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David W. Ball

    September 12, 1949

    David Ball crafts narratives steeped in adventure, drawing from a life rich with global exploration and diverse experiences. His novels immerse readers in compelling settings, from the vastness of the Sahara to vibrant international locales, reflecting a deep engagement with the world. Ball's unique approach combines thrilling plots with keen observations of human nature, shaped by a past that includes a remarkable array of professions. His storytelling is a testament to a life lived fully, exploring both external landscapes and internal human depths.

    Dr. You: Discovering Health and Meaning Through Empowered Self-Care
    Heroic Sick People: The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century
    Ironfire
    Empires of Sand
    Ironfire. A Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades
    Sword And The Scimitar
    • 2022

      A More Harmonious Way to Manage Your Health Human beings are complicated creatures. For too long, the answers to some of our greatest maladies have not satisfied the deepest longings of our hearts and minds. Simple solutions to health problems have further exacerbated many modern issues that our grandparents simply did not have to face. Empowered Self-Care seeks to restore balance to how we treat our bodies and brains by focusing on seven core areas of what it means to be human. When we take back control of our health and re-orient ourselves around what it means to be truly whole, we become the caretakers that only we can be to ourselves.

      Dr. You: Discovering Health and Meaning Through Empowered Self-Care
    • 2021

      Swamp Outlaw

      Henry Berry Lowery and His Civil War Gang

      • 456 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Set in post-Civil War North Carolina, the narrative explores the violent aftermath as the Ku Klux Klan terrorizes Black and Indigenous communities. At the center is Henry Berry Lowery, a leader of the Swamp Outlaws, who fiercely defends these marginalized groups against Klan brutality. With a vow to kill anyone who hunts them, Lowery's gang becomes notorious, making him the highest-bountied outlaw in U.S. history. The story unfolds through the eyes of a Yankee reporter from the New York Herald who embeds with the gang to uncover their truth.

      Swamp Outlaw
    • 2019

      It's the most destructive, dangerous, and wasteful device ever invented under the banner of Progress. It's sitting in your garage. What's it doing there? How did it get there? Find out in this first of a kind, critical history of how the automobile unhinged a city, a state, a nation during the "American Century."

      Heroic Sick People: The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century
    • 2017

      New Orleans in the 90's. The high life. A gruesome murder. A strange revelation. Secrets revealed.

      Triptych
    • 2004

      Ironfire

      An Epic Novel of Love and War

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      3.9(42)Add rating

      Set against a backdrop of historical conflict, this novel weaves a tale that spans from the opulent drawing rooms of Paris to the grandeur of Suleiman the Magnificent's palace, and the harrowing experience aboard a slave ship. It explores themes of love, valor, innocence, and identity, reflecting contemporary issues through its characters and events. The narrative captures the essence of a pivotal moment in history, highlighting the clash of civilizations on a desolate island where destinies are shaped.

      Ironfire
    • 2004

      Sword And The Scimitar

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      4.4(435)Add rating

      Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers.

      Sword And The Scimitar
    • 2003
    • 2001

      Empires of Sand

      • 770 pages
      • 27 hours of reading
      4.0(635)Add rating

      An epic novel of adventure in the grandest tradition of historical fiction, Empires of Sand takes us on a thrilling, unforgettable journey.As civilizations collide around two men, a battle for survival, for love, and for a destiny written in a desert's shifting sands.The year is 1870. Paris is under siege, and two boys, best friends and cousins, are swept from their life of privilege. A brutal killing forces Michel deVries — called Moussa — to flee to his mother's homeland in North Africa. A family disgrace forces Paul deVries to seek redemption in the French military.Ten years will pass before they come face-to-face again. Now Moussa has become a desert warrior and a beautiful woman's forbidden lover, while Paul leads an ill-fated French force into the Sahara. Against a breathtaking landscape of blazing sands and ancient mysteries, these two men face a struggle that will shatter lives across two continents — and force them to choose between separate dreams and shared blood....

      Empires of Sand