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Buckskin Pass (Stagecoach Station # #50)
by Hank MitchumWhen legendary quick-draw Clay Edwards traded in his six gun for a branding iron, he thought his hard days were over. They had just begun. After being slammed into the Colorado state pen for a crime he never committed, he's out and on the run. B jt cornering the killer who can clear his name means a treacherous trek through the snow-choked. Rockies. He'll need more than grit to bring C. K. Moxley back from Buckskin Pass. With a relentless prison posse on his heels, Cites on the warpath, and a fiery young beauty under his protection, the man who once swore he'd never again live by the gun may have to break his promise. Better a liar than a corpse...
Buckskin Pimpernel: The Exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist Spy
by Mary Beacock FryerAt the beginning of the American Revolution, Justus Sherwood left his young family in order to serve with the King’s forces, first with General Burgoyne on his disastrous invasion of New York. He was soon appointed Supervisor of Spies and Prisoner Exchanges, and from his "Loyal Blockhouse" on Lake Champlain he sent out raiding parties and spying missions to harass the rebels in New York and England.
Buckskin Run: Stories
by Louis L'AmourFor the westerner trouble came with the territory. Long grass valleys, merciless deserts, sheer rock cliffs, icy streams, hidden trails, dusty towns. These were the proving grounds of daily life. At any time violence could explode and on the frontier there was no avoiding its sudden terrible impact. In this collection of his stories Louis L&’Amour guides us to some of these untamed places where men and women faced the challenge of survival. And for the first time, L&’Amour also presents a selection of riveting scenes from western history that are every bit as exciting as his stories.
Buckskin and Broadcloth: A Celebration of E. Pauline Johnson — Tekahionwake, 1861-1913
by Sheila M.F. JohnstonThis is the first generously illustrated biography of the Mohawk poet-performer E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake. The author has created an exciting volume of anecdotes, letters and poetry, and illustrated it with period photographs and new illustrations by the Six Nations artist, Raymond R. Skye. While the story of Pauline Johnson has been told before, it has never been given the intimacy that this book provides. Tracing her ancestry, moving on to explore her extraordinary stage career, and finally shedding light on Pauline Johnson’s last years in Vancouver, Sheila M.F. Johnston has breathed new life into the compelling story of one of Canada’s brightest literary and stage stars. This book contains over forty poems that are not part of Pauline Johnson’s classic collection of poems, Flint and Feather. The "uncollected" poems have been culled from archives, libraries and out-of-print books. They shed light on the development of the poet, and enlighten and enrich her life story. Buckskin & Broadcloth is truly a celebration of the life of a Canadian hero – one whose legacy to Canadian literature and Canadian theatre is unparalleled.
Buckular Dystrophy: A Woods Cop Mystery
by Joseph HeywoodThe 10th installment of the beloved Woods Cop Mystery series! The traditional firearm deer season in Michigan lasts two weeks, a time in which the most hunters are afield during the year and the time when most things happen. Game wardens cannot count on having any life but work during this period, and in this case Grady Service, who takes longtime violator and archrival Limpy Allerdyce on as his partner for deer season runs into the most bizarre string of big cases involving deer that he has ever encountered. Buckular Dystrophy is the term coined by Conservation Officers to describe the condition whereby people cannot help killing deer, not for sport or food, but for other reasons – an addiction of sorts, and unlike other addictions, one not medically organized, but just as real.
Bucky F*cking Dent
by David DuchovnyTed Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next great American novel, and spends the waning malaise-filled days of the Carter administration at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while slinging peanuts to pay the rent.When Ted hears the news that his estranged father, Marty, is dying of lung cancer, he immediately moves back into his childhood home, where a whirlwind of revelations ensues. The browbeating absentee father of his youth is living to make up for lost time, but his health dips drastically whenever his beloved Red Sox lose. And so, with help from a crew of neighborhood old-timers and the lovely Mariana--Marty's Nuyorican grief counselor--Ted orchestrates the illusion of a Sox winning streak, enabling Marty and the Red Sox to reverse the Curse of the Bambino and cruise their way to World Series victory. Well, sort of.David Duchovny's richly drawn Bucky F*cking Dent is a story of the bond between fathers and sons, Yankee fans and the Fenway faithful, and grapples with the urgent need to find our story in an age of irony and artifice. Culminating in that fateful moment in October of '78 when the meek Bucky Dent hit his way into baseball history with the unlikeliest of home runs, this tragicomic novel demonstrates that life truly belongs to the losers--that the long shots are the ones worth betting on. Bucky F*cking Dent is a singular tale that brims with the hilarity, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life.
