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American Humor that will give you five-dollar laughs! Read about: ASSAWOMAN, VA.; DE QUEEN, ARK.; FOSTERS, ALA.; INTERCOURSE, PA... Read about: AUNT PRUE, WHO HAD A SHAPE THAT STOPPED MEN IN THEIR TRACKS, AND THE ENERGY OF A STEAM ENGINE. HOW SHE WON PHINEAS PERSNOSKY IN A TWO-HANDED POKER GAME... Read about: OBIS, FIRST SYLLABLE OF ASTORIA'S COLD NOSE THAT KILLED THIRTEEN CHICKENS... Read about: SHAWN PAYDOLEY, BEAUTIOUS DAUGHTER OF REMBRANDT AND BOLANDER PAYDOLEY, AND HER 'LOVE OF THE MONTH CLUB'...
Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.
With the Empire poised on the edge of war, Sten spearheads the Eternal Emperor's crackdown on the pirates and traitorous profiteers who are arming his enemies with vital war supplies. A trap is baited to lure the villains into a truel - a three-way duel. Only one thing stands in Sten's way: Venatora, the beautiful pirate queen he's grown to love. When it comes down to it, can he overcome loyalty and duty and pull the trigger?
When and how will the United States overleap the triumphs of the Russians in space.Here is a book about the Space Race-not merely this year's race, or even next year's, but about that race in the decade and more to come. The predictions of leading space authorities are used by the distinguished author to provide a blueprint of the projects, already underway and planned, which can in the next ten years move this country into the forefront of exploration on the space frontier.In this painstakingly compiled yet lively and profusely illustrates volume, Otto O. Binder describes pioneering work on the giant chemical boosters, manned space stations, and follow-on space vehicles intended to visit the moon, Venus, and Mars.
AFTER THE APACHE MASSACRE all that was left was the wreck of a stagecoach and a piece of white silk... from a wedding dress.When Danning found the man behind the renegade Apaches, he was going to kill him-but not quickly. The man was going to die slow, the way Danning'sgirl had died.CORONER CREEK IS THE POWERFUL NOVEL OF A RELENTLESS MANHUNT, OF THE DESTRUCTION OF A CATTLE EMPIRE, AND OF A TERRIBLE VENGEANCE, BY THE MASTER OF WESTERN WRITERS -- LUKE SHORT.
Richard, a young English instructor at a German university (and Conan Doyle specialist) is asked to help track down a sinister campus predator. At the same time, Richard himself is being stalked by a love-sick student. "Cold from Your Breath" is not only a detective story, in the unusual setting of German university life; it is also an erotic novel.
If you like pirate novels, you'll enjoy Donald Barr Chidsey's MAROONED - a real swashbuckling adventure of buccaneering to match the best.Here are the rakish ships that fly the Jolly Roger, the men who swear by the pirates' code, the governor sworn to vengeance, and the fair maidens held for ransom. This is the story of Alan Waite, pirate and anti-pirate.Scum of the sea to some, a hero to his women, he is the kind of reckless sea-rover every reader will thrill to follow down the Spanish Main!
