Strike of the Mountain Man


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A young man has inherited a ranch—and a whole lot of trouble—in this Western in the New York Times bestselling series. In Colorado Territory, Smoke Jensen is trying to live at peace with the big, beautiful world around him. Then a tinhorn named Puddle enters his valley—and unleashes a hellstorm of a range war. Then the shooting started Malcolm Theodore Puddle is a twenty-one-year-old shipping clerk—from way back East. What is he doing out here? The Mountain Man's former neighbor, Humbolt Puddle, has died and left his crumbling six-hundred-acre ranch to his only living heir, just as a greedy and ruthless cattle baron is circling the Humbolt ranch like a ravenous vulture. Poor, unsuspecting Puddle is walking into a death trap. Smoke is the not the pitying kind. But any enemy of Smoke's neighbor is his enemy, too: Kill-crazy hired gunmen are threatening the whole valley and good men are dying. Puddle may not be much, but he's all Smoke has—as a take-no-prisoners mountain man and a timid tinhorn make for an army of two . . . in one hell of a fight.




Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop


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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • Booklist Editors' Choice • Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book • Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Grade or Older Readers • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books This award-winning book will help kids understand the life and legacy of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ★"(A) history that everyone should know: required and inspired." —Kirkus Reviews This picture book tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination - when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest. In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.




A Bolt from the Blue


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From the author of "A Wall of White," the thrilling account of a spectacular mountain rescue after six climbers are struck by lightning in the Upper Exum Ridge of the Grand Teton near a 13,000-foot elevation.




Venom of the Mountain Man


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Johnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. A TRAIN RIDE TO HELL When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, his gunfighter instincts take over and he storms in with guns blazing. He kills one of the gunmen, the rest scatter like the rats they are. Another notch on the sharpshooter’s weathered grip. But the dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs, and Briggs will want revenge . . . Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke’s wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence, and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she’s snatched right off the street. When Smoke gets word that Sally’s been kidnapped, he hops the first train east. But Gabe Briggs and his ruthless bandof bad men are along for the ride. Unless Smoke can punch their ticket to hell first, they’ll blow this train sky high . . .




Lightning Strike


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An instant New York Times bestseller, this prequel to the acclaimed Cork O’Connor series is “a pitch perfect, richly imagined story that is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and an evocative, emotionally charged coming-of-age tale” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about fathers and sons, small-town conflicts, and the events that shape our lives forever. Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In this “brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author), beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding.




Fire on the Mountain


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It’s 1959 in socialist Virginia. The Deep South is an independent Black nation called Nova Africa. The second Mars expedition is about to touch down on the red planet. And a pregnant scientist is climbing the Blue Ridge in search of her great-great grandfather, a teenage slave who fought with John Brown and Harriet Tubman’s guerrilla army. Long unavailable in the U.S., published in France as Nova Africa, Fire on the Mountain is the story of what might have happened if John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry had succeeded—and the Civil War had been started not by the slave owners but the abolitionists.




Preacher


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He will Become a Legend... Before the legend of Preacher there was a man, and before the man there was a boy. In this thrilling new novel, William W. Johnstone tells the story of a young man filled with wanderlust and raw courage—who will someday become a hero. ...If He Survives On nothing more than a lark, he leaves his family and begins a journey from Ohio westward. Along the way, he runs up against badlands and bad men, loses his freedom, gains his freedom, and learns the first rule of the frontier: do whatever it takes to survive. Preacher With ruthless enemies after him—both white men and Indians—he’ll head for a place as brutal as it is beautiful—the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Two years later, he will come back down from the mountaintop with new skills, and a new future as one of the most feared and admired men of his time...a man called Preacher.







Strike It Rich with Pocket Change


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In the authors' own words, this new edition of Strike It Rich with Pocket Change, dispels the myths of error coins and assists you in discovering, marketing, and researching rare coins that you can find in your pocket change. More than 350 close-up illustrations, key identifying details and current market values help you decipher the difference between proper and error issues and varying types of coins. In addition, this unique must-have how-to also includes: • Coverage of Lincoln Memorial Cents, Roosevelt Dimes, Washington Quarters, John F. Kennedy Half Dollars, State Quarters • Expert insight and advice about tools of the trade, preserving coins, buying and selling error-variety coins • Terms and definitions associated with error coins Whether it's a Jefferson Presidential dollar missing edge lettering, that's worth $2,000 - $10,000 plus or a Lincoln cent with trail marks that make it an error worth $1 - $3 there are hidden treasures to be found in your pocket change, if you know what to look for.




Whoa! I Married A...


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Welcome to Oakwood Falls. A mountainside town, where the swoon is high and the men are dreamyGet all five Wedded Curves stories in one boxset.Whoa! I Married a Mountain ManAlways the bridesmaid and never the bride. It's something I'd resigned myself to. Then at my best friend's wedding, I met Gavin 'Bear' Warren. He made my heart go boom.I remember laughing. I remember talking. I even remember going for a long walk together. What I don't remember is saying 'I do'. Somehow, I'm the bride, married to a man-a mountain man-I just met. What do I do now? Whoa! I Married a Billionaire You never truly know a man until you share a bank account.That's something my granny used to say growing up. I never cared about money, only the man. But when I married Danny Cardiff, I finally understood what she meant. When I said, 'I do' I thought it was to a mild mannered ex-marine turned business analyst who spent more time working at home than in the office. But when we went on our honeymoon, I realized just how wrong I was. There was a private jet.We had an entire island to ourselves.Staff to cater to every whim. When I grew concerned over how we could afford this, he broke the news.He's a billionaire. Whoa! But now I'm wondering what other secrets he's hiding.Whoa! I Married the PitcherIt only took one strike.The moment I saw Bryce Cardiff step up to the mound, I knew he was the man I wanted to marry. Problem was, he was off limits to me. As the owner's daughter, I wasn't allowed to mingle with the players. But then we ran into each other in the stairwell, and...we couldn't help ourselves. Now we're on the run.All we want is each other. All baseball wants is their prized pitcher and their little princess back under the owner's thumb.I don't know how we're going to stop them from pulling us apart, but Bryce says he has a plan. I hope it's a good one.Whoa! I Married a Rock Star He made me the girl in his songIn the beginning, I was nothing more than an employee, a gift to his wealthy friends, the nanny who'd take care of their baby. Then we got to know each other.I always imagined a rock star would be arrogant and crude, but Tristan Alto was none of those things.Away from the limelight, he was charming, intelligent, and oh so worldly. He swept me off my feet, told me secrets I don't think anyone knew. I was his the moment he picked up his guitar and described me in song.Whoa! I Married a BikerWith one look, my engine revved...Tattoos and leather jackets are a dime a dozen in the music industry. And as goddaughter to one of the world's biggest rock legends, I've seen my fair share of bad boys on motorcycles. Then Wyatt Tanner enters the room... He has the bike, the tattoos, and the leather jacket. But he isn't a musician pretending to be bad. He's a real, bonafide bad-a-s-s. An ex-member of an outlaw biker gang, he's the only genuine person in a room full of pretenders. I'm instantly drawn to him...We click immediately. He makes me feel things I've never imagined existed outside of stories and songs. I can see myself spending my life with him. But then his old life catches up, and suddenly my happily ever after doesn't seem so happy after all. Can we beat the odds and find our happily ever after in Oakwood Falls? As always, this Megan Wade book comes with her 'Sugar Promise'. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.