This work examines the birth and maturation of Averett College, and institution of higher learning in Southside Virginia. The school's official seal--and elliptical medallion with the words Averett College, Danville, Virginia surrounding a lamp and cross--was emblematic of the institution's history and mission. The lamp represented learning, while the cross stood for the Southern Baptist environment in which learning took place. Yet these two symbols were never static representations. Learning in 1859, when the college was founded, was designed to produce a finished you lady who could model...
This work examines the birth and maturation of Averett College, and institution of higher learning in Southside Virginia. The school's official seal--...
Dubai. A city of easy money. And even easier death. Nate Aspinal returns to the city from a holiday to find two of his employees murdered. Both victims are found in hotel bathrooms - with the skin of their fingers and toes removed. All clues point to the infamous 'Candle' terrorist group who are rumoured to burn their victims during interrogations. As Nate begins to discover more about the terrorists, his young family are kidnapped by the vengeful 'Candle' in an attempt to silence him. Nate soon realises he is caught in the middle of a terrible conspiracy. Royal lives are in danger, and he...
Dubai. A city of easy money. And even easier death. Nate Aspinal returns to the city from a holiday to find two of his employees murdered. Both victim...
The year is 1944. After five hard-fought years, the Allies are close to victory. But Germany still has one last secret - and one that could still turn the war in its favour. Travelling on a U-boat to Japan is a highly explosive uranium bomb, the first of its kind. But why are the Nazis giving such a precious weapon to the Japanese? And where might the Japanese use it? In London, Special Operations Executive Captain Maddox is given a simple task. Stop the U-boat at all costs. A British, French and American team is assembled for the mission. They will strike a mysterious island controlled by...
The year is 1944. After five hard-fought years, the Allies are close to victory. But Germany still has one last secret - and one that could still turn...
In Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses, Jack L. Hayes, award-winning author of two other books on Major League Baseball, shares interesting and almost unbelievable stories from his experiences as a batboy at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Jack also makes you privy to some of those nuggets he picked up along the way, and a few other amazing Hits and Misses-unconventional, bizarre, wacky, and legendary happenings that took place on and off a big league baseball field. Baseball's history is rich with interesting characters and the way they played ball. Characters like the seventeen-year-old...
In Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses, Jack L. Hayes, award-winning author of two other books on Major League Baseball, shares interesting and almost u...
