English Miners

These stories are about the people who make our lives run every day—and yet we barely think of them. Laskas spent weeks in an Ohio coal mine and on an Alaskan oil rig; in a Maine migrant labor camp, a Texas beef ranch, the air traffic control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, a California landfill, an Arizona gun shop, the cab of a long-haul truck in Iowa, and the stadium of the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders. All are part of hidden America, and you will be amazed by what Laskas tells you about them.

Discover the depths of innovation and technology with The Miner’s Edge, an enthralling exploration into the world of drilling equipment in mining. This comprehensive guide delves into the fascinating evolution and modernization of drilling techniques that power today’s mining operations. From the historical foundations to the cutting-edge technologies shaping the industry, The Miner’s Edge offers invaluable insights for both seasoned professionals and curious newcomers. Begin your journey with an insightful introduction that traces the history and significance of drilling in mining. ...

A fictionalized journey of many low-income and low-educated returnees from World War II as they attempt to build a life and a family in rural America. The story of this coal miner emulates the difficulties and challenges of many men of this period who do the best they can with the resources available to them in their home territory. June Buckhorn returns from war to the holler where he was born. He finds a wife and bonus children and attempts to build a new family. He takes the only job for which he is qualified which is in the dangerous coal mines of Kentucky. June is a mild mannered man ...

An orphan girl grows up running wild in a small English village during King Richard's Crusades, scavenging what she needs to live. When she grows older, she lives in the woods outside the village. She hunts and brings food to three women who take care of other orphans. Then she meets the Duke's son by accident and discovers she is a Countess whose parents had been murdered by an evil Baron 20 years ago. She challenges the Baron and barely survives. Now she has a castle of her own, and a Prince Charming who wants to court her. But the people around her – are they really loyal friends?

Paulina Black has struggled with the feelings that come with being a widow for the entirety of the year she's mourned her husband. Going by her maiden name has helped a little, but it doesn't fill the hole in her heart. Now that her year of mourning is done, she is not sure how to go about with life. She thought she'd have a family by now. Without a husband, she's not sure how she'll accomplish that. And she's not ready to put herself back out into society in a courting capacity. Eugene Richardson has been yearning for a family since he moved south of San Francisco for mining work. His ...

Love in The Deep is tumultuous! And when you’re trying to find yourself, while others want you as theirs, it can be the breeding ground for drama. Familiars become mortal enemies, as Typhoon Hydra and Naeco Starfish find themselves at odds— the love of one Maid being the root cause. Faith is shaken, and Nautia struggles with pursuing her dreams and what it may cost her to chase the current of her passion. Loss is certain as Rainey Oceanus dives into The Trenches and partners with the one who promises her everything— wealth, fame, and rule of the Whispering Waves. Young love and lust ...

Little Billy Rankin is standing on the back porch when Red arrives unexpectedly at the Rankin farm in 1957. Five-year-old Billy is shocked—the tall man wearing a railroader’s cap has no fingers on his left hand. Red moves into the room at the top of the stairs and lives there as his dad’s hired hand. Red’s past life, including the reason for his missing fingers, remains a mystery about which Billy’s curiosity only grows. Inquisitive by nature, Billy ventures into Red’s bedroom on a rare day when he is home alone and makes a startling discovery inside a large trunk, which he has ...

Most kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part of growing up, but how do parents help their kids navigate childhood and adolescence at a time when social media has the potential to magnify the consequences of those mistakes? Rather than spend all their time worrying about the worst-case scenario, listeners get a bigger-picture understanding of their kids' digital landscape.

A historical fiction book set in the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Step into the wild heart of adventure with "Yukon Gold," a gripping tale of ambition, friendship, and love set against the backdrop of the iconic Klondike Gold Rush. This thrilling narrative follows John Berwick and his steadfast mining partner George Bruce as they brave the treacherous journey to seek their fortunes amidst the chaos and allure of gold. As newcomers flood into the goldfields, seasoned miners wrestle with lost dreams while grappling with the moral complexities of a greed-driven world....

