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From the Battlefield to the Big Screen

Audie Murphy, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Dirk Bogarde in WW2

By: Melody Foreman

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From the Battlefield to the Big Screen

Audie Murphy, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Dirk Bogarde in WW2

By: Melody Foreman

Look closely behind the lives of the stars who appeared in a host of legendary war films and discover how memories of their real-life experiences in the armed forces were haunted with heartbreak and yet filled with extraordinary heroism. Just what did America’s most decorated soldier Audie Murphy go through in battle which led him to star as himself in the classic war film, To Hell and Back? When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Murphy joined the US Army aged just 17. He went on to fight at Anzio, the Colmar Pocket, and Nuremberg. And for single-handedly holding off an enemy attack he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. But Murphy’s military and celebrity stardom did little to extinguish the pain of his private battle to fit in to a new post-war world he perceived as disappointing, shallow and unfulfilling. Tormented by PTSD Murphy was a man unable to escape from his past. Only the great director and decorated wartime documentary maker John Huston gained Murphy’s true respect. When war broke out on 3 September 1939, a number of British stars, including Laurence Olivier, his future wife Vivien Leigh, and David Niven, were in the United States under contract to the Hollywood Studios. Keen not to ‘shirk their duties at home’, and against advice from the British Consul, they made their way back to Blighty. Olivier joined the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm as a pilot. Then with Churchill’s approval he directed and starred in powerful propaganda films, including Shakespeare’s Henry V. In 1943 the beautiful Vivien Leigh ruined her health by enduring the brutalities of the North African climate to entertain the troops in the desert. Meantime, Dirk Bogarde was a British Army intelligence officer seconded to the pioneering RAF Medmenham where he studied aerial photographs and pinpointed enemy targets for Bomber Command. As Lieutenant van den Bogaerde he was posted to France just after D-Day. He went on to star in many leading war films such as Appointment in London (1953) and King and Country (1964). Years later in 1991 Sir Dirk Bogarde was interviewed by the author of this book. He had witnessed the horrors of Belsen in April 1945 and said it changed his attitude to life forever. In this book, the author honors the real-life stories of some big screen idols who showed true grit behind the glamor.

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Frontline Books

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1526737728

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9781526737724

The Wreck Hunter

Battle of Britain & The Blitz

By: Melody Foreman

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The Wreck Hunter

Battle of Britain & The Blitz

By: Melody Foreman

A biography of an aviation archaeology pioneer who unearthed World War II plane wrecks and the stories they contained. As long ago as 1961, Terry Parsons, then still in his twenties, began his long search for lost aircraft and memories of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. What he discovered over the decades that followed went far beyond the tangled wreckage of military aircraft, both fighters and bombers. For with each of the thousands of RAF and Luftwaffe artifacts he unearthed came life stories of the valiant and the brave, the living and the dead. Among the items he has recovered from the many wreck sites were a mud-cloaked control column from a Spitfire with its gun button still switched to firing mode, a piece of Dornier Do 17 fuselage bearing the fatal bullet holes which led to its crash in southeast England, a pilot’s waistcoat once used to stop the drafts and rattles in a Hurricane cockpit, blood-stained maps from a Luftwaffe bomber, and a buckled tail fin from a Me 110 bearing the unmistakable symbol of the swastika. Now in this biography, created from Terry’s original notes and photographs stretching back almost seventy years, we learn not only about the historical significance of Terry’s story as a wreck-hunter but also the importance of remembering the lives of the men who fought in the skies above Britain in World War II. Indeed, this book shows us how one man’s commitment to aviation archaeology ultimately serves as a tribute to thousands of young souls both lost and found in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.

