Western Survival

Don't Look Back is a sweet, clean Victorian story. Hannah Dawes loves to paint. She dreams of being a great artist. Her sand sculptures and paintings win her acclaim in her local community of New Beach, New Jersey, but when circumstances take her away from the Jersey shore, she must learn to love the sprawling vistas of High Bend, Colorado. Strangers in a strange land, Hannah and her family travel across the country to live with Hannah's Uncle James, a bachelor rancher whom Hannah has never met. Life on the ranch is hard, and Hannah misses her old home, that is until she starts to pain the ...

FROM DUSTY ROADS AND DEAD ENDS, A NEBRASKA NATIVE SON FINDS HIS WAY A former Nebraska state senator hails from the heart of rural Nebraska—tiny Bassett, Nebraska, population 1,010—where his father and grandfather owned and operated the fertilizer plant, the backbone of the rural community. Born into the tapestry of small-town existence, Coash’s narrative unfolds against the backdrop of tight-knit neighbors and the enduring spirit of the American small town. In this inspiring coming-of-age memoir. Coash chronicles the challenges of the rural economy on his father and his fertilizer ...

In Rising, Wood reflects on the 70 days she spent on Everest and on the pivotal experiences and influences that brought her to that staggeringly beautiful and austere corner of the world. Beyond the physical hardships, she faced personal challenges as an outlier in the male bastion of Himalayan climbing. These were compounded by the vexing presence of her past mentor and lover with his new girlfriend on the American team climbing on the same side of the mountain.

A Mind for the Fight provides you with the necessary tools to facilitate a critical evolution in your survival mindset. Retired Green Beret, renowned martial artist, and infamous street fighter Jim "Smokey" West offers a comprehensive guide to developing the mental game necessary to turn your defense into offense when a violent street assault finds you.

Soren West discovered the woods as both adventure and refuge from a difficult home life as a 12-year-old. After 44 years as a trial attorney, he and his golden retriever, Theo, set out on the Appalachian Trail. Soren loses 30 pounds, has a tooth reset, and his shoulder repaired. But he also meets wild people, unscalable rocks, and night-time frights on this "life-changing adventure," all the way with Theo!

She's beautiful, perfect, and most importantly, she's mine. She just doesn’t know it yet. I need to stay away from the town’s hot golden boy. He’s waaaay out my league. That doesn’t mean I can’t have my dirty fantasies though, right? I know I can’t have him. But we're forced to work on the town's charity calendar, and we end up roommates. Unable to escape each other. I try to resist him. To forget the way he makes me feel when I’m pressed against his hard body. But I’m losing the fight. And when he kisses me? I know I’m screwed. My only solace is that it will only be for a...

Ten years ago, a horrifying disease began spreading across the West Texas desert. Infected people - "shakes" - attacked the living and created havoc and destruction. No one has ever survived the infection. Daisy Wilcox, known as Willie, has been protecting her siblings within the relatively safe walls of Glory, Texas. But when Willie's good-for-nothing father steals a fortune from one of the most dangerous shake-hunters in town, she finds herself on the hook for his debt. With two hunters, including the gruff and handsome Ben, to accompany her, she sets out across the desert in search of her father.

The desire for adventure drove Oli to leave Finland and travel across the ocean to 19th century America. Circumstances left Oli in possession of a map showing the location of Spanish gold in what would become a life or death adventure. Travel with Oli from the wharfs of Boston to the peaks of the Rocky Mountains as he follows the dream of a departed friend.

Callie was talking her adopted daughter to Balboa Park to hear a new boy band. Instead they watched bombs landing. Unknown to them, the Chinese military was attacking the US on three sides; the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Southern coast. This was worst than anything in history with the Chinese dropping conventional bombs and chemical bombs. Learn how several groups around the US survived. War has come to the US soil for the first time since the Civil War. How will American's handle? Will we survive? Learn how four different groups of people around the US are surviving and living.

How can one pilot cram so much into a single lifetime? Climb into Captain Terry Reece's cockpit, fasten your seatbelt, and hold on for an exciting journey into the world of aviation. Born to a family of transplanted North Carolinians who moved to Washington State, a young Reece explored the hills of the Pacific Northwest. Hiking in the mountains and being a fire lookout gave him a taste of adventure, but he craved more-and he got it.

