Zeke and Ned

Zeke and Ned
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 580
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439128169
ISBN-13 : 1439128162
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Zeke and Ned by : Larry McMurtry

Full of adventure, grace, and tragedy, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana tell the story of two powerful Cherokee warriors searching for the future of Indian Territory. Zeke and Ned is the story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors—two proud, passionate men whose remarkable quest to carve a future out of Indian Territory east of the Arkansas River after the Civil War is not only history, but legend. Played out against an American West governed by a brutal brand of frontier justice, this intensely moving saga brims with a rich cast of indomitable and utterly unforgettable characters such as Becca, Zeke's gallant Cherokee wife, and Jewel Sixkiller Proctor, whose love for Ned makes her a tragic heroine. At once exuberant and poignant, bittersweet and brilliant, Zeke and Ned takes us deep into the hearts of two extraordinary men who were willing to go the distance for the bold vision they shared—and for the women they loved.

The Last Cherokee Warriors

The Last Cherokee Warriors
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Total Pages : 116
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ISBN-10 : IND:39000001236475
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Cherokee Warriors by : Phillip W. Steele

This engrossing volume documents the lives of the last Cherokee warriors-Ned Christie and Ezekiel Proctor. They struggled to show the whites and preserve the Cherokee heritage.

The Berrybender Narratives

The Berrybender Narratives
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 930
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781451647723
ISBN-13 : 1451647727
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Berrybender Narratives by : Larry McMurtry

In 1830, the Berrybender family - British, aristocratic, and fiercely out of place - abandons their home in England to embark on a journey through the American West just as the frontier is beginning to open up.

Brief Encounters with the Enemy

Brief Encounters with the Enemy
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 241
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812993585
ISBN-13 : 0812993586
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Brief Encounters with the Enemy by : Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

"An unnamed American city feeling the effects of a war waged far away and suffering from bad weather is the backdrop for this startling work of fiction. The protagonists are aimless young men going from one blue collar job to the next, or in a few cases, aspiring to middle management. Their everyday struggles--with women, with the morning commute, with a series of cruel bosses--are somehow transformed into storytelling that is both universally resonant and wonderfully uncanny. That is the unsettling, funny, and ultimately heartfelt originality of Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's short fiction, to be at home in a world not quite our own but with many, many lessons to offer us"--

Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 453
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ISBN-10 : 9781439128466
ISBN-13 : 1439128464
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Terms of Endearment by : Larry McMurtry

In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award–winning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma’s hasty marriage and subsequent battle with cancer. Terms of Endearment is the Oscar-winning story of a memorable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humor to live through life’s hazards—and to love each other as never before.

The Voyage of the Narwhal (Text Only)

The Voyage of the Narwhal (Text Only)
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 404
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780007404285
ISBN-13 : 000740428X
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis The Voyage of the Narwhal (Text Only) by : Andrea Barrett

`A great, shivery, seductive read.’ Elle

The New Rules of Attraction

The New Rules of Attraction
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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 303
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402266539
ISBN-13 : 1402266537
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Rules of Attraction by : Arden Leigh

GET THE LOVE YOU WANT FROM THE GUY YOU WANT She walks into a room and heads turn. Conversations stop. Drinks spill. The man you've been trying to talk to all night suddenly excuses himself. You hope she'll break a stiletto. Don't hate her. Become her. What would you rather do-have a strategy to win the guy you want, or sit at the bar all night and wait for him to come to you? Arden Leigh schools women in the art of getting their desires, offering you effective tips for attracting him, mesmerizing him, and convincing him that what he really wants is you, including: Why being sexy shouldn't be your only weapon Why waiting for him to approach you is one of the worst things you can do Why you should always do more at the party than have fun How Facebook, Twitter, and texting can help you-or hurt you. The New Rules of Attraction gives you the tools to create lasting attraction with the kind of men you want in your life.

Comanche Moon

Comanche Moon
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 769
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781451606546
ISBN-13 : 1451606540
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Comanche Moon by : Larry McMurtry

The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and haunting novel—a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling. Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. Comanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. At once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping, heroic adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, and the culmination of Larry McMurty's peerless vision of the American West.

Pretty Boy Floyd

Pretty Boy Floyd
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 386
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439129685
ISBN-13 : 1439129681
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Pretty Boy Floyd by : Larry McMurtry

The time is 1925. The place, St. Louis, Missouri. Charley Floyd, a good-looking, sweet-smiling country boy from Oklahoma, is about to rob his first armored car. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winner Larry McMurtry and his writing partner, Diana Ossana, Pretty Boy Floyd traces the wild career of the legendary American folk hero Charley Floyd, a young man so charming that it's hard not to like him, even as he's robbing you at gunpoint. From the bank heists and shootings that make him Public Enemy Number One to the women who love him, from the glamour-hungry nation that worships him to the G-men who track Charley down, Pretty Boy Floyd is both a richly comic masterpiece and an American tragedy about the price of fame and the corruption of innocence.

All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers: A Novel

All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers: A Novel
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Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Total Pages : 283
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781631493584
ISBN-13 : 1631493582
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers: A Novel by : Larry McMurtry

A young writer hits the dusty Texas highway for the California coast in this “brilliant . . . funny and dangerously tender” (Time) tale of art and sacrifice. Hailed as one of “the best novels ever set in America’s fourth largest city” (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers is a powerful demonstration of Larry McMurtry’s “comic genius, his ability to render a sense of landscape, and interior intellection tension” (Jim Harrison, New York Times Book Review). Desperate to break from the “mundane happiness” of Houston, budding writer Danny Deck hops in his car, “El Chevy,” bound for the West Coast on a road trip filled with broken hearts and bleak realities of the artistic life. A cast of unforgettable characters joins the naïve troubadour’s pilgrimage to California and back to Texas, including a cruel, long-legged beauty; an appealing screenwriter; a randy college professor; and a genuine if painfully “normal” friend. Since the novel’s publication in 1972, Danny Deck has “been far more successful at getting loved by readers than he ever was at getting loved by the women in his life” (McMurtry), a testament to the author’s incomparable talent for capturing the essential tragicomedy of the human experience.