Download or read book Under Oklahoma Skies An Only an Okie Will Do Collection written by Becca Turner and published by Becca Turner. This book was released on with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under Oklahoma Skies contains three novellas set in Swells, Oklahoma in the same storyverse as the Only an Okie Will Do series. Cowboy Kind of Heritage Flirting with cowboys is what get London Bingham into her current mess, but Dean Trulove is determined to show her that she can have it all—a family, a career, and a man with a heart wider than the Arkansas River. Cowboy Kind of Forgiveness Two years after a tragic accident that stole Everly Thibodaux's brother, his best friend Swift Scott is back in town offering Everly a Christmas miracle—true love, no mistletoe required. Cowboy Kind of Devotion Austin Locke has sacrificed everything except his rodeo career for his young daughter. Especially any chance at romance until Natalie Corbin ropes his heart. Can Austin protect his daughter, and his new shot at love, from the secret hanging over him?
Download or read book The Mercy of the Sky written by Holly Bailey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 20th, 2013, one of the worst tornadoes on record landed a direct hit on Moore, Oklahoma. This is the suspenseful tale of human courage in the face of natural disaster.
Download or read book Under Oklahoma Skies written by Becca Turner and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under Oklahoma Skies contains three novellas set in Swells, Oklahoma in the same storyverse as the Only an Okie Will Do series. Cowboy Kind of Heritage Dean Trulove, a third-generation owner of Trulove Cattle Company and Stockyard, has waited for the day he'd inherit the business. Unfortunately, it comes at the cost of his mother's heart problems and his dad's subsequent retirement. To relieve some of the pressure, he attempts to pick up a damsel in distress at the local watering hole. Even when he discovers she's his new employee, he can't flip the off switch on his object of desire. All the warnings in the world from his old-fashioned father won't wrestle him away from a woman as skittish as any unbroken horse that's passed through the stockyard pens. London Bingham is in a bind-she's got an unexpected bundle of joy on the way, but luckily, she accepts a new job with an understanding boss. Her only problem is, her sexy boss's dad, a formidable man with an ages-old stick up his derriere about unmarried mothers in the workplace, makes for an uncomfortable situation. As much as she'd like to give in to her persuasive boss and build a relationship, it's causing work-place trauma and domestic drama. To Dean, it's clear that London needs a good ol' cowboy to show her that she can have it all-a family, a career, and a man with a heart wider than the Arkansas River to remind her that even a woman from the wrong side of the tracks can find the happiness she deserves. Cowboy Kind of Forgiveness For many, Christmas is a joyous time of year meant for families and friends to gather near. For Everly Thibodaux, it's a time of tragedy and heartbreak. Her twin brother died before the holiday in a freak accident, leaving her alone and empty. Her brother's best friend, the man she carried strong feelings for, witnessed the event that shattered both their worlds. All her anger falls on him for destroying her life. Swift Scott's life crumbled until he fell into a bottle to drown the pain of losing a friend and the misery he caused for the girl he loved. After two years of self-destruction, he pulls himself together and moves back to Swells, hoping for reconciliation and forgiveness from Everly. Except that Everly, like him, is stuck in a well of heartache and grief. He knows he can't force her to love him or even tolerate his presence, but he'd settle for seeing her smile again, no matter what the cost. In a small town like Swells, they can't avoid each other forever and circumstances draw them together again. As the one person who truly understands her heartbreak, Swift can be the only man who he helps Everly learn to love again. Cowboy Kind of Devotion Austin Locke is a devoted dad, an all-around cowboy, and...a total fool. Stuck on his self-absorbed ex-girlfriend for far too many years, he's given up on finding true love. His little girl could use a mother, but they get by, depending on one another as they travel from rodeo to rodeo. A chance meeting with breakaway roper Natalie Corbin opens Austin's eyes. She offers the kind of attentiveness and openness that's been missing in his daughter's life. Not to mention Natalie is sexy and funny, which sweetens the deal, even though they both know with their hectic rodeo lives, they can't make any kind of relationship a permanent thing. Natalie knows broody-natured guys are often heartbreakers, but she's drawn to Austin and his adorable, lonely daughter. When she meets his ex, she can immediately see why he built a wall around his heart. Neither of them are looking for a serious commitment, but it would be easy to fall for the handsome cowboy and his daughter. Even as she gets to know-and care for him-there seems to be some kind of trouble resting on his shoulders. As their time at the rodeo draws to a close, they either have to make a move toward happiness or the weight of Austin's secret will force them
Download or read book Under a White Sky written by Elizabeth Kolbert and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Esquire, Smithsonian Magazine, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “Beautifully and insistently, Kolbert shows us that it is time to think radically about the ways we manage the environment.”—Helen Macdonald, The New York Times That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it’s said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. Along the way, she meets biologists who are trying to preserve the world’s rarest fish, which lives in a single tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave; engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone in Iceland; Australian researchers who are trying to develop a “super coral” that can survive on a hotter globe; and physicists who are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face.
