Peter F. Stevens Bücher

As the concluding chapter of the Haven trilogy, this novel delves into the intense struggles and growth of its characters as they face their ultimate challenges. Themes of resilience, redemption, and the quest for belonging are woven throughout the narrative. The story culminates in a gripping resolution, tying together the intricate plotlines established in the previous books while introducing new twists that keep readers engaged until the very end.

The book highlights remarkable yet overlooked Irish figures who significantly influenced Boston's history, such as Patrick Gilmore, the first renowned American bandleader, and Louis Sullivan, the architect behind the skyscraper. It also features intriguing personalities like Patsy Donovan, who discovered Babe Ruth, and Ann Goody Glover, whose story sparked the Salem Witch Trials. Local author Peter Stevens sheds light on these forgotten individuals, revealing their vital contributions to the city's cultural and historical landscape.

The Rogue's March is the controversial true story of the U.S. Army deserters - the majority of them Irish immigrants - who fought valiantly as a Mexican Army unit during the Mexican War of 1846-48. During the Mexican War, many junior U.S. Army officers such as Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Thomas Jackson, George B. McClellan, and Jefferson Davis were split not only on the issues of slavery and the war's morality, but also on a third volatile element: the organized prejudice against Irish Catholic and German immigrants known as Nativism. Nowhere did this anti-Catholic, anti-foreigner movement rage more harshly than in the U.S. Army, where Irish immigrants alone filled nearly half the ranks. When a tall, charismatic Galwayman named John Riley decided he had suffered enough indignities, he crossed over to the Mexican lines. Others followed. Led by Riley and fighting under a green banner emblazoned with the Celtic harp, the predominantly Irish St. Patrick's Battalion inflicted on the U.S. Army its highest losses in history to that time. But the moment the Stars and Stripes were ultimately raised in triumph, it was the fate of many of the deserters to die on the gallows. For decades, the U.S. Army hid from the American public the embarrassing defection, while Mexico, to this day, celebrates the "San Patricios" as national heroes.

Thirty Days Has September helps with learning all of those confusing rules of language and mathematics, and those tricky facts from science, history and geography.

Odhodlání. Vůle přežít. Lidská sounáležitost. Společný odpor proti nenáviděnému nepříteli. To je Ztracený letec! Arthur Meyerowitz, americký letec, byl sestřelen se svým bombardérem B-24 Liberator nad územím okupované Francie. Nejdříve byl prohlášen za nezvěstného, po několika měsících za mrtvého. Arthur však přežil, podařilo se mu uniknout z nacisty ovládaného území a po šesti měsících se objevil na pobřeží Gibraltaru. Tato kniha je strhující autentickou výpovědí jeho záchrany i vůle přežít, navzdory zranění, hladu i všudypřítomnému gestapu. Zároveň jde o poctu lidem, kteří nezištně riskovali svůj život pro to, aby pomohli jinému člověku. Tento silný, pravdivý příběh se dočká i filmového zpracování, když práva na zfilmování zakoupila známá herecká hvězda Jake Gyllenhaal.