Showing results for "Moose" in Literature & Fiction

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has just restored order in his life, as well as in the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears—and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park's equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio: Why won't Suomen Leikki Ltd sell the new Moose Jump to Henri when he needs it for the park's main attraction? At the same time, Henri's relationship with the artist Laura Helanto is reaching a breaking point.

Saddle up for three steamy Western romances from USA TODAY bestselling author Stacey Kennedy's Naked Moose series. The Devil in Blue Jeans Moving to Montana to buy a dive bar with her best friends sounds like a can’t-miss idea to Charly Henwood. The scenery is breathtaking, and the cowboys...

There is nothing Seth enjoys more than riding his horse, Quest, through the frozen wilderness of northern Minnesota. But Seth’s father, a game warden, warns that danger may be nearby. Someone is breaking the law by hunting black bear and moose for profit. While following animal tracks deep into the woods, Seth and Quest discover a moose cow and her calf. Suddenly, gunshots ring out! The calf is wounded and its mother killed. Seth and the poachers he was warned about have just come face-to-face.

Former Hollywood darling River Lane's acting career is tanking fast. Determined to start fresh behind the camera, she agrees to film a documentary about the picturesque small town of Moose Springs, Alaska. The assignment should have been easy, but the quirky locals want nothing to do with River. Well, too bad: River's going to make this film and prove herself, no matter what it takes. Or what (literal) mountain she has to climb.

Jess Thornton, private eye, is a young man from the small city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, who nevertheless manages to find himself in strange and often supernatural situations as he tries to solve crimes. From traveling through time to fighting witches, he could only survive with the help of his preternaturally gifted warrior friend, Alexander Blackdeer. The two of them together, in this box set of four tales, manage to meet Elvis, King Arthur, and even Nathan Hixon of early La Crosse historic fame. He attacks crime where he finds it, with Alexander the mighty warrior beside him.

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Told from the view point of 83-year-old Billy, the listener learns of how he recently lost his life-long partner, Cat. Are Violet and Cat one in the same person? Writing from his memory of the events in 1954, Billy sits in his cottage at Grizzly Pointe Senior Living on the day of the Summer Solstice of 2025, managing to craft a story that took place 71 years before while he has a hard time remembering what he ate that morning or if he ate at all. And then, one by one, his three children and 17 grandchildren start checking on him.

Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Springs, Alaska can't stand: a rich socialite with dreams of changing things for the better. But Lana's determined to prove that she belongs...even if it means trading her stilettos for snow boots and tracking one of the town's hairiest Christmas mysteries: the Santa Moose, an antlered Grinch hell-bent on destroying every bit of holiday cheer (and tinsel) it can sink its teeth into.

When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless parade of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way...Two weeks in Alaska isn't just the top item on Zoey Caldwell's bucket list. It's the whole bucket. One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs and she's smitten. 

This audiobook is based on the fictional characters living along Moose Road. Residents of Moose Road are impacted by an accident between a snow plow and a school bus. This terrible accident is followed by a tragedy that shakes the community. Each resident shares the story of his experience.

Doug "Moose" McCrae is a 35-year-old, black ex-football player turned bouncer. Woken at 4 am by a woman's blood curdling scream Moose leaps into action. The action chills him out. A young, fit Latina woman is being attacked by four massive pit bull terriers. Moose jumps into the fight without hesitation and vows that if they survive he's going to hunt down whoever sic'd the dogs on the innocent woman because he knows the attack can't be random - he can feel it.

Trouble happens everywhere in the universe. Any time. Any place. And to make sure whatever cockeyed balance exists is kept, the universe takes care of itself. Some ethereal cosmic force assigns special individuals to the unpredictable, unrewarding, and usually life threatening task of trouble taking, being in the completely wrong places at the totally right times to hopefully keep everyone...or most everyone from dying.

Moose on a Highway is a new 7-Part comedy fiction podcast about what happens when seven stranded travelers are forced to face the open road together and fall head first into new, destined beginnings. Hop on in and join us for an uproarious adventure where the roads bend and the detours will certainly surprise you. Brought to you by Jupiter House Productions, Sidekick Productions, JAG42, Outtake Productions, and Tunks Productions Tune in for season to see if they arrive at their destinations unscathed, and what awaits them along the way.

I’ve often wondered at the meaning lurking behind the reported final words—moose, Indian—of Henry David Thoreau. For some reason, I’ve always imagined a somewhat dark, untold tale at their root. MOOSE. INDIAN. is just such a reimagining of Thoreau’s first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls the uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.

Simon Stanton, archeologist, has tumbled into the underground world of the Neanderthal, who call themselves Cycladians. Amazed at their cultural achievements, he studies under their tutelage. Along with a beautiful Cycladian girl, he travels above ground into the city of Chicago, and discovers the decadent mess that has become of that city, and actually all the world. As a cloistered, small college Iowa professor, he had had no idea of the utter depravity that has overtaken urban America, and especially the black race.

During his years in the majors, Floyd Patterson had pitched for everyone - Oakland, Cleveland, Cincinnati, even the Marlins. Now he's an Anchorage Lumberjack, and no one, perhaps not even Patterson himself, has any idea what the hell he's doing toeing the rubber in Alaska's Moose League. But when Jennifer Tisch of the Anchorage Daily News goes looking for a story, she soon learns there's much more to the tough-talking, hard-drinking Patterson than meets the eye.

Arthur Moose presents an anthology of true non-fictional fiction salvaged from the jealous confounding hand of time and preserved in his own private collection. Revelation. Scandal. Gnashing of teeth. Akin to the Dead Sea Scrolls but on an even more biblical scale.

The store Avery Maier purchased is more than a disaster, it's dangerous. When Liam Gunnerson offers to untangle its finances, she has to accept. He's everything that Avery is not, and he keeps digging into the dark corners of her life. So why does she turn to him again and again? And what right does she have to hope if her future was set in stone the night she lost her fiancé? Liam never wanted to come back to Moose Hollow. But now, even Montana may not be far enough away from the trouble that's following him.

Coldly dismissed from her relationship and her home in Arizona, Poppy Marsh leaves her past behind and finds a remote ranch house for rent. All she wants to do is finish her thesis and pull the pieces of her broken life back together. After Colton Gunnerson's search for rodeo fame crashes to the ground, saving his family ranch is the only future he has left. If he fails, he could lose more than his home and his family. He could lose the only woman he's ever cared for.

"The Wisdom of the Donut Hole"(c) is an Ugly Moose AK Podcast (c) about Ron Walden, Author of Alaska True to Life Crime and Other Stories. Episode 1, Chapter 1 introduces Ron, answering the question: "Who is Alaska True to Life Crime (and Other Alaska Stories) Author Ron Walden?". Episode 1, Chapter 2 will fill in the blanks on "Where the Heck Did He Come From?" No episode will include spoilers for any of his works. They include details and interesting bits of locations, content & characters described with significant history insights and even odd connections with history by people and places ...