Beverley Hansford delivers his third romantic novel, shot through with suspense and intrigue. The Golden Anklet is full of dark secrets and suspense that will keep readers enthralled until the last page. Orphan Jane Carroll has always wanted to know more about her parents and who they were, but when she starts to look deeper into her family background, she receives a disturbing revelation. Things are not quite as she had always believed them to be... Desperate to find out the truth about her past, she sets out to delve deeper into the mystery, but as the answers to her questions begin to emerge, she discovers that she has become innocently embroiled in a web of mystery and intrigue. When she eventually discovers who she really is, she finds herself in a situation which is completely unfamiliar. Her new identity places her very existence under threat and it seems as if only a miracle can save her from an unknown fate... The Golden Anklet will keep readers guessing until the very end. Views: 11
With his classic Immigrant Chronicle, Peter Skrzynecki harnessed the universal language of poetry. Now, in his powerful memoir The Sparrow Garden, he travels from the Displaced Persons camps of Germany to the suburban battlegrounds of outer Sydney and taunts of "reffo" and "dago". In unforgettable style, he leads us on a bracing rollercoaster of emotions and boyhood adventures. The Sparrow Garden is also the deeply personal story of one man's complex, loving relationship with his parents. Views: 11
Girls, jazz, politics, the golden dreams and black comedy of youth--these are the compelling ingredients of The Cowards.May 1945, a small town in Czechoslovakia. The Germans are withdrawing. The Red Army is advancing. And Danny Smiricky is being forced to grow up fast. Observing with contempt the antics of the town's citizens playing it safe, he adopts the role first of reluctant conscript, then of dashing partisan.The Cowards is the story of an uncomplicated, talented youth caught up in momentous historic events who refuses to be bored to death by politics--or to lie down and die without a fight.-- Views: 11
One sleepy morning, an exotic stranger roars into Shelthorpe-on-Sea on her motorbike. She is powerful and striking, drawing glances and promising local women a course that will give them ‘A Garden of Earthly Delights.’ Four very different women respond to her invitation. But do they know what they're getting into? A prequel to the novel The Goddess Worshop. Views: 11
Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories-including a brand-new one-in one long tale of exploration and adventure! PLUS-an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all! Views: 11
Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. She documents the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the garden, the rewilding of a tiny urban space. On her own she unscrews, saws and hammers the decking away, she clears the builders' rubble and rubbish beneath it, and she digs and enriches the soil, gradually planting it up with plants she knows will attract wildlife. She erects bird boxes and bee hotels, hangs feeders and grows nectar- and pollen-rich plants, and slowly brings life back to the garden.But while she's doing this Kate's neighbours continue to pave and deck their gardens locking them away, the wildlife she tries to save is further threatened, and she feels she's fighting an uphill battle. Is there any point in gardening for wildlife when everyone else is drowning the land in poison and cement? Sadly, events take Kate away from her garden,... Views: 11
From out of the East they came riding like a merciless plague — destroying kingdom after kingdom and the sovereigns who had previously mocked the warlord Loethar and his barbarian horde. Now only one land remains unconquered — the largest, richest, and most powerful realm of the Denova Set...Penraven.The Valisar royals of Penraven face certain death, for the savage tyrant Loethar covets what they alone possess: the fabled Valisar Enchantment, an irresistible power to coerce, which will belong to Loethar once every Valisar has been slain. But the last hope of the besieged kingdom is being sent in secret from his doomed home, in the company of a single warrior. The future of Penraven now rests on the shoulders of the young Crown Prince Leonel who, though untried and untested in the ways of war, must survive brutality and treachery in order to claim the Valisar throne. Views: 11
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It's been a year Laura Walcutt would just as soon forget — especially since she broke up with her boyfriend and lost her lifeguard job at the Springwood municipal pool… Great. No boyfriend. And now no job. Luckily, Laura bumps into a classmate who works at the local hospital, and he thinks he can arrange an interview for Laura. The boy is new in town, and Laura likes his easy smile and dark eyes. Best of all, he isn't anything like her ex-boyfriend Chester. He seems to like her, too. Laura realizes that it may not be such a bad summer after all.
But when a killer goes on a bloody rampage, Laura must confront her worst fears and suspicions about the new boy in town. Is he Laura's dream come true? Or is he her worst nightmare? Views: 11
The newest installment in the bestselling Shadowrun series. It is a near-future world where magic has run amuck. Technology combines with mystical power to create a new land of danger, monsters, and adventure. The masters of this battle-scarred landscape are the Shadowrunners, men and women assassins with the power to take out anyone and anything--for a price. Views: 11
After growing up in a hardscrabble Maryland town, a teenage boy will stop at nothing to pursue his dream.It’s
1957, and fifteen-year-old Roy Poole has again been awakened by the
nightly argument between his mother, his sister, and his hard-drinking
father. Roy sneaks away after the old man passes out, and hitches a ride
to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, to use its brutal obstacle
course, which he can run better than most midshipmen. Whenever he’s
navigating the ropes, gullies, and jumps, Roy finds that he’s able to
leave his troubles behind. Roy’s dream is to join
the Academy as a midshipman, but after years of bad grades and mishaps,
Annapolis is a long shot. When a chance encounter with a retired admiral
sets him on the path to a better life, Roy will face his greatest
obstacle yet.
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