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"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" is considered to be the masterpiece of Stephen Leacock. Originally published in 1912, it is a set of tales occurring in the fictional hamlet of Mariposa, on the shores of Lake Wissanotti. Many of the characters in the stories are patterned on locals of Orillia, Ontario. The stories are gems of Canadian small town folklore. Leacock brings the quirks, eccentricities and flaws of these everyday people to life in the most humorous way. Every corner of Mariposa has a story to tell!

For eleven seasons, Marion Ross was head of one of America's favorite television households. Now meet the lovable real-life woman behind the Happy Days mom. In this warm and candid memoir, filled with loving recollections from the award-winning Happy Days team - from break-out star Henry Winkler to Cunningham "wild child" Erin Moran - Ross shares what it was like to be a starry-eyed young girl with dreams in poor, rural Minnesota, and the resilience, sacrifices, and determination it took to make them come true.

Step into the whimsical and wonderfully absurd world of Stephen Leacock, Canada’s beloved humorist. This carefully curated collection brings together 12 of his most delightful short stories from Frenzied Fiction (1918), Literary Lapses (1910), Nonsense Novels (1911), and Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915). Whether skewering the pretentiousness of academia, playfully mocking social conventions, or embracing the sheer joy of nonsense, Leacock’s tales remain as fresh and comical today as when they first captivated listeners over a century ago.

An old enemy, a Russian GRU colonel, is out for revenge against Army Ranger Lieutenant Jack Grant’s unit. The Rangers humiliated him when they successfully defended a Kurdish village from a Russian chemical attack. Now the Russian wants payback for his humiliation. He has the perfect weapon. A nerve agent which will deliver a slow and lingering death. Action is needed to destroy it, yet bureaucratic delays mean the Pentagon and CIA response is taking too long. For Grant, the only honorable course is to take action before it is too late.

The Syrians have started to annihilate the Kurdish population of Al Rai. The town is under siege from a squadron of T-55 tanks, and the people are dying. They have no means of defending themselves, except for three obsolete Second World War tanks they purchased from a defunct museum. Special Operations: Grant’s Armor is a must-listen epic which tells the story of tough, violent men fighting against a vicious and determined enemy in the Middle East, a harsh, hostile environment and an enemy who is no less harsh or hostile.

After a chance meeting on the trail, the unlikely duo of gunfighter Dalton Brisco and Timber: U.S. Marshal decide to team up. This mystery friend is on his way to Silverton, Colorado, because his old mentor, Nate Jenkins, has requested some help, and Briscoe offers to assist. The two combine forces to retrieve Nate’s abducted granddaughter, and solve the mystery of how horses are disappearing from a local ranch. Using their brains, fists, and guns, these two legends deal out justice as they define it.

The next exciting adventure in a new Western series from Malcolm Hotzman! This is action, adventure and Old West justice from one of the most acclaimed Western authors of today! “There are things worse than dying, and one of them is not fighting for what you believe is right.” That is what Dalton Brisco said when asked why he was risking his life. He had ridden into Bear Cave, Colorado, and through a chance encounter, found the town was in the grips of a powerful mine owner. When one of the mine owner’s men tries to disarm him, Brisco knocks the man unconscious and leaves.

An exciting Western sequel from Malcolm Hotzman! This is action, adventure and Old West justice from one of the most acclaimed Western authors of today! Dalton Brisco once again finds himself involved in a situation that he wanted no part of. An outlaw band has taken a man’s wife and two children hostage and is holding them in a hideout known as Robber’s Roost. Convinced the outlaws will take the ransom money and not return the hostages and unable to find anyone else to take charge, Brisco decides to come up with a rescue plan.

A guide for helping the children of aging parents plan for their inevitable passing.

