Hunting History

The fabled lost Inca treasure. An agent on a brutal mission. A race against time. A part of the most legendary treasures in history, the lost Inca gold, is found and leaves tantalizing clues to where the rest of the treasure is hidden. It sparks an all-out race as Jonathan Jarl is thrown into the ride of his life. A mega complex like no other rises in the South American jungle. A brutal megalomanic leads the construction of Coricancha, a mega complex on the Ecuadorian border. At the same time, the spheres are going on the offensive and is making a push to claim part of South America as ...

When Ned Kelly and his band of young tearaways ambushed and killed three brave policemen in a remote mountain camp in 1878, they sparked the biggest and most expensive manhunt Australia had seen. The desperate search would end when Kelly and his gang, wearing suits of armour, tried to derail a train before waging their final bloody gun battle with police in the small Victorian town of Glenrowan.

What would drive a man to rewrite the Gospels? Tatian, a bold thinker and student of Justin Martyr, didn’t just want to interpret Christianity—he sought to transform it. In Tatian for Beginners: The Revolutionary Mind Behind the Diatessaron, you’ll discover how one man’s unflinching vision challenged the very fabric of early Christian thought, leaving a mark that reverberates to this day. Unlock the secrets of the enigmatic Diatessaron. Learn how Tatian’s groundbreaking harmony of the four Gospels created a seamless narrative that reshaped the way early Christians understood their...

Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish - and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets - salmon, trout and char; and for some, bass, tarpon, tuna, bonefish and even marlin - are highly intelligent, wily, strong and athletic animals. The allure, Kurlansky learns, is that fly fishing makes catching a fish as difficult as possible. There is an art, too, in the crafting of flies.

The Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pyramids and mummies, but how do these ancient items impact your life today? From hieroglyphs evolving into emojis and kohl around the eyes evolving into eyeliner and mascara, the inventions and discoveries of Ancient Egypt offer us endless reasons to appreciate history.

The Battle of Fallujah, Part Two, kicked off in November of 2004, right after the U.S. Presidential elections. It was the most intense battle since the battle for Hue City in the Vietnam War. It was a combined and joint operation with the Army's Black Jack Brigade and Iraqi forces participating. Col Dan Wilson, USMC, participated in the battle, and wrote an article shortly afterwards at the behest of his Commanding General, LtGen John Sattler.

The "You Must Know Before You Die!" series is a fascinating and immersive educational collection of publications that delve deep into numerous and far-reaching subjects across the educational spectrum. This is a collection of fascinating facts, insights and stories into Roman Mythology. Numerous gods and tales of Roman Mythology have their origins in Greek Mythology; with slight adaptations in names, places and the nitty gritty parts, for example Heracles in Roman Mythology is referred to as Hercules in Greek, so be sure to check out my other books too.

In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilots, or kamikaze.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the plume birds of Florida were in peril. Their valuable feathers were used in the international millinery trade and their extinction was imminent. A cadre of dedicated Audubon Society wardens helped to slow their destruction. Among them were the martyrs of early wildlife conservation, Guy Bradley and Columbus McCleod. Both of these men died in the line of duty protecting plume birds in South Florida. This book is based on what came after those tragedies, when a new generation of protectors picked up the conservation torch. It is nearly twenty-five ...

During spring break, archaeology students Adam Andrews and Eva Lunes fly to the Yucatan to research Mayan pyramids, ruins, and myths. When their island guide, Enrique, offers to give them a private tour of Kukulkan’s Island, also called Snake Island, they seize the opportunity, as it has some of the most fantastic, least-seen ruins of all Mayan culture. When Eva and Adam arrive at Snake Island, they tour Kukulkan’s Pyramid and learn of the legend of the Forbidden Tree and its cursed fruit. Unfortunately, Adam and Eva also encounter a mysterious man who warns them to leave the island. ...

Centuries blur when you're an immortal mage seeking vengeance. I never expected to align with a brooding jaguar shifter. His muscles ripple beneath inked glyphs as our forbidden passions ignite. Will my magic swirling inside Rex be enough to mend his broken soul, unifying man and beast at last? Fighting side by side, we will defeat our shared enemy, the wicked mage who severed my family long ago. We will free his siblings, trapped in cult slavery. Let all who deny us come forth - together our forbidden love triumphs. No force can leash our unleashed hearts again.An Enemies to Lovers ...

In the summer of 1579, Francis Drake and all those aboard the Golden Hind were in peril. The ship was leaking and they were in search of a protected beach to careen the ship to make repairs. They searched the coast and made landfall in what they called a "Fair and Good Bay", generally thought to be in California. They stacked the treasure they had recently captured from the Spanish onto on this sandy shore, repaired the ship, explored the country, and after a number of weeks, they set sail for home.

On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?

Recollections on Hunting in Kentucky is a collection of ruminations and interviews by Hugh Bell, recorded by Lyman Copeland Draper sometime around 1841, and were found amongst the Draper manuscripts. The firsthand account of the Kentucky wilderness and the life and times of early settlers in that region is fascinating and brings us one step closer to better understanding the beginnings of the America we know today.

For some, the first day in a new job can be an exciting experience, but for Newspaper man Jack Taylor it was a mediocre story and an over-long drive to a village on the borders of Edinburgh. After chatting to an old man in a public house, it was revealed to him that this was a village with a secret, a secret that would change not only his life, but the lives of everyone around him. An enigma that would lead him to the woman of his dreams, which would send them both cascading through time and beyond. For this is a tale of Mortal Gods and divine deeds.A romantic fantasy adventure, brimming ...

Daniel Levin was at his office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had gone missing in Syria. No government, embassy, or intelligence agency would help. Could he? Would he? So begins a suspenseful, shocking, and at times brutal true story of one man’s search to find a missing person in Syria over twenty tense days.

A near-future murder-mystery-drama morphs over 10 days into an action-packed sci-fi conspiracy-thriller as a historical Southern rural river community is suddenly overwhelmed by a series of accidents and deaths. Are all these events somehow tied to a dam break, the murder of an old riverman, and a fish? Can Sheriff Coleman of Charles County solve this puzzling case with the reluctant help of Jason Dickson, an autistic convicted-hacker/ engineering student? What discovery is so great they risk their lives, and everyone they love, to reveal to the world? Can you decipher the Master Code with ...

All but obliterated by the poisonous fallout of a first-strike nuclear attack, America has been reduced to a war-blackened wasteland, struggling to survive. Up from the broken dreams of what was the most powerful country on earth rises a lone hero, ready to rekindle the American spirit: Hawk Hunter, ace fighter pilot, known to his enemies as the Wingman!

Behind Japanese Lines has a great deal to say about the relations with the Filipinos and about the problems of dealing with and fighting the Hukbalahaps, the communist guerrillas or, indeed, in opposing the Japanese. This book adds considerable insights into the significance of guerrilla warfare as it relates to modern warfare in general

In THE JAGUAR GOD, the fifth and final book in the bestselling Cash Cassidy series, the famous adventure author and her son travel to Greece for a sunny winter getaway. While there, she meets Laura, a refugee volunteer with a background in ancient history and fluent in Greek. Together, they set out on a treasure hunt to find the legendary ivory box that once held the Jaguar God, a solid gold statue gifted to Caesar and his wife. As they search for clues in Greece’s rugged back country, they must also outwit other relic hunters determined to obtain the treasure at any cost. Follow Cash on ...