Bobby Butler can read minds. He discovers his new gift in the worst possible place—high school. It doesn't go well. The fantasy of reading minds, of knowing exactly what other people think—of what they think of you—is very pretty. The reality is quite different. It begins with a beating, a lesson in the limits to his ability. It will end when he decides whether his new power will be a gift or a curse, for himself, his family and everyone around him.

Life on the frontier is always hard and often dangerous. Micah and Scott Hite return home to find their ranch reduced to smoldering ruins, their brother murdered. Life become more dangerous, and weirder, when the culprits return and they realize that they're dealing with the restless dead--and that is no accident...

Bobby Butler can read minds. He discovers his new gift in the worst possible place—high school. It doesn’t go well. The fantasy of reading minds, of knowing exactly what other people think—of what they think of you—is very pretty. The reality is quite different. It begins with a beating, a lesson in the limits to his ability. It will end when he decides whether his new power will be a gift or a curse, for himself, his family and everyone around him.

A lifetime of adventure as cowhand, gunman, soldier and indian fighter kept "Kid" Hackett busy for a lifetime. Now he's enjoying his retirement, running the hotel he owns with his young wife Katie. When a guest turns up dead, justice demands that the killer be found. Sheriff Jack Carter recruits his friend Kid to help solve the crime. Kid's lifetime of experience with violence and his eye for detail makes him a valuable deputy. But sometimes justice conflicts with other values, and Kid isn...

Life on the frontier is always hard and often dangerous. Micah and Scott Hite return home to find their ranch reduced to smoldering ruins, their brother murdered. Life become more dangerous, and weirder, when the culprits return and they realize that they're dealing with the restless dead--and that is no accident...

Forty years ago, Orville and his three closest friends stumbled across true evil. That horrible night left one dead, and the others forever changed. Now, one who survived seeks answers from the one who didn't.

Short stories of and about vampires for those long winter nights...Past, present, future. Dark or light-themed. Bloodsuckers and psychic vampires. The only common trait is the night creatures - who sometimes can stand the sunlight - for a batch of stories around Earth and beyond.THE STORIES“Unnatural Immortal” by Russ Crossley“A Fief in Lincolnshire” by Barbara G.Tarn“The Whitest Smile” by Rebecca M. Senese“Reunion” by Will Tate“A Stu...

In the years after the discovery of gold in California, thousands of fortune seekers made their way west, joining the greatest mass migration in American history. The gold fields were only one destination, as emigrants pushed across the Great Plains, Great Basin, and Oregon Territory in unprecedented numbers, following the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails to the verdant Willamette Valley or Mormon settlements in the Salt Lake Valley. “Seeing the Elephant” they often called the journey...

Between 1841 and 1866, more than a half-million people followed trails to Oregon, California, and Utah in one of the largest mass migrations in American history. The Great Medicine Road, Part 4 collects the letters, diaries, and reminiscences of some of the emigrants who made this journey between 1856 and 1869, as a second generation of miners, farmers, town builders, and religious believers turned their adventurous eyes westward in search of new beginnings.Here, in their ...

Memory systems help you memorize lots of information quickly and easily. Based on a proven illustrated mnemonic memory system that has made its companion book, Yo Millard Fillmore! a huge success, with over 500,000 copies sold, Yo Sacramento! will help anyone nine years old or older memorize all of the U.S. states and their capitals - quickly and easily.In response to nationwide demand, we offer Yo, Sacramento! to help you memorize all of the U.S. states ...

During the early weeks of 1848, as U.S. congressmen debated the territorial status of California, a Swiss immigrant and an itinerant millwright forever altered the future state’s fate. Building a sawmill for Johann August Sutter, James Wilson Marshall struck gold. The rest may be history, but much of the story of what happened in the following year is told not in history books but in the letters, diaries, journals, and other written recollections of those whom the California gold rush drew...

Newly updated 2021 edition features our newest President, Joe Biden! Just who was the 13th president, anyway? Yo Millard Fillmore combines colorful cartoons and comic book captions to make memorizing all 46 American presidents a fun, family-friendly activity.“Yo, Millard Fillmore! and Yo, Sacramento! are works of pure genius. I now know all the presidents and all the capitals of all the states. This is terrific. These books are fabulous, ...