Explore the fun of fishing with this guide for kids ages 8 to 12Kids will cast their line and see what they catch with My Awesome Field Guide to Freshwater Fishing, the complete handbook for aspiring young anglers. Help kids learn all about the fish that live in their local waters—from tiny bluegills to massive northern pikes—and how to reel them in. They'll tackle the basics of North American freshwater fishing and dive into a brand-new hobby!This...

Designed for practitioners, students, and librarians, this accessible, easy-to-use dictionary provides definitions for over 4,000 abbreviations and acronyms, with numerous expanded entries providing both definition and further explanation. Wide-ranging in scope and up-to-date in coverage, topics include: * International and national institutions * Qualifications * Regulatory bodies * Trade unions and trade associations * Currencies * General abbreviations used in the financial world, and m...

English aristocrat Born Gallant is riding to Dodge City to meet up with old friends, when he is attacked and left to die. Initially relieved when rescued by a lawman and his posse, Gallant's fortunes take a turn for the worse when his apparent rescuers accuse him of murder. A witness has sworn that he saw him stab the Kansas senator, and it seems certain that Gallant will hang for a murder he did not commit. Gallant's old friends newspaperman Stick McCrae and lawyer Melody Lake are able to...

When Jericho Slade, the 5-year-old son of Senator Morton J. Slade is killed in Dodge City, someone's neck is bound to get stretched. The ex-convict, Billy Flint, makes a likely suspect but when Born Gallant blunders into Dodge City and sees the innocence on the accused face, he reacts in his usual eccentric manner, snatching young Billy Flint from certain death. Reunited with old friends, Gallant sets out to hunt down Slade's real killer but, in order to expose the truth of the murdered bo...

Born Gallant returns to Salvation Creek on a whim, but this leads to a bloody saga he could never have foreseen. Word from the elderly Frank Lake leads Gallant on a quest to rescue a young lawyer, who has been kidnapped to prevent her from blocking a corrupt Kansas City politician's chances of fame. To the north of the town of El Dorado, an old line cabin becomes the focus for Gallant's efforts. But it's back in Kansas City that the climax unfolds, when Gallant confronts old enemy Chet Eag...

When rich young Englishman, Born Gallant, arrives in America after the death of his father, he goes first to see family friend William Pinkerton. The boss of the famous detective agency at once gives him an assignment: the head of the Kansas City office has been murdered, there has been an attempt on Pinkerton's life, and he wants to know why. From that day on, Gallant finds himself embroiled in a fight to the death against gunmen hired by warring cattlemen fighting against reorganisation ...

From 1937 to 1994, Lowry Air Force Base, located on the eastern edge of the city of Denver, served the nation and the surrounding community in many distinguished ways. The air base, primarily a technical training center, graduated more than 1.1 million enlisted members and officers in skills ranging from armament to photography, tremendously strengthening the country�s war efforts in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. In addition, from the 1980s, Lowry Air For...

When the bounty hunter takes a job protecting a suspected murderer, he uncovers the bloody truth in this action Western.They called him Flintlock for the ancient Hawken muzzleloader he carries. He’s a bounty hunter with his own way of doing business on the frontier, and a long list of vicious killers who met their end when they crossed his path. But now he’s been hired to guard the most hated man in Texas—one with a $10,000 bounty on his head.The crime was ...

When two killer gangs descend on a Texas town, it takes a pair of renegade gunslingers to save the day in this action Western.In 1866, the border between the US and Mexico is a hotbed of gunrunners and mercenaries—not to mention the Emperor of Mexico’s spies, saboteurs and double agents. Meanwhile, West Texas is being terrorized by Comanche warriors. Into this mix ride two massive gangs of the meanest ravagers to ever draw iron—or a breath.Sam Heller and Jo...

In a town struck down by plague, the only one who can stop a mad clergyman is a bounty hunter from hell—in the New York Times–bestselling author’s Western.Armed with his grandfather’s ancient Hawken muzzleloader, the bounty hunter known as Flintlock is always ready to end the life of an enemy. But when he arrives in Happyville, the stench of death already hangs heavy in the air. He finds the townspeople dead in their beds, having succumbed to a deadly scou...

Western Short Story: "Black smoke drew Rolla's eye, smoke where there should not be smoke. Then he heard the noise: high, piercing yips, and a woman's scream, and the flat report of gunshots." With revenge in his heart, young Rolla takes part in the Battle of Salt River Canyon at Skeleton Cave in Arizona Territory.The battle that took place on December 28, 1872, was an engagement of the decade-long Apache Wars in the late nineteenth century. Award winning writer Marsha Ward envisio...

Goosebumps now on Disney+!Jordan Blake and his sister, Nicole, are sick of the hot weather in Pasadena, California. Just once they'd like to have a real winter with real snow.And then it happens. The Blakes are taking a trip to Alaska! Mr. Blake has been asked to photograph a mysterious snow creature there.Poor Jordan and Nicole. They just wanted to see snow. But now they're being chased by a monstrous creature. A big furry-faced creature known as t...