Standoff At High Noon

Author : Bill Markley,Kellen Cutsforth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493053360

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Standoff at High Noon by Bill Markley,Kellen Cutsforth Pdf

In Standoff at High Noon, the sequel to Old West Showdown, coauthors Kellen Cutsforth and Bill Markley again investigate ten well-known, controversial stories from the Old West. Through their opposing viewpoints, learn more about notorious figures and infamous events, including the controversial death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo; the life and death of Sacagawea who assisted Lewis and Clark on their Corps of Discovery Expedition; the tragic fate of the Donner Party snowbound in the Sierra Nevada; the assassination of Wild Bill Hickok; Arizona’s Lost Dutchman Mine; and the controversy over Butch Cassidy’s death in South America. No matter whose side you are on, there’s always something new to discover about the mythic Old West.

Author : Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 016094290X

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Report to the Congress :. by Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) Pdf

Author : T.V. Paul
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626166011

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The China-India Rivalry in the Globalization Era by T.V. Paul Pdf

As the aspirations of the two rising Asian powers collide, the China-India rivalry is likely to shape twenty-first-century international politics in the region and far beyond. This volume by T.V. Paul and an international group of leading scholars examines whether the rivalry between the two countries that began in the 1950s will intensify or dissipate in the twenty-first century. The China-India relationship is important to analyze because past experience has shown that when two rising great powers share a border, the relationship is volatile and potentially dangerous. India and China’s relationship faces a number of challenges, including multiple border disputes that periodically flare up, division over the status of Tibet and the Dalai Lama, the strategic challenge to India posed by China's close relationship with Pakistan, the Chinese navy's greater presence in the Indian Ocean, and the two states’ competition for natural resources. Despite these irritants, however, both countries agree on issues such as global financial reforms and climate change and have much to gain from increasing trade and investment, so there are reasons for optimism as well as pessimism. The contributors to this volume answer the following questions: What explains the peculiar contours of this rivalry? What influence does accelerated globalization, especially increased trade and investment, have on this rivalry? What impact do US-China competition and China’s expanding navy have on this rivalry? Under what conditions will it escalate or end? The China-India Rivalry in the Globalization Era will be of great interest to students, scholars, and policymakers concerned with Indian and Chinese foreign policy and Asian security.

Author : Bill Markley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493048434

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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody by Bill Markley Pdf

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were considered heroes and the greatest plainsmen of their time. They were larger than life, legendary characters. They knew where to locate water, good grass for livestock, sheltered campsites, and game for hunting. They knew how to survive the blistering heat and terrific thunderstorms of summer and the subzero blizzards of winter. They could avoid Indians or act as trackers following the trails of Indians as well as desperados. They were expert marksmen and did not back down from a fight. They rushed in where others held back. Hickok, a frontier wagon and stagecoach driver, became a Union spy during the Civil War, furthering his reputation after the war as a frontier Army scout, gunfighter, and lawman. Cody, who claimed to ride for the Pony Express, served in the Union Army, and became legendary as an expert buffalo hunter and Army scout. Hickok and Cody were good friends and experienced a series of adventures together. Hickok traveled to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, during the 1876 Black Hills goldrush where he was assassinated by Jack McCall. Cody continued scouting for the Army and after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, won a one-on-one duel with a Cheyenne warrior, Yellow Hair. Cody went on to become one of the most well-known showmen in the world with his Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen, the fourth book in the Legendary West series, explores the lives of these two well-known characters.

Author : David A. Neiwert
Publisher : Washington State University Press
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781636820750

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In God's Country by David A. Neiwert Pdf

Rather than simply demonizing or directing outrage at Patriot and militia organizations, as some recent high-visibility publications have done, David Neiwert takes the approach of allowing Patriot extremists to speak for themselves and largely on their own terms. His critical journalistic dialogue allows us to better understand the social, economic, philosophical, and religious complexities of how and why these people have come to think the way they do. There is no question that strains of racism, paranoia, ill-will, and even evilness can characterize many of these people, but it is equally true that they--often minimally educated, and economically and socially challenged by the changing times--are desperately responding to feelings of having been marginalized, and even disenfranchised, from the American dream. Neiwert’s comprehensive manuscript presents an overview of the multitude of Patriot organizations and beliefs found in the Northwest today. Neiwert feels it is essential to maintain some kind of dialogue with Patriots because, after all, these people are our neighbors and relatives, and they are here to stay.

