Lee Martin

“When she refused me,” Charlie says at his trial. “Well, I had that gun. What else was I to do?” Lawrenceville, Illinois, 1952: Jean De Belle, the new high school librarian, is eager to begin the next phase of her young life after breaking off her engagement to Charlie Camplain. She has no way of knowing that in a few short hours, Charlie will arrive at the school, intent on convincing her to take back his ring. What happens next will reverberate through the lives of everyone who crossed paths with Charlie and Jean: the hotel clerk who called him a cab, the high school boy who became his getaway driver, and the English teacher who was Jean’s landlady, her confidant, and perhaps more. Based on a true crime and ideal for readers of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers and Elizabeth Strout’s beloved Anything Is Possible, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin's Yours, Jean is a powerful novel about small town manners and the loneliness that drives people to do things they never imagined.

In 1883, young Wes Montana, hired gun for the cattlemen in Montana Territory, learns his Arapaho mother has been murdered down in Arizona. He then discovers that his white father is Ray Eastman, still alive and a wealthy rancher with his own family. Wes becomes certain his father was responsible for his mother's death and he is determined to track Ray down. In Western Colorado, Eastman has an unfaithful wife, Mona, and a useless teenage son. Living with the family is a young lady named Rosalie, the orphaned daughter of Eastman's old friend, who begins to fall for the hired gun. As he tries to discover the truth, Wes finds himself on his father's side in a range war. He longs to reveal that he is Ray's first born son, and to embrace his half-brother, but Wes is not convinced his father is innocent and may still take revenge. As secrets threaten to explode and the range war races to conclusion, Wes must find out who murdered his mother before the killer returns to hunt down Wes... (See the movie on TV and DVD with Kevin Sorbo)

My name is Bruce McGowan, and contrary to everyone's belief, I have not yet gone away. Remember when Saddam Hussein was suspected of having weapons of mass destruction, but then the U.N.'s inspectors found no evidence of them? Even though the American President, not at all convinced, subsequently invaded Iraq and fought a lengthy war over them, the world remained convinced the weapons never existed in the first place. Nonetheless, a dozen years after the inspections, I was taken prisoner by a former MI-6 mad man named Alistair Chalmers who knew for a fact they existed. As he also knew of my reputation as a counterterrorist operative, code name Scorpion, by threatening to kill my Scottish cousins who he was holding, I was coerced to go on a search for the weapons. If I found these nuclear and chemical devices and placed them into his hands, he stood to net millions by selling them to Iran. But, where were the WMDs? Chalmers believed they were shipped to Yemen. I had two weeks to find them or my cousins would die. It would prove to be my most dangerous undertaking.

Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eating and drinking as part of person-centred dementia care.Due to cognitive decline, changes in mealtime abilities can lead to malnutrition and related issues for people with dementia, alongside feelings of powerlessness and isolation. This research-informed book explains how to make the most of mealtimes for increased nutritional intake, socialising, and food enjoyment, in a range of care settings. The book covers topics such as the physical act of eating and drinking, creating a comfortable and friendly dining environment, using appropriate tableware, and dealing with common issues such as problems with swallowing and choking.

Raised by a kindhearted army scout named Gaffrey, orphaned Laredo never knew much about his parents' deaths. But when Gaffrey is shot while he and the now grown Laredo are on a scouting mission, he decides he can't take his secret to the grave-and tells Laredo about the Tysons.Laredo's father, Scott Tyson, was a rancher who'd fled to Texas with his wife. Back in Tennessee, he had killed a member of the Harrington family, and its clan members eventually found the Tysons and murdered them-except Laredo, who had been hidden in the root cellar. That's where Gaffrey had found him.Gaffrey survives his gunshot wound. Now armed with new knowledge, Laredo vows to avenge his parents. The two men head to Colorado, where the Harringtons have become even stronger than before.The Harrington family has turned to ranching, amassing vast land tracts and eyeing one rival ranch in particular: the spread owned by the Coles. After murdering Mr. Cole, the Harringtons try to pressure his daughter, Leslie, into marrying Bobby Harrington.With Laredo in town, however, the Harringtons' greed is thwarted. But the family is powerful-and nothing short of a no-holds-barred showdown will stop them.

A prolific and award-winning writer, Lee Martin has put pen to paper to offer his wisdom, honed during thirty years of teaching the oh-so-elusive art of writing. Telling Stories is intended for anyone interested in thinking more about the elements of storytelling in short stories, novels, and memoirs. Martin clearly delineates helpful and practical techniques for demystifying the writing process and provides tools for perfecting the art of the scene, characterization, detail, point of view, language, and revision-in short, the art of writing. His discussion of the craft in his own life draws from experiences, memories, and stories to provide a more personal perspective on the elements of writing. Martin provides encouragement by sharing what he’s learned from his journey through frustrations, challenges, and successes. Most important, Telling Stories emphasizes that you are not alone on this journey and that writers must remain focused on what they love: the process of moving words on the page. By focusing on that purpose, Martin contends, the journey will always take you where you’re meant to go.