It's every punter's dream to beat the bookmakers and Toby Brown is doing it regularly. The son of a top trainer, Toby has a telephone tipping service that is slowly bringing the old enemy to its knees. A plea from the bookmakers prompts a Jockey Club investigation which uncovers a plot of murder and jealousy where the stakes being played for mean more than just money - and where one horse, Better By Far, lives up to its name. Views: 59
"Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog- earing almost every page." --The New York Times Book Review As debate over the future of NASA heats up, award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions as the latest chapter in a continuous saga of discovery that goes back centuries. Pyne's luminous narrative not only recounts the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions, launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets, but also fixes their place in Western civilization's urge to explore-an impulse that links NASA's scientists with Magellan, Columbus, Cook, Lewis and Clark, and other intrepid seekers through the ages. Pyne's eye-opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery "reminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankind's exploration of the cosmos" (Science News). Views: 59
Slocum's up against some really sharp characters...Between the Civil War and his travels on the frontier, John Slocum has seen his share of brutality. But nothing could have prepared him for witnessing the mutilation of a posse at the hands of more than two dozen knife- and cleaver-wielding killers. They're known as the Schuylkill Butchers. They've been rustling cattle, robbing stagecoaches, and massacring the residents of Sharpesville, Montana. And now Slocum's going to show them a slice of life they'll never forget... Views: 59
