Una Dozzina: About a Dozen Times When Time Paused is a luminous collection of slice-of-life vignettes that capture fleeting moments before they vanish — the small, human intervals that rarely announce their importance until memory claims them.Written across years and places — from Chicago and Italy to the shifting neighborhoods of San Francisco — these brief pieces preserve ordinary life with uncommon attentiveness: an afternoon in a mischievous Fiat, commuters bound by ta...

This collection of six exciting Western stories from early in Louis L’Amour’s career begins with “Fork Your Own Broncs,” in which Mac Marcy, who had saved for seven years to run his own small cattle ranch, sees his dream come true, only to have it threatened by Jingle Bob Kenyon.In “Keep Travelin’, Rider,” Tack Gentry returns to Sunbonnet and his uncle’s G Bar Ranch only to find that his uncle, a Quaker, has been killed in a gunfight. A faction has moved in and run roughshod over t...

“Ride, You Tonto Raiders”Matt Sabre is a young and experienced gunfighter—but not a trouble seeker. But when Billy Curtin calls him a liar and goes for his gun, Matt has no choice but to draw and fire. To his surprise, the dying man gives him $5,000 and begs him to take the money to his wife, who is alone in defending the family ranch in the Mogollons. A combination of guilt, regret, and wanting to do the right thing leads Sabre to make that ride.“Riders of the Dawn”

A trio of Western stories by Louis L’AmourIn “Black Rock,” Jim Gatlin, a Texas trail driver, arrives in the town of Tucker where he finds himself quickly drawn into the middle of an all-out battle for the XY Ranch when, due to a case of mistaken identity, he kills the segundo of Wing Cary’s Flying C Ranch. Gatlin is a dead-ringer for Jim Walker, who, like Cary, wants control of the XY. Gatlin is thrown into a situation in which all he can do but fight for ...

Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies.It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy B...

Existem mulheres que irradiam prazer. Seu calor e sua energia são fortes demais e difíceis de lidar, assim como as mais raras pimentas. São intensas, raras e perigosas para quem não está preparado. Você está? Sabe como lidar com elas?Se souber como, você poderá desfrutar tudo o que podem oferecer.Este livro contém uma coletânea de contos sobre mulheres tão intensas e fortes como as mais raras especiarias.

Louis L’Amour is now one of the most iconic Western writers of all time, but once upon a time he was Jim Mayo, a regular writer for the pulps. Some of the tales he wrote in those days stuck with him enough that he later revised and expanded them into novels. But there was a special magic to the originals, and after research and restoration, these stories appear here now in their original form.In “The Trail to Peach Meadow Cañon,” Mike Bastian, taken in by the legendary outlaw Ben C...

Editor's Pick (BookLife, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)Recommended on KIRKUS Reviews fiction alongside The Nightingale and The WomenFeatured in the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTSan Francisco. Two trailblazing women—separated by a century...

Charles Rodriguez is thirty-five year old man in the midst of a divorce and jobless. He reluctantly embarks on a ten state journey on his father's truck route along the I-95. The two day trip dives into the family's past choices and Charles's current misfortunes with his marriage, career and non-existent relationship with his father. Each state will connect them in ways unimaginable. "10 States" is a journey of love,loss,purpose and redemption.

Circus life killed her mother will it destroy Tiffany's first love too?After the tragic death of her mother Tiffany blamed the circus and her father. Their relationship reaches the breaking point when she's shipped off to boarding school.Years later her father's illness forces Tiffany to leave school, return home and make life-changing decisions.Will Tiffany help her dad run the circus or secretly scheme to sell it? Can Tiffany find it in her heart to forgive her fa...

Jilted fiancée schemes to win her man back but does she go too far?After being dumped Connie flees to the solitude of a mountain retreat only to come face-to-face with the other woman on the snow covered trails of Lake Placid.The peaceful surroundings of her winter wonderland are shattered when tempers flare, and angry death threats are made.Connie uses Shawn the local ski bum to make Tori jealous, but her plan backfires when someone ends u...

Somewhere in Miami, Florida there was an accounting farm called Mary and Associates. Their recent recruit includes Clara, Lily, Liam and Ethan. Clara She is 21, Beautiful, tall and recently graduated from Florida international university. She lives with her parents. She is now in love with the hottest men in her workplace, Liam. Lily She is same age with her best friend clara, graduated in same class and now works in same place. Lily is the prettiest with a great smile and sense of humor. ...