Kiplinger's Personal Finance


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The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.




Encyclopedia of the Blues-2nd (p)


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All Music Guide to the Blues


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Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.




East Texas Serendipity


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This book explores the answers to lifes many questions, such as the following: Who was Sam Hill? What is Adams off ox? What is the difference between a redneck and a good ole boy? It is a lead pipe since you will enjoy reading this book because it is what it is, a fair-to-middling, rule-of-thumb, bird-in-the-hand explanation of the questions that you have always wanted to ask but never got around to.




I Don't Sound Like Nobody


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A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history




The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6, Part 1


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The vibrant tales of adventure by Louis L’Amour, one of America’s most beloved storytellers, have brought the American West to life. In The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6, Part 1, L’Amour takes us beyond the frontier with gripping stories of crime, sports, and the murky world where the two often meet. These electrifying stories roam from the naked glare of boxing arenas rife with corruption, and freight docks where laborers toil to earn just enough to get by, to the penthouses of the rich and arrogant who calculate the odds of how to get even more. From suspenseful whodunits to rueful tales of fortunes gained and lost, this remarkable collection will enthrall and entertain L’Amour fans old and new.




Texas Politics


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The seventh edition of this popular text has been expanded and updated to better fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas politics course. Jillson continues to approach the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, while giving students the most even-handed, readable, and engaging description of Texas politics available today. Students are encouraged to connect the origins and development of government and politics in Texas to its current practice and alternatives possible through change and reform. This text helps instructors prepare their students to master the origin and development of the Texas Constitution, the structure and powers of state and local government in Texas, how Texas fits into the U.S. federal system, as well as political participation, the electoral process, and public policy in Texas. Texas Politics offers instructors and students an unmatched range of pedagogical aids and tools. Each chapter opens with an engaging vignette and a series of focus questions to orient readers to the learning objectives at hand and concludes with a chapter summary, a list of key terms, review questions, suggested readings, and web resources. "Let’s Compare" boxes help students see how Texas sits alongside other states, "Texas Legends" boxes spotlight key figures in Texas political history, "Pro & Con" boxes bring conflicting political views into sharper focus and every chapter features a timeline of important events in Texas history. New to the 7th Edition Covers the 2016 national elections, the 2017 legislative session, and the 2018 state and national elections as they affect Texas. Highlights Governor Greg Abbott’s call for a constitutional convention; Texas voter ID law updates; redistricting cases; the right of secession; and Obergefell v. Hodges. Provides a detailed study of the 2018–2019 state budget and the taxing and spending decisions that went into it, including the Texas Supreme Court school funding decision of 2016.




Louisiana Lou


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'Louisiana Lou' is a Western-themed novel by William West Winter. The story takes place in the old West during the first year of a new century on Ike Brandon's sheep ranch at Twin Forks. The ranch is situated in a bare, brown rolling plain with little greenery, except for the ranch's fields and a line of willows and cottonwoods along the creek. Ike is a sheepman who grazes large herds of sheep in an area previously dominated by cattlemen. Although there had been previous conflicts between sheep and cattle ranchers, the tension has dissipated, and Ike now walks unafraid on his land. The nearest neighbors are 40 miles away, and the landscape is mostly unpopulated, creating a sense of isolation and loneliness. The story follows Ike's journey as he navigates the challenges of being a sheep rancher in a cattle-dominated area and his relationships with those around him.




Kiplinger's Personal Finance


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The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.




Lords of the Plains


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Josiah Wakefield and his friend Dan Sturgis are buffalo hunters on the Northern Plains of Nebraska, shortly after the Civil War. Their job is to provide meat for the labourers pushing the Union Pacific Railroad relentlessly westward. Tiring of the bloody slaughter, they find work as trouble-shooters for the same railroad, as Sioux warriors are attacking the supply trains and tracklayers. However, the pair quickly discover that someone is supplying the Indians with repeating rifles, and that stolen 'Double Eagles' are the incentive. Recovering the gold turns out to be relatively simple: keeping hold of it is something else entirely. Even the Missouri River seems to be against them. Unsure who they can trust, they return to the railhead. Here, in a familiar environment, they decide to make a stand against all comers, in the hope that they can finally bring the ringleader to account.