First published in 1997, this study reports on a study of 221 sex workers in Queensland, Australia. The workers were interviewed by an interviewer with experience in the industry. They were asked a variety of questions relating to how they came to enter the industry, their knowledge of and attitudes towards safe sex, and a variety of other questions to do with lifestyle, service use and sexual health, and contact with the police and legal system. Sex work emerges as an activity which has a...

In this action-packed, Spur Award–winning western series opener, an army scout must find two lost newlyweds in a land where he’s as good as dead.To start their new life together, Jamie Pratt and his young bride join a westward wagon train bound for the Rocky Mountains. They get as far as Helena when their unscrupulous wagon master deserts them, leaving them as good as dead in a godforsaken, blood-scorched land. The other settlers agree to set stakes where they are,...

The Texas town of Range is on the brink of becoming a ghost town. Under constant assault from ruthless outlaw gangs hiding in the shadows of the Indian Territory across the Red River, settlers cling desperately to any hope for law and order.As violence escalates, urgent letters from Range find their way to US President Hayes and Texas Governor Hubbard. Each leader sends one of their best men to quell the violence.These men are US De...

In the first of a trailblazing new series, acclaimed western author Charles G. West introduces the legend of a man called Hawk.To start their new life together, Jamie Pratt and his young bride join a westward wagon train bound for the Rocky Mountains. They get as far as Helena when their unscrupulous wagon master deserts them, leaving them as good as dead in a godforsaken, blood-scorched land. The other settlers agree to set stakes where they are, but Jamie and his...

From Spur Award-winning author Charles G. West comes a blistering tale of the American West, where guns are the law, good men are outnumbered—and sudden death is a way of life . . .MASSACRE IN MONTANARaised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds—and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk i...

In this first book of the Luxton Danner Westerns trilogy, Retired US Deputy Marshal Joel Thornton has settled into a peaceful life on his ranch, just outside the Texas town that bears his name. But tranquility is shattered when an old fugitive attacks, seeking vengeance and Thornton's cattle. Injured in the ensuing gunfight, Thornton sends his daughter, Elizabeth, to find his trusted former partner, Ben Chance.After seven years in Philadelphia, Elizabeth is determi...

In the third installment of the international award-winning series by John Layne comes a story that reunites the justice-seeking duo of Luxton Danner and Wes Payne in their quest for justice.A ruthless land baron with visions of turning a quiet settlement into a raucous boomtown besieges the peaceful town of Canyon Creek. Gilford Knox sets his sights on devouring every inch of land in and near Canyon Creek, employing threats and violent tactics to force out vulnerable ranchers, far...

William Henry John was a small time rancher. But when his wife died in a riding accident, he became a broken man. He turned to drink. At first his neighbours were helpful and sympathetic, but Henry John soon became the town drunk and ignored by all. Then one day his life changed. He saved the life of a young woman who he thought was his dead wife. She thanked him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. From that day forth, William Henry John became a changed, if disturbed man.

The bounty hunter chuckled.It was then that a young woman approached him. She looked a little beaten and exhausted, but there seemed to be a certain fire and determination in her eye. She was actually a looker if not for the curious eye patch that she sported. It covered one of her eyes and the bounty hunter could tell that her face was very slightly contorted because of the injury to her eye."That how you settle all your disputes at the Poker table?" she asked him....

"If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him." -- Exodus 22:21859 Malechai ben Pallache, a Ukranian-Jew and soldier of fortune who has made his way through the world fueled by blood and pain has been enlisted to hunt down Dragan, the bastard priest who kicked off the pogroms before fleeing to California. But the profane holy man has more than blood on his hands, he has also stolen a box that holds terrible evil. Brod...

An army scout escorts three ladies as a crazed killer tails them in this action-packed western by the author of the Spur Award–winning Hell Hath No Fury.Three desperate women. One deranged killer. No way in hell is John Hawk going to sit back and let the innocent get slaughtered. He first meets the three lovely ladies as they’re fleeing in a wagon—alone—through Blackfoot country. What’s their rush? They’re being pursued by a wanted outlaw who wants them de...

A serious attempt to illustrate the humanity of the soldier on the Western Front, this title reflects World War I as they saw it: from first shot to last. These tales, told to fellow men in the trenches, behind the lines, at base hospitals and at the estaminets and billets during rest periods, have been recorded here.