Bucky and Stu vs. the Mikanikal Man
by Cornelius Van WrightIt’s the adventure of a lifetime when best friends—and self-proclaimed superheroes—defeat bad guys of their own invention. It’s wonk ’em time when Bucky and Stu have to stand up to Phat Tyre, TrashMan and Hose-Nose. No matter that the bad guys are all made out of household items that Bucky and Stu have assembled themselves—these bad guys don’t stand a chance against the boys’ power moves. Still, it’s quite a surprise when their latest villain, the giant Mikanikal Man, gets zapped during a lightning storm and comes to life! The battle—and thrill—of a lifetime ensue. Full of surprises and laughs, this upbeat, action-packed story celebrates imagination, creativity, and friendship in even the most unexpected forms. Cornelius Van Wright’s hilarious illustrations are full of surprises and are perfect for portraying the high-speed antics of two enthusiastic boys.
Bucolics
by Maurice ManningUntitled and unpunctuated, the seventy poems in this acclaimed collection seem to cascade from one page to another. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all.that bare branch that branch made blackby the rain the silver raindrophanging from the black branchBoss I like that black branchI like that shiny raindrop Bosstell me if I'm wrong but it makesme think you're looking rightat me now isn't that a lark for meto think you look that wayupside down like a tree frogBoss I'm not surprised at allI wouldn't doubt it fora minute you're always upto something I'll say one thingyou're all right all right you areeven when you're hanging Boss
Bud
by Russell J. SandersSuddenly homeless, young dancer Shelly Sheridan, heartbroken at Christmas, is taken in by an uncle Shelly has never met and didn’t know existed. The burly ex-Marine uncle and his husband welcome Shelly with a shower of love and acceptance. Their friend Estrella, a retired ballet star, is enraptured by Shelly’s dancing.Shelly makes a new friend the first day of school in this strange place but isn’t happy, feeling out of place and very different from the other boys. The new friend eventually suggests something Shelly didn’t even know was possible. Could Shelly be transgender?When Shelly embraces this new idea, problems immediately arise. His former nanny doesn’t approve, and the trustee of his mother’s estate fights Shelly’s newly formed decisions.With his new family’s unconditional love, Shelly hopes all will be well. It’s Christmas once again, and it will be a merry one if Shelly’s problems go away, and Christmas works its magic.
Bud Barkin, Private Eye (Tales from the House of Bunnicula #5)
by James Howe Brett HelquistDear Reader,<P> The guy who usually writes these letters asked me to do it instead. Maybe he was having a bad writing day. Maybe he wanted me to play the sap for him. Or maybe he ran into Trouble with a capital T.<P> Well, Trouble’s in my business. I’m a dog. I’m a detective. The name’s Bud Barkin. And this book is about the case I had involving a dame named Delilah Gorbish, whom I would call Trouble with a capital T except I’ve used that metaphor already, and the clown named Crusty Carmady whose calling card is a teakettle that he heaves through windows. Nice pair of birds. The mystery deepens with another character called the Big Fish, who isn’t really a fish and who’s addicted to the Home Shopping Network. <P> Hey, I don’t write ’em—I just solve ’em.<P> Yours truly, Bud Barkin, P.E.
Bud Finds Her Gift
by Robin Wall KimmererFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass comes a beautiful and lushly illustrated tale celebrating gratitude, reciprocity, and finding our place in the natural world, ideal for sharing with the youngest readers.When young Bud sees people bustling around, intent on their chores and their screens, she is certain they must be doing important things—and she wants to be included. But wise Nokomis, her grandmother, shows her that there is a different way to find belonging, one that relies on stillness and observing the natural world. As Bud discovers the freely given gifts of the Earth, she wonders if she has something important to give back: What is her gift?Infused with warmth, humor, and insight, and beautifully illustrated by Naoko Stoop, the first picture book by renowned author and Indigenous ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer inspires readers to treasure nature’s generosity and the gifts each one of us can share with the Earth.
