Bøger om US West

Velkommen til Lake Mistletoe, hvor julemagien kan få drømme til at gå i opfyldelse.Lake Mistletoe er det sidste sted, Willa havde regnet med at skulle holde jul. Men da hun arver sin bedstemors kro, skifter Willa hæsblæsende Miami ud med Lake Mistletoes stille, naturskønne omgivelser. Lidt luftforandrig skader ikke, når ens karriere er i frit fald, så hun beslutter sig for at blive, til Gingerbread Inn er solgt.Keller, Lake Mistletoes uofficielle altmuligmand, indvilliger i at hjælpe med reparationer på kroen. Han er er talentfuld, engageret og sexet, men ikke synderligt imponeret over storbypigen Willa med de fikse idéer … men måske kan de alligevel lære noget af hinanden? Og er Lake Mistletoe måske stedet, hvor alle Willas drømme kan gå i opfyldelse?

Med sine tætsiddende læderbukser og sit rå ydre er Jet enhver piges rock’n’roll-fantasi. Men Ayden Cross er færdig med bad boys. Hun nægter at falde for det sultne blik i Jets mørke og plagede øjne, for hun har brændt sig for sidste gang på varmblodede fyre.Jo tættere Jet kommer på Ayden, jo mindre synes han at vide om hende, men han har svært ved at holde sig væk fra sydstatsskønheden med de lange ben.Er den skoldhede tiltrækning nok? Eller er den bare en flygtig gnist?

Med USA Nationalparkernes Land – fra Yellowstone til Death Valley udvider USA- eksperten Michael Bo Christensen sit bud på det vestlige USA’s mest seværdige naturoplevelser.Forfatteren guider rundt i landets kontrastfyldte natur, i og uden for de berømte nationalparker. Her er naturfænomenerne mangeartede og inkluderer aktive vulkaner, drypstenshuler, regnskov, gletsjere, hoodoos, mammuttræer, gejsere og kogende mudderhuller. Bogen tager dig med på roadtrip ad særligt flotte ruter, som Highway One, og ad naturskønne prærieveje gennem 12 stater, heriblandt Californien, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, Utah og Texas.Med denne guidebog får du overblik over nationalparkernes bedste seværdigheder, og forfatteren løfter desuden sløret for talrige små skjulte perler, der endnu ikke er overrendte. Michael Bo Christensen er forfatter og en erfaren USA-guide. Han holder foredrag om sine rejser og er redaktør af rejsesitet Drivingusa.dk. Han er ekspert i amerikanske nationalparker og færdes hjemmevant i USA’s områder for den oprindelige befolkning.

The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France. It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.

The follow-up to 6 Blocks Home is a powerful story about confronting old wounds, embracing new possibilities, and the triumph of unrelenting love.Evie is a musical prodigy who has a habit of running away when things get hard. Or messy. Or just plain awkward. Like the time she ran away from home when she discovered the devastating truth about her past.Now, at twenty-three, Evie is content with the quiet life she's carved out for herself-working at a music store, teaching violin lessons, and joking around with her coworker and best friend, Finn-but her world is about to get hard and messy and awkward again.A chance encounter with a handsome stranger sets Evie on a crash course with the very past she's spent years running from. An old flame reappears. And most terrifying of all, she's beginning to suspect Finn is more than just a friend.As events beyond her control force Evie to choose between running and risking it all, she will discover the heartache of betrayal, the strength of true friendship, and the unbreakable bonds of unconditional love.

David Lowry, the retired forensic scientist of the Sheriff's Office in Scottsdale and now the most sought after private forensic investigator in the country, is invited by an old colleague to join the investigation of a murder in West Virginia that copies exactly a scene in a famous movie called Night of the Hunter. He is joined by Rebecca Wise, senior special agent of the FBI, and together they discover that the current murder is only one of many dating back several years and taking place all over the country and all of them copies of scenes from famous films. Together, they join forces to find the killer. As they search for the killer, new murders take place, each increasingly more provocative, as if the murderer knows they are looking for him and is daring them to catch him.

