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Law enforcement officers and other first responders often see the gritty, dangerous elements of society and must make split-second decisions when confronting life and death situations. This book is written by an experienced, Christian law enforcement officer who knows and understands the unique stresses of the job and the need to find spiritual, mental, and physical wholeness in the midst of it all. This book is for all first responders who put their...
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Some men operate beyond the law's reach. Such are the Macreedys. They sell whiskey to the Indians across the Canadian border, then cash in their loot (including that gained from the selling of Indian women and children) and return to their horse ranch outside of Rimrock, Wyoming, outwardly living respectable lives. But the killing of an ex-Mountie in Wyoming reveals their fiendish operation to three travellers. Unfortunately for the Macreedys, one...
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This autiobiography discusses the author's childhood, his entrance into politics, and his attempts to prevent legislators from becoming lobbyists immediately upon leaving the Legislature and prevent government bureaucrats from being enriched by businesses they regulate, license, inspect, or oversee as a government official. The book discloses the shocking details of elected officials voting for their own personal financial interests, and opposing...
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"Richard Fred and Rhoda Ann stand as pioneer heroes in the sacrifice and faith they demonstrated as they left the green pastures of Utah. On the persuasion of Fred's brother-in-law, Bishop Haskell Jolley, Fred and Rhoda left Utah to settle in Lovell, Wyoming. In 1904, they left behind family, friends, home and business to settle in Northern Wyoming. With faith, work, and courage they made the desert bloom and helped raise up the community. The compilation...
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The collection contains administrative records, cooperative agreements, meeting minutes, correspondence, teacher grade books, achievement test reports, student projects and photographs and VHS related to the Yellowstone National Park School District. This collection includes correspondence, agreements, budgets and financial plans, photographs, teacher registers (grade books), enrollment lists, tax audits and insurance agreements, student art and poetry...
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This book is a collection of concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases in U.S. constitutional law, from the establishing of the Court to the present. For the 50th Anniversary Edition, the book has been thorougly revised, reorganized, and updated through the end of the 2002-2003 term.
1994) House Standoff
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A D.C. fixer heads to Wyoming on a personal mission in the new novel from the Edgar Award–finalist and "reliably excellent writer" (Seattle Times).
When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small Wyoming town, Joe DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the House's fixer to make sure the authorities are doing everything they can to catch the killer. He soon realizes that the rural area is dominated by Hiram...
1995) The gift of lies
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"The locals call the place Jake's Hell after Summer McCalister's crazy uncle Jake who claims to have seen impossible things there. It's a badlands of rugged rock cliffs and sharp pinnacles that no sane person would attempt to enter. The Atomalians call it Daneye, a secret alien city of unequaled beauty, masked behind illusion. Atomalians believe that natives of Earth must never know about them and their powers of the mind or it will destroy the Atomalians'...
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The collection contains 23 sepia-toned 8 x 10 prints, mounted on black construction paper and bound into a photograph album with black leather covers. In a separate folder are typewritten captions for the photographs and detailed identification for one of the group shots. The images were reproduced circa 1940 by Jack Ellis Haynes, probably from his father's original negatives. The original images were taken by F. Jay Haynes in August 1883 to document...
1998) Winds of change
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Kate Neilson novel volume 3
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"Would you sacrifice your marriage to save a child's life? Kate Neilson Duncan discovers new purpose for her life when she and her mother-in-law, Laura Duncan, open a home on their Wyoming guest ranch for young trafficking victims. But her husband, Mike Duncan, insists the endless hours Kate spends at the children's home threaten their marriage. Following an argument with Mike, Kate treats three of the kids to an outing-- where the unimaginable happens....
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This collection includes correspondences, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Horace Albright during his time as park superintendant and after his retirement from the National Park Service. The Horace M. Albright papers consist of personal papers collected by him, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal and magazine articles, and photographs. The papers span the years of his work in the National Park Service as well as...