October 19, 1781: The great guns at Yorktown fell silent, British General Cornwallis surrendered, and England conceded the war. For one euphoric moment a shout of jubilation rolled forth in America - and then harsh reality gripped the country. America was thirteen separate countries, each with its own money, political organization, culture, and history. Congress was essentially powerless. Border tariffs sprang up between states, with cannons to enforce them. Quarrels over control of the great rivers brought states to the brink of war. Banks lacked gold and silver to support their paper currency; bankruptcies raged. The military was paid with unenforceable written promises, and destitute soldiers marched on to Philadelphia, demanding their wages. Finally, in 1786, still unpaid, the soldiers revolted, closing down many New England courthouses to stop the bankruptcy courts from seizing their farms. Shooting erupted; Americans killed Americans. The impending storm was threatening... Views: 61
'A profoundly moving and impassioned account of a 28-year romance.' The Observer'A Moment of Grace is one of the more beautiful books I've read: raw, gracious, candid and true. It is about the last 13 months of Nicola's life; from the ordinary London day she was diagnosed to the time she took her last breath. It manages to be an uplifting book about tragedy – because there is such romance in the mundanity of survival and such ferocity in the way this one little family love one another.' British VogueHow do you learn to live in the wake of death?Patrick Dillon and Nicola Thorold were together for twenty-eight years. Patrick was an award-winning architect and writer and Nicola a leading figure in theatre, awarded an OBE for her contribution to the arts at London's Roundhouse. Their two children were almost grown-up. Life was good. And then, in May 2015, Nicola... Views: 61
At last, the definitive history of Al Capone, Eliot Ness's Untouchables, and gangster-era Chicago – a landmark magnum opus on America's great crime epic that reads like a novel"REVOLUTIONIZES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF AL CAPONE AND ELIOT NESS." — Matthew Pearl • "GRIPPING. READS LIKE A NOVEL." — Chicago magazine • "AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT." — Sara Paretsky In 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, "Scarface" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into "Public Enemy Number One," the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as "The Untouchables," Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire.Today, no... Views: 61
Hazel Brown lost six months of memory, which includes the summer that she conceived her son. She has no idea who his father could be. She only knows that he looks like the Benedicts, the family that owns the orphanage where she grew up...Now that she has the means to fight to get her son from the Deckers, his adoptive family, she finds out that the handsome, single Curtis Decker is willing to share her son with her after all... Views: 61
J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe is as vast as the human imagination, so an atlas is a helpful tool to get around. Consider this book your navigational guide to Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. Maps, images, and vivid descriptions in full color create an enchanting reference to all the fantastical places and creatures that sprung from Tolkien's mind. The deluxe, heat-burnished cover makes this a charming addition to your Tolkien library.This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers. Views: 61
How do you stop a killer who's already behind bars? Sacramento Police Detectives John Penley and Paula Newberry are enlisted to investigate a case involving the trafficking of stolen street drugs. But they quickly find it's more difficult than they first imagined when the crime is being committed by a group of corrupt cops undermining the system. That's not the only wrench thrown at Penley and Newberry, however, as Sherman, the leader of the group, is orchestrating murders against those who testified against him. He turns the lens onto Newberry, who begins to receive blame and as the political pressure mounts, it's clear someone has to pay for the crimes. And it comes down to Newberry or Sherman. With a plot full of twisty, hairpin runs and heart-pounding action, Jim L'Etoile's Bury the Past is a riveting follow-up to the first in the Detective Penley mysteries, At What Cost. Views: 61
A GOOD MAN...
Holt Price had come to Galveston in search of the woman he loved. After
the pain, the heartbreak, the terrible devastation of war, he was ready
to settle down with the green-eyed beauty he'd pledged to marry.
Instead, he found himself gazing into a pair of vulnerable brown eyes
that made him long to heal the hurt inside, to bury himself in the
softness of a girl who was not his to take.
IS HARD TO FIND
Her mother had always told her she was born to be cherished. But first
battles, then duty, then poverty had stolen her chances of happiness. At
26, she was beginning to wonder if she would have to settle for the
next man who came along, or reconcile herself to living alone. So how
could she turn away from the lover she'd been waiting for all her life?
At last, after so many Mr. Wrongs, here was a husband she could honor,
the other half of herself, the man she was born to love.eBook release Jun-2012 Views: 61
The Blood Rose Tales Box Set features three paranormal romances set in the world of the Blood Rose. Each stand-alone story is shorter than the Blood Rose "Embrace" Series books, perfect for a quick read. Enjoy all three together in one set.Blood Rose Tale #1 - TRAPPED: Mastyr Vampire Zephyr, a one-man fighting force,can't keep away from Alesia and feels obligated to keep her safe. They'd broken up, unable to reconcile painfully opposing views on what should be done to the evil Invictus pairs. But when several wraith-pairs attack her diner, he flies her to safety, taking her home where they're trapped together for the entire day. His chronic blood-starvation problem surfaces and it soon becomes apparent that she's the key to taking away decades of suffering. But if she offers to take care of his needs, will he be drawn in once more only to have her disapproval ruin their relationship yet again?Blood Rose Tale #2 - HUNGER: Detective Yolen of the Nine Realms police forcekeeps his... Views: 61