After Billy loses his life in a mining accident, he becomes the carrier of the Old Coal Miner's Lamp, helping to guide other lost souls on their way to the Light. Mike begins having strange flashes of the past and seeks out the help to make sense of what he is going through. Danielle answers the call to assist Mike with his visions, but when she too begins to have some strange sensations, will she continue to search for the truth or steer clear of the unknown? Connections will be revealed and a darkness will rear its head along the way. Will Billy, Mike, and Danielle be able to work ...

Nazaire Poulin, a grain grower from Quebec, wants his old life back, but the sudden death of his spouse and the removal of his children have flipped his world upside down. He can’t afford seed money for his coming summer crop. He is a man lost. The Klondike Gold Rush has been over for a decade. Is it too late to find gold or a job rumored to pay six dollars a day? A spark of hope flashes in Nazaire’s body. Dare he go? Everything that Nazaire has is at risk as he ventures thousands of miles from home on a long shot. Many men have gone. Most returned broken. Some starved on the way.

When Chantel Panetta's younger sister claims to be in love with Orlando Vittorio, Chantel knows there is no hope. The Panettas and Vittorios have been sworn enemies for decades, and young love cannot heal the deep wounds between the two iron-mining families. Yet, unable to resist Isabella's pleas, Chantel agrees to help her sister spend time with Orlando...only to have a run-in with Dante, Orlando's brother. The older, more handsome one...

In a planned conspiracy to burn down major buildings in New York City during the Civil War, eight men of the Confederacy committed acts of terrorism. They attempted to destroy the city and claim it for the South by building a "Greek fire," which is stronger than regular fire because it is caused by chemical reactions.

John Turner Radmore dreams of a life in the wild American West, far from the cold, dark mining tunnels of South Wales where he works hauling coal. But when he finally gets the opportunity to immigrate to America in 1868, he must first survive a near-shipwreck to begin his quest: to become a cowboy and write a book about his adventures and the stories he hears along the way.

When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place-underground passages filled with danger.

Patrick and Gareth fall for each other against the backdrop of the miners strike back in 1984. It is almost an impossible time for a striking Derbyshire miner to let his feelings wrap around those of a serving police officer but neither of them can help it, and they somehow manage to find themselves the time and the space to be together and share the joy that's exploded into the hearts of them both. But the strike isn't the only problem they have to face and one of them has to break the other one's heart. Forty years later and circumstances bring them the two of them back together but on ...

We all know the history of science that we learned from grade school textbooks: how Galileo used his telescope to show that the earth was not the center of the universe; how Newton divined gravity from the falling apple; how Einstein unlocked the mysteries of time and space with a simple equation. This history is made up of long periods of ignorance and confusion, punctuated once an age by a brilliant thinker who puts it all together. These few tower over the ordinary masses, and in the traditional account, it is to them that we owe science in its entirety. This belief is wrong.

Relationships were always hollow and empty for him. Then he realized that when sex was the best part of a relationship, the relationship ended when the sex ended. He resolved to do things differently, that his relationships would actually have meaning. And then he met her. Beautiful but blunt, she was unlike any other woman he had met. Could he be honest and honorable with her? Could he tell the truth about who and what he was? Could he actually have a real relationship without sex? A clean romance.

One love-struck businessman; one compassionate Sioux maiden; one heart-wrenching decision. Is the power of love enough to save an entire tribe? Five years ago, when Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he saw a future of business and opportunity. He didn’t plan to fall in love. But since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down. If only her family would accept him, he could be the devoted husband he longed to be, but how can he convince them that he’s worthy of Morning Sun’s love?

In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the Sacramento Valley. A year later, newspaper headlines declared "Gold Fever!" as hundreds of thousands of men and women borrowed money, quit their jobs, and allowed themselves - for the first time ever - to imagine a future of ease and splendor.