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 36 original tales with a culinary bent! Included are:A Cup of Tea, by Parnell HallBrown Recluse, by Marcia AdairA Slice of Heaven,, by Laura BrennanThe Extra Ingredient, by Joan LongA Death in Yelapa, by Leslie BudewitzThe Pie Sisters, by Richard CassToo Many Cooks Almost Spoil the Murder, by Lynne EwingPig Lickin' Good, by Debra H. GoldsteinQuiche Alain, by Marni GraffDiet of Death, by Ang PompanoDeath at the Willard Hotel, by Verena RoseDining Out, by Rosemary McCrackenSnowbirding, by Kristin KisskaUp Day Down Day Deadly Day, by Ellen LarsonThe Secret Blend, by Stacy WoodsonFirst of the Year, by Gabriel ValjanSticky Fingers, by LD MastersonThe Cremains of the Day, by Josh PachterHonor Thy Father, by Harriette SacklerKiller Chocolate Chips, by Ruth McCartySushi Lessons, by Edith MaxwellThe Missing Ingredient for Murderous Intent, by Elizabeth Perona It'sCanning Season, by Adele PolomskiThe Gourmand, by Nancy Cole SilvermanThe Blue Ribbon, by Cynthia KuhnThe Last Word, by Shawn Reilly SimmonsMurder Takes the Cupcake, by Kate WillettBull Dog Gravy, by Mark ThielmanMorsels of the Gods, by Victoria ThompsonMrs. Beeton's Sausage Stuffing, by Christine TrentBring It, by Terry ShamesGutbombs 'n' Guinness, by Lisa PrestonDeadly In-Flight Dining, by Sara RosettCarne Diem, by Sharon LynnTurn the Sage, by Stephen D. RogersBad Ju-Ju, by M.A. Monnin
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 36 original tales with a culinary bent! Included are:A Cup of Tea, by Parnell HallBrown Recluse, by Marcia AdairA Slice of Heaven,, by Laura BrennanThe Extra Ingredient, by Joan LongA Death in Yelapa, by Leslie BudewitzThe Pie Sisters, by Richard CassToo Many Cooks Almost Spoil the Murder, by Lynne EwingPig Lickin' Good, by Debra H. GoldsteinQuiche Alain, by Marni GraffDiet of Death, by Ang PompanoDeath at the Willard Hotel, by Verena RoseDining Out, by Rosemary McCrackenSnowbirding, by Kristin KisskaUp Day Down Day Deadly Day, by Ellen LarsonThe Secret Blend, by Stacy WoodsonFirst of the Year, by Gabriel ValjanSticky Fingers, by LD MastersonThe Cremains of the Day, by Josh PachterHonor Thy Father, by Harriette SacklerKiller Chocolate Chips, by Ruth McCartySushi Lessons, by Edith MaxwellThe Missing Ingredient for Murderous Intent, by Elizabeth PeronaIt's Canning Season, by Adele PolomskiThe Gourmand, by Nancy Cole SilvermanThe Blue Ribbon, by Cynthia KuhnThe Last Word, by Shawn Reilly SimmonsMurder Takes the Cupcake, by Kate WillettBull Dog Gravy, by Mark ThielmanMorsels of the Gods, by Victoria ThompsonMrs. Beeton's Sausage Stuffing, by Christine TrentBring It, by Terry ShamesGutbombs 'n' Guinness, by Lisa PrestonDeadly In-Flight Dining, by Sara RosettCarne Diem, by Sharon LynnTurn the Sage, by Stephen D. RogersBad Ju-Ju, by M.A. Monnin
"Deliciously devious and absolutely delightful, these marvelous stories will keep you captivated! Sweeter than sweet tea on the surface, but with smartly sinister secrets only a true southern writer can provide. What a joy to read!" -Hank Phillippi Ryan best-selling Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award winner This volume collects original tales by Frances Aylor, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lynn Cahoon, Judy Chalkey, Stacie Giles, Barb Goffman, Libby Hall, Bradley Harper, Sherry Harris, Maggie King, Kristin Kisska, Samatha McGraw, K.L. Murphy, Genille Swope Parente, Deb Rolfe, Rod Sterling, S.A. Warwick, and Heather Weidner.
For Carlos Rivera and his greenhorn partner, John Steyer, the months that followed the 1848 discovery of gold in California were filled with disappointment and danger. Staking their claims and panning for gold all the way from Bidwell's sandbar on Feather River to Stoddard's Lake of Gold, they found nothing. Indeed, Carlos' tame crow Screamer seemed right when he cawed, "Gold, gold! It's murder!"
Based on the Unity movement of Christian practice and philosophy, this volume focuses on the possible practical healing powers of Jesus, and by extensions, Christians in general.
Thomas Henry Tibbles: frontiersman, lawyer, abolitionist, soldier, newspaper correspondent, and finally, advocate for the Native Americans he lived with for a time. These are the personal memoirs of Thomas Henry Tibbles from 1856 to 1890.
