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The Man His Father Was

The Man His Father Was
Title: The Man His Father Was
ASIN: B019JBS5MK
Published: December 17, 2015
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TMHFW is a mostly true saga that begins in Puritan Massachusetts (1649) and concludes in Revolutionary Pennsylvania (1782). It is a rags-to-riches-to-rags story, narrated by members of the same real family through successive generations, and involving several famous and near-famous early Americans, including John Winthrop, Jr., Philip Carteret, Lewis Morris, Benjamin Franklin, Annis Boudinot Stockton, George Washington and both Aaron Burrs (Sr. & Jr.).   The Man His Father Was by Pat Leonard is the story of the Leonard family in early America, from 1649 to 1863. A fictionalized account, taken from diaries, journals, and other historical records, it is fiction based on actual historical records, and containing nor fictional, but actual historical figures. The story begins with Samuel Leonard in 1695, just after the funeral of his father, Henry. Samuel recalls his father’s experiences as an iron worker in the Puritan village of Lynn, Massachusetts, and through interactions and conversations, created by the author, but based upon historical documents, shows the hypocrisy and bigotry that characterized colonial America. The author uses an interesting technique: the book is separated into three sections, each told from the point of view of a male member of the family, beginning with Samuel, and in first person past until the very last chapter of the section, when he switches to first person present. It’s fascinating to see historical events presented from the point of view of a person who was not sufficiently well known to have been included in many mainstream histories of the period, giving the reader a different perspective on events such as Valley Forge, which based on this book was nothing compared to the time the Colonial Army spent on Mt. Kemble. The book ends with an epilogue from the point of view of John Jr., the great-great-great-great grandfather of the author, which nicely sums up the book’s perhaps unintended main theme: the tragedy of war, even when it’s fought for good purpose. A fascinating historical novel done in a unique style.

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The End of Time: A Fabulous Narrative

The End of Time: A Fabulous Narrative
Title: The End of Time: A Fabulous Narrative
ASIN: B01BEGXZAU
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Published: February 7, 2016
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Volume I: From Waterloo to Meridian A funny time-travel adventure story about pirates, Vikings, an enormous squid, and the secret organization that can change history.   In this rather silly time-travel adventure, Dhlara and Jylling are two ordinary young people living in the modern day, until the Duke of Wellington, a 19th century British general with a fondness for shouting, steps into their lives. He transports (or abducts, depending on who you ask) them to the Ministries of Time, a secret group of organizations that exist at the edge of time which have control over absolutely everything that has ever happened. There, he gives them grave news: Napoleon Bonaparte has gone and ruined a perfectly good history of the world by traveling back in time with a monstrously huge squid that can walk on land. Through utilizing such a dastardly stratagem, Napoleon has won the Battle of Waterloo, and is building upon that victory to rule the entire world. Dhlara and Jylling, says the Duke of Wellington, must stop Napoleon to save all of history and time itself! But soon they meet Melvin the “previously embodied head,” as he prefers to call himself, and they discover that things will only get even more strange.

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The Five Lions of the Volta

The Five Lions of the Volta
Title: The Five Lions of the Volta
Published: May 29, 2016
Allan Sinclair, 40-year-old owner of his biotech firm that desperately needs to develop new drugs, thinks he may have found a cure for Alzheimer’s using the chemical properties of the native West African Nutmeg. A fascinating story of what happens when Western business meets the reality of African society and politics—with a taste of Cold War machinations thrown in for good measure.

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City of Hidden Children

City of Hidden Children
Title: City of Hidden Children
ASIN: B00YKJMDPW
Published: June 13, 2015
Author's Twitter: @Entlover29
How far would you go to rescue your friends? Katy has just turned seventeen in the year 2055, when an unlicensed pregnancy is a felony, and children born without a license can be confiscated by the state. She learns that she was one of those children who had been seized by the ruthless Population Control police. Through heroic efforts her mother rescued her, but Katy’s two best friends had to be left behind. She has no idea where they are now, since children are farmed out to factories once they turn sixteen. Now that she remembers, she is determined to find them. Her search will take her from her privileged life to a place of fear and dehumanization that she had never imagined existed.

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The author has combined her three books, Get on Board Little Children, Come on Home Children, and City of Hidden Children
into a trilogy, The Children in Hiding Trilogy
A New book page has been created at http://j.mp/AwesIndBk484

No Good Deed

No Good Deed
Title: No Good Deed
ASIN: B003PPDB8K
Published: November 19, 2013
Seeing the future comes at a price. What price would you be willing to pay to save thousands of lives?   Mark Taylor knows his actions scream guilty—but he was only trying to stop the horrible terrorist attack. Instead of a thank you, the government labels him an enemy combatant and throws him in the brig with no rights, no trial, and no way to prove his innocence. He learns first hand that the CIA can do anything they want to him—anything at all. Mark's just a regular guy—a photographer—who finds himself in an extraordinary situation when an antique camera he buys at a dusty Afghanistan bazaar produces photographs of future tragedies. Tragedies he's driven to prevent. His frantic warnings about September 11th are ignored but put him in the government cross-hairs where he learns what being labeled an 'enemy combatant' really means...

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