Author : Robert Hendrickson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2000-10-30
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 1438129920
Provides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.
Author : Marie Brennan
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781970087024
Featuring original stories by Marie Brennan, David Tallerman, E.E. King, Art Weil, Sarah M. Lewis, Pepper Hume, Karen Ovér, Liz Schriftsteller, Mariah Southworth, Mickey Kulp, Robert Millet, Valerie Manwill, Beth Winokur, Simone LW Mounsamy, Buzz Dixon, James Campbell, Frank Kozusko, Ellen Denton, Jill Hand, Veronica Brush, Jim Jeffreys and others
Author : William Least Heat-Moon
Publisher : HMH
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0547527470
This New York Times bestseller by the author of Blue Highways is “a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains” (Hungry Mind Review). William Least Heat-Moon travels by car and on foot into the core of our continent, focusing on the landscape and history of Chase County—a sparsely populated tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas—exploring its land, plants, animals, and people until this small place feels as large as the universe. Called a “modern-day Walden” by the Chicago Sun-Times, PrairyErth is a journey through a place, through time, and into the human mind from the acclaimed author of Here, There, Elsewhere: Stories from the Road. “A sense of the American grain that will give [PrairyErth] a permanent place in the literature of our country.” —Paul Theroux, The New York Times
Author : Brian Meehl
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 030748923X
Some folks have skeletons in their closets. The Waters have toilets. Jake’s mortified by his dad’s dream to open the American Toilet Museum. Toilets have caused enough turmoil in Patience, Kansas. Patience has been cursed for 129 years, since Jeremiah Waters installed the first flush toilet. The Dolphin Deluge Wash-Down Water Closet caused a stink, and since then Patience has been drying up like a cow pie in August. Jake wants out of Patience, especially when his dad gets a relic for his museum, triggering the curse’s last promise: “The day the Plunger of Destiny returns to Patience, the final destruction begins!” Can Jake save Patience by discovering what happened when Jeremiah last sat on the Dolphin Deluge Wash-Down Water Closet?
Author : Colleen Smith
Publisher : Friday Jones Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0984428909
" ... Story of the intellectual, spiritual, and carnal relationship between a lapsed Catholic stained-glass artist and a charismatic but wayward Catholic priest. Together they confront the mysteries of life and death, love and lust, spirituality and creativity"--Publisher description.
Author : Linda Clemons
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491756500
Lauren Scott thought she was done with small-town living, but after a short, disastrous marriage and one too many incidents involving stalking and injury, she returned to Whidbey Island, Washington, where she was raised. She just wanted to be happy. Lauren wished only to get on with her life and career. She looked forward to spending time with the friends she'd had since childhood. But she never expected to be the target of someone's hatenor did she expect to meet a man who kicked her heart into overdriveand gave her the courage to confront her enemy. Travis Hawke was a scarred military and police-force veteran. After years on the front lines, he had enough of violence. He just wanted to be left alone. On the island, he'd found sanctuary among the trees and beaches, and he knew it would be a safe place to wrap himself in peace and healing. The first time he met Lauren, he also knew she could change those plans. When he learned of her stalker, his retirement plans were put on hold. To save the woman who was healing his heart, he had one final mission ahead of him. In order to find the peace he and Lauren both need, he has to findand stopthe person who hates her enough to kill.
Author : Patrick F. McManus
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1429900695
Tales of rural Idaho by the New York Times–bestselling author: “There’s a smile or guffaw to be had on almost every page . . . entertainment aplenty.” —Publishers Weekly From fibbing fishermen to wilderness misadventures to eulogies for a mean dog, this is a charming collection of comic essays and tall tales from the Field & Stream and Outdoor Life writer and “funniest guy in a flannel shirt” (Kirkus Reviews). Among the many selections is the two-part title essay, in which Patrick McManus delves into the chaotic country boyhood that shaped him into one of the best-loved and bestselling authors of our age. “Gentle, ironic, self-deprecatory wit from the popular western humorist. There’s some of Bill Nye here and more still of Mark Twain.” —Booklist “The brief selections are of the type one might hear from a droll uncle/grandfather prefaced by the phrase, ‘When I was a boy.’ They are mainly outdoor adventures, some of which masquerade as hunting trips, and celebrate life. All are laugh-out-loud funny.” —School Library Journal “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic
Author : Bob West
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 10,54 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496233573
Twenty Miles of Fence recounts a decade of transformation, when Bob West decided to escape the pretense of his unfulfilling architectural career and to become, quite simply, a cowboy.
Author : Dale A. Dye
Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group via PublishDrive
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
For years during and after the war in Vietnam, tales of two American turncoats fighting with the enemy were dismissed as bush lore. Still, sighting reports continued until the two shadowy figures—one black man and one white man—got the code name Salt and Pepper. No one could prove or disprove the persistent stories until a small Marine recon team had a very close encounter with them near the DMZ. The leader of that patrol, Staff Sergeant Wilhelm Pudarski, found the traitorous GIs, looked into their eyes from the wrong end of a pistol, and lived to tell the tale. All photos and reports about the incident were classified. And then it all promptly disappeared with no revelation or explanation. After the war, it was forgotten...by everyone except Willy Pudarski. With a couple of veteran buddies, he embarks on a quest to find out the truth behind the legend. And that truth is so shocking that witnesses begin to die in mysterious circumstances. The search for Salt and Pepper quickly turns into a deadly hunt across two continents. “Here, in prose that positively crackles, he takes us along on what has been one great ride.” —Ed Ruggero: Veteran, Writer, Motivational Speaker
Author : Blue Sleighty
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2008-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 055703454X
Prologue: Have you ever had a moment of retrospection, perhaps recalling your first love, when your ultimate summation was "What the hell was I thinking?" This is that kind of a love story. A story about a relationship that could only have happened during that wonderful stage in one's life where we are blessed with youthful ignorance and when every taste of something new is delicious, exciting and wonderful. Another exciting novella by Blue Sleighty! Another romp with Blue and friends! Expect humor, adventure, excitement, danger, love, hate, laughter, tears, good guys and bad guys! And plenty of what Blue is famous for . . . steamy as ever!
