**"A can't-put-it-down modern Western." —Kirk Siegler, NPRLonglisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing**The Last Cowboys is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch’s epic tale of one American family struggling to hold on to the fading vestiges of the Old West. For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders—many call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now they find themselve...

Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.New York Times reporter John Branch’s riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch’s work for the first time, featuring 20 of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has pu...

“Shows us, in tender detail, a life consumed by our unholy appetites.”—Steve Almond, New York Times Book ReviewThe tragic death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports. Now, in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction, acclaimed reporter John Branch tells the shocking story of Boogaard's life and heartbreaking death....

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s gripping portrait of one western family struggling to hold on to age-old American waysNew York Times reporter and bestselling author John Branch takes listeners to the magnificent red soil and rocky arroyos of southern Utah, where the Wright family of Smith Mesa have for generations raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders—some call them the most successful rodeo family in history.Filled with vivid scenes of cattle ra...

In this remarkable book, Graham Hodges presents a comprehensive history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African — a sailor marooned on Manhattan Island in 1613 — to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863. Throughout, he explores the intertwined themes of freedom and servitude, city and countryside, and work, religion, and resistance that shaped black life in the region through two and a half centuries.Hodges chronicles the lives of...

This British Railways history presents an in-depth look at the iconic seaside line that brought residents and visitors to the tiny English Channel island.The Hayling Island Branch was one of Britain's most iconic seaside railway lines, connecting the town of Havant with Hayling Island on the south coast of England. First serving as a freight line, it opened to passenger traffic in 1867. It was managed and operated as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railwa...

A pictorial survey of the railway lines connecting the local oil towns to the Great Western Railway, and the original GWR Terminus at Neyland.Part of the West Wales Railways series, this book starts at Clarbeston Road, covering the oil-rich town of Milford Haven. Oil refineries were opened in Milford Haven predominately in the 1960s, in association with the deep-water port to accommodate super tankers from the Middle East, though the development of other products a...

Most doctors will tell you that there isn't much you can do to treat atrial fibrillation, aside from taking medications for the rest of your life.Cardiologists and a-fib specialists John D. Day and T. Jared Bunch disagree.Atrial fibrillation strikes one in four American adults. Not only do people suffering from this condition suffer from shortness of breath, fatigue, chest discomfort, decreased ability to exercise and do activities of daily...

Guerres mondiales, colonisation, justice transitionnelle, figures historiques célébrées puis reniées, statues déboulonnées, restitution d’œuvres d’art... le passé et ses interprétations conflictuelles influencent plus que jamais la construction politique des États et les relations qu’ils entretiennent entre eux. En s’attachant à décrire comment les États écrivent, interprètent ou falsifient l’Histoire, ce numéro permet de mieux comprendre le rôle des enjeux mémoriels et de la « fabrique de...

Quaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their “testimonies” - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today. It stresses the continuity of their witness over three hundred and sixty-five years as well as their openness to change and development.

Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder abuse, victimization of inmates, repeat and poly-victimization, fear of crime and perceived risk of crime, human trafficking, mass shootings, and child-to-parent violence. Each chapter includes in...

Why do republics rise then fall? What is it about Mankind that makes us seemingly unable to rule ourselves? What can be done about it? What are the pluses and minuses of the Fourth Branch solution? This book explores and answers all these questions and more.We look into the factors that have given rise to great societies and the sociological inevitability that eroded their greatness. The same acid dissolves the core of every great nation, commonwealth or empire... Political corrupt...