Download or read book Black Birds in the Sky written by Brandy Colbert and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District—a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that award-winning author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this unflinching nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In examining the tension that was brought to a boil by many factors—white resentment of Black economic and political advancement, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, the tone and perspective of the media, and more—a portrait is drawn of an event singular in its devastation, but not in its kind. It is part of a legacy of white violence that can be traced from our country's earliest days through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights movement in the mid–twentieth century, and the fight for justice and accountability Black Americans still face today. The Tulsa Race Massacre has long failed to fit into the story Americans like to tell themselves about the history of their country. This book, ambitious and intimate in turn, explores the ways in which the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is the story of America—and by showing us who we are, points to a way forward. YALSA Honor Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
Download or read book Oklahoma UFO s and Extraterrestrials written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of facts and fantasy associated with UFO sightings in the state of Oklahoma.
Download or read book Beneath the Oklahoma Sky written by Terry Khiev and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine Sergeant Austin Lee finally makes it home after many months held in brutal captivity. Left with more than mere scars, he burns to avenge the men he led into combat. But first, he must adjust to a new kind of quiet. His neighbor and childhood nemesis, an all-American girl next door, Charlotte Campbell is anything but quiet. With enchanting blue eyes, and cheekiness to last ten lifetimes, she steals his newfound peace with nary a word. But she isn't the only one who capsizes his serenity on the orchard. Although her wit and willfulness are unrivaled, the unsuspecting Charlotte becomes his charge. Keeping her safe isn't as easy a feat as Austin imagines when she questions his tactical steps, second guesses his commands...and tempts him at every turn.
Download or read book Oklahoma Sky written by Jillian Neal and published by Realm Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Callie never expected to find the healing she needs in his capable arms. Ford knows she's way too young for him. Their lusty nights set Holder Ranch ablaze, but that same heat threatens to destroy everything Ford holds dear. Can either of them survive apart? Will anything survive if they remain together?
Download or read book Under Oklahoma Stars An Only an Okie Will Do Collection written by Becca Turner and published by Becca Turner. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under Oklahoma Stars contains three novellas set in Swells, Oklahoma in the same storyverse as the Only an Okie Will Do series. Cowboy Kind of Forever Brody Longtree never expects to see his former beauty queen girlfriend again...until she almost runs over his dog. Libby Dempsey knows what she lost when she broke up with Brody. Now she has a second chance to reclaim his heart. Unless a selfless choice from her past causes a misunderstanding too great to heal. Cowboy Kind of Chance Sommer Allen's life is a disaster. When champion bull rider Perry Glidewell steps in to save the day, they'll trek across the country on a road trip from Hell. But as they grow closer and Sommer lowers the walls around her heart, that journey might lead them to Heaven along the way. Cowboy Kind of Compromise They have nothing in common. At least that's what Greer Daily tells herself about rich resort owner Guy Carter whose guests keep causing trouble on her ranch. When they're forced to get married in a stunning turn of events, will Greer and Guy finally make peace or will they blow the marriage and their shot at true love?
Download or read book Land and Sky written by M. E. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living the Sky written by Ray A. Williamson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine the North American Indians as astronomers carefully watching the heavens, charting the sun through the seasons, or counting the sunrises between successive lumar phases. Then imagine them establishing observational sites and codified systems to pass their knowledge down through the centuries and continually refine it. A few years ago such images would have been abruptly dismissed. Today we are wiser. Living the Sky describes the exciting archaeoastronomical discoveries in the United States in recent decades. Using history, science, and direct observation, Ray A. Williamson transports the reader into the sky world of the Indians. We visit the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, sit with a Zuni sun priest on the winter solstice, join explorers at the rites of the Hopis and the Navajos, and trek to Chaco Canyon to make direct on-site observations of celestial events.
Download or read book Oklahoma 3 written by Jane Jayroe and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with the Oklahoma Centennial in 2007, Oklahoma 3, provides a unique and colorful portrayal of one of the most diverse and beautiful states in the country. Oklahoma is the American West. Rich with history, it is a place where cultures meet, a place were there is a strong interconnection between the people and the land. Award-winning photographer and Oklahoma native David Fitzgerald has dedicated his life to capturing the splendor of this distinctive place. In Oklahoma 3, Fitzgerald eclipses his work in his first two odes to the state: Oklahoma and Oklahoma II. From rugged Black Mesa to the Red River Valley, from windswept plains to verdant mountains of pine forests and cedar, Oklahoma boasts a varied beauty unlike any other. Jane Jayroe provides a moving personal tribute to her native state. Using Oklahoma's rich musical history as a framework, Jayroe encapsulates the essence of the place while providing insider's knowledge of Oklahoma's rich heritage. OKLAHOMA 3 is the official selection of the Oklahoma Centennial Commemoration Commission.
