A regiment was needed but they sent only one man, Hugh Kinzie, scout for the United States Army.Hugh saddled his dun and rode west. He found the party of men and women ambushed by Red Sleeves, the maniacal chief who hated the white man more than he feared death itself.Hugh counted on one thing to get them out—his old, battered, still-deadly rifle. Views: 58
Dora is dissatisfied. Although she's at the center of New York society, Dora Porter still feels there's something missing in her life. But a textile mill wasn't what she had in mind. When she learns her father has purchased a Southern mill for her, she is upset. . .and faced with a difficult decision: either she assumes ownership or loses her inheritance. Allen Bolden never pictured himself with a wife until he aides injured Dora in the mountains near the Biltmore Estate. As a teenager he left his parents' strained marriage behind and settled down to permanent bachelorhood. Now he can't wrest his thoughts from Dora's pretty face. Desperate to make a success of her business venture, Dora requests Allen's advice, but their positions are as incompatible as oil and water. Can they find a solution together before disaster strikes the mill and their relationship? Views: 58
The full story of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s has only recently begun to emerge. Here, for the first time, through interviews and eye-witness accounts from men who watched the mushroom clouds drift over Australia and the Pacific Ocean, the tests are vividly recreated. Using official documents recently made public, evidence gathered by the Australian government's Royal Commission of Inquiry into the tests, and her own experience as an investigative journalist, Joan Smith argues forcefully that the bomb tests are far from being a historical anecdote. They remain with us in the shape of the victims - servicemen, civilians and aborigines who witnessed them - and through Britain's continuing programme of nuclear weapons tests in the United States.In this disturbing and horrific book, Joan Smith raises crucial questions about the British government's responsibility to the people who took part in the tests - and shows how their effects may yet have a devastating... Views: 56
Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva’s ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid—only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason’s comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken a bullet in the heart. Now Perry Mason has two choices: represent the cunning widow in her wrangle for the dead man’s money—or take the rap for murder. Views: 56
The authenticity of background detail, the lilting prose rhythms and the appealing conceptual audacity that won many fans for The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of the Horses continue to work their spell in this third installment of Auel's projected six-volume Earth's Children saga set in Ice Age Europe. The heroine, 18-year-old Ayla, cursed and pronounced dead by the "flathead" clan that reared her, now takes her chances with the mammoth-hunting Mamutoi, attended by her faithful lover, Jondalar. Gradually overcoming the prejudice aroused by her flathead connection, Ayla wins acceptance into the new clan through her powers as a healer, her shamanistic potential, her skill with spear and slingshot and her way with animals (she rides a horse, domesticates a wolf cub, both "firsts," it would seem, and even rides a lion). She also wins the heart of a bone-carving artist of "sparkling wit" (not much in evidence), which forces her to make a painful choice between the curiously complaisant Jondalar, her first instructor in love's delights, and this more charismatic fellow. The story is lyric rather than dramatic, and Ayla and her lovers are projections of a romantic rather than a historical imagination, but readers caught up in the charm of Auel's story probably won't care. 750,000 first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; paperback rights to Bantam; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club dual main selections; author tour. Views: 56
Dana Jane Lovell wrote books, knitted Arran sweaters, and tried not to worry about her grown-up son.She'd been widowed young and was lonely - though she usually didn't admit it.The man at Denver airport was large, distinguished, mysterious about his private life, and said his name was Dan.She thought he'd be a witty and amusing travelling companion.But they'd both reckoned without the storm - the deluge of snow that cut them off from the world they both knew and hurled them into a breathtaking relationship.Anne McCaffrey, creator of the Dragons of Pern, breaks into the world of adult romantic fiction with her spellbinding Stitch in Snow. Views: 56
Remember The Dreams (Silhouette Special Edition #254)by Christine FlynnIt had been five years, but things hadn't changed. Kyle Donovan still treated her like his kid sister. Toni Collins had been in love with Kyle then, and she couldn't help but remember her dreams.Kyle had been her boss, her best friend - not to mention the most devastating man she'd ever known - and she still loved him. This time she'd worked out a fool-proof method to seduce him. But Kyle wouldn't cooperate. He was either blind, or incredibly dense! Something had to give, and Toni was determined it was going to be Kyle Views: 55
Gathers selections from the author's writings about saints, mystics, visionaries, the imagination, sexual ecstasy, the occult, consciousness, and extra-sensory perception Views: 55
When Lydia, the alien's security chief, is blamed for the escape of three key human prisoners, she seeks her revenge with a diabolical scheme to snare Diana's power and trap resistance heroes Mike Donovan and Ham Tyler Views: 55
It carries on the tale of Princess Moriana's quest to battle the evil that has claimed her city, and in carrying on a difficult plot (which could so easily have been written badly) Vardeman and Milan have successfully wrapped up the adventures of Moriana and Fost along with the style and flair of the first book. The characterisations are excellently done, even down to the annoyingly unearthly Erimenes ( who else could write a book about a man in a jug! ) Views: 54
