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South America and Central America

A Tourist Guide

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

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South America and Central America

A Tourist Guide

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

This book gives vital information for those who plan to visit any country in South America or Central America. It contains a brief description of each country, its history, people, and resources. The places of interest to visit are described for major cities and locales. Useful information is provided about language, documents needed, when to visit, seasonal events, national holidays, transportation, dining and dress, money and tipping, health, security, time zones, and electrical current.

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0595250718

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9780595250714

Eaten by the Gods

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

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Eaten by the Gods

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

The sweeping saga of an island torn in half by ancient hostility and outside influences, Eaten by the Gods intertwines the branches of two Irish families facing The Trouble, from the heartless greed of the Potato Famine in the 1800s when a million fled to the Colonies and a million starved at home, to the terrorism between Northern Ireland and the Republic in the twentieth century. Sean Coole, a Protestant pacifist from Belfast, and Kitty Conover, an Irish Republican Army Catholic from Dublin, love their divided land and each other with equal passion. But in this isle of intrigue where brother can fight against brother and be eaten by the gods of religion and politics, they find that the sons and daughters who loved Ireland must also be willing to kill-and die-for it.

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0595165982

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9780595165988

Templar Knights and the Crusades

By: Charles Dillon

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Templar Knights and the Crusades

By: Charles Dillon

The Knights Templars began as a nine-man team of well-intentioned noblemen who became warrior monks which were dedicated to escorting pilgrims to the Holy land. For sustenance, they relied on alms from the pilgrims. Follow the monk warriors as they became a multitude, the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, and went on the Crusades to battle the Moslems for the hold sites of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. See them battle the Moslems as they lay siege to strongholds and cities of Acra, Antioch, Haifa, and others on their march to Jerusalem. Relive the scenes of bloody battles and massacres, some, which they won, and others they lost. You will meet the heroic figures of Bohemund I, King Baldwin of Jerusalem, Robert of Normandy, Stephen of Blois, Richard the Lion Heart, and Saladin as they conduct war. Within two centuries they could defy all but the Papal throne. They were immune from any authority, and were destroyed because of their enormous wealth and seemingly unlimited power. When they returned home to their Chapters after their defeat in the Holy land, they invented the banking system and became money lenders to the monarchs of Europe. Learn how the secret meetings and rituals of the knights eventually caused their down fall. King Philip IV of France turned his greedy eyes to their wealth to fill his coffers. He had all the Templars arrested on a charge of heresy, since this was the only charge that would allow the seizing of money and assets. The Templars were tortured to obtain false confessions of homosexuality, sodomy, trampling and spitting on the cross, and worshiping an idol. The Last Master Templar, Jacques De Molay, was burned at the stake. Some historians believe the remnants of the order went underground and has survived.

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0595349463

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9780595349463

Red Flows the Shannon

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Red Flows the Shannon

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

Set on the Emerald Isle in 1916 during the Easter Uprising, this is the story of a love affair between a "rebel" and an "Ascendancy Irish lass" whose love overcomes the hatred between Catholic and Protestant that continues to tear Ireland apart today. This love story is told against a complex background of adventure and intrigue as the author paints a multicolored picture of unforgettable characters with varying beliefs and loyalties. You'll meet lords and ladies, IRA terrorists, priests and ministers-both kind and evil-and plain country folk. So lively is Dillon's style, you'd swear you can taste the poteen (homemade whisky distilled by destitute widows) and smell the fragrant peat fires. The author gives a new twist to an old plot device, amnesia, when the protagonist wakes up to find himself half-drowned in icy cold water with a horrible wound in his chest and no notion of who, what or where he is. As he puts himself together again, he also has a new look at his country and finally realizes that only love can bring people together. As a great poet, W. H. Auden, said, "We must love one another or die.

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059516692X

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9780595166923

Around South America

By Ship

By: Charles R. Dillon

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Around South America

By Ship

By: Charles R. Dillon

An itinerary takes you from the U.S. through the Panama Canal to every major city on both coasts of South America, and en route in the Caribbean Sea. You will learn the most interesting places to visit and the history. Useful information is provided for the traveler, including health and security. The itinerary includes travel to Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tabago, Uruguay, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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0595208495

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9780595208494

Those Naughty Popes and Their Children

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Those Naughty Popes and Their Children

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Author Dillon tells how many popes who reigned during the first 16 centuries were no more than criminals. They bought the papacy by bribing cardinals with gifts of gold and benefices. When in office, they committed adultery, fathered many illegitimate children, committed murders, and even incest. They took good care of their bastards at the expense of the Church. Some children were made priests as young as age seven, and cardinals by age thirteen. They bestowed on them the benefices of churches and towns with incomes that made them rich. Learn how Sergius III (904-911) obtained the papacy by murder, and instituted a reign known as "the rule of the harlots." Read how John XII (953-963) made the St. John Latern "as if it were a brothel." He defiled virgins "even on the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul. Women were afraid to enter St. Peter's Basilica for fear of being raped by the pope." Boniface III (1294-1303) said, "to enjoy oneself and lie with women and boys is no more of a sin that rubbing ones hands together." He called Jesus Christ a hypocrite. Yet for all of the wicked popes, the Church and Christianity has survived.

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0595332668

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9780595332663

Erin Bedevilled

By: Charles R. Dillon

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Erin Bedevilled

By: Charles R. Dillon

Set on the Emerald Isle during the clash between deposed Catholic King James II and Protestant King William III. It is a tale of battles, passion, love, and betrayal. The story is told against a multifaceted background of adventure and intrigue, as the author paints a picture of memorable characters with varying values and loyalties. You will meet lords and ladies, priests and ministers—both good and bad—and plain country folk. Irish folklore is woven into the story. So lively is Dillon's style that you will almost smell the sweet-smelling peat fires and savor the porter in the pubs. The central character faces danger of losing his demesne from the invading Protestant forces of William of Orange. He must pretend to convert to hold his castle and lands while he protects priests and nuns from being hunted down and executed. He finds true love while pursuing the woman of his dreams who betrays him. So sparkling is Dillon's style that you'd swear he was born and bred in Ireland—so rich and poetic is his prose, so realistic his settings. His extensive study of Ireland and its inhabitants form this thrilling story of their conflict to regain freedom from English occupation.

