Showdown On The Frio

Author : Calvin Bowden
Publisher : Calvin Bowden
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595418023

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Showdown on the Frio by Calvin Bowden Pdf

Young Helen Kipling's testimony sent the serial rapist/murderer Animal Sadac to prison the previous year but his conviction is reversed, and as he is being returned for re-trial he escapes and comes to Helen's ranch home to kill her, his only surviving victim. Still struggling to recover from the deep emotional scars resulting from being so brutally molested, and the impact of being seen by men as damaged goods unfit for marriage, she has just undertaken what she hopes will be the final stage of her rehabilitative efforts on the Frio River. Attempts by male officers to arrest or kill Sadac fail, convincing Helen she will die unless she devises a plan of her own to stop her psychopathic stalker. She lures Sadac out of hiding, but when the trooper friends guarding her are shot, she knows that unless she can overcome paralyzing panic long enough to complete her plan, she will be molested again and murdered.

Author : Kent Conwell
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 080349758X

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The Ying on Triad by Kent Conwell Pdf

With only a week to get the job done, Tony Boudreaux's attempts to prove the innocence of Bobby Packard, a man about to be executed for a ten-year-old murder, are complicated by the arrivals of his ex-wife and thieving father, the dealings of Chinese Tongs and Triads, a millionaire friend running for City Hall, and a disappearing corpse.

Author : Frederic Bean
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0821740652

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Santa Fe Showdown by Frederic Bean Pdf

Beaten down by four years of war and the defeat of his beloved Confederacy, the suicidal Trey Marsh rides toward Santa Fe, New Mexico, looking for trouble--and finding it.

Author : Kent Conwell
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803497881

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Extracurricular Murder by Kent Conwell Pdf

In order to secure an eight-million-dollar insurance claim for Frances Holderman, all Tony Boudreaux had to do was prove to Universal Life Insurance Company that his client was not responsible for the death of her husband, a local school district superintendent. What should have been a simple matter of confirming her alibi exploded in his face, leading Tony into a maze of suspects, each of which had his own reasons for murdering the superintendent; a tangle of faculty indiscretions, and the hidden world of high school drugs. To further complicate the investigation, Tony's nephew, Stewart Thibodeaux, breezed into Austin with lofty dreams of becoming a drug lord, only to wind up on the wrong end of an executioner's bullet.

Author : Kent Conwell
Publisher : Amazon Encore
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803498306

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Junction Flats Drifter by Kent Conwell Pdf

When Josh Barkley ties up his horse in front of the sheriff's office in Junction Flats, he gets more than he bargained for. He soon becomes entangled with a local rancher's headstrong daughter, who tells him that not only is she going to marry him, but she will help him carry out his sheriff's duties. Unfortunately, this includes accidentally knocking him unconcious while he is fighting with a hold-up man. And as if this weren't enough trouble, Josh learns he has landed smack dab in the middle of a town infiltrated by a Union spy ring trying to steal sixty-thousand dollars of Arizona gold headed for Galveston and the Confederate Navy.

Author : Jack DeMattos,Chuck Parsons
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574415940

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The Notorious Luke Short by Jack DeMattos,Chuck Parsons Pdf

Often times the smaller the man, the harder the punch--this adage was true in the case of diminutive Luke Short, whose brief span of years played out in the Wild West. His adventures began as a teenage cowboy who followed the trail from Texas to the Kansas railheads. He then served as a scout for the U.S. Army during the Indian wars and, finally, he perfected his skills as a gambler in locations that included Leadville, Tombstone, Dodge City, and Fort Worth. In 1883, in what became known as the "Dodge City War," he banded together with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and others to protect his ownership interests in the Long Branch Saloon--an event commemorated by the famous "Dodge City Peace Commission" photograph. The irony is that Luke Short is best remembered for being the winning gunfighter in two of the most celebrated showdowns in Old West history: the shootout with Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona, and the showdown against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas. He would have hated that. During his lifetime, Luke Short became one of the best known sporting men in the United States, and one of the wealthiest. He had been a partner in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, as well as the White Elephant in Fort Worth. He became friends with other wealthy sporting men, such as William H. Harris, Jake Johnson, and Bat Masterson, who helped broaden his gaming interests to include thoroughbred horse racing and boxing. Before he died he would become a familiar figure in Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, and Saratoga Springs, where he raced his string of horses. He traveled with other wealthy sporting men in private railroad cars to attend heavyweight championship fights. Luke Short was always a little man dealing in big games. He married the beautiful Hattie Buck, who could turns heads at all the top resorts they visited as man and wife. Jack DeMattos and Chuck Parsons have researched deeply into all records to produce the first serious biography of Luke Short, revealing in full the epitome of a sporting man of the Wild West.

Author : Bruce E. Johansen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313057199

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The Dirty Dozen by Bruce E. Johansen Pdf

Forty years after the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, this important study examines the history, industrial uses, and harmful effects of the twelve most commonly used organochloride chemicals. All have been fully or partially banned by the Stockholm Protocol, an international treaty signed by about 120 countries in December 2000. Among the twelve are the dioxins (the active ingredient in Agent Orange) and polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs), which are toxic in minute quantities. Johansen pays special attention to the Inuit of the Arctic, where these chemicals have been bio-accumulating to dangerous levels, moving up the food chain to a degree of toxicity that some Inuit mothers are no longer able to safely breast-feed their infants. The polar stratospheric ozone has been devastated by emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and new scientific findings connect global warming near the Earth's surface to significant cooling in the stratosphere. This synergy aggravates ozone depletion because the chemical reactions that destroy the ozone become more energetic as temperatures drop. Synthetic toxins have taken their toll on minority ethnic groups in the United States, and persistent organic pollutants have inflicted physiological damage on humans and other animals. Finally, Johansen explores the estrogenic effects of such chemicals. Sperm counts have declined as much as 50% in 50 years.

