Adobe Centori and the Silver Medallion

Adobe Centori and the Silver Medallion

Author: Daniel R. Cillis PhD

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-09-24

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 153205548X

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It is 1916 as Adobe Centori, owner of the Circle C Ranch in New Mexico, sits atop his horse next to ranch foreman Francisco Griego. While the mounted cowboys prepare for the spring roundup, Centori wonders about Mad Mady Blaylock. She is gone. Mad Mady silently slipped away from the Circle C during the night. A message from General Pershing arrives. He offers Centori a commission to join the pursuit of Pancho Villa into Mexico. While considering the offer, Centori learns about a treasure relating to the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola from pueblo leader Justo Calabaza. Sixteenth-century Spaniards believed that cities of gold were located in the New Mexico pueblos. The treasure tales were not proven. Yet Calabaza insists that one lost city of gold is buried within the Circle C boundaries. Centori shuns his skepticism and, with Griego and Calabaza, embarks on a scientific search for the Silver Medallion—the key to finding the gold. Carlene Cortina, a beautiful barnstorming pilot, wings Centori through the skies to help find the hidden entrance to the lost city. Intrigue develops as Santa Fe Sharon joins Carmencita, one of Mad Mady’s doves, to locate the mine. Sharon wants more than gold—she wants revenge. The story ensues while Europe engages in a massive war. Adobe Centori’s destiny reaches beyond Cibola as the Great War rages in France.


The Coming of Centori and The Circle C Riders

The Coming of Centori and The Circle C Riders

Author: Daniel R. Cillis PH.D

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2024-04-24

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1663262012

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It’s 1901 and the new century abounds with dynamic change. The United States emerged victorious in the Spanish-American War to become a world power. New corporations command the developing industrial economy. Advancements in science, technology and transportation flourish. Progress in steel production, electric power and petroleum refinement is increasing. A full-scale oil boom started in Texas with the largest ever oil strike at Spindletop field. In New Mexico, a territory since 1850, the federal government continues to deny statehood. In Santa Fe, a police force, the New Mexico Rangers is being created. At this time, Adobe Centori arrives in New Mexico and starts the Circle C Ranch. Although change defines the new century, some things remain the same — including criminal behavior. In this prequel to Statehood of Affairs, the corrupt Valtura Ring has engaged in accelerated attacks on the Circle C and is determined to take or destroy the ranch for mysterious reasons. Centori leads the Circle C riders in investigating the mystery and in a high-stakes battle. This fast-paced story, with colorful narrative and historical context, follows Centori’s action-packed collision with the dark side of human nature.


The Swan

The Swan

Author: Daniel R. Cillis Ph.D.

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1663228213

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During the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian Revolutions of 1917, the royal family of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra and their 5 children were arrested and executed. The killing of the Romanov family by the Ural Bolsheviks captured worldwide attention. Eventually, the story faded from widespread public mindfulness. Yet, one woman who was close to the family cannot forget the brutal slaughter. She remains painfully aware and burns with an all-consuming lust for revenge. In this fast paced story, with a keen attention to its historical context, we meet the Swan and learn of her ties to the Romanovs, her aristocratic background and her life in Petrograd. Her time spent in grand palaces, ballrooms, the opera and ballet was under a cloud of impending revolution. Then, in fear of the Bolsheviks she fled Russia aboard a British Navy vessel. In New York, the Swan achieves her goal of infiltrating the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation. Once trusted by the Bureau of Investigation, Agent Adobe Centori is attracted to her grace and beauty. Centori discovers that the Swan’s mission is deception. As their relationship progresses, he learns more about her involvement with the new Soviet regime—and her true colors.


Water Damage

Water Damage

Author: Daniel R. Cillis Ph.D.

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-03-20

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1491756810

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On a spring day early in the 20th Century, the unthinkable occurs. A horse-drawn wagon carrying a bomb loaded with dynamite and shrapnel explodes in front of the House of Morgan in New York. Dozens are killed, and hundreds are wounded. The Wall Street Explosion, as it came to be known, ensures that the corner of Broad and Wall will be associated with the dawn of organized terror in America. Although New York and the financial center of the world recover, U.S. foreign policy will never be the same. Months earlier, New Mexico’s statehood was threatened by Article X of the Treaty of Mesilla—the Revert Document. The document, that allows Mexico to reassert its claim over the territory, created an international conspiracy. Spanish-American war hero Adobe Centori, who fought to secure New Mexico statehood, returns in this sequel to Statehood of Affairs. Centori seeks redemption for the woman he could not save in the Revert Document conspiracy, only to be drawn into a greater conspiracy—a secret war against America. After the Wall Street bombing, a series of attacks in New York raises the stakes for all involved, none of whom can deny the sense of a coming catastrophic terror attack. From New Mexico to New York, a search for anarchists and state-sponsored spies ensues. Centori joins a team of federal agents and city police officers in a campaign to stop the attacks, one that is fraught with dangerous saboteurs. They must uncover an international plot tied to Germany’s ambitions in the coming Great War.


