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  • Secrets of Catoctin Mountain
    James Rada Jr.
    Catoctin Mountain runs from northern Frederick County, Md., to northern Loudoun County, Va., crossing the Potomac River as it does. Its natural history dates back to prehistoric times. Its history during the era of man is more recent and more fascinating filled with crimes, secrets, monsters, and drama. Hunt the snallygaster and dwayyo, legendary monsters that roam the mount...
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    14,62 €

  • Dawn in Etrasco
    James Rada
     The world was perfect until Equ sent his children away to prove they were species worthy to exist. The Equus-horses, pegasuses, unicorns, zebra, ponies, and donkeys-survived on Hemlaza and formed a society of roaming herds.Now fast-moving glaciers have appeared on the northern horizon of Hemlaza, threatening the way of life on the continent. For the Equus to survive, they will...
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    19,47 €

  • Secrets of Frederick County
    James Rada
    Once upon a time in Frederick County...Frederick County is Maryland’s largest county in size, and with its central location in the state, it has seen a lot of state’s history unfold. It still maintains much of its agricultural roots and scenic beauty. However, along its mountain slopes, in the street of its cities, and along its waterways, history has unfolded and, in some case...
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    16,82 €

  • Home for Wayward Elephants
    James Rada
    A fire kills Jessie Parsons’ family and leaves her an orphan at age 13 during the Great Depression. The fire also leaves her both physically and emotionally scarred.Amid her struggles to adjust to life on a farm orphanage, she tries to help an elephant calf that has escaped from the circus. Jessie and the elephant bond as Jessie tries to care for the elephant. The calf is event...
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    17,98 €

  • Secrets of Deep Creek Lake
    James Rada
    Once upon a time on Deep Creek Lake...Maryland has no natural lakes, but during the 1920s, a Pennsylvania electric company constructed Maryland’s largest lake. Visitors have boated, swum, and fished the lake for decades, but it wasn’t created as a natural resource, it was created to generate electricity.Read about the man who created the Big Mac sandwich and how he helped creat...
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    15,98 €

  • Secrets of Franklin County
    James Rada
    Once upon a time in Franklin County...Just north of the Mason Dixon Line in south-central Pennsylvania, Franklin County broke away from Cumberland County to grow into a thriving location for business while still maintaining a lot of its natural beauty. It is also a location filled with interesting stories and rich history.Read about the man who escaped from Indians and then spe...
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    15,93 €

  • How to Make a Living Freelance Writing
    James Rada
    Have you ever dreamed of being a full-time writer?I did. I left my full-time job as a marketing writer and became a full-time freelance writer. And honestly, I struggled. I quickly discovered there was a lot more to freelance writing than writing.Eventually, I took a job as a newspaper reporter. I enjoyed it because I could write and not worry about things like marketing, cash ...
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    11,59 €

  • Secrets of Allegany County
    James Rada
    Once upon a time in Allegany County...In the mountains of Western Maryland, Allegany County, Maryland, grew into an industrial center of Maryland because of the coal seams below the ground. The county now remains a destination for people who want to enjoy the scenic views and natural beauty of the area. They also continue to discover the forgotten stories of the county.Discover...
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    15,95 €

  • Frostburg Burning
    James Rada
    Between strike violence and a bootlegging war, no one is safe in Western Maryland.Western Marylanders are anticipating a short visit from President Harding during the summer of 1922. While the local movers and shakers want to impress the President, Matt Ansaro discovers a coal miners’ union plot against the President. Matt sets about trying to disrupt the plot while maintaining...
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    15,63 €

  • Secrets of Washington County
    James Rada
    These are the stories you don’t get in history books, but they are the ones you will remember and talk about.Washington County, Maryland, began shortly after the United States declared its independence. Known for the location of the Battle of Antietam, the county has many more stories to tell in its nearly 250-year history.•Discover where Western Maryland’s earthquake capital i...
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    15,95 €

  • Strike the Fuse
    James Rada
    As coal strike violence escalates, Matt Ansaro’s undercover identity is thrown into jeopardy.Having survived a coal mine cave-in, undercover Pinkerton detective Matt Ansaro is recovering from a broken leg. However, the union has called a coal strike, and Matt needs to walk a thin line to remain undercover and not let his employers know Matt is working in his hometown of Eckart ...
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    15,65 €

  • Secrets of the Gettysburg Battlefield
    James Rada Jr.
    Once upon a time on the Gettysburg Battlefield...The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. The July 1-3, 1863, battle saw the greatest number of casualties during the war. Beyond the fighting, the battlefield is the site of many other true stories of war, legends, reconciliation, and fantasy.* Discover the first great battle that took place at Gettysburg....
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    14,61 €

