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By Ivan Doig. 2011
Jick McCaskill faces loss and old age. Cancer has claimed his wife, and what to do with his ranch haunts…
him. Mariah, his daughter, persuades Jick to "pack his socks," and join her on a trip around Montana in its centennial summer of 1989. Mariah’s ex-husband Riley joins them, and the three travel the back roads of the state and of their own memories. Sequel to "Dancing at the Rascal Fair"; followed by "Mountain time". 2011.By Ralph W Cotton. 2009
Lawrence "Fast Larry" Shaw was the quickest gun alive until his beloved Rosa died. Turning to the bottle for solace,…
he takes a job helping a widow tend her ranch. But when the Barrows Brothers Gang tears a bloody trail across his path, it's time for Fast Larry to find his steady hand and blast his way to justice. Sequel to "Fast guns out of Texas", followed by "Gunmen of the desert sands". 2009.By Ralph Compton, David Robbins. 2010
At the EJ Ranch the Bryce brothers have found good, honest work. A widow with two young children has a…
herd of cattle that needs grazing. But the widow and her property are coveted by a cattle baron. As the Bryce brothers find themselves in the crosshairs of a looming range war, a trio of merciless bounty hunters arrives to collect the prices on their heads. 2010.By Mike Kearby. 2009
After outlaw Tig Hardy kidnaps his wife Clara, ex-soldier Free Anderson feels his blood boiling. Teaming with Parks Scott, Free…
embarks on a stirring quest for vengeance, with plenty of iron on his hip and time running out. 2009.By Aaron Latham. 2008
Aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Chick Goodnight - descendant of the legendary cowboy Jimmy Goodnight - strives to make his mark in…
a world that seems completely alien to his down-home sensibilities. Companion to "Code of the West" and "The cowboy with the Tiffany gun". 2008.By Andrew J Fenady. 2007
The lone survivor of a deadly fever, Shannon is taken in by Kiowa Chief Seccoro as a child. But when…
the warrior chief is killed, Shannon knows he cannot return to the jealous tribe. He is soon adopted by a rich rancher - into another world where he doesn't fit. But Shannon has not forgotten Seccoro's promise that the land of Ghost Canyon would one day be his. And nothing will stand in this rogue warrior's way. 2007.By Lee Merrill Byrd. 2006
The fire called Riley to his destiny, just like the spinning-wheel called Sleeping Beauty. Now, Riley has third-degree burns on…
63% of his body. At the Shriners Burns Institute, he must endure countless skin grafts and searingly painful baths. And, for the rest of his days, he will live behind a mask. But through his painful recovery, he finds his own good fairy and life begins to make perfect sense to Riley - even if few others understand. 2006.By Kathryn Reiss. 2005
In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead.…
But Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the same woman with whom Papa had corresponded. Grades 5-8. 2005.By Jim Taylor, Rick Hansen. 1987
Hansen, a paraplegic since 1973, tells of the events that led to his incredible 25,000 mile wheelchair journey around the…
world. He describes the hardships and accomplishments of the trip that raised millions of dollars and public awareness for the physically disabled. Bestseller 1987.By Louis L'Amour. 1983
Young Echo Sackett, a good horsewoman and a great shot, comes up against ruthless killers while travelling to Tennessee. Sequel…
to "Jubal Sackett" (DC05747), followed by "The daybreakers" (DC01690). 1983. (Sacketts ; 5)By Norman Zollinger. 1995
Searching for a link to his past, orphan Ignacio Ortiz struggles for survival during both world wars and the beginning…
of the modern West, while fighting his personal feelings about the MacAndrews, the family that employs him. Followed by "Passage to Quivira". Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 1995.By Terrell L Bowers. 1996
Stover Gates has hated the Danmyers since one of them killed his brother years ago. When Jerrod Danmyer helps Stover's…
daughter Marian get her wagon and horse team out of a mire, Stover is furious. But life on the Kansas prairie is hard in the late 1800s, and a plague of locusts changes Stover's feelings about his neighbours. 1996.By Lauran Paine. 1991
Whit Pierson, a stagecoach driver, quits because of the danger when transporting money. The next stage leaves without him, but…
when Whit suspects that two mysterious passengers are thieves, he and the sheriff chase after the coach. 1991.By Walter Stewart. 1990
When a local store owner is murdered, Carlton Withers, a reporter with the town's paper, seems to be the only…
person with the motive, means and opportunity to commit the crime. Only the intervention of his neighbour, a retired police officer, keeps Carlton out of jail. But then another murder occurs ... c1990.In 2001, Stephen Harper reluctantly became the leader of the Canadian Alliance. A few short years later, he was the…
Prime Minister, and the shell-shocked Liberal Paul Martin was planning his retirement. What happened, to turn the political world upside down, taking Harper to the top and plunging Martin on a downward trajectory? 2006.By Una-Mary Parker. 1987
By day Tiffany is a successful costume designer, working from a luxurious Park Avenue apartment; by night she is the…
other woman in the life of film director Hunt Kellerman. Morgan's only ambition is marriage to an Englishman aristocrat and she finds her man in Henry, Marquess of Blairmore, one of Britain's most eligible bachelors. Henry's younger brother, Zac, is the odd one out. Spending his time in sleazy bars, he is on a downward spiral to despair. They all come from a background of wealth and privilege, but each has to learn that there is more to life than Riches. 1987.By Stephen King. 2002
A college student's mother is dying in a Maine hospital. When he hitches a ride to see her, the driver…
is not who he appears to be. Soon the journey veers off into a dark landscape. 2002.By Bettina Selby. 1988
On an impulse, Bettina Selby decided to travel the length of the Nile Valley. She designed a special bicycle for…
the journey and, suitably equipped with insect repellents, sun hat, water purifier and a Swiss army knife, she set off on her 4500 mile adventure. 1988.By Catherine Cookson. 1998
Young Riley is a drama student without much promise, according to his teacher. But before long he is in Paris…
and has formed a close friendship with an older leading lady. Considered controversial, this book explores May-December relationships, within the world of the theatre. 1998.By Dav Pilkey. 2000
Ricky, a young mouse, and his enormous flying robot friend battle Dr. Stinky McNasty, an evil scientist who threatens to…
take over the world. Grades K-3. 2000. Taped with: Ricky Ricotta's giant robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury by Dav Pilkey. When Mr. Mosquito, who hates Mercury, decides to leave home and conquer Earth, Ricky and his giant know just how to foil him and his crew of massive mutant mosquitoes. Grades K-3. 2000. Taped with: Ricky Ricotta's giant robot vs. the voodoo vultures from Venus by Dav Pilkey. The evil Victor Von Vulture and his army of voodoo vultures want to take over the planet by hypnotizing everyone on Earth through their television sets. It's responsible Ricky and his giant robot to the rescue! Grades K-3. 2000.