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Pen and Sword

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1526712601

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A Spitfire Girl

One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story

By: Mary Ellis, As Told To Melody Foreman

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A Spitfire Girl

One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story

By: Mary Ellis, As Told To Melody Foreman

We visualize dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft Ð and that person was Mary Wilkins. Her story is one of the most remarkable and endearing of the war, as this young woman, serving as a ferry pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, transported aircraft for the RAF, including fast fighter planes and huge four-engine bombers. On one occasion Mary delivered a Wellington bomber to an airfield, and as she climbed out of the aircraft the RAF ground crew ran over to her and demanded to know where the pilot was! Mary said simply: ÔI am the pilot!Õ Unconvinced the men searched the aircraft before they realized a young woman had indeed flown the bomber all by herself. After the war she accepted a secondment to the RAF, being chosen as one of the first pilots, and one of only three women, to take the controls of the new Meteor fast jet. By 1950 the farmer's daughter from Oxfordshire with a natural instinct to fly became Europe's first female air commandant. In this authorized biography the woman who says she kept in the background during her ATA years and left all the glamour of publicity to her colleagues, finally reveals all about her action-packed career which spans almost a century of aviation, and her love for the skies which, even in her nineties, never falters. She says: ÔI am passionate for anything fast and furious. I always have been since the age of three and I always knew I would fly. The day I stepped into a Spitfire was a complete joy and it was the most natural thing in the world for me.Õ

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1473895367

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Savaged to Wellness

A Memoir

By: Melody Paul

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Savaged to Wellness

A Memoir

By: Melody Paul

This is a recovery story about a Micmac woman named Melody Paul. She is from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia in an island called Cape Breton, famously known for its beautiful trails. She was raised in Eskasoni. Eskasoni is one of the largest native Micmac tribe reservations in the world. Growing up in her native culture/community, she struggles to adapt and decides to adventure and explore new places. Melody finds her first job on the blueberry barrens of Down East Maine then discovers other ways to support herself. She soon learns to adapt to the American way of life. Unfortunately, her life choice leads her to poverty, abuse, discrimination, and substance abuse. Running becomes a behavior she cannot contain; dysfunctional behavior becomes her way of life; with the combination of her addiction issues it is the exact combination for a perfect storm. It is hustling her way to what she needs to fuel her substance use. Hurting others along the way doesn't matter to her whatsoever because she was sick with addiction, then finally one day something changes the course of her life path, that is when she gets charged with trafficking drugs that causes her friend to overdose. Melody finally owns up to what she has become and decides to face her demons in the cold brick wall of the Maine State Prison. This is when her healing starts. She prays daily and becomes more aware of her actions and behaviors. Melody starts to write and heals herself from the damages of addiction. This is a story of recovery.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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164670102X

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The Wreck Hunter

Battle of Britain & The Blitz

By: Melody Foreman

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Battle of Britain & The Blitz

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The Untold Power

Underrepresented Groups in Public Relations

By: Melody T. Fisher

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The Untold Power

Underrepresented Groups in Public Relations

By: Melody T. Fisher

The Untold Power: Underrepresented Groups in Public Relations fills a glaring void in public relations history by chronicling the practices and scholarship contributed by members of ethnically and racially underrepresented groups. The evolution and advancement of public relations have been recorded and taught as an integral part of the communications curriculum, but the stories of these trailblazers went untold. The text offers snapshots of past, present, and future endeavors with the hope that the reader will be inspired, reflective, and proactive. Everyone from students to seasoned professionals will learn of individual and group challenges and triumphs in academia, the workplace, and society.

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Business Expert Press

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1637422415

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Summer of Discovery

By: Melody Herr

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Summer of Discovery

By: Melody Herr

In the rural Midwest during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, two fourteen-year-old boys join an archaeological dig and unearth the story of the Great Plains peoples, from the Ice Age hunters through the final days of the Indian Wars. Original.

