It all began one quiet evening up on Lazy Hill Road, at the Nickel Pig Saloon, that is... you know, down 'round Creekwood Green? They were all there: Pete Liddle, the sheriff, Doc Thiemann, Deacon Hoot, the mayor (of course). Jim Bob was there too; and so was his little brother, Tater....

Leaving a troubled past behind him, Elmo Cotton (along with his good friend and neighbor, Mister Sherman Dixon) finally arrives at Old Port Fierce. It is there, in the infamous city he hopes to find the so-called 'Miracle-Maker' who had deserted him and his mother so many years ago, and kill him...

The Motherstone, a sequel to Book One of the Harlie Series, completes the 'Expedition' which Homer Skinner and company have undertaken in search for the lost gold mine of Cornelius Wainwright. When they finally arrive at the site of the doomed excavation, no one is more surprised than Elmo Cotton, the 'Lucky Number..

THE EXPEDITION is the first book in a four volume series of historical fantasy/fiction that provides a unique and entertaining perspective of American culture as viewed through the kaleidoscopic and unassuming eyes of its main character, Elmo Cotton, a young black sharecropper of questionable identity...

In book three of the Harlie Series, 'A RACCOON ON THE RUN', Elmo Cotton is forced, through a series of unfortunate events which he still doesn't quite understand, to make the most difficult decision of his life...

Here are the Paterno principles: the straight word from the curious quarterback and English major who went from Brooklyn to Brown to Penn State, who lost his way to law school and became instead America’s best-loved coach.With the help of a first-rate biographer and friend, Bernard Asbell, Joe Paterno tells his story, sharing his life’s principles and touching on a number of important subjects, including family, heroes, management, leadership, loyalty, teamwork, discipline, motivat...

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

From Christmas in the early 1900s, to stories of bears and the landscape of Labrador, this 1976 edition of Them Days Magazine covers a wide array of tales and memories of the Big Land. Watch out for mentions of the 1853 Harmony vessel and stories about trapper and farmer Donald Blake.

Début des années trente, Texas. Rien ne semble avoir bougé depuis la guerre de Sécession. Le Klan domine. Les lynchages demeurent. Harry, treize ans, fils du représentant local de la loi, s'émancipe de ce monde qui le choque en s'isolant dans les marais. Il y croise, dans les méandres endormis, celui que tout le monde dit être un monstre insaisissable, un esprit de la nuit. Harry est fasciné. Il a trouvé, près des traces de cet Homme-Chèvre, le cadavre d'une femme noire bâillonnée avec des...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Hap Collins se sent vieux, picole et squatte honteusement chez son pote Leonard qui n'en peut plus de ses chaussettes immondes. Le roi de la baston végète dans un job de videur et n'est même pas foutu d'emménager avec sa nouvelle amie pourtant belle comme un cœur. C'est la déprime. Aussi, lorsque sa fiancée lui demande de sortir sa propre fille des pattes d'un maquereau, Hap embarque immédiatement Leonard pour se refaire une santé. Facile pour ces deux-là qui en ont vu bien d'autres! La pr...

Chaud devant ! Tous les mômes du quartier peuvent de nouveau faire cuire des marrons sur les braises d'une maison calcinée. Une fois n'est pas coutume, Leonard, pour passer ses nerfs, a mis le feu à la crack house de ses charmants voisins dealers. Une coutume qui l'oblige à rendre un service au flic local pour qu'il ferme les yeux. Un petit service. Comme d'aller retrouver sa copine noire disparue dans un trou perdu du Texas dominé par le Klan : une sorte de travail d'intérêt général à l'a...