Download or read book West Texas Christmas written by Glenn Dromgoole and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of more than 30 Christmas stories short and upbeat, set in West Texas or by West Texas writers that evoke memories of warm and humorous holiday moments.

Download or read book A Texas Christmas written by Jodi Thomas and published by Zebra Books . This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Texas Panhandle, the winters are long, the storms fierce--and the Yuletide nights are sizzling. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas along with Linda Broday, Phyliss Miranda and DeWanna Pace, bring you one tempting holiday delight. . . On the eve before Christmas a blizzard arrived, transforming a small Texas town into a night to remember. Four ladies desperately in need of saving, four hard-ridin' cowboys who aim to please. . . When a lone farmer strides to a pretty store owner's rescue, their deepest wishes just might come true. . . A brave heiress can't believe a rugged angel is riding out of the night to save her and her fellow train passengers--until she gets him under the mistletoe. . . A quiet loner wants to help a stranded widow have a holiday to remember. . . And a female saloon owner tired of being scorned by respectable folk gets some very naughty help from a handsome greenhorn. . . "Readers couldn't ask for a finer quartet of heroes. . ." --Romantic Times on Give Me a Texas Ranger "Will warm your heart and bring a smile to your lips." --Love Western Romances on Give me a Cowboy

Download or read book A Far West Texas Christmas written by W. L. Cummings and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Kenzie, age 5. She and her little sister Holly, age 3, live in far west Texas which is known as the desert. Kenzie and Holly have been watching television and movies about Christmas and they are so inquisitive about the white stuff coming from heaven and falling on all the people. They canA[a¬a[t figure out what it is or how it feels. While the girls are helping mom in the kitchen, during the season, some of the food is strange to them, but Mom teaches them how different good foods cross cultural boundaries and the girls learn a little bit of appreciation for living so close to New Mexico and Mexico. Kenzie has been told that Christmas is the season of miracles so she gets it in her head to ask Santa for one miracle.

Download or read book A West Texas Christmas Trilogy written by Hebby Roman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A West Texas Christmas Trilogy contains three stand-alone books with three separate sweet historical romances. In "A Hard Candy Christmas" Abigail Kerr Sanford is a single mother struggling to raise her child. Sheriff Clint Graham is a man scarred by his background and family tragedies. Drawn into a bitter feud between ranchers and railroaders, Abigail and Clint work together to resolve the feud, learning to respect and trust each other. And as their feelings deepen, they recognize their love is the most special Christmas gift of all. In "Let It Be Christmas" Lindsay MacKillian comes home to West Texas after her Boston fiancé gets her in the family way and deserts her. Determined to atone for her mistake and give her child a name, she enters into a marriage of convenience with her brother's new partner, Bart Houghton. Bart, a professional gambler, wants to give up his gypsy lifestyle and become a rancher, but marrying his partner's sister, wasn't part of the original bargain. Lindsay, who is strictly religious, cannot forgive herself or accept Bart because of his former profession. Bart cares for Lindsay but doesn't like her rigidity and judgmental attitude. Can Lindsay and Bart change enough to make their marriage a love match? And in "A Mistletoe Christmas" Ginny Brown, a poor seamstress' daughter, doesn't stand a chance of catching the eye of the prominent rancher, Chad MacKillian. But when Chad's sister befriends her, he can't help but notice his sister's new friend. Chad is already engaged and honor bound to marry the neighboring rancher's daughter. As hard as he tries, he can't ignore his growing feelings for Ginny. Ginny loves Chad with all her heart, but she doesn't want to be responsible for Chad's broken engagement. Can Chad and Ginny accept the love they've found together and make this the best Christmas of their lives?

Download or read book Strange Lights in West Texas written by James Bunnell and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide book to mysterious Marfa Lights seen in West Texas. How to see them, what they are and why they are important.

Download or read book Texas Night Before Christmas written by James Rice and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1981-08-31 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Twas the night before Christmas . . ." and Texas is ready and waiting for old Santy to appear. You may know the story, but you've never heard it like this before. Based on Clement C. Moore's poem, Texas Night Before Christmas is filled with images of the Lone Star State, whimsical illustrations, and playful text. It's an icy Christmas Eve as this Texas family prepares for Santy's visit. A great ruckus arouses Pa, and he spies Santy himself in full Western garb: rawhide suit, Stetson, and cowboy boots. He fills the young'uns' waiting boots, then warms himself a while before leaving for his next stop. As Ma and Pa lose sight of him in the fog, Santy calls out, "Merry Christmas, y'heah? And y'all have a good night!"