Author : Bill W. Sanford
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798891305762

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The Scar of Cain by Bill W. Sanford Pdf

The year is 2028. Man's most ancient and feared enemy still walks the earth. For centuries, he has been consolidating his power and marshaling his dark forces for one last play. Walker Cain is the Man of Shadows and has only one agenda: to establish a one-world order through which he can control our destiny and remove our freedoms of personal choice. For him, no other plan can be worth his time and resources. He is the beast and intends for all to carry his mark. Benjamin Jasher has been a historian for as long as humanity has lived to record the advancement of civilizations. As a young man following The Great Flood, the ancient patriarch Noah presented him with a special duty and a challenge: to record the march of history. To ensure his life's work continued, he was permitted to live as long as necessary. But he needed to make special note of the acts and machinations of the most insidious man who ever lived, Cain.

Author : Martha Gillis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465325471

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Calliope's Diary by Martha Gillis Pdf

Heres something different for your book club * A novel * The characters journals * Your journal Time to move beyond blank journal pages Calliopes Diary offers a personal journal full of ideas and questions designed to lead you to philosophize, organize, energize and ponder Calliopes Diary also tells the tales of the lives, labors and loves or interesting, modern women. Read their stories. Read their diaries and then add to this new and different type of journal. Its flirtation infidelity! Calliope declares after discovering that Mr. Amorous-Guy-at-Work has a girlfriend. Calli, as Calliope is informally called, shares her angst with her friend Clary as they alternately chit-chat and process their thoughts in their diaries. Calli is happily distracted by Clarys journal that organizes all aspects of her busy life. In Calliopes Diary, Calli connects with her seven closest friends who express their ideas and process their emotions with the help of their journals. Their other-than-blank journal pages: 1)Organize our thoughts and goals--in business ledger-inspired pages 2)Offer an opportunity to vent frustrationson pages with questions designed to pull forth the readers' feelings 3)Lead readers to discover what they are made ofby diagramming where they have been through the use of time lines and historical contexts 4)Assist journalers in further defining who they arethrough the use of lists of the readers' favorite things 5)Encourage us to be gratefulwith the help of calendar pages inviting reflections on thanks and manifesting 6)Focus our powerby using a series of tools both to define challenges and overcome 7)Help us determine life directionon divided pages that welcome both the ideas of the journal owner as well as the musings of a fellow diarist 8)Provide a place to reflect upon our beliefs--in a manifesto-type section that asks the reader to define her beliefs.

Author : Cecily White
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781620612934

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Prophecy Girl by Cecily White Pdf

Some prophecies are downright deadly... Amelie Bennett. . . . Ending the world, one prophecy at a time.I was born to slay Crossworld demons.Big black flappy ones, little green squirmy ones. Unfortunately, the only thing getting slain these days is my social life. With my high school under attack, combat classes intensifying, and Academy instructors dropping right and left, I can barely get my homework done, let alone score a bondmate before prom.Then he shows up.Jackson Smith-Hailey. Unspeakably hot, hopelessly unattainable, and dangerous in all the right ways. Sure, he's my trainer. And okay, maybe he hates me. Doesn't mean I'll ignore the wicked Guardian chemistry between us. It's crazy! Every time I'm with him, my powers explode. Awesome, right?Wrong.Now my teachers think I'm the murderous Graymason destined to bring down our whole race of angelbloods. Everyone in New Orleans is hunting me. The people I trusted want me dead. Jack and I have five days to solve the murders, prevent a vampire uprising, and thwart the pesky prophecy foretelling his death by my hand. Shouldn't be too difficult.Getting it done without falling in love. . . that might take a miracle. Each book in the Angel Academy series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book 1: Prophecy Girl Book 2: Conspiracy Boy

Author : Rick Harper
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491705063

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Rodriguez... Texas Ranger! by Rick Harper Pdf

“Harper gets to the business of historical, political and social analysis, he is quite knowledgeable, open minded and shrewd. There’s the long history of racial troubles, the rise of La Raza Unida and the remaking of the South Texas political landscape. T e era’s larger than life Texas movers & shakers and wheelers and dealers litter the story.” -Kirkus Reviews “The book covers Rodriguez’s Texas Ranger adventures, including dustups rowdy enough to rival any Western movie. Heavy emphasis on Texas’s history puts Rodriguez’s story in a wider context and broadens the book’s scope considerably.” -Clarion Reviews “This engaging biography is about Art Rodriguez Jr, who rose from a South Texas barrio to become the first Mexican-American Texas Ranger. Harper provides vivid background about shady politics, racial tension and praises his friend as a “Real-Life- Hero!” This is a fascinating read about changing times in Texas and one man who beat the odds.” -BlueInk Review