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." <P><P> So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father. Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl."<P> Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud.<P> <b>Newbery Medal Winner and Winner of the Coretta Scott King Medal<P> Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Junior Award</b>
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis Trish P. WattsNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>Bud Not Buddy is a very well writen coming of age novel about an orphin boy, Bud in Flint Michigan 1936. In the middle of the depression. This book tells the story of the depression through a young african american boy who travels to find his 'father' with the only clues his mother left him when she past. But the question is, Will he find his long lost father?
Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) (Journeys 2014)
by Christopher Paul CurtisHit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. It&’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud&’s got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things. 2. He&’s the author of Bud Caldwell&’s Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself. 3. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: flyers advertising Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!! Bud&’s got an idea that those flyers will lead him to his father. Once he decides to hit the road to find this mystery man, nothing can stop him—not hunger, not fear, not vampires, not even Herman E. Calloway himself. &“[A] powerfully felt novel.&” —The New York Times
Buda, el príncipe
by César VidalMary Higgins Clark es una de las más destacadas autoras del género de intriga, y todos sus nuevos títulos se convierten inmediatamente en enormes éxitos internacionales. Mentiras de sangre es su vigesimoctava novela. También es autora de tres colecciones de relatos y un libro de memorias. Su obra ha merecido los más prestigiosos premios y galardones nacionales e internacionales de su género.
Buda: La historia que cambiará tu vida
by Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra ofrece a sus lectores la inspiradora novela que recrea la vida de Buda, un joven heredero que lo abandona todo para seguir el camino de la iluminación.The New York Times Bestseller.Buda es una figura sin igual en el mundo. En este libro, Deepak Chopra nos narra la vida de este personaje absolutamente fuera de lo común que, siendo heredero de un gran reino y acostumbrado a vivir entre lujos y caprichos, decide abandonar su hogar cuando es todavía muy joven para explorar el mundo. Después de consagrarse al rezo y a la meditación, y de ayudar a los pobres y enfermos, descubre un día que su cuerpo y su mente se han liberado de las pasiones terrenales para convertirse en Buda, el iluminado. Ha alcanzado el nirvana, un estado superior de la mente que le permite estar en paz consigo mismo y con el mundo exterior. A partir de este momento Buda dedicará su vida a difundirsu doctrina y enseñar el budismo, religión que no deja de sumar adeptos en todo el mundo.La crítica ha opinado:"Chopra retrata con sencillez el conflicto interno natural que sufre todo aquel que va en busca de la sabiduría espiritual y la transformación" -Publishers Weekly-
Budapest Noir: A Novel
by Vilmos Kondor“Kondor’s impressive first novel, which unfolds against an atmosphere tinged by alienation, fear, and the threat of violence, stands out for its deft writing, plausible scenarios, vivid sense of place, and noir sensibility.”— Library JournalA dark, riveting, and lightning fast novel of murder, intrigue, and political corruption, set in 1936 Hungary during the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis in Germany.Budapest Noir marks the emergence of an extraordinary new voice in literary crime fiction, Vilmos Kondor. Kondor’s remarkable debut brings this European city to breathtaking life—from the wealthy residential neighborhoods of Buda to the slums of Pest—as it follows crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon’s investigation into the strange death of a beautiful woman. As Gordon’s search for the truth leads him to shocking revelations about a seedy underground crime syndicate and its corrupt political patrons, Budapest Noir will transport you to a dark time and place, and hold you there spellbound until the final page is turned.
Budapest: 48 ore
by Sean Black Simone CaffariniEra troppo bello per essere vero. Dovevano prendere un aereo per Budapest. Consegnare il riscatto per un sequestro di persona, riportare la vittima a casa e incassare la ricompensa. Tempo complessivo: 48 ore. Ma Ryan Lock e Ty Johnson, agenti di sicurezza privata, saranno costretti a scoprire che, nel loro mestiere, i soldi facili sono soltanto un’illusione. Un nuovo romanzo breve dall'autore di bestseller Sean Black.
