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From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Janeczko uncovers two centuries' worth of true spy stories in U.S. history.

Presents the stories of three incredibly talented animals, including a motorcross daredevil dog, a groundhog weather wonder, and a rock star cat.

The author shares homespun stories on adjusting to life on a ranch in the country and offers a number of recipes, including cowboy calzones, ribeye steak with whiskey cream sauce, Patsy's blackberry cobbler, and Iny's prune cake.

A former "New York Times" executive editor evaluates the unpredictable natures of love, luck, aging, life, and mortality while discovering the ways in which fly fishing can be a metaphorical lesson about the empowerment of letting go.

The #1 bestselling author and Food Network personality at last answers that age-old question--"What's for Dinner?"--bringing together more than 125 simple, scrumptious, step-by-step recipes for delicious dinners the whole family will love.

He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this book, Twain offered recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger decks in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the tutelage of the most celebrated...

A modern memoir anthology by Kansas writers in the Great Plains Writers Group, Echoes from the Prairie consists of short creative non-fiction stories of birth and death; accounts of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings; tales recalling the emotion-filled relationships between children and their parents; narratives dealing with interactions between the writer and the natural world; and, of course, memoirs of childhooda great many of these,...

Bobbi (the dog) and Bob Cat are the best of friends. When their hometown of New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, many lost everything. Bobbi and Bob Cat only survived by staying together. This is the story of their remarkable friendship.

Follow our young cowboy friend while he works his summer job at a dude ranch where he picks up the nickname "Honey" -- a moniker he doesn't much like. He also finds himself with a girlfriend -- a situation he does like. "Honey" follows our young friend on his journey into manhood, which includes nightly kissing practice with his girlfriend Sally.