Author : Jeff Ardoin
Publisher : PublishAmerica
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781456082420

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The Mischief Bunch by Jeff Ardoin Pdf

A summer of great fun is now over for kids in one neighborhood as many of them can't wait to go back to school—EXCEPT ONE. A kid that goes by the name of "Saggy Socks" isn't so thrilled to end his summer losing a miserably-played game of football with a group of friends. Saggy Socks wants a rematch with the same group of friends—to win this time, once and for all—and to end the summer vacation the way he wanted.

Author : Tavis Smiley
Publisher : Smiley Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781401933913

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Fail Up by Tavis Smiley Pdf

The author offers anecdotes and experiences with failure in his own life to help readers reconsider how they view past mistakes and to use past failures to overcome hardship and succeed later in life.

Author : Dana Mentink,Jessica R. Patch,Karen Kirst
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369716859

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Love Inspired Suspense November 2021 - Box Set 1 of 2 by Dana Mentink,Jessica R. Patch,Karen Kirst Pdf

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: YUKON JUSTICE (An Alaska K-9 Unit novel) By Dana Mentink With her ruthless uncle sabotaging her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help—and thrusts herself into the crosshairs. She needs assistance, even if it comes in the form of Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner. But with their rocky past, can they work together…and survive? YULETIDE COLD CASE COVER-UP (A Cold Case Investigators novel) By Jessica R. Patch When her sister’s remains are found, cold case agent Poppy Holliday is determined to solve the years-old murder. But someone’s willing to kill Poppy and her partner, Rhett Wallace, to keep the truth hidden. And it’s up to them to dig up the small town’s deadly secrets…without becoming the next victims. SMOKY MOUNTAIN AMBUSH (A Smoky Mountain Defenders novel) By Karen Kirst Someone wants Lindsey Snow dead by Christmas—and she doesn’t know why. The only person she can trust to help her is the man she betrayed, mounted police officer Silver Williams. But can they figure out who is trying to kill her…before the holidays turn lethal? For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense November 2021 Box Set – 2 of 2

Author : Amanda McLeod, Editor,Mela Blust, Editor
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780359961283

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From The Ashes by Amanda McLeod, Editor,Mela Blust, Editor Pdf

Editors Amanda McLeod and Mela Blust have curated a collection of poems that tell the stories of the journey, trials, and triumphs of womxn. In this collection, womxn share their most authentic, inner selves; their challenges and their victories; the words they wish they could say; the legacy they dream of for the womxn of the future. With over 50 poets, some internationally acclaimed and others making their publication debut, this stunning anthology captures the voices of womxn around the world. Content warning: sensitive content for survivors of trauma. Please exercise self-care when reading.

Author : Robert R. Beck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606084014

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Nonviolent Story by Robert R. Beck Pdf

What do the gospels contribute to our understanding of nonviolent versus violent means of conflict resolution? Many biblical scholars contend that the gospels have little to say on this subject. Others seek answers in ethical principles found in Jesus's teachings, which may or may not be interpreted as accepting or rejecting violence. In Nonviolent Story Robert Beck proposes a new way of reading the Gospel of Mark, one that points to a challenging message of nonviolent resistance as reflected in the story of Jesus's life and ministry. According to narrative analysis, the message of the Gospel is found in the structure of the story itself. Beck contends that the narrative form of Mark's gospel portrays Jesus as a protagonist who does not avoid conflict, but enters into it without himself resorting to violence. He thus serves as a model of the nonviolent resistance that inspired Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. By using literary analysis to explore Mark's gospel, Beck opens up a counter-story that challenges the prevailing American cultural myth of constructive violence. Beck uses the Western tales of Louis L'Amour as the narrative essence of this pop mythology--and the total opposite of the story told by Mark.

Author : Daniel Josephs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451651034

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The Reunion by Daniel Josephs Pdf

When their father passes away, three estranged brothers--Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a foul-mouthed bondsman; and Douglas, a con artist who never even knew he had a family--must start a business together in order to claim their inheritance.