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What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people comprising a broad cross section of lives touched by New York City's Rikers Island prison complex—from incarcerated people and their relatives, to officers, lawyers, and commissioners, with stories spanning the 1970s to the present day. The portrait that emerges calls into question the very nature of justice in America.

Did you know that flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy in ancient Egypt? Did you know that a U.S. astronaut was reprimanded for sneaking a corned-beef sandwich onto a Space Shuttle flight? Did you know that St. Louis was the first U.S. city to host the Olympic Games? Fun Knowledge: 1100 Interesting and Fun Facts is packed with fascinating facts and trivia about the world around you. It's loaded with a treasure trove of interesting information that will capture your attention and keep you resisting to pause for more!

A bushwhacked Wild West-show entrepreneur must prove he's no mere dime-novel hero. Either that, or lose everything he holds dear. Cimarron Jack Wheatley is just wrapping up a tremendously successful first tour with his very own, highly acclaimed "Real Wild West Extravaganza". It is when his show is stricken by a rapid succession of oddly coincidental setbacks - injuries, formerly satisfied troupe members suddenly quitting, and then a catastrophic train wreck.

Lord James Hamilton, a cashiered British Army officer, flees his home country after a series of duels threatens to end his life. He becomes James Palmer, a fur trader in one of the little trading posts far up in the American wilderness among the warring tribes. There, he finds himself fighting for his own survival.