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Songdog Diary: 66 Stories from the Road

Songdog Diary: 66 Stories from the Road

Michael Wallis

After a lifetime of following Route 66 and the other trails that crisscross the great American West, best-selling authors, Michael Wallis, (Route 66: The Mother Road) and Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis have accumulated a wealth of stories.
David Crockett: The Lion of the West

David Crockett: The Lion of the West

Michael Wallis

In this surprising New York Times bestseller, historian Michael Wallis has cast a fresh look at the flesh-and-blood man behind one of the most celebrated figures in American history.
Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride

Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride

Michael Wallis

“Countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw ... this is surely one of the best.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review In this revisionist biography, award-winning historian Michael Wallis re-creates the rich anecdotal ...
Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation: Writings from ...

Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation: Writings from ...

Michael Wallis

OTHER BOOKS BY MICHAEL WALLIS Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum Route 66. The Mother Road Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd Mankiller: A Chief and Her People (with Wilma  ...
Oklahoma: A Sense of Place

Oklahoma: A Sense of Place

Michael Wallis

Without rhythm, there can be no balance. In Oklahoma: A Sense of Place, best-selling author Michael Wallis reminds us that it is important to know all of our history - good, bad, and ugly.
The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of ...

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of ...

Michael Wallis

Wallis begins the story in 1846, a momentous "year of decision" for the nation, when incredible territorial strides were being made in Texas, New Mexico, and California.
Faith Works: How Faith-based Organizations are Changing ...

Faith Works: How Faith-based Organizations are Changing ...

Jim Wallis

"Jim Wallis gives us true-life stories on how faith works. They will inspire! Wallis has spent his life putting faith into action. As the people in these stories will show, he is not the only one." — Tony Hall, U.S. Congressman, Ohio "Jim Wallis is, ...
A Likeness in Stone

A Likeness in Stone

J. Wallis Martin

Now a major BBC drama starring Liam Cunningham and Cheri Lunghi.This gripping psychological crime novel set in Oxford is the first of Julia Wallis Martin's bestselling novels.
Pray in the Spirit

Pray in the Spirit

Arthur Wallis

Arthur Wallis sets the pace for a powerful book that goes beyond general principles to show the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the praying believer.
Rediscovering Values: A Moral Compass For the New Economy

Rediscovering Values: A Moral Compass For the New Economy

Jim Wallis

These are some of the principles Wallis suggests we should consider-Spending money we don't have on things we don't need is a bad foundation for an economy or a family-It's time to stop keeping up with the Joneses and start making sure the ...
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on ...

Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on ...

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J. Wallis Martin (PhD St. Andrews) is publishing director of the Edgar Allan Press Ltd. Her novels have been published internationally, and adapted for the screen. She lives in Bristol. Visit her online at www.wallis -martin.co.uk. Bleak House by ...
The Call to Conversion: Why Faith Is Always Personal but ...

The Call to Conversion: Why Faith Is Always Personal but ...

Jim Wallis

Why Faith Is Always Personal but Never Private Jim Wallis. A leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics offers a prophetic appeal for our times: faced with a growing gap between the rich and poor, bombarded by national security ...
God's Economics (Ebook Shorts): Principles for Fixing Our ...

God's Economics (Ebook Shorts): Principles for Fixing Our ...

Jim Wallis

Wallis explores things we can all do to help fix the financial crisis and suggests making "Ten Personal Decisions for the Common Good." This is a selection from The (Un)Common Good: How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided.
Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings ...

Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings ...

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Mellerio 38 Los Angeles County Museum ofArt, Wallis Foundation Fund in memory of Hal B. Wallis, AC1997.14.1.1 41 Odilon Redon French, 1840–1916 Christ, 1887 Lithograph on laid paper Image: 33.3 x 27.2 cm (131/8 x 1011/16 in. ); sheet: ...
Read 'em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery and Crime ...

Read 'em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery and Crime ...

Gary Warren Niebuhr

J(ulia). Wallis. Martin. Julia Wallis Martin was born in 1957. Her mother left her father and through a series of affairs and bad marriages, tried to raise Julia. Depressed and addicted to pills, Julia's mother attempted suicide. She eventually died ...
The Art of Cars

The Art of Cars

Michael Wallis

, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles comes the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios, Cars, the story of a race car who learns that it's not all about the fast lane. (In fact, life begins at the off-ramp.) Offering an insider's view into ...
Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd

Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd

Michael Wallis

Pretty Boy is social history at its best, portraying, with a sweeping style, the larger story of the hardscrabble farmers whose lives were so intolerably shattered by the Depression.
Route 66, 75th Anniversary Edition: The Mother Road

Route 66, 75th Anniversary Edition: The Mother Road

Michael Wallis

A cultural history of America's most famous highway chronicles the road from its founding to its demise and unprecented revival, and celebrates the many sites and stops along its 2,400-mile route.
The Ethiopian Book of the Dead - Lefafa Sedeq

The Ethiopian Book of the Dead - Lefafa Sedeq

Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

the Ethiopic text of the [Lefāfa sedeq]: in facsimile from two manuscripts in the British museum By Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Edited by Faheem Judah-EL for Axum Publications Ethiopian magical names of God and their creative powers  ...
The Wild West: 365 Days

The Wild West: 365 Days

Michael Wallis

The Wild West: 365 Days is a day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes and saloon shoot-outs in America's frontier.

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