Rodeo American

The working cowhand of old was a dusty laborer, but today's rodeo performers can hone their skills before small-town crowds and be stars in urban coliseums.Historian Kristine Fredriksson follows the evolution of rodeo from the range to Buffalo Bill's Wild West to the extravaganzas in modern times.

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever.

When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean decides she wants to be the Rodeo Queen! But to do that, she must learn rodeo tricks.

Melinda and Rob MacCreadie have been married for nearly 30 years, but she is the worst wife for a hardworking Montana rancher, and she knows it. With their five children grown and finding love, Melinda is daunted by the idea of accepting newcomers into the family. She and Rob still hold a secret that dates from before the birth of their triplets all those years ago. Rob is such a fine man, strong and good looking and endlessly patient. He's wise, too, but is he right to insist that it's time to tell people what happened?

The I Escaped Series: The World's Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today's GenerationSettle in for a heroic tale you'll never forget... An American teen on a summer holiday is unexpectedly swept into Spain's perilous bull run, an annual spectacle many of us devour with wide-eyed fascination from the comfort of our living rooms. A Notable Children's Release from bestselling children’s author Scott Peters. 15-year-old Zack is an American teen abroad on vacation. During a family outing on the festival sidelines, he's separated from his parents in the crowds. When he accidentally ...

Rodeo is a dangerous and painful performance in which only the strongest and most skilled riders succeed. In the popular imagination, the western rodeo hero is often a stoic white man who embodies the toughness and independence of America’s frontier past. However, marginalized people have starred in rodeos since the very beginning. Cast out of popular western mythology and pushed to the fringes in everyday life, these cowboys and cowgirls found belonging and meaning at the rodeo, staking a claim to national inclusion.

They call me Rodeo, ‘cause I was made for ridin’. When a member of our MC turns up dead, I know exactly who did it. But when I show up at the witness’s house to confirm my suspicions, she tells me something I don’t wanna hear. It wasn’t the MC I thought. It was someone else. So now we have two enemies. And I have to keep her safe from both. Because she’s beautiful and fragile. She needs someone like me to take care of her. And I do, all night long. Things usually get complicated when I try to rope a girl. But this level of complicated? This is a whole new thing.

Summer Sanchez has a plan… Get full custody of her little boy from his good-for-nothing father and get as far away from the rodeo circuit as possible. Keeping her son safe is her only priority. She’ll figure out the rest later. Until Austin Camden takes her to his bed… Champion bull rider Austin Camden shows her just how much she’s been missing. His rugged good looks, whisky-smooth voice, and very capable hands set her on fire. He has more bedroom skill than she ever believed could be housed in one man. If she isn’t careful, she may never recover.

His stubbornness had cost him time with the people he loved but also the land which ran through his veins. Now, he was home and though his loved ones were gone the land wasnt and no one was going to take it from him! Not even the lovely woman who made his anger flair, his heart race and his arms want to wrap around her and never let her go.

Two years ago, Josey Starr lost her husband. She’ll be damned if she loses her ranch too. The wolves are after her cattle, and someone is out for her land. Josey knows she needs help, but she doesn’t want it from Hawk Marlow. She trusted him once and vowed to never again. She’s better off alone, isn’t she? Hawk thinks he’s just checking his investment, but he has invested more than he realizes. The land he acquired, by default, belongs to “the one that got away.” Hawk has something to prove: old flames never die, they just burn hotter on the Second Strike.

This audiobook contains two of legendary Western author Max Brand's short novels for your listening pleasure. The Valley of Jewels: Doc Willis, despite the nickname, is just an unemployed cowboy in Daggett Valley, a place that holds many secrets from the past - including a now-deserted mining camp. When Buck Logan lures Willis to the camp with the promise of great riches, Doc doesn't even suspect he is about to play a part in a most subtle feat of deception.

The knife missed him by a fraction of an inch! Then he reached under his pillow, grabbed his gun and fired into the darkness. If Alvarez survives, he'll look for one man, an unbeatable bodyguard or the assassin who wants him dead. Either will do.