Plains Indians from different tribes speaking different languages were nevertheless able to communicate facts and feelings of considerable complexity when they met. They used a language composed of ge…
If you've never searched for agates, you don't know what you're missing. It's a scavenger hunt, a search for treasure and a day of outdoor recreation all rolled into one! Vacationers and budding hobby…
Shelve Agate Hunting Made Easy: How to Really Find Lake Superior Agates
Taking its place next to Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood on the Modern Library bookshelf is this new and original edition of Capote's most famous short stories: "A Christmas Memory, " "One Ch…
Shelve A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language—and will forever change the way you read and write.
Great writing begins with the…
Shelve Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read
1829, Tasmania. A group of men—convicts, a farmer, two free black traders, and Black Bill, an aboriginal man brought up from childhood as a white man—are led by Jon Batman, a notorious historical figu…
In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol …
Shelve Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
In this great American masterpiece, which served as the basis for the classic John Wayne film, two men with very different agendas push their endurance beyond all faith and hope to find a little girl …
No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better …
Shelve The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
By the author of The Homesman, now a major motion picture The Shootist is John Bernard Books, a gunfighter at the turn of the twentieth century who must confront the greatest Shootist of all: Death. M…
His name is Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit missionary come from Europe to the New World to bring the word of God to the heathen. He is given minimal aid by the governor of the vast territory that is …
The Conquerors, the third volume in Allan Eckert's acclaimed series, The Winning of America, continues the narrative of The Frontiersmen and Wilderness Empire: the violent and monumental story of the …
Relates the wild days of Wes Hardin through the voices of those who encountered him during the 42 years of his life: friends and enemies, kinfolk and strangers, lawmen and outlaws, gamblers and fancy …
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centerin…
Shelve Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a military expedition into hostile territory'. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal…
Shelve Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
1775 all'alba della rivoluzione che generò gli Stati Uniti d'America. Lealisti e ribelli si contendono l'alleanza delle Sei Nazioni irochesi, la più potente confederazione indiana. Nella valle del fiu…
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat …
At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent young fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must obey. Another girl might have b…
The next book in the successful 'Style Me Vintage' series is designed to inspire re-enactors and all those vintage aficionados who admire the classic looks of the 1940s. This beautiful and accessible …
Shelve Style Me Vintage: 1940s: A practical and inspirational guide to the hair, make-up and fashions of the 40s
Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her S…
Martine Leavitt offers a spellbinding story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance in this National Book Award Finalist. Keturah follows a legendary hart into the king's forest, wh…
A gourmet guidebook and an irresistible collection of almost 100 recipes, directly from, or inspired by, the fascinating era of the Edwardians. Includes special menus for entertaining friends, with in…
Shelve The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic
Jane Austen published her first novel in 1811, but today she's more popular than ever. Film adaptations of her books are nominated for Academy Awards. Chick lit bestsellers are based on her plots. And…
Shelve The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World
Written over three centuries ago by a Samurai warrior, the book has been hailed as a limitless source of psychological insight for businessmen-or anyone who relies on strategy and tactics for outwitti…
Shelve A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
An account of the Scottish clans, their history and heritage, genealogy, relics, and homelands written by one the great Scottish eccentrics, Sir Iain Moncrieffe of the Ilk.
