Jim Gatlin rode into Cedar Creek hunting the man who had framed him for a crime he didn't commit. Pinkerton agent Charlie Pine had located the real train robber, called Hood, but outlaws Hidalgo, Wilson and River were also after him for the fortune locked away in a safe at Hood's home. Why was Hood's location a dark secret – even in Cedar Creek? Why were Marshal Jax Silva and the two hard men, Green and Mundt, determined to keep it that way? Against overwhelming odds, Gatlin would have to face a bloody showdown and it would take all his skill and courage to unlock a truly shocking secret.
When desperate ex-Confederate officer Zac Hunter rides into Nacogdoches, he has his mind set on bank robbery. What he finds when he walks into the bank is a robbery already in progress and town marshal Dan McCrae dying from gunshot wounds. Hunter is accused of murder by councillor Morgan Jarrow, then abruptly offered the job of town marshal. He is forced to serve notice on businessmen drilling for oil on the Skillern tract, crosses swords with lawyer Tyne Coburn and the two gunslingers Yantze and Levin, and must decide if Deputy Quint's strange confession is the truth. As the various factions in Nacogdoches struggle for supremacy, Hunter is drawn into a vicious cycle of treachery and murder. The showdown would come in a blazing gunfight on the Skillern tract.
When her was just sixteen years old Blake Harness was exiled to Boston after killing a man. Twenty years later, now a successful lawyer, he returns to Dragoon, Arizona.
Late at night, close to the silver town of Tombstone, Arizona, a wagon rattles down to the Mexican border laden with heavy crates full of silver ore. Two weeks later, in the town of Rawton, a man's death coincides with John Probity's arrival. By the next day another person has died and Probity is in jail, accused of murder. Freed by the enigmatic town barber, Ulysses Court, Probity sets out to discover the truth. With the number of dead rising, Probity and Court witness the gunning-down of some Mexicans at the San Pedro river and from that moment they are fighting factions from both Tombstone and Rawton. Can they make their way to safety and stay one step ahead of the furious, gun-toting outlaws?
Texas Rangers Lane and Rivers allow outlaw Arkle to give them the slip in Santa Fe, and they believe him lost. But when they witness a young girl's murder and Lane takes two bodies belly-down into Concho Flats, the outlaw's name comes up again. Helped by three others the rangers survive a dealy shootout before a blazing climax on the Texas plains.
When Jean Pierre Boudreaux leaves New Orleans with three companions he is wanted for a brutal murder he swears he did not commit. Six months later he plans a one-off bank robbery that will give him the money to start a new life. The bank is the Coffeyville First National - the scene of the Daltons' infamous robbery attempt. Boudreaux's raid secures him the money but his companions are captured. When his daring rescue attempt fails, Boudreaux finds himself hunted by two Pinkerton operatives. He then discovers that the enigmatic Don Rames, now mysteriously free, is planning a double-cross. With blonde Alice LaClaire at his side, Boudreaux battles on through fire and gun-smoke, but it is not until the final bloody climax that he finds out if he is to remain a wanted killer or become a free man.
Twenty years after being jailed on a trumped-up charge of train robbery, Jack Garrison escapes from Yuma Penitentiary with nothing to his name but an old banjo and the hope of proving his innocence. Jack is banking on the help of his younger brother, Rick, to wreak revenge on the true villain. But the person who masterminded the robbery is determined to remain undetected, pulling many strings to protect his identity. His influence puts a violent end to Rick's help, and Jack's old friend Joe Dublin also pays with his life. Fighting for survival, Jack finds an ally in blacksmith Ed Corcoran, as they go head to head against the true villain in a violent climax.
Judson Cleet was a gunslinger of ill repute, going rapidly to seed, and when he hit Old Town in Texas all he was looking for was the next saloon, the next drink. What he found was trouble: trouble from men who attacked him for no possible reason and trouble from a young woman whose home was razed by fire and her husband hanged.
From Redrock, Arizona to the Yuma state penitentiary is a hot, dusty trip by Concord stage. And for an innocent man accused of bank robbery and murder the strain is unbearable. Drawing ever closer to life in a prison cell, John Flint D'Arragon breaks away from Marshal Nick Imlach and, with pretty hostage Fran Parker, sets out to clear his name. Suddenly involved in a desperate race across the desert, he finds himself pursued by lawmen, Fran's irate father, and the mysterious, violent Pike Rickman. D'Arragon is drawn relentlessly back to the waters of the San Pedro where, in a blazing six-gun climax, he must face the outlaw Rickman and gain his freedom.
