When hardened mountain man Howard 'Hawk' Hudson stumbles across a half-starved orphan named Elijah in the high country, he intends to do no more than point the boy toward safety. But the wilds of the Rockies have other plans. Forced together by circumstance and hunted by desperate men, Hawk and Elijah must learn to trust each other—and find family in the last place they expected.

In the rugged hills of Gold Creek, fortune favors the bold — and buries the foolish. When an unexpected gold strike sets off a frenzy, old grudges, desperate men, and deadly schemes come to the surface.Clem Connolly, a weathered prospector with nothing left to lose, and his trusty burro find themselves caught in a high-stakes gamble where the prize is more than gold — it's survival. In a land where every handshake hides a blade and every bet could be your last, Clem has to outwit c...

They call him No-Face.Some say he is a bounty hunter. Some say he is a ghost. Others whisper that he is the Ferryman of the Dead, a bandaged creature who collects coins before carrying wicked souls into judgment.Damon Lacroix does not know if the legend is true. All he knows is that his beloved Gretta has been taken by three murderous misfits, and he is dying before he can save her. With his last strength, Damon rides to a dark cave, tosses a coin into the shadows, and begs...

When a young woman flees a life she can no longer endure, she places her future in the hands of a mail-order marriage broker—and a man she has never met.Reverend Samuel Harlan is a Baptist preacher in a quiet town in north-central Texas, a widower whose faith is steady and whose life is orderly. Seeking companionship and help in his ministry, he sends away for a bride, trusting that God will guide the choice.What arrives on the stagecoach is a woman carrying more than a sui...

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida’s Midway: ...

A gripping account of the mighty F-4 Phantom II, icon of the Cold War and ultimate American fighter of the 1960s, versus the nimble, agile and abundant MiG-21, which was a communist icon of the period.Influential leaders and tacticians are profiled to provide a comparative evaluation of their contrasting skills. This book also reveals the technical specifications of each jet with an analysis of the weaponry, avionics and survival devices of the F-4 Phantom II as fl...

Nicknamed the 'Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney' due to the garish all-blue noses of their P-51s, the 352nd FG was one of the most successful fighter groups in the Eighth Air Force.Credited with destroying almost 800 enemy aircraft between 1943 and 1945, the 352nd finished fourth in the ranking of all groups within VIII Fighter Command. Initially equipped with P-47s, the group transitioned to P-51s in the spring of 1944, and it was with the Mustang that its pilots enjo...

An illustrated combat history of the 'last of the gunfighters', due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannons.The F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which rep...

The second instalment of the history of this photo-bird aircraft type, featuring illustrations throughout.Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters, a photo-reconnaissance variant was also produced by Vought. The photo-bird's first operational test came in the autumn of 1962 when its overflights of Cuba alerted the world to the likely presence of medium-range ballistic missiles on the ...

The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber.Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumm...

Measuring the User Experience was the first book that focused on how to quantify the user experience. Now in the second edition, the authors include new material on how recent technologies have made it easier and more effective to collect a broader range of data about the user experience. As more UX and web professionals need to justify their design decisions with solid, reliable data, Measuring the User Experience provides the quantitative analysis training that these professionals need. ...

The 'Sundowners' have flown some of the most iconic naval fighters ever built, namely the Wildcat, Hellcat, Panther, Crusader, Phantom II and the Tomcat.Fighting Squadron 11 was established at San Diego in August 1943, beginning a half-century record that spanned aerial combat in three wars from the piston to the jet age. The squadron produced seven aces while fighting in World War 2, Korea and Vietnam.From Barrett Tillman, the world's most prolific US nava...