At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of the Plains were the single greatest food-getting method ever developed in human history. Hunters, working with their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour, drove their quarry over a cliff and into wooden corrals. The rest of the group butchered the kill in the camp below. Author Jack Bri...

Once the world's prairies, grasslands, steppes and tundra teemed with massive herds of game: gazelle, wild ass, bison, caribou and antelope. Humans seeking to hunt these large fast-moving herds devised a range of specialised traps that share many characteristics across all continents. Typically consisting of guiding walls or lines of stones leading to an enclosure or trap, game drives were designed for a mass killing. Construction of the game drive, organisation of the hunt and processing ...

What if the greatest threat to America wasn't war, terrorism, or China...but the trillions of dollars of debt we've pretended doesn't exist?U.S. Senator Rick Taylor has been warning anyone who'll listen: the national debt is no longer a spreadsheet problem-it's a ticking bomb. But in Washington, truth is toxic. Colleagues dismiss him, constituents scream about "cuts to my benefits," and the media paints him as the villain who wants to gut Social Security....

Having occupied berlin three years earlier, russian forces managed to enforce a blockade on the city in june 1948, preventing the western allies access by road, rail or canal. Effectively condemning the people of berlin to starve, russia refused to lift the blockade until the deutsche mark was withdrawn from west berlin. Forced to find another way to deliver supplies to the trapped citizens, the western allies began one of the most remarkable operations in history: the berlin airlift. Brav...

An in-depth portrait of the two Koreas and their turbulent relationship—from the author of Eisenhower: A 20th Century Hero in War and Peace.After nearly 70 years of division between North and South Korea, the two nations have not yet achieved a peaceful settlement. Professor Emeritus Jack Van Der Slik's book provides a first person account of the incredible differences between the nations.The Korean Crisis: One People, Two Nations, an Uncertain...

"A great pulp noir piece involving casinos, gunfights, and a dash of magic reminiscent of Big Trouble in Little China*. Fun, exciting fiction that reads like my favorite movies from the '80s."* – Barbarian Book ClubHe's an ex-magician turned criminal who never believed in magic. But when Fate deals him a new hand, all bets are off.Jack is a jaded former illusionist who turned his back on the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. Now a cunning criminal, h...

Street date: July 2, 2002The Great Tribulation unfolds as the forces of evil and the armies of God prepare for mankind's ultimate battle. Millions of Christians are protected by God as the anger of the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia, burns against them. The biggest novel of 2002 is highly anticipated by consumers worldwide.