Author : Lauren Beukes
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316267939

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Zoo City by Lauren Beukes Pdf

A new paperback edition of Lauren Beukes's Arthur C Clarke Award-winning novel set in a world where murderers and other criminals acquire magical animals that are mystically bonded to them. Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding lost things. When a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, Zinzi's forced to take on her least favorite kind of job--missing persons. Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell's undertow. Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives--including her own.

Author : Paula Disbrowe
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-20
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780061979699

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Cowgirl Cuisine by Paula Disbrowe Pdf

Who hasn't fantasized about leaving behind the chaos of everyday life and moving someplace where life is simpler? Well, that's just what chef and food writer Paula Disbrowe did when she left New York City and moved to Texas. She traded her subway MetroCard for a pickup truck and her stiletto heels for a pair of down-home cowboy boots. In Cowgirl Cuisine, Paula tells her story through food. She weaves together romance, adventure, and more than a few laughs as she celebrates the beauty of flavorful food, fresh air, and her own wholesome recipes, all while taking home cooks on a journey well off the beaten path. Like Texas itself, the recipes in Cowgirl Cuisine are big-hearted and bold—whole-grain muffins bursting with berries, salads loaded with leafy herbs and avocado, and fiery bowls of chili. Paula's food is healthful and full of nutrients, but this is not a diet cookbook—cowgirls don't have time to count calories (besides, they burn it all off hoisting newborn calves, hiking the hills, and galloping off on long trail rides). Instead, this is food that is satisfying and easy to prepare, which leaves plenty of time for living life to the fullest. From hearty ranch breakfasts to fresh salads, spicy nibbles, seductive desserts, and killer watermelon margaritas, Paula's recipes are full of her signature zest, spunk, and spice. Start your day off right with Canyon Granola or Cowgirl Migas. For lunch, have a nourishing bowl of silky Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Red Chile Cream or Chicken and Citrus Slaw Tostadas. For dinner, try Gazpacho Risotto with Garlic Shrimp or Cowboy Pot Roast with Coffee and Whiskey. And be sure to save room for one of Paula's decadent desserts, such as Chocolate Pecan Squares or Dulce de Leche Flan with Pepita Brittle. In addition to her recipes, Paula includes humorous and heartfelt vignettes about wild animals on the loose, scorpions in the sheets, and Casanova cowboys. And the pages are filled with lush photographs of food and life on the range. Cowgirl Cuisine isn't just spurs and salsa—it's about following your dream. So saddle up and follow yours.

Author : Jane Kessler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art, American
ISBN : UVA:X002577594

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RSVP by Jane Kessler Pdf

Author : Kent Conwell
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803497180

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Vicksburg by Kent Conwell Pdf

Private Detective Tony Boudreaux investigates the alleged accident of his friend's father and gets caught up in a plot to defraud the dead man's family of millions of dollars.

Author : Patricia Covo Johnson
Publisher : Fine Art Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015026910433

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Contemporary Art in Texas by Patricia Covo Johnson Pdf

Since the 1960s the contemporary art scene in Texas has developed impressively and the exciting new artforms from this State have reached a growing and appreciative audience. Museums have expanded the scope of their exhibitions, more artists and art patrons have come to live in the metropolitan areas, and the fierce independence of Texas art has been increasingly recognized. Now, in the 1990s, and for the first time, three generations of artists are working simultaneously alongside each other. Artists in Texas work in multiple modes and frequently with unorthodox materials, away from the theoretical and commercial art world epicenters of New York and Los Angeles. But the sheer size of Texas underscores the complexity of the art scene taken as a whole: contemporary art in Texas has a nuance that is all its own and reflects it historical myths, the dreams of its heroes, and the social and political realities which pertain in the 1990s. This book addresses all of these themes and provides an insightful overview of contemporary art in this unique part of the country.

Author : Doug Bowman
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466881433

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The Three Lives of Littleton Blue by Doug Bowman Pdf

Doug Bowman puts the reader in the saddle beside Civil War veteran Litt Blue as he heads west after Lee's surrender. Blue is taken in by a rancher who is the grandfather of a close friend who died in the war. While learning the cattle business from the ground up, run-ins with toughs prove to the large-framed Blue that size alone is not enough to hold his own on this harsh cattle frontier. He learns to box and becomes on of the fastest draws around, and none too soon, for a big man draws challengers in cattle country--and Littleton Blue is as big as they come, in The Three Lives of Littleton Blue. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Rick Miller
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574413052

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Bloody Bill Longley by Rick Miller Pdf

William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter. In truth, Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint.

Author : Fran Gilliland
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781413468304

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Cibolo Creek by Fran Gilliland Pdf

Texas, June 1875...the life-and-death struggle on the frontier continues with raids by Indians, rustlers, and bandits alike...supplied by gunrunners whose greed knows no bounds, who ply their trade wherever their vile efforts take them. Lieutenant Jared Andrews is meeting Lilly in San Antonio to marry near Cibolo Creek. Instead, he ́s sent to patrol the Frio River area Indians attacked. He returns to find he ́s lost a bride, has been transferred to Santa Fe where his troops are mauled by repeating rifles, issued ́orders from the top ́, chases gunrunners to a bloody showdown at the Pecos River.