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A historical novel, based on a real-life event, follows the lives of two characters, a newly orphaned girl in 1629 who was shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia, and a lonely boy in 1989 who, over three hundred years later, arrives on the same island, discovering the story of an infamous shipwreck.

As young men, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, the heroes of the author's Lonesome Dove, enlist in the Texas Rangers. Takes you back to the days when Gus and Call were young Texas Rangers, first experiencing the wild frontier. We meet Clara Forsythe, the spirited, young woman whose effect on Gus McCrae is immediate and unshakable, the great ferocious Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump, and the Apache kidnapper Gomez

"The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II and the young men who flew the bombers that helped beat the Nazis and liberate Europe, brilliantly told by historian and World War II expert Donald L. Miller. The Masters of the Air streaming series stars Austin Butler and Callum Turner, and is produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, the legendary duo behind Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Masters of the Air is the deeply...

This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, et cetera). Travelling through jungles, deserts, mountains, islands, grasslands and cities, this series explores the unique characteristics of Earth’s most iconic...

"A rage-brimmed, razor-sharp, feminist neo-western about two women who meet in an LA prison and the cat-and-mouse game that follows their release"-- "Florence "Florida" Baum is not the hapless innocent she claims to be when she arrives at the Arizona women's prison-or so her ex-cellmate, Diosmary Sandoval, keeps insinuating. Dios knows the truth about Florida's crimes, understands the truth that Florence hides even from herself: that she wasn't a...

The women of the Sisterhood have developed a motto: “Whatever it takes.” Regardless of how dangerous an adversary may be, or how overwhelming the odds against them seem, the group’s devotion to each other and to their cause has helped them achieve the seemingly impossible. But there’s a price to pay for success. In the course of both their official careers and their top-secret missions, the Sisterhood—and their menfolk—have acquired enemies....

Can they find the truth...before it's too late?
Wrangled by New York Times Bestselling Author B.J. Daniels
Dakota Lansing has always kept her distance from Zach Chisholm, the cowboy with a bad reputation. But with both their lives in jeopardy, Zach is her only hope of staying alive. Targeted by unknown assailants, Zach discovers his mysterious connection to Dakota is much bigger than either suspected. With...

As gunfighter Nathan Stone tries to live out his days in peace, the discovery of a son he never knew he had may force him to strap on his six-shooters and take once more to the vengeance trail.

"Linda Broday's heroes step right out of her books and into your heart." —JODI THOMAS, New York Times bestselling author

He'll do what it takes

to prove

his love

The son of a notorious outlaw, Roan Penny yearns to make his life count...but heroism comes with a price. Left badly injured, only the kindness of a gentle stranger can save him. He longs to

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