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90 Days in the Pen
ISBN: 9780984661800 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 90 Days in the Pen follows the three months of an itinerant cowboy/feedlot pen rider. His tumbleweed life bumps into an outfit crewed by a mix of oddball characters and a rancher that ain't firin' on all eight. Scoot Merritt promised himself that when he knew it was time to roost, he would. He dreamed of life as a cowboy since before he could remember. He also has talents that he figures don't fit into the cowboy way. When Ruby, the ranch owner's niece, is hired as cook, the shy cowboy finds himself drawn to her. She nurses him back from a horse wreck, but it's the life and death race to save...
90 Days in the Pen follows the three months of an itinerant cowboy/feedlot pen rider. His tumbleweed life bumps into an outfit crewed by a mix of oddb...
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44,31 |
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The Virginian
ISBN: 9781617205767 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Virginian is a pioneering novel set in the Wild West describing the life of the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming. It was the first true western written, aside from the tiny dime novels. It paved the way for many more westerns by famous authors such as Zane Grey, Louis LAmour, and several others.
The Virginian is a pioneering novel set in the Wild West describing the life of the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming. It was the first true west...
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61,45 |
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Saving Tom Black
ISBN: 9780982758564 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It isn't often, but there are times when a book has three elements in it: grace, charm, and dignity. Such is the character of this book. Set mainly in the state of Arizona, the year 1888, our story takes a young girl, a black man, and a U.S. Deputy Marshal and merges them in a story so full of depth, unleashed emotion, and incredible perception and fortitude of the human spirit that it will not easily be forgotten. "Saving Tom Black is a story that is pure, yet exciting; tender, yet brimming with danger, sad, yet joyous. It is one that will cascade you with emotions, and at the end leave you...
"It isn't often, but there are times when a book has three elements in it: grace, charm, and dignity. Such is the character of this book. Set mainly i...
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80,72 |
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Hombre
ISBN: 9780062206114 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Although known for his mysteries, Elmore Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever." "A classic....Leonard's writing style is as effortless and enjoyable as watching a good movie." Grand Master Elmore Leonard is justifiably acknowledged as "the best writer of crime fiction alive" (Newsweek)--and, in fact, one of the very best ever, alongside other all-time greats like John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker. But he has also many acclaimed masterworks of American... "Although known for his mysteries, Elmore Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever." "A classic....L... |
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57,76 |
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Wolves at Our Door
ISBN: 9780826343888 / Angielski / Miękka / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Along the border of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, a close-knit group of Anglo and Hispanic families struggle to keep their ranches alive amidst the depredations of drug lords and smugglers. Here, age-old values collide with gangs of hardened border criminals in a raw tale of action, adventure, and justice. J. P. S. Brown opens a window onto a part of the world that few have seen and even fewer have understood, offering a view of the world of cattle ranching in an area where homes are still without electricity or plumbing, where ranches are reachable only by plane or horseback, and...
Along the border of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, a close-knit group of Anglo and Hispanic families struggle to keep their ranches alive amids...
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117,50 |
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Blue Heaven
ISBN: 9780806142180 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1902. A young stock-handler named Fenton Pardee has just survived the train wreck that almost destroyed William F. Cody s Wild West show. Surveying the train s smoldering ruins and what is left of Cody s company of stunt-riders, trick-shooters, and stage actors Fenton realizes that turning the West into a circus to thrill the world is no longer thrilling for him. Salvaging a saddle horse and three pack mules, he heads back into the West, seeking the reality of the Montana Rockies."Blue Heaven" marks the return of Fenton Pardee, veteran guide and packer, who figured so memorably... The year is 1902. A young stock-handler named Fenton Pardee has just survived the train wreck that almost destroyed William F. Cody s Wild West sho... |
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88,11 |
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Swimming Man Burning: A Rip-roaring Novel of the American West
ISBN: 9780874172195 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Spur Award WinnerIn this fast-paced, darkly comic tale of the Old West, Clay Benton, a trapper and trader, is cornered in a deadly Indian ambush and spared by his attackers only to be forced to undertake a most improbable mission. He must guide four Indian warriors to Washington, D.C., where they will attempt to locate the secret of the white man's power."Swimming Man Burning"is an uninhibited, off-beat, and heart-breaking novel full of unforgettable characters, humor, and rich ironic action."
A Spur Award WinnerIn this fast-paced, darkly comic tale of the Old West, Clay Benton, a trapper and trader, is cornered in a deadly Indian ambush and...
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cena:
68,52 |
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Tangled Vines
ISBN: 9781465364937 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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Tangled Vines
ISBN: 9781465364944 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 |
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The Fire Arrow: A Barnaby Skye Novel
ISBN: 9780765333414 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Barnaby Skye, the most durable and unforgettable character in modern Western fiction, returns in this harrowing tale of survival from his early years in the Rockies. Barnaby Skye, the most durable and unforgettable character in modern Western fiction, returns in this harrowing tale of survival from his early yea... |
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69,32 |
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Texas Past
ISBN: 9780962853128 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Luke Adams was a fun-loving, hi-yu cowboy from Tennessee, but who finished his growing-up chasing long-horn steers through sagebrush that cut chaps like a razor and quickly made men out of boys.
