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Until two years of age, Craig and Samantha’s son Connor was just like other kids - playful, verbal, and affectionate. Then everything changed. He stopped talking, displayed behavioral problems, and withdrew into his own world. The official diagnosis - autism. Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, Craig and Samantha refused to believe a meaningful life for Connor was impossible. God confirmed their faith by revealing to Craig that Connor would one day touch the lives of thousands of people around the world.

Spur Award-winner Craig Johnson has garnered critical acclaim for his Walt Longmire mysteries. In this riveting seventh entry, Wyoming’s Absaroka County sheriff, Walt Longmire, is pushed beyond his limits. When three hardened convicts escape FBI custody in a mountain blizzard, an armed psychopath leads them up Big Horn Mountain. As Longmire struggles to track their treacherous ascent, he’ll need all the help he can get from the tribal spirits of the towering summit.

Sheriff Walt Longmire had already rounded up a sizable posse of devoted readers when the A&E television series Longmire sent the Wyoming lawman’s popularity skyrocketing. Now, in Any Other Name, Walt is sinking into high-plains winter discontent when his former boss, Lucian Conally, asks him to take on a mercy case in an adjacent county. Detective Gerald Holman is dead and Lucian wants to know what drove his old friend to take his own life.

"It' s a question of what you have to do, what you have to live with if you don't." Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he's interrupted by the ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt' s predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt doesn' t recognize the mystery woman, but she seems to know him and claims to have something she must return to Connally.

Ten years ago, Craig Johnson wrote his first short story, the Hillerman Award-winning "Old Indian Trick". This was one of the earliest appearances of the sheriff who would go on to star in Johnson’s best-selling, award-winning novels and the A&E hit series Longmire. Each Christmas Eve thereafter, fans rejoiced when Johnson sent out a new short story featuring an episode in Walt’s life that doesn’t appear in the novels; over the years, many have asked why they can’t buy the stories in book form.

When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an area the troopers refer to as no-man's-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts receiving "officer needs assistance" calls. The problem? They're coming from Bobby Womack, a legendary Arapaho patrolman who met a fiery death in the canyon almost a half century ago.

This is a practical, supernatural blueprint for every believer to step into greater demonstrations of God's glory. All of Heaven is poised to pour out upon those who are willing to overflow with glory and change the world. While Christians wait expectantly for the moment of this Heavenly release, God is waiting for a willing vessel to step forward. Will you say, “yes”? Accessing the Greater Glory is a prophetic summons, birthed in Israel, and revealed through divine encounter. In this powerful book, Seer, Ana Werner, and Prophetic Teacher, Larry Sparks call readers to access this ...

Als in einem Altenheim die Patientin Mari Baroja vergiftet wird, führt die Ermittlung Sheriff Longmire 50 Jahre zurück in die dramatische Vergangenheit der geheimnisvollen Frau. Unterstützt von seinem Freund Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti und dem Newcomer Santiago Saizarbitoria, muss Sheriff Longmire die Gespenster der Vergangenheit mit der Gegenwart verbinden, um den Mörder zu finden.

Als die Leiche von Cody Pritchard gefunden wird, weiß Walt Longmire, seit 25 Jahren Sheriff in Absaroka County, Wyoming, dass echte Schwierigkeiten auf ihn zukommen. Zwei Jahre zuvor hatten Cody und drei seiner Schulfreunde ein Cheyenne-Mädchen vergewaltigt. Cody wurde in der Nähe des Indianer-Reservates erschossen. Hat dort jemand mit einem Rachefeldzug begonnen? Es scheint so. Und nun ist es Longmire selbst, der zwischen den übrigen Jungen und einem Sharps-Gewehr steht.

