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  Sunset And Sunrise - The...

  George Eliot

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  Scandal has come to Middlemarch, and no one will escape its shadow. 
  In this riveting, deeply emotional climax to George Eliot's sweeping masterpiece, the fragile social fabric of a provincial English town is torn apart by devastating secrets. Dr. Tertius Lydgate's brilliant ambitions have been brought low by a crushing association with a disgraced banker, leaving his reputation in tatters and his marriage to the beautiful, vain Rosamond hanging by a thread. As former friends pull away, isolation breeds a toxic resentment that threatens to destroy Lydgate completely. 
  Yet, in the darkest hour, true character is revealed. Middlemarch Book 8: Sunset and Sunrise is a breathtaking exploration of unwavering empathy, embodied by the idealistic Dorothea Brooke. As she steps forward to defend the innocent and rescue the broken, she must confront the agonies of her own heart—including a catastrophic misunderstanding that could sever her from Will Ladislaw forever. 
  Listen as lives collide and destinies are irrevocably forged. With piercing psychological insight, Eliot lays bare the agonies of pride, the bitterness of lost illusions, and the triumphant, quiet heroism of a single act of compassion. Prepare to be moved to your very core by a literary finale that transcends its era and speaks directly to the soul.

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  To Make a Man

  Peter Brandvold

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  In this fourth book in bestselling author Peter Brandvold's exciting Bloody Joe western series, the stakes are higher than ever before, and the action is hotter than hellfire! 
   
   
   
  Del Norte Town Marshal "Bloody" Joe Mannion and his junior deputy, Henry "Stringbean" McCallister, run down an especially violent as well as beguiling outlaw in the pretty form of Mathilda Calderon. The senorita is just one pretty girl, but she fights like a leg-trapped puma, leaving Mannion with an arm full of buckshot and Stringbean hurting where a man just shouldn't be attacked, gallblastit! 
   
   
   
  Senorita Calderon is wanted not only for aiding and abetting the commission of a federal crime but to testify in a court trial against her boyfriend, the notorious border bandito and revolutionario, Diego Hidalgo, who stole three Gatling guns from the US Army, wiping out a dozen soldiers in the deadly process. Hidalgo and three members of his gang were captured by the Army. The US Marshal for the Southwestern District has sent three deputy US marshals to retrieve the senorita from Del Norte, and to escort her to Tucson. Bloody Joe believes she will not only identify Hidalgo as the leader of the gang who stole the Gatling guns but will also testify as to the guns' whereabouts.

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  Journal of Julius Rodman

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Journal of Julius Rodman, Being an Account of the First Passage across the Rocky Mountains of North America Ever Achieved by Civilized Man is an unfinished serial novel by American author Edgar Allan Poe published in 1840.  Six installments of the novel were published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine's January through June issues in 1840. At the time, Poe was a contributing editor of the journal. He was fired from the job in June 1840 by William Burton and refused to continue the novel. - Summary by wikipedia

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  The Sea From Above

  David Goudge

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  This is a novel that portrays a love affair between two men in the late 1950s. In turn, they each tell their story in their own voices. 
  The men are British. One of them is a young wardrobe assistant. The other is a stuntman who had served in action during World War Two. The pair meet on the set of a film being shot on location in Italy. 
  The younger man – 19 when the book begins – is from a working-class background in the north of England. He is newly inducted into London’s furtive gay scene at a time when sex between men is illegal and there's an ever-present risk of arrest or assault. 
  The other man is 32, troubled by his sexuality and ill at ease with his stunt colleagues on the film. Deeply shaken by an accident that kills another stunt performer, the stuntman first encounters the younger man casually. 
  Then, by chance, the two meet later at The War Cemetery at Salerno. Stranded on their return to the location base, they spend a night together in Amalfi, and - on this occasion - a tender relationship develops. But they must keep their affair a secret, and just as the stuntman begins to experience an emotional awakening, he is talked into performing a perilous stunt. 
  David Goudge is a former member of the BBC Radio Drama Company. He narrates his own novel.

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  The Kent Family Chronicles...

  John Jakes

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  The first three novels in a sweeping American epic from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author who “makes history come alive” (Nelson DeMille). This multigenerational saga follows the Kent family and their pursuit of a foothold and future in the expanding United States. From the family’s initial journey traveling to America’s shore to their voyage to the Western frontier, their fate is intertwined with the course of American history in these first three volumes of the series.  The Bastard: Denied his birthright as the illegitimate son of the Duke of Kentland, Philippe Charboneau seeks a new life in London, where he meets Benjamin Franklin and reads the works of patriot firebrand Sam Adams. Inspired by such brave new ideas, he travels to the American colonies at the brink of the Revolution. There he will choose his own name—Philip Kent—and finally decide his own fate.  The Rebels: Philip Kent fights as a Continental soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In a bold move, he has taken up arms for the future of his new family. Spirited and unwavering in his dedication to his adopted homeland, Philip fights in the most violent battles in America’s early history. But far from the front lines, another battle rages that will sweep his wife, Anne, on her own perilous journey that may destroy all Philip has fought for.  The Seekers: Returning from fighting valiantly on the frontier, Abraham Kent—son of Philip and Anne—returns to Boston, only to realize that he cannot abide the confines of civilization. Determined not to live in his father’s shadow, he takes his young bride and settles on the American frontier. But the life of a pioneer comes at a high price, and the cost of Abraham’s restless ambitions may be more than he can bear.

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  The Bar Act

  Bud La Mar

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  Step into the dust, danger, and competitive spirit of the old rodeo West with The Bar Act by Bud La Mar, a fast-moving Western short story filled with cowboys, contests, grit, and frontier showmanship. Originally published in the September 25, 1928 issue of Short Stories magazine, this classic tale captures the thrill of rodeo rivalry and the rough-edged charm of Texas cowboy life. Perfect for readers who enjoy vintage Western fiction, public domain adventure stories, cowboy tales, and early 20th-century pulp magazine storytelling. Project Gutenberg lists the work under Western stories, cowboys, Texas fiction, and rodeos.

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