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Shadows from Boot Hill
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2011
Saddle up for excitement with these riveting tales. The outlaw Brazos has skipped town before collecting his blood money for…
killing a local banker. With the law hot on his tail, he escapes to Los Hornos and his "friend" Whisper Monahan. 'Course, the last time they parted ways, they weren't exactly on good terms, but Brazos don't got much of a choice neither.Whisper greets Brazos with orders to kill a local fella named Scotty Brant that has poisoned over 4,000 acres of his land by sitting on the headwaters of a rare stream using cyanide to extract gold from oxide ore. But this time, Brazos bites off Back more than he can chew when he learns Brandt's hitched up with a witch doctor! And things get right spooky when Brazos picks up another shadow after slaying the witch doctor, who, with his last breath, swears a deadly curse on his soul. ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORIES "THE GUNNER FROM GEHENNA" AND "GUNMAN""...One of the distinctions Hubbard held was the ability to find new approaches to the well known material of gunslinger heroes and villains...." --Midwest Book ReviewDevil's Manhunt
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Saddle up with this riveting tale. Young Tim Beckdolt had been working Desperation Peak in Arizona for eight long, treacherous…
months before striking a rich seam of gold. Now, after three months of hard, grueling labor, he's stockpiled more than $175,000 of gold ore, and his dreams of wealth are about to be realized . . . that is until the loutish Swedish giant Sven and the foppish Virginian killer Bonnet, arrive to jump his claim. Forced by gunpoint to mine the remainder of the gold for this villainous pair, Tim manages to escape into the surrounding wilderness, only to be hunted like an animal through vicious terrain with no weapons to defend himself or food to sustain him. ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORIES "JOHNNY, THE TOWN TAMER" AND "STRANGER IN TOWN" "With the flair of a Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey." --True West*An International Book Awards WinnerCattle King for a Day
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2007
Wrangle with the outlaws in the wild, wild west. After receiving word of his grandfather's premature death, Chinook Shannon rides…
long and hard from Arizona to reach Bull Butte, Montana. When three local road agents fail to stop him from entering town, he arrives only to be told by the local banker that the family's Slash S cattle ranch--the largest in the territory--will be foreclosed in just twenty-four hours.Chinook soon discovers that it may be far tougher than he thought to discover who killed his grandfather and who is trying to take his ranch away, as he faces forgery, sabotage and murder! ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORY "COME AND GET IT""...Here is nonstop action with a Mark Twain twist." --True West * An International Book Awards FinalistBranded Outlaw
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Saddle up for a riveting tale of the Old West! When Lee Weston's father writes him that an old enemy,…
Harvey Dodge, is back in town, Lee rides out in a hurry from Wyoming to Pecos, New Mexico only to find his father murdered and the family ranch burned to the ground. Certain that Dodge is to blame, Lee sets off to settle the score but gets into a fiery Colt showdown in the town of Pecos. Severely wounded, he flees into the mountains just before passing out. As fate would have it, Dodge's beautiful, yet headstrong, daughter, Ellen, finds Lee's unconscious body and secretly nurses him back to health. But when Lee insists on continuing his plan for revenge, he gets himself into a heap more trouble--false accusations, a near lynching at the hands of an angry mob and the scorn of the only girl he ever looked at more than once! "...the flair of Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey." --True WestUnder the Diehard Brand
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Experience a tale from the Old West. When Lee Thompson is making the long journey from Texas to Montana to…
see his aging father, he gets wind of the fact that the old man, one Sheriff Diehard Thompson, is losing control over Wolf River's town troublemakers. So, Lee decides to step in.Lee's choice is a tough one, as the rule of law and his father's reputation hang in the balance. Since Diehard hasn't seen Lee in fifteen year's, Lee's not entirely surprised when his father doesn't recognize him. But more trouble awaits; it seems every frontier criminal has heard the same rumor of how easy the town is for outlaws, and nobody's seen the sheriff draw in three years. Now they're all on their way.ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORIES: "THE GHOST TOWN GUN-GHOST" AND "HOSS TAMER""Plus, Under the Diehard Brand gives the reader and listener three solid stories--and two real winners--for the price of one."--Somebody Dies, Craig Clarke book reviewSabotage in the Sky
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Launch into the action with this triumphant tale! Pilot Terry Lee has taught Bill Trevillian everything he knows about flying,…
enough that Bill's know considered the ace of American test pilots just as war breaks out in World War II Europe. Unknown to Bill, Terry's also taught his own kid sister, Kip, who's now almost as good a pilot as Bill and quite the looker to boot. When France and Great Britain must choose between different American plane designs to outfly the newest and deadliest Nazi fighters, the competing companies send their two best test pilots . . . Kip and Bill. Unfortunately, a spy also has been sent to infiltrate and sabotage the planes to make sure that neither the French nor British will consider them safe enough to fly. Soon Kip and Bill suspect the other of sabotage-- a problem that not only threatens their already electric relationship but their very lives. "Riveting cliff-hanger action." --Midwest Book ReviewSix-Gun Caballero
