The Trailsman #240

The Trailsman #240
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2001-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178779

Skye Fargo takes to the San Francisco stage—and knocks 'em dead... The Trailsman gets mixed up with a troupe of actors who are about to take a final bow right into the grave—and some murderous criminals who are out to steal the show. But the Trailsman's going to show the thieving thugs that this show will go on-even if their lives don't...

The Trailsman #239

The Trailsman #239
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178760

Skye Fargo battles along the bloody border badlands... Along the Rio Grande, life is as cheap as watered-down whiskey. But for Skye Fargo, a job is a job, and guiding a New Orleans fur trader upriver seems pretty easy-until they run into a group of Apache infected with smallpox. Stopping the disease seems pretty easy, too. But Skye Fargo didn't count on a Comanche war party on the rampage...

The Trailsman #244: Pacific Polecats

The Trailsman #244: Pacific Polecats
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2002-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178795

Skye Fargo prowls the Pacific Northwest in a fight for a family fortune... Skye Fargo rides into a war between two rival English clans-and discovers that when you mix family feuding with power and passion, there's no such thing as too many lies, too little loyalty, or too much blood.

The Trailsman #253

The Trailsman #253
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2002-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178868

Skye Fargo calls out a cutthroat casino killer! Most casinos will take your money, but the Ruby Rooster might take your life too. Lately their big winners have been turning up dead—and all the fingers in town are pointing at Skye Fargo. And with a ruthless old sheriff and an all-too-friendly pair of sisters in the way, tracking down the real killer won’t be easy. But Fargo can see a bluff behind the soberest of poker faces, and when he finds whoever set him up, the chips—and bullets—will fall where they may.

The Trailsman #254: Nebraska Gunrunners

The Trailsman #254: Nebraska Gunrunners
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2002-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178876

Skye Fargo heats up a hellhound hideout! In the town of Helldorado, bullets buzz through the air like flies, and any two-bit bandit is welcomed with open arms—for a price. So when a shipment of army rifles is stolen, Skye Fargo knows just where to look for the ones who done it. But to get close to the culprits, he’s got to prove himself a dishonest man—and ride with them into places hotter than hell. And when a colonel’s daughter insists on tagging along, Skye may find out just how hot things can get.

Trailsman #245, The;

Trailsman #245, The;
Author: Jon Sharpe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101178809

Skye Fargo faces the fury of a killer clan in the lethal Lone Star State... After Fargo trades lethal lead with a Texas prairie punk, he finds himself the target of the dead man's kinfolk-and they're aimin' to hang his hide no matter what.

Obliquity

Obliquity
Author: John Kay
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011-02-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1847651852

If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. The richest men and women are not the most materialistic; the happiest people are not necessarily those who focus on happiness, and the most profitable companies are not always the most profit-oriented as the recent financial crisis showed us. Whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful, especially in difficult terrain. John Kay applies his provocative, universal theory to everything from international business to town planning and from football to managing forest fire.