...utterly raw, painfully true about adoption, child abuse, life in Wisconsin and Native American history, her poetry collection includes song lyrics from her time as a musician...this is Laramie Harlow's (Tsalgi-Shawnee-Euro) first chapbook. (c) 2012 Blue Hand Books Reviewed here: http: //indiginewenglandlit.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/trace-demeyer-and-blue-hand-books/

Although King William's War (1689-1697) had established the basic disputes between New France and the English colonies, the conflict had resolved little beyond making it clear that the smaller French colony was more than capable of defending itself. When news of the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714), or Queen Anne's War as it would become known in North America, arrived in 1702, few envisioned that the resumption of the previous conflict would grow to engulf eastern North America from Newfoundland to Florida, pitting the Spanish, English, and French colonies along with their respective native allies into a concerted contest for control of the continent. From the storming of Spanish St. Augustine and the opening shots along the Maine frontier, through the implementation of a series of profit-driven Indian Wars and the destruction of the Spanish mission system in Georgia and Florida, to the direct involvement of Britain in the closing days of the conflict, Queen Anne's War: The Second Contest for North America, 1702-1713 carries the reader through this oft forgotten, but crucial period in North American history. Told from the halls of power in North America and Europe, and through the eyes of the men and women who found themselves embroiled in this brutal realignment of colonial interests, Queen Anne's War recreates the world of early North American expansion at the ground level, providing riveting accounts of the battles across settlements and wilderness as well as the motives, conditions, triumphs, and failures of the Europeans and their respective Native American allies. Based on extensive primary source research and command of English, French, and Spanish sources, the narrative not only describes the economic and geopolitical ramifications of the war that reshaped North America, but intriguingly reveals the sense of independence emerging in the colonies, from Puritan New England to plantation South Carolina, at the close of the war.

This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France. From Champlain and Hudson's initial voyages some 400 years ago, to the surrender of Montreal in 1760, The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson - Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760 offers unprecedented coverage of the 150-year struggle between New World rivals along this natural invasion route-a struggle which would ultimately determine the destiny of North America. Unlike other volumes on this period, The European Invasion of North America includes extensive coverage from the French and Dutch as well as British perspectives, examining events in the context of larger colonial confrontations. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts, it recaps political maneuvers and blunders, military successes and failures, and the remarkable people behind them all: cabinet ministers in Paris, Amsterdam, and London; colonial leaders such as Stuyvesant, Frontenac, and Montcalm; shrewd diplomats of the Iroquois Confederacy; and soldiers and families on all sides of the conflict. It also highlights the growing friction between Britain and her American colonies, which would soon lead to a different war. 39 chronologically organized chapters ranging from the founding of New France to the conclusion of the French and Indian War 150 years later 300 primary sources, including letters, journal entries, official diplomatic and military correspondence, and other firsthand accounts Biographical sketches of key figures, including Stuyvesant, Frontenac, Shirley, Vaudreuil, Loudoun, Montcalm, and Amherst 30 maps and illustrations showing the principal figures, and the changing boundaries and the progress of major armed conflicts in the Champlain-Hudson Valleys A comprehensive index

From the widely-acclaimed author of Borrowed Lives comes a hilarious, offbeat story of a woman forced to face her unusual upbringing. Trapped in the spotlight of unwanted fame, Blue Erhardt must make some life-changing decisions in this clever and uniquely plotted novel.

Nathan has always been haunted by what he calls “deaders,� frightening, disfigured creatures—once human but now hungry and relentless ghosts. After a séance to banish them goes awry, Nathan escapes high school to start over at Waxman University in idyllic Garden City, Montana. But when young men begin to go missing from campus, Nathan finds that the deaders have returned, more frightening and hungrier than ever.   With the help of the mysterious Theo, Nathan seeks to learn the truth behind the disappearances. But something worse than the deaders begins to haunt Nathan . . . something with glowing yellow eyes and giant wings. As reality grows thin, things emerge from the cracks. Is Theo what he seems? Or could he be some kind of monster? Will Nathan learn the truth before he vanishes into the darkness? 

Another Light and Whimsical Magical Fantasy by Naomi Stone: Greg Roberts doesn't know he has it in him to be a hero -- until his fairy godmother comes along and makes him a superhero - purportedly just to impress Gloria, the girl next door. Gloria thinks of Greg as a lifelong friend, but plans to marry someone else -- a nice stable guy who'll rescue her from her troubled home. Greg must win her love before she makes this the biggest mistake of her life. But the fairy godmothers have an agenda of their own and an enemy who will threaten Gloria and wreak magical havoc on the quiet city of Minneapolis before all is done. If Greg can win Gloria's love it may prove the key to much more than their personal happiness.