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Author | : Lass Small |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2012-07-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1459288319 |
Ruffan Reddy's Rules For the Ultimate Blind Date: 1. Don't crash your rig into a woman's car unless you really want to meet her. 2. Don't try to deal rationally with a woman driving a white car in a blinding snowstorm—especially if she's also dressed for a Texas picnic. 3. Don't make conversation as you both wait inside your cramped truck for help to arrive. 4. Do determine the size of her ring finger when you're still stranded on the side of the highway twenty-four interesting hours later….
Author | : Monica Muñoz Martinez |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2018-09-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674989384 |
Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the María Elena Martínez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist “A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas’s past.” —Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas–Mexico border—including members of the famed Texas Rangers—murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas’s sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. “It’s an apt moment for this book’s hard lessons...to go mainstream.” —Texas Observer “A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Author | : Admiral William H. McRaven |
Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-04-04 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1455570230 |
Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal). If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better. Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments. "Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national security vault." --Washington Post "Superb, smart, and succinct." --Forbes
Author | : Jonathan Evison |
Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1616209232 |
Recipient of the 2019 Alex Award “Mike Muñoz Is a Holden Caulfield for a New Millennium--a '10th-generation peasant with a Mexican last name, raised by a single mom on an Indian reservation' . . . Evison, as in his previous four novels, has a light touch and humorously guides the reader, this time through the minefield that is working-class America.” --The New York Times Book Review For Mike Muñoz, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew--he’s smart enough to know that he’s got to be the one to shake things up if he’s ever going to change his life. But how? He’s not qualified for much of anything. He has no particular talents, although he is stellar at handling a lawn mower and wielding clipping shears. But now that career seems to be behind him. So what’s next for Mike Muñoz? In this funny, biting, touching, and ultimately inspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man determined to achieve the American dream of happiness and prosperity--who just so happens to find himself along the way.
Author | : Brian T. Atkinson |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2021-05-12 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1623499275 |
Mickey Newbury (1940–2002) grew up in Houston and moved to Nashville in the early 1960s, following his muse. He wrote top hits for many well-known artists, including Don Gibson, Andy Williams, Kenny Rogers, Tom Jones, and others. He is probably best known, however, for being name-checked in the song “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” by Waylon Jennings. Newbury has been cited by Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Townes Van Zandt, and many other eminent singer-songwriters as a primary influence. In his own independent fashion, Newbury helped to loosen the grip maintained for decades by the Nashville studio system, thus paving the way for later innovators like Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, and others. He is still the only songwriter to produce hits on four different charts in the same year in 1968: “Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition was In)” on the pop/rock charts, “Sweet Memories” on easy listening, “Time Is a Thief” on the R & B charts, and “Here Comes the Rain, Baby” in country. Following the successful pattern established in his previous works on Townes Van Zandt and Ray Wylie Hubbard, veteran music journalist Brian T. Atkinson has interviewed artists such as Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Bare, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and many others to learn how Newbury’s influence continues to shape the musical and artistic approach of both seasoned and newer performers. Forewords by Larry Gatlin and Don McLean set the stage for a fascinating look back at one of the most revered songwriters and musicians of recent decades.
Author | : United States. Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1316 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author | : Aden Tate |
Publisher | : Prepper Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
How does prepping mesh with the Christian faith? Is prepping actually a sign of a lack of faith in God? The Faithful Prepper seeks to not only answer such questions, but also takes a look at a number of other post-disaster scenarios and some of the things a Christian will have to think about in each of them. Such scenarios include: •How do you incorporate charity into post-disaster life without compromising your family’s safety? •How do you live with others in confined circumstances in a very dangerous environment? •What is the role of the church post-disaster, if any? •Who do you let stay at your retreat post-disaster, and who do you turn away? •How do you live a prepared lifestyle, yet not one dominated by fear? •When bad stuff happens post-disaster, how do you cope? •How do you care for those who have special needs post-disaster? •And much more… Aden Tate is a Christian writer who lives in The Beautiful South. To keep up to date with his most recent works, visit adentate.weebly.com.
Author | : Edward Everett Hale |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : William Faulkner |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2011-05-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307791971 |
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” —William Faulkner These short works offer three different approaches to Faulkner, each representative of his work as a whole. Spotted Horses is a hilarious account of a horse auction, and pits the “cold practicality” of women against the boyish folly of men. Old Man is something of an adventure story. When a flood ravages the countryside of the lower Mississippi, a convict finds himself adrift with a pregnant woman. And The Bear, perhaps his best known shorter work, is the story of a boy’s coming to terms wit the adult world. By learning how to hunt, the boy is taught the real meaning of pride, humility, and courage.
Author | : Jacob Hooper Wise |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1000 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : American literature |
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