Avec pour seul compagnon son cheval Jolly Jumper, 'l'homme qui tire plus vite que son ombre' fait régner l'ordre et la justice dans un Far-West de fantaisie mille fois plus vrai que le vrai. Poursuivant les terribles frères Dalton ou croisant la route de divers personnages historiques, Lucky Luke nous fait découvrir dans la bonne humeur les dessous de la conquête de l'Ouest.

De 'schoppenaas' saloon in Bottleneck Gulch doet goede zaken ondanks de slechte whisky en duistere zaken van de eigenaar O'Sullivan. Als ene O'Hara de 'hartenaas' saloon opent, vlak naast de 'schoppenaas', zijn de poppen aan het dansen. Als 'normale' concurrentie niet helpt om O'Hara weg te jagen huurt O'Sullivan de beruchte beroepsmoordenaar Phil IJzerdraad in. Door een toevalligheid kom Lucky Luke achter dit plan. Zich voordoend als Phil IJzerdraad gaat hij naar Bottleneck Gulch met een ...

De 'schoppenaas' saloon in Bottleneck Gulch doet goede zaken ondanks de slechte whisky en duistere zaken van de eigenaar O'Sullivan. Als ene O'Hara de 'hartenaas' saloon opent, vlak naast de 'schoppenaas', zijn de poppen aan het dansen. Als 'normale' concurrentie niet helpt om O'Hara weg te jagen huurt O'Sullivan de beruchte beroepsmoordenaar Phil IJzerdraad in. Door een toevalligheid kom Lucky Luke achter dit plan. Zich voordoend als Phil IJzerdraad gaat hij naar Bottleneck Gulch met een ...

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through “lively tales of those who labor and dream in Sin City" (Kirkus).“Wild and wonderful…The magic of Sin City doesn’t just happen. Patterson and Seal tell its secrets in beautifully presented snippets that often overlap not just surprisingly, but charmingly too.” —Telegraph (UK)Las Vegas is on Luxury Standa...

This groundbreaking work takes readers deep into the world of police oversight and reveals what really happens when everyday people try to hold the police accountable.When you think about the police, who do you think of: Do you think of one officer, or the police as an institution? From movies and TV to the real world, a police presence looms over most conflict. But if there was a defining feature of the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd, it was the col...

The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery—and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to historyIt began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal’s monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific—and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Fou...

An award-winning journalist envisions the future of leadership, excellence, and prosperity in Black America with this "urgent and pathbreaking" work (Marc Lamont Hill).Hard-hitting, thought-provoking, and inspiring, Conversations in Black offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America, and, with help from his mighty team of black intelligentsia, veteran journalist Ed Gordon creates hope and a timeless new narrative on what the futur...

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 definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and rollBest known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like “Johnny B. Goode,” “Maybellene,” “You Never Can Tell” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions, whose motives and motivations were often shrouded in mystery. After all, how did a teenage delinquent come to write so many songs that transformed American culture? And, once he achieved fame...

An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues.The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal moments and issues in American history and is an ideal prism through which to trace music, culture, history, and race in Ame...

New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the ’90s.Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth finally lands in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once again, he’s an outsider—not only as a Black man on a mostly white police force but also as an unapologetic nonbe...

Kelly Kimball, Trish Whitcomb, Andrew Frank, and Barry Fadem met as political consultants, each passionate about the power and potential of democracy throughout the world. A trip to Eastern Europe in 1990 was supposed to be a chance to experience the culture they’d only witnessed from afar. But as the first election approached in Czechoslovakia, the friends and counterparts found themselves in the middle of history—and not just as witnesses.In Revolution Road Trip, Kimball, Whitcomb...