Stoking the Cowboy's Fire
Stoking the Cowboy's Fire

Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson

Publisher: Ocean Dance Press

Published: 2022-05-06

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1638039488

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Sold to his sister’s best friend… Cowboy and firefighter Cheyenne McLintock would rather battle a five-alarm blaze than participate in a bachelor auction. But the station needs a new firetruck. Then his sister’s bestie, Kendall Abbott, takes charge of the bidding. He’s kept her at arm’s length until now, but that’s no longer an option. And her innocence is more tempting than he wants to admit. When she was a teen, Kendall decided Cheyenne would be her first lover. She’s been patient for ten years, and now her opportunity has come. The time she won with her fantasy cowboy should do the trick. Baking his favorite cookies and concocting a reason he needs to spend the night gets the ball rolling. No match for her schemes, he goes down in flames. He knows she should expand her horizons. Then why does he hate that idea? Saddle up for the fun-filled Rowdy Ranch series! Steamy western romances from the NYT bestselling author who brought you the Buckskin Brotherhood of Apple Grove, Montana. If you like sexy cowboys, charming small towns, and laugh-out-loud adventures, you’ll love meeting the McLintocks of Rowdy Ranch. ROWDY RANCH The books in this series are standalone romances and can be read in any order. Having the Cowboy's Baby (Beau & Jess) Stoking the Cowboy's Fire (Cheyenne & Kendall) Testing the Cowboy's Resolve (Marsh & Ella) Rocking the Cowboy’s Christmas (Bret & Molly) Roping the Cowboy’s Heart (Clint & Tyra) Tempting the Cowboy's Sister (Dallas & Angie)

Stoking the Fire
Stoking the Fire

Author: Kirby Brown

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0806161833

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The years between Oklahoma statehood in 1907 and the 1971 reemergence of the Cherokee Nation are often seen as an intellectual, political, and literary “dark age” in Cherokee history. In Stoking the Fire, Kirby Brown brings to light a rich array of writing that counters this view. A critical reading of the work of several twentieth-century Cherokee writers, this book reveals the complicated ways their writings reimagined, enacted, and bore witness to Cherokee nationhood in the absence of a functioning Cherokee state. Historian Rachel Caroline Eaton (1869–1938), novelist John Milton Oskison (1874–1947), educator Ruth Muskrat Bronson (1897–1982), and playwright Rollie Lynn Riggs (1899–1954) are among the writers Brown considers within the Cherokee national and transnational contexts that informed their lives and work. Facing the devastating effects on Cherokee communities of allotment and assimilation policies that ultimately dissolved the Cherokee government, these writers turned to tribal histories and biographies, novels and plays, and editorials and public addresses as alternative sites for resistance, critique, and the ongoing cultivation of Cherokee nationhood. Stoking the Fire shows how these writers—through fiction, drama, historiography, or Cherokee diplomacy—inscribed a Cherokee national presence in the twentieth century within popular and academic discourses that have often understood the “Indian nation” as a contradiction in terms. Avoiding the pitfalls of both assimilationist resignation and accommodationist ambivalence, Stoking the Fire recovers this period as a rich archive of Cherokee national memory. More broadly, the book expands how we think today about Indigenous nationhood and identity, our relationships with writers and texts from previous eras, and the paradigms that shape the fields of American Indian and Indigenous studies.

Cowboys Like Us
Cowboys Like Us

Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson

Publisher: Ocean Dance Press

Published: 2021-07-02

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1638039666

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When love means saying goodbye… After a career ending sports injury, Logan Carswell retreats to a small Wyoming town to heal mind and body. But his short-term solution hits a snag when he meets sexy bartender Caro Davis. She’s everything he’s ever wanted. A generous lover. A loyal friend. But she’s firmly planted in a place he’ll never call home. Tending bar at the Spirits and Spurs suits Caro just fine. She’s a small-town girl who isn’t about to leave Shoshone or her ailing grandmother. Not even for the kindest, hottest man she’s ever met. He’s ditched his big-city clothes for cowboy duds, but the change is temporary. And every moment they share brings her closer to heartbreak… Saddle up for the Sons of Chance series! Steamy western romances from the NYT bestselling author who brought you The Buckskin Brotherhood of Apple Grove, Montana. If you like sexy cowboys, charming small towns, and laugh-out-loud adventures, you’ll love meeting the residents of the Last Chance Ranch. SONS OF CHANCE The books in this series are standalone romances and can be read in any order. What a Cowboy Wants (Nick & Dominique) A Cowboy's Temptation (Gabe & Morgan) Claimed by the Cowboy (Jack & Josie) Should've Been a Cowboy (Alex & Tyler) Cowboy Up (Clay & Emily) Cowboys Like Us (Logan & Caro) It's Christmas, Cowboy (Tucker & Lacey) It's About Time, Cowboy (Hutch & Katrina) Count on a Cowboy (Wyatt & Olivia) The Way to a Cowboy's Heart (Matthew & Aurelia) Trust in a Cowboy (Rafe & Meg) Only a Cowboy Will Do (Nash & Bethany) Wild About the Cowboy (Luke & Naomi) Cowboys and Angels (Trey & Elle) A Last Chance Christmas (Ben & Molly)