The four tough Lawson boys rode into Boulder Halt desperate to raise cash to save brother number five, in jail in Austin. They storm the bank and burst out with a sack of cash, but the price is high. Only two brothers make it out of town; Adam follows the railroad to Austin, but Owen returns to Boulder to effect a rescue.
A Wickedly Funny Thriller about a Website Leaking Government Secrets, a Man Who Claims to Have Killed Princess Diana, and a Nurse on the Run for Her Life Assigned to care for a terminally-ill patient who claims to have killed Princess Diana, nurse Kelly Carter dismisses him as nothing more than a delusional fantasist. But Monahan has proof, and directs Kelly to an abandoned garage, where she discovers a beaten-up white Fiat Uno with French license plates matching the description of the vehicle that has eluded the British and French authorities for decades. When the garage goes up in flames minutes after her visit, Kelly realizes that she’s involved in something more dangerous than just caring for a patient. Meanwhile, mismatched journalists April Lavender and Connor Presley are involved in the investigation of a shadowy website leaking nasty government secrets on a daily basis. When beastshamer.com threatens to reveal the truth about Diana’s death, April and Connor begin to investigate in hopes of finding their next front-page story. After two deadly explosions lead them right to Kelly, all three set out to uncover the truth surrounding the death of the beloved princess—before Kelly becomes the next victim in a deadly cover-up that goes all the way up to England’s MI5.
Dane Thorburn has rescued Princess Vanessa from the City of Lost Souls, but all is not well. Four mysterious and mythical creatures are weaving trails of destruction and mayhem across the land, and it seems there is little anyone can do to stop them.
Game Art is a collection of breathtaking concept art and behind-the-scenes interviews from videogame developers, including major players like Square Enix, Bioware, and Ubisoft as well as independent but influential studios like Tale of Tales and Compulsion Games. Immerse yourself in fantastic artwork and explore the creative thinking behind over 40 console, mobile, and PC games. A lone independent developer on a tiny budget can create an experience as powerful and compelling as a triple-A blockbuster built by a team of 1,000. But like all works of art, every game begins with a spark of inspiration and a passion to create. Let Game Art take you on a visual journey through these beautiful worlds, as told by the minds that brought them to life.
Not all games are released equal. The barriers of language and culture can leave our world divided, and this includes the video games that we get the chance to play. Matt Barnes, Dazz Brown and Greg Seago-Curl of DidYouKnowGaming? created the YouTube series Region Locked to offer an insight into the weird and wonderful titles that never left their home countries, and now they bring their expertise to you, the gaming reader. Encounter masterpieces you never knew existed from your favourite series and developers, as well as some utterly bizarre creations that seem so outlandish you might wonder how on earth they were released in the first place, from the trippy, meandering dreamscapes of 1998’s LSD: Dream Emulator to The Mysterious Murasame Castle, released in 1986 by Nintendo, and the intergalactic adventures of Crime Crackers (1994). The authors explore what it’s like to play these games, and investigate the fascinating characters and maverick designers behind them to discover why such remarkable creations never enjoyed international exposure. For the casual gamer, keen developer, intrigued reader and hardcore fan alike, Region Locked is the key to a surreal and adventurous journey through the lost world of video games.
For almost the duration of his professional career, during which he was a mainstay for Leinster and Ireland, the name Jamie Heaslip was synonymous with the No 8 jersey. An athletic and tireless presence at the base of the pack, outspoken both on and off the field, not to mention a captain for province and country, he was one of the leading lights of a generation that helped propel Irish rugby to previously uncharted heights. Written in partnership with Matt Cooper, All In is the story of Heaslip's thirteen years at rugby's frontline, as demanding and uncompromising a place as can be found in professional sport. From the euphoria and disappointment of life on the field to the major relationships that have helped shape the team – for better or worse – it's the most vivid portrait yet of life behind the scenes at Leinster and Ireland, and a compelling account of what it means to put your body on the line in pursuit of excellence.
