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The dust of the frontier chokes the air in this gritty tale of the American West, where young cowboys face the brutal reality of the cattle drive. Battling stampedes, outlaws, and the unforgiving elements, their survival depends on quick wits and a steady hand. Discover a story where loyalty is tested under the scorching sun.
A less-likely western legend you'll never find than the tall, aristocratic Englishman traveling the rugged frontier on assignment for a London newspaper. John Dehner stars as J. B. Kendall, telling the engrossing everyday stories of a nation in its rowdy adolescence. Preachers and prospectors, librarians and legends, veterans and villains all fall under the gaze of this wry, understated observer -- a man who usually couldn't resist putting aside his journalistic objectivity just long enough to get involved. Enjoy 10 digitally restored and remastered episodes produced, written, and directed by Antony Ellis, and performed by Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Kearns, Paula Winslowe, Larry Dobkin, Harry Bartell, and more. This 5 CD collection includes both the series finale, the original audition episode (featuring Ben Wright as Kendall), and a Program Guide by Elizabeth McLeod. Episodes include: Indian Lover 09-21-58; The Gold Digger 09-28-58; The Librarian 10-05-58; Aces and Eights 10-12-58; The Preacher 10-19-58; The Rainmaker 10-26-58; The Nasty People 11-02-58; Holiday 11-09-58; Random Notes 11-16-58; Remittance Man 01-29-58Mostra libro
This novel was perhaps the most daring and affirmative LGBT literature of the first two decades of the 20th century in America. In this story, Bertram Cope is a young college instructor, about twenty-four years old ("certainly not a day over twenty-five"), who is pursued by men and women, both younger and older than himself. In writing this novel, Fuller had to carefuly craft his plot schemes so as not to offend the sensibilities of publishers. As a result, today's reader is left somewhat, but not entirely, confused about the precise feelings that characters develop for one another by the end of the book. Nevertheless, no publishing house would touch it, which ultimately required that Fuller go the self-publishing route.Bertram Cope's Year was the first novel by an established American writer that dealt exclusively with the subject of homosexuality. Although it did not achieve the notariety it deserved at the time, it set the tone for the increasingly open discussion of gay themes in literary form. (Introduction by James K. White)
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“I was only gone a half hour. When I came back, he was gone.” Puppeteer Bob Harker has wandered the grey sands of Weston-Super-Mare for as long as anyone can remember, peddling his own brand of Punch’n’Judy to tourists and locals alike. Now, according to Reggie Bowles, his best friend, Bob Harker is dead. The only problem is that Bob’s body has disappeared. Convinced by Reggie to investigate both Bob’s death and subsequent disappearance, private investigator John “Slim” Hardy finds himself with a tricky case on his hands. Not only can he find no trace of Bob Harker, but it turns out that the man’s life was almost as mysterious as his death. If indeed Bob is even dead… From the author of The Man by the Sea and The Clockmaker’s Secret, comes a twisting mystery that will keep you reading all night.Mostra libro
In The Beetle Who Went on His Travels, Hans Christian Andersen delivers one of his sharpest and most quietly amusing moral tales—a story that looks light and whimsical on the surface, yet cuts deep with irony and insight. When a proud beetle takes offense at the Emperor’s horse receiving golden shoes, he sets off into the world convinced that he, too, deserves recognition, luxury, and admiration. What follows is a series of encounters—comic, frustrating, and revealing—in which the beetle repeatedly misunderstands the world around him, mistaking misfortune for persecution and coincidence for destiny. With dry humor and elegant restraint, Andersen exposes the absurdity of inflated self-importance and the way pride reshapes reality to suit itself. The beetle’s travels are not heroic adventures, but a mirror held up to human vanity, entitlement, and the comforting stories we tell ourselves to remain satisfied. Narrated with clarity and subtle wit by Richard Stibbard, this classic fairy tale reveals Andersen at his most ironic and perceptive—proving that even the smallest creature can carry a very human flaw.Mostra libro
A corporate finance manager, Brad Tillman, is grieving the death of his best friend, Al, who was a victim of an unfortunate traffic accident. As Brad helps Al’s widow to go through his things, he finds a document in Al’s briefcase that suggests he had been looking into the possible manipulation of votes in an election. With this discovery, Tillman’s entire world changes. The company Tillman works for has developed and implemented a completely secure voting system that makes such a thing impossible. Now someone knows what Brad has discovered, and he has become a target. Tillman’s entire life is sent reeling as he discovers his friend was murdered and the killer is after him. Brad must convince the authorities that a crime has been committed while hiding from his would-be killer. He must also keep his family safe and work to find out who is responsible for election fraud and Al’s murder.Mostra libro
Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's foster son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Wuthering Heights is now considered a classic of English literature, but contemporaneous reviews were polarised. It was controversial for its depictions of mental and physical cruelty, and for its challenges to Victorian morality and religious and societal values. Wuthering Heights was accepted by publisher Thomas Newby along with Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, but they were published later. Charlotte edited a second edition of Wuthering Heights after Emily's death which was published in 1850. It has inspired an array of adaptations across several media, including English singer-songwriter Kate Bush's song of the same name.Mostra libro