Cowboys and Angels
Cowboys and Angels

Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson

Publisher: Ocean Dance Press

Published: 2022-10-07

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1638039429

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Saved by an angel… A late-night rollover during a blizzard almost ended cowboy Trey Wheeler’s life. Although the accident’s a blur, a woman’s voice haunts his dreams. For months he searches for her. Is she real? But when he’s invited to a Christmas wedding at a ski resort, Trey hears his angel. Ski instructor Elle Masterson follows her bliss year-round, spending winters in Wyoming and summers in Argentina. Since Fate has thrown Trey in her path a second time, why not enjoy a holiday fling with the gorgeous cowboy? But only if he understands that when the wedding festivities end, they’ll part ways. Trey is determined to change her mind. Can he pull off a Christmas miracle? Saddle up for the Sons of Chance series! Steamy western romances from the NYT bestselling author who brought you The Buckskin Brotherhood of Apple Grove, Montana. If you like sexy cowboys, charming small towns, and laugh-out-loud adventures, you’ll love meeting the residents of the Last Chance Ranch. SONS OF CHANCE The books in this series are standalone romances and can be read in any order. What a Cowboy Wants (Nick & Dominique) A Cowboy's Temptation (Gabe & Morgan) Claimed by the Cowboy (Jack & Josie) Should've Been a Cowboy (Alex & Tyler) Cowboy Up (Clay & Emily) Cowboys Like Us (Logan & Caro) Count on a Cowboy (Wyatt & Olivia) It's Christmas, Cowboy (Tucker & Lacey) It's About Time, Cowboy (Hutch & Katrina) The Way to a Cowboy's Heart (Matthew & Aurelia) Trust in a Cowboy (Rafe & Meg) Only a Cowboy Will Do (Nash & Bethany) Wild About the Cowboy (Luke & Naomi) Cowboys and Angels (Trey & Elle) A Last Chance Christmas (Ben & Molly)

Where Did All the Cowboys Go?
Where Did All the Cowboys Go?

Author: Joe Millard

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-02-02

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1450283144

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History is more than national personalities, wars, and horrible catastrophes; it is stories told by people who have lived ordinary lives. In Where Did All the Cowboys Go?, author Joe Millard gives a first-person account of what life was like growing up in rural Iowa in the 1940s. From the perspective of young Gene Millard, this memoir reveals the experiences of a one-room school education where pupils studied geography from a globe, read the childrens classics, learned sportsmanship on the playground, and bought war bonds. It also recounts Genes non-classroom life experiences in Farlin, Iowa, where he learned to play pool at the village gossip center next to the blacksmith shop, loathe boxing in the IOOF hall, and understand friendship at a box social. Genes experiences mirror those of the thousands of children who grew up on farms in the Midwest and Great Plains in the 1940s. The recollection of these memories will lead others to remember the nostalgia of the days of Saturday cowboy movies, participating in Christmas school plays, fishing in creeks, and enjoying community events. It provides a personal perspective of the times and fills a void in the history books.

The Calico and Cowboys Romance Collection
The Calico and Cowboys Romance Collection

Author: Mary Connealy

Publisher: Barbour Publishing

Published: 2017-12-01

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 1683225376

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Love sneaks up on eight couples in the Old West. The Old West comes to life under the talented pen of bestselling author Mary Connealy. Enjoy a lighthearted ride alongside seven historical and one contemporary cowboys and the women who tame their hearts. The Advent Bride Melanie Douglas is alone on the Nebraska plains, teaching school to get by. She finds a unique box with hidden drawers to use over the advent season to engage a young boy in his schooling. When Henry O’Keeffe sees a positive change in his son, he has to see for himself what this new teacher is doing. A Bride Rides Herd Matt Reeves arrives at his brother’s ranch to find Betsy Harden alone with the little girls during a cattle drive. Will the ladies be too much to handle when Matt steps in for the missing ranch hand? His Surprise Family A lonely young rancher orders a mail-order bride and after the vows are spoken, she “surprises” him with her three little brothers. No amount of apologies Meghan McCray gives are going to make Silas Harden, Jr. believe a word she says. Should Silas just build himself another house and let his mail-order family take over the one he’s got? Homestead on the Range Widow Elle Winter meets new homesteader Colin Samuelson on the Nebraska prairie, but the attraction between them is soon dampened by the discovery that they have seven children between them. Soon their children are working against them to bring the two families together. Sophie’s Other Daughter Dr. Ike Reeves comes home to visit his family only to bring trouble in the form of outlaws who believe he witnessed their latest crime. When the gang traps Ike and his old nemesis, Lauren McClellen, in a cave, they must work together to outsmart the thugs. But will their time together put them in a compromising situation that will threaten both of their good reputations? The Sweetwater Bride Debba McClain takes offense at being offered a wedding in exchange for valuable water rights. But she doesn’t like to see a good man’s cattle die of thirst—and the rancher Tanner Harden is rather handsome. Texas Tea Luke Reeves has gotten wealthy in the oil business and goes to visit his uncle to convince him to sign over the oil rights to his land. But when he meets his grown up adopted cousin Libby Cooper, he may be forced to give up one dream to win another. Hope for Christmas It might be 2016, but Montana is still a mighty rough place to survive the winter. When Silas Harden finds the very pregnant Kelsey Black in a wrecked car surrounded by a pack of wolves in the heart of a blizzard he takes her to his remote home. What will Silas do when the baby decides to come and Kelsey confesses why she was out in such a terrible storm?

