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In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history.
By 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division continued until...
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Reformed outlaw Carson Stone, in this razor-sharp Western, stakes his claim in the untamed, bloody Idaho Territory, only to find himself trapped in a bullet-riddled nightmare he may not walk away from . . .
Former thief and wanted man Carson Stone dreams of a peaceful life on a ranch built by his own hands, but dreams don't always come without a steep price. To earn a stake, Carson rides west to collect the reward on a claim-jumper. The...
Former thief and wanted man Carson Stone dreams of a peaceful life on a ranch built by his own hands, but dreams don't always come without a steep price. To earn a stake, Carson rides west to collect the reward on a claim-jumper. The...
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"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time." -Eowyn Ivey
"Shares the trail with the likes of Edward Abbey, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry." -Craig Johnson, best-selling author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries, the basis for the hit show Longmire
When Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother's murder, he is followed by both the police and his brother's wife, Lena, who is intent on exacting...
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"There are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and rancor these days than immigration. In [this book], the renowned author Suketu Mehta offers a reality-based polemic that vitally clarifies the debate. Drawing on his own experience as an Indian-born teenager growing up in New York City and on years of reporting around the globe, Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. As he explains, the West...
6) Villa lobos
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2021.
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"Sergeant Andrew Cade and seven troopers are hard on the trail of the Hollister Gang, determined to free a trio of women Ben Hollister and his men have taken captive after a raid on the town of Rio Largo, Texas. Crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico should have guaranteed the outlaws' safety. But they hadn't counted on the iron-tough sergeant's determination to finish his mission. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Jose Yanez and his Hunters have just massacred...
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Western Light (Mary Connealy) volume 1
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"Upon uncovering her tyrannical father's malevolent plot to commit her to an asylum, Beth Rutledge fabricates a plan of her own. She will rescue her mother, who had already been sent to the asylum, and escape together on a wagon train heading west. Posing as sisters, Beth and her mother travel with the pioneers in hopes of making it to Idaho before the others start asking too many questions. Wagon-train scout Jake Holt senses that the mysterious women...
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Sometimes life begins after you die. At least it has for Lily O'Donnell. Reborn to help others, Lily reappears time after time to help families in need, only to die again once the families no longer need her. In her newest life, Lily is a housekeeper to three men who desperately need love and hope, and her own heart is touched in a way it never has been before. When an enemy uncovers her secret, will the Cunnings brothers be able to save the love...
10) Catfish Charlie
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Catfish Charlie volume 1
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As a former Texas Ranger, Charlie "Catfish Charlie" Tuttle spent the good part of his life catching outlaws. Happily retired in Wolfwater, Texas, he's content just catching fish--namely Bubba, the wily old catfish who lives in the pond near Charlie's shack and keeps slipping off Charlie's hook. He also likes hanging out with his trusty tomcat Hooligan Hank and tossing back bottles of mustang berry wine. Sure, his glory days are behind him. There's...
11) Sweet Sanctuary
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Wren has tried to shelter her only son from the tumult of the world. Now she's about to find sanctuary . . . in the last place she ever expected.
In tiny Cottage Cover, on the coast of Maine, Wren Evans is raising her gifted son, Charlie. A single mom, she's fought hard to give Charlie a stable, secure home life. When a prestigious music academy in Boston expresses interest in Charlie's talent, Wren is willing to move them again to make his dreams...
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Badlands cops volume 6
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Their Christmas baby is on the way.
And so is an obsessed killer…
Dev Wyatt's worst fear has come true. Someone from the Wyatts' dangerous past is stalking his family-and his best friend, Sarah Knight. When she asked Dev to help her have a child, Sarah did not expect her pregnancy would place her in danger, but now Sarah must take shelter on the Wyatt ranch. As she and Dev battle escalating threats, will they survive long enough to become a family?...
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Their goodbye was supposed to be for good.
But now this rich rancher is back…and he wants her!
For billionaire Texan Noah Grant, joining the military meant sacrifice-breaking up with city girl Camilla Warner was especially tough. Yet coming home to discover she's had his child changes everything-except for the desire still burning between them and the wall of misunderstandings keeping them apart. But Noah's come too...
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He's all kinds of man. But is he a family man? It's good to be home! But civilian life isn't easy for Mark Delaney. The former surf champ copes by carving California waves and working solo as the handyman for his family's beachfront hotel. Until Laurel Prescott, pretty owner of the new B and B-and widowed mother of three-asks for his help. One small task leads to another and another, and suddenly Mark is knee-deep in kids, responsibility…and a...
15) Texas Tough
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Enjoy two classic Lone Star romances from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer!
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For years, Penelope Mathews worshipped C.C. Tremayne from afar. But the gorgeous loner doesn't want anything to do with her-or any woman-since his wife's tragic death. Until one night, when trying to protect C.C. from landing in trouble, Pepi enters a wedding chapel and emerges as Mrs. Connal Cade Tremayne! When C.C. realizes what happened, he plans...
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A billionaire, a baby and a bride of convenience?
Oil baron Nick Duncan swore off entanglements of the heart after his wife's and son's untimely death. So when Talia Barton introduces him to his orphaned daughter from a grief-fueled fling, he knows he's in trouble. Talia won't let the motherless child she's been caring for become a ward of the state. But she never expects the handsome Texan to propose marriage…and actually mean it!
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17) I Promise
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A story of an unforgettable first love in the heart of Texas . . . from New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston
Delia Carson was only sixteen when she fled her Texas hometown. She left behind a web of lies that destroyed her family . . . and Marsh North, the irresistible bad boy she'd fallen in love with. Now, eleven years later, a family crisis forces Delia to return home-back to the mystery, back to the shadows . . . back to Marsh.
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18) I Love You More
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In this thoughtful, intimate novel centered around a San Francisco family restaurant, two estranged sisters get a chance to rediscover their bond in the face of personal upheaval-if they can let go of the past and embrace new beginnings . . .
To an outsider, television morning anchor Tess Stone's life looks like glossy perfection. Ambitious, beautiful, and married to a major league baseball player, Tess seems invincible-until an on-air catastrophe...
19) Border reprisal
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After narrowly escaping serious bodily harm in a train robbery, Wells Fargo courier Marc Charvein makes his way into Mexico to find out whos responsible for a wave of similar robberies and whether the culprit has anything to do with an unidentified individual whos been handing out gold coins to the poor. Is there a modern-day Robin Hood operating along the Mexican border, or is something else going on, something a lot darker?
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Get the Summary of William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Death Valley in '49" is an autobiographical account by William Lewis Manly, detailing his experiences during the California Gold Rush. Born into a modest farming family, Manly's early life was characterized by hard work and self-reliance. In 1829, his family moved westward to Michigan, where they continued farming......
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