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Goodbye to a River

A Narrative

by John Graves ...

Series series Vintage Departures
In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river ... Read more

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In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river
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Sticky Fingers

by Davidson King ...

Narrated by Kirt Graves, John Solo ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

When the desperate needs of his family must come before his dream of finishing his degree, Kyle, feeling both guilt ridden and heartbroken, knows what he needs to do. But when his help isn't enough, a shady idea offered by his even shadier friend proves the only saving grace.Mergers, acquisitions, and philanthropy consume Maddox's days and nights prompting an overdue visit to his best friend's ... Read more

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When the desperate needs of his family must come before his dream of finishing his degree, Kyle, feeling both guilt ridden and heartbroken, knows what he needs to do. But when his help isn't enough, a shady idea offered by his even shadier friend proves the only saving grace.Mergers, acquisitions, and philanthropy consume Maddox's days and nights prompting an overdue visit to his best friend's
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The Pine Barrens

by John McPhee ...

Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens.The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which ... Read more

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Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens.The term refers to the predominant trees in the vast forests that cover the area and to the quality of the soils below, which
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My Dogs and Guns

by John Graves ...

"Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog. "Guns of a Lifetime" tells the stories related to the guns this octogenarian Texan has owned, beginning with a "rusted and cylinderless" revolver. "So here are the stories," Graves writes. "They are not all nice’ tales in contemporary terms. Political correctness, as presently defined, may be perpetrated ... Read more

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"Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog. "Guns of a Lifetime" tells the stories related to the guns this octogenarian Texan has owned, beginning with a "rusted and cylinderless" revolver. "So here are the stories," Graves writes. "They are not all nice’ tales in contemporary terms. Political correctness, as presently defined, may be perpetrated
... Read more
Hard Scrabble

Observations on a Patch of Land

by John Graves ...

The two-time National Book Award finalist and author of Goodbye to a River ruminates over what an "unmagnificent" Texas homestead has meant to him."A kind of homemade book—imperfect like a handmade thing, a prize. It's a galloping, spontaneous book, on occasion within whooping distance of that greatest and sweetest of country books, Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook." —Edward Hoagland, The ... Read more

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The two-time National Book Award finalist and author of Goodbye to a River ruminates over what an "unmagnificent" Texas homestead has meant to him."A kind of homemade book—imperfect like a handmade thing, a prize. It's a galloping, spontaneous book, on occasion within whooping distance of that greatest and sweetest of country books, Ivan Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook." —Edward Hoagland, The
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The Crofter and the Laird

by John McPhee ...

When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were "incomers." Donald McNeill, the ... Read more

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When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were "incomers." Donald McNeill, the
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New Mexico and the Pimería Alta

The Colonial Period in the American Southwest

Edited by John G. Douglass, William Graves ...

Focusing on the two major areas of the Southwest that witnessed the most intensive and sustained colonial encounters, New Mexico and the Pimería Alta compares how different forms of colonialism and indigenous political economies resulted in diverse outcomes for colonists and Native peoples. Taking a holistic approach and studying both colonist and indigenous perspectives through archaeological, ... Read more

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Focusing on the two major areas of the Southwest that witnessed the most intensive and sustained colonial encounters, New Mexico and the Pimería Alta compares how different forms of colonialism and indigenous political economies resulted in diverse outcomes for colonists and Native peoples. Taking a holistic approach and studying both colonist and indigenous perspectives through archaeological,
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Prince and Betrothed

Perilous Courts, Book 5

by Tavia Lark ...

Narrated by John Solo, Kirt Graves ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Perilous Courts
Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

Being claimed shouldn't feel so lonely.Sei's power isn't truly his. As a grail, his role is to serve a mage by augmenting their magic. He's equally nervous and excited about his arranged betrothal. After a life without intimacy, Sei will finally fulfill his true purpose as a treasured, valuable grail.There's only one problem: Sei's new betrothed is the legendary Marek Dire. The dragonrider prince ... Read more

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Being claimed shouldn't feel so lonely.Sei's power isn't truly his. As a grail, his role is to serve a mage by augmenting their magic. He's equally nervous and excited about his arranged betrothal. After a life without intimacy, Sei will finally fulfill his true purpose as a treasured, valuable grail.There's only one problem: Sei's new betrothed is the legendary Marek Dire. The dragonrider prince
... Read more
Myself and Strangers

A Memoir of Apprenticeship

by John Graves ...

In Myself and Strangers, John Graves, the highly regarded author of Goodbye to a River and other classic works, recalls the decade-long apprenticeship in which he found his voice as a writer. He recounts his wanderings from Texas to Mexico, New York, and Spain, where, like Hemingway, he hoped to find the material with which to write books that mattered. With characteristic honesty, Graves admits ... Read more

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In Myself and Strangers, John Graves, the highly regarded author of Goodbye to a River and other classic works, recalls the decade-long apprenticeship in which he found his voice as a writer. He recounts his wanderings from Texas to Mexico, New York, and Spain, where, like Hemingway, he hoped to find the material with which to write books that mattered. With characteristic honesty, Graves admits
... Read more

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Prince of Agony

Perilous Courts, Book 6

by Tavia Lark ...

Narrated by John Solo, Kirt Graves ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Perilous Courts
Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

The price of Kazia's power is pain.Prince Kazia Dire isn't nice. Being nice lets people close. Letting people close risks revealing Kazia's greatest secret—the power that condemns him to a lifetime of abuse.Until opportunity appears in the form of a captive enemy mage.Following a dragon across the borderlands, Lucien Vaire is in chains and matters only get worse from there. Lucien has hated House ... Read more

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The price of Kazia's power is pain.Prince Kazia Dire isn't nice. Being nice lets people close. Letting people close risks revealing Kazia's greatest secret—the power that condemns him to a lifetime of abuse.Until opportunity appears in the form of a captive enemy mage.Following a dragon across the borderlands, Lucien Vaire is in chains and matters only get worse from there. Lucien has hated House
... Read more
Broken Wing

Birds, Blades and Broken Promises

by John Graves ...

Today's wind turbinesKill millions of birds worldwide: raptors are threatened with extinctionRequire significant amounts of CO2 to manufactureDeliver electricity intermittently, at bestRequire enormous back up coal and gas fired power plants creating yet more CO2Can be unhealthy or harmful to local residentsAre deadly - to core component manufacturers and maintenance person... ... Read more

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Today's wind turbinesKill millions of birds worldwide: raptors are threatened with extinctionRequire significant amounts of CO2 to manufactureDeliver electricity intermittently, at bestRequire enormous back up coal and gas fired power plants creating yet more CO2Can be unhealthy or harmful to local residentsAre deadly - to core component manufacturers and maintenance person...
... Read more
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Prince and Bodyguard

Perilous Courts, Book 4

by Tavia Lark ...

Narrated by John Solo, Kirt Graves ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Perilous Courts
Unabridged

7 hours 58 min

Cuddling with your bodyguard is normal—right?Vana Dire can't show weakness if he wants to survive the Draskoran court. The only man he can be vulnerable with is Daromir—Vana's magic-bound bodyguard. The binding lets them share each other's pain, and Vana depends on Daromir's comfort as much as his services as a guard. Vana could never risk their friendship—even if he craves far more than Daromir's ... Read more

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Cuddling with your bodyguard is normal—right?Vana Dire can't show weakness if he wants to survive the Draskoran court. The only man he can be vulnerable with is Daromir—Vana's magic-bound bodyguard. The binding lets them share each other's pain, and Vana depends on Daromir's comfort as much as his services as a guard. Vana could never risk their friendship—even if he craves far more than Daromir's
... Read more

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