John Pruden
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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When a frontier baron known as the Commodore orders Charlie and Eli Sisters, his hired gunslingers, to track down and kill a prospector named Herman Kermit Warm, the brothers journey from Oregon to San Francisco, and eventually to Warm's claim in the Sierra foothills, running into a witch, a bear, a dead Indian, a parlor of drunken floozies, and a gang of murderous fur trappers.
3) Agent X
Author
Series
Steve Vail novels volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rogue former FBI agent Steve Vail races against time to track down a Russian intelligence officer who may have been caught trying to identify treasonous Americans.
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Pushed into committing a murder that he covers up by burying the body in his backyard, mild-mannered Jason Getty finds his life completely unraveling when a landscaper discovers two other graves on his property.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 568 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigates the enigmatic Native American figure, assessing critical battles attributed to his leadership within the context of the Great Sioux Wars, exploring the relationships between the Lakota Sioux and other tribes, and analyzing the subjugation of North Plains Native Americans.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
An inspiring story describes how a dedicated man lovingly nursed a young eaglet with two broken wings back to health, and how this majestic bird later inspired him to triumph over his own life-threatening condition.
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging decades of received wisdom, T.H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans-- most of them members of farm families living in small communities-- were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority. This is the compelling story of our national political origins that most Americans do not know. It is a...
Author
Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tik-Tok, a curious mechanical man, and an assortment of other characters join Shaggy Man in his attempt to find his long-lost brother who is being held captive by the Nome King.
Author
Series
The Wizard of Oz series volume 13
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
A young citizen of Oz who learns an important magic word falls prey to the wickedness of the Nomes' ex-king who wants to destroy Dorothy, the Wizard, and Princess Ozma.
Author
Series
The Giants' series volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Long before the world of the Ganymeans blew apart millennia ago, the strange race of giants had already vanished. All that remained of them was a wrecked ship abandoned on a frozen moon of Jupiter. Now Earth's scientists are there, determined to ferret out the secret of the lost race. But when suddenly the Ganymeans return, they bring with them answers that will reveal the secret of our own as well.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 302 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book, the author, deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the ten most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a Navy SEAL. He uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun. He revisits turning points in American history, including the single sniper shot...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Good Man with a Dog explores Guay's life as he and his canine partners are exposed to increasingly terrible events, from tracking down hostile poachers to searching for victims of violent crimes, including a year-long search for the hidden graves of two babies buried by a Massachusetts cult. He witnessed firsthand FEMA's mismanagement of the post-Katrina cleanup efforts in New Orleans, an experience that left him scarred and disheartened. But he...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Being back home can be as difficult, if not more so, than
the time spent serving in a combat zone. It's with this truth that Colonel
Charles W. Hoge, M.D., a leading advocate for eliminating the stigma of mental
health care, presents Once a Warrior-Always
a Warrior, a groundbreaking resource with essential new insights for anyone
who has ever returned home from a war zone. In clear, practical language, Dr. Hoge explores the latest knowledge in combat
stress,...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
After the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, John Dodsonpulled bodies out of the wreckage at the Pentagon. In 2007, following theshooting massacre at Virginia Tech, Dodson walked through the classrooms,heartbroken, to cover up the bodies of the victims.
Then came Arizona—the American border.
Ten days before Christmas, 2010, ATF agent John Dodson awoketo the news he had dreaded every day as a member of the elite team called
...Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Many of us have concerns about the effects of climate change on Earth, but we often overlook the essential issue of human health. This book addresses that oversight and enlightens listeners about the most important aspect of one of the greatest challenges of our time.
Author
Series
The library of America volume 147
Classics of World Literature
Vintage classics
Perennial library volume PL 1522
Classics of World Literature
Vintage classics
Perennial library volume PL 1522
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xvi, 941 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An influential study of America's national government, egalitarian ideals, and character offers reflections on the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals and provides insight into the rewards and responsibilities of a democratic government.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In this pathbreaking work, now with a new introduction, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order. Based on a series of case studies-including...