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Saddle up for this adventure. Michael Patrick Obanon, proud owner of a 100,000-acre spread willed to him by his father,…
suddenly loses his entire inheritance when a band of criminals makes false claims on the ranch. Faced with having to save his property and his people, Obanon takes a courageous stand against the renegades.Yet he soon realizes it will take far more than mere weapons to win the day. With all guns seemingly drawn against him, Michael must come up with a devious strategy of his own to outwit the imposters and regain his birthright. "If proof were needed that L. Ron Hubbard could handle the Western with the flair of a Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey, this book is it." --True West MagazineToughest Ranger, The
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2012
Enjoy this tale from the wild, wild west. Cowboy Petey McGuire has been kicked around so much that he's turned…
forlorn, self-despairing and gun-shy. Yet starvation has a way of changing a man and so, armed only with his attitude and a hungry belly, Petey finds his way to the headquarters of the Arizona Rangers looking for a job.Petey also finds a new ornery personality; he claims to be the toughest man around from Kansas City to N'Orleans, a man so tough he'd give a rattler nightmares. But when the chief Ranger, Captain Shannon, calls Petey's bluff and sends him after the most dangerous desperado in the state, Petey must discover what it really means to be Ranger-tough. ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORIES "THE RANCH THAT NO ONE WOULD BUY" AND "SILENT PARDS""With the flair of a Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey.." --True WestClock Without Hands
By Carson Mccullers. 1998
Set in Georgia on the eve of court-ordered integration, Clock Without Hands contains McCullers's most poignant statement on race, class,…
and justice. A small-town druggist dying of leukemia calls himself and his community to account in this tale of change and changelessness, of death and the death-in-life that is hate. It is a tale, as McCullers herself wrote, of "response and responsibility--of man toward his own livingness."Married or Single? (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers)
By Catharine Sedgwick, Deborah Gussman. 2015
Married or Single published in 1857 was Catharine Maria Sedgwick s final novel and a…
fitting climax to the career of one of antebellum America s first and most successful woman writers Insisting on women s right to choose whether to marry Married or Single rejects the stigma of spinsterhood and offers readers a wider range of options for women in society recognizing their need and ability to determine the course of their lives Sedgwick s touching witty and shrewdly observant novel centers on Grace Herbert a New York City socialite who must negotiate the marriage market and also learn to develop her own character and take control of her own destiny The story merges a wide range of popular American literary forms including the seduction novel the conversion narrative the novel of education and social reform fiction and provides a window on many of the cultural and political anxieties of the 1850s beyond marriage including immigration slavery and urban poverty Sedgwick s lifelong concern with women s duties to the nation as citizens is demonstrated through her depiction of exemplary women of various backgrounds and circumstances who illustrate the idea that becoming a worthy human being is more important than becoming a wife especially in a democratic societyThe Story of the Amistad (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics)
By Emma Gelders Sterne. 2001
Gripping tale of the epic 1839 voyage of the schooner Amistad and her cargo of Africans bound for slavery in…
the New World. The Africans revolt, seize the ship, and start for home. Are the rebellious slaves mutineers or honest men and women who sought to regain their freedom?Magic Quirt, The
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2012
Welcome to the wild, wild west. Old Laramie, cook for the cowpunchers at the Lazy G Ranch, happens to be…
in the right place at the right time to stop bandits from attacking a Spanish-speaking family with Aztec roots. The family offers Laramie a silver-mounted quirt as thanks, telling him the small horsewhip will make him a big man.Though he'd never really thought of himself as anything other than old, Laramie accepts the idea that the mysterious quirt holds special Aztec magic; in fact, he thinks, with the quirt in his hands, he's now invincible. To prove this claim, Laramie sets out on a series of adventures showing that the quirt has given him extraordinary newfound bravery and skill--or has it? ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN STORIES "VENGEANCE IS MINE!" AND "STACKED BULLETS""...is pure entertainment from first page to last with that L. Ron Hubbard touch giving this tale an enduring reading engagement from beginning to end."--Midwest Book ReviewIron Duke, The
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2007
Breathtaking, pulse-pounding adventure that would put Indiana Jones on edge. American arms merchant Blacky Lee is wanted by nearly every…
government in 1930s Europe--especially the Nazis. They want Blacky's head for selling them dud weapons, prompting his rapid (and illegal) escape across the Balkans to the kingdom of Aldoria with his business partner in tow. Aldoria is well chosen. Years before, Blacky discovered he was the spitting image of the country's Prince Philip, learned the archduke's speaking voice and memorized the royal family tree just in case. When Blacky brazenly impersonates the leader, things go surprisingly well . . . that is, until he finds himself caught in the middle of a Communist plot to rig elections and take over. "Primo pulp fiction." --Booklist25 Days 'til Christmas: The perfect feel-good holiday romance to curl up with this festive season
By Poppy Alexander. 2018
