Indian Adventure

This is the account of a three week bike tour through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The book is packed full of beautiful photographs, maps, useful information and the account of the journey made by Tom and Harry. Starting in the city of Chandigahr, they cycled along the famous Manali to Leh Highway and then over the highest motorable pass in the world. On the way they experienced stunning landscapes, fascinating wildlife, the kindness of strangers, wonderful campsites, illness, negotiated their way around landslides and visited Buddhist monasteries. Reading this book is...

Set in 1879, SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION follows the cowboy adventures of Gunfighter Edward Landon as he sets off across the wild west searching for six outlaws he holds responsible for his mother's death. This contemporary action novel features a wide range of western characters, including lawmen, gunslingers, outlaws, Mexican bandits, Indian rebels, and bounty hunters. Andy Munro’s SIX-GUN RETRIBUTION includes realistic characters, historic wild west locations, fast-paced cowboy dialogue, action, mystery and suspense mixed with humour and romance. Synopsis The journey begins as Landon rides his...

A plane crash in the Amazon jungle. A desperate struggle for survival. A hidden Inca treasure. Ruthless grave robbers. Ecuador. A dream holiday turns into a nightmare when two men are stranded in the Amazon rain forest after a plane crash. With no hope of being rescued, they decide that their only chance of survival is to find their way back to civilization. And so they set off on a daring journey, struggling through the dense underbrush, totally unprepared for the dangers that lie ahead. When they stumble upon some ancient ruins where fabulous treasures might be hidden, it all goes wrong ...

Relics of a mysterious god, the Spice Gates connect the eight far-flung kingdoms, each separated by a distinct spice and only accessible by those born with a special mark. This is not a caste of distinction, though, but one of subjugation: Spice Carriers suffer the lashes of their masters, the weight of the spices they bear on their backs, and the jolting pain of the Gates themselves.

In 1885, while The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was becoming one of the best-selling American classics of modern times, Mark Twain began this sequel in which Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim head west on the trail of two white girls kidnapped by Sioux warriors. Fifteen thousand words into the work, Twain stopped in the middle of a sentence, never to go back. The unfinished story sat on dusty shelves for more than a hundred years until author Lee Nelson decided to finish it.

Iron Age of India … around 900 B.C.E. Born in the arms of the Ganga, Vasu grew up in the raging province of Anga. His life shaped by a fate that failed to be just—neglected by his own, stripped of his birthright—he was raised to be lost in an abyss of desires and disappointment. Cursed by his guru, hurt by the only woman he loved, ostracised from society for being the son of a suta. With his only armour—hope—he ventured on an unforgettable journey. Alone. This is Vasu’s tale of survival, of endurance, of abiding courage in the face of all adversities.

The Western frontier in the mid 1800’s was a battleground as Native Americans fought to defend their land from the white pioneers invading the west. Eagle Wing, destined to become a great leader and Arapaho Lance Bearer, helps to defend the land that was promised to the indigenous people of the different Indian tribes. Eagle Wing, the firstborn son of Crow Killer, has the sign of the lance birthmark on his back, like his father. After seeking his vision on the sacred mountain, the medicine man interpreted his dream. The old one saw Eagle Wing riding with the great warriors of the Sioux ...

Born in the quiet village of Shambala, Kalki Hari, son of Vishnuyath and Sumati, has no idea about his heritage until he is pitted against tragedies and battles. Whisked into the province of Keekatpur, which is under the fist of Lord Kali, Kalki sees the ignominy of death trumping life all around him. He learns that he has been born to cleanse the world he lives in, for which he must journey to the North and learn the ways of Lord Vishnu's Avatar; from an immortal who wields an axe.

Based on historical facts, our story begins in the Fall of 1723 in Dover, NH. That September dsy Tamsen’s world is shattered and turned upside down when her husband is killed and two of her children are abducted by an Abenaki raiding party. Now a widow, she is courted by two men. She refuses the rich and vain Thomas Waldron, who vows revenge. John, the other suitor, proposes as Waldron buys her farm and sets to drive Tamsen and her seven other children from the colony. Her resourceful daughter, Rachel, taken by the Abenaki, saves a warrior’s life, learns Abenaki, is taught Indian ...

Everybody knows that Seminole Indians love to wrestle alligators for tourists in the Florida Everglades. Old Buck, leader of the local Seminole Tribe, decides it's time to take James, a teenager, back into the Big Cypress Swamp to teach the boy how to wrestle gators. He takes along Micco, Jumper, Two Feathers and Wolf to help, because the huge giant is 16-feet long and weights close to 2,000 pounds. With help from the older men, James is able to subdue the monster, then turns him loose with the admonition, "OK, Big Fella, you owe me one!" Years later, James becomes the Sheriff of Hendry ...

