Résultats de recherche de titre
Articles 61 à 80 sur 24562
The Doomsday Canyon (A Double D western)
Par Ray Hogan. 1984
The devil's badland: Devil's Badland (Loner. #2.)
Par J. A Johnstone. 2011
After his wife is murdered, Conrad "Kid Morgan" Browning hunts down the men responsible - then visits his wife's grave…
in New Mexico. There, he is shocked to discover his ex-fiancée waiting for him - along with armed backup. 2011.The cowboy with the Tiffany gun (Lone Star audio)
Par Aaron Latham. 2008
Continues the Arthurian-themed western begun in "Code of the West". Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known,…
comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back. 2008.The debutante divorcée
Par Plum Sykes. 2006
Young Manhattanite Sylvia Mortimer can't help noticing that her friends "put almost as much effort into losing husbands as they…
once did into finding them." Lauren, the most recent to discard hers, has just had a champagne-fuelled divorce party. Although Sylvia is the blissful newlywed of the pack, her husband has started spending weeks away in Paris without her, and has hired a sleek temptress as his assistant. While Lauren happily changes boyfriends as often as shoes, Sylvia nervously wonders if she will be the next debutante divorcée. 2006.The contractor
Par James C Work. 2016
Based on an actual event, an 1868 murder in a railroad camp during the building of the Union Pacific. The…
killer, a construction contractor, flees the territory only to find himself being pursued by N.K. Boswell of the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency. When Boswell takes the murderer into custody, however, the detective finds that his problems have only just begun. Now he has to transport him back to Laramie. Forty miles of empty Iowa prairie, then the flooded Missouri River, then four hundred more miles of prairie. And all the while the murderer's brother and his gang of thugs are determined to stop Boswell at any cost. 2016.The Devil in Texas and other cowboy tales
Par John R Erickson. 1982
Humorous yarns about cowboys, roping cattle and other facets of modern ranch life as told by a cowboy, a cowboy's…
wife, a couple of cow horses and a cow dog. 1982.The day the cowboys quit
Par Elmer Kelton. 1999
Texas Panhandle, 1883. Cowboys refuse to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who don't pay…
decent wages. The ranchers also want to take away the cowboys' rights to own cattle because they believe it would lead to thieving. When rumours of such anti-ownership legislation travel to the cowboys, they decide to fight back by holding a strike. Descriptions of violence and strong language. 1971.The devil's anvil (A black horse western)
Par Steve Hayes. 2014
The news wasn't good: the kill-crazy McClory brothers had busted out of Yuma Pen and were headed for Indian Territory.…
Somebody would have to bring them in. The job falls to Liberty Mercer, a US deputy marshal who also happens to be a woman, one who was getting mighty tired of having her abilities questioned time and again. 2014.The devil wears Prada
Par Lauren Weisberger. 2003
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million girls would die for." Hired as…
the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts "Prada! Armani! Versace!" at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women, and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. Some strong language. 2003.The Deadwood trail: The Trail Drive, Book 12 (Trail drive series. #12.)
Par Ralph Compton. 1999
Veteran ranchers Nelson Story of Montana and Benton McCaleb of Wyoming were bringing herds to the gold camps of the…
Black Hills, where miners were hungry for beef. But the drives would pass through Crow and Sioux territory, and within the two outfits were Indians, gunmen, Texans, lovesick cowboys, and high-spirited women. Each was tangled by violent grudges, stampeding herds, and dangerous deception, and each had a deadly surprise awaiting it at the end of the trail. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c1999. (Trail drive series ; 12)The crosshatch men (Nightingale Series Large Print Bks.)
Par Ray Hogan. 1989
Curt Ramsey is in danger of losing his ranch to the crafty ranch hands he has fired. Only his estranged…
brothers can help, but first they must get past renegade Indians and dangerous outlaws. 1992.The curse of the bologna sandwich (Melvin Beederman, superhero.)
Par Greg Trine. 2006
Melvin Beederman's a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and…
flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin, with the help of his friend Candace, manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains like the evil McNasty brothers - once he's airborne (crash!) Grades 2-4. 2006. (Melvin Beederman ; 1)The complete Western stories of Elmore Leonard
Par Elmore Leonard. 2007
Collected stories of a suspense writer who began his career writing pulp westerns for magazines. Thirty works span Leonard’s career…
from "Trail of the Apache" (1951) to "Hurrah for Captain Early!" (1994). Some violence and some strong language. 2007.The Dakota deal (A black Horse Western Ser.)
Par Dan Claymaker. 2008
For John McCallam, escaped prisoner on the run, the discovery of the deserted cabin and the dead body of a…
man seemed just the lucky break he needed. Here was his chance to assume a whole new identity, become another person, even down to a change of clothing. But little did McCallam realise the nature and character of the man he became. 2008.The contract surgeon
Par Dan O'Brien. 2001
Fictionalized account of the friendship between Dr. McGillycuddy and Sioux leader Crazy Horse. McGillycuddy, a private physician working under contract…
for the army, must decide whether to act as a doctor or a friend when the seriously wounded chief faces cruel imprisonment. Some violence and some strong language. 2001, c1999.The Dakota trail: a Ralph Compton novel (Trail drive series. #14.)
Par Ralph Compton, Robert Vaughan. 2001
Returning home after the Civil War, Confederate soldier Dick Hodson finds his Texas town destitute and the surviving ranches, including…
his family's, nearly in ruins. To save them, Dick plans a cattle drive north with a party of greenhorns. One dangerous man's fortune, however, rests on their failure. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. c2001. (Trail drive series ; 14)The coyote tracker: a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #5)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2012
After a prostitute is murdered at the Easy Nickel saloon, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe finds his best friend, Scrap Elliot,…
in jail and wrongly accused. A strangely familiar horse and a mysterious code are the only clues Josiah has to prove his friend's innocence and save him from execution. Once a Yankee reporter gets involved, Josiah is led to Blanche Dumont's House of Pleasures, where he learns of a thieving, jail-broken accountant with strange ties to both the Easy Nickel and the town's wealthiest banker. Winner of the 2013 Spur Award for Best original mass market paperback. 2012.The cougar's prey: a Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger novel (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #4.)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2011
Assuming a secret identity, Josiah Wolfe investigates a slew of thefts that are leaving the local ranchers of Corpus Christi…
angry as hell. After four long months away from home, Josiah will have to bring the leader of the raids to justice if he ever wants to return home to his family. c2011.The country life
Par Rachel Cusk. 1999
Twenty-nine-year-old Stella Benson--ditching family, job, and London flat--escapes to the country as an au pair to a disabled teenager. The…
eccentric Madden family intrigues Stella. She gradually begins to like her antagonistic charge, Martin, who tries his best to uncover Stella's secrets. Strong language. 1999.The Chisholm trail (Trail drive series. #3.)
Par Ralph Compton. 1993
Ten Chisholm has returned to the Texas brakes with a team of cowboys and ex-soldiers. He must round up wild…
longhorns, ward off angry Comanches, and survive outlaw attacks as he opens a new trail to Kansas. He also vows to marry Priscilla, the beautiful daughter of a New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 1993.