Austin Charlie Adventures Across America

Austin the Sheltie and Charlie the Basset Hound are best friends. The pooches travel from one tail-wagging doggie adventure to another in their Pawmobile, accompanied by their favorite toy, Mr. Stretchie. But one day Mr. Stretchie goes missing, as well as Miss Happy’s top dog collar. Where could they be? Meanwhile, Austin and Charlie have been invited to the Top Dog Rescue Show in Kentucky to be honorary judges. With the help of Miss Happy and Top Sleuth Dogs using different types of transportation, Austin and Charlie travel across America in search of clues. Can you help Austin and Charlie in their Great American search? This is the third book in the Austin and Charlie Adventures series and the next one is in the works.

Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold, and original characters to live and flourish in the final decades of the Wild West. His love of the cattle business and of cowboy life were so great that in 1885 he published A Texas Cowboy, or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony--Taken From Real Life, which Will Rogers dubbed the "Cowboy's Bible." Howard R. Lamar's biography deftly shares Siringo's story within seventy-five pivotal years of western history. Siringo was not a mere observer but a participant in major historical events including the Coeur d'Alene mining strikes of the 1890s and Big Bill Haywood's trial in 1907. Lamar focuses on Siringo's youthful struggles to employ his abundant athleticism and ambitions and how Siringo's varied experiences helped develop the compelling national myth of the cowboy.

Austin the Sheltie and Charlie the Basset Hound are best friends who travel from one Tail Wagging Doggie Adventure to another in their Pawmobile, accompanied by their favorite toy, Mr. Stretchie. But now Mr. Stretchie, along with Austin's food bowl, is missing Who could've taken them? Meanwhile, Austin and Charlie have been invited to the White House by the First Dog, Miss Liberty, for Doggie Appreciation Day. With the help of Miss Liberty, her Secret Service dogs, and using many types of transportation, they search all over Washington D.C., the White House, monuments and museums in search of the missing items. Can you help Austin and Charlie find their favorite toy, Mr. Stretchie? Linda Parker grew up in California and Las Vegas, Nevada, and currently resides in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Katie Langdon grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and also currently lives in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Linda and Katie are working on their next book in the Austin & Charlie Adventures series. http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/Austin&CharlieAdventures-WashingtonDC.htm

*A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018!* All Summer Long, a coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel about summer and friendships, written and illustrated by the Eisner Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling Hope Larson. Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and bad TV, but things look up when she finds an unlikely companion in Austin's older sister, who enjoys music just as much as Bina. But then Austin comes home from camp, and he's acting even weirder than when he left. How Bina and Austin rise above their growing pains and reestablish their friendship and respect for their differences makes for a touching and funny coming-of-age story.

As co-founder of the expedition that discovered Lucy, and leader of most of the first site-surveys in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, Jon Kalb has years of experience with the region, its politics, and the scientists involved in the excavations. A participant himself in the "bone wars" that accompanied these discoveries, Kalb recounts the cutthroat competition and back stabbing that were often part of the media-highlighted race to find the oldest hominid fossil. He weaves this story in the rich fabric of Ethiopian society and politics, the plight of the regions peoples, and the international maneuverings for control of the fossil finds.

From backroad barns to big city spots with a line around the block, Jason Weems sets Texans up with the recipe for a successful barbecue-centric adventure From the bayous of the east to the dusty deserts of the west, embark on a journey through the countless smokehouses, roadhouses, and BBQ food trucks that line the backroads and main streets of Texas. Dive into a history that dates back to treasure hungry conquistadors and swashbuckling buccaneers. Learn what divides the state into five main flavor regions and read your plate of BBQ like a roadmap through history. Author Jason Weems journeyed over 3500 miles around the highways and byways of Texas to bring you a guide that's dripping with pro-tips and sizzling with backstory.

Austin and Charlie arrive in Washington DC for Doggie Appreciation Day and the mystery begins.

Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink. Professor of Culinary History Andrew Smith and nearly 200 authors bring together in 770 entries the scholarship on wide-ranging topics from airline and funeral food to fad diets and fast food; drinks like lemonade, Kool-Aid, and Tang; foodstuffs like Jell-O, Twinkies, and Spam; and Dagwood, hoagie, and Sloppy Joe sandwiches.