Billy the Kid: Robin Hood or hoodlum? After 90 years of romantic myths, this book shatters the spell and uncovers the brutal, even stranger truth about the youngest of the famous Western desperadoes. Billy Bonney, whose death in 1881 ended a reign of terror in New Mexico, has become legendary as a defender of small settlers against big ranchers… a lighting draw who dropped 21 men, one for each year of his life… a “gentleman outlaw who was gunned down unarmed and helpless.
William Brent was born after the turn of the century. He has been labourer, soldier, truck driver, gambler, salesman in South America, motion picture exhibitor, screen writer, studio writer and magazine writer. His stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Esquire and most of the outdoor magazines. His is the author of two books, THE HELL HOLE and GRAND MOTEL.
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Here is the perfect package, a riotous, rollicking remedy guaranteed to banish sick-a-bed blues and dispel dull care. Let Eddie Davis, that Master of Merriment and author of the already famous Laugh Yourself Well, escort you on a personally conducted laugh-tour through the hilarious halls of the hospital, the comicalities of the clinic and to the fun you can find with Freud...
read moreIt was a hot August night in a sleepy Florida beachtown outside Ft. Lauderdale, twenty five summers ago, when a frantic caller contacted the Hollywood Police, crying: “I just killed three people. Please catch me before I kill again. I’m going to kill more tonight.”
But the story of justice denied does not end with the conviction...
This charming book is chock full of new and interesting summer vacation plans for the entire family. Here are camping and outdoor projects for boys and girls of every age. The section on outdoor cooking is so tempting, the pages evoke the aromas of marvelous, long-to-be-remembered, outdoor meals...
read more Men of management are a breed all to themselves. They think in terms not shared by other en. They typically communicate with each other in phrases and concepts that are vivid, breezy, and tangy with a free-swinging imagination unshackled by fears of being thought unusual. Instead they dread the thought of being "ordinary."
Sam T...
Barbara Hutton ... her name is a household word ... is one of the most publicized women of our times ... with a fortune estimated at $50,000,000 ... she is one of the most lavish spenders of all time ... fragile (she has had no less than eight major surgical operations), she is the possessor of a will of iron .....
read moreYou may be amazed as you read about the extent of the disagreement among many doctors, the lack of medical ethics in modern practice, the alarming rise of specialists who constantly fleece the public by charging unnecessarily high fees. You may gasp as you learn how the public is experimented on, in guinea pig fashion, with every passing treatment and drug...
read moreHave you met the Barkins family yet?
First there is the husband and father, Dr. John, a practicing physician; then there is this lawyer-wife Evelyn; and thereafter, but definitely not in order of importance, Lizzie, Martha and George, the children - and Bradley, not quite a child yet nor on the scene but, nonetheless, the dominant character of the group...
In an era of entertainment titans, Al Jolson was recognized as the greatest - a Legend in his own time. But behind the legend was a human being, behind the booming voice and the electric personality there was a man. Profligate and petty. Magnificent and tawdry. Generous and suspicious. The Immortal Jolson is a fascinating and revealing study of the man and his time.
This well written and extensively researched book is a comprehensive guide and valuable instruction book for everyone interested in the art of diving; the beginner, the competitor, and the instructor. This book has everything from how to learn to dive, all the way to very complicated diving formations and techniques to learn.
read moreThis book is about understanding your dog --- just why it behaves in a certain way. For instance, when a dog buries a bone--- whether it is in a hole in the garden or under the cushions of the sofa---it is behaving in an instinctive way that it has inherited from its wolf ancestors...
read moreFrom GAGS to RICHES is Broadway at its funniest. It is show business, vaudeville. It’s night clubs cafés. It’s Hollywood; it’s Miami. It’s the whole mad world of entertainment as seen and heard by one who has literally grown up in it...
read moreBilly the Kid: Robin Hood or hoodlum? After 90 years of romantic myths, this book shatters the spell and uncovers the brutal, even stranger truth about the youngest of the famous Western desperadoes...
read moreIt was a hot August night in a sleepy Florida beachtown outside Ft. Lauderdale, twenty five summers ago, when a frantic caller contacted the Hollywood Police, crying: “I just killed three people. Please catch me before I kill again. I’m going to kill more tonight.”
But the story of justice denied does not end with the conviction...
