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Rocking in the Free World explains how Americans came to believe they had learned the truth about rock 'n' roll, a truth shaped by the Cold War anxieties of the fifties, the countercultural revolutions (and counter-revolutions) of the sixties and seventies, and the end-of-history triumphalism of the eighties.

American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel dominate urban landscapes. In The Drive for Dollars, Brian D. Taylor, Eric A. Morris, and Jeffrey R. Brown tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of US urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing freeways about.

A battered woman is the last thing Oliver Chapman expected to see when he was scouting on the range. He knew he had no choice but to take her home to his ranch to allow her to heal. But getting close to Willow is proving more difficult than the horses that run wild on the prairie.

Ingrid Aland is heartbroken when she hears Weston Chapman has decided to join a wagon train headed west. All her dreams of marriage, children, and living surrounded by family are about to die in an instant unless she steps out in faith and lets Wes know her feelings, and follows him into the great unknown.

She wants the adventure of a lifetime. He needs to heal old family wounds. If they are going to help each other, they cannot fall in love along the way.

Tired of four older brothers scaring off every suitor, Alice decides to take matters into her own hands. What she didn’t expect was for the family’s childhood friend to notice how grown-up she was, and vow to protect her, even if it is from her own family.

Caleb Chapman has never recovered from his brother’s death. He blames himself and vows to spend his remaining days protecting his family. The chance for adventure calls when he leads a cattle drive from Texas to Nebraska. What he doesn’t expect is to find a beautiful woman with no memory of who she is or how she got there.

Hannah Woods has lost everything. Left with only two choices, get married or become a soiled dove, she jumps at the chance for an arranged marriage. It won’t matter that she has no affection for her groom; she doesn’t want to be left alone. She wasn’t prepared for Hiram King and his two adorable charges.

All that widow Regina Graham wants to do is provide a home for her children. After being separated from their wagon train, they managed to go unnoticed along the banks of a nearby small creek. With harsh winter weather looming over them, she isn’t sure how much longer they can survive.

Forced from her home, Elizabet Garrett needs to find a husband, and fast. What she doesn’t anticipate is meeting a man who is nothing like she expects, but just might be the answer to her prayers. Disabled after a farming accident, Peter Arkin lives on his small homestead nursing his demons and a broken dream. Forced to face another harsh winter alone, he sobers up and agrees to allow a local matchmaker to find a suitable mail-order bride. But hurtful rejections for his handicap leave him reluctant to keep trying.

No matter how great your knowledge, expertise, or experience, poor communication skills undermine your ability to get your message across, achieve your objectives, and build crucial relationships. To advance your career—and succeed in other aspects of life, as well—building theses skills is essential.

For more than a century, no number one and number two high school football team had ever met—until October 6, 2001. This is the story of two teams—Concord De La Salle, a private Catholic school in an upscale Northern California suburb, and Long Beach Poly, a proud public institution from a blue-collar SoCal seaport—striving to achieve the same goal: the all-American dream.

Let’s face it: the digital age has changed the way we parent. So, instead of ignoring what your children are playing or removing the games altogether, Know Thy Gamer offers an opportunity for parents to understand their children and the kinds of games they are playing. By discussing some of the most important movements in the gaming world, Drew guides parents to understanding and loving their gamers through a Christian lens.

The Keyhole Mysteries are about love and loss, the endurance of the spirit, and karmic justice. In Witness 5, these people must overcome their issues. It's about control; some must learn it and some must relinquish it. It will take them to the brink of death and change their lives forever.

In Find Your Financial Freedom, entrepreneur Logan Rankin reveals how to become financially independent. A self-taught investor who found his niche in real estate, Logan knows that life becomes what you make it when you learn how money really works. He debunks common myths, provides a structure for managing money each month, and shows how to scale investments and achieve financial freedom. Wealth is gained by trading time or money. Which will it be for you? This is your first step in a new direction toward confidence, clarity, and a lifetime of wealth.

Microservices in .NET: Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to building microservice applications using the .NET stack. After a crystal-clear introduction to the microservices architectural style, it teaches you practical microservices development skills using ASP.NET. This second edition of the best-selling original has been revised with up-to-date tools for the .NET ecosystem, and more new coverage of scoping microservices and deploying to Kubernetes.

We all get the calls. We all get the emails. But can you tell the difference between a legitimate call or email...and a scam? Scammers are working harder than ever before to take advantage of you, your identity, and your money. With some guidance and perspective, A Cure for the Common Scam will help walk you through steps you can take to protecting yourself against the common scams of today. Explained in nontechnical, straightforward, and practical terms. You do not have to fall victim to the schemes of scammers.

The Danger Zone: Lost in the Growth Transition is a book for entrepreneurs who are growing their sales without an increase in cash. Why is this happening, and how can it be resolved?

The stability of the Survivor’s Alliance is still fragile. They made it through the winter, but now it’s flu season. Every year the virus changes just a little. Tillie and Angus are trying to prepare for every scenario, even the possibility that they will be the first to go. Nick is working to bridge the gap in supplies until the spring crops come in. Wisp and Bridget are preparing for the birth of their child. But there are changes coming that no one expected.

What if you could revolutionize your life from top to bottom by altering your mindset in just one way? Art Costello has the answer, and it's quite simple: mastering your expectations. Costello speaks conversationally and candidly about his own experiences and how they inspired him to pioneer the original concepts in this book. He explains that expectations are not just a word, but a framework for living.