Short Sorties is a collection of provocative satires aimed at political correctness. A sortie is a quick strike from a besieged place upon the besiegers; among the targets of the book's comic barbs are feminism, racism, victimhood, altruism, diversity, double standards, illegal immigration, radical Islam, alternative medicine, and Chihuahuas.

Confederate Courage on Other Fields: Overlooked Episodes of Leadership, Cruelty, Character, and Kindness offers four valuable but little-studied events of the Civil War. Each story explores the hardships of battle, and demonstrations of courage and other human attributes, away from the glare of well-known battlefields like Gettysburg and Shiloh. These previously untold or little-known stories compiled by Mark Crawford expand our understanding of this dreadful conflict--and of the human spirit.

-Rebel Resort of the Dead- introduces readers to General Hospital Number One in Kittrell...