Computer role-playing games (CRPGs) are a special genre of computer games that bring the tabletop role-playing experience of games such as Dungeons & Dragons to the computer screen. Thisnew edition inlcudes two new chapters: The Modern Age, and a chapter on Indies and Mobile CRPGs. The new modern age chapter will cover, among other topics, Kickstarter/FIG crowdfunded projects such as Torment: Tides of Numenera and Pillars of Eternity. It'll also bring the book up to date with major games such as Dragon Age, Witcher, Skyrim. Expanded info in first chapter about educational potential of CRPGs. Color figures will be introduced for the first time. Key Features gives reviews of hundreds of games across many platforms. comprehensive book covering the history of computer RPGs. comprehensive index at the back, letting you quickly look up your favourite titles
A Blessing and a Curse examines the lived experience of political change, moral uncertainty, and economic crisis amid Venezuela's controversial Bolivarian Revolution. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in an urban barrio over the course of a decade, Matt Wilde argues that everyday life in this period was intimately shaped by a critical contradiction: that in their efforts to capture a larger portion of oil money and distribute it more widely among the population, the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro pursued policies that ultimately entrenched Venezuela in the very position of dependency they sought to overcome. Offering a new synthesis between anthropological work on energy, politics, and morality, the book explores how the use of oil money to fund the revolution's social programs and political reforms produced profound cultural anxieties about the contaminating effects of petroleum revenues in everyday settings. Tracing how these anxieties rippled out into community life, family networks, and local politics, Wilde shows how questions about how to live a good life came to be intimately shaped by Venezuela's contradictory relationship with oil. In doing so, he brings a vital perspective to contemporary debates about energy transitions by proposing a new way of thinking about the political and moral economies of natural resources in postcolonial settings.
In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory? Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures? Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.
In Dane Thorburn and the Brindabeare Knights, Matt Galanos takes you on an enthralling, fast-paced fantasy adventure, into a mystical world of knights and magic. Sixteen year-old Dane Thorburn’s dream was to become a knight in the Brindabeare army. Little did he know as he entered knight training that the fate of the King and all Valentaland would soon rest in his hands. In the dark recesses of the land, evil Firelord Raegan and his Black Knights are plotting the downfall of the King, with the help of rebel city Candahorn. Dane and his friends, Will and Princess Vanessa, watch as the enduring peace across the land unravels, as Raegan marshals his forces and sets his plan of conquest in motion. Can Dane, Will, Vanessa and Master-wizard Lord Frederick do anything to stop the impending doom? Exciting, captivating, and a great read for those young or young at heart.
This new and updated edition of U2 A Diary brings U2s story up to date with information about the band’s ground-breaking film, U2 3D, recording sessions for No Line on the Horizon and the story of how the album was leaked online twice before its official release, the U2 360 world tour and Bono’s back injury that forced an entire leg to be postponed and the band’s struggles to decide how to follow No Line on the Horizon and the 360 Tour with new material. Here is the complete history of U2 told exactly as it happened in day-by-day diary format. As well as following the mid-1970's birth of the band to the present day in journal form, U2: A Diary also includes new revelations and fresh insights into key moments of U2's development. Through interviews and extensive research, author Matt McGee sheds light on stories. Fully illustrated with pictures spanning the bands career, this is a fanatically detailed account of a legendary group's life!
Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation, Third Edition, describes both the mathematical theory behind a modern photorealistic rendering system and its practical implementation. Through a method known as 'literate programming', the authors combine human-readable documentation and source code into a single reference that is specifically designed to aid comprehension. The result is a stunning achievement in graphics education. Through the ideas and software in this book, users will learn to design and employ a fully-featured rendering system for creating stunning imagery. This completely updated and revised edition includes new coverage on ray-tracing hair and curves primitives, numerical precision issues with ray tracing, LBVHs, realistic camera models, the measurement equation, and much more. It is a must-have, full color resource on physically-based rendering. - Presents up-to-date revisions of the seminal reference on rendering, including new sections on bidirectional path tracing, numerical robustness issues in ray tracing, realistic camera models, and subsurface scattering - Provides the source code for a complete rendering system allowing readers to get up and running fast - Includes a unique indexing feature, literate programming, that lists the locations of each function, variable, and method on the page where they are first described - Serves as an essential resource on physically-based rendering
Rendering ebook Collection contains 4 of our best-selling titles, providing the ultimate reference for every computer graphics and gaming professional’s library. Get access to over 2500 pages of reference material, at a fraction of the price of the hard-copy books. This CD contains the complete ebooks of the following 4 titles: Raghavachary, Rendering for Beginners: Image synthesis using RenderMan, 9780240519357 Pharr and Humphreys, Physically Based Rendering, 9780125531801 Luebke, Level of Detail for 3D Graphics, 9781558608382 Strothotte, Non-photorealistic Computer Graphics, 9781558607873 *Four fully searchable titles on one CD providing instant access to the ULTIMATE library of engineering materials for graphics professionals *2500 pages of practical and theoretical animation information in one portable package. *Incredible value at a fraction of the cost of the print books
Judson Cleet was a gunslinger of ill repute, going rapidly to seed, and when he hit Old Town in Texas all he was looking for was the next saloon, the next drink. What he found was trouble: trouble from men who attacked him for no possible reason and trouble from a young woman whose home was razed by fire and her husband hanged.
