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Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 72
Publisher
Maverick Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hank the Cowdog investigates when Pete the Barncat reports about a strange, tree-devouring creature.
122) My friend Flicka
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002, 1943
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ken's devotion to his colt forces him to assume the responsibilities of growing up.
123) Titans
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres...
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 73
Publisher
Maverick Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Happy Lab is back in town, and it looks like he's up to his old good-natured, bumbling ways. But, while Hank and Drover might find him a little exasperating at times, this latest adventure proves that a loyal lab is a great friend to have when the going gets tough.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 71
Publisher
Maverick books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After his many years as a typical bachelor cowboy, Slim Chance is convinced-- against his will-- that he needs to build his own herd of cattle and invest in the future. So, he takes the plunge, takes out a loan, and takes his newly-bought heifers to a pasture on Viola's father's ranch. But, just about the time his new herd is calved-out and his investment is beginning to look promising, the dry and windy weather conditions put the entire county on...
126) Home to Texas
Author
Series
Brides of Rough Creek Texas volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant KD Whitcomb had mapped out her career from West Point to the Pentagon. But when an injury under questionable circumstances forces her to leave the Army, her dreams fall dead at her feet. Feeling lost and needing to rediscover the tough woman beneath the uniform, she heads back to the family ranch in Rough Creek. Only two things get her through the nightmares and sleepless nights: the support of her family and the CID officer investigating...
127) Down range
Author
Series
The Garrett Kohl volume Book 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a decorated undercover DEA special agent, Garrett Kohl has traveled the world--and fought in most of it--but it's the High Plains of northwest Texas he calls home and dreams of returning to one day. Kohl is in the middle of an assignment in Afghanistan when his commander orders him back to Texas on a short mission expected to take a week at most. But Kohl is unsettled to discover that he's moving from one kind of war to another. The once-peaceful...
128) 142 ostriches
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Tallulah Jones was thirteen, her grandmother plucked her from the dank Oakland apartment she shared with her unreliable mom and brought her to the family ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. After eleven years caring for the curious, graceful birds, Tallulah accepts a job in Montana and prepares to leave home. But when Grandma Helen dies under strange circumstances, Tallulah inherits everything--just days before the birds inexplicably stop laying...
129) Northranger
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Cade Muñoz has has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary, but to Cade--a closeted queer teen growing up in rural Texas--real life can be way scarier. When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Irresistible recipes from pantry ingredients by an authentic cowboy and TV veteran Whether he's beating Bobby Flay at chicken-fried steak on the Food Network, catering for a barbecue, bar mitzvah, or wedding, or cooking for cowboys in the middle of nowhere, Kent Rollins makes comfort food that satisfies. This gifted cook, TV contestant, and storyteller takes us into his frontier world with simple food anyone can do. A cowboy's day starts early and...
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Miguel, who feels drawn to the priesthood, is shocked to learn of his Jewish ancestry and runs away into the desert where he meets Rushing Cloud, a Tohono O'odham youth escaping a mission school. Includes historical notes and glossary.
132) The last stand
Author
Language
English
Description
A little boy is excited to work alongside his Papa as they collect eggs, plums, peppers and pumpkins to sell at their stand in the farmer's market, but when Papa cannot make it to the stand, his community gathers around him, with dishes made of his own produce.
Author
Publisher
Regnery History
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Evaluates the years spent as a cattle rancher and deputy sheriff in Dakota Territory that influenced Theodore Roosevelt's character as president, sharing insights into how his achievements were shaped by the nature and culture he experienced firsthand.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author draws on her travels and homestead life in the Colorado Rockies in an essay collection on her ties to nature that explores the symbiotic relationship between humans and the earth.
"'How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us, ' Pam Houston writes. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, this beloved writer learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and...
135) Heartland: Season 6
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jack, Amy, Ty, Tim, Lou, and Peter struggle to overcome new challenges and attempt to navigate uncharted territory. Amy is struggling to understand why Ty hasn't said a word about the engagement ring she discovered in his pocket in the Season Five finale. She also has to deal with Ty's acceptance to vet school and the new friends who take him away from her. Working with horses remains the constant in her life. Contains episodes 86-103 from He\artland...
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Julie visits Gold Moon Ranch, a farming commune in California's gold rush country, the back-to-the-land lifestyle seems idyllic at first. But peculiar problems keep cropping up, almost as if someone was trying to shut down the commune! Then, on a secret trip to an abandoned gold mine, Julie stumbles on a mysterious message that hints at long-lost treasure. Julie is desperate to find it, before danger closes in on Gold Moon Ranch."--Publisher....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl...
Author
Series
Harlequin desire volume 2930
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After an injury destroys his rodeo career, the last thing Dallas Hawkes wants is to train a new ranch hand. Sierra Armstrong has zero experience with ranching--little does Dallas know that she's secretly been hired to help him work through what he's lost. As Dallas inducts Sierra into ranch life, her sunshine threatens to crack his grumpy exterior ... and maybe even his heart. When he learns the truth, will his pride be trampled or will Dallas get...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From rodeos to rustlers, from ranch life to the outlaw trail, Elmer Kelton's take on the human condition shows us life in Texas as it was back then: simpler but harder, with danger always present. Filled with unforgettable characters and adventure, and imbued with a love of the time, the people, and the place, these stories take us from the earliest days of the Wild West well into the twentieth century, each one embodying a passion for life that's...
140) Jurassic smart!
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Kids will travel back in time to learn about dinosaurs as they improve critical thinking, learn about letters, develop hand-eye coordination, and more.
This story comes to life with rich illustrations, animated characters, story-driven games, and touch-screen interactions that and keep children engaged while learning. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 -...
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