  • Lock Ready
    James Rada Jr.
    The Civil War split the United States and now it has split the Fitzgerald Family. Although George Fitzgerald has returned from the war, his sister Elizabeth Fitzgerald has chosen to remain in Washington to volunteer as a nurse. The ex-Confederate spy, David Windover, has given up on his dream of being with Alice Fitzgerald and is trying to move on with his life in Cumberland, M...
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    13,60 €

  • October Mourning
    James Rada Jr.
    In the midst of a World War, the true enemy was unseen. It came with a handshake or a breath and it left behind 60 million dead. Spanish Flu would devastate the world. Dr. Alan Keener is a young doctor fresh out of medical school who suspects that the Spanish Flu has reached his hometown of Cumberland, Md. He wants to take steps to prevent its spread, but he is met with resista...
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    13,53 €

  • Beyond the Battlefield
    James Rada Jr.
    Home to a U.S. president, Hall of Fame   pitcher and a classic automobile inventor, there’s so much more to Gettysburg than just a three-day battle    Sure Gettysburg is best-known for the epic Civil War battle that was fought there in 1863. It tends to overshadow many of the other interesting and important stories that have taken place in Gettysburg and the vicinity.    Gettys...
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    14,56 €

  • The Last to Fall
    James Rada Jr. / Richard D. L. Fulton
    There’s more than one way to fight the Civil War.The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg resulted in horrific slaughter that ultimately ended the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. But after the Allied victory of World War I in 1918, people began to wonder what if some of the post-world war military technology had been available to the armies during the American Civil War?The marine o...
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    19,39 €

  • Clay Soldiers
    James Rada Jr.
    He talked with Civil War soldiers, fought against the Japanese in WWII, and chased mushroom clouds after atomic bomb explosions.Chuck Caldwell was always fascinated by history, so much so that as a 14-year-old boy he traveled to Gettysburg, Pa., in 1938 to meet with Civil War veterans at the last, great Civil War reunion. Besides the 75th anniversary reunion, he would go on to ...
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    14,39 €

  • Secrets of the C&O Canal
    James Rada Jr.
    The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal runs along the north side of the Potomac River from Cumberland, Md., to Georgetown in the District of Columbia. It is a 184.5-mile-long engineering marvel that has 11 aqueducts, 74 lift locks, 160 culverts, 12 river feeder locks and guard locks, and one tunnel through a mountain. Its history spans the 19th century and is filled with mishaps, crimes...
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    14,61 €

  • Between Rail and River
    James Rada Jr.
    The war between the North and the South takes hold on the Freeman. As the Fitzgeralds struggle to make it through the winter of 1862-1863 after a poor year of boating on the C&O Canal, the Civil War draws ever closer to being fought aboard the Freeman. George Fitzgerald’s unexpected return from the battles of the Civil War pits him against David Windover, an ex-Confederate spy,...
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    14,64 €

  • Canawlers
    James Rada Jr.
    At a time of war, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was caught in the crossfire between two nations.Hugh Fitzgerald proudly calls himself a 'canawler.' He works on the C&O Canal transporting coal nearly 185 miles between Cumberland, Maryland, and Georgetown. For nine months a year, he and his family live on their canal boat, working hard to get them through the lean winter months.T...
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    14,61 €

  • Looking Back II
    James Rada Jr.
    More than 200 years ago, a British general and his men left Fort Cumberland heading toward Fort Duquesne. They were massacred en route and somewhere before that point, their payroll in gold was buried.The election of President James Garfield was nearly upset because of a forgery conspiracy undertaken by a group of Democratic Party operatives in Cumberland, Md.During the late 18...
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    10,94 €

  • The Last to Fall
    Rada Jr. James / RIchard D. L Fulton
    There’s more than one way to fight the Civil War.    The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg resulted in horrific slaughter that ultimately ended the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. But after the Allied victory of World War I in 1918, people began to wonder what if some of the post-world war military technology had been available to the armies during the American Civil War?    The ...
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    24,42 €

  • No North, No South...
    James Rada Jr.
    50  years after the Battle of Gettysburg, another army invaded the town        In 1863, more than 165,000 soldiers fought and tens of thousands died on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. Many historians consider this the turning point of the Civil War.     As the years passed, the surviving veterans grew older and passed away. By the turn of the century, the remaining veterans ...
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    23,54 €

  • The Rain Man
    James Rada Jr.
    The rain began on March 16, 1936, and with it, the rain came pain. Raymond Twigg hates the rain because it gives the Rain Man power. It is a power to bring Raymond to his knees or drive him to deadly action. As the March 1936 rains bring the St. Patrick’s Day Flood, the worst flood ever seen in Cumberland, Maryland, it also unleashes the power of the Rain Man on the citizens of...
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    12,42 €