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The Desert Rose

Author : Larry McMurtry

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 14,25 MB

Release : 2015-10-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1447274652

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Bittersweet, funny and touching, Larry McMurtry's The Desert Rose is the story of Harmony, a Las Vegas showgirl. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. She's one of a dying breed of dancers, faced with fewer and fewer jobs and an even bleaker future. Yet she maintains a calm cheerfulness in that arid neon landscape of supermarkets, drive-in wedding chapels, and all-night casinos. While Harmony's star is fading, her beautiful, cynical daughter Pepper's is on the rise. But Harmony remains wistful and optimistic through it all. She is the unexpected blossom in the wasteland, the tough and tender desert rose.



Desert Rose

Author : Edythe Scott Bagley

Publisher : University of Alabama Press

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 17,6 MB

Release : 2012-04-27

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0817317651

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A detailed account of Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education, as well as her later role as her husband's most trusted confidant and advisor.



Desert Rose

Author : Jordyn Youngblood

Publisher :

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 27,56 MB

Release : 2021-04-28

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ISBN :

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When Will, a young gay gender-fluid artist is abandoned by the one person he cares most about in the world, he's left desperate and broken, with nowhere to turn. All he has is the phone number of a man who once purchased a few of his paintings and had propositioned him with the opportunity of a lifetime. A year later, Will feels confident, sexy, and desperately in love with Dorian, the owner of New Orleans' underground gay brothel; Desert Rose. The money is good, the sex is better, and every day is a party, until Will realizes things are not what they seem. Every day then becomes a battle between obligation, love, true happiness, and the devastating guilt that Will's newest client, Nikolai, makes him smile more than Dorian ever has.



Desert Rose

Author : Linda Chaikin

Publisher : Harvest House Publishers

Page : 363 pages

File Size : 15,6 MB

Release : 2003-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0736945881

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Jack Halliday struck it rich in the 1860 silver boom in Virginia City! As Annalee and her mother travel to join him in Nevada, their joy turns to ashes. They're unprepared for the savage mountain winter that traps them in a desperate struggle for survival. At this critical moment, lawman Brett Wilder arrives in town. He's looking for the gunslinger who crippled his father—and he suspects Jack. When Annalee and Brett meet as they each search for Jack, they must face what they believe about the sovereignty of God, justice, and mercy. They also must discover whether their growing love for one another will melt like snow into an icy mountain stream or bloom like a rose in the desert.



Parables of the Cross

Author : I. Lilias Trotter

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 33 pages

File Size : 21,35 MB

Release : 2013-03-25

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1625589050

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Isabella Lilias Trotter (1853-1928) was an artist and a missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. John Ruskin, the famous art critic, didn't believe that ladies could paint before he met Lilias. He changed his mind after he met her and believed that if she would give her life to painting she could become the greatest painter of the nineteenth century. Ruskin believed that if she would devote herself to art "she would be the greatest living painter and do things that would be immortal. " He was unhappy that she was spending so much time on the streets of London, helping with the YWCA, when he thought she ought to be painting. Lilias, however, decided to give up her career in art in order to serve God. She always remained a good friend of Ruskin's though, and they wrote many letters when she was in Algeria. She also wrote several books - beautifully illustrated by herself, including: Parables of the Cross (1894), Parables of the Christ-Life (1899), and a book for Sufi Muslims, The Way of the Sevenfold Secret.



Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog

Author : Alison Jackson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Children's Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,70 MB

Release : 2009-09-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780802798336

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When gritty pig farmer Desert Rose finds a gold nugget just a-lyin' there in the mud, she decides to buy herself the biggest, fattest hog she can find. But getting that highfalutin hog home in time for the Laredo state fair proves to be more than Rose bargained for. When a cold-hearted coyote, a persnickety snake, a lethargic Texas longhorn, and a whole host of other southern varmints prove to be unhelpful, Rose must pair up with a shrewd armadillo to get every animal over the river and off to Laredo in time.



Home Gardener's Guide to Growing Desert Roses

Author : Cath Grimshaw

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,29 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Gardening

ISBN : 9781925497090

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"Be enchanted by the Desert Rose and learn how to successfully grow them in your garden. The Adenium, commonly known as the Desert Rose, is fast becoming very popular in gardens across Australia. With their unusual trunks and outstanding flowers, and being reasonably low maintenance, it is easy to see why. Cath Grimshaw is passionate about the Desert Rose and has mastered the art of growing these most rewarding plants. Co-owner of Grimshaw's Nursery in Charters Towers, North Queensland, Cath has now developed this insightful and educational book to teach the home gardener how to grow the Desert Rose. Be inspired to create a sturdy and beautiful garden with the Desert Rose as its feature."--



Australian Bush Flower Essences

Author : Ian White

Publisher : Findhorn Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 28,31 MB

Release : 1993-01-01

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9780905249841

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Health / Self-Help Using the healing properties of flower essences is an ancient art, spanning many cultures. Flower essences are safe and powerful catalysts that anyone can use. Not only do they bring clarity to the conscious mind and develop many intuitive abilities, but they also resolve negative beliefs and directly affect us at the level where we make decisions about our emotions, health, vitality and relationships. Flower essences unlock our inherent positive qualities such as love, courage and joy. Naturopath Ian White has taken this age-old study and applied it to the flowering plants of the Australian bush, showing that the energy and power in the ancient lands of Australia are manifested in the healing properties of its plants. In Australian Bush Flower Essences, he gives an informative yet personal picture of fifty bush flower essences from all over the country, as well as detailed information about their preparation and use in all areas of healing. He also provides a bibliography of important works about natural healing and an index of illnesses and their treatment. Fully illustrated, Australian Bush Flower Essences is the most comprehensive and farreaching book yet written about this important modality. It is designed to allow anyone to feel competent and confident in using these essences to bring about health, harmony and well-being. IanWhite is a highly respected practitioner and teacher of naturopathy and kinesiology. His family have been natural health practitioners specializing in herbal medicine for five generations. www.ausflowers.com.au



Being Merry

Author : Meka James

Publisher : Jazen Ink Press

Page : 89 pages

File Size : 45,44 MB

Release : 2020-11-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Goodwill towards others has never felt better… Noelle Cameron won’t let being basically homeless in a new state dampen her Christmas spirit. Thanks to her coworker, she has a temporary housing possibility. However, her new potential roommate is about as welcoming as the Grinch. But Noelle refuses to let scowls and snide remarks about her festive attire steal her joy. Winning over the cranky Lennox will be a victory sweeter than sugar cookies. Lennox Sutton doesn’t want to live with anyone. Unfortunately, one well delivered guilt trip from her sister means taking in the woman wearing a reindeer headband and an attitude that goes past glass half full to it completely spilling over. Now she’s stuck with a person who embodies everything Lennox dislikes about the holiday season. But beneath the ugly sweaters shines someone whose company Lennox could enjoy. A meddling sister and a dash of Christmas magic might have these two polar opposites finding new ways to enjoy the season of giving.



Baking Chez Moi

Author : Dorie Greenspan

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 499 pages

File Size : 23,71 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 0547724241

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By the author of the award-winning Around My French Table and Baking: From My Home to Yours, an irresistible collection of radically simple desserts from French home cooks and pastry chefs.