The Coffee ClutchBy: James Wills and Patricia WillsThe Coffee Clutch introduces us to three southern blue-haired ladies who enjoy meeting for coffee and scones each morning at Margaret's house. One morning there is a knock at the door. After opening it, Margaret is shocked to see a man fall through the door, dead. This starts a crazy and wild adventure for the ladies. Who was this man, and why did he show up in the middle of coffee time?These mid-seventy-year-young l...

This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse. The experiences of a fascinating horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

On an isolated range in the American West, a young horse named Smoky is born and raised. Allowed to run free for the first few years of his life, he's later captured and tamed by a cowboy named Clint. Clint sees something special in Smoky, and quickly falls in love with the intelligent, wild young horse. As the years pass, Smoky must overcome many challenges ranging from mountain lions and winter storms to horse thieves and the greatest challenge the wilderness faces: modern society.

The Woman in Dark Clothes (for Edith Stein) She adored Husserl, the depths of his thought. But philosophy was not enough for her. She became a student of love. We breathe in the ashes of those burned in the ovens of Auschwitz. Flowers bloom out of the dust. She walks with us in the darkness. She is familiar with it. She knows the way out. They were not aliens from another planet. They put their human faces on just like us before they dropped Zyklon B in a hole in the roof and waited for th...

First published in 1926 and awarded the Newbery Medal in 1927, “Smoky the Cowhorse” is the heartfelt and dramatic tale of a horse in the final days of the Old West by Will James, a French-Canadian artist and author of numerous cowboy stories. Based loosely on the author’s own horse named Smoky and his days spent cow wrangling in Saskatchewan before moving to the United States, “Smoky the Cowhorse” follows the titular horse through his life from birth to old age. Smoky is born a wild horse,...

The story revolves around Smoky, a wild mustang horse with a fiery and independent spirit. The book follows Smoky's life, from his early days as a wild horse roaming free on the open range to his capture and domestication by cowboys. Throughout his journey, Smoky encounters various challenges and adventures, forging a strong bond with his human companions."Smoky the Cow Horse" is known for its authentic portrayal of cowboy life, horsemanship, and the rugged landscape of the American West. ...

It seemed like Mother Nature was sure agreeable that day when the little black colt came to the range world and tried to get a footing with his long wobblety legs on the brown prairie sod. Short stems of new green grass was trying to make their way up thru the last year's faded growth and reaching for the sun's warm rays. Taking in all that could be seen, felt, and inhaled, there was no day, time, nor place that could beat that spring morning on the sunny side of the low prairie butte wher...

Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the open range, he is free to go where he wants to and do what he wants to. And he knows what he has to do to survive.Smoky can beat any enemy, whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a part of the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can’t imagine anything else.Then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on two legs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can’t beat this enemy the way he h...

“This book is the story of a church that has begun to experience the transformative change that will happen when you consciously choose to enter a partnership type of relationship with Jesus, and allow Him to use you beyond your wildest dreams.”So says Will James, senior pastor of the Paradise Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church in National City, California. In this book he outlines how members of the Paradise Valley Church are feeding, clothing, and educating Jesus in the form of ...

‘Warm, insightful . . . hilarious and at times heartbreaking! A modern-day Dickens’ Abi Morgan‘Original, funny, and heart-warming’ Lucy Searle, Homes & GardenEver wondered what really goes on behind closed doors?Over more than twenty years working as a plumber, Nick has shared thousands of mugs of tea with hundreds of fascinating people. Here he gives his plumber’s-eye view of society in a series of entertaining, amusing and outrageous beneath-the-kitchen-sink...

This book’s theme came to me a couple of years ago regarding a college teacher who teaches criminology, and there just happens to be a serial killer in his class. The killer is of mixed race who has been abused by the father. The killer, as you would expect, has this overwhelming desire to literally destroy the father. The story proceeds from there, throughout the winter semester, and into the spring and summer. You will be able to read about the two sides of the law and how they both proc...

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for ‘the healer’. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the town of Redwater, the Doctor and Martha learn of a snake-oil salesman whose patent medicines actually cure his patients. But when the Doctor and Martha investigate, they discover the truth is stranger, and...