The lush, vivid descriptions of the wildlife and jungles of Panama reveal the relationship of Indian culture to the land. Our hapless hero, Steve, must shed all of his modern world assumptions to see the forest through the eyes of his Indian hosts. His life is transformed as he discovers his own healing power. The Doubting Snake asks the question, "In our society, where most of the power is in the hands of the government, corporations and religious traditions, how does the ordinary citizen gain power in his life?" It then clearly and thoroughly answers the question by revealing the natural ...

Brilliant Concept and book - Amish Tripathi. Witness the tale of protectors and the Protected Rakshasa. A shocking Mythological Thriller. The secret from the Era of Mahabharata is vulnerable today. Present Day - Shivgarh witnessed the growth of the ancient structure of Trishula, booming Shivgarh's economy. But the ancient structure held the secret which would shake the world. 600 BCE - Saharshee Mahant, the greatest teacher of Sapt-Sindhu was protecting the secret from the era of Mahabharata, and found himself in the middle of a conspiracy and the Protected Rakshasa.

Living in the north western United States, deep in the mountains, was not easy back in the 1800’s. The severe winter kept Jed and his wife snowed in, unable to get an early start to the post. Soon, Bright Moon will bring their child into the world, but will they make it to Fort Bridger in time? Their trip to Bridger will be hard as warriors lie in wait to steal Jed’s pelts and wife adds to their peril. Dibbs Bacon rides to Bridger to get Jed to help Ellie as she gets word of her father’s death. They endure a perilous journey west to the Gallatin Mountains. A crazed hunter follows ...

Blaze never cared about her culture. Not the people, not the land, and certainly not Sioux history. Facing heartache after heartache, she would just rather give up and forget everything. When a mystic journal written hundreds of years ago by Chief Black Raven is discovered, her life makes a drastic change. Beneath the power of the full moon, a magic ritual is performed, and it sends Blaze spiraling into the past. Now she is on her own in a time she knows nothing about. Blaze Clark must face her fears, fall in love, and embrace her Sioux heritage to become She-Cougar, the Sioux maiden ...

As promised, Darcy Butler returns to the Crow Indian reservation. It has been one year since she completed and sold her novel based on her roots and the Crow Indian tribe. Her novel had sold well and she decided that she would give back to a culture that had enriched her life. Upon her return, she finds a gift bestowed upon her from her mentor and distant cousin, Tiponi. The wise elder of the tribe has left his journal for Darcy in the event of her return as vowed by the ‘great storyteller.’ The book becomes a treasure to Darcy as she discovers the plight of the children of Running Wolf...

What would you do if gunshots woke you up in the middle of the night, endangering your family? Bullets whizzed through your tipi dangerously close to your baby son. But who’s attacking you? The Utah War ended without bloodshed. You’re building a new adobe home in peaceful Great Salt Lake City in 1859. Connal Lee and his spouses grabbed their weapons and rushed out to defend their family, camp, and friends from drunken soldiers from Fort Floyd. Other enemies, called Mormon Locusts, continued assaulting their construction camp. The huge Federal Army camped a day’s ride away had made the...

Sharanjit Thind is sick of his drab, regular life, and cannot wait for school to end for the summer. Looking forward to some excitement at last, he is in for quite a surprise, for it is on the last day of school, right after a farewell party for their seniors, that Sharan comes face to face with terrifying events that will change his life forever... Within the next twenty-four hours, he will be visited by an alien, kidnapped by the creature, and his friends - Umang and Qamar - will be gravely endangered. Not only will their sanity be threatened, their beloved planet Earth will come ...

She found love in the West but no peace. He found forgiveness but no rest. Now a new adversary threatens their future together: a proud Lakota warrior named Crazy Horse. Southern war widow Annabelle is eager to start a new life in a Montana gold rush town with Union cavalryman Josey Angel. But the infamous gunman has one last debt to repay. Then a band of warriors seizes Annabelle in a bloody raid, placing her at the center of the deadliest Indian war America has ever seen. Her captor, Crazy Horse, seeks to kill the white men who have trespassed on his people’s land, even as he’s ...

In 1875 Idaho Territory, Emma Blackwood arrives with her late father's geological notebooks and a dream of finding precious opals in the Owyhee Mountains. But her scientific quest collides with sacred tradition when she meets Daniel Eagle Eye, a half-Nez Perce guide who guards ancient secrets about the stones his people call "thunder eggs." As they venture deeper into the mountains, Emma and Daniel discover their conflicting worlds of science and spirituality might not be so different after all. But when a rival mining company threatens both the sacred sites and their growing love, they ...

Little Bird West Texas adventure set in the mid to late 1880's. A young girl is captured and saved by a band of Apaches and later recaptured at the last Apache battle in the state of Texas. This is Little Bird's story of her life until her teen years.