When a Dad tries to dig a hole in his Northern Virginia yard to bury the remains of the family pet, he chances upon something buried years before-a mysterious briefcase. Its contents include a journal with cryptic writing. The father turns to his friend-and boss-Templeton Davis, a former Rhodes scholar and popular national radio talk show host, for help figuring out what he's found. They soon realize that they are in possession of materials that were hidden more than 60 years earlier by a notorious deep cover agent for the Soviet Union--Kim Philby. And buried with the materials were clues to...
When a Dad tries to dig a hole in his Northern Virginia yard to bury the remains of the family pet, he chances upon something buried years before-a my...
JOHN F. KENNEDY and RICHARD M. NIXON met for the first time in early 1947, when they became part of the 80th Congress. A few months later--and thirteen years before their historic competition for the presidency--they traveled to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where they debated the merits of a new labor law.
But their minds were on bigger things.
As fate would have it, Jack and Dick shared a Pullman compartment on a train for the overnight trip back to Washington. They stayed awake all night talking about their lives, hopes, and visions for a better world. This book is...
JOHN F. KENNEDY and RICHARD M. NIXON met for the first time in early 1947, when they became part of the 80th Congress. A few months later--and thir...
A single mom. An economic crash. Corrupt political leaders. Desperate times. Sound familiar? Almost 3,000 years ago, a ragged preacher from Israel visited a small village in what is now the country of Lebanon. A famine had ravaged the region, but the preacher-a man of God named ELIJAH-asked a starving widow for food. This audacious request was the beginning of a dramatic story that would save her-and her young son. It's a story that still speaks to us all these centuries later. Wall Street Journal best-selling author David R. Stokes shares what that single mom learned back then-the principles...
A single mom. An economic crash. Corrupt political leaders. Desperate times. Sound familiar? Almost 3,000 years ago, a ragged preacher from Israel vis...
Your mother probably said it maybe your grandmother, too. They parroted the overused maternal maxim: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
They meant well, but let's just say that they were not being completely truthful. They wanted us to be strong in the face of criticism, verbal abuse, and the bullying behavior of others. It was like, "Hey, if there's no blood it's no big deal."
But we all know better.
When was the last time a stick or stone was hurled at you?
Now, when was the last time what someone said...
Your mother probably said it maybe your grandmother, too. They parroted the overused maternal maxim: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but wor...