Cowboys Full
Cowboys Full

Author: James McManus

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2009-10-27

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1429990686

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From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate. Cowboys Full is the story of poker, from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe to its ascent as a global—but especially an American—phenomenon. It describes how early Americans took a French parlor game and, with a few extra cards and an entrepreneurial spirit, turned it into a national craze by the time of the Civil War. From the kitchen-table games of ordinary citizens to its influence on generals and diplomats, poker has gone hand in hand with our national experience. Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama have deployed poker and its strategies to explain policy, to relax with friends, to negotiate treaties and crises, and as a political networking tool. The ways we all do battle and business are echoed by poker tactics: cheating and thwarting cheaters, leveraging uncertainty, bluffing and sussing out bluffers, managing risk and reward. Cowboys Full shows how what was once accurately called the cheater's game has become amostly honest contest of cunning, mathematical precision, and luck. It explains how poker, formerly dominated by cardsharps, is now the most popular card game in Europe, East Asia, Australia, South America, and cyberspace, as well as on television. It combines colorful history with firsthand experience from today's professional tour. And it examines poker's remarkable hold on American culture, from paintings by Frederic Remington to countless poker novels, movies, and plays. Braiding the thrill of individual hands with new ways of seeing poker's relevance to our military, diplomatic, business, and personal affairs, Cowboys Full is sure to become the classic account of America's favorite pastime.

Cowboys, Armageddon, and the Truth
Cowboys, Armageddon, and the Truth

Author: Scott M. Terry

Publisher: Lethe Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1590213661

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Cowboys, Armageddon, and The Truth: How a Gay Child Was Saved from Religion offers an illuminating glimpse into a child's sequestered world of abuse, homophobia, and religious extremism. Scott Terry's memoir is a compelling, poignant and occasionally humorous look into the Jehovah's Witness faith-a religion that refers to itself as The Truth-and a brave account of Terry's successful escape from a troubled past. At the age of ten, Terry had embraced the Witnesses' prediction that the world will come to an end in 1975 and was preparing for Armageddon. As an adolescent, he prayed for God to strip away his growing attraction to other young men. But by adulthood, Terry found himself no longer believing in the promised apocalypse. Through a series of adventures and misadventures, he left the Witness religion behind and became a cowboy, riding bulls in the rodeo. He overcame the hurdles of parental abuse, religious extremism, and homophobia and learned that Truth is a concept of honesty rather than false righteousness, a means to live a life openly, for Terry as a gay man."

Visual Stories
Visual Stories

Author: Vincent Laforet

Publisher: New Riders

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0132837382

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There is an art to capturing a photo that tells a story. You need to know what belongs in the frame and what to leave out, what to emphasize in the photo that adds to the story, and how to use light, shape, and color all to express meaning while lending aesthetic value to the image itself. Vincent Laforet – Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and voted one of the "100 Most Influential People in Photography" by American Photo – gives a rare look into the art of photography through his lens as a master editorial and commercial photographer. This beautiful book contains full-color spreads, with scene details and technical information to help tell the visual stories of larger-than-life life events such as Hurricane Katrina, the Olympic Games, and the war zone of Pakistan. With over 100 photos included, you will gain important insights into how you can achieve similar looks—blending what the camera does with the stories you want to tell. Learn how the principles of photojournalism can be applied to telling stories with a single image. Use light, shape, and color to create rich photos that tell the story as well as add sensitivity to beauty and emotion. Learn how the relationship between foreground and background can be used to creatively produce images with strong impact, and choose lenses based on this discovery. Understand the value of an image and convey a more in-depth story of the subject in any genre of photography, including landscapes, close-ups, portraits, action shots, aerials, and more. Receive an up-close and personal view of the author and his work by watching over 60 videos on the accompanying DVD. All of Peachpit's eBooks contain the same content as the print edition. You will find a link in the last few pages of your eBook that directs you to the media files. Helpful tips: If you are able to search the book, search for "Where are the lesson files?" Go to the very last page of the book and scroll backwards. You will need a web-enabled device or computer in order to access the media files that accompany this ebook. Entering the URL supplied into a computer with web access will allow you to get to the files. Depending on your device, it is possible that your display settings will cut off part of the URL. To make sure this is not the case, try reducing your font size and turning your device to a landscape view. This should cause the full URL to appear.

Urban Cowboys
Urban Cowboys

Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson

Publisher: Harlequin Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 9780373201884

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Three connected full-length stories from a bestselling author are presented, and feature three tried-and-true New Yorkers who become partners in an Arizona guest ranch.