She’s been his best friend for years… but she’s keeping secrets that will change everything between them forever. Once bitten, twice shy, Houston Carson has no interest in marriage and children. After losing his mom, he understands his dad’s desperation for grandkids, but he won’t bend to the man’s emotional manipulation—or the hefty bribe. He’ll leave tying the knot and carrying on the family legacy to his brothers, thank you very much. Houston’s best friend and local librarian, Allison “Al” O’Connor, has had a secret crush on him since the second grade. But he’s always seen her strictly as a pal, never an alluring, sensual woman, dying to be his in every way. When she schemes to show him what he’s missing out on, the innocent virgin falls even more in love. But after a passionate night together, will Houston still want Al after she tells him she has a nine-month surprise for him? ❤️ Friends to Lovers Romance ❤️ Sizzling Cowboy Romance ❤️ Small Town Romance ❤️ Virgin ❤️ Secret Baby ❤️ Opposites Attract ❤️ Hunky Alpha Cowboys

She’s young, innocent—and his enemy… but she might be the answer to his problems. Austin Carson has zero desire to find a bride or have babies. He’s too busy working the cattle ranch he hopes to inherit one day to settle down and procreate. Besides, his track record with women isn’t the best… But when his surly neighbor’s alluring and way too young granddaughter, Paige Nelson, arrives for a visit, Austin’s life takes a sexy turn for the forbidden he can’t refuse. And once he’s tasted the skittish beauty’s innocence…one nibble will never be enough. But there’s a hitch. The Carsons and the Nelsons have been feuding for a century and a half. If Austin wants Paige for more than a night, he’ll have to bury the hatchet and face his fears so he can prove he’s the cowboy of her dreams.

The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

He's a cowboy with a billion dollar problem. His best friend can solve it, but it might break his heart.*Previously titled Cowboys Don't Marry Their Best Friend*Palmer wouldn't trade his family's land for the world. But the only way to save the ranch from financial disaster and claim his billion-dollar inheritance is to find himself a wife. His happily-ever-after would be complete if he could just hitch his wagon to the woman who sees him only as her best friend.Ames' free spirit can't be tied down. So she's more than willing to help Palmer find the perfect bride before she takes off to pursue her dreams in LA. But every time she thinks about the rugged cowboy with another girl, her heart burns with jealousy.Though Palmer tries to enjoy his new match-made companions, he can't keep his mind off Ames. And now he worries her wanderlust is blinding her to what's right in front of her eyes.Can Palmer and Ames find the truth in their hearts before it's too late?The Cowboy' Best Friend is the charming first book in the Sweet Water Ranch Western Cowboy Romance series. If you like tender moments, down-home chemistry, and heartwarming humor, then you'll adore Jessie Gussman's wholesome Christian story.Buy The Cowboy's Best Friend to lasso love today!Books in the Sweet Water Ranch Billionaire Cowboy series:1.The Cowboy's Best Friend2.The Cowboy's Secret Baby3.The Cowboy's Beauty4.The Cowboy's Best Friend's Sister5. The Cowboy's Convenient Marriage6. The Cowboy's Fairy Tale7. The Cowboy's Secret Romance8. The Cowboy's Auction Bride9. The Cowboy's Enemy10. The Cowboy's Mistletoe Christmas11. The Cowboy's Marriage Mistake12. The Cowboy's Winning Bid

Assesses 1,344 musicals from 1927 through 1980. Includes a synopsis, cast list, and catalog of featured songs for each musical.

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.