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Marie hat genug. Simon, ihr Ex, lässt sie einfach nicht in Ruhe. Um ihn endgültig loszuwerden, packt sie ihre Koffer und wandert nach Kanada auf eine Ranch aus. Bereits am Flughafen lernt sie den gut aussehenden Anwalt Ryan Parker kennen, der gewohnt ist zu bekommen was er will. Wie sich herausstellt, kreuzt sich ihr Weg erneut. Bevor sie jedoch überhaupt an ihrer neuen Arbeitsstelle ankommt, läuft sie Mike in einem Pub über den Weg und die beiden verbringen die Nacht miteinander. Dass ausgerechnet er auch auf der Ranch anfängt, hat keiner von beiden geahnt.

The year is 1863 and the prairies are swarming with war parties from enemy tribes. The two boys must travel far and fight hard to keep their scalps and count coups

Outside was the red dust, a foot deep on the highway, and the burning sun. The fountain before the mission splashed lazily; down at the beach it seemed that the tide had not its usual energy. Neophytes slept in the shadows cast by the mission walls. Here and there a robed friar went about his business despite the heat and the hour. There was no human being travelling El Camino Real—the king’s highway—as far as a man with good eyes could see. You can hear the whole story.

Celeste Kennedy's father makes an arranged marriage for her, but when this beautiful and willful daughter sees how cruel and deceitful her fiancé is, she goes against her father and he throws her out of the house forever.

Some call it the most dangerous stagecoach in the West. But the hard-driving owners of the Frontier Overland Company will get you where you want to go—if you don't mind a detour through hell....

A few days before Bree's upcoming wedding, she and her father spend a day in the mountains, and he tells her about the family's early days on a small ranch in California, the tragedy that struck her mother, and how they came to live in the valley.

An elderly Blackfeet warrior tells the story of his youth, when his tribe owned and lived free on the great plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. During those days of freedom and plenty, they hunted the vast herds of buffalo, worshipped their ancient gods, and sought glory in war parties against their traditional tribal enemies. In order to achieve his adulthood in the tribe, Little Otter must face the dangerous vision quest to find his sacred helper and then risk death as a member of a daring war party. Most of all, though, Little Otter wants to become a Sun priest.

Jeff and the settlers spend the winter in Missouri, preparing to leave for the West in the spring. But tensions flare between the settlers and anti-Confederate locals, and between Jeff and Abe Hackett. Abe, who shot a man down in cold blood a few weeks earlier in Tennessee, is willing to turn one settler against another to get what he wants.

Keeping the peace in a West Texas town like Buffalo Peak should be easy for a legendary frontiersman like Marshal Elwood "Firestick" McQueen. He’s got his longtime buddies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks as his deputies—not to mention the famous rifle that earned him his nickname. But when Firestick learns that their ornery old friend “Rip” Ripley just rode into town, all bets are off. It’s darn near impossible to keep the peace when Rip’s specialty is disturbing it. Firestick finds a decade-old wanted poster for Rip—the reward is one dollar.

Step back in time to the heart of Sydney’s gold rush era with an unfiltered glimpse into the city’s bustling construction scene. Immerse yourself in the vivid historical backdrop transporting your senses to the hustle and noise of the burgeoning Sydney in 1855.

As a young man, John Bannack worked hard on his brother's farm—until times got tough and his brother grew desperate. Desperate enough to rob a bank. Unfortunately, John's brother left a trail that led straight to the Bannack farm. When a posse showed up to make an arrest, John made a fateful decision: He confessed to his brother's crime. Sacrificed his freedom for the sake of his brother's family. And doomed himself to a hard, hellish life in a rat-hole state prison.

W XIX-wiecznym Edo, świeżo przemianowanym na Tokio, mieszka sędziwy mistrz malarstwa tuszowego – Kano Indara, ostatni z rodu prominentnych artystów minionej epoki. Jego głównym zmartwieniem jest brak dziedzica i godnego spadkobiercy jego szkoły, lecz oto spotyka Tatsu, młodego geniusza pędzla. Jego niezwykły talent sprawia, iż stary Kano ignoruje osobliwą opowieść młodzieńca o tym, jakoby tysiąc lat temu zaręczył się z... córką smoka.

After seeking vengeance in Slagville, Lobo visits a beautiful valley and reunites with his long-lost family. Lobo's relatives welcome him with open arms, and he vows to help them with a big problem. But things turn deadly when Lobo discovers not everyone is happy that he survived.

Here is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble, strong stone and gold—and a man’s strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills. It is a land of oaks and cedars and pines—and a man’s mental grace must be as the grace of the untamed trees. It is a land of far-arched and unstained skies, where the wind sweeps free and untainted, and the atmosphere is the atmosphere of those places that remain as God made them—and a man’s soul must be as the unstained skies, the unburdened wind, and the untainted atmosphere.

Bloomsbury presents Winterkill by C.J. Box, read by David Chandler. Joe Pickett must battle a killer in a winter snowstorm in this gripping read from New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. It’s an hour away from darkness, a bitter winter storm is raging, and Wyoming Game Warden Joe...

As sleepy as Buffalo Peak's been, legendary marshal, Elwood "Firestick" McQueen, and his deputies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks never expected a couple of drifters to wake it up—by kidnapping two lovely ladies in town. Hardly the sharpest quills on a cactus, these dim drifters call it courtin'. Firestick doesn't see it that way. Now the woman snatchers are heading for West Texas with their reluctant brides-to-be—and unwittingly plunging trackers Firestick and Moosejaw headlong into a rescue.

The bear seems harmless—at first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes again—which worries the local sheriff. He’s afraid this amateur hunting party could turn into a mass funeral real fast. So he asks Smoke Jensen to help keep everyone calm and contain the panic. Unfortunately, it’s too late. The panic is out of control. And the hunt is on.

Tutti sono stati giovani, anche Gus e Call, gli induriti venditori di bestiame protagonisti di Lonesome Dove. A quell'epoca, gli anni Quaranta dell'Ottocento, le praterie a ovest di San Antonio erano ancora selvagge e dominate dagli indiani. Dunque chi meglio di due ragazzi sbandati e un po' ingenui per rimpolpare la compagnia di Texas Ranger in partenza per El Paso? Un fucile, un cavallo, la promessa di una paga e si va. Ma in giro c'è Buffalo Hump, l'abile e brutale capo comanche, e il battesimo della strada si celebra con il sangue.

It begins with a massacre. A crime so brutal and bloody, the local sheriff isn't smart enough to solve it. But when young deputy Dan Caine sees the slaughter for himself—an entire family murdered—he can't let it go. Especially when the eldest daughter is missing. Right there and then, Caine makes a fateful decision: throw away his badge, form a vigilante team, and go after the killers . . .

Unwilling to die behind the bars of the hellish prison where life is worth less than a peso, Long's band of desperadoes break out of jail and split up to escape. Now, Two-Horses, Luke Fischer, Gabriel Santana, Billy Lightning, and Long are scrabbling along a desolate landscape, heading for Texas to reclaim their ill-gotten gains, hunted by dogged lawmen, merciless Comaches, and a violent gang of bandits who also want the stolen gold.