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  • The World in 2050

    Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future

    by Laurence C. Smith ...
    A vivid forecast of our planet in the year 2050 by a rising star in geoscience, distilling cutting-edge research into four global forces: demographic trends, natural resource demand, climate change, and globalization.The world's population is exploding, wild species are vanishing, our environment is degrading, and the costs of resources from oil to water are going nowhere but up. So what kind of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Last Christmas Of JonBenet Ramsey

    A Definitive Account of Who Killed JonBenet and Why.

    by Laurence L. Smith ...
    (Note: This book is probably not for you if you support any intruder theory.) This definitive book contains 9 chapters, addendum, epilogue, and glossary of major participants. Individual chapters include; psycholinguistic analysis of the ransom letter, placing various criminal types along with family members in scenarios to determine viability as suspects, comparing other kidnapping cases to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Christmas of JonBenet Ramsey II

    A Freakish Accident, Murderous Cover-Up, And a Shameless Plea-Bargain.

    by Laurence L. Smith ...
    (Note: This book is probably not for you if you believe/support any form of intruder theory.) This book contains; 9 chapters, addendum, epilogue, and glossary of major participants involved in the case. Individual chapters include; a psycholinguistic analysis of the ransom letter, placing various criminal types along with family members in scenarios to determine their viability as suspects, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One Murder Too Many

    Whitey Bulger and the Computer Tycoon

    by Laurence J. Yadon, Robert Barr Smith ...
    In an unusual dual biography, authors Laurence J. Yadon and Robert Barr Smith explore this compelling criminal case from both sides. Tulsa computer tycoon Roger Wheeler was the victim and organized crime boss Whitey Bulger was the criminal-or so it seemed. Through a fascinating examination of information related to both men, the authors break down the façde and expose the underlying truths in this ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rivers of Power

    How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

    by Laurence C. Smith, PhD ...
    An "eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring" natural history of rivers and their complex and ancient relationship with human civilization (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction).Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ten Deadly Texans

    by Dan Anderson, Laurence Yadon ...
    A lighthearted history of ten of Texas's most notorious outlaws, including Clyde Barrow and a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus.The Wild Westerners were a tough breed. They started young and tended to die young, grow wilder, or fizzle into oblivion. Those outlaws that had the most feuds, gunfights, and robberies within the state lines are profiled here along with their associates, enemies, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen, 1835–1935

    by Laurence Yadon, Dan Anderson ...
    A lively reference covering a century's worth of shooters, sheriffs, and more in the Lone Star State.The Lone Star State is known for producing both vicious outlaws and valorous lawmen. While Machine Gun Kelly terrorized urban civilians, lawmen such as Ranger John Barclay Armstrong tried to keep things under control. This is the story of Texas's most famous criminals, intrepid lawmen—and in the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Rivers of Power

    How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

    by Laurence C. Smith ...
    Narrated by Victor Bevine ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 5 min

    A sweeping natural history of the world’s rivers and their ancient, complex relationship withhuman civilizationRivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. Theyhave opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, and fed billions. They promote life, forge peace, grant power,and can capriciously destroy everything in their path. Even ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Oklahoma Scoundrels

    History’s Most Notorious Outlaws, Bandits & Gangsters

    by Robert Barr Smith, Laurence J. Yadon ...
    Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 54 min

    Early Oklahoma was a haven for violent outlaws and a death trap for deputy U.S. marshals. The infamous Doolin gang's OK Hotel gunfight left five dead. Killers like Bible-quoting choir leader Deacon Jim Miller wreaked havoc. Gunslinger femme fatale Belle Starr specialized in horse theft. Wannabe outlaws like Al Jennings traded train robbing for politics and Hollywood films. And Elmer McCurdy's ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Old West Swindlers

    by Laurence J. Yadon, Robert Barr Smith ...
    True stories of nineteenth-century crooks, con artists, and quacks—including the man who "sold" the Brooklyn Bridge.Gunslingers and outlaws weren't the only ones who made the West wild. The nineteenth century was the golden era of riverboat gamblers, crooked railroad contractors, and filthy-rich medical quacks. These crooks made a living deceiving people who took a stranger at face value and left ... Read more

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  • Aerial Warfare Archives: 27 Must-Have Books

    Memoirs, Fighter Aces, Tactical Reflections, and Adventure Tales from the Dawn of Air Combat

    by Laurence Yard Smith, Elmer Haslett, Freiherr von Manfred Richthofen, Robert Henry Reece, James R. McConnell, William Le Queux, Carroll Dana Winslow, Harold Rosher, Oswald Boelcke, L. F. Hutcheon, Stuart Walcott, T. D. Hallam, A. J. L. Scott, Percy F. Westerman, Gaylord Du Bois, Rowland Walker, Horace Porter, Robert Sidney Bowen, James R. Driscoll, Charles Amory Beach, Rutherford G. Montgomery, Kenneth Ward ...
    Aerial Warfare Archives: 27 Must-Have Books assembles a capacious documentary and literary record of flight's transformation into an instrument of modern war. Ranging from memoir, battlefield narrative, technical reflection, reportage, adventure writing, and retrospective history, the volume captures both the exhilaration of aviation and its grave human costs. Accounts associated with pioneering ... Read more

    Was $1.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador and Other Stories

    by Mike Mignola, Rob Williams, Matt Smith ...
    Series series Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
    Follow Hellboy around the globe in this collection of standalone paranormal comics mysteries that is perfect for new readers.Hellboy and his fellow agents travel to coastal Canada to investigate a ghost-filled fishing town, an English manor to find a missing antiquities professor, Sardinia to fight off a monster terrorizing the locals, Iceland to battle the mythical child-eating Christmas cat, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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