Who Was Mrs. Musterman? We often think of women who came of age in 1900 as submissive flowers waiting to be plucked, but not Lillian Johnson. No, this remarkable woman left her small Virginia town and headed to the big city -- Baltimore -- to become a milliner. She took her creativity to Annapolis, Maryland, where she created Gainsborough hats, married, and became Mrs. Musterman. When her third child was born, her husband fell ill and suddenly she became the sole breadwinner of the family. Then her employer died. What was she to do? How would she survive? If she can possibly succeed, she must have her own shop and years of crowning the heads of the women of Annapolis. She once said, "Nothing is impossible if you really want to do it."

The Works of William Perkins fills a major gap in Reformed and Puritan theology.

A Richmond Times-Dispatch Best Book of the Year When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter was transformed into “Princess Alice,” arguably the century’s first global celebrity. Thirty-two years later, Alice’s first cousin Eleanor moved into the White House as First Lady. The two women had been born eight months and twenty blocks apart in New York City, spent much of their childhoods together, and were far more alike than most historians acknowledge. But their politics and personalities couldn’t have been more distinct. Democratic icon Eleanor was committed to social justice and hated the limelight; Republican Alice was an opponent of big government who gained notoriety for her cutting remarks. The cousins liked to play up their rivalry—in the 1930s they even wrote opposing syndicated newspaper columns and embarked on competing nationwide speaking tours. When the family business is politics, winning trumps everything. Lively, intimate, and stylishly written, Hissing Cousins is a double biography of two extraordinary women whose entwined lives give us a sweeping look at the twentieth century in America.

In this Christian cozy mystery, the characters are trying to understand God’s plan in their lives. High school teachers Emily and Franklin, in this small Michigan town near Lake Michigan, work on the puzzle of finding a dead custodian in a closet. Ralph, the custodian, has done an excellent job of making everyone in this high school disgusted and fearful of him. So who finally comes to his wit’s end, enough to get rid of him? There are four main characters: Emily, an English teacher, Franklin, a social studies teacher, along with Emily’s two children, Katie and Tom. The book is told from the perspective of these people, one chapter at a time. Each character goes through important life issues, but the mystery ties everything together. There is romance in each character’s life, and two approaching marriages. One character discovers the saving power of Jesus. One character is able to show compassion and Jesus’ love as he ministers to many diverse people in a hospital. One reader writes: “There are interesting characters and relevant topics skillfully woven through this murder mystery. Also there are lots of twists and turns and intrigue right to the end.”

When Bourret, a retired high school English teacher, was preparing to publish his "Jello's Nam: A Memoir" in 2018, he realized that, although he had left the Nam in 1968, the Nam had not left him, so he decided to write this sequel, which focuses on his circuitous road to healing. On his long odyssey, he would wrestle with his formidable PTSD demons. His journey began 22 years after his return from Vietnam, where he fought as a Marine during the 1968 Tet Offensive. In 1990, after having a flashback that terrified him, he realized that he needed to face his emotional pain from his war experiences. His journey would take him to war-torn Bosnia, back to Vietnam twice, and to the Vietnam Memorial. Many life lessons awaited this high school English teacher on his thirty-year search for healing. On his long journey, many people showed up in his life when he needed help with his healing process; he referred to these experiences as "corpsman, up!" moments . Likewise, he was also there to help one of his Nam friends, who had buried his Nam pain. Bourret, also chose to work with other vets, who were suffering from PTSD, as a volunteer teacher at his local VA. Fortunately, Bourret's tenacious nature and his resilient spirit served him well as he came to terms with his survivor's guilt, which had been brought on by the loss of 14 members of his battalion during a battle on May 19, 1968. With the help of Prolonged Exposure Therapy, he processed his grief, which led him to discover that life is a gift and that he had truly been blessed. With his new perspective, Bourret began to focus on finding ways to honor his fallen fellow Marines.

The 1999 Symposium topics include the impact of ministerial politics on the eighteenth-century Royal Navy, the French Navy in the Third Republic, the twentieth-century French Navy, U.S. naval efficiency boards of 1855-1857, Ultra in the Battle of the Atlantic, the U.S. nuclear Navy in Japan, and much more.

The Lady¿s Stratagem is a comprehensive, step-by-step, illustrated guide to early 19th-century dressmaking, corset making, millinery, knitting, embroidery, clothing care, beauty treatments, and manners. The audiences include film and theatre costumers, historic re-enactors, and historical and romance novelists.