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Few Civil War generals attracted as much debate and controversy as Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard. He combined brilliance and charisma with arrogance and histrionics. He was a Catholic Creole in a society dominated by white Protestants, which made him appear exotic next to the likes of Albert Sidney Johnston and Robert E. Lee. He was reviled by Jefferson Davis and mocked by Mary Chesnut in her diary.

In Ecological Thinking, the second installment in the "Loving a Sacred Life" series, the focus is on how we think about the world and what does that thinking. Mother Earth as a living being will be explored, as well as the idea of a soul that has an infinite relationship to the planet, beyond our limited human body. Some traditions acknowledge this and we'll look at those traditions that relate to the planet differently than the typical world view. Astrology as a tool for monitoring this relationship over the ages will also be explored.

Presbyterianism is good for you! This short introduction shows the value of Presbyterianism to your spiritual well-being as a layperson in the church. An extensive Q&A section answers practical questions.

Aiden Lake adopted his institutionalized sister's two daughters, and he's a good dad. He works nights on websites and gets in his adult time twice a week at the Roasty Bean, where he meets with other single gay parents. Devon Smithson wants to be a good dad now that his 16-year-old sister asked him to babysit her newborn...three months ago. But he's overwhelmed with the colicky baby. An invitation to the daddy-and-kid gatherings at the café is a godsend. The pot is sweetened when his friendship with Aiden develops into more - maybe even something that can last.

If you enjoy a fast-paced, true story, Five Weeks in the Amazon is the book for you. It's an honest story filled with peaks of humor and valleys of despair. Author Sean Michael Hayes has written a book that many would put on their shelf next to Cheryl Strayed's blockbuster success, Wild. His adventure took him into the middle of the jungle alone, but Hayes' unique writing style makes the listener feel as though they are right there with him.

Firefighter Jason "Jase" Weller and EMT Scott Bronson are living the perfect life. They work together in jobs they love, they live together, and in their downtime, they still can't get enough of each other. It's been six amazing years. Then on Christmas Eve, Jase's former lover Elsa shows up with a six-year-old girl in tow. The strung-out junkie claims Kerry is Jase's daughter and it's his turn to care for her, and then she walks out.

When Master Damien Richardson ("Day" to his friends) takes over the front desk manager job at the Iron Eagle Gym, he knows he's going to need an assistant. But finding the right person for the job is harder than he thought it would be. When he meets Saw, he thinks he's found the solution to all his problems, and maybe something more.

Gods, fallen angels, and the hidden world of the Fae clash as the Winter Queen begins a civil war with the Summer Queen, seeking to rule in a world of permanent winter. Fallen angel Azazel and Greek god Hermes join the Winter Queen, stealing the power of the Titans through brutal combat in return for the resurrection of Azazel's demi-god children, the Nephilim.

Check out the greats of comedy with their early routines when they were young and struggling.

This collection of unabridged, spectacular steampunk speculations includes several classics of the genre. These tales will sweep you away with their amazing automata, daring dirigibles, grinding gears, and scintillating steam as days gone by are infused with tech. In "Smoke City," by Christopher Barzak, a woman comes to terms with the loss of her family to the child labor mills of the city. A doctor tries to cope with a strange plague terrorizing the citizens of London in Jeffrey Ford's "Dr. Lash Remembers."

An unabridged audio collection of the best-of-the-best science fiction stories published in 2015 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents.

The Battle of Petersburg’s intense four-day clash marked a missed Union opportunity, prolonging the Civil War with dramatic consequences. May and June 1864 in Virginia witnessed some of the most brutal and bloody fighting of the Civil War. Combined losses for the two armies after the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor exceeded 80,000 killed, wounded, and captured. The result? A stalemate outside Richmond. The carnage notwithstanding, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant set his armies toward their next target: the logistical powerhouse of Petersburg.

The Narrows are the most shark infested waters of the Caribbean, a three kilometer wide strait steeped in folklore that exists between the islands of St Kitts and Nevis, upon which ships full of people risk passage every day. In 1970 the Christena ferry disaster claims the lives of over 233 passengers, and a young man named Marcus is part of the daring rescue operation, battling abnormally aggressive sharks and stormy seas to rescue victims.

Practical Spirituality is part of the Loving a Sacred Life series. It's a collection of essays written on topics that support simple and direct ways of living in our overly complicated world. The categories of this book revolve around the functioning of the brain, the mind (not to be confused with the brain), relationships, and spiritual principals in everyday reality. Expanding your knowledge and experiences leads to opening the mind into greater awareness.

There’s trouble in Hollywood. Big surprise, Sheepdip, there’s always trouble in Hollywood. But for Yours Truly, Nick Nolte, private dick, actor, entrepreneur, collector of exotic and often dangerous commodities, and People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (1992), Hollywood is a filthy, decaying, half-empty swimming pool, and I’m gonna dive in head-first. Someone’s kidnapping Hollywood bigwigs? Hell, I wish I’d thought of it first. Clones runnin’ amok from Pismo to Tijuana?

In the heart of Wyoming, amidst the rugged wilderness of the 1860s, a bounty hunter known to some as Wendigo Joe roams the land. He hunts monsters, both supernatural and human, in a land where the only law is the one enforced with a six-gun and a bowie knife. Joe is no ordinary gunslinger, for he is possessed by a wendigo spirit that gives him extraordinary strength and speed, but also plagues him with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

Monster Slayer - A troubled Civil War veteran finds himself part of a legend in the making, as the dead rise again to attack the living on the savage frontier. Black Water Rising - A young girl clings to her Bible and her gun, as she fights demon-possessed hogs in a cruel swamp to save her father's soul.

In 1903, the world marches toward modernity. The first World Series of baseball has been held, and everyday technology changes with each sunrise. The natural world is encroached upon, and offered new protection under dramatic steps of bold Theodore Roosevelt. Yet, Chicago Tribune reporter Roger Merrick has been charged with investigating a curious piece of the older world: the grand Fountain Spring House of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Wandering amidst whispers of folklore, threat, and mounting dread, Roger seeks to uncover the truth, while preserving his very livelihood.

When his three-year-old daughter is kidnapped, Eric Wilson doesn't have many options, and time is running out. With nowhere else to turn, he reaches out to his ex, influential businessman Brock Vencenza, whose money and contacts might be able to save Josie. Brock never got over Eric's loss, and he's more than willing to help when Eric needs him most. Together with law enforcement and private security, they embark on a twisting investigation to find the little girl - and who wants to hurt her and destroy both men in the process.

Blaine Franks is a member of the paranormal research group, the Supernatural Explorers. When the group loses their techie to a cross-country move, newly graduated Flynn Huntington gets the job. Flynn fits in with the guys right off the bat, but when it comes to him and Blaine, it’s more than just getting along. Things heat up between Blaine and Flynn as they explore their first haunted building, an abandoned hospital, together. Their relationship isn’t all that progresses, though, and soon, it seems that an odd bite on Blaine’s neck has become much more.