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Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction -- 1: Devil Yack -- 2: Rise of the Showman -- 3: Master of Steel -- 4: Mobtown -- 5: From Bayonets to Guns -- 6: The Indentured Brother -- 7: Revolution in the Blood -- 8: Eyes West -- 9: Crafting a Warrior's Tool -- 10: Walker Gets His Colts -- 11: The Fall of Edwin Wesson -- 12: The Wrath of Samuel Colt -- 13: Conquering the Evil Collar -- 14: To London 'midst Iron and Glass -- 15: Perfection in the Art of Destruction -- 16: Evolution -- 17: A New Organ of Destructiveness -- 18: In King Colt's Shadow -- 19: The Smith & -- Wesson Moment -- 20: Of Silk and Steel -- 21: A Gathering Rush for Weaponry -- 22: Call to Arms, Any Arms -- 23: Catching Up to War: 1862 -- 24: A Baron's Bid for Dynasty -- 25: The Henry or the Spencer? -- 26: Gettysburg -- 27: A Living Sheet of Flame -- 28: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy -- 29: The Wages of Peace -- 30: Centennial -- 31: Sacred Iron -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Plates -- Also by John Bainbridge, Jr. -- Copyright.

In 1966, international con-man Robert Gardner brought a highly skilled crew of grifters to New Zealand to pull off one of the biggest swindles in the country's history. This was executed with professional precision, until two young office girls played detective and stumbled upon a crucial mistake - but was it too late? Gardner skipped the country and was successful in eluding the FBI, Interpol, the Royal Canadian Mounties and Scotland Yard. He was confident that, as everyone has their price, he could get away with it. He was wrong. Some people value integrity over money. This is the full story of the elaborate scam, which uncovered collusion with a high-powered organised crime group with links to the corrupt Sydney CIB, and shows how three Auckland detectives never gave up, playing cat and mouse around the world for two years to bring the offenders to justice."--Publisher's description

Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Exploring Possibilities (Runes of Magic) -- 2 Selecting a World (Uru: Myst Online) -- 3 Achieving a Goal (Defiance) -- 4 Seeking Truth (Tabula Rasa) -- 5 Combatting Heresy (Perfect World) -- 6 Singing a Song (EverQuest) -- 7 Uniting a Couple (Guild Wars 2) -- 8 Enduring Horror (Age of Conan) -- 9 Insuring Hope (Elder Scrolls Online) -- 10 Resting in Peace (Lord of the Rings Online)

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Epigraph -- Introduction : A New Story of Middle Age -- PART I : FROM SAVANNA TO SUBURBIA: Why Middle Age Has Never Been About Growing Old -- 1. What makes middle-aged people? -- 2. What breaks middle-aged people? -- 3. Are people really meant to die at forty? -- 4. Why is middle age so important? (A first attempt at an answer.) -- 5. Saggy? Wrinkly? Grey? Why? -- 6. Middle-aged spread is normal, isn't it? -- PART II : STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: The Triumph of the Middle-Aged Mind -- 7. Over the hill or prime of life? -- 8. Why does time speed up as you get older? -- 9. Is your mind 'complete' by thetime you're forty? -- 10. Do middle-aged people really getsadder? -- 11. Is the middle-aged mind fragile? -- 12. So … what is the secret of a flourishing middle-aged mind? -- PART III : OLDER AND BOLDER:Romance, Love, Sex, Babies and Life After Forty -- 13. The end of sex? (An introduction.) -- 14. Why does women's reproduction just 'switch off'? -- 15. Crisis? What crisis? -- 16. Should middle-aged people havebabies? -- 17. Is the 'empty-nest syndrome' real? -- 18. Will you still love me tomorrow? -- Conclusion : The View from the Summit -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Also by this author -- Copyright.