'a fabulous uplifting, festive, feel-good, joyous read that will leave you smiling from ear to ear.' Netgalley reviewerChristmas is a…
time to get together... Kate Thompson used to love Christmas. But that was before her husband went away with the army and didn't come home. Now she can hardly stand the festive season. But Kate knows there is more to life than this, and her son Jack needs a Christmas to remember. What she needs is a Christmas miracle, and if there isn't one on its way, she'll just have to make her own. So begins Kate's advent countdown to the best Christmas ever. She has it all planned out, but you can't plan for the unexpected, and when her life starts to unravel can her friends and the community around her help her save Christmas for all of them...?Curl up and countdown to Christmas with a heart-warming festive romance, perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Debbie Johnson, and Holly Martin.'A great Christmas read' Netgalley reviewerThrilling Thieves: Liars, Cheats, and Cons Who Changed History (Changed History Series)
By Brianna DuMont. 2018
Caution: don’t look for the good guys in here.What do Mother Theresa, Honest Abe, and Mahatma Gandhi have in common?…
They’re all too good for this book, that’s what.Sure, you’ll find some familiar faces like Queen Elizabeth I and Thomas Edison in here, but you’ll learn that behind their angelic smiles were cunning con artists who stole their way to gold and greatness. Follow the trail of twelve troublemakers to learn what really made the Mona Lisa the most iconic painting in the world, meet the most powerful pirate from history (it’s probably not who you’re expecting), and watch empires rise and fall with the theft of a simple tea plant. Turns out our world owes a lot to those who dabble on the dark side.If you’re not scared of crooks and criminals, take a peek at this new side of history . . .The Little Virtues: Essays
By Belle Boggs, Natalia Ginzburg. 2018
In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes…
of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes of the loss of a friend, Cesare Pavese; or what is inexpugnable of World War II; or the Abruzzi, where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule; or the importance of silence in our society; or her vocation as a writer; or even a pair of worn-out shoes, Ginzburg brings to her reflections the wisdom of a survivor and the spare, wry, and poetically resonant style her readers have come to recognize. "A glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . Ginzburg's magic is the utter simplicity of her prose, suddenly illuminated by one word that makes a lightning streak of a plain phrase. . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.' — The New York Times Book ReviewLa domanda di un bambino - Racconti brevi dal Paraguay
By Guido Galeano Vega, Valentina Morea. 2017
Questo libro, evidenzia, la prospettiva Biblica, poichè si riferisce, alla necessità, di risposte, e di conoscenze di concetti Universali, come…
il peccato. Una parola, che ascoltiamo a tutti i livelli sociali, e possiamo trovare in qualsiasi opera letteraria in tutto il mondo. I bambini, hanno, un'immensa necessità, di conoscere il significato di questa parola per questa semplice ragione. Cerco e spero, che i bambini e gli adulti che leggeranno questo libro, capiscano chiaramente, il concetto di peccato, e le loro origini attraverso questo tenero libro di storia breve, raccontata attraverso di lei, dal Paraguay.Sultana's Dream: And Selections from The Secluded Ones (A feminist Press Sourcebook Ser.)
By Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna Papanek, Roushan Jahan. 1988
Sultana's Dream is a witty, skillful and appealing tale that posits a world in which women have taken over the…
public sphere and men are confined to the private hidden world of seclusion. "A gem of a book...it speaks to us of the complexity of trying to understand women of other cultures and times in their own terms."--Geraldine Forbes, CommitteeThe Water Is Wide: A Memoir
By Pat Conroy. 1972
The bestselling Pat Conroy memoir--now available as an ebookThe moving story of a young teacher's experience on an island forgotten…
by the worldThough the children of Yamacraw Island live less than two miles from the coast of South Carolina, they can't name the president or the ocean that surrounds them. Many can't sign their names. Most can't read or write--they're unable to reach their potential to grow and learn because they have been failed by their school district and handicapped by their poverty and isolation. But with the arrival of an eager young teacher, their prospects begin to brighten.Based on Pat Conroy's experiences teaching elementary school for a year on South Carolina's Daufuskie Island, The Water Is Wide is a revealing portrait of the inequalities of the American education system and a powerful story of the group of children that changed one man's life forever.El tiempo material
By Giorgio Vasta. 2008
El tiempo material es una novela extrema, inteligente y que se ha impuesto en Italia como la primera novela de…
un joven escritor especialmente talentoso. Sicilia, 1978: Italia atraviesa uno de los periodos políticos más convulsos de su historia. Aldo Moro, primer ministro italiano y líder de la Democracia Cristiana, ha sido secuestrado por las Brigadas Rojas. Tras sesenta días de cautiverio, es hallado asesinado en el maletero de un coche en pleno centro de Roma. El tiempo material es, a este nivel, una alegoría política escrita con un pulso narrativo feroz que recuerda a Leonardo Sciascia o Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ante este panorama tres jóvenes amigos, Nimbo, Raggio y Volo, deciden seguir de cerca el caso Aldo Moro. En sus mentes adolescentes los brigadistas son guerreros, magos que luchan por una Italia mejor. Las vidas de los tres amigos transcurren en una aparente normalidad, pero cuando están a solas desprecian a los italianos por su apatía y su cinismo, un odio que les llevará a cometer oscuros actos de los que terminarán arrepintiéndose. Reseña:«Una perturbadora parábola sobre los abusos del poder político.»Relevant