wyszukanych pozycji: 24
PIgface and The Perfect Dog: An Oak Grove Mystery
ISBN: 9780999037140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A college student, dead, in an empty pasture. Rifle-carrying strangers in the local grocery store. An irresistible and loveable Labrador puppy. These add up to trouble for Susan Hogan, associate professor of English at Oak Grove (Texas) University, and her partner, Jake, Chief of Campus Security. Susan's independent investigation involves a shooting, a break-in, vandalism, threats, a clandestine spy trip to the woods, and an attempted kidnapping. Throughout, she trips over-and trips up-law enforcement investigation, to Jake's ongoing frustration. Small college towns just aren't always as...
A college student, dead, in an empty pasture. Rifle-carrying strangers in the local grocery store. An irresistible and loveable Labrador puppy. These ...
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55,85 zł |
The Gilded Cage: A Novel of Chicago
ISBN: 9780996013123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,45 zł |
Miriam "ma" Ferguson: First Woman Governor of Texas
ISBN: 9781933337012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Miriam Ferguson was a quiet, private person who preferred to stay home in her big house in Temple, Texas, and take care of her husband, raise her two daughters, and tend to her flower garden. But in 1924 she was elected governor of Texas, the first woman governor elected in the United States. Her husband, Jim Ferguson, served two terms as governor, but during his second term he was impeached, which meant he could not run again for public office. So Miriam agreed to run to clear his name and restore the family's honor. She served two terms as governor: from 1925 to 1927 and from...
Miriam Ferguson was a quiet, private person who preferred to stay home in her big house in Temple, Texas, and take care of her husband, raise her two ...
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96,68 zł |
Gourmet on a Hot Plate: Tiny Kitchen Tips and Recipes
ISBN: 9780996993531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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55,85 zł |
Texas Is Chili Country: A Brief History with Recipes
ISBN: 9780896729469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Texans love to eat, and one dish they can t get enough of is chili so much so that chili con carne is Texas s state meal. This seemingly simple staple of Texan identity proves to be anything but, however. Beans or no beans? Beef, pork, or turkey? From a can or from scratch?
" Texas Is Chili Country" is a brief look at the favored fare its colorful history, its many incarnations, and the ways it has spread both across the country and the world. The history includes chuckwagon chili, the chili queens of San Antonio, the first attempts at canned chili, the development of chili societies and... Texans love to eat, and one dish they can t get enough of is chili so much so that chili con carne is Texas s state meal. This seemingly simple staple...
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81,70 zł |
Extraordinary Texas Women
ISBN: 9780875653662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Texas just may be the state in the Union with the strongest masculine image. Our heroes, from cowboys to the Alamo to Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, have always been men. But there have also always been women with gumption. The Texas women in these pages have made history in a variety of ways--some outrageous, some inventive, most courageous. They have been crusaders, sports stars, outlaws, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, ranchers and cowgirls, philanthropists, artists--and often, characters. They lived outside convention and caught public attention to one degree or another. For...
Texas just may be the state in the Union with the strongest masculine image. Our heroes, from cowboys to the Alamo to Stephen F. Austin and Sam Housto...
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36,66 zł |
Desperate for Death
ISBN: 9780996013178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Just when Kelly's life has calmed, she faces yet another of life's puzzles. Except the pieces in this one don't fit. First the apartment behind her house is torched, then a string of bizzare "accidents" occur to set her off-balance. Who is stalking her? Where does the disappearance of a young girl and her disreputable boyfriend fit in? And why are two men using the same name? Is the surprise inheritance another part of the puzzle? At a time when she is most vulnerable, Kelly can't make the pieces fit. Before Kelly can get the whole picture, she helps the family of a hostage, rescues a kidnap...
Just when Kelly's life has calmed, she faces yet another of life's puzzles. Except the pieces in this one don't fit. First the apartment behind her ho...
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55,85 zł |
Souvenirs from Space: The Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery at TCU
ISBN: 9780875653464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book, written for young people ages eight to twelve, tells readers in clear terms what meteorites are, where they come from, what kinds there are, how to look for them, what to look for if you find a rock you think might be a meteorite. It encourages scientific exploration, because the truth is anyone can find a meteorite. "Souvenirs from Space" also tells the story of Fort Worth lawyer Oscar Monnig who became known as the "Meteorite Man from Texas." He spent many years searching for meteorites in Texas and Oklahoma, following stories of meteorites sightings, often running into dead...
This book, written for young people ages eight to twelve, tells readers in clear terms what meteorites are, where they come from, what kinds there are...
