Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Provides an introduction to France, with information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, the people who have shaped its past and present, its current environmental issues, and its cuisine, festivals, and traditions, and includes maps, graphs, foreign language phrases, flags, and a timeline.

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book...

The Official Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins is 74 Years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the book's grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West Silver dollars and...

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? - Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? - Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? - Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom? - Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the...

Discusses the lives and work of Indian and white scouts in the West in the early 20th century.

"Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination running wild. It's impossible he's about to come...

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made...

Dee Brown is most renowned for authoring the all-time bestselling book on the West, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", which has sold more than 5,000,000 copies in English and has had countless translations the world over. This was the first fully realized, sympathetic history of Native Americans and became an immediate classic. Here, now, is "The American West", a brilliant account of America's most famous drama. By centering solely on three subjects,...

As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and women scoured the world, risking death to bring the SS...

Chronicles the history of the American plains and eastern Rocky Mountains, and discusses the major battles that occured between the Indians and the whites as they fought for control of the continent. "A major re-interpretation, eloquently written by one of the best and brightest Colorado historians." -- from "101 Best Books on Colorado" bibliography.