Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West. New York: Penguin Books, 1953. Stiles, T. J. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. New York: Vintage Books, 2009.
“Riveting...A great read, full of colorful characters and outrageous confrontations back when the west was still wild.” —George R.R. Martin A propulsive and panoramic history of one of the most dramatic stories never told—the ...
CHAPTER 15: BAD MEN 163 Gun tallies came in: Athearne, Rebel of the Rockies, 77. 164 “A splendid body ...”: Ibid., 77. 164 Details are spotty: Ibid.,79. 164 All of them had come: Bradley, The Story of the Santa Fe, 124.
This book analyses the impacts and responses to twenty-five years of "peace" between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
"This is a genuine Barnacle Book."--Verso of title page.
These seventeen essays are written in honour of Lorraine Copeland which reflect her interest in the prehistory of the Near East and her belief that river sediments were the key...
Ostensibly about a Scottish couple renovating a crumbling farmhouse in Aquitaine that's been in the family for generations on a shoestring budget, this book is really a quirky memoir covering far more than just the renovation.
... from such activities. In fact, they gave mostly good reports of me. I stood first in most of the subjects in the exams. The subject that I disliked most was Mathematics, mostly because it was taught by a nun who ... FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA.