Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in on


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Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in On is a collection of Dakota McFadzean's comics. Short stories filled with yawning skies, dark humour, and quiet ruminations on memory, aging, and time. Drunken gnomes, sensitive teenagers, and a meditative cowboy all wander toward a sprawling, ghost-ridden horizon. McFadzean's stories have been featured in the Best American Comics anthology for 2012 and in Regina's Prairie Dog Magazine. His minicomic Ghost Rabbit won a Shuster Award and The Dailies was shortlisted for Slate magazine's Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Web Comic of 2012.




... And the Horse You Rode in On


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Ever get so lonely that you dial your own phone number and leave yourself messages on your answering machine? Have you and your buddy ever dressed as Gandhi and Buddha, respectively, for Halloween, and proceeded to celebrate the day by trading insults? Have you and your attaché case become indistinguishable from each other? Or perhaps you've had it stolen by an elevator? Ever attempted to skip a day's work as a human test subject for toxic substances, by making up a story that your pet tabby died? If you've answered no to these questions, then step into the unruly purlieus of L. D. Brodsky's . . . And the Horse You Rode In On, and revel in the experiences of those who've said yes.




And The Horse He Rode In On


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EXCLUSIVE: CARVILLE RESPONDS TO THE STARR REPORT ...And the Horse He Rode In On gives the first full accounting of what's really behind the longest-running, most expensive dirty trick in politics: Ken Starr's investigation.




Stick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life


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STICK HORSES And Other Stories of Cowboy Life HERE ARE TRUE-LIFE STORIES about cowboys, Indians, (ranch hands, sheriffs) and the milieu of characters that populated the legendary American West. McRae tells about his heroes and also the town vagabonds who came and went through the landscape of his growing up as a ranch kid and his adult life as a third-generation Montana rancher. Both humorous and poignant, the people and events in McRae's stories portray the living Cowboy Code. Enjoyable, can't-put-it-down reading in a conversational style from one of the West's best storytellers. Don't pass this one up! McRae's cowboy poetry collection, The Cowboy Curmudgeon, has sold more than 25,000 copies. McRae was the subject of a feature article in Range magazine in summer 2008. McRae has been featured on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. McRae is one of the "stars" of the granddaddy of all cowboy poetry gatherings in Elko, Nevada. He was the keynote speaker for the Elko Gathering's tenth anniversary and has performed his poems across a wide range of venues from cultural exchanges in Australia, Scotland, England, and various settings in the United States. McRae's reputation in the field of writing and performing cowboy poetry is unsurpassed. His poem "Reincarnation" is the most recited of contemporary cowboy poetry. Online marketing and promotions. Print and web advertising campaign. National broadcast and print publicity. Co-op available. Wallace McRae is the recipient of A National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. He was appointed to the National Endowment for the Arts Council by President Clinton. His poems have appeared in numerous poetry anthologies. He is the author of The Cowboy Curmudgeon (Gibbs Smith). He lives in Montana.




A Desperate Character; And Other Stories


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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.




It and Other Stories


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Gouverneur Morris (1876-1953) -- great grandson of the politician of the same name -- was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early twentieth century. Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney, Sr. film "The Penalty." Included in this volume are: "It," "Two Business Women," "The Trap," "Sapphira," "The Bride's Dead," "Holding Hands," "The Claws of the Tiger," "Growing Up," "The Battle of Aiken," "An Idyl of Pelham Bay Park," "Back There in the Grass," and "Asabri."







A Rainy June and Other Stories


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Reproduction of the original: A Rainy June and Other Stories by Louise de la Ramée




Beatrice Boville and Other Stories


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Reproduction of the original: Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Louise de la Ramée







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