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When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly, he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland.

Don Petterman sells DVDs of the Zapruder film in Dealey Plaza. He tries to earn a living but has a broken life, an ex-wife, and a mostly empty existence. He'd be resigned to his life if only he could make a small impact on history, find some scrap of new information about Kennedy's death - something to show for all his years of research. When his iPad gets knocked into the drain, he discovers more than he ever imagined and is forced to make a fateful decision. A thrilling tale of a man looking for validation in life and possibly finding it in a moving finale.

With this audiobook, you'll learn to understand small businesses, including work-from-home businesses!

Marshal "one-eyed" Jack Black is urgently called to Apache Pass, Arizona, between Dos Cabezas and the Chiricahua Mountains to order a wagon train to turn back to avoid an impending hostile attack. Will the marshal get there in time? Jack's best friend is named US deputy marshal, but things go wrong on the first day, and a serious crime is committed. Will the new deputy solve the mystery without the help of Marshal Black?

What did the Lord mean when He said…Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God? The answer might surprise you. Understanding regeneration should be a priority for every Christian, and in understanding what it means to be Born Again the glory of Christ and the Work of the Cross is magnified in the heart of the Believer. As we set aside some popular misconceptions about what Scripture teaches concerning our Salvation, we begin to understand the harmony and consistency of God’s Redemptive Plan and His will for our lives.

Ulysses S. Grant had relocated to the basin from the bowl not long after the first of the year. More than anything, Uly yearned for some measure of respite, though escape is perhaps a more apt word to describe what it was Uly pursued.... An escape from the nagging accusations and allegations nipping constantly at his heels - accusations and allegations involving murder.

Channeling his 20 years of experience on the issue, Daniel Miller takes the listener through the historical and cultural foundations of Texit, as well as its impact on mainstream politics, and plainly lays out the grievances expressed by many Texans that drive their support for an independent Texas. Texit also addresses the most common objections by using facts and sheds light on what a future Republic of Texas could look like.

Cimarron Frost was a no-good, worthless, sometimes-on-both-sides-of-the-law frontier man. He was often times a bounty man, and if something on the other side of the law looked profitable and easy, hell, he was game for that also. He took what he wanted, one way or another. Here is the head scratcher - it is impossible to hate him. I dare you to try and dislike Cimarron Frost.

Will Cannon finds out there is a gang of outlaws terrorizing the law abiding citizens in Waco, Texas and he hopes he has found the Blackman Gang. Blackman and his gang of cutthroats killed Will's family and Will cannot rest until Blackman and every member of his gang are dead. Will rides to Waco and finds a gang of outlaws is using murderous mail order brides to kill the husband and steal his property. The outlaw gang is being run by an evil woman and she has plenty of hired killers on her payroll. Will works to bring law and order and justice to Waco.

Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the citizens of London, and there is only one connection between each murder known to the police - a man called Jonathan Smyth. After a particularly grizzly murder, the fickle finger of fate points directly at Smyth, who cannot be located. When the police discover that their prime suspect has seemingly fled to the fledgling United States, they send one of their best men, Charles Abbott, after him.

In the long history of warfare and cultural and ethnic violence, the 20th century was exceptional for producing institutions charged with seeking accountability or redress for violent offenses and human rights abuses across the globe, often forcing nations to confront the consequences of past atrocities. The Holocaust ended with trials at Nuremberg, apartheid in South Africa concluded with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Gacaca courts continue to strive for closure in the wake of the Rwandan genocide.

Apaches are on the run pursued by the US Cavalry. A new threat to the railroad comes in the form of deadly dark figures in the night. Could this be Indians getting revenge or are the perpetrators more insidious? Torrent finds a new love but may lose her again in the dark chasms of the new territories. He finally confronts his father and uncovers shadowy intrigue to Solomon Torrent's empire coming from below the border. Don't blink because the action is constant in this new western.

Like all of us, Michael Anders has a dream. Ever since he was a kid in junior rodeo, he has dreamed of becoming a world-champion rodeo cowboy - riding bulls and bareback horses, scoring high, winning big buckles, basking in the glory. And now it all seems within his reach. Michael has filled his permit and is now a full member of the Professional Association of Rodeo Cowboys. So he sets out on this rodeo run with his two traveling partners, Kirby Jordan and Jim Ed Sarkos.

The Mexican drug lord of the Sinaloa Cartel, El Chapo Guzman, was ranked as one of the 100 most powerful people in the world for three years continuously by Forbes magazine. In 2009 he was 41st, in 2010 he was ranked 60th, and again in 2011 he was at the 55th position. In this book, we will take a look at this Mexican drug kingpin, his early life, how he entered the business of drug trafficking, how he expanded his business, and how he increased his control over the Mexican drug cartels.

Olivia Montgomery is on the run for her life. Her stepfather, having control of her fortune, has plans to do away with her before her twenty-first birthday so that he can have it all. Olivia, having no plans on being his next victim, flees in the night from her mansion in New York. She heads out west, where they say a man can get lost for years without ever being missed. She is hoping to hide long enough to avenge her mother's death. Mac Kincaid, bounty hunter turned rancher, has one last job to complete before he can retire and raise his young ward on the land he owns.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Texas historiography of the past quarter-century, this volume of original essays will be an invaluable resource and definitive reference for teachers, students, and researchers of Texas history. Discovering Texas History focuses on the major trends in the study of Texas history since 1990.