Volume 21 in the Western Frontier Library Series Englishman Frank Collinson went to Texas in 1872, when he was seventeen, to work on Will Noonan's ranch near Castroville. He lived the rest of his life in the southwestern United States, and at the age of seventy-nine began writing about the Old West he knew and loved. He had a flair for writing, a phenomenal memory, and a passion for truth that is evident in what he wrote and said. His writings for Ranch Romances, his letters, and transcriptions of his conversations have been arranged here in roughly chronological ...

This book is about the tension between conservative and progressive groups within a modern Indonesian Islamic movement, Muhammadiyah. Although it has long been known for its promotion of 'rational', open and contextual understandings of Islam, during the past decade, it has been seen as becoming more conservative. This growing conservatism has galvanised progressive-minded Muhammadiyah members to push more boldly for the adoption of new and innovative Islamic thought. Unavoidably, the clash between those two groups cannot be avoided. This book shows that ...

Hailey Taylor, campeã de esqui alpino, tem a sua carreira interrompida após sofrer um grave acidente. Por sorte, seus machucados não deixaram sequelas tão pesadas, mas, agora, ela tem de decidir se volta ou não ao circuito profissional. Conhecer Lucas Mills, um ex-soldado, definitivamente, torna tudo mais fácil; a conexão entre eles foi imediata; e tudo ainda melhora quando a ideia dos dois em adicionar uma terceira pessoa à diversão é bem aceita pelo melhor amigo dele, o cowboy Cy Seaborn. ...

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The formation of new states was an essential feature of US expansion throughout the long nineteenth century, and debates over statehood and states' rights were waged not only in legislative assemblies but also in newspapers, maps, land surveys, and other forms of print and visual culture. Assessing these texts and archives, Kathryn Walkiewicz theorizes the logics of federalism and states' rights in the production of US empire, revealing how they were used to imagine states into existence while clashing with relational forms of territoriality asserted by Indigenous ...

Our earth's crust is the ultimate source of all metallic elements present in the ecosystem. Globally there are 35 metals that concern us because of residential or occupational exposure; 23 of these are the heavy metals. In this study, the level of heavy metals pollution in poultry chicken (Gallus domesticus) at Karachi, Hyderabad and Thatta were investigated during the year 2007-9. A total 200 random poultry organs (liver, brain and heart) of same aged groups of chickens were collected from poultry shops of 6 selected locations, and 4 heavy metals Cd, Ni ...

The book presents the challenges facing a delivery of a financial management systems in rural based Public Universities in Western Kenya. The impact of organization structure is examined in the context of information system implementation. Information Communication Infrastructure as a critical component of financial management system performance is explained. Propensity to change is explored in relation to policy, procedural and attitudinal changes in the face of new technological approaches. The book is therefore designed to help shape Government policy ...

  The book describes a common ground between the biology of life and the humanity of life without compromising either discipline. It attempts to bridge the gap between our 'two cultures' — the sciences and the humanities, as advocated by C P Snow fifty years ago. This book connects our meager existence to the entire living world and the universe, physically and spiritually, through the simple perspective of 'self,' being defined as a system that seeks its own perpetuation.