Download or read book In the Oklahoma Winds An Only an Okie Will Do Collection written by Becca Turner and published by Becca Turner. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Oklahoma Winds contains three novellas set in Swells, Oklahoma in the same storyverse as the Only an Okie Will Do series. Cowboy Kind of Bliss Wedding planner Valentine Hart has put together plenty of weddings, but after her last break-up, she doesn't have any prospects of her own. When her friend Todd Dayson proposes a wild idea of staging a wedding photoshoot to sell a package, their playful charade ignites unexpected feelings. When Val's ex steps back into the mix, Todd realizes he's got to seize the moment to prove he's the one Val's been waiting for. Cowboy Kind of Luck Westie Collins is determined to win the stallion of her dreams at an auction while avoiding Barrett Nash at all costs. However, fate has other plans after Nash outbids her. Her luck goes from bad to worse when she's forced to catch a ride on his private jet and it crashes in the wilderness. Stranded together, she discovers her companion is Beckett, Barrett's twin brother. As they set aside their differences and work together to survive, they discover an undeniable attraction amidst the chaos. But is their relationship circumstantial or can they build a solid foundation on love after everything? Cowboy Kind of Roots Back in Oklahoma to start an orchard, Felicity Nash is forced to confront her past and the rancher next door who fathered her child. Coy Beecher needs a wife to save his family ranch and when he learns Felicity's pregnant, their marriage is the perfect solution. As they navigate their arrangement, what looks good on paper blossoms into real love, but not everyone is thrilled with the marriage. As jealousy rears it's ugly head, Felicity and Coy will discover if those roots and the vows they made are strong enough to withstand the blaze of betrayal.
Download or read book Under Western Skies written by Jennifer Jewell and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Atkinson and Jewell invite each of us to reimagine one’s connection to the land while cultivating nature close to home. A must-read for anyone searching for inspired solutions for designing or refining a garden.” —Emily Murphy, founder of Pass the Pistil From windswept deserts to misty seaside hills and verdant valleys, the natural landscapes of the American West offer an astounding variety of climates for gardens. Under Western Skies reveals thirty-six of the most innovative designs—all embracing and celebrating the very soul of the land on which they grow. For the gardeners featured here, nature is the ultimate inspiration rather than something to be dominated, and Under Western Skies shows the strong connection each garden has with its place. Packed with Atkinson’s stunning photographs and illuminated by Jewell’s deep interest in the relationships between people and the spaces they inhabit, Under Western Skies offers page after page of encouraging ingenuity and inventive design for passionate gardeners who call the West home.
Download or read book Oklahoma written by Guy Baldwin and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma is a land of great variety, both in its landscape and in its people. From its rocky mountains to its sleep valleys, from marshy wetlands to dusty deserts, from the hundreds of lakes to some of the largest fields of grassy prairie land, Oklahoma is unique. It is a land of cowboys and oil rigs, prairie dogs and vast fields of gypsum that brightly reflect the sun like glass. In all of Oklahoma's variety, it is an interesting state to visit and an exciting state to call home. Book jacket.
Download or read book Scanning the Skies written by Marlene Bradford and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tornadoes, nature's most violent and unpredictable storms, descend from the clouds nearly one thousand times yearly and have claimed eighteen thousand American lives since 1880. However, the U.S. Weather Bureau--fearing public panic and believing tornadoes were too fleeting for meteorologists to predict--forbade the use of the word "tornado" in forecasts until 1938. Scanning the Skies traces the history of today's tornado warning system, a unique program that integrates federal, state, and local governments, privately controlled broadcast media, and individuals. Bradford examines the ways in which the tornado warning system has grown from meager beginnings into a program that protects millions of Americans each year. Although no tornado forecasting program existed before WWII, the needs of the military prompted the development of a severe weather warning system in tornado prone areas. Bradford traces the post-war creation of the Air Force centralized tornado forecasting program and its civilian counterpart at the Weather Bureau. Improvements in communication, especially the increasing popularity of television, allowed the Bureau to expand its warning system further. This book highlights the modern tornado watch system and explains how advancements during the latter half of the twentieth-century--such as computerized data collection and processing systems, Doppler radar, state-of-the-art television weather centers, and an extensive public education program--have resulted in the drastic reduction of tornado fatalities.
Download or read book Tornado Pinball written by Chris Kridler and published by Sky Diary Productions. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When science becomes a stunt, storm chasers reap the whirlwind … Just when TV shows about storm chasing can’t get any more extreme, along comes a production company with the ultimate exploit: the Bubble, a manned tornado probe. As the reluctant consultant, expert storm chaser Jack Andreas must get the show’s nervous star, failed tour operator Brad Treat, into a twister. But Jack is losing his customary cool as a comedy of errors unfolds. Distracting him is co-star Saffire, a Hollywood actress who is more than she seems, and producer Wynda, who will do anything to make her documentary succeed. The daring star of another show pursues them, desperate for a shot with his own flying machine. As the disasters mount, will Jack be able to launch their device into a tornado? A Storm Seekers novel, TORNADO PINBALL delivers an unforgettable adventure with action, humor, romance and stunning storms.
