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Clint is asked to officiate a beauty contest in the town of Redwind, Texas. The winner gains the title of Miss Dance Hall and will go on to compete in a larger contest in Fort Worth. Feeling that he had taken on many tasks in his past that led to trouble, Clint thinks this is something that will be fun and cause no fuss. But once he takes the job on, he discovers the lengths some people will go to, not to simply win a contest, but to take advantage of the attention it attracts.

Author of Ghost Dancer, Warrior Circle, Red Moon and Ancient EnemyA Speaking Volumes OriginalA Howard Moon Deer Mystery Jack Wilder and Howard Moon Deer are back with a baffling new case. A lonely woman, recently arrived in New Mexico, has vanished mysteriously from her house on a snowy winter day, leaving her front door open and her emotional support dog, Gurdjieff, dead on the dining table.She is the Turquoise Lady, dressed in Indian jewelry and a cowboy hat, who came looking for a new life and instead found murder and betrayal. A year later, Wilder & Associate have been hired by the family to see if they can solve the mystery of her disappearance after the police have failed.It's winter once again, the ski season has begun, and San Geronimo is full of Hollywood celebrities who are raising money to stop a pipeline from crossing Indian land. When there is a new murder, and a young woman is kidnapped, Howie and Jack are led into a dangerous web of lies, intrigue, and a family with secrets to hide. TURQUOISE LADY is a story rich with characters and insight, a suspenseful journey through the new American West."Fans of Hillerman will love this unique and quirky detective duo." -Leslie Glass, bestselling author of Tracking Time"Westbrook...possesses a masterful sense of narration." -The Washington Post Book World"A racy and readable writer." -The New York Times Book Review

To Slip The Surly Bonds-NASA, The Shuttle Disasters and the Demise of the U.S. Manned Spaceflight Program: To Slip the Surly Bonds-enters into the world of NASA and tells the story of not just why the shuttle disasters happened, but exposes NASA's inner workings and what actually led up to the two most horrifying space accidents known. It explores the new CEV and explains the need for the United States to pay more attention to space.NASA's budget had been gutted many times by various Presidential administrations and Congress, following the halcyon days of Apollo and the Moon. NASA was short on money and mission profile after we landed on the moon. The Space Shuttle was truly a successful program and the ISS gave the shuttle an excuse for being. Congress was also having a field day with budget cuts, not to mention devastating the programs with pork barrel projects that were hooked into the NASA budget. NASA too, had been its own worst enemy due to its static, bureaucratic, way of doing its internal business.China, and Japan, and India are forging their way to the stars while NASA sits on a lonely launch pad, waiting for the next crumb to fall from the Congressional table. The U. S. Commercial Aerospace sector has had some brilliant successes with reaching the space station with robotic cargo flights, but there is nothing that is now man-rated for travel to the ISS or anywhere else. The new CEV or Crew Exploration Vehicle is in the process of testing, but the money is again short. NASA must continue to struggle for its needs while other nations reach higher.To Slip the Surly Bonds explores the intricacies of how and why NASA was created, the Manned Spaceflight program, how the shuttle disasters happened and why the United States' position in the space frontier is in jeopardy.

Author John McKinna writing as John MannockFAR BELOW THE SURFACE. FAR FROM THE FATHERLAND.AND TOO CLOSE TO THE ENEMY FOR COMFORT...MILITARY VETERAN AND FORMER COMMERCIAL DIVER JOHN MANNOCKDELIVERS A POWERFUL AND COMPELLING NOVEL-ABOUT A GERMAN SUBMARINE CREW CAUGHT ON AMERICAN GROUND....At the height of World War II, a Nazi U-boat preys upon Allied shipping along the southeast coast of the U.S. But its days are numbered. Caught refueling in the open Atlantic off Cuba, the U-113 is strafed and depth-charged by American patrol bombers and narrowly avoids a fatal plummet into the abyss.... Severely damaged and with supplies running low, the U-boat limps northward toward the coastal bayous of Louisiana-where the crew's only chance of survival rests in the hands of an isolated clan of wary Cajun trappers whose dangerous leader recognizes no government and no war. There, in the heart of the enemy homeland, Nazi gold can buy temporary sanctuary. But gold can also buy betrayal...."Unforgettable...deserves a place beside classics like Das Boot and A Farewell to Arms."-Joe Buff, Author of Tidal Rip

"A BANG-UP JOB...AN ABSORBING, TINGLING STORY"-The New York Times Book ReviewFORMULA ONEFormula One car racing is a breathtaking spectacle of men and machines, money and power played across five continents and sixteen countries. It's a high-tech, high-risk sport where a simple miscalculation can cost a driver his life. Formula One, the novel, is a fast-paced thriller that takes us onto the track and behind the scenes of this exciting sport.You'll meet cultured, international car racer Forrest Evers, retired because he feels he's lost his edge after several near-fatal accidents he can't explain.When a teammate's car careens through the air at 170 miles per hour and explodes on the Suzuka circuit in Tokyo, Evers suspects foul play. Now, to solve the mystery, he must do the one thing he vowed never to do again: climb behind the wheel of a Formula One car.Evers's search for the killer takes him across the United States and Mexico, from the sun- soaked beaches of California to New York, from the fashionable Knightsbridge section of London to Paris and finally to the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, where the clues he's assembled must add up to a solution that will save his life.Author Bob Judd puts us into the cockpits of the fastest racing machines in the world for a hands-on, driver's-eye view of this fantastic sport. We meet the wealthy people who finance Formula One racing, the high-tech car designers and mechanics, the glamorous drivers and their women: Veronica, wealthy, glamorous, talented, and afraid that Evers will kill himself and ruin her career; Susan, Evers's wife, who wants a divorce, the house, and the Aston-Martin; Nicole, girlfriend of the driver whose death Evers witnessed, who seeks revenge; and Beverly, the woman Evers falls in love with and takes with him to the Mexican Grand Prix.Formula One is a rare blend of international intrigue, action, gripping suspense, and best of all, super-realistic detail from the world's most dangerous and glamorous sport.

WINNER OF THE MEDICINE PIPE BEARER'S AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELFROM WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICATHE MAKING OF AN OUTLAWThey were kin to the infamous James and Younger clans-the hard-riding, hard-shooting Dalton boys of Kansas, sired by a drunk, raised by a Bible-believing mama, scratching to survive in a West being tamed by the law. Samuel Coleman Dalton was the youngest, and at the age of thirteen he had dreams of an honest life. But one day an older brother was gunned down in cold blood, and Sam vowed to track down the coward who'd pulled the trigger. The trail of vengeance led straight into Indian Territory, and young Sam grew up fast, gaining a reputation and a name: the Choctaw Kid. When at last he rejoined his other brothers, the legendary Dalton Gang was born, cutting a violent trail in search of riches and renown that led to a last-stand showdown in the Daltons' hometown, where the outlaw band-surrounded, outnumbered, outgunned-faced death by hanging...or death from flying lead."I grew up in Coffeyvilie, site of the Dalton raid. I have put my fingers in the bulletholes in the storefronts. This book is real. Max McCoy is one of the finest of today's new crop of western writers." -Don Coldsmith, author of Track of the BearTHE AWARD-WINNING NOVEL BYMAX McCOYThe Sixth Rider THE DALTON BOYS ON THE OUTLAW TRAIL FOR GLORY AND GOLD...