This book is basically a Family History book on the Absalom Hooper Family. Absalom was born about 1764. He fought in the American Revolutionary War from about 12 years of age until the war was over and this book is about his children and their descendants from the time he married in 1782 until 1993.

He can see into her past... He can see into her secrets... He can see into the deepest desires of her heart... Only in his dreams has Burke Grisham, the once dissolute Earl of Thornwald, seen a lady as exquisite as Catherine Snow. Now, standing before him at last is the mysterious beauty whose life he has glimpsed in strange visions-whose voice called him back from death and the shimmering radiance beyond, on the bloody field of Waterloo. But she is also the widow of the friend he destroyed: the one woman who scorns him; the one woman he must possess. Catherine detests Lord Thornwald as the handsome daredevil who led her estranged husband into a decadent life and a reckless death in battle. Yet now, even as she resists his strange connection to her mind, she years for him to conquer her heart. But does this infamous rake think her his next plaything? Or is Burke truly sent, as he vows, to save Catherine from a danger only he can see-and sweep her up in a love born of eternal light?

Voted "Best Speaker" at Toastmasters International Speech Area Contest A powerful journey that depicts the life of a Lebanese immigrant single mother. With a childhood surrounded by war and violence, Sylvie Feghali Smith is forced to leave everything behind and rebuild her entire world. This collection of micro-memoirs, originally presented as speeches, is a powerful emotional journey that reveals optimism in the face of adversity. Sylvie reflects on flashing moments in her past and praises family members for their unconditional support in eight engaging short stories.