The Desert Rose

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439128831

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The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry Pdf

Pulitzer Prize–winner Larry McMurtry writes novels set in the American heartland, but his real territory is the heart itself. His gift for writing about women—their love for reckless, hopeless men; their ability to see the good in losers; and their peculiar combination of emotional strength and sudden weakness—makes The Desert Rose the bittersweet, funny, and touching book that it is. Harmony is a Las Vegas showgirl with the best legs in town. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. She throws her love away on second-rate men, but wakes up in the morning full of hope. She's one of a dying breed of dancers, faced with fewer and fewer jobs and an even bleaker future. Yet, she maintains a calm cheerfulness in that arid neon landscape of supermarkets, drive-in wedding chapels, and all-night casinos. While Harmony's star is fading, her beautiful, cynical daughter Pepper's is on the rise. But Harmony remains wistful and optimistic through it all. She is the unexpected blossom in the wasteland, the tough and tender desert rose. Hers is a loving portrait that only Larry McMurtry could render.

Author : Edythe Scott Bagley,Joseph H. Hilley
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780817317652

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Desert Rose by Edythe Scott Bagley,Joseph H. Hilley Pdf

A detailed account of Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education, as well as her later role as her husband's most trusted confidant and advisor.

Author : Linda Chaikin
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780736945882

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Desert Rose by Linda Chaikin Pdf

Jack Halliday struck it rich in the 1860 silver boom in Virginia City! As Annalee and her mother travel to join him in Nevada, their joy turns to ashes. They're unprepared for the savage mountain winter that traps them in a desperate struggle for survival. At this critical moment, lawman Brett Wilder arrives in town. He's looking for the gunslinger who crippled his father—and he suspects Jack. When Annalee and Brett meet as they each search for Jack, they must face what they believe about the sovereignty of God, justice, and mercy. They also must discover whether their growing love for one another will melt like snow into an icy mountain stream or bloom like a rose in the desert.

Author : Jordyn Youngblood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798740877419

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Desert Rose by Jordyn Youngblood Pdf

When Will, a young gay gender-fluid artist is abandoned by the one person he cares most about in the world, he's left desperate and broken, with nowhere to turn. All he has is the phone number of a man who once purchased a few of his paintings and had propositioned him with the opportunity of a lifetime. A year later, Will feels confident, sexy, and desperately in love with Dorian, the owner of New Orleans' underground gay brothel; Desert Rose. The money is good, the sex is better, and every day is a party, until Will realizes things are not what they seem. Every day then becomes a battle between obligation, love, true happiness, and the devastating guilt that Will's newest client, Nikolai, makes him smile more than Dorian ever has.

Author : Cath Grimshaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-04
Category : Adenium
ISBN : 1925497097

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Home Gardener's Guide to Growing Desert Roses by Cath Grimshaw Pdf

Be enchanted by the Desert Rose, learn how to successfully grow them in your garden.

Author : Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061952272

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Desert Flower by Waris Dirie,Cathleen Miller Pdf

An “outstandingly dramatic and moving” memoir of fleeing a brutal girlhood in Somalia—and becoming a supermodel and UN special ambassador (Kirkus Reviews). To escape an arranged marriage to a sixty-year-old man, Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu—the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris’s extraordinary story. “Affecting and at times very entertaining . . . it is Dirie’s remarkable lack of narcissism or entitlement that makes her so captivating a raconteur.” —Publishers Weekly “Written with innocence and warmth, this book shows how one woman’s tragedy can help others.” —The New York Times Book Review “Waris’s story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone.” —Elton John

Author : Claudette Williams
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1981-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0449243885

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Desert Rose... English Moon by Claudette Williams Pdf

Author : Carolann van Dinter
Publisher : Austin MacAuley
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786120895

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Desert Rose by Carolann van Dinter Pdf

Desert Rose tells the thrilling story of two young women who leave England to take up teaching posts in Abu Dhabi. Each is running away from something. Clare Anderson -beautiful and ambitious but heartbroken after discovering her husband's affair. Melinda Mann - desperate to escape the clutches of monotonous suburbia. Melinda pursues Walid Harid, a multi-millionaire who can offer her the privilege and wealth she has sought for so long. She is unprepared, however, for the savage opposition from his powerful family and their devilish workings behind the scenes to obstruct their relationship. Clare meets James Cameron, an American who has fled to the Middle East to escape his domineering parents. Their love is immediate and passionate, but not without its obstacles. Meanwhile, Sheikh Fariz bin Hani offers her infinite kindness, sensitivity and understanding, but their happiness is marred by the fact that they can never truly be together. The mysterious exoticism of the East, unimagined power and the vast riches of the hot desert sands, change Clare's and Melinda's lives forever in ways that they would never have dreamed possible.

