Longarm GIANT novels…the biggest and best in Western adventure! Down in the driest parts of the southwest, gals are scarcer than water—and some men, crazy from lust and the scorching sun, have sent away for mail-order brides. But when the womenfolk never show, these hombres want answers. Some claim the Mormons are kidnapping the ladies for their polygamous beds. Others say it’s the Turks. So they hire on gunslinger Custis Long to do what he does second-best: skirt-chasing. After making his way up the Old Spanish Trail and snooping around some, he learns that this time, it’s the women who’re in the know—Mexican barmaids, Mormon girls, squaw sisters, a Spanish widow—all willing to give Longarm his answers. That is, in return for the French lessons that have made him famous clear across the Old West…

Longarm GIANT novels...the biggest and best in Western adventure! In Ambush, Colorado, four men accused of murdering denizens of a local cat house are scheduled to be hanged. But the hangman’s daughter tells Longarm that one of the condemned didn’t do it. Seems he was too busy robbing stagecoaches with another group of hardcases. To gain a stay of execution, the death row inmate must confess to the robberies and name his accomplices, but he’s not talking. Time is running out for both him and Longarm ‘cause a professional gunslinger is in town hoping to add the Deputy U.S. Marshal to his list of kills…

Longarm GIANT novels…the biggest and best in Western adventure! When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long turns the tables on a band of stagecoach bandits, he does more than just save the day. After blasting one of the badmen, he discovers a map of Nevada Territory showing a remote area circled—Zamora. Haunted by the feeling that the bandits are headed to the ghost town of Zamora, Custis feels duty-bound to hunt them down. But Zamora is no hole-in-the-wall hideout—it’s a heavenly haven for the lawless ruled by one of the most powerful, brilliant, and beautiful women in the West...A woman whose personal army will fight to the death for her… A woman whom Longarm will have to face, up close and personal…

Longarm GIANT novels…the biggest and best in Western adventure! A violent storm’s brewing in Indianola, but Custis Long isn’t paying much mind. Instead, he’s hoping to finally nab a hardcase he’s been chasing. And Longarm has other, more pleasurable plans with an old friend—the lusty, busty heiress Jessica Starbuck… Meanwhile, the squall turns into a deadly flood—and an armed French dandy manages to kidnap Jessica for ransom. Now Longarm will have to keep his head above water if he wants to save his life—and an heiress’s hide…

Longarm owes his life to a man in handcuffs… Mild-mannered postal thief Brian Henry is not about to give Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long any trouble on the ride back to Denver for trial. After being double-crossed by a tantalizing temptress who took his money, Brian is good and licked. In fact, when Longarm is pistol-whipped by highwaymen, it’s his polite prisoner who comes to his aid and makes no attempt to escape as the lawman rides off to rescue a beautiful woman kidnapped by the desperadoes. But when the gun smoke clears, will this be Longarm’s last showdown?

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China's rise as an economic superpower has caused growing anxieties in the West. Europe is now applying stricter scrutiny over takeovers by Chinese state-owned giants, while the United States is imposing aggressive sanctions on leading Chinese technology firms such as Huawei, TikTok, and WeChat. Given the escalating geopolitical tensions between China and the West, are there any hopeful prospects for economic globalization? In her compelling new book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, Angela Zhang examines the most important and least understood tactic that China can deploy to counter western sanctions: antitrust law. Zhang reveals how China has transformed antitrust law into a powerful economic weapon, supplying theory and case studies to explain its strategic application over the course of the Sino-US tech war. Zhang also exposes the vast administrative discretion possessed by the Chinese government, showing how agencies can leverage the media to push forward aggressive enforcement. She further dives into the bureaucratic politics that spurred China's antitrust regulation, providing an incisive analysis of how divergent missions, cultures, and structures of agencies have shaped regulatory outcomes. More than a legal analysis, Zhang offers a political and economic study of our contemporary moment. She demonstrates that Chinese exceptionalism-as manifested in the way China regulates and is regulated, is reshaping global regulation and that future cooperation relies on the West comprehending Chinese idiosyncrasies and China achieving greater transparency through integration with its Western rivals.