Welcome to The Horror Double Bill, where we pair classic and modern horror films to explore the dark, the horrifying and the bizarre. Inspired by the legendary BBC2 horror double bills of the 1970s and 1980s, each week we discuss two films that share twisted themes, unsettling atmospheres, or strange connectionsFrom the shadowy corridors of black and white classics to the paranoia-fueled chaos of the 21st-century, we take a deep dive into what makes these films memorable and the social context in which they were made. Expect discussions on film history, censorship, director profiles, folklore,...

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

When leaders inspire their teams with a vision of what is possible, passion meets production, and truly great things start to happen. Craig Johnson offers a fresh look at the importance of building teams when the goal is not only success but fulfillment. Lead Vertically includes tools and exercises that can be adapted by any leader for teams of any size as well as tips for recruiting, training, and strengthening teams. Leaders will learn to inspire, build trust, and motivate their teams by consistently and clearly communicating that the best days are ahead.

Tras veinticuatro años como sheriff del condado de Absaroka, Wyoming, las esperanzas de Walt Longmire de terminar en paz sus días como agente de la ley se ven frustradas cuando Cody Pritchard aparece muerto cerca de la reserva cheyene junto a una pista muy simbólica: una pluma de águila. Dos años antes, Cody había sido uno de los cuatro chicos de instituto que fueron puestos en libertad provisional tras violar a una chica cheyene.

Craig Johnson logra en esta quinta entrega de la serie del sheriff Longmire una magnífica combinación de policiaco clásico y temas de actualidad, siempre con el inhóspito paisaje de Wyoming como telón de fondo. Wade Barsad, un hombre de pasado oscuro y una pasmosa facilidad para crearse enemigos, prende fuego al establo de los caballos de su esposa, Mary. Ella, como venganza, le descerraja seis tiros a quemarropa.

Walt Longmire besinnt sich auf die knallharte Gerechtigkeit des alten amerikanischen Westens.

Wake. Work. Win. Along with some firehouse kitchen table laughs.

Après vingt-quatre années passées au bureau du shérif du comté d'Absaroka, dans le Wyoming, Walt Longmire aspire à finir sa carrière en paix. Ses espoirs s'envolent quand on découvre le corps de Cody Pritchard près de la réserve cheyenne. Deux années auparavant, Cody avait été un des quatre adolescents condamnés avec sursis pour le viol d'une jeune indienne, Melissa Little Bird, un jugement qui avait avivé les tensions entre les deux communautés.

Alors que l'hiver s'installe dans le comté le moins peuplé de l'État le moins peuplé des États-Unis, Walt Longmire, son shérif, se voit confier une curieuse mission : celle de mettre la main sur le propriétaire d'un pouce abandonné à la décharge. L'enquête devient rapidement haute en couleur, car Walt se trouve face à deux molosses qui gardent le terrain, à son vieux propriétaire loufoque et à un promoteur immobilier multimillionnaire qui cherche à prendre possession des lieux pour étendre son vaste ensemble de ranchs luxueux.

Lorsque Mari Baroja est empoisonnée à la maison de retraite de Durant, Wyoming, le shérif Walt Longmire se trouve embarqué dans une enquête qui le ramène cinquante ans en arrière. Il se plonge alors dans le passé mystérieux de cette femme et dans celui de son mentor, le shérif Lucian Connally à la poigne légendaire. Tandis que l'histoire douloureuse de la victime trouve peu à peu une résonance dans le présent, d'autres meurtres se mettent sur le chemin des deux shérifs.

Absaroka, dans le Wyoming, est le comté le moins peuplé de l'État le moins peuplé d'Amérique. Y découvrir le corps d'une jeune Asiatique étranglée est plus que déconcertant. Le coupable paraît tout désigné quand on trouve, à proximité, un colosse indien frappé de mutisme en possession du sac à main de la jeune femme. Mais le shérif Walt Longmire n'est pas du genre à boucler son enquête à la va-vite. D'autant que le sac de la victime contient une vieille photo de Walt prise quarante ans plus tôt, et qui le renvoie à ses souvenirs de la guerre du Vietnam.