This time Longarm’s really in deep… They’ve kept the Santa Fe Railroad off track with three holdups. They’ve sent the marshal of Flagstaff, Arizona, to a higher justice with a well-placed bullet. They’ve pulled the wool over the eyes of the Navajo by rustling their sheep. They’re the Grand Canyon Gang, and they’re lower than a rattlesnake sunbathing at the bottom of their namesake. It’s Deputy Marshal Custis Long’s duty to bring these cutthroats to justice. But after encountering a jewel named Emerald Alexander, he’s been cursed with a string of bad luck that includes being robbed, conned, and wrongly imprisoned. Now that his temper has been riled, Longarm is going to give this gang a tour of the Canyon they’ll never forget…
Longarm goes gunning for a spectral Spaniard! As a favor to the Texas Rangers, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long goes undercover in the hell-raising West Texas town of Tascosa. What he finds is a do-nothing sheriff, a pair of seductive sirens, and a range war that’s about to get bloody. But the locals are far more afraid of something else—a glowing ghost in golden conquistador armor. Whenever he appears, someone dies. And there’s no telling who’s next. Longarm has to uncover the truth behind the lethal apparition, before someone sends him into the next world—with a bullet in his back.
Texas manhunter J.T. Law never intended to step foot in Missouri again. But when childhood sweetheart, Sara Woodall, is in danger, he rides to the rescue.
Hired to escort David Trask and John Redwater, two deranged and dangerous killers, to jail in Tombstone, the Gunsmith soon discovers that the deadly duo still have some sneaky tricks up their sleeves.
The Gunsmith reckons he's seen these mean faces before... On the open trail, Clint Adams sees two killers on horseback gun down a fellow traveler. So when they reach their small-town destination, the Gunsmith moseys over to the victim's digs--only to find some very unwelcoming new tenants.
Clint Adams is after a maniac who skins young girls to death. He's partnered with the sister of one victim, a tough gunfighter who won't stop until she looks the wily killer in the eye--down the barrel of a gun. Original.
In the suspenseful classic western sequel to Forlorn River, a rider returns to the life of an outlaw to fight evil on the Southwestern frontier. Ben Ide has come to Arizona with his family for the sake of his mother’s health, but also to find his missing partner and buy a cattle ranch along the frontier. Unfortunately, the ranch sits in a region known for cattle rustling. Ide eventually struggles to control his horses and cattle and becomes unsure of whom to trust. Nevada, a man who’s seen—and committed—his share of evil, hoped to ride away from his past. He yearns to return to the woman he loves and lead a simple life, but fate intervenes. Gangs are running rampant. Now Nevada must risk everything to protect the people he cares about . . .
“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—Life “His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—The New York Times Book Review
In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science—and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality. Roughgarden argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory that emphasizes social inclusion and control of access to resources and mating opportunity. She disputes a range of scientific and medical concepts, including Wilson's genetic determinism of behavior, evolutionary psychology, the existence of a gay gene, the role of parenting in determining gender identity, and Dawkins's "selfish gene" as the driver of natural selection. She dares social science to respect the agency and rationality of diverse people; shows that many cultures across the world and throughout history accommodate people we label today as lesbian, gay, and transgendered; and calls on the Christian religion to acknowledge the Bible's many passages endorsing diversity in gender and sexuality. Evolution's Rainbow concludes with bold recommendations for improving education in biology, psychology, and medicine; for democratizing genetic engineering and medical practice; and for building a public monument to affirm diversity as one of our nation's defining principles.
