the Revelation or unveiling of Jesus Christ as earth's rightful King. That's what Revelation is all about!

In early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal building. The plane slowed to a halt; steps were maneuvered up to its side, and the door was pulled open. The tropical night air was heavy and dank, and the moon shone dimly through high thin clouds. On board the aircraft were ninety-two members of a specially selected team. The men were dressed in indistinguishable dark suits with white shirts and dark ties, and each man carried a new red U.S. diplomatic passport inside his breast pocket. The men held copies of their orders and records in identical brown Manila envelopes, and each man's medical records were stamped "If injured or killed in combat, report as training accident in the Philippines." In such clandestine fashion, the first fully operational U.S. military unit arrived at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. The unit was so highly classified even its name was top-secret. It was given a codename, a cover identity to hide the true nature of its mission. The unit's operation was housed in a heavily-guarded compound near Saigon, and within two days of its arrival, Phase I was implemented. Its operatives were intercepting Viet Cong manual Morse communications, analyzing it for the intelligence it contained and passing the information to the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam. The Army Security Agency was on duty.

Toddy Bethany is a 13 year- old who lives with her divorced, somewhat religious, and a strict mother and a younger brother. Her mother, Polly, refuses to let her late-night or other privileges like children her age. As a result of this, Toddy sneaks out of the house when her mother goes to work at night. She goes to bars, lies about her age, and flirts with men. At one such place, she meets a patron who tried to kill her. A 28-year-old man named Norman Easter, a Vietnam veteran rescues her. Toddy lies about her age and falls in love with him. As the relationship develops, she discovers a terrifying secret about Norman. The setting is in the united states in the spring of 1968 in the Bronx, New York. It was a turbulent year in the country. There were two assassinations within sixty days and riots.

When Professor Santo Cortez is murdered while preparing a new Mayan exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, Det. Jack Riley and his Partner Det. Ken Alston begin to search for the killers. Teaming up with Riley's reporter girlfriend Moria Clark and Cortez's protoge Dr. Julie Carr, they track the killers from the mean streets of the Windy City to the jungles of the Yucatan Penninsula where they encounter the mastermind behind both the murder and the theft of priceless artifacts. A Man claiming to be the reincarnation of the ancient Mayan God Kulkulcan. Facing armed rebels and giant snake guardians as well as the wrath of an ancient God, Riley and company fight to make sure justice is served!

Henrys eyes got big. The twins flew down the grand staircase When they got to the spot, Henry couldnt contain his excitement.This has got to be it! He said excitedly.They furiously began to clear the dirt from around the edges. Together they lifted the heavy door So far, life has been pretty ordinary and dull for fifteen-year-old twins Henry and Haley Miles. But after their father purchases a large estate in northwestern Idaho, they are thrilled to begin a new adventure in the mountains. Little do they know that their lives are about to change forever.As soon as Henry and Haley are introduced to the diverse group of mysterious characters that inhabit the small town of Bonners Ferry, they learn of a tragedy hundreds of years ago that spawned the kind of legend that has always kept the locals wary and suspicious. It is not long before the twins stumble upon a map and an unusual key that leads them through a portal to another time, and a world filled with mystical creatures. As a princess pleas with the teens to rescue an innocent family from a fate worse than death, they soon uncover not only the secrets of the past, but also the mission of evil beings determined to win at all cost.In a strange world filled with magic, wonder and beauty, Henry and Haley must abandon their childlike innocence and demonstrate to everyone all the ways humans can overcome seemingly impossible odds.