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...This third and newest novel in the series takes young Montana back home to help his family battle a crooked mayor and sheriff who have assumed control of his home town during his three year absence. With the help of his friends, family and famous horse "Spirit", Montana continues to fight for what's right...and ultimately...

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...ologue It was 1886 and the American west was still young. William Dean Ritter had left his small Montana farm three years earlie... ...iam Dean Ritter had left his small Montana farm three years earlier to become a cowboy. Since then, and through numerous adventures, he’d done just... ...t that. He was now foreman of one of the biggest ranches in north Texas. But a surprise telegram from Bighorn Lake brought a chill to his bones… Th... ...wn wagon under a single oak, and a man walking toward me. “Sorry to bother you, but I’m in a bad need of some warmth. What are the chances I coul... ...you, but I’m in a bad need of some warmth. What are the chances I could join you at your fire?” “Mister,” the man replied, “You must have been se... ...ha in the wagon with my son.” With that, I grabbed his hand and shook it. “William…William Dean Ritter, but most folks just call me Montana.” “... ... walked over to me and held her only available hand out. “Montana, pleased to meet you. We surely need your help if you could spare the time.” I ... ... before she backed off and took a closer look at me. “You’ve grown! You’re taller than your father now…and real whiskers! Mary, it’s your brother... ...ear the truth.” Before he could respond, I jumped in. “I had the chance to meet your Sheriff Burns last night, on the way in. I was cold and tire...

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...Blue Flame, The Emerald Dagger, and The Silver Angel, the first three fantasy novels in her Daradawn series. She has also co-authored, Shadow Worlds, a science fiction suspense work with Darrell Bain, and Stargazer's Children, a speculative fiction novel....

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... mom, Jean Stites, and my husband, Jeff. This would not be happening without you. And for my talented editor, Janet Musick, thank you again for making... ...d editor, Janet Musick, thank you again for making my words even better. And a big thank you to Joy and Vickie; you are such beautiful artists. Credit... ...net Musick, thank you again for making my words even better. And a big thank you to Joy and Vickie; you are such beautiful artists. Credits: Senior Ed... ...EVEN YEARS, Regan has thought her sister Kelsey dead. Then, one foggy night, a man rings her doorbell. Dressed in clothing more suited to a traveling ... ... soulless beings formed from Daradawn’s own people. Tongueless, they have no will except Dirkk’s. With the help of Rourk’s wife, long thought dead, R... ...r’s weakness from overuse of the Power, works against them. Regan forces her will on Zara, the golden dragon. A harrowing and painful ride gripped in ... ...urk’s whelp remains beneath your thumb?” “Completely,” Thomas said, standing taller. Talix fluttered between them. “We do not need the human. I…” “…ha... ...g. Give your sister and family my love. And tell them I’m looking forward to meeting them.” She walked with him to the door and watched until he got i... ...tioner’s low voice. “Massive head trauma?” Duncan, sweet Duncan. How had his meeting gone? Had there even been a meeting, or had her accident interrup...

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...Romantic comedy for mature audiences Chris O'Keith was a loving wife, mother and practising Christian. The end of her marriage brought a dramatic change of character. Her vicious hatred towards men is public knowledge and has males avoiding her like the plague. Chris and her four...

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...Celt and Sax on By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by Geor... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...ish traveller, between whom and his destination there is an agree- ment to meet if they can. 4 Celt and Saxon It is an experience of hesitating minds... ... renouncing of our independence into their hands had given us a taste of a will of our own, we are eager for the performance of their contract to do w... ...k of our notion of being left behind, quite isolated and un- sound. Or, if you insist, the condition shall be said to belong exclusively to Celtic nat... ...ly towering: there were Kings in Ireland: cry for one of them in Uladh and you will hear his name, and he has descendants yet! But the youth was not d... ...owering: there were Kings in Ireland: cry for one of them in Uladh and you will hear his name, and he has descendants yet! But the youth was not dispo... ...at Holyhead he had gone off straight to the me- tropolis by appointment to meet his brother Philip, just re- turned from Canada a full captain, who he... ...iring to be softened at the mouth and along the brows, even in men. He was tall, and had clear Greek outlines: the lips were locked metal, thin as edg...

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...Who influences us in our lives? How do they influence us? Whom do we call an enemy? Whom do we call a friend? And why? Why do we have relationships at all? These are the questions Helena Harper eloquently asks in her collection of poems that examines the relationships in her own life. She has had to rethink her definition o...

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...is Art? he claims no place among examples of good art for any of his own productions ?except for the story God sees the Truth, but Waits, which seeks a place in the first class (religious art), and A Prisoner in the Caucasus, which belongs to the second (universal art).? In the first of these the subject (a favourite one with Tolstoy) is the forgiveness of injuries. The se...

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...Contents PREFACE....3 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS ....5 A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS ....13 THE BEAR-HUNT ....40 WHAT MEN LIVE BY ....49 A SPARK NEGLECTED ....71 TWO OLD MEN ....86 WHERE LOVE IS, ....109 THE STORY OF IV?N THE FOOL, .....122 EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES ....149 LIT...

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...Preface: The following translation was undertaken from a desire to lay before the English-speaking people the full treasury of epical beauty, folklore, and mythology comprised in The Kalevala, the national epic of the Finns. A brief description of this peculiar people, and of the...

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