Inconceivable weaves together the lives of four complex individuals, all tethered by a sinister force-the serial-abortionist Theresa, hell-bent on sowing chaos wherever she goes. Felicity, a tormented OBGYN, grapples with shadows from her past as she digs for the truth about the demise of her lover. James, California's premier trauma psychiatrist, offers counsel under the guise of faith. And a philosophy student embarks on an existential quest to make sense of it all.Felicity and James both bear the marks of Theresa's prior deeds: one spiraled into a psychiatric facility, the other left emotionally scarred. As she resurfaces, the insidious thread of madness she brings stretches to its breaking point, forcing everyone into a desperate search for truth.But Theresa has been killed before, and she's willing to kill again. Can Felicity and James untangle this web of insanity in time? What hidden secrets and obsessions haunt these doctors and their patients?Inconceivable is a gripping psychological thriller that explores the corrosive power of obsession, the maze of paranoia, and the elusive nature of free will. As each character reckons with their past, they must make a choice that will define their future. Will they unravel the mystery before it consumes them?

Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of United States local history, The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Thirty Years on the Frontier, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of United States local history, The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Collection of poems by a contemporary American poet living in California

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1968 ... irgendwo in San FranciscoDrei Antihelden treffen im sonnigen Kalifornien frontal aufeinander: Während in den aufgeheizten Straßen der Stadt ausgelassene Hippie-Stimmung herrscht, jagen sie im Schatten der Hinterhöfe dem amerikanischen Traum vom schnellen Geld nach. Als die Gelegenheit zum Greifen nah ist, kreuzen sich ihre Wege unverhofft. Blutig, temporeich, grotesk. New Hollywood zum Lesen.GIGI ist ein temperamentvolles Showgirl im Blackout, einem schwarzen Nachtclub an der Grenze zu Chinatown, der sich in der eisernen Hand eines waschechten Gangsters befindet. Sie jedoch hat es satt - das Leben an der kurzen, straffen Leine.BOBBY ist ein Kerl vom Typ Cowboy und nennt die staubige Mojave-Wüste sein ewiges Zuhause. Als Relikt des Wilden Westens verdient er seinen Lebensunterhalt als unverwüstlicher Kopfgeldjäger - und ist immer nur einen Anruf entfernt.REN wurde von Taiwan nach San Francisco geschickt, um sich in der Obhut seines verhassten Lehrmeisters zu einem anständigen Kung-Fu-Schüler ausbilden zu lassen. Doch sein geschäftstüchtiger Meister verfolgt andere, abgründige Pläne.

Lonely Planet's Kauai is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore the surf in Hanalei Bay, see the stunning vistas of Waimea Canyon, and hike the valley to Hanakapi'ai Falls; all with your trusted travel companion.

Lonely Planet's Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Watch the sunset at Waikiki Beach, explore the blue waters of Hanauma Bay, or peer into Honolulu's volcanic crater; all with your trusted travel companion.

"In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy "others," combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon and the nation. In Oregon's Others, Kimberly Jensen analyzes the processes that shaped the growing surveillance state of the era and the compelling personal stories that tell its history. The exclusionary and invasive practices ranged from multiple wartime registrations for women and the registration of "enemy aliens" to the incarceration of women with sexually transmitted diseases, the use of deportations, and forced sterilization at the Oregon State Hospital and other institutions. But some Oregonians resisted the restrictions and challenges to their civil liberties. Their fierce determination to maintain their rights and freedoms fueled movements for human rights, social justice, and dissent that still reverberate today. Oregon's Others examines the collision of civil liberties and persecution through the lens of gender, gender identity and presentation, ability, race, ethnicity, and class"--

"In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated Donald Trump. In the weeks after the election, in counties and precincts all over the country, many local Republican officials and even Trump's own campaign workers washed their hands of his increasingly unhinged allegations of fraud. But there was no shortage of people willing to take up the fight. Urged on by Trump and his coterie of advocates, lawyers, and media propagandists, true believers turned on their colleagues, friends, and neighbors-- even those in their own party--to accuse them of rigging the election. The real story of the insurrection began months before Trump's mob attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. That riot was the desperate final act, emblematic of the clumsy, failed movement Trump had been building for years. It began in cities and small towns all over America on election day, November 3, 2020. Working with a team of researchers and reporters, Bowden and Teague uncover never-before-told accounts from the election officials fighting to do their jobs amid outlandish claims and threats to themselves, their colleagues, and their families. The Steal is an engaging, in-depth report on what happened during those crucial nine weeks and a portrait of the heroic individuals who did their duty and stood firm against the unprecedented, sustained attack on our election system to ensure that every legal vote was counted and the will of the people prevailed."--Provided by publisher.

"Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships with Native Hawaiians. Surfing became a central part of what emerged instead: a beach culture of dressing, dancing, and acting like an Indigenous people whites idealized. Patrick Moser uses surfing to open a door on the cultural appropriation practiced by Depression-era Californians against a backdrop of settler colonialism and white nationalism. Recreating the imagined leisure and romance of life in Waikåikåi attracted people buffeted by economic crisis and dislocation. California-manufactured objects like surfboards became a physical manifestation of a dream that, for all its charms, emerged from a white impulse to both remove and replace Indigenous peoples. Moser traces the rise of beach culture through the lives of trendsetters Tom Blake, John "Doc" Ball, Preston "Pete" Peterson, Mary Ann Hawkins, and Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison while also delving into California's control over images of Native Hawaiians via movies, tourism, and the surfboard industry. Compelling and innovative, Waikåikåi Dreams opens up the origins of a defining California subculture"--

"In a kaleidoscopic narrative ... bestselling author David Talbot tells the gripping story of San Francisco in the turbulent years between 1967 and 1982--and of the extraordinary men and women who led to the city's ultimate rebirth and triumph."--P. [4] of cover.

Embark on a culinary journey through the breathtaking landscapes and diverse flavors of the Northwestern United States with our cookbook. '55 Northwestern States Recipes for Home' captures the essence of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, showcasing a collection of 55 regional recipes that celebrate the unique ingredients and culinary traditions of this vibrant corner of the country.From the wild and pristine waters of Alaska to the rich potato fields of Idaho, each recipe tells a story of the region's bounty. Dive into the pages to discover the secrets of crafting Pacific Northwest Salmon Bake, savor the comfort of Idaho Potato Gnocchi with Sage Butter, indulge in the sweetness of Montana Huckleberry Pie, and experience the freshness of Oregon Hazelnut Pesto Pasta.Whether you're a seasoned home chef or a culinary explorer seeking new and exciting dishes, '55 Northwestern States Recipes for Home' offers a diverse range of recipes, from hearty main courses to delectable desserts. With each turn of the page, you'll be transported to the heart of the Northwestern states, where the love for local ingredients and regional flavors come together to create a culinary masterpiece.Immerse yourself in the culinary traditions of the Northwest, where every recipe is a celebration of the natural abundance and culinary creativity that defines this remarkable region. '55 Northwestern States Recipes for Home' is not just a cookbook; it's a culinary adventure waiting to be explored in your own kitchen.

Embark on a culinary odyssey through the heart of the American Southwest with our cookbook, "55 Southwestern States Recipes for Home." Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of flavors that define the region, from the smoky aroma of Texas barbecue to the vibrant heat of New Mexican chiles. This collection celebrates the fusion of Native American, Mexican, and cowboy culinary traditions, bringing you a diverse array of recipes inspired by the sunlit landscapes of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. Explore the bounty of the Southwest with each turn of the page, where regional ingredients take center stage, creating dishes that tell the story of this captivating and diverse culinary landscape.

Velkommen tilbage til Avalon Bay, hvor sommerluften er fuld af flirt og hemmeligheder.Cassie har ikke tilbragt en sommer i Avalon Bay i årevis. Men nu hvor familiens strandhotel skal sælges, rejser hun tilbage for at mærke sandet mellem tæerne en sidste gang. Hun har også store planer om at få sig en sommerflirt. Allerede den første aften finder hun den perfekte kandidat: Tate Bartlett, byens player med et hjerte af guld.Fra det øjeblik Tate ser Cassie, ved han, at en uforpligtende sommerflirt ikke er nok. Cassie er smuk, sjov og den sejeste person, han har mødt. Det sidste, han har lyst til, er at knuse hendes hjerte.Det står dog hurtigt klart, at ’bare venner’ er umuligt, men hvis de går all in, hvad sker der så, når sommeren er slut? Og da en mørk familiehemmelighed afsløres, bliver deres forhold for alvor sat på prøve …Sommerflirt-problemet er tredje bog i den sexede og sjove Avalon Bay-serie.