The next book in a brand new Western series from acclaimed author Malcolm Hotzman. Ride with Dalton Brisco as he brings law to the Old West—any way he can! Dalton Brisco was a man who lived by the law of the gun. When he rode into Copper Creek, Arizona, all he was interested in was a couple shots of good whiskey and a bed to sleep in. He had been in town for less than an hour before he killed his first man. Forced by the local sheriff to remain in town, Brisco started hearing rumbles about a conflict brewing between Marlow Mining and the Rocking R cattle ranch.

A brilliant American scientist with knowledge of sophisticated weaponry goes missing and is presumed dead. That is, until she was discovered as a prisoner of a Taliban unit led by a former US soldier. The woman is hidden deep inside a region held in the ruthless grasp of the Taliban. Any attempt to send in a military unit sufficiently strong to free her would result in a bloody battle and her inevitable death.

A renegade outfit of thieves, murderers, and deserters wiped out a unit of Coalition soldiers, and Grant’s fireteam just happened to be in the vicinity to take the blame. Under arrest for mass murder, they have no choice but to break out and look for the real killers to clear their names.

The story is set in Thailand in the late 1970s. Todd Harris is a genius and one of America's leading scientists in electronic miniaturization and nuclear bomb design. However, he feels his life is over, as he has been fighting cancer and his fiancé has left him. June, his twin sister, convinces him to take a lectureship in Thailand, seeking to broaden his interests and experiences. It works. Todd falls in love with Thailand, makes some friends, and gets immersed in scuba diving. Meanwhile, the CIA is tasked with ensuring his security. But their job is not easy—he has a death wish.

Cleveland Homicide Detective Stacy Tavitt is contacted by a former college classmate who asks for help in finding her missing son, Colton. Still reeling physically and emotionally from her last investigation - which led to the disappearance of her brother - Stacy reluctantly agrees. At first, there is little reason to suspect foul play in his disappearance - until he becomes the primary suspect in the murder of an ex-girlfriend. It’s a race against the clock as Stacy tries to find out what happened to her brother and clear his name, all while stopping a lethal killer.

On a whim, Briggs Stevens invites a beautiful new acquaintance to travel with him to Iceland. A hiking accident quickly spirals into a lifesaving rescue for his friend and exposes a battalion of Russian soldiers involved in a covert operation to destroy the ozone layer above New England. One soldier agrees to help Briggs rescue his friend in exchange for asylum to America and in the process helps to ignite a love between Briggs and his friend that lasts beyond the waters of Iceland.

Twelve-year-old Wind That Knocks Down Lodges loves his little sister, Cactus Flower, and the wildness of the desert canyonland the Apache call home. But in one night of misunderstanding and mistakes, Knocks Down and Cactus Flower’s innocent world is shaken as they find themselves locked in the nearby fort with the pale face soldiers and their mother’s lifeless body. With no one to lean on but each other, Knocks Down and Cactus Flower must make their way as children of The People in the pale face world - pale faces who have now become the enemy.

Will Cannon rides to Texarkana, Texas in search of the Blackman Gang. He immediately becomes involved in a blood feud between the Monroe clan from Texarkana and the Larson clan from Arkansas. Will meets a beautiful young hillbilly woman named Billy Joe Monroe. Billy Joe is determined to make Will her husband and even though Billy Joe is a handful she does help Will bring the outlaw gang to justice.

Newly minted Army Ranger Lieutenant Jack Grant joins a mission to take down the Taliban’s elite sniper, but things go wrong from the start.

There are some events happening in Eastern New Mexico, and Will rides to the area known as Devil's mountain. Will and his brother Joe sell lots horses to the army and the Indian Reservations. Will has heard that there are herds of wild horses and some unbranded cattle along the Canadian river. There are also rumors that several people have disappeared from this area. People in the area say some devil-worshipers are killing people and burning the bodies and giving the ashes to Satan.

The Hell Riders is a group of young men from the Hell Roaring River Valley in Utah fighting a gang of outlaws who are trying to take over the valley. Will Cannon rides into town and is immediately drawn into the fight. Will meets a beautiful woman and helps the gold miners and the farmers and ranchers fight the Ingersol Gang.