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Steve Riley is a realtor who sells his friend and client a large tract of land in coastal South Carolina for a pricey condo project. The old Gullah graveyard there is specifically not to be disturbed but during initial grading, it accidentally happens. The land explodes, forming a large crater, coughing out hideous, angry skeletons killing all the workers and pulling them into the doomed abyss-a fiery pit of no escape! Shocking mayhem has now come to the once peaceful sea island! Unconcerned by the frightening supernatural event and events to come, Johnny is only upset about his ruined property and threatens Steve to get his money back. The two men become bitter enemies! Ironically, Steve's twin daughters disappear. Filled with vengeance, Irish- tempered Steve believes Johnny kidnapped them! But did he? Out of desperation, Steve resorts to black magic in his quest to save his girls. After receiving amazing voodoo powers by an anomaly from the invisible world, will Steve find them? Can he deal with Johnny? And will the spirits rest again, under their Gullah Gravestones?

In this synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill examines a millennium of upheaval, tracing the evolution of human dilemmas. He skillfully navigates from the crossbow—banned by the Church in 1139 for its lethality—to nuclear missiles, exploring the sociological impacts of military drill in the seventeenth century and the rise of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. McNeill argues that the commercial transformation of the eleventh century increasingly aligned military activities with market forces, contrasting this with the emergence of command economies in contemporary times. While the work does not provide solutions to present issues, it offers insights and hypotheses that illuminate current fears, potentially guiding wiser actions. McNeill's vast erudition spans European, Chinese, and Islamic cultures, intertwining military, technological, socio-economic, and political developments. This grand synthesis highlights humanity's shared past, particularly regarding weapons and warfare, and emphasizes a collective stake in the future. The narrative reveals the paradox of human ingenuity applied to irrational ends, prompting reflection on why humanity has struggled to value its own existence.

An intellectually and stylistically unified overview of world history, this text draws a global portrait of the human past—showing how each part of the world fits into the overall balance in each successive age.

Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth-century period and completely revised bibliographies. An invaluable tool for the study of Western civilization, the Handbook is an essential complement to readings in primary and secondary sources such as those in the nine-volume University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization.

Shows the interrelatedness of technical, military, political, and economic history and examines the changes introduced by the industrialization of war

When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gave the commencement address at Harvard University in 1978, many Americans expected to hear their country praised by this celebrated refugee from a totalitarian state. Instead they heard some sharply critical views of their legal system, their press, their popular culture, and even their national will. The forthright and controversial speech makes up Part One of this book. A sampling of the avalanche of comment that followed it is included in Part Two. In Part Three, six thoughtful scholars reflect on the ideas and judgments expressed by the great Russian writer.