Download or read book Aimless Love written by Billy Collins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “America’s favorite poet.”—The Wall Street Journal From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines fifty new poems with generous selections from his four most recent books—Nine Horses, The Trouble with Poetry, Ballistics, and Horoscopes for the Dead. Collins’s unmistakable voice, which brings together plain speech with imaginative surprise, is clearly heard on every page, reminding us how he has managed to enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and greatly expand its audience. His work is featured in top literary magazines such as The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Atlantic, and he sells out reading venues all across the country. Appearing regularly in The Best American Poetry series, his poems appeal to readers and live audiences far and wide and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. By turns playful, ironic, and serious, Collins’s poetry captures the nuances of everyday life while leading the reader into zones of inspired wonder. In the poet’s own words, he hopes that his poems “begin in Kansas and end in Oz.” Touching on the themes of love, loss, joy, and poetry itself, these poems showcase the best work of this “poet of plenitude, irony, and Augustan grace” (The New Yorker). Envoy Go, little book, out of this house and into the world, carriage made of paper rolling toward town bearing a single passenger beyond the reach of this jittery pen and far from the desk and the nosy gooseneck lamp. It is time to decamp, put on a jacket and venture outside, time to be regarded by other eyes, bound to be held in foreign hands. So off you go, infants of the brain, with a wave and some bits of fatherly advice: stay out as late as you like, don’t bother to call or write, and talk to as many strangers as you can. Praise for Aimless Love “[Billy Collins] is able, with precious few words, to make me cry. Or laugh out loud. He is a remarkable artist. To have such power in such an abbreviated form is deeply inspiring.”—J. J. Abrams, The New York Times Book Review “His work is poignant, straightforward, usually funny and imaginative, also nuanced and surprising. It bears repeated reading and reading aloud.”—The Plain Dealer “Collins has earned almost rock-star status. . . . He knows how to write layered, subtly witty poems that anyone can understand and appreciate—even those who don’t normally like poetry. . . . The Collins in these pages is distinctive, evocative, and knows how to make the genre fresh and relevant.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Collins’s new poems contain everything you've come to expect from a Billy Collins poem. They stand solidly on even ground, chiseled and unbreakable. Their phrasing is elegant, the humor is alive, and the speaker continues to stroll at his own pace through the plainness of American life.”—The Daily Beast “[Collins’s] poetry presents simple observations, which create a shared experience between Collins and his readers, while further revealing how he takes life’s everyday humdrum experiences and makes them vibrant.”—The Times Leader

Download or read book West Texas Tales written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Mike Cox has been writing about Texas history for four decades, sharing tales that have been overlooked or forgotten through the years. Travel to El Paso during the "Big Blow" of 1895, brave the frontier with Elizabeth Russell Baker, and stare down the infamous killer known as Old Three Toe. From frontier stories and ghost towns to famous folks and accounts of everyday life, this collection of West Texas Tales has it all.

Download or read book Santa Calls written by William Joyce and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three kids venture to the North Pole to help Santa defeat an army of evil elves in this holiday classic from the brilliant mind that brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Art Atchinson Aimesworth—inventor, crime fighters, and all-around whiz kid—journeys north with his sister, Esther, and his pal Spaulding, by special invitation from Santa himself. Why did Santa call them to the North Pole? Art wants to know. But when Esther is taken by the Queen of the Dark Elves, Art must put his questions aside and save his sister. This reissue of William Joyce’s epic Christmas adventure now comes complete with lift-the-flap letters from Santa himself!

