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Captain John McBee's war in 1863 starts on an icy road in Virginia and reaches through four states to end brutally in the frozen mountains of southeastern Kentucky. In January, three dozen new recruits arrive to northern Virginia, green as grass, needing a firm hand at drill. Meanwhile, a hundred miles away in Lexington, Faith Samuelson is an uninvited houseguest about to give birth to twins. After General Stonewall Jackson's tragic death in May, his burial brings thousands of mourners to Lexington, including Captain McBee and the Confederate officer who is Faith's other husband. In the...

The novel Whittled Away is the tale of Corporal Bain Gill and Private Jesus McDonald. In 1862, Bain and Jesus enlist in the Confederate army in San Antonio, Texas, joining fifty-six other Texans as soldiers in the Alamo Rifles-Company K of the Sixth Texas Infantry regiment. The two young friends, not yet twenty when they put on their first uniforms, grew up on ranches on the western edge of civilization, herding stubborn longhorns and always wary of Comanche raiders and rattlesnakes. Naive, as are new soldiers everywhere, they come of age during the next three years, far from home,...

Defiant Honor 1864 completes the three-book Civil War series about Captain John McBee and the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment in the Texas Brigade of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. By the spring of 1864, the war is slipping away from General Lee. Grant is moving towards Richmond with a huge army. In May, newly promoted Major John McBee and the 5th Texas Infantry enter the battle at the Wilderness under the eyes of General Lee. Major McBee is wounded in battle a second time. Two weeks later, McBee's body servant Levi finds himself with McBee's old company in the trenches at Spotsylvania. Levi...

Managing Quality will help you understand the role of TQM within your organization and how you can best implement it. The authors show you: *how to understand quality management systems, tools and techniques *how to use them *how to assess the cost of quality *how to promote quality amongst your team members *how to lead and motivate your team *how to measure progress towards total quality. It is based upon the Management Charter Initiative's Occupational Standards for Management NVQs and SVQs at Levels 4 & 5. It is particularly suitable also for managers on Certificate and Diploma in...