Download or read book Gun Racks and Six Packs written by Bo Whaley and published by Rutledge Hill Press. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best of collection of Southern humor from Bo Whaley, author of The Official Redneck Handbook and A Field Guide to Southern Women.
Download or read book Traplines written by John Rember and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, John Rember returned home to Sawtooth Valley, where he had been brought up. He returned out of a homing instinct: the same forty acres that had sustained his family’s horses had sustained a vision of a place where he belonged in the world, a life where he could get up in the morning, step out the door, and catch dinner from the Salmon River. But to his surprise, he found that what was once familiar was now unfamiliar. Everything might have looked the same to the horses that spring, but to Rember this was no longer home. In Traplines, Rember recounts his experiences of growing up in a time when the fish were wild in the rivers, horses were brought into the valley each spring from their winter pasture, and electric light still seemed magical. Today those same experiences no longer seem to possess the authenticity they once did. In his journey home, Rember discovers how the West, both as a place in which to live and as a terrain of the imagination, has been transformed. And he wonders whether his recollections of what once was prevent him from understanding his past and appreciating what he found when he returned home. In Traplines, Rember excavates the hidden desires that color memory and shows us how, once revealed, they can allow us to understand anew the stories we tell ourselves.
Download or read book Twenty Six Pack written by Timothy Gager and published by Dead End Street. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Divine Magnetic Lands written by Timothy O'Grady and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1973, aged twenty-two, Timothy O'Grady left America. For the next thirty years he lived in and wrote about Europe. As he did, the American counter-culture crashed, Ronald Reagan came and went, wars were declared and the country was attacked by air. Much of the world began to look at America in a new way, wondering what had happened to it and where it was going. Among them was Timothy O'Grady, and he decided to go back and investigate. He went out onto the American road, travelling over fifteen thousand miles through thirty-five states. He met academics, the homeless, war veterans, political activists, New Orleans rappers, billionaires, novelists and a Ku Klux Klansman. In every bar he stopped in, it seemed, there was a story of American life to be heard.
Download or read book An Unintended Journey written by Janet Yagoda Shagam and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the 2009 census, more than five million people living in the United States have Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. Not reported in these statistics are the fifteen million family caregivers who, in total, contribute seventeen billion hours of unpaid care each year. This book addresses the needs and challenges faced by adult children and other family members who are scrambling to make sense of what is happening to themselves and the loved ones in their care. The author, an experienced medical and science writer known for her ability to clearly explain complex and emotionally sensitive topics, is also a former family caregiver herself. Using both personal narrative and well-researched, expert-verified content, she guides readers through the often-confusing and challenging world of dementia care. She carefully escorts caregivers through the basics of dementia as a brain disorder, its accompanying behaviors, the procedures used to diagnose and stage the disease, and the legal aspects of providing care for an adult who is no longer competent. She also covers topics not usually included in other books on dementia: family dynamics, caregiver burnout, elder abuse, incontinence, finances and paying for care, the challenges same-sex families face, and coping with the eventuality of death and estate management. Each chapter begins with a real-life vignette taken from the author's personal experience and concludes with "Frequently Asked Questions" and "Worksheets" sections. The FAQs tackle specific issues and situations that often make caregiving such a challenge. The worksheets are a tool to help readers organize, evaluate, and self-reflect. A glossary of terms, an appendix, and references for further reading give readers a command of the vocabulary clinicians use and access to valuable resources.
Download or read book The Sweet Spot written by Laura Drake and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Love as Big as Texas. . . Charla Rae Denny was the perfect wife with a perfect life, content to keep the home fires burning while her husband, JB, competed as a champion bull rider. Then their son died in a tragic accident-and everything fell apart. Divorced and saddled with a hill of bills and a failing ranch, Charla must now cowboy up to put her life back together. James "JB" Denny doesn't stay where he isn't welcome. So when Charla shut him out of her grieving heart-and their home-a year ago, he took comfort where he could find it. Now after seeing beautiful Charla again, he wants it all back. She can't work the ranch alone, and deep in his heart he knows he can be the man she needs. But after so much history and heartbreak, can JB convince Charla to take a risk and give their love a second chance?
Download or read book Totah Six Pack written by Fender Tucker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 1474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning four and a half centuries, James A. Michener’s monumental saga chronicles the epic history of Texas, from its Spanish roots in the age of the conquistadors to its current reputation as one of America’s most affluent, diverse, and provocative states. Among his finely drawn cast of characters, emotional and political alliances are made and broken, as the loyalties established over the course of each turbulent age inevitably collapse under the weight of wealth and industry. With Michener as our guide, Texas is a tale of patriotism and statesmanship, growth and development, violence and betrayal—a stunning achievement by a literary master. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Texas “Fascinating.”—Time “A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, frontier and settlement, money and power . . . [James A. Michener] manages to make history vivid.”—The Boston Globe “A sweeping panorama . . . [Michener] grapples earnestly with the Texas character in a way that Texas’s own writers often don’t.”—The Washington Post Book World “Vast, sprawling, and eclectic in population and geography, the state has just the sort of larger-than-life history that lends itself to Mr. Michener’s taste for multigenerational epics.”—The New York Times
Download or read book A Caregiver s Guide to Dementia written by Janet Yagoda Shagam and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *New Edition with Updated dementia, dementia care, and resource information.* According to the Alzheimer’s Association, there are more than six million people living in the United States have Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. Not reported in these statistics are the sixteen million family caregivers who, in total, contribute nineteen billion hours of unpaid care each year. This book addresses the needs and challenges faced by adult children and other family members who are scrambling to make sense of what is happening to themselves and the loved ones in their care. The author, an experienced medical and science writer known for her ability to clearly explain complex and emotionally sensitive topics, is also a former family caregiver herself. Using both personal narrative and well-researched, expert-verified content, she guides readers through the often-confusing and challenging world of dementia care. She carefully escorts caregivers through the basics of dementia as a brain disorder, its accompanying behaviors, the procedures used to diagnose and stage the disease, and the legal aspects of providing care for an adult who is no longer competent. She also covers topics not usually included in other books on dementia: family dynamics, caregiver burnout, elder abuse, incontinence, finances and paying for care, the challenges same-sex families face, and coping with the eventuality of death and estate management. Each chapter begins with a real-life vignette taken from the author's personal experience and concludes with "Frequently Asked Questions" and "Worksheets" sections. The FAQs tackle specific issues and situations that often make caregiving such a challenge. The worksheets are a tool to help readers organize, evaluate, and self-reflect. A glossary of terms, an appendix, and references for further reading give readers a command of the vocabulary clinicians use and access to valuable resources.