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0803273622

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Life Between the Levees

America’s Riverboat Pilots

By: Melody Golding

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Life Between the Levees

America’s Riverboat Pilots

By: Melody Golding

Winner of the Donald T. Wright Award from the the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Life Between the Levees is a chronicle of first-person reflections and folklore from pilots who have dedicated their lives to the river. The stories are as diverse as the storytellers themselves, and the volume is full of drama, suspense, and a way of life a “landlubber” could never imagine. Although waterways and ports in the Mississippi corridor move billions of dollars of products throughout the US and foreign markets, in today's world those who live and work on land have little knowledge of the river and the people who work there. In ten years of interviewing, Melody Golding collected over one hundred personal narratives from men and women who worked and lived on “brown water,” our inland waterways. As photographer, she has taken thousands of photos, of which 130 are included, of the people and boats, and the rivers where they spend their time. The book spans generations of river life—the oldest pilot was born in 1917 and the youngest in 1987—and includes stories from the 1920s to today. The stories begin with the pilots who were “broke in” by early steamboat pilots who were on the river as far back as the late 1800s. The early pilots in this book witnessed the transition from steamboat to diesel boat, while the youngest grew up in the era of GPS and twenty-first-century technology. Among many topics, the pilots reflect movingly on the time spent away from home because of their career, a universal reality for all mariners. As many pilots say when they talk about the river, “I hate her when I’m with her, and I miss her when I’m gone.”

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1496822854

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When Outlaws Wore Badges

By: Melody Groves

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When Outlaws Wore Badges

By: Melody Groves

**Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (History, Other)** Lawman or Outlaw? At times, the black-hatted “villains” and white-hatted “good guys” of the Old West were one and the same. Often it was difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish who was who. Sheriff Wyatt Earp stole horses and ran brothels. Albuquerque’s first town marshal, Milton Yarberry, was accused of murder and subsequently “jerked to Jesus.” Burt Alvord, town marshal of Willcox, Arizona, and friends, robbed a train. Alvord then deputized these same friends into a posse to apprehend the robbers. It came as no surprise when his posse came up empty handed. Justice Hoodoo Brown and Deputy JJ Webb ruled Las Vegas as leaders of the Dodge City Gang until they were run out of town by citizens fed up with their type of justice. “Mysterious” Dave Mather and even two of the Dalton Gang spent time behind a badge, as well as behind bars. When Outlaws Wore Badges explores the double lives of outlaw lawmen through some of the West’s most memorable frontier characters.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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149304804X

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Wren’s Burford Masons

Unsung Heroes of 17th and Early 18th Century English Architecture

By: Melody Mobus

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Wren’s Burford Masons

Unsung Heroes of 17th and Early 18th Century English Architecture

By: Melody Mobus

This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The Burford Masons were involved in the construction of such outstanding buildings as St Paul's Cathedral, City churches, and Blenheim Palace, among many others. Whilst credit for many of these buildings generally rests with named architects, Sir Christopher Wren in particular, this book shows how reliant these designers were on their master craftsmen, sometimes involving them in the design process as their ideas evolved. The book further shows how the Burford Masons responded to the challenge of late payments, often of many years, becoming financiers in the process. It reveals how, as risk-taking businessmen, they effectively underpinned both public and private development financially, and how extraordinary success transformed their lives. The reader will learn about the vital part played in the early modern period by master craftsmen of the calibre of the Burford Masons, despite the emergence of the architect as lead designer, whose fame has hitherto overshadowed them. As a result, this book will be a compelling read for anyone interested in architectural, construction or social history.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000896684

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9781000896688

History of Montana Agriculture, A: A Life of Discovery

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

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History of Montana Agriculture, A: A Life of Discovery

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

Agriculture developed into Montana's top industry from humble beginnings. In 1841, Father De Smet planted a small plot at St. Mary's Mission. Thomas Harris, the territory's first farmer, harvested oats at Fort Owen for "sustenance and trade" in 1854. Within thirty-five years, beef and wool were being exported out of the territory to satisfy national and European demands. In the intervening years, the mechanical engine and rural electrification dramatically transformed agribusiness. Billings became home to America's largest monthly horse sale. And the modern cooperative model is lauded for sustaining agricultural operations and rural communities. With untold and forgotten stories, the American Doorstop Project co-founders and authors Jody L. Lamp and Melody Dobson spotlight the technological advancements and legacies of those who blazed trails, broke sod and built farms and livestock ranches that shaped the Treasure State's agriculture history.

