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Seventeen-year-old Bailey Kraft, descended from a long line of Chesapeake waterman -- river royalty -- knows where he is going. He will "follow the water like his father, grandfather, and generations of men before him. The work is backbreaking and often dangerous yet framed by the breathtaking beauty of the Chesapeake, it is a bred-in-the-bone life. But it is also a dying livelihood. Fish stocks are plummeting and with them, the harvests. Wate...

Eight-year-old Charles Thomas has a mission: He's lookin' to find Jesus on Johnsontown, a tiny, fast-eroding Chesapeake island that's home to 400-plus souls. He's been hearing about Jesus forever, but it wasn't until that Visitin' Preacher came to the New Believers' Church on Father's Day that Charles Thomas thought he might could find Him right there on the island, just the way that Visitin' Preacher said. Livin' right among them. It made sen...

What matters most when someone close to you has been diagnosed as terminal? Time and quality of life for both of you. Every death is individualboth for the one leaving and for the ones they leave behind. Focusing on what truly matters between human beings while taking care of living is what this book is about. It offers: tips for coping with the physical challenges that will impact both the person and the caregiver, advice on what to put in pl...

Passion, heartbreak, scandal and triumph. Abigail Adams endured it all. Their love affair was as modern as any today. They married in 1764 against both their mothers' wishes. Passionate, independent and determined, Abigail bore John six children and struggled to raise, educate and launch them while he struggled to launch a career and a new nation. An uncommon partnership in any time. During the months and years apart, Abigail suffered the fear...

From baseball greats to high wire artist Phillipe Petit, who walked between the Word Trade Towers, to cat resorts and fly fishing in Montana, Mary Saner has done stories for NPR, CBS, Voice of America and more, sometimes hip-deep in trout streams, other times riding motorcycles, always getting close to the action with her mic. Both memoir and how-to, the book offers insights for those who listen to radio, but more important, she offers a succi...

In the river-born community of Ophelia, Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay, there are three religions: The Water, The Family, and The Land. For generations, this trinity has sustained a community of proud, independent people. But their way of life is dying. The fisheries are depleted. Third-generation waterman Jines Arley Evans clings to what little is left. His wife and son are long dead, his estranged daughter, Lily Rae, bitter at her father's emot...