At the end of the Civil War many former soldiers turn to a life of crime to survive. Joss Jamon & his gang are among the worst of such men. After sacking the town of Los Palitos they arrange for Lucky Luke to be arrested for their crimes. The lonesome cowboy a rope already around his neck is forced to make a deal with the angry citizens: Bring the real bandits back within six months or hang. ...

When a senator comes up with a probation program to redeem criminals in the USA the Supreme Court offers him a chance to prove the feasibility of his idea...by trying it out on the worst Old West villains ever: the Daltons. As usual it's up to Lucky Luke to keep an eye on the terrible four during their month-long trial period. If they can refrain from any crime during that time they will be set free as good citizens... ...

Two rival families live in Painful Gulch: the OTimmins clan who have big noses & the OHaras who have big ears. Theyve been fighting for decades & dont even know why anymore. Lucky Luke is appointed mayor in order to bring peace back to the town. But the men & their thick-headed sense of honour will wreck all of Lucky Lukes plans for reconciliation. Our hero must find a solution! ...

At the funeral of old Baddy everybody is moved except Ready who has waited for the 100-year-old mans death a long time in order to buy his ranch. Unfortunately the old fellow has an heir Waldo a tenderfoot who arrives straight from his native England accompanied by his butler Jasper. Two worlds clash: the ancient so refined & the new equally rustic. ...

The Daltons escape from a Texas jail & head over to Canada. Lucky Luke is called in to get them back to jail. He & Rintincan his second faithful companion after Jolly Jumper follow them all the way to Canada where Captain Winston Pendergast offers his help. ...

In September 1998 Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
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Is there really such a thing as a good luck charm? Ex-soldier Logan Thibault thinks he just might have found one. Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him a picture of a smiling woman hes never met kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny. Resolving to find her Logan embarks on a journey of startling discovery. Beth the woman whose picture he holds is struggling with problems of her own: her volatile ex-husband wont accept their relationship is over & threatens anyone who gets too close to her. & despite a growing attraction between them Logan has kept one explosive secret from Beth: how he came across her photograph in the first place.. . ...

Do you believe in lucky charms? While in Iraq U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photo half-buried in the dirt of a woman. He carries it in his pocket & from then on his luck begins to change. Back home Logan is haunted by thoughts of war. Over time he becomes convinced that the woman in the photo holds the key to his destiny. So he finds the vulnerable & loving Beth & a passionate romance begins. But Logan battles with the one secret he has kept from Beth: how he found her in the first place. & it is a secret that could utterly destroy everything they love.. . ...

The first play from a new British playwright Its the 1960s in Hampstead London. Bruno & Anna Mosenthal Annas brother Leo & his wife Ottilie are awaiting the arrival of a potential buyer for their jointly owned country cottage. Leo is keen to raise the asking price for the house bought through a gift for the siblings by their father a Jewish button factory owner who lost out in Berlin before the war. But when the buyer Lisa Pendry turns out to be German too Leo demands an apology for Nazi war crimes as well as money in return for the property. At Leos funeral in the 1990s Daniel his son attempts to confront the broken dreams of the previous generation of Jewish refugees. But in surviving the war marrying a Lebanese wife & denying his roots has Daniel managed to leave behind the legacy of anger & sense of victimisation that haunted his father? The Lucky Ones is published to tie in with the premiere at Londons Hampstead Theatre starring Kelly Hunter ...

Lucky Peach is a journal of food writing published on a quarterly basis by Mc Sweeneys. It is a creation of David Chang the James Beard Award-winning chef behind the Momofuku restaurants in New York Momofuku cookbook cowriter Peter Meehan & Zero Point Zero Production--producers of the Travel Channels Emmy Award-winning Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. The result of this collaboration is a melange of travelogue essays art photography & rants in a full-color meticulously designed format. Recipes will defy the tired ingredients-&-numbered-steps formula. Theyll be laid out sensibly inspired by the thought process that went into developing them. The aim of Lucky Peach is to give a platform to a brand of food writing that began with unorthodox authors like Bourdain resulting in a publication that appeals to diehard foodies as well as fans of good writing & art in general. Whats inside?-David Simon creator of The Wire & Treme remembers his father via pickles & cream.-Jonathan Gold & Robert Sietsema talk Teletubbies in Kansas City.-Theres a Choose Your Own Adventure"-style hunt for tacos through Texas & California.-Plus stuff from Harold Mc Gee Anthony Bourdain Elvis Mitchell & more!" ...