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This is a twofold story of a dramatic struggle for survival.For countless generations the lives of the American bison and the Plains Indians were as one. Periodically stirred by the rhythm of the seasons, the great buffalo herds followed the ancient trails from north to south and back again, and the Indians followed the buffalo. It was a pattern and way of life regarded by both as inevitable. The Indians depended on the buffalo for food, for clothing and shelter, and for sport. In turn the buffalo accepted Indian hunts as only another natural hazard of their nomadic life, along with wolves and grizzlies, floods and droughts and blizzards.But with the coming of the white man, this age-old relationship was changed forever. Both Indian and buffalo, threatened with extinction, struggled desperately for survival.This Native American story is told through the lives of Standing Elk, a wise old Sioux medicine man, his headstrong, warlike son, Hawk, and Hawk's adopted brother, Stabs-the-Bear, in spite of his youth a "far-seer" like his foster father. Woven through their experiences and adventures are the ways of the buffalo, centered on the life of the king bull, Kahtanka, from birth through his sagacious later years as herd master. And opposed to these plains dwellers is the advancing, disrupting tide of the white man, with his guns, his railroads, his hide hunters, and his soldiers.Between them, Mr. and Mrs. Annixter have written four previous novels, many novelettes, and over five hundred short stories for almost every U.S. magazine. He was born in Minneapolis, she in Detroit. They have traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico, mostly off the beaten paths. They now live in Pasadena, California, where they work with their hands at gardening or building when not at their typewriters or off mountain-climbing. They believe that the efforts of both head and hands are necessary for a balanced life, and that the world of nature is no less important than the works of man.
A family-loving homebody -- that is Trilby Scott, age eleven. And that is all she wants to be. (Except maybe something of an artist -- she does like to draw.) Her chief interest is in her baby brother, especially his safety: he is just at the age to get into everything. Between him and her reckless older brother, who is always looking for excitement, she has never a calm, nor a dull, moment.The great upset of her life comes when the family moves out to a wild part of Idaho. The big country seems so formidable and anything but homelike -- until she discovers on the beach of a mountain lake a houseboat that looks like Noah's Ark!
Johnny Phelan had two corpses behind him-"Three and you're out, Johnny," the cops told him. "Out of this world, real gone cool on a marble slab . . . worth a hot quarter-million bucks in small kills . . ."So in the land of masquerade and make-up, Hollywood's toughest private peep ducked wild bullets and wilder babes-to learn the hard way that- YOU CAN ALWAYS DIE TWICE!"This is hard-boiled mystery with all the necessary elements... Fans of the hard-boiled are likely to enjoy the book." -- Reading California Fiction
When Myles Cabot, inventor of radio transmission of matter, returned to Venus he found himself alone on an unknown continent on that alien planet. To get back to his old headquarters and his loved ones presented some apparently impossible problems. He'd have to settle a war between the near-primitive natives and an unholy alliance of monsters, dinosaurs, and giant insects. He'd have to build an electronic device from raw rocks and untapped resources. And if he could succeed in all that, he'd still have to find his way home and fight off a usurper's diabolic conspiracy. But Myles Cabot didn't know the meaning of the word impossible!
Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise of Tone of Organ Stops is a look at the acoustical and musical effect of combining individual stops, and the selection of stops and combinations for the various phrases of organ compositions. It includes suggested registration for one hundred organ compositions, hymns, and anthems intended to be played on specific organs. [Fourth Edition]Everett E. Truette, Mus. Bac., A.G.O., is a founder of hte American Guild of Organists and Dean of the New England Chapter; Organist and Choirmaster of the Eliot Congregational Church, Newton, Mass.
"A Hunger Artist" tells the story of a performance artist whose artwork is hunger: public fasting in a cage, before gawking throngs who believe, somehow, that he is a fake. As public interest in Hunger Artists fades, the protagonist takes his talent in new and dangerous directions. A classic story by the author of "The Metamorphosis."
When Myles Cabot is accidentally transmitted to the planet Venus, he finds himself naked and bewildered on a mystery world where every unguarded minute might mean a horrible death. Man-eating plants, tiger-sized spiders, and dictatorial ant-men keep Myles on the run until he discovers the secret of the land: that humans are a slave-race and that the monster-sized ants are the real rulers of the world! But Cabot is resourceful, and when his new-found love, the princess Lilla, calls for help, the ant-men learn what an angry Earthman can do. THE RADIO MAN is a science-fiction adventure packed with the excitement of an Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the scientific vision of an H. G. Wells. You won't be able to put it down once you start reading!
The mighty bridge crossing the Rio Grande was to be the final step in the completion of the railroad and the taming of the West. But when Ranger Walt Slade saw the plans, he knew there was a sinister enemy at work -for the bridge was being built deliberately so that it would collapse at the first flood!Tracking his hidden adversary, facing ambush, arson, and dynamite blasts, the undercover ace of the Texas Rangers fights through until he and his quarry come face to face in a GUNSIGHT SHOWDOWN
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English author best known for his science fiction, including War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man. (The History of Mr. Polly is one of his middle-period novels that covered lower-middle class life.