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20,28 zł |
Contract for Chaos: Kelly O'Connell Mysteries Number Eight
ISBN: 9780996993500 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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55,85 zł |
Martín de León: Tejano Empresario
ISBN: 9781933337081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Don Martin de Leon was the only Tejano empresario to settle a colony in Texas, in the days before statehood. Other empresarios, such as Moses Austin and Sterling C. Robertson, were Anglos who had been drawn to Texas by the lure of land. De Leon established his colony in southeast Texas, near the Gulf Coast, and founded the city of Victoria. He and his four sons governed the colony. Though Don Martin died in 1833, his sons actively supported the Texas fight for independence by giving money and goods to the Texas Volunteers. But the family suffered from a general prejudice against people...
Don Martin de Leon was the only Tejano empresario to settle a colony in Texas, in the days before statehood. Other empresarios, such as Moses Austin a...
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80,52 zł |
Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction about Women in the Old West
ISBN: 9780875651248 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Was the West really hell on horses and women? Not always. This collection of short stories refutes the traditional stereotypes of women in western fiction--the pure schoolmarm, the soiled dove with a heart of gold, the worn and weary settler's wife--to show that both male and female authors have created strong and interesting women in western fiction, both past and present.
Four major women authors--Mary Hallock Foote, Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, and Dorothy Johnson--are represented by several selections each. Individual stories follow by Gertrude Atherton, Mary Austin, Jeanne Williams,... Was the West really hell on horses and women? Not always. This collection of short stories refutes the traditional stereotypes of women in western fic...
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73,51 zł |
Great Texas Chefs
ISBN: 9780875653778 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Texas, "chef" covers a wide range of cooking styles. Included here are chefs who are heavily influenced by classical training, but there are also chefs who take Southwestern cuisine to a state of high art, chefs who specialize in Tex-Mex and others who cook the traditional dishes of the interior of Mexico and who bring new innovative touches to Mexican cuisine. There are even winery owners who combine their passion for fine wine with a passion for fine food. And what picture of Texas cooking would be complete without chuck-wagon cooking? This small book is not a comprehensive study of...
In Texas, "chef" covers a wide range of cooking styles. Included here are chefs who are heavily influenced by classical training, but there are also c...
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36,66 zł |
Sam Houston Is My Hero
ISBN: 9780875652771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Fourteen-year-old Cat Jennings lives--and works--on a hardscrabble farm outside Bastrop, Texas, with her parents, an older brother Charlie, and three younger children--Holly, Benjie, and Susanna. But her father has gone to fight at the Alamo, and Charlie has left to join him. When Cat learns that the Alamo has fallen with no survivors, she takes off on horseback to ride across South Texas and urge volunteers to join Sam Houston's army. She soon runs into Johnny Jenkins, who is both her nemesis and her first love. Johnny is on his way to join Houston, even though Cat tells him he's too young....
Fourteen-year-old Cat Jennings lives--and works--on a hardscrabble farm outside Bastrop, Texas, with her parents, an older brother Charlie, and three ...
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48,94 zł |
Libbie: A Novel about Elizabeth Bacon Custer
ISBN: 9781493052677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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77,61 zł |
Cherokee Rose: A Novel Inspired by the West's First Cowgirl
ISBN: 9781493052714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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80,75 zł |
Irene in Danger: An Irene in Chicago Culinary Mystery
ISBN: 9780996993586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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51,39 zł |
Jessie: A Novel About Jessie Benton Fremont
ISBN: 9781493052653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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80,75 zł |
Elmer Kelton: Essays and Memories
ISBN: 9780875654263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Elmer Kelton died in the fall of 2009, the literary world lost a consummate writer, a man the "New York Times "called a "novelist who brought the sensibility of the old-style western to bear on a modern Texas landscape of oil fields and financially troubled ranches." Kelton was also a modest, kind man, always willing to advise a struggling writer or write a blurb for a first time published author, or assign publishing rights to his six masterpieces to a small university press. TCU Press owes a great debt of gratitude to Kelton, and this volume, "Elmer Kelton: Memories and Essays,"...
When Elmer Kelton died in the fall of 2009, the literary world lost a consummate writer, a man the "New York Times "called a "novelist who brought the...
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81,70 zł |
Sundance, Butch and Me: A Novel about Etta Place
ISBN: 9781493052691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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80,75 zł |
The Perfect Coed
ISBN: 9780996013109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Susan Hogan is smart, pretty-and prickly. There was no other word for it. She is prickly with Jake Phillips and her Aunt Jenny, the two people who love her most in the world. And she is prickly and impatient with some of her academic colleagues and the petty jealousies in the English department at Oak Grove University. When a coed's body is found in her car and she is suspected of murder, Susan gets even more defensive. But when someone begins to stalk and threaten her-trying to run her down, killing the plants on her deck, causing a moped wreck that breaks her ankle-prickly mixes with fear....
Susan Hogan is smart, pretty-and prickly. There was no other word for it. She is prickly with Jake Phillips and her Aunt Jenny, the two people who lov...
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51,56 zł |