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Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the ...

As a researcher and collector of historical source material, Mr. Gilbert has no peer among contemporary historians." --"The New York Times" According to Jewish tradition, "Whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved the entire world." In "The Righteous, " distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert explores the courage of those who, throughout Germany and in every occupied country, took incredible risks to help Jews whose fate would have bee...

Traditional scholarship has tended to omit the obvious truth that European, Indian, and African women of 17th- and 18th-century America were critical actors in shaping the new nation's culture and history. FIRST GENERATIONS examines women as active participants in the creation of their society and, finally, gives early American women their proper place in history.

Sgt. Seamus Donegan, on the trail of his uncle, Ian O'Rourke, arrives at Ule Lake just as the conflict between the Americans and Modoc Indians erupts into war. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke find themselves embroiled in what will be the costliest war in frontier history.

In this fascinating collection of essays, noted cultural critic Geoffrey Hartman raises the essential question of where we can find the real or authentic in today's world, and how this affects the way we can understand our human predicament. Hartman explores such issues as the fantasy of total and perfect information available on the Internet, the biographical excesses of tell-all daytime talk shows, and how we can understand what is "true" in...

Wonderful words that add wit and class to every time you raise your glass. Sample toasts: Friends & Friendship: To our best friends, who know the worst about us but refuse to believe it. Generosity: Life 'em high and drain 'em dry to the guy who says, "My turn to buy!" Golf: To golf, the most frustrating and masochistic sport in the world, which may be why golf spelled backward in flog. Happiness: May we be happy and our enemies know it. ...

In this tell-all about the rise and fall of the iconic Forbes family, Stewart Pinkerton delves into the family drama, greed, hubris, celebrity, sex and death that bring down the media empire. This is the first book to tell the inside of the Forbes family. A compelling, narrative-driven account, Inside Forbes is a business parable that reveals dark sides of wealth and power.