A young Texas lad growing up on a small farm in the 1800s, sets out to explore America when he decides it was time to explore the world. He leaves his abusive uncles farm and joins a cattle drive up, the Shawnee Trail (later to be named the Chisholm Trail). He then heads north to Fort Kearny to join with a wagon train where he meets and befriends a young boy and seasoned, well-known scout and entrepreneur named Jim Bridger. His long journey eventually finds Billy in San Francisco where he ...

Smith Show Media presents Chester Arthur for Kids written by Billy Jackson. This is a biography about Chester Arthur for children.

Step back to 1950s Cincinnati, where life was an adventure for the students of Colerain High.Now, one of their own reveals the secret lives of your grandparents before they became the gentle, wise souls you know today. Full of laughter, daring, and mischief, their teenage years were unforgettable.This is the story they'll never tell but will never forget.

Die Cowboys der Herz-Ranch sitzen im großen Essraum beim Abendbrot. Bis auf einige wenige Boys, die bei den Herden wachen müssen, ist die ganze Mannschaft versammelt; denn den Herbst-Round'Up haben sie hinter sich und nun sollen Wochen der Ruhe folgen. Die Boys lärmen und scherzen beim Essen. Sie haben keine Rücksicht auf Frauen zu nehmen; die Herz-Ranch ist eine ausgesprochene Männer-Ranch.Die Köpfe der Esser fliegen herum, als sich der schwarzhaarige Phil zur Tür hereinschiebt. E...

In this book, Billy's Rescue, the seventh book of the Asps series, (and 16th Jim Scott Book), Billy Garcia is taken captive by an Islamist group, intent on questioning him. Once away from that group, Billy is kidnapped by a press-gang type operation of Taliban and al-Qaida "recruiters" inside Afghanistan. In both cases, pity the terrorists, because they know not what they have done, nor what they let themselves in for. While Billy is dealing with his problems, the rest of the Asps, the Sco...

Great as is the debt of gratitude which the brewing industry owes to the labours of scientific men, it has been more than repaid by the immense services which that industry has indirectly rendered to the advancement of modern science. It may be said without exaggeration that in respect of the number of scientific investigations of the first order of importance to which it has given rise, the brewing industry stands easily preeminent

For the students of Colerain High School and their friends, life in Cincinnati in the 1950s was an adventure. Now, one of their own shares a look into their lives.This is a story exposing the life of your grandparents. Yes, the lives of your grandmother, the silver-haired beauty that bakes your favorite cakes and cookies, who can soothe any hurt, and who allows you to do anything you wish, and your grandfather, the gentleman, of seemingly never-ending wisdom, experience, and knowle...

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead to the formation of the well-known Fawcett Publications, which issued Whiz Comics and introduced Captain Marvel. The magazine was immortalized in a line in the song “Trouble” from Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man.” This issue has articles from, "Doug’s P...

Look up into the starry sky on the night of the full moon and you'll see ... a bird? A plane? No ... a little boy! Eight-year-old Mary Bird has discovered a secret: her four-year-old brother Billy can fly! Floating around his room is bad enough, but when he takes off out an open window, Mary's sure disaster isn't far behind. She may be right!

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. Listen as the voices of Denzel and Pauletta Washington...

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. Listen as the voices of Idris Elba, Blair Underwood, Taraji P. Henson, ...

The classic tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff gets a cheeky twist in this picture book retelling.Trip trap, trip trap.“ACH! Who is that tap-tap-tapping on my bridge?”The story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and the way they outwitted a hungry bridge troll is one of our most well-known fairy tales…but how exactly did it become so? It turns out, the cleverness of the Brothers Gruff isn’t limited to tricking trolls—they are ...