"Through the experiences of this family of great medicine men, readers are taken on an intimate journey through 120 years of Lakota history." — Library Journal"I am Crow Dog. I am the fourth of that name. Crow Dogs have played a big part in the history of our tribe and in the history of all the Indian nations of the Great Plains during the last two hundred years. We are still making history."Thus opens the extraordinary and epic account of a...

“Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River“You know from the first sentence that you’re in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one’ll kill you.”—Stephen KingElmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and “America’s greatest crime master” (Newsweek*) brings back three of his favorite ch...

'Another gem . . . a masterpiece of duplicity' Washington Post'Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight' The TimesEvery prison inmate needs a Road Dog - someone to watch their back, someone they can trust on the inside and out. For wealthy Cuban criminal Cundo Rey, that person is Jack Foley: charmer, ladies' man and infamous bank robber.With the services of a shark attor...

Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in home and foreign waters. During three years of war they engaged the enemy on more than 350 occasions, sinking and damaging many ships. Dog Boats at War is the authoritative account of operations b...

One of the best experiences in our life is when we receive a new member in our family. Feeling the responsibility of taking care of them, raising them and leading them to become the best of themselves. Some of us might think that we are ready to take that step and we venture on the journey. However, when the time comes, we realize that we were not ready at all, or that we needed a little more experience to handle some situations. This is a simple but a meaningful guide to becoming a leader...

The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan ...

To all those individuals who have dogs in their lives, fully know how brilliant these family members can be. They completely know just how loving and loyal their dog, or dogs, are. To those many others who never had a dog to love and cherish, I'm hoping that this anthology gives them a little push to seek the adoption of these loving animals.

**‘Thrilling time-travel adventure’ - The Guardian'Readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series'** — A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of SkandarSwashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8- to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on Trains. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Manuel Šumberac.Sim...

The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan ...

These are a collection of 20 stories, dictated in 1941 to Bloomfield's linguistics class, edited from manuscripts now in the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution, and published for the first time. In Ojibwe, with English translations by Bloomfield. Ojibwe-English glossary and other linguistic study aids.

“Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.”—Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River“You know from the first sentence that you’re in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one’ll kill you.”—Stephen KingElmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and “America’s greatest crime master” (Newsweek*) brings back three of his favorite ch...

'Readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series' — A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of SkandarSwashbuckling action adventure meets time travel in the fourth title in this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8- to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on Trains. Supports the key stage 2 curriculum.Sim, Jeopardy, and Nelson time travel back to 1587, the tense year leading up to...