A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selections from the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The contemporary rhapsode performs the classical poetry of his or her language, culture, and tradition. Any particular collection and arrangement of poems for performance I term a “rhapsody.” In general terms, a rhapsody is an ecstatic expression of feeling and enthusiasm. In music, a rhapsody is an instrumenta...

Bruiser Teal died from a bullet to his heart. Shot from the bushes by an unknown killer, the shooter fled toward Mexico. Texas, after the Civil War, was virtually lawless. Texas was stripped of the Texas Rangers, a requirement imposed on Texas by the North. The Texas State Police was ineffective to the point that honest men found that six-gun justice was the only way to survive. The attitude of the average Texan was, If you cant take care of yourself, you dont belong in Texas. Matt had wor...

Lots of folks left the mountains of Tennessee for free land in the west. Josh Bonners folks were just among the many that year, but something a little different happened to him. By the time he was seventeen he was without family, no particular destination, without friends or friendly guidance. Chance, not reason, played an important part of his growing up fast. The decisions he made, even small ones, played an important role in his life. How he became a man able to make his own way and the...

Based on Hillsong Worship's beloved Grammy-winning, chart-topping song, this fantastical journey of discovery is certain to inspire children who long to know more about Jesus and what draws people to Him.Join little Oliver and his monkey pal as they embark on a quest for the name in the song Oliver’s mother sings. As they travel across land, sea, and space, they encounter beauty, wonder, and power. Each adventure in their epic journey leads them to the matchless na...

In a long, award-winning career writing about golf, Bill Fields has sought out the most interesting stories—not just those featuring big winners and losers, but the ones that get at the very character of the game. Collected here, his pieces offer an intriguing portrait of golf over the past century. The legends are here in vivid profiles of such familiar figures as Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Mickey Wright, and Tiger Woods. But so are lesser-known golfers like John Schlee, Billy Joe Patton, ...

February 2012. Somewhere in the North Atlantic.In an increasingly uncertain defence environment, a deadly new arms race has begun. In an attempt to secure her boundaries, Britain has deployed the very latest sub-sea military technology. Beneath and beyond the front line, these are the adventures of the HMS Goliath. A 55,000 tonne M-Class nuclear stealth submarine, prowling 5,000 metres below the surface, manned by idiots.Wherever they are, they don't know where they are. Bu...

Chloe Pirrie and Ben Batt star in this stunning dramatisation of Emily Bront****ë's classic, adapted by bestselling author Rachel JoyceWhen homeless orphan Heathcliff is brought to the isolated, storm-swept farmhouse of Wuthering Heights, he sparks very different emotions in the children of the house, Hindley and Cathy. While Hindley instantly hates him and makes his life miserable, Heathcliff finds a soulmate in Cathy and the two spend days playing together on the...

Stay off the Slash 8 range — or stay on it — permanent!'When Jim Green signed on as foreman of the Slash 8, the smell of range war was already in the air. Then the Slash 8's owner was bushwacked, and with its back to the wall, Green's fighting crew made its declaration; Stay off the Slash 8 range — or stay on it — permanent!Green knew that when a showdown came it would come with blazing guns. He was ready for that. What his embattled riders didn't know was that down in Texa...

A good man finds himself in bad trouble in this thrilling tale of the American West.Strapped for cash, Luke Sunday takes a job as a scout for the army’s war against the Sioux. Raised by the Cheyenne and Crow, he runs afoul of the army when they attack a peaceful Cheyenne village, believing it to be Sioux leader Sitting Bull’s camp. When he accuses them of wrongdoing, the outlaw Bill Bogart leads the charge to oust him from the campaign.Set adrift, he happen...

The Old West comes to vivid life as a man hunts his family’s killer in this classic tale of vengeance.When John Chapel was young, his parents were brutalized and murdered by Bevo Rooks and his gang of cutthroats. With a cold, undying tenacity, he tracked the men, picking them off one by one. But the wily Rooks got away, and Chapel was taken in by the Chickasaw Nation, and lived as one of them.Twelve years later, Chapel is a deputy marshal, renowned for his ...

2nd in the Sudden series by Frederick H Christian. The Cotton boys owned the town. Nothing moved in or out without their say– so. Drifters weren't encouraged. Move on, they were told. There's a lot of lead in the air. All except one moved on. He was a dark- haired stranger who gave the name Green, and asked about two men he was looking for. When the Cottons tried to gun down an unarmed kid, he took a hand. The Cotton boys decided to make an example of him to the rest of the town. They didn...

The brainchild of Amazon Kindle Number One bestselling western writers Mike Stotter and Ben Bridges, PICCADILLY PUBLISHING is dedicated to reissuing classic series fiction from the Yesterday and Today!SUDDEN – APACHE FIGHTERThere was a reward of five thousand dollars for the man who could bring Barbara Davis out of Apacheria alive. Every outlaw, gunman, and scalphunter in the south-west had drifted in to Tucson, then out into Apache country, lured by the dream of easy gold....