Most Popular Books by Lori Van Pelt

Fourteen stories of colorful western characters and how they are transformed.

A exciting new biography of America''s first lady of flight. As a tomboy growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart delighted in trying new and risky things, once even building a roller-coaster in her grandparents'' backyard. In her 20s she fell in love with flight while watching an aerobatics exhibition and grew even more enthralled when she took her first airplane ride. At age 24 she earned her pilot''s wings and 1928 took part in the transatlantic "Friendship" flight. Her willowy build, wholesome smile, and tousled blonde hair invited comparison to the celebrated pilot Charles Lindbergh, and "Lady Lindy" charmed the public with her unassuming manner. Lori Van Pelt''s Amelia Earhart: The Sky''s No Limit takes readers through Earhart''s career triumphs and tragedies. It explorers not only her accomplishments in the field of flight, but also her struggles in the male-dominated world of aviation. Named to the New York Public Library''s Best Books for the Teen Age 2006

Legendary western writer and noted anthologist Robert J. Randisi offers up a winning hand with fourteen never-before-published tales of the Old West, each revolving around the central theme of gambling. Among the stories you can expect to be dealt here are: Jacks or Better by Johnny Boggs A Cold Deck by Phil Dunlap The Reckoning by Randy Lee Eickhoff It Takes a Gambler by Jerry Guin Odds on a Lawman by Christine Matthews Pay the Ferryman by Matthew P. Mayo White Face, Red Blood by Rod Miller Hazard by Nik Morton Acey Deucy by John Nesbitt The Mark of an Imposter: An Evelyn Page/Calvin Carter Adventure by Scott Parker Horseshoe and Pistols by Robert J. Randisi Too Many Aces by Charlie Steel Missouri Boat Race by Chuck Tyrell The Legend of ''Blind Ned'' Baldwin by Lori Van Pelt

Barney Ford, former slave who owned Cheyenne''s most famous hotel. Prairie Rose Henderson, champion cowgirl who died on the prairie. George D. Rainsford, architect, horse rancher, and eccentric. Willis Van Devanter, judge, attorney, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Estelle Reel, first woman elected to state office in the nation. Charley Irwin, larger-than-life stockman and rodeo producer. Elwood Mead, wrote water laws that became standard around the world. Asa Shinn Mercer, author of Wyoming''s most famous "burned book." Book jacket.