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1467136506

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Before Billy the Kid

The Boy Behind the Legendary Outlaw

By: Melody Groves

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Before Billy the Kid

The Boy Behind the Legendary Outlaw

By: Melody Groves

Many stories have been written about the exploits of Billy the Kid, the charismatic outlaw of the Old West. Some have been pure fiction, designed to entertain and excite. Purple prose writers began chronicling the exploits of Billy as early as the late 1870s. Others have been biographical, researched by historians or recorded by those who knew him, including his murderer, Sheriff Pat Garrett. But there was once a different side to the famous gunfighter, a softer more artistic side that seems at odds with Billy’s reputation for shooting, killing, and robbing. Born Henry McCarty, he was also known by the names Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, and William H. Bonney. He didn’t shoot twenty-one men, as has been claimed. Four is a more likely number, three in self-defense. In Before Billy the Kid, author Melody Groves explores the early life of the infamous outlaw, the teenage boy who loved to sing and dance. The young man who was polite, educated, and popular. A boy who had the bad luck to be orphaned at fifteen and left with no one to guide him through life. How different history might have been if Billy had pursued his love of music instead of a life of crime.

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1493063502

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Armando's Treasure

By: Melody Carlson

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Armando's Treasure

By: Melody Carlson

What could a twenty-year-old Hispanic man on the run from a troubled past possibly have in common with a lonely bitter old woman?

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0842368485

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Must Have Been The Moonlight

By: Melody Thomas

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Must Have Been The Moonlight

By: Melody Thomas

In this brilliant follow-up to her Avon debut, Melody Thomas captivates us again with a rich and emotionally satisfying 'marriage of convenience' story that will delight fans of Judith McNaught. Michael Fallon is the third son of a Duke, and when the love of his life was betrothed to his older brother, Michael left England to serve in the military. Now he's a captain stationed in Cairo, and he inadvertently rescues Brianna Donally from the deserts. Michael is the most exciting man Brea has ever known, and the attraction between them is undeniable. A 'modern' woman, she sees nothing wrong in initiating an affair, but when Michael unexpectedly inherits the family dukedom, the 'marriage of convenience' Michael proposes is anything but, and Brianna suddenly finds herself falling in love with a man she vowed never to trust with her heart.

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Harper Collins

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0061749974

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A History of Nebraska Agriculture: A Life Worth Living

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

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A History of Nebraska Agriculture: A Life Worth Living

By: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

Once known as the "Great American Desert," Nebraska's plains and native grasslands today make it a domestic leader in producing food, feed and fuel. From Omaha to Ogallala, Nebraska's founding farmers, ranchers and agribusiness leaders endured hardships while fostering kinships that have lasted generations. While many continued on the trails leading west, others from around the world stayed, seeking a home and land to cultivate. American Doorstop Project co-founders and authors Jody L. Lamp and Melody Dobson celebrate the state's forgotten and untold agricultural history, highlighting more than a century and a half of agriculture industry, inventions and innovations in the Cornhusker State.

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1439661014

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The Forgiven Cowboy's Best Friend: 7 Brides for 7 Cowboys Christmas Clean Romance

By: Melody Archer

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The Forgiven Cowboy's Best Friend: 7 Brides for 7 Cowboys Christmas Clean Romance

