The Little Black Songbook returns with the ultimate collection of Country hits from the all-time masters. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places some of the most popular and well-respected country artists at your disposal, including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Glen Campbell, Hank Williams and many more! Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, these tunes are ideal for a group singalongs, a spot of busking or, using the Spotify playlist included within the book, simply to explore the rich history of the world's best country music. Included within this little book are: - Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson) - Big River (Johnny Cash) - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson) - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Glen Campbell) - Can The Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family) - Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) - El Paso (Marty Robbins) - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - Gentle On My Mind (Glen Campbell) - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (The Soggy Bottom Boys) - I Just Wanna Love You (The Shires) - I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow) - Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) - Jolene (Dolly Parton) - Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams) - Long Black Veil (Lefty Fritzell) - Pancho And Lefty (Townes Van Zandt) - Portland, Oregon (Loretta Lynn & Jack White) - A Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner) - Sea Of Heartbreak (Don Gibson) - Sin City (The Flying Burrito Brothers) - Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford) - Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette) - Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) - The Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) - That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine (Gene Autry) - There's Your Trouble (Dixie Chicks) - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan) - Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff) - Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley feat. Alison Krauss) - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) - Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family) - You Are My Sunshine (Norman Blake) ... And many more!

An accessible guide to building a home bar one bottle at a time, this book gives readers tools for mixing fantastic cocktails without investing time and money in niche single-use ingredients. There's a basic cocktail formula for building a bar that is anything but ordinary. Spirit + Sugar + Acidity/Bitterness = Tasty Cocktail Instead of drawing on esoteric bottles of liquor, complicated syrups, and obscure sodas, this book takes readers through the home bar bottle by bottle, ensuring that every ingredient is versatile enough to be used to the last drop. Building on a very basic cocktail pantry, each chapter thoughtfully introduces a new bottle and explains how it opens new possibilities for cocktails. Each chapter builds on the one before, so readers never encounter recipes calling for unfamiliar spirits or ingredients. RAISING THE BAR allows readers to set their own pace and maximize the usefulness of the spirits they bring home. This book will be a go-to reference for the home bartender that is practical enough for the day-to-day and special enough for a party. With handsome graphics and a smart focus on what's already in stock, it's what home mixologists can turn to when they want creative and delightful drinks without a bar cart full of single-use bottles. Perfect for: Those new to cocktail making looking for accessible, easy-to-mix cocktails Cocktail and entertaining enthusiasts, Anyone wanting inspiration on how to set up a well-stocked bar at home

Lieutenant Dan Fancy is a top Navy pilot. He has just been reassigned to Miramar Naval Air Station, "Fighter Town", where he hopes to make a fresh start and jump start his career. A failed marriage and a bout of heavy drinking have put him seriously off track. Life at Miramar begins auspiciously as Fancy is reunited with old friends. He begins to prove himself when plunged into rigorous training before Enterprise's six month deployment to the Western Pacific. However, when Fancy meets Cody Thorn and her daughter Amanda, things take a turn he wasn't counting on. The story gives readers a rare glimpse of life on an aircraft carrier, illuminating the lives the men who fly the dangerous missions from the massive floating airfields. Fancy must not only perform under the normal stresses of flying off a carrier, but he must also do so under intense emotional stress when he learns that Cody has been seriously injured by her ex-husband. Unable to be at Cody's side, the situation is a haunting reminder of the events that cost him his first marriage. Fancy must continue to focus on his duties without allowing his personal anxieties to interfere with the demanding tasks before him.

Mark has a secret motive to move Kristin to his beach house under Poindexter's influence, remodels his house, signs a boarding contract for her horses at Pristine Acres and convinces Kristin to move Ryan to the Polar Center, a self contained live in autism community, thrilled that she will be dependent on him in every way. Poindexter determined to preserve the history and culture of Virginia becomes the largest public speaker in the state with his unending press conferences at Eagle Point Plantation and his documentary film about Robert E. Lee titled 'War of the Rebellion'. Kristin, being used as bait comes close to being abducted while Poindexter becomes the target of terrorist threats. Kristin and her best friend Susan share their hopes and dreams together convinced they are both embarking on another spiritual journey in life guided by divine persuasion from the Universe and move in with Mark and Scott. 'Once God closes the door you can never open it again. Once God opens the door you can never close it'

The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.

A Variety Best Music Book of 2022 A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 A Library Journal Best Arts and Humanities Book of 2022 A Pitchfork Best Music Book of 2022 A Boot Best Music Book of 2022 A Ticketmaster Best Music Book of 2022 A Happy Magazine Best Music Book of 2022 Though frequently ignored by the music mainstream, queer and transgender country and Americana artists have made essential contributions as musicians, performers, songwriters, and producers. Queer Country blends ethnographic research with analysis and history to provide the first in-depth study of these artists and their work. Shana Goldin-Perschbacher delves into the careers of well-known lesbian artists like k.d. lang and Amy Ray and examines the unlikely success of singer-songwriter Patrick Haggerty, who found fame forty years after releasing the first out gay country album. She also focuses on later figures like nonbinary transgender musician Rae Spoon and renowned drag queen country artist Trixie Mattel; and on recent breakthrough artists like Orville Peck, Amythyst Kiah, and chart-topping Grammy-winning phenomenon Lil Nas X. Many of these musicians place gender and sexuality front and center even as it complicates their careers. But their ongoing efforts have widened the circle of country/Americana by cultivating new audiences eager to connect with the artists’ expansive music and personal identities. Detailed and one-of-a-kind, Queer Country reinterprets country and Americana music through the lives and work of artists forced to the margins of the genre's history.

The doyenne of the double-wide is back, bringing her trademark good humour and good eatin' to the holidays. Now readers will be able to celebrate the joy of Spam, government cheese, and of course, the birth of the King, Elvis Presley, with delectable dishes like 'Love Me Tender Peanut Butter Banana Fried Ice Cream' and 'All Shook Up Fried Chicken'. With Ruby Ann there's always a reason to celebrate, and alongside good food and gossip, readers will get a healthy dose of sex, murder, topless dancing, Baptist ministers, adultery and political secrets.