When Ellie Janssen’s plane landed in Las Vegas, all she wanted was a divorce. Instead she found the beginnings of love, sex, romance and heartbreaks, leading her to David Janssen, one of America’s most beloved actors...
read moreA sensible self-defense method easy enough for young and old to master # Step-by-step action photographs # No equipment required # Instructions for pupil and teacher # Holds and throws that require very little strength # Gain confidence to ward of bullies # The safeguard of practical training well planned for the whole family.
read moreIn this great book, which is destined to become a classic of its kind, Eddie takes us through his childhood - heartbreakingly lonely days in private school - an agonizing and humiliating initiation ceremony - expulsion from school after school - to his almost weekly brushes with the law. We are drawn into the Hollywood life of the Robinson family...
read moreHow tall are you? The answer to this logical question is muffed 4 out of 5 times. Do you know how tall you actually are?
Two men can be friends for years and engage in a constant dispute about their comparative heights...
Statistic prove that people who speak and write correctly get ahead in life faster! Mastery of English is a main ingredient of success. Grammar Self-Taught is a concise, step by step guide that shows you how to use English effectively. It contains chapters devoted to every common problem in daily English usage: Parts of Speech (nouns, verbs, pronouns, etc...
read moreThis concise and informative guide will teach any beginner the basic facts of golf, and help any teenager to improve his or her game. It will also be of enormous value in helping them avoid some of the pitfalls of bad golf habits...
read moreThis is the story of Rosalynn Carter, considered by many to be the most powerful First Lady in America's history. The author traces Rosalynn Carter's background in simple, dramatic terms through her childhood, her adolescence, her first meeting with the President as a teenager, their courtship and marriage...
read moreGet ready for Sex Ed 101-TayloR Puck style! Are you ready to know everything there is to know about Sex (even the rauncy, triple X details)? Intimacy is a signiture from Sex Ed Uncensored. Intimiacy is a researched-based guide, filled with hysterical narratives and commentary that will educate its readers, as well as entertain them. Based on Dr...
read moreGet ready for Sex Ed 101-TayloR Puck style! Are you ready to know everything there is to know about Sex (even the rauncy, triple X details)? Sexualization is a researched-based guide, filled with hysterical narratives and commentary that will educate its readers, as well as entertain them. Based on Dr...
read moreGet ready for Sex Ed 101-TayloR Puck style! Are you ready to know everything there is to know about Sex (even the rauncy, triple X details)? Sensuality is a researched-based guide, filled with hysterical narratives and commentary that will educate its readers, as well as entertain them. Based on Dr...
read moreGet ready for Sex Ed 101-TayloR Puck style! Are you ready to know everything there is to know about Sex (even the rauncy, triple X details)? Sexual Identity is a researched-based guide, filled with hysterical narratives and commentary that will educate its readers, as well as entertain them. Based on Dr...
read moreGet ready for Sex Ed 101-TayloR Puck style! Are you ready to know everything there is to know about Sex (even the rauncy, triple X details)? Sexual Health & Reproduction is a researched-based guide, filled with hysterical narratives and commentary that will educate its readers, as well as entertain them. Based on Dr...
read moreThe perfect gift for all animal-lovers, this glossy paged gallery of over hundreds of photographs showcases the fascinating world of the animal kingdom. Its about the Big Cats and other animals, their Beauty, Dignity and Survival
read moreComplete Information On: Rules of the road, How to read charts, How to handle the boat in bad weather and adverse circumstances, compass and compass error, Navigational aides, Piloting, Where to buy charts, The intra-coastal waterway
read moreTHE GREAT BESTSELLER OF THIS CENTURY! The brutally frank story! Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Katie, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic...
read moreA Practical Guide to Divorce Problems and the Law of Divorce in Fifty States. More than 1200 questions and answers concerning divorce, custody of children, alimony, annulment, separation agreements -- plus concise definitions of the divorce laws of each state.
read moreA Fascinating blend of history and scientific reportage as the author probes our four presidential assassinations from an unusual angle--the medical drama. Focusing on the actual wounds of Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy, and the futile (and sometimes faulty) life- saving measures of physicians. Text is illustrated with photographs and drawings.
read moreEvery American whose heart went out in sympathy and admiration to a dauntless First Lady during the terrible, unforgettable days of November 1963 will want to read this intimate and touching biography of Jaqueline Kennedy. It revels as never before the stature of the person who has set a shining standard for American womanhood.---from the inside sleeve
read moreThis is the inside story bringing to light those early years when Venus was just a talented eleven year old, Serena wasn't even a consideration, and Richard, their father, was trying everything to keep the hype alive. It will answer questions about their private lives, taking you up close and persona with each girl individually.
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