Embark on a culinary adventure through the diverse and rich tapestry of the Western United States with our "55 Western States Recipes for Home" cookbook. This collection of recipes celebrates the unique flavors, traditions, and ingredients that define the western culinary landscape.From the iconic flavors of California's vibrant and fresh produce to the hearty and comforting dishes of the Rocky Mountains, this cookbook captures the essence of the Western states. Discover the bold and spicy Tex-Mex delights of Arizona and the Pacific Northwest's seafood bounty, all the way to the traditional cowboy-inspired dishes of Wyoming.Featuring over 50 carefully curated recipes, each page invites you to savor the authentic tastes of the West. Whether you're a seasoned home chef or a culinary explorer, our cookbook provides step-by-step instructions and tips to master the art of Western cooking.

Lonely Planet's Alaska is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Marvel at the Northern Lights, wonder at glaciers and spot the wildlife in Glacier Bay; all with your trusted travel companion.

Layton was settled in 1850 by pioneers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An outgrowth of Kaysville, Layton separated in 1902 following a 20-year legal battle. The city incorporated in 1920. The Layton Sugar Plant opened in 1915, and the town was an agricultural and ranching hub until 1941, when the United States entered World War II. In less than 10 years, by 1950, Layton's population had tripled, mainly because of Hill Field, a US Air Force maintenance base. Today, Layton is the largest city in Davis County and a regional retail center, anchored by the Layton Hills Mall. It is well known for its "Restaurant Row;" Commons Park, which boasts an extensive collection of lighted animal figures during the holidays; the Ed Kenley Amphitheater; the Adams Canyon trail; and much more.

A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary--and often overlooked--adventurers, from Sacagawea to Matthew Henson to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny.The archetype of the American explorer, a rugged white man, has dominated our popular culture since the late eighteenth century, when Daniel Boone's autobiography captivated readers with tales of treacherous journeys. But our commonly held ideas about American exploration do not tell the whole story--far from it.The Explorers rediscovers a diverse group of Americans who went to the western frontier and beyond, traversing the farthest reaches of the globe and even penetrating outer space in their endeavor to find the unknown. Many escaped from lives circumscribed by racism, sexism, poverty, and discrimination as they took on great risk in unfamiliar territory. Born into slavery, James Beckwourth found freedom as a mountain man and became one of the great entrepreneurs of Gold Rush California. Matthew Henson, the son of African American sharecroppers, left rural Maryland behind to seek the North Pole. Women like Harriet Chalmers Adams ascended Peruvian mountains to gain geographic knowledge while Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride shattered glass ceilings by pushing the limits of flight.In The Explorers, readers will travel across the vast Great Plains and into the heights of the Sierra Nevada mountains; they will traverse the frozen Arctic Ocean and descend into the jungles of South America; they will journey by canoe and horseback, train and dogsled, airplane and space shuttle. Readers will experience the exhilarating history of American exploration alongside the men and women who shared a deep drive to discover the unknown.Across two centuries and many thousands of miles of terrain, Amanda Bellows offers an ode to our country's most intrepid adventurers--and reveals the history of America in the process.

From a fur-trapping fort to a thriving metropolitan community, change has always been a part of Ogden's history. Settled in 1850 by Mormon pioneers, Ogden was forever transformed by the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. As horse-drawn carriages gave way to motor cars, a busy downtown district grew up around Ogden's Union Station and notorious Twenty-fifth Street. Landmark businesses, such as J.G. Read & Brothers Company and the Broom Hotel, became a part of the city's unique identity. Also unique to the city were its celebrations and special events, like parades, musicals, and sporting competitions. While change has always come to Ogden, the memories remain.

The third edition of this popular guide is now even better�it�s full color. Colorado�s multihued rocks�from white and red sandstones to green shales and pink granites�are vividly splashed across the pages in stunning color photographs. Detailed color maps and diagrams clearly distill the state�s complex bedrock geology. Updated text includes information about new discoveries, such as the mastodons and other Pleistocene fossils found at Snowmass, and new parks, such as Chimney Rock National Monument. Roadside Geology of Colorado is a must-have for any Colorado rock enthusiast.