Download or read book The Twelve Days of Christmas in Texas written by Janie Bynum and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the 12 days of Christmas in Texas Ready to greet you are 9 leapin' lizards, 8 grazin' longhorns, 7 bass a-swimmin', 6 flags a-flyin'... and much more from the Lone Star State.Jos is so excited about his cousin Ashley's visit with him in Texas that he gives her one of these VERY unusual gifts on each of the twelve days of Christmas, and Ashley writes lively letters home to tell her mom and dad all about her trip. Lucky readers are in for a wild Christmas countdown

Download or read book The Johnson Sims Feud written by Bill O'Neal and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Johnson & Sims families were pioneer ranchers, settling in the same region--Lampasas & Burnet counties--in the dangerous years before the Civil War. After the War, Billy & Nannie Johnson & Dave & Laura Sims establish large ranches in adjoining counties in West Texas. At the turn of the century the two families united in a marriage of 14-year-old Gladys Johnson & 21-year-old Ed Sims. Several years later a nasty divorce ensued due in part to Gladys willfulness & Ed's drinking. More trouble followed over custody of their two children & Gladys took matters into her own hands.....

Download or read book A Texas Kind of Christmas written by Jodi Thomas and published by Zebra. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip to beautiful Texas and the fabled St. Nicholas Hotel on Christmas Eve, 1859 where anything can happen—even love—in the story collection fans of Diana Palmer, Linda Lael Miller, and Lori Wilde will fall in love with this holiday season! ONE NIGHT AT THE ST. NICHOLAS New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jodi Thomas To escape her stepmother’s plot to marry her off, Texas heiress Jacqueline Hartman spends Christmas Eve sharing a hideout with an accused bank robber. After a night in Nathanial Ward’s arms, Jacqueline is certain she has met her match after all. But will his heartfelt promise of love lead to his demise at the hands of the law? BIRDIE’S FLIGHT * Celia Bonaduce Seamstress Birdie Flanagan gets the surprise of her life when she receives a beautiful gown—and a sudden invitation—for the ball of the season! With her flaming red hair, Birdie creates a stir from the moment she arrives, capturing the eye of the dashing Captain Douglas Newcastle. But will a villainous suitor from her past keep her from her long awaited happily-ever-after? TEXAS SPIRIT * Rachael Miles When lovely spinster Eugenie Charpentier makes a trip across the Texas frontier with former Texas Ranger Asher Graham, she gets an unexpected lesson in the ways of rough-and-tumble men. But once Asher is escorting her across the dance floor at the Christmas ball, it’s Jenny’s turn to tutor the rugged lawman in the art of love. . . .

Download or read book West Texas Nights written by Sherryl Woods and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of Texas, love comes knocking when you least expect it… The Cowboy and His Wayward Bride Country singer Laurie Jensen has never forgotten her childhood sweetheart, rancher Harlan Patrick Adams. After all, she admitted she loved him, then left with no explanation when she discovered she was pregnant. Being on the road with a newborn has taken its toll, and she’s given everything for her career. The last thing she wants is to settle down—but will she change her mind when her baby’s father comes calling? Suddenly, Annie’s Father Ever since a tragic car accident ruined his career, ex—rodeo star Slade Sutton put down new roots at the Adams family ranch. His hectic life left little room for family—until his ten-year-old daughter lands on his doorstep with no one else to turn to. Slade knows he’ll need whatever help he can find—even from mysterious rancher Val Harding. Slade has a heart of gold when it comes to his daughter, but he must discover if there’s room in his heart for Val, too. Author of the hit Netflix series Sweet Magnolias

Download or read book Wild West Christmas written by Kathleen Y'Barbo and published by Barbour Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion hits the open range in four intriguing novellas by Kathleen Y'Barbo, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, and Vickie McDonough.

Download or read book A Texas Christmas Wish written by Jolene Navarro and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Healing Season Karly Kalakona’s new nursing job is the perfect Christmas gift she and her son needed for their future. The single mom just never counted on dealing with not only a stubborn patient, but also with his prodigal son. After years away, pilot Tyler Childress is only a temporary traveler to the Texas ranch he’s spent his life escaping. But the chemistry he shares with his father’s nurse is undeniable—and has him thinking of sticking around past the holiday season. Can Tyler learn to trust the woman whose caring ways are bringing his father back to life…and who might just be the partner his wandering heart can find a home with?

Download or read book The West Texas Power Plant That Saved the World written by Andy Bowman and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How one solar power plant might chart a sustainable path forward for enlisting American capitalism in the fight against climate change.

Download or read book An Armadillo Christmas written by Cressandra Thibodeaux and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming Christmas story, set in West Texas when Santa visits a small family of Armadillos on Christmas Eve.