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"Jerome Charyn re-creates the voice of Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon-to-be twenty-sixth president through his derring-do adventures, effortlessly combining superhero dialogue with haunting pathos. Beginning with his sickly childhood and concluding with McKinley's assassination, the novel positions Roosevelt as a "perfect bull in a china shop," a fearless crime fighter and pioneering environmentalist...
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Country HeatKit Beaumont needs a life change. She goes from being the head chef of an exclusive Los Angeles hotel to working as a cook on a ranch in Arizona. She couldn't have picked anything more different. Carter McLeod is sure that the L.A. chef he hired as a cook won't hang around for long. He's concerned she won't want to stay and prepare meals for a bunch of cowboys in the Arizona desert, but he's hoping she will. The last thing he expects is...
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“The Frozen Queen”: All her life, Paisley Stanford has been taught to keep her dirty laundry well hidden beneath a pretty smile. But when her life starts crumbling around her, Paisley must face the fact that her fairytale dreams have turned into a very unhappily ever after. To protect her son, she must flee her abusive relationship and seek refuge with her sister in a small town-ironically named Cursed. Paisley certainly feels cursed when she...
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'Never was a bronc that couldn't be rode. Never was a cowboy that couldn't be throwed.' Spinning tales of big money made as a bronco buster, an ex-rodeo star wanders into the life of ranch hand Wes Merritt. Wes is won over, despite the protests of his wife, who, against her judgment, feels drawn to the stranger, too.
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When four people turn up dead at the bottom of a Florida sinkhole, New York DEA Agent Fred Boff has no idea it will launch him into a tangled web of illicit operations spanning from Florida to Texas. The victims had stumbled onto a clandestine marijuana delivery, and with the help of Panama City jailbird Ronnie Ray, Boff connects the dots in a complex trail of smugglers, planes, boats, and drug dealers to wealthy businessman Rex Cauble, a man beloved...
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This Ebook tells about the life and rodeo career of the legendary Oklahoma cowboy Jim Shoulders. He was born in Tulsa but lived most of his adult life in tiny Henryetta, Oklahoma. Shouders was tough as a boot, mentally and physically, until the day he died. That is how he managed to win an astounding 16 world championships in rodeo competition (bronc riding and bull riding). And he still continues to inspire young would-be rodeo champions to do their...
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Was Tom Horn a cold-hearted killer or a kind-hearted helpful cowboy who liked to tell tall tales and falsely take credit for every murder in Wyoming whenever he got drunk?
In 1927, Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954) would include a short 47-page section on Tom Horn in his book "Juggling a Rope." This section of the book was titled "The Truth About Tom Horn, 'King of the Cowboys.'" It is this short, 47-page section that has been republished here...
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Excerpt: "Colonel Cody was born in Scott County, Iowa, February 26, 1846. Before he had reached his teens, his father, Isaac Cody, with his mother and two sisters, migrated to Kansas, which at that time was little more than a wilderness. When the elder Cody was killed shortly afterward in the Kansas "Border War," young Bill assumed the difficult rle of family breadwinner. During 1860, and until the outbreak of the Civil War, Cody lived the arduous...
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King of Cars volume 12
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The dealership might not be big enough for two costumed characters: the gun-slinging Auto Marshal has been muscling in on Blue Genie's turf--but he doesn't have the car sales to go with his bravado. So Chop plays off their rivalry to spur his performance.
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Rodeo Cowboy Stoney Burke volume 16
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A rodeo champion who Stoney idolizes still feels the need to prove himself by challenging others in Indian wrestling and other feats, which leads to a disastrous encounter.
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In The King and the Cowboy, renowned historian David Fromkin reveals how two unlikely world leaders-Edward the Seventh of England and Theodore Roosevelt-recast themselves as respected political players and established a friendship that would shape the course of the twentieth century in ways never anticipated.In 1901, these two colorful public figures inherited the leadership of the English-speaking countries. Following the death of his mother, Queen...
14) Country Thunder
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Miranda Hawthorne made a new start in the small town of King Creek, Arizona. She's a horse therapist who works with children and adults with disabilities and is perfectly fine being single and living a fulfilling life helping others. After what her ex put her through, she doesn't need a man, thank you very much. A stallion threw Justin McLeod's daughter, and she hasn't been able to get back on a horse. On recommendation, he takes his daughter to a...
15) Country Rain
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In this cowboy romance, young love is given a second-and final-chance.Over the passing years, Rancher Colt McLeod never stopped loving Marlee Fox, but she has refused to speak to him since high school. On a not-so-accidental encounter, he captures her attention and the promise of a dance.Marlee falls in love with Colt all over again but knows she can't take another heartbreak like the first. If he betrays her trust one more time, they are over forever.The...
16) Country Heat
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Kit Beaumont needs a life change. She goes from being the head chef of an exclusive Los Angeles hotel to working as a cook on a ranch in Arizona. She couldn't have picked anything more different.
As a teenager, Kit was homeless in San Francisco, living on the streets with her mom and sister. Now she's successful, has a full life ahead of her, and doesn't want to relive old mistakes and the grief and losses of her past. She has secrets too painful...
17) Country Storm
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A cowboy veterinarian thought calming injured livestock would prepare him for anything in life, then he fell for a woman facing murder charges. Rae Fox wants nothing more than to put distance between her and the past-but a judge will only allow an instate move to the small town of King Creek. With her cousin's help, she maintains some anonymity in between traveling to and from court, where she stands trial for killing an intruder who tried to murder...
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