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The territorial governor has sent three lawmen to clean up the mess that is Chico, New Mexico - and not one of those lawmen has made it out alive. A crooked sheriff has the terrified denizens of Chico under his boot heel, so the governor turns to John Henry Sixkiller, sending him undercover as a gunman for hire.

When former cattle man Dundee wanders into the town of Titusville, he's broke, tired and itching for a fight. Instead, he gets a job offer...from none other than the top man in town, John Titus. Titus recruits Dundee to find out who's rustling his extensive herd of cattle. But for Titus, it isn't enough that Dundee find the missing cattle. He wants to place the blame on a specific person...Blue Roan Hardesty, a one-time friend turned sworn enemy of the powerful Titus clan. All Titus needs is hard proof and Dundee is just the man to get it.

Wes Stone was once a lawman. Then the Sandlin Gang shot down his father, known as The Gunfighter. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father's guns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks - and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself....

After a lifetime of robbing banks and holding up trains, Jimmy “Slash” Braddock, and Melvin “Pecos Kid” Baker are ready to call it quits — though not completely by choice. Sold out by their old gang, Slash and Pecos have to bust out of jail and pull one last job to finance their early retirement....

In 1866, the border between the U.S. and Mexico is a hotbed of gunrunners, mercenaries, and the Emperor of Mexico's spies, saboteurs and double agents. On top of which, West Texas is plagued by Comanche warriors. Into this mix ride two massive gangs of the meanest, most kill-happy bunch of bloodthirsty ravagers to ever draw a breath. Sam Heller and Johnny Cross have got the marauders in their sights, but they aren't ready for the slaughter and destruction the raiders unleash on Hangtree County.

Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable. Are these new values randomly chosen or is there a pattern? Pendulum chronicles the stuttering history of western society; that endless back-and-forth swing between one excess and another, always reminded of what we left behind.

A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle – and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the...

Was it murder, or suicide? The Nan Patterson Case is a gripping true crime narrative that revisits one of the most sensational court cases of early 20th-century America. In 1904, Nan Patterson, a former chorus girl in the tour troupe of the hit Broadway show Florodora was the lover of gambler and bookmaker Caesar Young. Married, and crowded by both women, Young was to leave for Europe the day when he was shot (or shot himself) while riding with Nan in a New York City hansom cab.

Cece genießt ihre neu gewonnene Freiheit im Wohnheim der Ballettschule, ist aber etwas genervt von Lola und Amy, die sie ständig auffordern, an ihren Wizen-Kräften zu arbeiten. Im Ballettunterricht wird Cece mit ihrer Freundin Simone als Paar beim Pas de deux eingeteilt. Sie sollen bei ihrer Choreographie über den Tellerrand hinausschauen.

Das entscheidende Vortanzen der Ballettschüler in der Pariser Oper wird für Cece zum Alptraum. Verschiedene magische Kräfte zerren an ihr und beeinträchtigen ihre Tanzpräsentation. Lola und Amy sind sich uneinig und wirken mit unterschiedlichen Kräften auf Ceces Tanz ein. Und Adrian versucht während der Vorstellung Cece ihre magischen Kräfte zu rauben.

Lola und Amy haben dank Adrian ihre Zauberkräfte verloren. Nun brauchen sie Ceces Tante Ginger, um die Kräfte wiederzuerlangen. Also überreden die beiden Cece, sie dabei zu unterstützen. Wenn Cece einwilligt und offiziell zur Wizen wird, soll die Aktion auch für sie von Vorteil sein. Mit Hilfe eines verzauberten Schokoladenkuchens kommen Lola und Amy ihren Zauberkräften wieder näher.

Die jungen Wizens Lola und Amy sind überzeugt, dass Cece eine auserwählte Hexe, die "Allwissende" ist. Und sie wollen sie überzeugen, mit ihnen ihre magischen Fähigkeiten auszubilden. Cece aber will sich nur auf ihr Vortanzen konzentrieren, um einen Platz in der Ballettschule zu bekommen. Als sie zusammen mit dem missmutigen Benoit tanzen soll, nutzt sie verzweifelt einen Zauberspruch.

Cece ist glücklich. Sie hat einen Platz an der berühmten Pariser Ballettschule ergattert. Doch ihre Freude währt nur kurz, denn wegen eines Planungsfehlers müssen alle noch einmal vortanzen. Und dann entdeckt Cece in einem Buch bei ihrer Tante Ginger noch etwas Ungeheuerliches: Sie scheint eine echte Hexe zu sein.

Joseph Romm, one of Rolling Stone magazine’s top "100 Agents of Change," has focused his talents on helping us all to increase our language intelligence and to better understand the art of persuasion. Romm demonstrates that you don't have to be an expert to vastly improve your ability to communicate. He has pulled together the secrets of the greatest communicators in history to show how you can apply these tools to your writing, speaking, blogging—even your Tweeting.

In this (delightfully screwball) fairy tale romp, even the most wicked deserve their happily-ever-after. For almost a thousand years, Wicked Witch Hector West and Good Witch Ida North have maintained the balance of good and evil, preserving a magical Happily-Ever-After that keeps the realm from...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The hilarious Crayons are back with their first full-size picture book adventure since The Day the Crayons Came Home—and this time they’re exploring the three-dimensional world as they make friends with real-life objects from around...

From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Debbie Edwards. In the years that follow, Amos and Martin survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl, and more than revenge. Both are driven by secrets, guilt, love, and rage.

Stop me if you’re heard this one: Veteran comic Chauncy and social-media star José are the very definition of “opposites attract”. But sparks, and jokes, fly after the two of them embark upon a beautiful romance for the ages...two vastly different ages. Starring Drew Droege and Gabe Gonzalez, The Comedians is a modern queer love story, told through individual stand-up acts. We hear the ups and downs of their journey—from falling hard to failing harder than a botched punchline—in this hilariously relatable play about love, loss, and, above all, "The Laugh".

Matt Hurst seeks justice when a sheriff's posse kills his father and brothers.

Mystery mastermind James Hunt brings you the newest collection of the highly-rated Detective Grant Abduction Series. The Silent Ones (Books 1,2,3): A retired detective must solve a string of child abductions before it’s too late. Missing Person (Books 1,2,3): With a family missing, and after four years off the police force, Chase Grant finds himself back in the midst of a criminal investigation.