Budapeste
by Chico BuarqueCHICO BUARQUE - PRÉMIO CAMÕES 2019 O terceiro romance de Chico Buarque recebeu o Prémio Jabuti de Melhor Romance e foi adaptado ao cinema. José Costa é um ghost-writer de talento fora do comum. Ao serviço da Agência Cultural Cunha & Costa, escreve a pedido e sempre anónimo: cartas, artigos, discursos ou livros para terceiros. Ao terminar uma biografia romanceada encomendada por um bizarro executivo alemão, vê-se perante um dilema criativo, seduzido pelo desafio de escrever por fim "alta literatura". No regresso de um congresso de escritores anónimos, Costa vê-se obrigado a fazer escala em Budapeste, cidade que imagina cinzenta e encontra amarela, e que o enfeitiça com o seu idioma. Essa paragem imprevista vai colocá-lo num impasse existencial, emparedado entre duas vidas, dividido entre duas cidades, duas línguas, dois livros, duas mulheres. Combinando profundidade e sentido de humor, o terceiro romance de Chico Buarque ganhou o Prémio Jabuti em 2003 e o IV Prémio Passo Fundo Zaffari e Bourbon de Literatura, em 2005. «Talvez o mais belo dos três livros da maturidade de Chico, Budapeste é um labirinto de espelhos que afinal se resolve, não na trama, mas nas palavras, como os poemas.»Caetano Veloso, O Globo «Chico Buarque ousou muito, escreveu cruzando um abismo sobre um arame e chegou ao outro lado. Ao lado onde se encontram os trabalhos executados com mestria, a da linguagem, a da construção narrativa, a do simples fazer. Não creio enganar-me dizendo que algo novo aconteceu no Brasil com este livro.»José Saramago, Folha de S.Paulo «O livro de Chico é uma vertigem. Você é sugado pela primeira linha e levado ao estilo falso-leve, a prosa depurada e a construção engenhosa até sair no fim lamentando que não haja mais, assombrado pelo sortilégio deste mestre de juntar palavras. Literalmente assombrado.»Luis Fernando Verísssimo, O Globo «Tecnicamente, Budapeste é um romance do duplo, tema clássico na literatura ocidental desde que a identidade do sujeito tornou-se problema e enigma. A questão desfila nas narrativas do século XIX, através dos motivos da sombra, do sósia, da máscara, do espelho, e evolui para a indagação dessa esfinge impenetrável e desencantada que é a própria pessoa como persona e ninguém.» José Miguel Wisnik
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Vintage International)
by Thomas MannA Major Literary Event: a brilliant new translation of Thomas Mann's first great novel, one of the two for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929.Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1900, when Mann was only twenty-five, has become a classic of modem literature -- the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany. With consummate skill, Mann draws a rounded picture of middle-class life: births and christenings; marriages, divorces, and deaths; successes and failures. These commonplace occurrences, intrinsically the same, vary slightly as they recur in each succeeding generation. Yet as the Buddenbrooks family eventually succumbs to the seductions of modernity -- seductions that are at variance with its own traditions -- its downfall becomes certain.In immensity of scope, richness of detail, and fullness of humanity, Buddenbrooks surpasses all other modem family chronicles; it has, indeed, proved a model for most of them. Judged as the greatest of Mann's novels by some critics, it is ranked as among the greatest by all. Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929.From the Hardcover edition.
Buddha Baby
by Kim Wong KeltnerWant to learn a thing or two about a young Chinese-Americanwoman with a penchant for Hello Kitty toys, who could be found squeezing into jeans at Old Navy while being asked for detailed explanations of Yo-Yo Ma's success?Then get ready for:WHOLindsey Owyang, raised on Spaghetti-O'sand Aaron Spelling productionsWHATHer Secret Asian Man finally proposes!WHERESpringtime in San Francisco and it's raining stone cold foxesHOWLindsey wants to make her peace with Chinatown & country,but will a crotchety Chinese grandmother stand in her way?WHYBecause she never expected her hottie crush fromsixth grade to show up now ...As Lindsey continues her quest for identity, family secrets, and true love, will she find double happiness, or will she be tempted by one last lion dance with a stranger? Ultimately, Lindsey realizes that Chinese girls really wanna have chow fun.
Buddha Boy
by Kathe KojaJustin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.
Buddha Heavenly Sovereign: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Tu MuyixiangshengIn his previous life he had fused his Primordial Spirit and mastered the Grand Dao of Immortality Whoever wanted to block his way would have no mercy