in 1993 an historian wrote: “... The lynching was especially atrocious: Two young black men were seized, dragged into the woods, and there chained to trees and tortured to death with blowtorches while a howling crowd of whites cursed and taunted them. Photographs were made of the dead bodies....” (K.S. Davis) This historical novel – ground-breaking in its emotional and graphic intensity – portrays the impact of that atrocity (1937) on two empathetic boys who didn’t taunt, but secretly snapped pictures of the living, screaming victims (ironically, one with FDR’s surname) – and desperately tried to stop it! Two against 500 (some came by school bus). Failing, they fled in despair and determination – with their Brownie Eagle Eye, embarking on a compelling mission! They had no choice – they’d been ‘Out There.’ Enraged, then galvanized, by the failures and heart-breaks of Book I, ‘Einstein’ Brian and ‘Maestro’ Marcus become avenging angels, sworn to strike ‘Preacher-Creature Cecil’ and his ‘henchmen from hell’ with the swords of retribution, self-defense, and ‘un-Confederate’ justice. Kids no more, they begin to act like God because ‘Somebody has to...!’ With images of brutality sealed in camera, conscience, and nightmares, they write to Eleanor and FDR, and accept her invitation to dinner at the White House. Irrevocably sworn to the most profound ‘what-if’ of the Twentieth Century, the boys pledge themselves to a daunting ‘rendezvous with destiny’ – theirs and humanity’s. And a Time Capsule ticket to 6939 (CE) and beyond from Albert Einstein....

In Ashes and Embers, a fictional memoir, Noelle comes of age at the time when the Nazis have invaded her country, Norway. Resettled in a small village with her father and twin brother, the twins come under the spell of classmate Hans, destined to be Noelle’s lover. The trio is drawn into a group of resistance saboteurs. However, the group is betrayed and suspicion falls on Hans who flees to Brazil. After the war, Noelle marries an American official and settles in Washington. A major part of the book deals with her adjustment to marriage and the American Way of Life through McCarthyism, the Vietnam war and domestic battles, including four children. Throughout, music is her consolation... As a widow in her early fifties, she reconnects with Hans. The mystery is solved, Hans is exonerated, but will they find happiness together?

Do you feel weary or even a bit jaded? Tired and overworked, but can't seem to find a respite? Not even a rejuvenating vacation seems to chase this nagging, insipid feeling away? We are all prone to a sleepiness of the soul. That raging fire of love that was once within dwindles slowly, often extinguishing without notice. Like an unknown cancer, this spreading toxin clouds your reasoning and enfeebles your will. Your spirit feels somehow empty and your joy becomes fleeting if not faded. What can you do? Like any relationship of love, the soul's friendship with God must always be reinvented, refreshed, and renewed. When the honeymoon is over, the real work begins. This brilliant volume¿fully revised and remastered by the author¿will help you to squelch that silent poison within: lukewarmness. From the creator of the internationally best-selling In Conversation with God series, this indispensable guide can truly change your life. Learn how to defeat the ¿noonday devil¿¿that sluggish tepidity within¿by rekindling the incomparable joy of following Christ. You will find that an unwavering cheerfulness will begin to pervade every area of your being and that what once was dying will be filled with life: the life of true love.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.