His Texas Touch
Title | His Texas Touch PDF eBook |
Author | Altonya Washington |
Publisher | Kimani Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2012-07-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0373862695 |
Heiress Avra Ross has made a name for herself while working at her family's newspaper, which is known for uncovering lies and corruption. But an ongoing murder investigation brings her into the crosshairs of Samson Melendez, heir to one of the Lone Star state's most famed dynasties. Determined to resist the gorgeous executive's commanding charm, Avra realizes that far more than the truth is at stake. Because the Ross and Melendez families have been close for years, Sam has always hidden his secret desire for Avra. But now he and the willowy beauty must work together to uncover a shocking truth that could turn their powerful Western clans into bitter rivals. Soon passion ignites as a breaking scandal unfolds. Sam and Avra must unmask the unseen enemy threatening to bring down both their families...or risk losing a love they can no longer deny
Texas Touch
Title | Texas Touch PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Merritt |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780821738450 |
The newest historical scorcher from the bestselling author of Lone Star Lovesong and Viking Captive. Now that lovely Floryn had rescued Cord Donaldson from jail, she refused to return to the Fancy Lady ranch without him. But there was more than love at stake here. If Cord wouldn't help her with the ranch, she would lose everything.
Touch of Texas
Title | Touch of Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Tracy Garrett |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781420101003 |
A winning entry in Zebras Debut Program, this title delivers the story of a Texas Ranger with a troubled past, who finds shelter from a storm--and soul-stirring passion--with an innocent beauty who has some secrets of her own. Original.
The Injustice Never Leaves You
Title | The Injustice Never Leaves You PDF eBook |
Author | Monica Muñoz Martinez |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2018-09-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674989384 |
Winner of the Caughey Western History Prize Winner of the Robert G. Athearn Award Winner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner of the TCU Texas Book Award Winner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award Winner of the María Elena Martínez Prize Frederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist “A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas’s past.” —Texas Monthly Between 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas–Mexico border—including members of the famed Texas Rangers—murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. A groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, The Injustice Never Leaves You has upended Texas’s sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. “It’s an apt moment for this book’s hard lessons...to go mainstream.” —Texas Observer “A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
The Texan's Touch
Title | The Texan's Touch PDF eBook |
Author | Jodi Thomas |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1998-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 110121922X |
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas gives readers a taste of the passion and adventure of the Old West with the first addicting romance in her series featuring the McLain brothers. When Yankee doctor Adam McClain is kidnapped and forced to treat a wounded confederate soldier, he soon learns his patient’s name is not Nick, but Nichole. He is struck to his core by her bravery and beauty—and by the brief kiss they share that night. In the morning she saves his life in turn, protecting him from her rebel comrades, and sending him away from the Confederate camp, never to see her again—or so he believes. Despite knowing that he can never be the same after their fateful encounter, Adam returns home after the war to his fiancée, the wealthy daughter of a snobby family of war profiteers, and tries to forget the girl in gray. But when, months later, Nichole reappears, asking for his help once more, Adam must make a choice. In a land still healing from the war that nearly tore it apart, will love prevail?
Harry Huntt Ransom
Title | Harry Huntt Ransom PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Gribben |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0292779119 |
Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Tennessee and his education at Yale, where he earned a doctorate, Alan Gribben provides new insight into the factors that shaped Ransom's future as a renowned administrator and defender of the humanities. Ransom's career at the University of Texas began in 1935, when he was hired as an instructor of English. He rose through the ranks to become chancellor, stepping down in 1971 during a volatile period when debates about the University's central mission raged—particularly over the question of commercializing higher education. The development of Ransom's lasting legacy, the Humanities Research Center bearing his name, is explored in depth as well. Bringing to life a legendary figure, Harry Huntt Ransom is a colorful testament to a singular man of letters who had the audacity to propose "that there be established somewhere in Texas—let's say in the capital city—a center of our cultural compass, a research center to be the Bibliothèque Nationale of the only state that started out as an independent nation."
Texas Tough
Title | Texas Tough PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Dailey |
Publisher | Kensington Books |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2015-05-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0758293984 |
A rancher must fight to protect his family—and the heiress he loves—in this romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Calder Saga. He’s everything she doesn’t need. The quiet horse whisperer whose touch still ignites her dreams—and is everything wealthy Lauren Prescott is not. She can think of a million reasons why she should never ever fall into Sky Fletcher's sure embrace again. Until she clashes head-on with the dangerous complications of her privileged life and needs his protection like air to breathe… She's more than he can resist. The heiress Sky can't get out of his heart, no matter how much he tries. And being the secret third Tyler son doesn't change a thing. All he wants from his two brothers is help uncovering a dangerous conspiracy threatening his land, their ranch, and the spirited beauty he never should have touched…. Praise for the Tylers of Texas series "Big, bold, and sexy, Texas True is Janet Dailey at her best!”—Kat Martin “Dailey does the genre proud with plenty of intrigue, subplots, twists and, of course, love. Fans and newcomers alike will revel in the ride.”—Publishers Weekly on Texas Tall