Willa's best friend from Chicago comes for a visit in this fourth book of a chapter book series inspired by Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague.Misty Inn is up and running, and the Dunlaps have a full house. Willa is thrilled that Kate, her best friend from Chicago, is going to come to Chincoteague for a visit. But it's been a whole year since they've seen each other, and Willa soon realizes their friendship is not as easy as it had once been. Adding to the tension is the fact that a Chincoteague friend, Sarah Starling, is away at camp for the week, not to mention the fact that Ben seems to disappear early in the morning and not show up again until dinner. So Willa is on her own to figure out how to start anew with her oldest friend. Views: 28
Ronnie Jones is a single mom and co-owner of Three Sisters Construction. When handsome Vic Romano swaggers into her office to fill the position of foreman, she knows right away the ex-con will be a danger--if only to her libido. The sexual tension between them is hotter than fireworks on the 4th of July. Are these passionate encounters merely lust? Or could they be the blueprint for love? Views: 28
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir--a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true.With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph--at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining.One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the... Views: 28
The dramatic novel from the writer and creator of Brookside, Hollyoaks and Grange Hill.Three years ago, Janey Nolan was murdered in the centre of town.Today, no one knows who did it. Sick of waiting for the powers that be to rid the streets and school gates of dealers, druggies and parasites, Janey's brothers want to avenge her death. While Sean decides to explore the routes and corridors of political power, Joey chooses more direct action in and among the alleys and pathways of the neighbourhood itself. But can the brothers find Janey's killer without bringing more danger to their town?THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.THIS IS HIGHBRIDGE. Views: 28
"Bonnye Matthews is America's preeminent writer of prehistoric history." - Grace Cavelieri of The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress.Manak-na's Story, 75,000 BC is book 2 in the popular Winds of Change series, a prehistoric fiction series on the peopling of the Americas.Manak-na hears of an opportunity to take a great adventure. He has raised his children and feels that his time has come to live his dream. Manak-na adventures from China/Mongolia by boat to Mexico and returns, having promised his wife he will limit his adventures to one. Can he keep his promise?The Winds of Change novel series views the peopling of the Americas primarily from research over the last 15 years. The series takes the "what if" perspective. What might it have been like if the Americas abounded in human life long before 12,000 years ago?"What author Bonnye Mathews has managed to do is to expertly craft a series of notably entertaining novels that... Views: 28
Jack Baddalach's Back ...... and he's got a job to do. Well, more of anerrand really ... Escort a Chihuahua named Spike, via stretch limo, from Palm Springs to Las Vegas. Simple. But this isn't just any Chihuahua. Spike is under the protection of Freddie Gemignani, the shady, mobbed up casino owner who pays Jack's salary. When a band of machine-gunning beauties in black leather dognap Spike and leave Jack for dead, he knows there has to be something big in the works. The trouble is figuring out what that something is. Because even if it is a mafia Chihuahua - and one he's on the hook for - it's only a dog ...But Jack's got a soft spot for dogs, and a hard time rolling over, so soon he's up to his fists in lowlifes - including a poison-drinking, rattlesnake-handling Satanic preacher; his bikini-clad and leather-tanned progeny; the newly-crowned, artificially-endowed heavyweight champion of the world with his Nietzschian tattoos and Freudian issues; a mailman-murdering, pimp Prince Charming with a post-graduate degree from Corcoran State's gladiator academy; a diamondback rattlesnake named Cthulhu and maybe even his infernal majesty, the devil hisownself ... But it's the punk rock mafia princess that might just be the most hazardous to Jack's health (either her or the donut holes) -- and she's on his side. Surviving it all could get Jack a real life. And maybe one last shot - either inside the ring or out - at the title of "the baddest man on the whole damn planet" .... But first he'll have to make it out the other side of the the madcap macabre of The Ten-Ounce Siesta.The Critics Rave On:"Partridge may be the best of a small crew of important writers for the nineties. He is outstanding. He is original. He's a writer that future generations of writers will be looking up to." - Joe R. Lansdale"One of the most dependable, exciting and entertaining practitioners of dark suspense ... Emphasis on the dark. When Partridge is hitting on all eight cylinders, he's one tough contender for any ambitious young bravo to beat. Street legal? Yeah, but barely." - Locus"Partridge consistently writes as though his life depends on the world he sets down on the page." - Peter Straub"In every respect, The Ten-Ounce Siesta lives up to the Ken Russell epigraph which precedes it: ‘I don’t believe there’s any virtue in understatement.’ ... a resolutely eccentric novel that is powered by Partridge’s obvious affinity—and affection—for the outrageous and the grotesque." — Cemetery Dance"Partridge gets better with each book, and this off-the-wall, somewhat supernatural detective tale is his best so far." — Mark Graham, Rocky Mountain News Views: 28
An ingenious psychological suspense novel. At the isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, three very different women come together. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal... For team leader Rachael the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and boss, Peter Kemp. Botanist Anne, on the other hand, sees it as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman with plenty of her own secrets to hide... When Rachael arrives at the cottage, however, she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael finds impossible to accept. Only when the next death occurs does a fourth woman enter the picture - the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope... Views: 28
The first in her magnificent new Potteries series.Llinos Savage found herself in charge of the family pottery while still a young girl. As she attempted to keep the business afloat, there were many problems to overcome including her mother's untimely death and the plotting of Philip Morton Edwards, the powerful and rich owner of the rival pottery in Swansea. Her father's return, badly wounded, from fighting Napoleon in France should have been a joyous reunion, but instead his presence only added to her difficulties. Her world was further complicated by the two young men in her life: Eynon Morton Edwards, Philip's son, a gentle and sympathetic figure whom became her best friend but who was despised by his father; and Joe, an exotic outsider, born of an unlikely union between a cultured English businessman and a Native American squaw. How Llinos grew up and and coped with running the pottery, while suffering from the hatred of the Morton Edwards family and her efforts to... Views: 28
