The novel explores themes of wealth, morality, and social dynamics. It follows the story of a central character who grapples with the implications of wealth and its impact on personal and social relationships.The plot delves into how money influences people's behavior, their values, and their interactions with others. It examines the idea that while money is often seen as the root of all evil, it can also be a force for good if used wisely and ethically.

For Every Man A Reason by Patrick Wilkins is a book that explores the complexities of human motivation and decision-making. It delves into the idea that every individual has their own unique reasons for the choices they make in life, whether they are big or small. The author likely examines various psychological, sociological, and philosophical theories to illuminate the factors that drive human behavior. It seems like a thought-provoking read that could offer valuable insights into unders...

For Every Man A Reason by Patrick Wilkins presents a deeply reflective and engaging narrative that explores the motivations, choices, and inner conflicts that define human behavior. Wilkins crafts a story where every action is driven by purpose, and every character is shaped by the reasons they carry within. Through a compelling blend of emotion and insight, the narrative invites readers to look beyond surface judgments and understand the complexities that...

To love your wife is good; to love your State is good, too.But if it comes to a question of survival, you have to love one better than the other. Also, better than yourself. It was simple for the enemy; they knew which one Aron was dedicated to....The thunder of the jets died away, the sound drifting wistfully off into the hills. The leaves that swirled in the air returned to the ground slowly, reluctantly.The rocket had gone.Aron Myers realized that he was lo...

A series of short stories about OregonGiant Circles of rocks; maybe an ancient Indian astronomical observatory.A city literally made out of gold ore. A cowboy kid who outshines adult rodeo stars.Believe in Sasquatch or not, we're always on the lookout for him!Ralph Nader's Corvair scare debunked at a Corvair Lair.Patrick Wilkins is a retired Pacific Northwest TV journalist, and although he has been both a news director and anchor, he is perhaps known bes...

Eastern Oregon is a land of distant horizons, endless sagebrush—and countless stories about the people and places that make the region unique. For more than twenty years, it was Pat Wilkins' job as an on-the-road TV reporter to track down these stories, to travel the roadways in a quest to capture the character and the history of the dry side of the state. Compiled here is a collection of those tales that range from the Columbia River to the California border, and from the flanks of the Ca...

Through four decades, Pat Wilkins was a familiar face and a voice to thousands of Northwest television viewers who tuned into his newscasts, yet Wikins' true calling lay outside the studio and along the less traveled roads of Oregon and Washington. Here, far beyond the usual range of TV cameras and crews. Wilkins searched for the people, places, and events that shaped what a colleague calls "his first love, feature reporting."In following this love, Wilkins spent twenty years of his...

In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story of the Dust Bowl rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows.The dust storms that terrorized America’s High Plains during the Great Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding bla...

National BestsellerMost travelers only fly over the Great Plains--but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the great middle of our nation.With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and down and across the vast and myth-inspiring Great Plains. A tra...

The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home.When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Bould...

Smart, sharp and downright daffy, 123 Weird Facts About Absolutely Real Made-Up, Improbable, Fantastic People, Places and Events is a big hit with kids and clever adults. Written to inform, entertain and inspire audiences of all ages, the book delivers a vast and dazzling territory bursting with people, history, geography, heroes, food, weather, legends, laws and customs. If your child or student loves story, words and whimsy, start here. The perfect e-reader companion.“Dragons! Sn...

In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O'Neill set off down the majestic Yukon River, beginning at Dawson, Yukon Territory, site of the Klondike gold rush. The journey he makes to Circle City, Alaska, is more than a voyage into northern wilderness, it is an expedition into the history of the river and a record of the inimitable inhabitants of the region, historic and contemporary. A literary kin of John Muir's Travels in Alaska and John McPhee's Coming into the Countr...