World War I New Mexico

World War I New Mexico

Author: Daniel R. Cillis PhD

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467135313

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In 1917, five years after New Mexico received its statehood, the United States entered World War I. With border tensions festering between Mexico and the United States, Germany attempted unsuccessfully to secure Mexico's allegiance with its Zimmermann Telegram. More than sixteen thousand New Mexicans joined the military, while civilians supported from the home front. Groups like the Knights of Columbus, YMCA and the Salvation Army, as well as Governor W.E. Lindsey's New Mexico Council of Defense, raised military funding. Author Daniel R. Cillis recounts the Land of Enchantment's influence on World War I from its beginning through to the 1918 Armistice.


Statehood of Affairs

Statehood of Affairs

Author: Daniel R. Cillis

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1462050840

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2012 NEW MEXICO/ARIZONA BOOK AWARDS FINALIST In 1911, New Mexico found itself at the center of a vicious international conspiracy that threatened its proposed statehood. The unjust commitment of a woman to an insane asylum reveals a plot to nd a missing document, Article X of the Treaty of Mesilla-the Revert Document. Tensions rise as two nations position for legal control over the territory, and soon the United States and Mexico are on a collision course toward war. If the document emerges before Arizona and New Mexico can attain statehood, Mexico could legally recover those lost territories-thereby changing history. On a more human scale, the sibling rivalry between two sisters descends into criminal behavior, with murder and mayhem and traitorous extremes. Adobe Centori, a hero of the Spanish-American War, arrives in New Mexico and becomes a statehood delegate. Aairs of the heart complicate aairs of state as women representing a range of political views compound Centori's challenges. His strongest opponent is Gabriella Zena-La Guerillera. They share true love but not the same side of the border as champions for New Mexico and Old Mexico. History is made by people, for people, and Statehood of Affairs invites readers into the lives and struggles of these heroes-and villains-of the American Southwest's early days.


Word Searches For Dummies

Word Searches For Dummies

Author: Denise Sutherland

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-05-11

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 0470453664

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A travel-friendly puzzle-packed book that keeps the brain in shape One of the best ways to exercise the mind is through word and logic games like word searches and Sudoku. Studies have shown that doing word searches frequently can help prevent diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia. Word Searches For Dummies is a great way to strengthen the mind and keep the brain active plus, it's just plain fun! This unique guide features several different types of word searches that take readers beyond simply circling the answer: secret shape word searches, story word searches, listless word searches, winding words, quiz word searches, and more. It provides a large number of puzzles at different levels that will both test and exercise the mind while keeping the reader entertained for hours.


The Storyteller's Thesaurus

The Storyteller's Thesaurus

Author: Troll Lord Games

Publisher: Troll Lord Games

Published: 2015-04-30

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 9781936822355

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Writers, game designers, teachers, and students ~this is the book youve been waiting for! Written by storytellers for storytellers, this volume offers an entirely new approach to word finding. Browse the pages within to see what makes this book different:


Contact

Contact

Author: Carl Sagan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-12-20

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 150117231X

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.


Surrealist Poetry

Surrealist Poetry

Author: Willard Bohn

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1441153144

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Surrealist Poetry presents new English translations of nearly 150 poems alongside their original French and Spanish versions. Founded by André Breton in 1924, Surrealism sought to examine the unconscious realm by means of the written or spoken word. Seeking to expand the ability of language to evoke irrational states and improbable events, it consistently strove to transcend the linguistic status quo. By stretching language to its limits and beyond, the Surrealists transformed it into an instrument for exploring the human psyche. The twenty-three poets in this collection come not only from France, where Surrealism was invented, but also from Spain, Belgium, Martinique, Mauritius, Catalonia, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. Three of them were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (Vicente Aleixandre, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz). Equipped with a critical introduction and a brief bibliography, this anthology will appeal to anyone interested in modern literature.