Helmi’s Shadow tells the sweeping true story of two Russian Jewish refugees, a mother (Rachel Koskin) and her daughter (Helmi). With determination and courage, they survived decades of hardship in the hidden corners of war-torn Asia and then journeyed across the Pacific at the end of the Second World War to become United States citizens after seeking safe harbor in the unlikely western desert town of Reno, Nevada. This compelling narrative is also a memoir, told lovingly by Helmi’s son, David, of growing up under the wings of these strong women in an unusual American family.

Based on true events, author Butch Maki and his character, Huey helicopter Crew Chief, Sergeant Specialist Donald 'Mack' Mackinen, display the ordinary valor commonly found in a war that often gets overlooked. He brings us along on death-defying rides during some of the most brutal days of the Vietnam War. Every morning, he heads into a nightmare that lasts all day long, where instinctual acts of heroism, mercy, and sheer willpower shape a different kind of battle—one that follows Mack far beyond Southeast Asia and into the struggles of life back home. But Bikini Beach is more than just a...

What if you knew a deadly secret that could get you killed? What if you told no one and thousands died? Will you give up your life to save others. Sample passage: “I’m so sorry, Hazel daring. I dropped my napkin on the floor. Can you get me another one?” She smiled, patted me on the shoulder, and went to get another napkin. I turned to watch Bruce leave the bakery. He looked both ways, then started to walk across the street. Suddenly, a large black SUV pulled out in front of the store from across the street and gunned the engine. It was headed directly towards Bruce. He saw it at the ...

The Civil War made a widow out of Emma Coulter, leaving her on her own to grieve her lost husband, and mourn not only losing him, but losing his dream of owning a saloon together, too. But instead of wallowing in could have been’s… Emma stood up to fulfill his dream. With sheer grit, she purchased a claim, and built the Lazy Snake Saloon on her own. Soon, she was happily, and successfully, running it, until a gang of armed land-grabbers encroached upon her life and threatened to erase everything she’d built. She would soon find building the saloon, and running it single-handedly ...

Faced with the eminent loss of the family home, the sons of Oli set out on the 19th century frontier with a plan to get money to satisfy the note. The adventure takes them from war torn Texas, to the badlands in Dakota. Along the way they encounter danger, adversity and betrayal which threaten the success of their mission.

Sarah and Thomas Woodford travel west in search of a better life. En route Thomas takes ill and dies leaving Sarah to look after herself. Remaining for a time with the wagon train, a man she befriended betrays her and she soon discovers she's alone in the frontier town of Parish without much except for her meagre savings. Lodging at Parish's sole hotel, Sarah must eke out a living to survive, hoping all the while she'll save enough money to pay for her passage home. When things don't work out as planned, Sarah is forced to make a choice she'd never have considered possible. A Sporting Life ...

Traherns are hard to kill, and Regan Trahern is one of the toughest. Waterfalls and bears can't conquer him, how about a young lady?

When a reality TV show contestant goes missing, woodsman and tracker Tye Caine unravels a decades-old mystery. As he follows a dark and twisted trail, specters from his past come back to haunt him. Tye can only trust his girlfriend Kaity and his friend Gary as they navigate the heat-blasted high desert of eastern Washington state. Then, when they thought things couldn’t get any weirder, mysterious lights on the mountain flash a message to someone lurking below, and Tye starts seeing a woman who has been dead for a hundred years.

This is book 3 in a series and continues with the Montana group finding abused children at a home that they recuse. Jonathan's team races to see what a gun battle is in a remote area of the foothills and find the families of Army Ranger Phillip Gardner's team who are running from traitorous group men trying to capture the sons of Phillip Gardner. North Korea invades Japan and attacks South Korea. Then Russian and Chinese war ships enter US water in Alaska. Is this the start of World War III? The Cold War has been over for decades; however, the evil is still there hidden in plain sight. ...

This is book 1 in a series where we get introduced to Jonathan's Seal Team and hear about their travel and problems as they navigate the Russian Sleeper Agents in Montana. North Korea invades Japan and attacks South Korea. Then Russian and Chinese war ships enter US water in Alaska. Is this the start of World War III? The Cold War has been over for decades; however, the evil is still there hidden in plain sight. Russian Sleeper Agents are given the order to act. Where are they? Everywhere! Your local Sheriff, the mayor of your town, your senator or congressperson, and even in the White ...