The Desert Rose

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439128839
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Rose written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817317651
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Rose written by Edythe Scott Bagley and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 0736945881
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Rose written by Linda Chaikin and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780671494230
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Rose written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1983 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. 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 : Vagif Qaziyev
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465373470
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Rose written by Vagif Qaziyev and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-12 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Larry McMurtry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780848803711
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert Rose written by Larry McMurtry and published by . This book was released on 1987-04-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. At night she's a lead dancer in a gambling casino; during the day she raises peacocks. 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 : Afton Feltham
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1638294429
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bloom of the Desert Rose written by Afton Feltham and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Carol Hill
Publisher : Chill Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780615948645
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Rose written by Carol Hill and published by Chill Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when the unrest and bloody crisis of the Middle East causes us to wonder if there is any hope for the war-torn nations there, a story offering a beautiful picture of hope emerges. A modern-day Esther, poised to save her people, rises from the ashes and confronts us with the courage and determination we should all strive to live by. Desert Rose introduces a fresh, new genre for Christian readers. An exotic setting, timely scenario, relevant life lessons and original ideas bring the characters to life on the pages, keeping readers intensely involved. C. Hill weaves an enchanting story, as rich and colorful as a Bedouin tapestry, and readers will want to know more as hero Dahlia learns of a new faith and finds a ministry perfectly suited for her by a personal and loving God.

Author : Colleen L. Reece
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781557483317
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Rose written by Colleen L. Reece and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carolann van Dinter
Publisher : Austin MacAuley
ISBN 13 : 9781786120892
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desert Rose written by Carolann van Dinter and published by Austin MacAuley. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.