By: Melody Archer

He’s a tough ex-military cowboy returning home to right old wrongs, longing for forgiveness from his childhood best friend and the only woman he ever loved. The last place Wyatt Callahan thought he'd ever return was to his home town. Vivid images of Abby — his beautiful neighbor and his one and only love — rushed through him bringing heartache. He remembered her from years ago when they were in love. She was just out of high school she had accepted his marriage proposal. When her father asked them to wait a year to marry, they had agreed. From day one he began writing Abby love letters, disappointed when he never heard back from her. Had something happened to stop her from writing to him? When he found out a year later that Abby had married his good friend, Wyatt was heartbroken. Now years later, it was the unexpected death of Abby’s husband in the line of duty that was one of the reasons he returned home. The other was the sudden death of his father, Mack Callahan. Wyatt stood rigidly nearby the fresh graves of the two men he respected and loved most in this world and knew it was time for him to come home to stay. With a dying request from his Dad and a driving need consuming him, Wyatt determined he wouldn’t stop until he made things right between himself and those he loved. She’s newly widowed, heartbroken and still angry at her best friend for loving and leaving her years ago… Abby Meadows Hart spent her childhood on her family’s ranch next door to the Callahan family. Sharing everything with her best friend Wyatt, she eventually fell in love with him. Unexpectedly, when Abby's dreams of marrying her best friend were crushed, she agreed to marry the man of her parents choosing. Married only a few short years without warning, Abby was left a widow. All alone and drowning in debt, her one goal was to keep the only thing that gave her a sense of belonging. Abby is desperate to hold onto the ranch and her animals above all else, after she has suffered pain and abandonment by those she trusted and loved the most in this world. At Wyatt Callahan’s abrupt homecoming, anger and pain closes in around her and bittersweet memories return of the first man she ever loved. It seems that every time Wyatt and Abby push past one obstacle, another one looms larger on the path just ahead. Can they forgive each other and move on from their painful pasts to embrace a second chance at love?

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Create A Story You Love

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1778107990

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Shutout

Renegades 5

By: Melody Heck Gatto

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Shutout

Renegades 5

By: Melody Heck Gatto

Love can be the best trophy and the sweetest consolation prize. Shutout is the story of Dominic Zanetti (Renegades goalie) and Hailee Valentine. Dominic is flirty, swoon-worthy and tattooed. He's only ever truly loved one woman - Hailee - the one that got away. But that was a lifetime ago. She left a scar on his heart so deep that no bunny would ever fill it. No girl measured up to his Hailee – not that he wanted anyone to. If he was lucky enough to find her again, he wasn’t going to let her go so easily. Hailee is stubborn, talented, tattooed, and not the kind of woman to let a man take care of her. She refuses to sit in the kitchen and bake pies for anyone. She is her own woman and plans to stay that way. That's why she had to leave Dominic all those years ago. Hailee kept herself hidden away in a hockey-free bubble, avoiding all aspects of the game and eliminating the possibility of running into him. Her heart missed Dominic, but her brain knew that she couldn’t be what he needed. It was just better this way. She had her own dreams and wasn’t about to give up on them, even if it meant giving him up. When all things in her life finally start to fall neatly into place, one thing is still missing. Dominic. Dominic was used to shutting out teams on the ice, but didn’t like being shutout by her. Hailee already had his heart, all she had to do was take down the walls she built, and stop playing games.

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1543019994

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A Woman in the Great Outdoors

Adventures in the National Park Service

By: Melody Webb

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A Woman in the Great Outdoors

Adventures in the National Park Service

By: Melody Webb

Melody Webb's reflections on her twenty-five-year-long career in the National Park Service is an insider's account of a public bureaucracy. As a woman, she was working in a male-dominated agency; as an idealist, she attempted to champion the wise use of the national parks in a pragmatic political agency. Webb's career began in Alaska during President Gerald Ford's administration. She helped set up the mechanism that permitted Alaskan Natives to claim up to 2 million acres of federal land to preserve culturally significant areas. Following a dozen years of historic preservation work in Alaska and New Mexico, Webb spent the second half of her tenure in management positions. She served as superintendent at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and then as assistant superintendent, in charge of all park operations at Grand Teton National Park. During this period the Park Service was faced with conflicting mandates: there was a growing demand for recreational land use and, at the same time, environmental requirements and tight budgets limited the NPS's options. Webb's frankness about the day-to-day politics within an institution that many Americans feel should be above politics make this book an eye opener for historians and anyone who has an interest in the National Park System.

