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Major General David Hunter scowled as he looked upon the bodies of six Union soldiers who'd been tied to a fence then murdered by rebel bushwhackers. "If they wish to unleash hell on our troops, let's see how they like it when we give them the devil's own inferno straight back!"It's spring of 1864, and Nathan Chambers and his men are reeling from the devastating Union defeat at New Market. But a new commanding general, David Hunter, promises to bring more experience and aggressive leadership to the Union's floundering Shenandoah Valley Campaign.Nathan's hopes immediately come to fruition, as the Twelfth West Virginia Regiment finally wins a decisive, uplifting victory at the Battle of Piedmont. But afterward, General Hunter seems more intent on burning and destroying rebel property than in pursuing the retreating rebel army. Crafty Confederate General Jubal Early seizes this opportunity to strike back and launch his own brutal campaign of burning and devastation, with the help of Confederate Colonel Elijah Walters, who aims to take advantage of the growing conflagration to destroy his hated enemy Nathan Chambers.On the Richmond espionage front, Evelyn Hanson is once again the target of the ruthless Confederate Signal Corps' officer, Major White, who recruits reluctant allies-Evelyn's friend Jubal Collins, and her mother Harriet!Meanwhile, Tony and the freemen from Nathan's farm train for a top-secret mission against the rebel fortifications surrounding Petersburg. But will incompetent and indecisive Union generals once again fail to secure a sorely needed victory?Nathan and Evelyn find themselves sinking ever deeper into the raging war, threatening to descend into a hellish Inferno.

From a husband-and-wife team, honest reflections on and practical strategies for combating loneliness and disconnection by building a healthy family, right where you are.

"Who are you ...?" Nathan wondered aloud, as he gazed out at the approaching enemy. There was not supposed to be a Confederate force for hundreds of miles. And yet ... someone was attacking his regiment ... "Present arms ... Aim ... Fire!"It's spring of 1863, and Nathan Chambers and his men from Texas have finally reported for duty with the Union Army, even as General Lee launches an all-out attack. Nathan and his men fight a desperate battle to hold back the rebel juggernaut, dug-in behind the sturdy walls of the Union fortress at Winchester. But Lee intends to annihilate these unexpectedly stubborn defenders before heading North for a showdown with Lincoln's army at Gettysburg.During the ensuing melee, several of Nathan's trusted men become separated from the others and are captured by the enemy. But the horrendous rebel prison in Richmond is ill-prepared to deal with the resourceful veterans from the West, who plot a daring escape.Meanwhile Evelyn Hanson is in the crosshairs of the Confederate Signal Corps' anti-espionage unit, whose leaders are determined to take her down, and to murder her quietly when they do. And to ensure their success the Confederates have planted an agent of their own within Evelyn's spy ring. Can she figure a way to turn the tables on them before it's too late?And thanks to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Tony and the freemen from Nathan's farm have now joined the army, finding their reception unwelcoming. But they're determined to prove their fighting prowess and to take their proper place in the forefront of the battle for freedom.Nathan and Evelyn fall ever deeper into peril as the two warring factions clash at Gettysburg in an epic battle that could decide the entire War.

Criminality and Business Strategy: Similarities and Differences explores what can be learned from criminal organizations on four continents based on comparisons of their historical and cultural origins, chosen governance and power structures, and business models. It discusses how these contexts determined their applications of the principles and practice of effective, but amoral leadership, and whether these lessons can be applied to legitimate business enterprises. In this book John Zinkin and Chris Bennett argue that defining a "crime" is a contested issue and that criminality can be viewed as a spectrum, comprising a range of different types of crimes, the harms caused, and the variety of punishments involved. They discuss the critical role of the state in determining where criminality is perceived to sit on the crime continuum. The authors delve into how the state and organized crime are natural competitors, and how organized crime and legitimate businesses are subject to many of the same internal and external strategic considerations. They contend that the resulting similarities between criminality in organized criminal organizations and legitimate businesses are greater than the differences and that the differences are only in degree and not in kind. This thought-provoking study of criminality will be of immense interest to professionals, coaches, consultants, and academics interested in the techniques and ethics of leadership. The book is, in effect, the result of an intellectual journey of the authors from the ideas presented in their earlier book, The Principles and Practice of Effective Leadership, to the issues in this book discussing important, difficult, and contested subjects. The journey continues in their third book: The Challenge in Leading Ethical and Successful Organizations.

"Tomorrow we march into battle, to conquer our enemies and kick open the door to freedom-or die trying."It's late spring 1861, and former army captain Nathan Chambers has escaped his murderous enemies in Richmond only to find himself besieged in his own home. As the secession threatens to break out in Civil War, local pro-Confederate militia surround Mountain Meadows intending to exterminate its treasonous guardians. But Nathan and his ex-soldiers from Texas are not easily intimidated. They prepare for battle with an unexpected ally; the black men of the farm have volunteered to join the fight!Meanwhile, Evelyn is followed by government agents to her Underground Railroad hideout where they threaten murder and mayhem against the runaway slaves she is sheltering ... unless she can find a way to stop them in time.The Road to the Breaking Series is an epic tale of a young nation seething with debauchery, brutality, corruption, and political intrigue, unwittingly on the brink of a deadly precipice: the American Civil War. In Book 4 of the series, Nathan Chambers' enemies threaten to bury his peaceful western Virginia home in violence and drown it in blood unless he and his men can achieve an improbable Breakout.

A stroke patient's recovery from a CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident), and her advice to others.

The book covers over 200 years of constitutional conflict in England, Scotland and Ireland through contemporaneous songs providing examples from all aspects of political/social/religious life of the Stuart period.