Erotica/Fantasy. 12882 words long. Views: 30
This is the story of John Law, the most controversial yet visionary of financial heroes, who founded the first national bank in France. He formed the Mississippi Company and sparked the world's first major stock-market boom, in which many became rich and the word "millionaire" was coined to describe them. Read about this heroic figure, his life, achievements and tragic failure towards the end. Views: 30
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has
just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy
man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending
America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing
tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are Americans,
each vying to buy Alberton’s armaments. Soon Monk and Hester’s forebodings are
fulfilled as one member of the party is brutally murdered and two others
disappear– along with Alberton’s entire inventory of weapons. As Monk and Hester
track the man they believe to be the murderer all the way to Washington, D.C.,
and the bloody battlefield at Manassas, Slaves of Obsession twists and
turns like a powder-keg fuse and holds the reader breathless and spellbound. . .
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Lacie Barton always believed she had an open-mind. But when the wolf, yes a real wolf, began watching her just on the other side of the fence at the outskirts of the WindSwept Narrows property, she finally admitted to herself that was a little odd. But not nearly as odd as the man who appeared out of nowhere with hair as dark as the wolf's pelt and just as smooth. Views: 30
In Beirut, an American voice speaks into the telephone: "We'll never forget the Beruit bomb. Tell the mullahs they can run, they can hide, but the posse of the Apocalypse rides in the night. The payback will not quit until we have killed Khomeini..." Views: 30
In the second deliciously exciting installment, Niklauseh continues to use the planet's Aurorions to help achieve his hidden agendas. Stopped by the holy Astraseeker, Arcadia, they fall into the classic battle between the power of light versus the power of darkness.Our guild reunites after three years worth of training and continues their adventure in hopes of finding the origins to "The Yellow Eyed Disease".Lezard's pure and mysterious Radiatons develop with his emotions and he is now able to completely restore the entire guild. Rachael learns how to manipulate sand and dirt while Trevour amazingly activates his Ougi!Karol, through his bloodline activates the guild's first Hi-Ougi and completely decomposes into a protective swirl of sand, and together, fends off the opponent.The champion displays her prodigy-like master of all four basic elements and becomes a vital ally to the guild.Luna's Soul Link is heightened and together with Destiny, is able to use lightning based... Views: 30
Lost, found, stolen, strayed, sold, fought over... This engrossing, beautifully crafted novel follows the fictional adventures, over a hundred years, of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. It opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room... Then there's Charlotte, a dreamy intellectual Edwardian girl, and Stella, Lucasta, Ailsa and finally young Gillian, who share an unspoken desire to have for themselves a tranquil golden place like that in the painting. Quintessential Forster, this is a novel about women's lives, about what it means and what it costs to be both a woman and an artist, and an unusual, compelling look at a beautiful painting and its imagined afterlife. Views: 30
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The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily), and Agnes Grey (Anne). In this sometimes heartbreaking young adult biography, Catherine Reef explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived. Brontë fans will also revel in the insights into their favorite novels, the plethora of poetry, and the outstanding collection of more than sixty black-and-white archival images. A powerful testimony to the life of the mind. (Endnotes, bibliography, index.) Views: 30
Seven-year-old Autumn Backman has a gift: She can communicate telepathically with others. Not everyone, mind you, but with a select few with whom she shares a special kinship. When Autumn and her mother, Joanna, take her father's ashes to be buried in the family plot in Brickers Bowl, Georgia, the child witnesses a horrifying sight: her grandmother and two uncles, burying a pile of dead bodies in the middle of the night. They head to Titusville, Virginia, to seek the help of an old family friend, but Autumn senses they need assistance on a grand scale. Using her telepathic powers, Autumn calls a man she'd seen only on television: FBI agent Dillon Savich. But before Savich and his wife and partner, Agent Lacey Sherlock, can get on the scene, Autumn and Joanna flee, fearing the retribution of her uncle Blessed. A huge manhunt ensues, with Titusville Sheriff Ethan Merriweather racing to reach the girl before Blessed can get his hands on her. Blessed's got big things planned for Autumn and her gift, and he'll stop at nothing to force her into his growing army of exploited children. Savich, Sherlock, and Merriweather face their most elusive foes to keep Autumn out of harm's way-before it's too late. Views: 30