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0826331769

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9780826331762

Sonoran Rage

By: Melody Groves

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Sonoran Rage

By: Melody Groves

Winner, 2017 NM/AZ Book Awards for She Was Sheriff Stranded in the rugged Sonoran Desert, stagecoach drivers James Colton and older brother, Trace, are captured by warring Apaches. Tortured and driven to the breaking point, James is used as a bargaining chip by the great Apache Chief, Cochise. James will die if Trace can't win freedom for Cochise's brother, imprisoned by the Army. Trace rushes to negotiate a trade, but the Army has other plans—attack Cochise and his warriors at Apache Pass. It's Arizona Territory, 1861. Rage explodes across the Sonoran Desert, and blood stains the sand. Will the Colton brothers survive? Sonoran Rage is the second book in Melody Grove's Colton Brothers Saga series. "Melody Groves takes readers on a memorable adventure into the Sonoran Desert. Unexpected plot twists, realistic descriptions and vivid writing keep you on edge—and turning the pages—as young stagecoach drivers James and Trace Colton face Cochise and his Apaches in a life-changing challenge for survival."—Cotton Smith, author of Western novels, including Blood of Bass Tillman

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Speaking Volumes

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1645404706

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Legends & Lore of Southwest Virginia

By: Shane S. Simmons,Melody Blackwell-West

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Legends & Lore of Southwest Virginia

By: Shane S. Simmons,Melody Blackwell-West

Explore the traditional tales of the hills and hollers of southwestern Virginia. From the infamous Black Sisters of Christiansburg to the ghost of the famed Barter Theatre in Abingdon, the region is filled with stories that have haunted residents for decades. The Woodbooger, a local Bigfoot, is said to roam the mountainsides which are also home to many eccentric and inspiring legendary characters, including Molly Tynes, Reverend Robert Sheffey, Napoleon Hill and Cedar Creek Charlie. Authors Melody West and Shane Simmons uncover tales of unique people and places that have seldom been told.

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1439679533

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The Treasure of St. Briston

A Novel

By: Melody Landis

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The Treasure of St. Briston

A Novel

By: Melody Landis

Jonah is captain of the Phantom Ship and on his way to becoming the most notorious pirate that ever lived. If he finds the treasure of St. Briston, his power and status will be undeniable. Jonah has the map, but now he needs to decipher its clues. Rennington is a man haunted by his past. He holds the secrets of St. Briston’s treasure, but refuses to reveal its mysteries. All Rennington wants is a new life, but he can’t kill a ghost. What will happen when he comes face to face with Jonah again? It’s up to the Phantom Captain and his crew to discover if Rennington will become more friend than foe in this swashbuckling tale of adventure, treasure, and finding God.

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WestBow Press

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1664218076

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Your Heart's Desire

By: Melody Carlson

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Your Heart's Desire

By: Melody Carlson

Bestselling author Melody Carlson captures hearts with a beautifully written romance set just after World War II. It's almost New Year's 1946, a perfect time for Caroline Marshall to start a new chapter in her life. Widowed three years ago when she lost her husband in the war, she has decided to move with her nine-year-old son to join her sister's family in sunny California. Her sister's new house has a basement apartment for Caroline to rent, and though jobs for women are scarce with so many veterans returning from the war, it seems the local chocolate factory is hiring. The apartment turns out to be rather dingy, and the job may be working the assembly line -- a step down from Caroline's office job as a secretary back in Minnesota. But Caroline is determined to make a great new life for herself and her son. As she goes about making that happen, she keeps running into a handsome stranger -- at the diner, at church, and he even works for M.G. Chocolates. With a New Year, a new home, and a new job, is Caroline ready to find new love?