Download or read book Three Weeks to Say Goodbye written by C. J. Box and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box’s novels have been called “red hot,”* “edge-of-your-seat read[s],”† and “unforgettable, powerful.”‡ Now he delivers a novel that will steal your sleep as much as it will wrench your heart. It’s a novel about something that could be anyone’s worst nightmare. . . . Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call from the adoption agency: Angelina’s birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights, and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, wants him to own up to this responsibility and will use every advantage his position of power affords him to make sure it happens. When Jack and Melissa attempt to handle the situation rationally by meeting face-to-face with the father and son, it is immediately apparent that there’s something sinister about both of them and that love for Angelina is not the motivation for their actions. As Angelina’s safety hangs in the balance, Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child. A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where absolutely no one is safe. How far would you go to save someone you love? C.J. Box has once again written a bone-chilling thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page. *Booklist †Omaha World-Herald ‡Bookreporter.com
Download or read book Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash written by Bruce Fleming and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash offers an explanation for the extreme polarization between liberal and conservative that is the hallmark of the American political landscape today. It suggests that liberal thought is intrinsically different from conservative thought, and that each constitutes a self-subsistent world-view with its specific quali
Download or read book Thimble Flood written by Gary Dembs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thimble Flood is a 30+ year compilation of various types of poetry; each chapter has a unique twist.
Download or read book Murder at the La Jolla Apogee written by Robert Rogers and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During real estate boom times, risks are overcome by ever improving market conditions. When the boom ends, as so often happens, lenders can get stuck with half finished projects and no ability to complete them. Lenders then sell the projects at a loss or hire someone like Marcus Flint to “work out” their problems, which is easier said than done. Flint is a recently diagnosed diabetic when he dies suddenly from a supposed seizure at the grand opening of the Apogee development in La Jolla—one of those “work out” projects. Bishop Bone is asked to write Flint’s memoir, but he soon comes to believe Flint’s death was actually murder. This realization could get Bone killed, as powerful people do not want the truth revealed. Details of Flint’s memoir have the power to expose those involved in the Apogee development and, possibly, in Flint’s death. To stay alive, Bone has to continue his investigation while ducking the project’s developer, terminated employees, Flint’s brother-in-law, jilted husbands, and yes, even Flint’s widow. Who knew real estate development was so dangerous?
Download or read book My Gone Austin Retrospective 1965 2015 written by Glenn W. Jones, Jr. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir, 1965-2015, with no names, but with abundant thoughtful reflections on navigating the changing cultures of the Sixties. A young man's journey through landscapes of his yearnings, mistakes, self-assessments, triumphs and failures, and points of satisfaction. Jones moves our thinking to new perceptions of realities that have been right in front of us--clear authenticity without fictions. His artistic and scholarly visions combine for a unique sociocultural history of the Austin scene in the Sixties & Seventies. It is a good adventure with good analysis, a good biographical presentation. Poignant and hillarious.
Download or read book Life Love and Other Mysteries written by Point of Grace (Musical group) and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The country's #1 Christian music group delivers an inspirational message about the faith in God and themselves that propelled them to the top of the charts. Point of Grace is perhaps the hottest act to come out of the Christiam music market, which accounts for 12 pecent of American popular music sales. Now the four women who comprise this phenomenal group share their message through the printed word with their first book. Includes a 16-page color photo insert.
Download or read book Impossible Children written by Robert Yune and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these inventive short stories, characters must navigate an impossible world: America as we know it. Two estranged brothers on a road trip attempt to reconcile but end up at a Revolutionary War reenactment camp; a young woman moves in with her boyfriend and discovers an eerily personalized seduction manual on his bookshelf; a middle-aged Korean-American father attends college courses and is either blessed or haunted by the presence of Edward Moon, an eccentric billionaire who also happens to be “the most successful Korean in America.” Playfully engaging with genres like science fiction, the fairy tale, and the Gothic tale, the interconnected short stories of Impossible Children pit tiny heroes against tiny villains; the result is a stunning mapping of geography, heritage, immigration, freedom, and the mysterious forces behind epic ruins and epic successes.
Download or read book Navy SEAL Six Pack written by Elle James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a SEAL undercover on a top conspiracy, attraction could be dangerous… Raised on a ranch and trained as a Navy SEAL, Benjamin "Montana" Raines has a work ethic that's unshakable—even in the midst of a beautiful and jaded CIA operative. A dangerous conspiracy threatens the United States, and Benjamin has a new case. And a new partner. Kate McKenzie has been burned before. And now she is paired with someone she's supposed to trust against her deeper instincts. In the cutthroat world of millionaires and politicians in Washington, DC, Kate and Benjamin must go undercover to prevent an attack. But as the risks to their safety heighten, so does their undeniable attraction to one another… SEAL of My Own
