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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.Keegan's lady
Par Catherine Anderson. 1996
Colorado, 1885. Ace Keegan returns to avenge his stepfather's murder and his mother's rape. He discovers that the killer, Conor…
O'Shannessy, is dead but O'Shannessy's daughter, Caitlin, has inherited the ranch. Ace compromises Caitlin's reputation, but then proposes a marriage of convenience as compensation. Descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. c1996.High country (Literature of the American West ; #15)
Par Willard Wyman. 2005
Ty Hardin leaves Montana to learn 'packing' (leading mule trains into mountains where wagons can't go) from the best -…
Fenton Pardee. After many adventures and being wounded in World War II, Ty eventually heads for the Sierra Nevada - the highest country of all - to become a legend in his own right. 2006 Spur Awards winner. 2005.By order of the President (A presidential Agent Novel Ser. #1)
Par W. E. B. Griffin. 2004
Seeking answers after an airplane hijacking in Angola, the U.S. president sends to Africa special forces major Charley Castillo, currently…
executive assistant to the secretary of homeland security. Castillo makes allies and enemies while uncovering the attackers' diabolical intentions. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2004.Agent of influence: a true story
Par Ian Adams. 1999
A fictionalized account of the interrogation of John Watkins, a former Canadian ambassador to Moscow, in 1964. As a result…
of the cold war he was taken to a hotel room in Montreal to be debriefed by the RCMP upon his return to Canada. Three days later he was dead. Now Adams presents a fictionalized account of the last days of his life, and of the possible cause of his death. c1999.Absolute friends
Par John Le Carré. 2003
Unassuming Bavarian tour guide Ted Mundy is actually a retired British double agent. After September 11, 2001, old friend and…
former colleague Sasha contacts him with a new mission: to stop an impending war in Iraq and become very rich in the process. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. Bestseller. 2003.Dead man's walk: A Novel
Par Larry McMurtry. 1995
Two Rangers, Call and McCrae, face the wildness of the Frontier and the men who live there - the Indians,…
savagely defending the land, the texans, attempting to seize and 'civilise' it, the Mexicans, threatened by both. Danger, hardship, sacrifice, pain and fear test them to the limits of endurance; friendship, comradeship, courage and love give them the strength to survive against fearful odds. 1995.The real deal
Par Fern Michaels. 2004
Self-sufficient FBI agent Quinn Star left the bureau after a thwarted affair with her boss. When the same man asks…
her to return and guard the first lady, Quinn uncovers a plot to undermine the president. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.Folly and glory (Berrybender narratives ; #4)
Par Larry McMurtry. 2005
Tasmin and the Berrybender brood flee south from Santa Fe, facing hardship and death along the way. After Tasmin's husband,…
mountain man Jim Snow, rescues them, he avenges the murder of his Indian family. Sequel to "By sorrow's river" (BR73589). Explicit descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.By sorrow's river (Berrybender narratives. #3.)
Par Larry McMurtry. 2003
In this sequel to "The Wandering Hill" (EB73600), Lord Berrybender and his mountain men continue their trek from the Rocky…
Mountains to Santa Fe. Heroine Tasmin's strength and wisdom bind them as they brave infidelity, heat, thirst, Indian attacks, and group members' unrelenting seductions. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003. (Berrybender narratives ; 3)The wandering hill (Berrybender narratives. #2.)
Par Larry McMurtry. 2003
Continues an aristocratic English family's misadventures, begun in "Sin Killer" (BR73599), in the early 1830s American West. Abandoning their steamboat…
stuck in the icy river, the Berrybender expedition members settle in for the winter at the trading post of Pierre Boisdeffre. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003. (Berrybender narratives ; 2)Sin killer (The Berrybender narratives ; #1)
Par Larry McMurtry. 2005
It is 1830, and the Berrybender family -- rich, aristocratic, English, and hopelessly out of place -- is on its…
way up the Missouri River to see the untamed West as it begins to open up. With irascible determination -- and a great deal of outright chaos -- the party experiences both the awesome majesty and brutal savagery of the unexplored land, from buffalo stampedes and natural disasters to Indian raids and encounters with frontiersmen and trappers, explorers, pioneers, and one part-time preacher known as "the Sin Killer." 2005, c2002. (The Berrybender narratives ; 1)A peaceful gunman (Dales western)
Par Bill Foord. 1997
The Civil War brings together conscripted Union soldier Ted Wells and the wild regular officer, Hank Newton. A trumped-up charge…
sparks off a running feud and it is only after the war has ended that Ted feels he can at last leave everything behind him. But fate takes a hand and it isn't long before their paths cross again.Honour among thieves (Charnwood Large Print Ser.)
Par Jeffrey Archer. 1993
Scott Bradley is sent by the CIA to discover why a beautiful young Mossad agent has been dropped into the…
Jordanian Embassy in Paris. Unexpectedly, Bradley begins to unravel an extraordinary plot by Saddam Hussein: with the connivance of one of the American President's Special Assistants, Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will have to retaliate. 1993.The key to Rebecca
Par Ken Follett. 1980
German spy Alex Wolff steals the British army's secret plans and sends them to Rommel. British major William Vandam picks…
up Wolff's elusive trail and seeks to destroy him. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1980.The untouchable
Par John Banville. 1997
Victor Maskell almost got away with it. Intelligent, respected, even knighted, Maskell must re-examine his values when his lifetime of…
treachery as a double agent becomes public knowledge. Through writing his memoirs, Maskell sorts through all the lies he has created, and lived, to find out who he really is and if his life has been worth living. 1997.The tiger claw: a novel
Par Shauna Singh Baldwin. 2004
A story of love and espionage, cultural tension and displacement, inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan - code…
name "Madeleine" - who worked against the Occupation after the Nazi invasion of France. The novel opens in 1943; Noor traces the events that led to her capture, and exploring the consequences of her love for a Jewish man. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2004.Firewall
Par Andrew McNab. 2000
An ex-SAS officer now working for British Intelligence finds himself to be a disposable pawn in a deadly game of…
cat-and-mouse between the superpowers. Being a deniable operative, he is in deadly danger, but he needs the money.The legacy
Par Evelyn Anthony. 1997
After the suicide of his drug-addicted wife, Richard Farrington leaves his sons and goes on a cruise around Scandinavia. There…
he meets and marries Christina Nordohl and they return to England. Twelve years later Richard dies, leaving everything to Christina and her daughter, including a priceless Hebrew manuscript. Lawyer Rolf Wallberg is engaged to defend Christina against her stepson's battle to contest the will.Hondo
Par Louis L'Amour. 1997
Angie Lowe is raising her son Johnny on an isolated ranch in Apache country. Hondo Lane approaches their homestead on…
foot to buy a horse, and with an Indian attack seemingly imminent, he tries to convince them to leave. Soon Angie and Hondo are involved in a tale of love, war, and honour. 1997.