In this beautiful collection, veteran travel writer Mark Bedor leads us on a journey through twenty of the great ranches of the American West, where visitors can ride horses, wrangle cattle, and go on all manner of outdoor adventures. With over 200 stunning full-color photographs taken by the author[...]
Immigrant neighborhoods of the early twentieth century have commonly been viewed as segregated, homogeneous slums isolated from the larger 'American' city. But as Mark Wild demonstrates in this new study of Los Angeles, such districts often nurtured dynamic, diverse environments where residents inte[...]
In 1978, a young killer whale Keiko was collected off the east coast of Iceland and spent the next 18 years in human care. At Reino Aventura Park in Mexico, his home was not conducive to good health, and over time his condition deteriorated. In 1993, Keiko became the star of "Free Willy," a Warner B[...]
In 1978, a young killer whale Keiko was collected off the east coast of Iceland and spent the next 18 years in human care. At Reino Aventura Park in Mexico, his home was not conducive to good health, and over time his condition deteriorated. In 1993, Keiko became the star of "Free Willy," a Warner B[...]
Take a walk on the "wild side" of urban fantasy. When the werewolf cubs are asleep and the baby vamps are tucked into their coffins, the adults come out to play! Feeling a bit undead and dying to shuffle off your toil and troubles and get it on? You've come to the right place! Spend some quality tim[...]
Mark Rowlands was a young philosophy professor, rootless and searching for life's greater meaning. Shortly after arriving at the University of Alabama, he noticed a classified ad in the local paper advertising wolf cubs for sale, and decided he had to investigate, if only out of curiosity. It was lo[...]
The latest in Hesperus's 'On' series comes from master travel writer Mark Twain and concentrates on his journey through America's Wild West, tapping into the perennial interest in this period in history.From 1861 to 1867, a young Mark Twain travelled through the Wild West. Following an abortive fora[...]
Gunslingers: Wild West Action! is a roleplaying game and gaming sourcebook of the American West.Gunslingers uses the Action! System rules and includes new rules for showdowns and shootouts; rules for medicine, poisons and diseases in the Old West; detailed reloading rules for cap and ball and metal [...]
Draws on Buddhist teachings and activist nature writings to outline how to reconnect with nature in order to safeguard the environment, decrease urban alienation, and promote a more peaceful lifestyle, in an accessible reference that complements short, instructional chapters with meditation suggesti[...]
The Call of the Wild is a novel by London published in 1903. The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sol[...]
The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, where strong sled dogs were in high demand. After Buck, a domesticated dog, is snatched from a pastoral ranch in California, he is sold into a brutal life as a sled dog. The novella details Buck'[...]