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After mountain man Isaiah Crow and his companion, Jacques LeRue, arrive in Alta, California, they intervene and save a group of people from local bandits. As luck would have it, they are family and Vaqueros from the rancho of Don Hernando Batista, one of the most powerful families in Southern California - and very anxious to take their new friends to meet the Patron.

Former marines Early and Behr are looking for the man who killed Early’s wife. But after the two declare war on the Detroit drug trade in their search for the killer, they realize that none of their training has prepared them for the moment when they come face-to-face with the killer. A man with a violent history, Early killed 14 men in Afghanistan because they killed his friends. What is he ready to do to the man who killed his loved one?

For three-years, Jeb Benjamin and Zach Daughtry dreamed of traveling to California to gain their fortune, once released from Camp Douglas, an infamous Union POW hellhole. When the Confederate veterans reach Jeb’s sisters ranch in the Rio Grande valley, they find it in flames, his sister’s family dead and the ranch’s cattle stolen. Death and destruction haunt the veterans. A border war flares with General Juan Cortiña’s irregulars. Jeb learns Juan’s younger brother, Miguel, has raided their ranch, kidnapping his 14-year-old niece.

This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.

John Wood grew up in working-class Melbourne; when he failed out of high school, an employment officer told him, 'You have the mind of an artist and the body of a labourer.' And so John continued to pursue his acting dreams in amateur theatre, sustaining himself by working jobs as a bricklayer, a railway clerk and even in the same abattoir as his father. When he won a scholarship to NIDA, in Sydney, it moved John into a new and at times baffling world, full of extraordinary characters.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts—The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider—as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain.

Join the legendary scientific trio of Arcot, Wade, and Morey as they embark on a thrilling intergalactic quest against the most merciless aliens in the cosmos. Racing through countless worlds, they uncover hidden secrets and transform them into powerful weapons to defend Earth and its allies. Yet, as the ferocious Thessian enemy grows stronger, colossal space battles become mere skirmishes in an all-out galactic war. Can the Earth team unleash enough energy to halt the advance of these invincible foes, or will the universe itself be consumed in one final explosive showdown?

Join John Campbell Jr. as he takes us on a thought-provoking journey into the future of humanity and evolution. What will mankinds ultimate form be in 100,000 years? How will we evolve, and what will our descendants look like? It was 2538 years after the Year of the Son of Man. For six centuries, mankind had been perfecting machines. The Ear-apparatus was discovered seven hundred years prior, followed by the Eye, and much later, the Brain. By the year 2500, machines had evolved to think, act, and operate autonomously. Humanity thrived on the fruits of these creations, while the machines ...

Dive into a thrilling adventure with Black Star Passes, where a daring sky pirate wields his own ingenious weaponry. Experience the tension of first contact with a formidable alien race, a perilous encounter that could jeopardize the safety of two planets. As an ominous dark sun approaches, bringing with it marauders determined to unravel civilization in our Solar System, the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts‚AîArcot, Wade, and Morey‚Aîmust rise to the occasion. This captivating tale marks the early triumphs of John W. Campbell, showcasing his extraordinary imaginative prowess in ...

After terrorists acquire a suitcase bomb, no one knows who they are or what the target is. A team of specialists is reactivated and assigned the code name 'Resurrection'. Their mission is to locate and neutralize both the bomb and the terrorists.

Podcast by Extraordinary MissionSaturdays with Sir Rolland is your weekly Catholic kids podcast on the art of dragon slaying — where dragons are sins, temptations, and obstacles to become saints, and we are called to become dragon slayers!Streaming platform: www.dragonslayers.tvThe Training Guild: www.extraordinarymission.com/dragonslayersThe 7 Deadly Dragons Book Series: www.extraordinarymission.com/7deadlydragons

For nearly a century, treasure hunters have searched for the lost treasure of notorious gangster, Dutch Schultz. When Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake take up the search, they find themselves in a race against a dangerous enemy and in the crosshairs of deadly assassin. Maddock and Bones must unravel the clues and survive a game of cat and mouse where failure could mean death.

The Ultimate Weapon is a thrilling science fiction novel that pits humanity against an unstoppable alien force. When an advanced alien fleet sets its sights on Earth, one scientist stumbles upon a mysterious and devastating weapon that could be the key to survival. A gripping tale of war, strategy, and technological discovery.

The stories are all set in New York City and concern themselves with various facets of life in Gilded Age New York City—from the highest of high society to the commonest pensioner in less fashionable neighborhoods in boarding houses. The stories are about manners and mores; about the people of various strata of society relating to each other and the world around them.