![]() ![]() ![]() Ricketts from VI Corps was defeated by Confederate General, Jubal A. ![]() He had some 5,800 men under his command when the division of James B. Wallace’s most notable service came in July 1864, at the Battle of Monocacy, part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864. After brief service in western Virginia, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on 03 September 1861, and given the command of a brigade. On 25 April 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry. At the start of the American Civil War, Wallace was appointed state adjutant general and helped raise troops in Indiana. In 1856, he was elected to the State Senate after moving his residence to Crawfordsville. On, Wallace married Susan Arnold Elston by whom he had one son, Henry Lane Wallace, born 17 February 1853. He raised a company of militia, and was elected a second lieutenant in the 1st Indiana Infantry regiment. Wallace was studying law at the start of the Mexican-American War in 1846. Afterward he joined his father in Indianapolis. In 1836, at the age of nine, he joined his brother in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he briefly attended Wabash Preparatory School. Lewis Wallace was born on 10 April 1827 in Brookville, Indiana, to David Wallace and Esther French Test Wallace. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Vulnerable, raw, and deeply transparent, Fully Alive reveals powerful tools and lessons that can teach all of us how to grow toward and beyond our personal edges, no matter our circumstances. ![]() ![]() Fully Alive tells the story of an astoundingly successful young entrepreneur’s immersion in Amazonian indigenous spirituality, its life-changing impact on him, and how he integrated the lessons he learned to build a successful, socially responsible company, live a purposeful life, and make a difference in the world.īuilding a start-up is like being thrust into the middle of the Amazon rainforest: living every day on the edge of your comfort zone, vulnerable to the unexpected challenges constantly being thrown your way, and constantly shifting to meet daily demands and do everything and anything you can to survive, let alone thrive. ![]() ![]() ![]() Questions and to Bill Gardner, who knows way too muchĪbout driving cars over medians and other places that theyĭon’t belong-and who probably knows too much about me as well.Īlso thanks to Linda Ballard and Richard Hatch forĪnswering my questions about what happens on a studio set. Special thanks to Eric Murdock for answering my mechanic ![]() He has also been known to expect me to walk into the street That is true love.Īlso to my editor, Tim, who pushes me to reach furtherĪnd dig deeper where my writing is concerned. Who got the children off to school every day ![]() Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England. Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd). Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England. Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.). Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, U.S.A. Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free ThrowsĪ division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To-Do List ![]() ![]() ![]() Oddly, her suppositions begin to find correspondences in the real world, and with mounting excitement and dread, the fog of mystery starts to fade into menacing certainty. ![]() With very little to go on, she invents a list of murder suspects and possible motives for the crime. She is new to this area, alone after the death of her husband, and she knows no one.īecoming obsessed with solving this mystery, our narrator imagines who Magda was and how she met her fate. Our narrator is deeply shaken she has no idea what to make of this. Here is her dead body." But there is no dead body. While on her daily walk with her dog in a secluded woods, a woman comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground by stones. Rather, it's a haunting meditation on the nature and meaning of art."įrom one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods. ![]() Death in Her Hands is not a murder mystery, nor is it really a story about self-deception or the perils of escapism. ![]() ![]() ![]() This scenario, drawn from events in the original sources, would be fleshed out by Dumas to become The Three Musketeers. ![]() Dumas's collaborator, Auguste Maquet, brought him a rough scenario for a book set during the reign of King Louis XIII and starring the King, Queen Anne, Cardinal Richelieu, and the Duke of Buckingham. d'Artagnan by Sandraz de Courtils and Intrigues Politiques et Galantes de la Coeur de France, memoirs of events from the period in which the novel takes place. The story was drawn from a number of original historical sources, including Les Memoires de M. Despite the fact that it is very long and is filled with improbable events, larger-than-life characters, and exaggerated dialogue-or because of these traits-it is a fast, exciting read and still feels fresh and entertaining despite the long time that has elapsed since it was first written. ![]() The novel has been adapted for over sixty films and spin-offs and has sold millions of copies in hundreds of languages all over the world. In its romantic subject matter, the book is typical of its time what is not typical is the fact that it has survived and remains entertaining and accessible for modern readers. The Three Musketeers, published in 1844–1845, is typical of Dumas's works: quick-witted heroes who fight and love unceasingly, fast-paced narrative, and entertaining dialogue. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as columnist for the newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today), as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip. She already published a lot of books that contribute to Philippine Literature. Jessica Zafra attended Saint Theresa’s College of Quezon City, Quezon City, from prep school until the 6th Grade, after which she went to the main campus of the Philippine Science High School and then to the University of the Philippines where she majored in comparative literature. She is widely known writer base in Manila known for her sharp and witty writing style. She is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and a former television and radio show host. Jessica Zafra was born on the 1st of January 1965. ![]() ![]() And when he turns his onyx eyes upon me, I fall captive.For an entirely different reason.As his army marches towards a battle with the king I once adored, I must decide.Midas or Rip.Loyalty or freedom.In this game of war and love, it's my turn to choose. In this Glint book review I am sharing my thoughts on the second book in the Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy. ![]() He is fae.Part of the powerful and magical people who are said to have abandoned this world entirely three hundred years ago.But here one stands before me. ![]() and that plot twist, OMG' 5***** Reader Review'Read this series NOW! I felt like I was in the story watching and holding my breath the entire time' 5***** Reader Review_'I hope you burn so bright that you scorch your Golden King down to ash'After ten years, I have left the grips of one king only to fall into the hands of another.I have fought the terrifying Red Raid Pirates, endured the murder of those I care about, and survived the frozen planes of Orea, only to find myself a prisoner of the army of Fourth Kingdom.Leading the army is Commander Rip, a notorious warrior whose name is whispered in taverns and street corners all over the six kingdoms.But as I get to know him, I realise that the tales of his brutality aren't true.He is something else. ARMENTROUT'Sexy and touching all at the same time. ![]() THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. ![]() Print Glint: (#2 The Plated Prisoner Series) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Garbes contends that while the labor of raising children is devalued in America, the act of mothering offers the radical potential to create a more equitable society. A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placing mothering in a global context-the invisible economic engine that has been historically demanded of women of color. In Essential Labor, Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. ![]() In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers-and the lack of a social safety net to support them-writer Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life? The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. Print Essential Labor - Mothering As Social Changeįrom the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change. ![]() ![]() “I would have women in four or five different rooms,” Allman says about hotels. The band’s early road manager made a chart with the legal age of consent in every state and ensured that each member had a copy. “Foxy ladies,” he recalls wheezily - “there was oodles of them.” One of the great virtues of My Cross To Bear, his slightly better-than-average rock memoir, is how frank Allman is about the perks of being a white rock god in skinny jeans who can bellow the blues like a black man. He didn’t have the heart to turn many away. Women threw themselves at him, and he devoured them. His brother - guitarist Duane, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1971 - called him “baybrah,” a contraction of “baby brother.”īut on tour in the late 1960s and the ’70s, the heyday of the Allman Brothers Band, when he wrote songs such as Midnight Rider, Melissa and Whipping Post, Allman’s nickname was Coyotus Maximus. ![]() Gregg Allman’s close friends have always called him Gregory. ![]() ![]() Iyengar himself, the book highlights a progressive 200-week practice, highlighting the best techniques and the common errors in them. Iyengar, offers the most comprehensive and instructive work available in the world. This work, from the most respected yoga teacher in the world, B.K.S. For the serious yoga practitioner, the study of Pranayama is an essential. In 'Light on Pranayama', he establishes the same definitive level of authority on the art of breathing. His seminal book, 'Light on Yoga', is widely called 'the bible of yoga' and has served as the source book for generations of yoga students around they world. ![]() Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of 'yoga for all', which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. ![]() Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. The definitive guide to yogic breathing from B.K.S. ![]() |