Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw (Leerhsen Charles)(Paperback)

Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw (Leerhsen Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this 'lyrical and deeply researched' (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides. For more than a century the

Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch (Kelly Charles)(Paperback)

The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered desert and mountain hideouts to bandits and cowboys. The almost

The Boy Between Worlds: A Biography (Zijl Annejet)(Paperback)

From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of An American Princess comes the true story of an unconventional family divided by war and prejudice during WWII.When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother,

Knock Out!: The True Story of Emilie Griffith (Kleist Reinhard)(Paperback)

An intoxicating portrait of boxer Emile Griffith, an Afro-Caribbean-American bisexual athlete and one of the world's greatest fighters The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who

Inside the Beautiful Inside (Bullock Emily)(Paperback / softback)

Historical novel based on the true story of James Norris, an American marine and inmate of Bedlam, 1800-1815, chained to a stake for fourteen years. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest meets Mutiny on the Bounty-an exploration of love, sanity, suffering and compassion wrapped into the sensual and

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band (Staebler Christian)(Paperback)

Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone. You've heard the hit song 'Come and Get Your Love' in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but

The Kid (Rodolphe)(Paperback)

After a botched robbery that claimed the life of his lover, an American outlaw crosses the border into Canada. As he's already left nearly a dozen dead bodies behind, Sergeant Trent is sent to intercept him. But instead of the expected bloodthirsty murderer, it's a sensitive young man that the

The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (Giridharadas Anand)(Paperback)

The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed 'American terrorist' named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the Dallas minimart where Bhuiyan has found

Outlaw Legend Begins (Essex Saran)(Pevná vazba)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid have given up robbing banks and trains and are now ranch owners, and are waiting to hear from the Governor of Wyoming about a possible pardon. While in Buffalo, Wyoming, to buy supplies, they have an unfortunate encounter with Luther Greeley, an outlaw from a

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty (Leerhsen Charles)(Paperback)

A fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb--'The best work ever written on this American sports legend: It's a major reconsideration of a reputation unfairly maligned for decades' (The Boston Globe). Ty Cobb is baseball royalty,

My Butch Career: A Memoir (Newton Esther)(Paperback)

In My Butch Career Esther Newton tells the compelling, disarming, and at times sexy story of her struggle to write, teach, and find love, all while coming to terms with her identity. Newton recounts a series of traumas and conflicts, from being molested as a child to her failed attempts to live a

Drag King Dreams (Feinberg Leslie)(Paperback)

Drag King Dreams is the story of Max Rabinowitz, a butch lesbian bartender at an East Village club where drag kings, dykes dressed as men, perform. A veteran of the women's and gay movement of the past 30 years, Max's mid-life crisis hits in the midst of the post-9/11 world. Max is lonely and

Reiki: The True Story: An Exploration of Usui Reiki (Beckett Don)(Paperback)

Reiki: The True Story is a comprehensive investigation of Reiki as both a healing practice and a lifelong path of spiritual awakening. Author and Reiki expert Don Beckett weaves together a new story about Reiki's origins and its founder's true vision. The foundation of this book is the teachings of

Outlaw - The Story of Robin Hood (Morpurgo Michael)(Paperback / softback)

After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull with a legendary story... Vivid re-imagining of the legendary hero Robin Hood by bestselling author of War

American Outlaw (James Jesse)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling self-portrait of a flawed but determined Jesse James: rebel, outlaw, gearhead, artist, entrepreneur, lost son, and fiercely committed father. Jesse James is everything you imagined him to be--and more than you ever expected. He has led a violent life. He's survived

Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (Jonas George)(Paperback)

Vengeance is a true story that reads like a novel. It is the account of five ordinary Israelis, selected to vanish into 'the cold' of espionage secrecy -- their mission to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972

Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People (Zia Helen)(Paperback)

The fascinating story of the rise of Asian Americans as a politically and socially influential racial groupThis groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is

The New Short Story Theories (May Charles E.)(Paperback)

The first edition of May's Short Story Theories (1976) opened with an essay entitled 'The Short Story: An Underrated Art.' Almost two decades later, the short story suffers no such slight. Publishers and critics have become increasingly interested in the form, which has enjoyed a renaissance led by

Oliver Twist (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Dickens explores 19th Century London crime world through the story of Oliver Twist, an orphaned, born and raised in a workhouse. Oliver runs away, only to land in the London underworld. Dickens explores this crucible of crime, debauchery and abuse where Fagin, running a gang of pickpockets,

Granta Book Of The American Short Story - V. 1 (Ford Richard)(Paperback / softback)

An anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century with stories by writers such as Eudora Welty, John Cheever and Raymond Carver (and forty others) demonstrating how much memorable power can lie in the briefest

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, with a New Afterword (Patel Eboo)(Paperback)

The Walls of Sparta (Lloyd Charles)(Paperback)

The Walls of Sparta is a marvelous new telling of an ancient story that offers fascinating insights into Sparta's martial culture and its use of the agoge, the institution that raised young men to be elite warriors often amid the exchange of amorous same-sex experiences. But outside forces encroach

Facing the Mountain - A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Adelstein Jake)(Paperback)

A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who 'pulls the curtain back on ... [an] element of Japanese society that few Westerners ever see' (San Francisco Examiner). Now a Max Original Series on HBO Max Jake Adelstein is the