Author : Ian White
Publisher : Findhorn Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0905249844

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Australian Bush Flower Essences by Ian White Pdf

Health / Self-Help Using the healing properties of flower essences is an ancient art, spanning many cultures. Flower essences are safe and powerful catalysts that anyone can use. Not only do they bring clarity to the conscious mind and develop many intuitive abilities, but they also resolve negative beliefs and directly affect us at the level where we make decisions about our emotions, health, vitality and relationships. Flower essences unlock our inherent positive qualities such as love, courage and joy. Naturopath Ian White has taken this age-old study and applied it to the flowering plants of the Australian bush, showing that the energy and power in the ancient lands of Australia are manifested in the healing properties of its plants. In Australian Bush Flower Essences, he gives an informative yet personal picture of fifty bush flower essences from all over the country, as well as detailed information about their preparation and use in all areas of healing. He also provides a bibliography of important works about natural healing and an index of illnesses and their treatment. Fully illustrated, Australian Bush Flower Essences is the most comprehensive and farreaching book yet written about this important modality. It is designed to allow anyone to feel competent and confident in using these essences to bring about health, harmony and well-being. IanWhite is a highly respected practitioner and teacher of naturopathy and kinesiology. His family have been natural health practitioners specializing in herbal medicine for five generations. www.ausflowers.com.au

Author : Jax Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798648062467

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Desert King by Jax Hart Pdf

You need to be tough to survive living in the desert. It's ruled by outlaws, gangs, cartels, and dirty kings. Now the new Prez of the New Mexico Chapter of the RB MC has set his sights on me. But he's not the only dark ruler who wants a queen. I'm caught between rivals. Fought over like a prize.But I'm no man's possession. I'm as wild as the desert itself, full of rough edges and hair that blows like a tumbleweed. No man has tamed my rebellious heart yet. Tarak Cassadore is a black hole sucking me into his universe of mayhem. His Apache blood is strong and hot. His lineage shows in every hard plane of his face... in every corded muscle on his body. But If he thinks I have stars in my eyes like every other sweetbutt, he can think again. I'm not a sucker for the new Desert King. Even if the heat in his eyes brands me with some sort of unspoken promise. But his want puts an even bigger target on my back. The leader of the Black Scorpion MC decides to make his move against Tarak by taking me prisoner. Bound to both MC's... which one will I chose? They all want to break me. Bend me to their will. But when I'm done, every desert king will bend the knee to me, their desert queen.

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0352315768

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The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry Pdf

Author : Vagif Qaziyev
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465373472

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The Desert Rose by Vagif Qaziyev Pdf

I was born in a wonderful country Azerbaijan which means The Land of Fires. It’s amazing country which is a mix of different cultures. This multiculturalism is forging the poets and musicians! The most impression I got in my childhood was rock music. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Grand Funk and many, many others became my musical idols. Long hair and jeans became the symbol of protest against the existing Soviet ideology among youth movement and I was part of it. Beginning from 1998 till 2002 I travelled to many European countries and twice been to USA. My long staying in Montana and in D.C. gave me possibility to describe these brilliant regions and their cordial people in my novel the Desert Rose. I was impressed by meeting with bishop Jim (peace be upon him) and who became one of the main characters in my novel! Being historian I was deeply studying world religions. No religion calling for violence! And it’s not necessarily to be religious for being spiritual! My main characters have many common features with me. They are open – hearted, they love the life and human beings. Despite of their belonging to different nations and religions they are the citizens of the world, and it’s refl ecting my own essence! Each person is a different Universe and I’m quite confi dent that the treasure inside each of us should be revealed early or late!

Author : Afton Feltham
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781638294429

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Bloom of the Desert Rose by Afton Feltham Pdf

Marie Bensworth has been married now for 10 long years, living in the Wyoming plains’ beautiful empty spaces with her husband, Lewis. Childless and lonely, it seems her life is faced with replaying the same hot, long days again and again. That is, until an outcast stranger moves to town. In the weeks to follow, thoughts and feelings arise within her she never knew she had, pushing and guiding her to this new and mysterious man. When their worlds abruptly collide, their attraction, at first ignored, becomes something much more powerful, stirring deeply within each of them. Now, as the golden band on her left hand sets her life, she must decide if this man is worth the cost of her reputation and marriage. But when Lewis becomes suspicious, Marie will be faced with the choice to stand firm or fall into the strong arms of a man she was destined to love.

Author : K. Moore
Publisher : Moore Stories
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781732884410

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Desert Rose by K. Moore Pdf

In an instant, Jennifer’s life is forever altered. When her ten-year-old daughter, Sarah, is abducted in Dubai, expats Jennifer and her husband Kevin are thrown into an unimaginable nightmare. With very little help provided by the local authorities and the US Embassy, Jennifer watches her life erode away and the tension in her marriage increase. Driven by rage and desperation, she is forced to make decisions she never thought possible. An investigation without answers. A cover-up. A conspiracy. A betrayal. There is no turning back. What would you do if your child was taken? Desert Rose was named ‘Most Promising Manuscript’ at the 2018 Alaskan Writers Guild Conference.

Author : SHEKA MANSARAY
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781450002165

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DESERT ROSE by SHEKA MANSARAY Pdf

Sheka Mansaray was born in Sierra Leone but moved to the United States due to civil war in his country. He currently resides in Mankato, Minnesota and is attending the Minnesota State University there full time while pursuing his passion for poetry.