"I don't care who calls himself major-domo. Where Red sits is head of the table," said one of redheaded Jim Silcott's friends to lovely Anne Eliot.Jim was filling in as editor of the Powder Horn Sentinel after the former editor and owner, Carl Rogers, had been shot down from ambush because he dared to buck the mighty Hat T gang. And Jim was carrying on Rogers's fight against the dictatorial Russ Mosely in the feud over the conflicting land grants to former Spanish landholders which affected the lives of nearly all the settlers on Tincup Creek. He had carried it to the point where his own life was worth not much more than a dime.
Young Bob Dillon feared violence. When it came to a showdown, he'd always yellow out. But then a tough hombre rode off with Bob's bride, and the youngster set out to master his fears. How he finally proved himself a man amongst men makes a fast-moving and quick-shooting yarn of the Old West!
"KILL A TEXAS RANGER AND COUNT YOUR LIVING DAYS!"Every gunhawk in the great Southwest knew the legend-everyone except the masked outlaw who boarded the gold-laden Sunset Limited and laced two bullets through Ranger Tom Shafer's heart.Determined to have revenge, Jim Hatfield, the Rangers' ace man, Strapped on his Colts and rode into the Big Bend country to bring back the murderer-dead or alive!But soon the savage chase became a bloody battle between land-hungry farmers and defiant cowmen whose destiny could never be decided until Shafer's killer and the steel-nerved Hatfield met-gun to gun!
Here is the exciting biography of one of America's greatest folk heroes, said to have killed 21 men-- one fo each year of his life. The trail of Billy the Kid, traced against the backdrop of one of the bloodiest range wars in the history of the Old West, recreates both the facts and the legend. It follows Billy from the time his family moved out West to the final showdown when his one time friend shot him in cold blood. This is the masterful saga of a boy who might have been one of the bloodiest killers of the West -- or who might have been just a victim of circumstance.
A two-volume history of France in the early to mid-19th Century; it begins with the 100 Days, and ends with Louis XVIII's exile after the 1848 Revolution. It particularly focuses on the Court life of Louis XVIII, and the institutions of the monarchy in France at the time. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of France in the early to mid-19th Century; it begins with the 100 Days, and ends with Louis XVIII's exile after the 1848 Revolution. It particularly focuses on the Court life of Louis XVIII, and the institutions of the monarchy in France at the time. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of France during the Age of Enlightenment, focusing on the reign and influence of Louis XVI, and the establishment of the Napoleonic (First) Empire. Especially relevant is the influence of French culture and law in Continental Europe. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of France during the Age of Enlightenment, focusing on the reign and influence of Louis XVI, and the establishment of the Napoleonic (First) Empire. Especially relevant is the influence of French culture and law in Continental Europe. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of the reign of Henri IV of France, especially with regard to the various intrigues surrounding his many religious conversions, and the relationships of the various religious factions in French society in the early 17th Century. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of the reign of Henri IV of France, especially with regard to the various intrigues surrounding his many religious conversions, and the relationships of the various religious factions in French society in the early 17th Century. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the later 16th Century and ending with the French Wars of Religion, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Hugenots), but also including the influence of Renaissance art & culture, and the relationship of the French Court to foreign powers, such as the Papacy, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.
Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.
Biographies of the public lives of the various Lord Chancellors of England from the origin of the office until the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Also includes an introduction explaining the origin, function an jurisdiction of the office.
This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-Century American playwrights. Volume 19 features Bartley Campbell's work, including: "The Virginian," "My Partner," "The Galley Slave," "Fairfax," and "The White Slave."
A two-volume collection of speeches from many diffferent sources throughout England's history; said speeches delivered in public life, and arranged more or less in chronological order. Volume 2 runs from the Napoloenics conflicts to the late Victorian era.
An illustrated history of architecture design in Europe from the ancient world to the early Enlightenment. Intended to be a reference work on the planning, construction, materials and principles of design through the ages. Volume III covers the early Italian Rennaissance to the English Enlightenment of the 16th & 18th Centuries.
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