Charles Wheelan rides into Prospect looking for a meal, a bed, and a little peace.Instead, he kills an outlaw and gets handed a sheriff's badge.Now a ruthless gang wants revenge, a corrupt mayor wants him gone, and an entire town is counting on him.There's just one problem—Wheelan has spent most of his life running from the law.Now he may be the only man who can save Prospect.

From the Canadian in charge of the joint military command in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, this is the real on-the-ground story of one of NATO's bloodiest, most decisive and misunderstood operations: The battle of Panjwayi, the defining moment of "Operation Medusa."In the summer of 2006, David Fraser was the Canadian general in charge of NATO's Regional Command South, a territory spanning six Afghan provinces surrounding the Arghandab Valley. Birthplace of the ...

You’re about to discover proven steps, strategies, and resources on how to treat your Gout and finally find reliefHere Is a Preview Of What You'll Learn in the short concise book...What exactly Gout is and who gets itWhat causes the buildup of uric acid that actually causes the gout attacksThe symptoms and complicationsMost common gout treatments and medicationsHow nutrition affects gout and potential attacksHome remed...

Sam knows how the life he's currently living ends. It isn't the life, or the ending, he wants. He makes a choice to try his hand as a lighthouse keeper's apprentice. The life of a lighthouse keeper promises responsibility. Adventure. He will find adventure, the likes of which he could never have imagined. The journey that unfolds before him promises to change his life...if he can only survive.

As remote work becomes the new norm, leaders face the unique challenge of guiding their teams from a distance. But how can you foster productivity, maintain morale, and build a cohesive team when you’re not in the same room? How to Manage a Remote Team: Leadership Strategies for Virtual Success is your comprehensive guide to mastering remote team management and building a thriving virtual workplace.This book provides essential strategies for leaders to effectively manage, motivate,...

Early in the Second World War, Peter Wand-Tetley volunteered for special service. He saw action first with the newly formed Commandos raiding the North African coast and then in the fierce fighting on Crete. Operations with the LRDG in the Western Desert were followed by SAS actions as Rommel retreated to Tunis. Remarkably he then transferred to the Special Operations Executive and was parachuted blind into enemy occupied Greece in 1943. His role was to train and equip Andarte guerillas an...

A prominent lawyer colorfully recounts a lost and lamented era in Texas politics: "Fascinating . . . Vivid, insightful commentary." — Houston ChronicleOnce upon a time in Texas, there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant (and more tolerable). David Richards was one of them.In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and politi...

At no point since the Cold War has global security been so profoundly threatened. Conflict rages in Ukraine and the Middle East, as Russia's territorial ambitions drive Europe towards major rearmament. China, now among the world's pre-eminent military and economic superpowers, threatens to undermine the fabric of global cooperation. Meanwhile, uncertainty grows over the US's long-term commitment to NATO. Without a new strategic framework to make sense of these developments, we stand on the...

Every self-help book teaches the same virtues: gratitude, acceptance, forgiveness, calm, courage. Sanctuary of the Soul asks a harder question about each one — who benefits when it is sold to you as a private, purchasable technique, and what it actually looks like once nobody is selling it back.Richard David Hames has spent a working life advising governments, corporations, and family enterprises across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Global South on how civilisatio...

In this new edition of Alden Nowlan's poignant first novel, published posthumously in 1988, a boy growing up in a small Nova Scotia mill town is abandoned by the young mother he adores. Family relationships, sexual confusions, and the pains of love are rendered with deep and authentic feeling. This is an essential book for all readers who have admired the work of this major Canadian writer.

General Sir David Richards is one of the best known British generals of modern times. In 2013 he retired after over forty years of service in the British Army and a career that had seen him rise from junior officer with 20 Commando to Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces.He served in the Far East, Germany, Northern Ireland and East Timor. He was the last Governor of Berlin's Spandau Prison, when Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, was its sole pri...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the British and Russian Empires played the 'Great Game,' a rivalry for supremacy in Central Asia. To secure a 'buffer zone' in Afghanistan, between India and Russian territory, Britain launched the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1838. Initial success, including the imposition of a puppet regime supported by too few troops (a situation that has great resonance today), was followed by complete disaster in 1842, with 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 civilia...