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Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of...

Western. „Bad News for Bad Men” is just that for the Burwell clan when Jimmy Jones arrives in town to take over the Jasper Journal. Jones’s uncle has given him the small-town newspaper because Jimmy’s life so far has been divided into two equal halves: In the first twelve years you were a small child and a schoolboy. In the last twelve years you have tried to raise hell continually. Now, instead of...

Let me take you to the jungle in Belize. This is not by any means a safe location. Sweaty, stifling green hell is around. Anything that flies is trying to get to your blood. Anything that crawls and hisses can get at you. You will learn the secrets of stalking the enemy in a jungle, and the art of survival in extreme conditions where even one minor mistake can cost you life. Three weeks...