City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan Daniel Alarcon Bird navigates recent concerns and

Bird navigates recent concerns and research as he builds an informed case for how the early Christ followers wrote and spread the story of Jesus -- the story by which they believed they were called to live

dark and dangerous secrets keep creating seemingly insurmountable challenges

best known for his historical works on the Danish West Indies and the United States Virgin Islands

The Cold War comes to life in Rhodesia

Among the stories included in this collection are: The Alligator and The Hunter

City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan Daniel Alarcon Bird navigates recent concerns andA sweeping epic of two families one Dutch, one English from the time when New Amsterdam was a raw and rowdy settlement, to the triumph of the Revolution, when New York became a new nation's city of dreams. In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to each other by blood and necessity, they aim to make a fresh start in the rough and rowdy Dutch