When her was just sixteen years old Blake Harness was exiled to Boston after killing a man. Twenty years later, now a successful lawyer, he returns to Dragoon, Arizona.
Jim Gatlin rode into Cedar Creek hunting the man who had framed him for a crime he didn't commit. Pinkerton agent Charlie Pine had located the real train robber, called Hood, but outlaws Hidalgo, Wilson and River were also after him for the fortune locked away in a safe at Hood's home. Why was Hood's location a dark secret – even in Cedar Creek? Why were Marshal Jax Silva and the two hard men, Green and Mundt, determined to keep it that way? Against overwhelming odds, Gatlin would have to face a bloody showdown and it would take all his skill and courage to unlock a truly shocking secret.
Late at night, close to the silver town of Tombstone, Arizona, a wagon rattles down to the Mexican border laden with heavy crates full of silver ore. Two weeks later, in the town of Rawton, a man's death coincides with John Probity's arrival. By the next day another person has died and Probity is in jail, accused of murder. Freed by the enigmatic town barber, Ulysses Court, Probity sets out to discover the truth. With the number of dead rising, Probity and Court witness the gunning-down of some Mexicans at the San Pedro river and from that moment they are fighting factions from both Tombstone and Rawton. Can they make their way to safety and stay one step ahead of the furious, gun-toting outlaws?
Twenty years after being jailed on a trumped-up charge of train robbery, Jack Garrison escapes from Yuma Penitentiary with nothing to his name but an old banjo and the hope of proving his innocence. Jack is banking on the help of his younger brother, Rick, to wreak revenge on the true villain. But the person who masterminded the robbery is determined to remain undetected, pulling many strings to protect his identity. His influence puts a violent end to Rick's help, and Jack's old friend Joe Dublin also pays with his life. Fighting for survival, Jack finds an ally in blacksmith Ed Corcoran, as they go head to head against the true villain in a violent climax.
When desperate ex-Confederate officer Zac Hunter rides into Nacogdoches, he has his mind set on bank robbery. What he finds when he walks into the bank is a robbery already in progress and town marshal Dan McCrae dying from gunshot wounds. Hunter is accused of murder by councillor Morgan Jarrow, then abruptly offered the job of town marshal. He is forced to serve notice on businessmen drilling for oil on the Skillern tract, crosses swords with lawyer Tyne Coburn and the two gunslingers Yantze and Levin, and must decide if Deputy Quint's strange confession is the truth. As the various factions in Nacogdoches struggle for supremacy, Hunter is drawn into a vicious cycle of treachery and murder. The showdown would come in a blazing gunfight on the Skillern tract.
When Jean Pierre Boudreaux leaves New Orleans with three companions he is wanted for a brutal murder he swears he did not commit. Six months later he plans a one-off bank robbery that will give him the money to start a new life. The bank is the Coffeyville First National - the scene of the Daltons' infamous robbery attempt. Boudreaux's raid secures him the money but his companions are captured. When his daring rescue attempt fails, Boudreaux finds himself hunted by two Pinkerton operatives. He then discovers that the enigmatic Don Rames, now mysteriously free, is planning a double-cross. With blonde Alice LaClaire at his side, Boudreaux battles on through fire and gun-smoke, but it is not until the final bloody climax that he finds out if he is to remain a wanted killer or become a free man.
From Redrock, Arizona to the Yuma state penitentiary is a hot, dusty trip by Concord stage. And for an innocent man accused of bank robbery and murder the strain is unbearable. Drawing ever closer to life in a prison cell, John Flint D'Arragon breaks away from Marshal Nick Imlach and, with pretty hostage Fran Parker, sets out to clear his name. Suddenly involved in a desperate race across the desert, he finds himself pursued by lawmen, Fran's irate father, and the mysterious, violent Pike Rickman. D'Arragon is drawn relentlessly back to the waters of the San Pedro where, in a blazing six-gun climax, he must face the outlaw Rickman and gain his freedom.
The four tough Lawson boys rode into Boulder Halt desperate to raise cash to save brother number five, in jail in Austin. They storm the bank and burst out with a sack of cash, but the price is high. Only two brothers make it out of town; Adam follows the railroad to Austin, but Owen returns to Boulder to effect a rescue.
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