Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her. Run, Rose, Run is a novel glittering with danger and desire--a story that only America's #1 beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling author could have created.

When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has, and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.

Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women traveled deep into the underdeveloped American West, lured by the prospect of adventure and opportunity, and galvanized by the spirit of Manifest Destiny. Alongside this rapid expansion of the United States, a second, overlapping social shift was taking place: survival in a settler society busy building itself from scratch required two equally hardworking partners, compelling women to compromise...

Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernn Corts in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington and the withdrawal of most British garrisons, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. In this wide-ranging narrative, Black makes clear that the process by which America gained supremacy was far from inevitable. The story Black tells...

"Get to know some of the heroes of the Star Wars universe: Rey, Leia, Jyn, Padm,̌ Sabine, Ahsoka, and Hera!"--Amazon website.

Explores the history of America's territorial expansion, the ways in which it was done, and the term 'manifest destiny' that was popularized by newspaper editor John O'Sullivan in 1845.

#1 The Dragonet Prophecy: Not every dragonet wants a destiny ... Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. #2 The Lost Heir: The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She can't believe it's finally happening! #3 The Hidden Kingdom: Glory knows that the dragon world is wrong about her being "a lazy RainWing." Maybe...

A sweeping history of the 1840s that captures America's enormous sense of possibility and shows how the extraordinary expansion of territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep rift that would bring war just a decade later.

Describes the history of American westward expansion, including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon kingdom of Deseret, Manifest Destiny, the California gold rush, the population of the plains, and the legacy of the American frontier.

The story of the men who explored and sruveyed the west, from John C. Fremont to John Wesley Powell, Clarence King, George M. Wheeler, Gerdinand V. Hayden, Clarence King, George M. Wheeler, Hayden James K. Polk,