English Miners

Aidan O'Shaunessy has been working hard; down the mines by day and trying to get his land in order by night. But finally he has the money he needs to buy the dairy herd he needs to salvage his family's heritage. But he is lonely and craves the love of a good woman. Meredith Lisle was born into privilege, but her comfortable life has been ripped from her grasp by the tragic deaths of her beloved parents. Courageous to the last, she takes her future into her own hands, but can she banish the ghosts from Aidan's past?

After surviving the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire, Mary Hawkins awakens to a world she no longer recognizes. Her memories are lost, stolen by the flames that engulfed her past. However, her confusion deepens when a mysterious mountain man claims to be her uncle, taking her on a journey to a secluded mining village in the wild Colorado frontier.

On his way to pick up supplies for the mine, Lorne Merritt discovers a pretty young woman alone and looking lost. Addie Shea came to Dakota Territory to live with her father, a prospector, but he’d been killed by a claim jumper. Knowing it’s not safe for her to be on her own in Deadwood, he befriends her, but then the attempts on her life begin. Who is doing this, and what can Lorne do to help keep her safe?

Having had unparalleled access to the Chilean mine disaster, award-winning journalist Jonathan Franklin takes readers to the heart of a remarkable story of human endurance, survival, and historic heroism. 33 Men is the groundbreaking, authoritative account of the Chilean mine disaster, one of the longest human entrapments in history.

“Hey, good lookin’—what ya got cookin’?” This is what Dolly Parton sings to her sister Rachel Parton George whenever she walks into her kitchen. It’s what you do when a love for good music and good food runs in the family. In Good Lookin’ Cookin’ Dolly and Rachel share tips for hosting events all year long, including twelve multi-course menus of cherished recipes for New Year’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more.

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....

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 ...

In the bustling heart of New York City, a young medical student's life is tragically cut short, though her heart continues to beat, holding the promise of life for another. Detective Kirk Miner is called to the scene and quickly uncovers a chilling conspiracy involving organ donations and high-stakes crime. As the investigation unfolds, Miner realizes the case is far more complex and dangerous than it initially seemed.

Grateful does not even begin to describe how I felt about my life. At forty years old, I had a loving husband, two amazing children, a beautiful home, and a fulfilling career as a college professor in psychology and women’s and gender studies at a top U.S. university. Most importantly, I remained resolute in my principles and values of combating sexism and gender inequality in relationships and in society. And it paid off, big time, or so I thought . . . ________ In The Committed Professor, A Memoir, My Fall from the Lectern to the Psych Ward, Dr. Kathi N. Miner tells the powerful true ...

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.

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 ...

Springhill, Nova Scotia, a tiny town with a tremendously courageous spirit. In the 1950s, tragedy struck the mining town of Springhill not once, but three times: The 1956 Explosion The 1957 Main Street Fire The 1958 Bump The Explosion took the lives of 39 miners. The Main Street Fire wiped out many of the family-owned businesses. The Bump, an underground earthquake, took the lives of 75 good men of Springhill. Springhill became known as everything from “The Hard Luck Town” to “Miracle Town.” Those miracles are the heart of this book. Springhill is a place with strong resilience, ...

Stop paying rent, a mortgage, and gain freedom and happiness by leaving high living expenses behind and moving into a conversion. This guide will help you transform an empty shell into a mobile tiny house of your dreams with detail explanations on how to do the entire conversion.

Continue the journey with Tom Nelson as he tries to strike it rich in California. Horatio Alger was once crowned "America's best-selling author of all time." His works are back and they read like never before. You will fall in love with these stories of success!

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.

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.

There’s no place in politics for love… and no place for love in war… Kai, the Water Prince, found himself having to give up his hopes of choosing the woman that his heart desired and marrying for the sake of peace. As the day drew near when he would be forced to choose a queen to rule the entire Realm by his side, the tension weighed heavily on him. He had three choices, all queens and with amazing potential in their own right, but that didn’t put Kai’s mind at ease that his right to his heart’s desires were being compromised for the greater good. Shanira, the Fire Princess, was...

Hugh “Huge” Newman, a library school dropout, banishes himself to a subarctic mining town for the winter. There, he discovers a whole world in miniature, with two sides, management and union, in perpetual war against each other, the leading combatants strangely reminiscent of problematic figures from Western history.

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...