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When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres.THE LIFE OF A SONG is a compilation of weekly columns written for FT Weekend, containing the biographies of 50 songs that have been born, reborn, sometimes hideou... More

Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't know what 'Voulez-vous couches avec moi ce soir?' actually meant?These and countless other fascinating back stories of s... More

When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres.THE LIFE OF A SONG is a compilation of weekly columns written for FT Weekend, containing the biographies of 50 songs that have been born, reborn, sometimes hideou... More

Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't know what 'Voulez-vous couches avec moi ce soir?' actually meant? These and countless other fascinating back stories of ... More

This book tests the critical potential of happiness research to evaluate contemporary high-performance societies. These societies, defined as affluent capitalist societies, emphasize competition and success both institutionally and culturally. Growing affluence improves life in many ways, for a lar... More

Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This innovative book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the nineteenth-century South, Virginia's Readjuster Party, ... More

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take care to integrate varied scholarly perspectives and work to engage a diverse readership by addressing wh... More

A major new history of the fight for racial equality in America, arguing that fear of black sexuality has undergirded white supremacy from the start.In White Fright, historian Jane Dailey brilliantly reframes our understanding of the long struggle for African American rights. Those fighting against ... More

MATCHMAKING MOMS"Take a memo, Malcolm."Lucretia always began the same way. And she always called him Malcolm, even though his name was Charlie.But this time the "boss from hell" was sounding more like the "matchmaking mother from hell," and she was making unreasonable demands on Charlie.How was he s... More

Name: Cody James Age: 30 Occupation: Rancher Looking for: A wife and mother for my children. The Yellow Rose Matchmakers claimed to be able to match any woman with her Mr. Right. And Emily couldn't deny that the man she'd been matched with, Cody James, sounded perfect--on paper, at least. T... More

Instant family? Jessica Reynolds has a wonderful daddy. Matt Reynolds is big, strong, handsome and kind. But when it comes to girl stuff he... well, he could use help! Her best friend, Zach, has a great mother. Laura Gilliam is sweet, pretty and single.... What if she and Zach could get her dad and ... More

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS, AND THE LYONS HAVE MORE THAN MOST. Sharlee is the black sheep in the Lyon family fold. When she finished college her parents and grandparents expected her to join the family business, move back to the family home and do just what the family wanted. But Sharlee had he... More

He bet breakfast in bed that he was irresistible! As soon as Brooke met Garrett she knew he was a charmer. Women probably just rolled over when he petted them, much the same way her cats, traitors all, had responded to him. The best thing for Brooke was to keep out of his way, but she just cou... More

Her five-year-old secret...On a holiday of a lifetime, youthful Jenny Wolf had pretended to be sophisticated beyond her actual experience and had fallen madly in love with a man beyond her wildest dreams. But the dream had ended abruptly and Jenny had had to face the consequences of her impetuous ro... More

THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOFinally! Another irresistible family trilogy from the acclaimed author of The Taggarts of Texas!From the bestselling author of THE TAGGARTS OF TEXAS! Comes THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOCupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country-a land of high mountains and swift, cold ... More

THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOThe third book in an irresistible family trilogy by the acclaimed author of The Taggarts of Texas!From the bestselling author of THE TAGGARTS OF TEXAS! Comes THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOCupid, Colorado. This is ranch country, cowboy country-a land of high mountains and swift, col... More

THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOCUPID, COLORADOThis is ranch country, cowboy country-a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow Ranch ever since.It was a Camer... More

HITCHED!Lark Mallory was a runaway bride.Jared Wolf was just the man to catch her!When Lark realized Wesley Sherborn was the wrong man for her to marry, she ran away from her wedding. Somehow, she ended up sleeping in Jared Wolf's bed and, when he woke her from her nightmare, she realized that he ha... More

"Friday's child is loving and giving."It began simply enough, when Trace Morgan hired Hope to organize his sister's engagement party. But when the bride-to-be asked Hope to plan the wedding as well, then things got complicated-Texas-style.Trace had planned right from the start to stop his sister's w... More

The Lost Springs Ranch for troubled boys is at stake, and it's a man's duty to give back...Dinah Hoyt was chosen by the good citizens of Bushwack, Colorado, to "buy'' former Bushwack resident Shane Daniels at auction...and then talk him into using his celebrity as a bull rider to save the Old Pionee... More

When the Keene triplets pulled up stakes and moved to Texas, they had no idea what they were getting into. The dude ranch they'd inherited was a wreck, plus, the townsfolk were downright hostile toward "that old reprobate Wil Keen's kin."Dani Keene, "the smart one," was determined to succeed regardl... More

BEAUTYOf course, Niki Keene had followed her sisters 1 to Hard Knox, Texas-the Keene triplets wereinseparable. And yes, she helped run their fledgling dude ranch. But when the townsfolk entered her in the Queen of the Cowgirls contest, she had to laugh. How could you be Queen of the Cowgirls when yo... More

He needs to get married! Rand Taggart has been swindled out of a fortune but if he's happily married by his thirtieth birthday -- coming up in just a couple of weeks -- he'll inherit a second fortune. His great-grandpa's Texas ranch. She's ready to help him out! Maxine Rafferty's sister has been ... More

Alice Wynn has nothing to lose -- and only fun and adventure to gain. So she agrees to impersonate her glamorous boss, Sharlayne Kenyon, who needs solitude to finish her scandalous memoirs. Jed Kilby is the bodyguard hired to protect Alice, since somebody out there will do anything to stop Sharl... More

Katy Andrews was going to a family reunion where she knew her life just wouldn't be worth living she didn't take a man. Trouble was, all the decent men she knoew were too old, too young or too married, which left her with only one option... Laid-back rancher Dylan Cole was the man Katy loved to hate... More