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The Wealth of Nations is a powerhouse of knowledge that was first published in 1776. Adam Smith was an astute Scottish professor of moral philosophy, and he expounded the revolutionary doctrine of his time to economic liberalism.
The importance of the book was almost immediately recognized by his peers who admired his thought and progressive ideas.
The Wealth of Nations is comprised of five volumes/books in one. Perfect for class study or improving...
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Tom Doan joins the buffalo hunters going into the Southwest's inhospitable Staked Plain. Seeing huge herds there, he thinks of getting rich off their hides. He proves efficient as a skinner, and what follows is almost a literal baptism in sweat and blood. Fighting the Comanches and Kiowas, some unscrupulous white hunters, and his own conscience, he ages fast -- all the faster in facing obstacles to love's consummation with Milly. She, like Tom, is...
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Pressured into marrying her grandfather's business partner, Ruth Virey endures an unhappy marriage with great self-pity. But as she gradually lets life in the desert teach her strength, Ruth realizes she can prevent her husband from ruining the lives of several people.
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The historic Don Carlos Rancho stood at the gateway of the pass through which the Old Santa Fe Trail wound off to the Great Plains. Col. Ripple had married the glamorous Spanish daughter of the proprietor. As the years went by, their beautiful daughter, Holly Ripple, grew up, sheltered far away in a boarding school in the East. At her father's death, Holly was plunged onto the throne of this cattle empire, a bewildered girl who knew nothing about...
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Milt Dale, man of the forest, halted at the edge of a timbered ridge, to listen and to watch. Beneath him lay a narrow valley, open and grassy, from which rose a faint murmur of running water. Its music was pierced by the wild staccato yelp of a hunting coyote. From overhead in the giant fir came a twittering and rustling of grouse settling for the night; and from across the valley drifted the last low calls of wild turkeys going to roost. To Dale's...
7) Black Mesa
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Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past.
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