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A prospector leaves family, friends and love behind to satisfy a burning need, risking life and limb on the 1800s frontier in search of gold. After giving up so much, the final reward is just beyond his reach as his most feared enemy now threatens to prevent him from attaining it.

Life on the potato farm in Maine offered little of the adventure the young Amos Mudd longed for. Reading the news of gold in California became an escape for him and finally his objective. The hardships of making the long trek and abandoning his father could only hold him back for so long.

Baree was the son of a grey wolf and a black dog, born in the vast Canadian wilderness. He learns about nature and his fellow animals by trial and error; fighting with owls and playing with beavers. Being alone in the wild, he desperately seeks to join a pack of wolves, but they see him as a dog, and he is driven away.

Dan and Mary August lived in the valley of their dreams, raising cattle and their young daughter. Unexpected challenges shatter the dreams, forcing them to fight for the life they had chosen. Prayer and a steady gun-hand become Dan’s constant companions.

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Determined to fulfill his dream after the death of his brother, Tom comes face to face with the wild forces of the western frontier. Working through the challenges that stand in his way, the young man struggles to survive as he fights, bleeds, and loves, earning his right to be a mountain man.

Sam Nevell found life easy, due to his ability to manipulate a deck of cards and being blessed with dashing, southern gentlemen’s ways. He made friends and then lost many when it became necessary to use them to supplement his income. The war between the states served his skills well and a southern raider with few morals employed him until Lee surrendered leaving their kind exposed for their bad deeds. Forced to flee the Carolinas, Sam’s cavalier outlook on life began to change. Unfortunately, any good he tried to do was ruined by those dogging him and seeking revenge for atrocities ...

There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is spreading.

Five years ago, I gave my heart and soul to my professor. He made me fall for him, only to destroy me with his silence. I've never been the same. I finally have the chance to leave this town, start over, and try to move on with my life. But what happens when fate insists the chapter of your life that haunts you isn't over?

Understanding addiction is no longer just about understanding neurons or genes, broken brain functioning, learning, or faulty choices. Oliver J. Morgan provides a fresh take on addiction and recovery by presenting a more inclusive framework than traditional understanding. Cutting-edge work in attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and trauma is integrated with ecological-systems thinking to provide a consilient and comprehensive picture of addiction.

Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.

Do you know the story of the Countess? Would you like to know more about this controversial historical figure? If so, Countess Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Female Serial Killer is the book for you. It explains the life and times of this powerful woman - and how she came to be accused of so many heinous crimes. You'll gain access to a variety of historical versions, perspectives, and accounts of her life - some of which paint her as a villain - and others as a victim!

The mountain man loved the life and the rigors of the Rockies, facing the challenges that the high country and isolation threw at him, only to arrive home and find everything he had worked for had been taken by savages. With no law enforcement on the frontier to turn to for help, Tom sets out to save his family with one nagging question: Was he wrong to leave them unprotected while he eked out a living in the high peaks?

They’re back! The all-star cast multi-award-winning cult hit comedy returns, with more surreal goings-on in the lives and loves of the doctors and staff at East Hampton Hospital (warning: contains very little medical content).

As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a working or stay-at-home mum? Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how to meet them. In How Not to F*** Them Up leading child psychologist Oliver James argues that your under-threes do not need training; it's getting your head straight as a parent that's important. Drawing on extensive interviews and the latest clinical research, James identifies three basic types of mum: the Hugger, the Organiser, and the Fleximum.

Sensitively introduced and edited by Kate Edgar, Sacks’s longtime editor, the letters deliver a portrait of Sacks as he wrestles with the workings of the brain and mind. We see, through his eyes, the beginnings of modern neuroscience, following the thought processes of one of the great intellectuals of our time, whose words, as evidenced in this book, were unfailingly shaped with generosity and wonder toward other people.

Faced with the eminent loss of the family home, the sons of Oli set out on the 19th century frontier with a plan to get money to satisfy the note. The adventure takes them from war torn Texas, to the badlands in Dakota. Along the way they encounter danger, adversity and betrayal which threaten the success of their mission.

Growing up listening to the stories of their grandfather’s adventure, Oli’s grandsons dream of leaving Elkader and experience the excitement of the 19th century frontier. Revelations from their grandmother add a dynamic unanticipated by the cousins. The boys left knowing that they might never return to the home and life they had always known.

Kyle lacked a purpose and suffered from lost love as he wandered through the expanses of the new country he found himself in. The discovery of an old handwritten diary leads Kyle and a friend on a 2,800-mile trip as they follow the steps of the Corps of Discovery Expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. They face many of the same hardships and dangers encountered by Lewis and Clark.

Oli August is duty-bound to travel the 1849 frontier to prove that his brother-in-law was innocent of the charges of robbery and murder. The trip is fraught with danger and betrayal as he searches for truth on the Kansas plains.