Luke is one of those young men who grew up in hard times, doing a man's work years before he was grown. He also learned early in life to take care of himself, and had learned to shuck a gun quicker than most men. But, Luke's life as a care-free cowboy came to an abrupt end one white-hot Texas summer day. Three riders came upon Luke while he and another cowboy were at a line shack gathering... Luke Adams was a fun-loving, hi-yu cowboy from Tennessee, but who finished his growing-up chasing long-horn steers through sagebrush that cut chaps li...
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40,26 |
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For the Killing's Sake
ISBN: 9780967220505 / Angielski / Miękka / 522 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "More than a "Western," this timeless story raises the issues of race, personhood and justice which reside deep within the human psyche." (Rose Mary Evans/Donna Lee Graham) The story begins underground, in a mining tunnel at the moment of collapse. Here, with the earth itself caught in a spasm of change, is a metaphor for the necessary and even desperate struggle out from the darkness of our awareness. We follow four main characters that make up a tiny band moving through the imposing dry lands of Utah into the colossal mountains of Colorado, during one of the most barbaric eras in American...
"More than a "Western," this timeless story raises the issues of race, personhood and justice which reside deep within the human psyche." (Rose Mary E...
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71,95 |
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The Sisters Brothers
ISBN: 9780062041289 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A gorgeous, wise, riveting work of, among other things, cowboy noir...Honestly, I can't recall ever being this fond of a pair of psychopaths." "A masterful, hilarious picaresque that keeps company with the best of Charles Portis and Mark Twain...a relentlessly absorbing feat of novelistic art." "The Sisters Brothers is dark, dark, and funny, both ha ha and strange...and you'll love... "A gorgeous, wise, riveting work of, among other things, cowboy noir...Honestly, I can't recall ever being this fond of a pair of psychopaths." |
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73,17 |
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Wide Open
ISBN: 9780425247488 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on actual events, this is the epic story of Abilene, Kansas, at a time when the cowboy was king, might made right, and the future seemed as unsettled as the endless prairie.
Abilene, 1871. Will Merritt is fiercely protective of the cattle trade that made his father s fortune. Idolizing the cowboys who flood the streets each summer, Will and his friends are drawn to Abilene s exotic Texastown district a powderkeg of saloons and brothels so notorious that the mayor has hired the West s most famous gunman, Wild Bill Hickok, to police its streets. Yet even with Hickok as... Based on actual events, this is the epic story of Abilene, Kansas, at a time when the cowboy was king, might made right, and the future seemed as u...
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88,63 |
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The Kansas Gospels: A Novel of the Old West
ISBN: 9781432778903 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Kansas Gospels is really two books merging into one. Four brothers leave their Wichita home in 1879 to see what the country has to offer. After an arduous trip they end up in Cheyenne. Meanwhile in Cheyenne, we learn of cowboys, cattle barons and the growing tension between those cattle men and the sheep men.
The Kansas Gospels is really two books merging into one. Four brothers leave their Wichita home in 1879 to see what the country has to offer. After an...
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73,15 |
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Death of a Cattle King
ISBN: 9781410443205 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,80 |
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Bullets in the Sun
ISBN: 9781410443212 / Angielski / Twarda / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First appeared as a six-part serial in Street and Smith's Western story magazine (3/8/31-5/2/31).
First appeared as a six-part serial in Street and Smith's Western story magazine (3/8/31-5/2/31).
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92,80 |
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Outcast Breed
ISBN: 9781410443229 / Angielski / Twarda / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,95 |
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Warrior and the Lonetree Incident
ISBN: 9781418407711 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a novel based on a true incident that happened in Marbleton Wyoming in 1983 and is what as I imagine it may have been for those that found the burial as well as the life chronicle of the mummified corpse. *** "An Indian who is as bad as the white men could not live in our nation; he would be put to death, and eat up by wolves. The white men are bad schoolmasters; they carry false looks, and deal in false actions; they smile in the faces of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives. We...
This is a novel based on a true incident that happened in Marbleton Wyoming in 1983 and is what as I imagine it may have been for those that found the...
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76,88 |
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Days Gone By: Legends and Tales of Sipokni West
ISBN: 9781419659003 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collectiion of short stories was inspired by the establishment of an Old West-themed attraction in southern Oklahoma known as Sipokni West, which has doubled as an actual set for several Western film and television productions. These stories were conceived as a sort of spin-off of that project, as a means of presenting some of the fictional community's memorable events and colorful characters as if they were a part of actual history. Some of the stories were originally published in our local newspaper, the Johnston County Capital-Democrat; others were printed individually in slim volumes...
This collectiion of short stories was inspired by the establishment of an Old West-themed attraction in southern Oklahoma known as Sipokni West, which...
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64,70 |