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059520094X

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9780595200948

Those Bloody Pizarros

By: Charles Dillon

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Those Bloody Pizarros

By: Charles Dillon

A thrilling story of how illegitimate and illiterate Francisco de Pizarro with no prospect of fame or fortune left Spain at the age of 40 and went to New Castile. Francisco teamed with Diego de Almagro and Fr. Hernando de Luque to explore the unknown region to the south for gold. There they learned about the location of the Inca empire and its wealth. You will share in the suffering of the Conquistadores as they battle hostile warriors and cross the Andes in their search for the city of gold. Sopa Inca Atahaualpa's warriors were massacred and he was captured. The Inca paid a vast ransom of gold and silver to obtain his freedom, yet he was executed. With a few soldiers and calvary, Francisco went on to conquer the vast, rich Inca empire. The King received his share of treasure and gave Francisco most of the honors and bequests. Almagro and Fr. Luque receive little reward. Francisco brought his overbearing brothers from Spain to share in the spoils and a conflict with Almagro developed. The story is told against a complex background of adventure and intrigue as the author paints a multicolored picture of unforgettable characters with varying beliefs and loyalties.

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0595163920

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9780595163922

Anger of Heaven

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

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Anger of Heaven

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

Charles Buford Lowell, after having served with the CIA and its clone the IRI for years, retired to the quiet resort community of Sunriver, Oregon. Charles had recently remarried, and his new wife and son were watching the newly elected American Pope John XXIV conduct midnight Christmas Mass on CNN television. Suddenly explosions brought down Michelangelo’s priceless dome over the Pope and the Catholic hierarchy. The Intelligence Research Institute was hired to take retribution, and Charles is recalled to duty against his wishes. The IRI has two contracts from agencies with opposing motives to destroy the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, and Charles was assigned the mission. The story develops in a complex background of adventure and intrigue. The author paints a picture of unforgettable characters with varying motives and beliefs. The surprise, imaginative ending will remind Bible readers of Armageddon.

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0595248330

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Miracles

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

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Miracles

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

Most of the stories in this book are outside the scope of our everyday experience, many unbelievable, yet many have been validated by observers as being authentic. There are stories of weeping and mobile statues, incorruptible flesh of the dead, and spontaneous combustion of human bodies. Other stories concern ecstasy, levitation, visions, healing, and other mysterious events. The concept of miracles have been attacked by rationalist philosophers who argue that they would be a violation of the common course of nature, thus the events could not happen. Saint Augustine answered such critics by defining miracles as being events that are unknown in nature, not as something opposed to it. This book contains a collection of wondrous events that have been reported at have occurred at different times, in diverse places, and among all peoples of the world. These wonderful events may be called miracles, frauds, coincidences, or what ever you may choose. Many have been investigated and determined to have been fraud. The intent is to present the information, and to let you decide if they are real miracles or not.

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0595141161

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9780595141166

Brothers of the Red Hand

By: Charles Dillon

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Brothers of the Red Hand

By: Charles Dillon

A thrilling story of an island torn in half by ancient influences and outside influences, where the Brothers of the Red Hand act to punish the informers and traitors who betray the aspirations of the Irish people in their struggle for liberty and independence. There is betrayal, arson, and violence committed by both the patriots and the English soldiers. Set on the Emerald Isle in the mid-1840¡_s during the Great Hunger when Irish families faced the potato famine, and where a million people starved to death in their villages and a million others fled overseas. Sufficient food was available in the country to feed the people, but absentee English landlords sent it to England. The story is told against a complex background of adventure and intrigue as the author paints a multicolored picture of unforgettable characters with varying beliefs and loyalties. You¡_ll meet lords and ladies, Republicans and English terrorists, priests and ministers¡ªboth kind and evil¡ªand plain country folk. Irish folklore is woven into the story. Equal importance to the plot of this fine novel is the beauty of the language. So lively is Dillon¡_s style that you can almost smell the fragrant peat fires and taste the porter and poteen. Mr. Dillon has the Irish gift of ¡°passing the time of day¡± in a delightful way.

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0595155715

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Superstitions and Folk Remedies

By: Charles Dillon

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Superstitions and Folk Remedies

By: Charles Dillon

Most of the superstitions and folk beliefs in the book are outside of present-day knowledge and science. There were charms against witches and devils, who were entities to be feared. There are legends which describe superstitions about the cosmos and daily life. Others identify and describe the plants and animals used in remedies for diseases and illnesses. Many superstitions that were believed are now considered to be false. Some of the so-called cures can be attributed to psychosomatic illnesses and diseases.

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059517955X

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Book's by Charles Raymond Dillon

South America and Central America

South America and Central America

Eaten by the Gods

Eaten by the Gods

Templar Knights and the Crusades

Templar Knights and the Crusades

Red Flows the Shannon

Red Flows the Shannon

Around South America

Around South America

Those Naughty Popes and Their Children

Those Naughty Popes and Their Children

Erin Bedevilled

Erin Bedevilled

Those Bloody Pizarros

Those Bloody Pizarros

Anger of Heaven

Anger of Heaven

Miracles

Miracles

Brothers of the Red Hand

Brothers of the Red Hand

Superstitions and Folk Remedies

Superstitions and Folk Remedies

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