This volume collects all 4 books in the classic "Incredible Umbrella" series (which takes the narrator on a whirlwind series of humorous adventures through literary and cinematic worlds, including those of The Wizard of Oz, Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, Dracula, Gilbert & Sullivan, Laurel & Hardy, and many more.)Included are: The Incredible Umbrella The Incredible Umbrella in Oz The Amorous Umbrella The Cosmic Umbrella.
For Ross Elliot, the summer held no promise. With his teaching duties over until fall, he found himself facing boredom, with time on his hands. Which was why he didn't hesitate to involve himself in the affairs of one Barbara Erickson, ex-student and accused murderess.As far as Elliot was concerned it simply wasn't possible for one so young -- and so lovely -- to be capable of such a horrendous crime. And what if he was the only one who believed in her innocence? A couple of months playing private-eye would be just the change of pace he needed.But after he had started poking around a little, Ross Elliott began to wonder if he really was a very good judge of character. And when someone started taking pot-shots at him, he knew he still might be bored that summer -- right through the heart with a .38 bullet!
For Ross Elliot, the summer held no promise. With his teaching duties over until fall, he found himself facing boredom, with time on his hands. Which was why he didn't hesitate to involve himself in the affairs of one Barbara Erickson, ex-student and accused murderess.As far as Elliot was concerned it simply wasn't possible for one so young -- and so lovely -- to be capable of such a horrendous crime. And what if he was the only one who believed in her innocence? A couple of months playing private-eye would be just the change of pace he needed.But after he had started poking around a little, Ross Elliott began to wonder if he really was a very good judge of character. And when someone started taking pot-shots at him, he knew he still might be bored that summer -- right through the heart with a .38 bullet!
Darrell Schweitzer interviews: Vernor Vinge, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul Di Fillippo, Tanith Lee, Patricia Mckillip, Robert Silverberg, Allen Steele, John Clute, Elizabeth Hand, Maurice Broaddus, James P. Blaylock, Theodora Goss, Ben Bova, Richard A. Lupoff, Jay Lake, William Tenn (Philip Klass), Kim Stanley Robinson, Stanley Schmidt, and Larry Niven
Mathieu Galmier, formerly of the Pasteur Institute, has to leave Paris under a cloud when one of his pioneering experiments in hematology goes awry. He is given refuge -- of sorts -- in London by Sir Juliam Templeforth.Unfortunately, the rewards both men hope to reap from continuing the experiments are slow to materialize. The research hits snags, and its human costs are beginning to weigh on Mathieu's conscience.Complicating matters further, some of Sir Julian's unruly Irish tenants have come to London to demand satisfaction, and Mathieu's presence has been detected by Philippe and Myrtille de Valcoeur, who have an intense interest in his research -- seemingly more mystical than scientific.When complications lead to catastrophe, Mathieu has to flee. But his past proves exceedingly difficult to escape...
Cherie was a chanteuse. She said, "I call m'self Cherie. Thass all the name ya need -- like Hidegarde. I won a amateur contest down in Joplin, Missouri, and that got me a job in a night club in Kanz City. But working in a night club ain't all roses..."Bo Decker had his picture taken by Life magazine because he was a champion professional rodeo rider. Bo had heard about women only he'd hardly ever seen one. Bo was a large, beautiful hunk of man -- but green as new grass when it came to Cherie.Bo and Cherie got together when they were stranded at a bus stop one night.Their story is one of high humor -- a mixture of brag, heartache, bluster, and the funniest tough love affair ever put on stage, screen, or between the covers of a book. It is filled with comedy, compassion and tenderness.
Violence and rumored rebellion had turned the border country into a powder keg primed to explode at any second. The mysterious "Liberator" called for war - and men who spoke against him died suddenly!Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, rode into Matamoros, a one-man task force with the deadly job of stopping a revolution before it started. For Slade knew that "The Liberator" was none other than Veck Sosna, the most ruthless outlaw Texas ever spawned!Danger lay ahead - but even Slade could not foresee the terrible ordeal that faced him on the TRAIL OF BLOOD AND BONES
"Fifteen cadavers lay on fifteen soapstone slabs." So begins Barnaby Dogbolt's most appropriately named novel. Such an introduction might seem to indicate the opening of a thriller or perhaps an exercise in the grotesque, but quite the contrary is the case! The setting is a medical school of a Southern University, where two comic themes weave around each other: the struggles of the Dean's attractive young daughter to escape the marriage designed for her, and the controversy among the Faculty over the Dean's portrait in the grand manner. Brimming with sharp transatlantic humor, GRAVE EXAMPLE delivers the original wit readers expect from a Barnaby Dogbolt work.
There's simply nothing like growing up, as Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver discovers...the hard way. His older brother Wally is in a more advanced stage of growing pains -- causing Beaver lots of grief. When Wally suddenly gets busy trying to earn money, Beaver is especially puzzled. What could he need so much extra cash for? At the same time, Beaver tries to help Wally -- and learns some important lessons.From the award-winning author of The Mouse and the Motorcycle and the Ramona series, based on the classic television program Leave It to Beaver, created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher.
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