Modern Western

Between 1817 and 1898, New York City evolved from a vital Atlantic port of trade to the center of American commerce and culture. Although this important urban transformation is well documented, the critical role of select Union soldiers turned New York engineers has, until now, remained largely unexplored.

Shelly Manne [1920-1964] was an influential big band drummer with the Stan Kenton and Woody Herman Orchestras and along with Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Giuffre was one of the originators of the so-called West Coast Style of Jazz in California in the early 1950s. He went on to lead his own quintet, open a very successful Jazz Club - The Manne Hole - and become a major drummer and percussionist for many years in the Hollywood Studios. The book is a chronological biography as well as a collection of informed articles and interviews by many of the most respected authors in Jazz dealing with all ...

After unexpectedly coming home to find a “Dear John” letter from his girlfriend, Daniel feels the calling for a fresh start—packing all his belongings in the car and taking a road trip out west hoping to rediscover what is essential to life. When his car breaks down in the mountains of Wyoming, he walks for several miles in search of assistance. After stopping at the first home he passes, he meets an old hunting guide and dog trainer named Kurt, who generously welcomes him in and offers to let him stay until the mechanic shop reopens after the weekend.

This audiobook will trace Western civilization back to its roots. In this epic quest, we head all the way back to Greece when Greek philosophers like Socrates and Plato pondered the very meaning of life. Explore the depths of knowledge that were probed by Greek schools of thought, such as the Stoics and the Cynics.

Texas Ranger Emmett Capps has walked into a whirlwind of trouble. Bodies are turning up, all shot with a .22. Is this the work of a serial murderer or a Mexican drugs cartel? His investigations take him down both routes until the bloody finale of this action-filled thriller.

KURT Missing Movie Star Gets Amnesia? by I. Del Chatter, gossip columnist Hollywood honey, Elizabeth Destiny is staying at ex-fiancé and billionaire Kurt McNally’s ranch in Rascal, Texas. Are wedding bells finally ringing for the starlet and the cowboy? Or is McNally just being a kind host after Elizabeth’s unfortunate run-in with a two-by-four? Seems Elizabeth—minus her trademark pout and selfish whine—has turned into one heck of a nice gal. Does the starlet really have amnesia? Or is Kurt falling for a look-alike bride? TUCKER Stranger on her doorstep! Perpetual do-gooder July ...

Frankenstein - his very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead. Within this audio, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the secrets of life, as science fiction meets horror when the world's most famous creature lives again. Collected together for the first time, here are 25 electrifying tales of cursed creation that are guaranteed to spark your interest.

Sometimes it takes decades to find your true family… but only a moment to lose them.Separated at birth, these twins find they have more than genetics in common: they’re both the target of killers who are willing to risk everything to take them out. Third book in That Twin Thing series, the excitement keeps on going for Van, Junior, Cindy, and everyone else they meet. Was peace even possible?

Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of 30 people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host - Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks’ third volume presents the tales of six people, here in an unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, 1935).

The ancient desert O’odham people’s creation stories parallel the path a young Guy Thornton takes to emerge from the “maze” he has made of his life. The novel opens in the center of the narrative as Guy, a down-on-his-luck Arabian horse trainer fresh out of prison, is getting drunk at the Wander On Inn. He spends the next several months living in the central Arizona desert with an elderly O’odham woman who seeks to teach him “tribe spirit,” while alternating chapters recount the past and his big break when the wealthy Frank Fielding hires him to tend to his champion Arabian ...

Dominic Kaine: Trigger Country In the shadows of Montana's rugged wilderness, danger and desire collide... Former special forces operative Dominic Kaine thought he'd found peace as the sheriff of Cedar Ridge, a quiet Montana town nestled against the mountains. But when mysterious artist Eva Carson arrives, his carefully constructed world begins to unravel. Eva has her own secrets—a past filled with covert operations and narrow escapes. She came to Cedar Ridge seeking anonymity, a place to disappear from the shadowy organization hunting her. What she didn't expect was Dominic Kaine, a man ...

For the first time, you can get the complete ROYAL ESCAPE series in one steamy, 700+ page set! What happens when a prince goes country? A modern royal romance unlike any you've ever seen! A PRINCE. A RANCH. AND A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE... Prince Nicholas of Montovia only wants one thing—some peace and quiet. When he buys a ranch in Firebird Falls, Montana, he’s looking for an escape from the drama caused by his royal siblings. Out here, he’s just Nick Smith—a happy loner just looking to blend in with everyone else. Clara Weaver is looking for her own escape. When her car runs out of ...

A Will to Meaning follows Sheriff John Newman in his quest for meaning in the heart of the wild Comanche empire, turned thriving Texas Hill Country, turned desolate and violent and ruthless once more. A harsh landscape and a society without technology, laws, or base human agreements to guide us. Here in the New West, three lives intertwine in a quest for meaning, pleasure, and power.

Act 3 - A Will to Power follows Caroline on her drive to power in the heart of the wild Comanche empire, turned thriving Texas Hill Country, turned desolate and violent and ruthless once more. A harsh landscape and a society without technology, laws, or base human agreements to guide us. Here in the New West, three lives intertwine in a quest for meaning, pleasure, and power.

Act 2 - A Will to Pleasure follows the Colonel as he seeks pleasure in the heart of the wild Comanche empire, turned thriving Texas Hill Country, turned desolate and violent and ruthless once more. A harsh landscape and a society without technology, laws, or base human agreements to guide us. Here in the New West, three lives intertwine in a quest for meaning, pleasure, and power.

Cambridge professor and renowned historian Anthony Pagden covers a vast subject in a compact package with Peoples and Empires. This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose. With a captivating narration by Robert O'Keefe, listeners will find this work enjoyable and utterly absorbing.

In the dog days of August 2008, a column of Russian tanks and troops rolled across the Republic of Georgia’s northern border and into South Ossetia, sparking a war that was over almost before it began. The war, while not insignificant, lasted all of five days. The number of casualties did not exceed one thousand, the threshold most political scientists use to classify a war, although thousands of Georgians were displaced. By historical comparison, when Soviet tanks entered Hungary in 1956 and Afghanistan in 1979-89, the fatalities totaled 2,500 and roughly 14,000 respectively.

From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style. Witness the excess and luxury of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby, experience profound meditations on death in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, as well as Poirot's very first murder case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Call of the Wild, by Jack London; The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes; The Great Gatsby, by F.

"Great moments of hilarity." "Fun & quirky." "A great opposites attract romance that pulls at your heartstrings." NYC fashion model Laura Oakes longs to be taken seriously. When an inheritance brings her to Sweetheart Creek, Texas, she shucks her old life and dives headlong into small town living. Too bad the handsome and serious cowboy Levi Wylder she’s crushing on sees her as nothing more than a princess. Was it the sparkly cowboy boots? Because it couldn’t be due to how she stepped in and calmed that rearing horse outside his stable. The last thing Levi Wylder needs is a high-...

Ty Dawson, now the sheriff of Oregon's Meriwether County, is ready to put a trying year behind him, but he's afforded no such luck. In a country still coming to grips with the Vietnam War, Watergate, and Charles Manson, Ty's neck of the woods isn't safe from the turmoil-especially when a commune of young so-called hippies springs up out of nowhere . . .