Who knew?  Who knew that the Gothic Cathedrals of Europe, so deeply associated with christianity, were in fact inspired by Islamic...

CHAPTER 27: TRANSITION TO PHILADELPIA The Masters-Penn-Morris House at 190 Market Street in Philadelphia seemed palatial to George...

CHAPTER 24: WASHINGTON D.C., THE ANTI-CITY Thomas Jefferson hated cities.  Oh, he loved what they had to offer--fine food and drink, fine...

CHAPTER 21: “THE MOST BITTER AND ANGRY CONTEST" Thomas Jefferson arrived quietly in New York City on Sunday, February 21, and booked...

CHAPTER 19: FRANKLIN'S LAST PUBLIC ACT On his 58th birthday, George Washington supervised the move across town to his new residence, at...

CHAPTER 17: THE PRICE OF LIBERTY The day after George Washington delivered the State of the Union Address, Alexander Hamilton informed...

CHAPTER 13: GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE If you’re staying at a bed-and-breakfast in New England and the sign over the door reads,...

CHAPTER 10: THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION “A Complete Revolution In France.” That was the headline of the New York Daily Gazette, of September...

CHAPTER 6: RUMORS New York City was a hotbed of rumors in the spring and summer of 1789. The most persistent rumor was that a second...

The four Gospels are the most important books in the Bible, the culmination of biblical prophecy dating from the days of Moses. All the...

CHAPTER 4: UNTRODDEN GROUND It seemed too good to be true. Alexander Hamilton’s two great passions in life--politics and economics--were...

We all remember Benjamin Franklin as a printer and newspaper publisher; as a wise, bespectacled American sage, who flew a kite and...

What this book does masterfully well is show how the president-elect Abraham Lincoln shored up northern morale in preparation for the...

Elected to office in 2008, Barak Obama was our nation's first African-American president.  As such, he faced continued opposition,...

The day the House of Representatives achieved a quorum, on April 1, 1789, George Washington wrote to a friend: “(I feel) that my movement...

Unless you're a hard-core motor racing fan--and I do mean hard core--you're not going to find this movie particularly compelling.  Set in...

"PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MAN" is the subject of the Nisley's 2023 Christmas Letter Ironically, many of the world's favorite...

Of all the Beatles, John Lennon was the most socially-minded of the four, as evident on such Beatles' classics as,  "All You Need is...

All Bible scholars agree: without the missionary work of the Apostle Paul, Christianity would not have survived the First Century AD, as...

Table of Contents Forward -- The Stuff of Dreams Lapping Brands Hatch in Dan Gurney's F-1 Eagle 1 - The Coronation of Stirling Moss The...