Three stories about the adventures of Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie and the fast-draw Cactus Kid. In A Trail to the West, Riding under an alias, Bowdrie joins up with Queen's ruthless gang to rescue the pretty niece of a powerful Texas judge. But when Queen discovers the lawman's true identity, Bowdrie must do some fast thinking and even faster shooting to beat the odds--five guns to one! In Love and the Cactus Kid, folks far and wide know that the...

An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

Draws on interviews with General Tommy Franks, Condoleezza Rice, and other officials and military personnel to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the decision-making process that determined the nature of American involvement in Iraq.

The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane nonstop, and when he landed, he ignited an explosion of worldwide rapture and instantly became the most famous person on the planet. Meanwhile, the titanically talented Babe Ruth was beginning his assault on the home run record, which would culminate on September 30 with his sixtieth...

When the bail bonds office burns down and bodies are found at an empty construction lot, New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum begins working cases out of her motor home. On the personal front, Stephanie is one step closer to choosing between the men in her life, Morelli and Ranger. However, life suddenly becomes much more complicated when a man from her past moves back to Trenton.

When Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean meet as teenagers in the mid-60s, the civil rights movement is moving along and so are their everyday lives. Their regular gathering place is Earl's All-You-Can-Eat diner, the first black-owned business in downtown Plainview, Indiana. Dubbed the Supremes by their friends, the inseparable trio is watched over by big-hearted Earl during their complicated high school days, and then every Sunday after church as they...