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The Carsons of Mustang Creek volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Invited to stay at the Carson ranch while she researches how wild horses interact with ranch animals and ranchers, Luce Hale finds herself at odds with Drake Carson, who is wary and unwelcoming, but comes to her aid when he believes she is in danger.
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Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Language
English
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John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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B. M. Bowers first story, Chip of the Flying U, lays out a ranch in Montana and introduces the Happy Family, the bunkhouse gang that reappears in her later books. Chip is the typical woman-shy cowboy, but he is also a gifted artist (reputedly, Bower based the character on Charles M. Russell, who illustrated Chip). Della, a doctor, is the young woman who disrupts his solitary life. The result as a quality ranch romance. Chip of the Flying U was a great...
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New Americana volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Though hesitant to expose his daughter to the man war turned him into, Jake O'Reilly agrees to work on the ranch where his daughter is living. There he meets, Kira, his late wife's cousin, who runs a horse therapy program for troubled teens. Though Jake doesn't want any complications in his life, he finds himself drawn to the tough Kira and begins to feel his wounds finally start to heal.
6) The lost man
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of nowhere. So the eldest brother returns with his younger sibling to the family...
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Winnie the early years volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Eight-year-old Winnie is determined to become a horse gentler like her mother, both to prove herself to Austin, a big-talking classmate who owns a thoroughbred, and to save the ranch.
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Hopalong Cassidy novels volume 4
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Hopalong receives a message from the dead and rides in search of a cold-blooded killer.
12) The last cowboy
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Series
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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When a tragic accident changes everything, rancher Slade McPherson, who is about to lose his home, must swallow his pride and ask city girl Jordana Lawton to help him get out of this mess.
13) All summer long
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Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Can a summer fling turn into love that lasts a lifetime? Former underwear model turned entrepreneur Clay Stryker has loved, tragically lost and vowed that he'll never risk his heart again. After making his fortune, the youngest of the rugged Stryker brothers returns to Fool's Gold, California, to put down roots on a ranch of his own. But he's frustrated to discover that even in his hometown, people see him only for his world-famous assets. Firefighter...
14) Kiss me
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Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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In Fool's Gold, California, loner cowboy Zane Nicholson has been persuaded to take tourists on a cattle drive, where he meets Phoebe Kitzke, a city girl who knows nothing about ranching but might be the one woman who has a chance at capturing his heart.
15) Skylark
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Language
English
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The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.
My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first.
Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water.
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Publisher
Bison Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there at the dawn of the century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes, and windstorms provide authentic color. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that prepare Ralph to take his father's place. The first volume of Moody's little Britches series, this time-tested favorite...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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One hot day, Stanley sets out for a drive with little on his mind. The road is dusty, the pond dry, the cows hot and tired - a usual summer day...or is it? In his first book for children, renowned graphic designer Craig Frazier has combined bold, dynamic illustrations with a simple story that celebrates the imagination and the art of looking at the world in your own way.
18) Of mice and men
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Language
English
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An intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and shared dream that make an individual's existence meaningful.
Tragic tale of a simpleminded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him.
19) Northranger
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Language
English
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"In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muǫz finds himself falling for the ranch owner's mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret."--Provided by publisher.
20) Wonder Valley
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"From the acclaimed author of Visitation Street, a visionary portrait of contemporary Los Angeles in all its facets, from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row. When a teenage boy runs away from his father's mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six people all desperate for hope and love, scattered across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. There's Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to L.A....