Freighter Odyssey

Dale Stenseth

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From the Spanish Trail to the Monorail a History of Civil Engineering Infrastructure in Southern Nevada

"The Window:  Silence" is a fictionalized account of life in a small rural soft coal mining town in western Pennsylvania.  It is April, 1918.  Holy Week for the Orthodox Christians has just begun with the observance of Palm Sunday.
Life for Central European immigrants who came to work the soft coal mines was harsh until World War I began and the need for coal and coke to operate the steel mills in western Pennsylvania caused wages to rise and benefits to improve.  Strikes were numerous.  Riots occurred frequently.  The Company Police force; the right-hand of the owners sought to return the mines to a time when the owners ruled and controlled with complete authority.
Anna and Stefan are two immigrants who live in town and are given the task by The Committee of watching who does what and who goes where.  Nothing comes in or out of town without Anna and Stefan knowing and alerting the other immigrants.  Their attention is focused upon a house at the edge of town serving as a hideout for gamblers and thieves and the center of racketeering, extortion, prostitution and bootlegging.
As a ten year old, I often accompanied my uncle and my grandfather as they visited old friends who still lived in these once booming coal mining towns.  It is the early 1950's when my grandfather who is dying of cancer decides to visit Anna and Stefan for the last time.  Memories of those visits and hours of stories told to me by my grandfather on quiet summer afternoons are relived.  It is during one of these summer afternoon story sessions that my grandfather shares the story of a terrible tragedy; a Pennsylvania State Policeman was murdered one rainy night when he and another patrolman were sent to investigate a robbery.  I remember my grandfather crying and then saying in Slavonic:  "Janik, times were hard...times were bad!"

The Window...Silence

Dr. John R. Hranitz

The days of rural Cordova are long gone but not the memories that were recorded from the old folks back in 1987. They tell about traveling by horse and buggy, riding to school in wagonettes, making their own feather mattresses, the coming of the railroad and automobiles, farming, and growing flowers. Cordova was a rural area. Life was simple then. Families knew neighbors for miles around. Everyone had daily chores to do, even the children. Hard work and discipline never seemed to hurt anyone but it did seem to grow strength, character and integrity in individuals. You'll learn of a lifestyle that can only be told by those who lived it!

Forgotten Days of Farms, Flowers and Fellowship in Cordova, Tennessee

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Jim Wadell and Darlene Hooker Sawyer

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Edgar A. Browning

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McKinney, Brian

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DESARROLLANDO DISCÍPULOS DINÁMICOS: EL ESLABÓN PERDIDO ENTRE LA INFANCIA ESPIRITUAL Y LA MADUREZ ESPIRITUAL (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

George, Richardson

Personal Transformation

<p>From bestselling author, Kathryn Andrews, comes a new, standalone, friends to lovers contemporary romance, that will leave readers who love food, football, and love craving for more.Meg DuketteWhen life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.I believe in living my best life, and if surviving cancer taught me anything, it's exactly that. I wake every day in the most beautiful city in the South, I'm a chef at my own restaurant, and everything is just the way I want it: easy, calm, and in perfect harmony-that is, until my best friend shows up with his wounded heart, smoldering gaze, and adorable dimples. Now, things are changing-we are changing-but with the promises I've made to myself, I don't want them to. After everything I've been through, breaking them now seems unthinkable, but the alternative might be a lesson my heart's not prepared to learn.Jack WillettJust when you think life is the best it's ever been, fate has a way of intercepting. I've spent ten years playing in the NFL, and with one wrong hit, my world comes crashing down. Now, I'm at the crossroads of what might become my past and a very different future. What I need is time and my best friend. Her gorgeous smiles, sexy legs, and optimistic outlook on life make the world brighter, better, and I've quickly found myself craving her more and more. She says we're just friends, says that's all we'll ever be, but actions speak louder than words. It's time to change the game, and I'm ready to pass the ball. I just hope she'll be on the other end to catch it.He's her best friend. She's quickly turned into something more. Will making a play for her heart be more bitter than sweet? Or will it add just the right amount of zest to make the most delicious ending of all . . .</p>

Lessons in Lemonade (Starving for Southern)

Romance

Andrews, Kathryn

Contemporary

<p>The author and family travel by horse drawn wagon form Texas to Arizona, 1200 miles, 1 1/2 years.  This is the story of that journey.</p>

Buffalo Chips and Co.

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