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1455528137

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The Christmas Tree Farm

A Christmas Novella

By: Melody Carlson

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The Christmas Tree Farm

A Christmas Novella

By: Melody Carlson

When Madison McDowell returns from several years teaching overseas, she has high hopes of picking up where she left off at her family's Christmas tree farm in Oregon. But between damage from a recent wildfire and the neglect due to her sister Addie's unwillingness to invest, the farm is in sad shape. In fact, Addie is intent on selling the property. And to top it off, her former high school flame, the now-widowed Gavin Thompson, has plans to break Madison's heart again by turning his neighboring property into a dusty, noisy dirt bike track for his daughter. With the odds stacked against her, Madison decides there's only one thing to do: double down on her dreams. It will take a ton of hard work--and some help from an unlikely ally--to save the farm she so dearly loves. But it may take a miracle to restore her relationship with her sister. Bestselling and award-winning author Melody Carlson charms and delights with this uplifting Christmas story full of old memories and new beginnings.

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Baker Books

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1493447114

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Arizona War

By: Melody Groves

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Arizona War

By: Melody Groves

Winner, 2017 NM/AZ Book Awards for She Was Sheriff First Apaches, then Confederate Texans. The Colton brothers—James, Trace, and now Andy—must face not only their enemies, but their own personal demons. Driven to near madness by Apache brutality, nearly killing the sheriff, James chooses joining the Union Army over prison. Andy, the youngest brother, also joins, but only to keep James out of trouble. Trace, the oldest Colton, finds himself imprisoned by a sadistic Confederate officer and left alone to die. It's Arizona Territory at the start of the Civil War, and the Coltons are caught in the middle of it. In the end, it's all up to James to save Union troops from an Apache attack—if he can summon the courage to face his old torturers and their leader, Cochise. "Melody Groves writes about the Southwestern frontier with real authority; a scholar's grasp of history, a keen sense of the land, and a well-honed edge for action that'll get your blood boiling. Historical fiction at its best."—Johnny Boggs, author of thirty books

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Speaking Volumes

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1645404773

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Her Forever Hero

By: Melody Anne

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Her Forever Hero

By: Melody Anne

Small-town attorney Cam is happy to help his sister-in-law's best friend, Grace, out of a legal jam, but as their feelings for one another intensify, Cam realizes that he has more at stake than just earning a favorable verdict.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476778590

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9781476778594

Passion and Pleasure in London

By: Melody Thomas

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Passion and Pleasure in London

By: Melody Thomas

Winter Ashburn was once the toast of the ton, but now she skirts the margins of high society by stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Her latest mark is none other than Rory Jameson, the rake who dared mistake her for a lady of the evening. Winter has stolen from her fair share of scandalously handsome men in the past . . . so why does her heart beat faster as she approaches his door? Rory Jameson is a rake, it's true. And he's caught many a thief while on secret missions for the Crown, but none has been this intriguing, this enticing. He will make Winter repay what she took so shamelessly . . . and melt her icy façade with the heat of his wicked touch. But her kiss sets his soul on fire—and now he will never be satisfied until he has made this alluring temptress his own.

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Avon

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0061470937

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9780061470936

Growing Up at Gold Creek

By: Melody Zager

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Growing Up at Gold Creek

By: Melody Zager

The author relates her family's experiences homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1960's.

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Ace Books

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0448169258

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Altars in the Street

A Neighborhood Fights to Survive

By: Melody Ermachild Chavis

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Altars in the Street

A Neighborhood Fights to Survive

By: Melody Ermachild Chavis

Confronting an urban nightmare of drugs, violence, and despair, a leading American Buddhist tests her faith in non-violence by putting spirituality to work where it really counts--in the community.

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276

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Harmony

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0517704927

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9780517704929

Gold & Honey Bible

By: Melody Carlson

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Gold & Honey Bible

By: Melody Carlson

Presents over one hundred Scripture passages, representing the stories from creation to Jesus' second coming in the books from Genesis through Revelation.

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Multnomah

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1576731790

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Heartland Skies

By: Melody Carlson

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Heartland Skies

By: Melody Carlson

Jayne Morgan wins herself a half-Arabian horse. But, in this land of cowboys and quarter horses, it matters alot to the locals that this horse is half-Arabian. Jayne must convince local rancher Harris McAllister even to board the outcast. Also Jayne must convince the residents of Paradise to open their hearts to the Native American children Jayne works with.

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Multnomah Books

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1576732649

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