Rosa and her sister Celia long to become professional actresses, and do appear in the Shakespeare Festival Plays. When the Stratford-on-Avon theatre burns down their hopes seem dashed. Max, an American architect, is interested in the competition to design the new theatre, while Rosa's brother Jack, home from the war, becomes more and more strange, and damages their haulage business. Views: 45
The final book in the Personal series.Will and Blake couldn't be happier. They have a beautiful little boy, Nathan, and Sophie finally has the little brother she's been demanding. But all is not bliss in the Davis household. Coping with reality is going to change all their lives.Rick and Angelo are sick and tired of trying to get a wedding organized. If it was up to them, they'd be married already, but Angelo's mother has plans and they keep getting bigger. Angelo can see problems on the horizon: big, traditional Italian wedding and gay do not go well together. Something's got to give.Colin receives an unexpected call from an ex, with bad news. He feels compelled to help, regardless of the consequences. Ed loves Colin's big heart and supports him in his efforts, but when the truth comes out, he finds it difficult to keep a lid on his emotions.As the coming months unfold, the friends are going to need each other more than ever. Views: 45
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction. Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing.After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Kirk Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence. He was pardoned by the governor of Maryland and has gone on to become a tireless spokesman against capital punishment. Views: 45
The novels of “New York Times” bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton take readers into the dangerous life of Anita Blake, animator and vampire hunter—a woman as good at raising the dead as she is at slaying the undead. Now, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried—and some people better off dead… Views: 45
Each house, like each place, has its own topography, its own lore. A complex history comes down to us, through household jokes and anecdotes, odd family habits, and irrational superstitions, that forever shapes what we see and the way in which we see it.Beginning with his childhood home, David Malouf moves on to show other landmarks in his life, and the way places and things create our private worlds. Written with humour and uncompromising intelligence, 12 Edmondstone Street is an unforgettable portrait of one man's life. Views: 45
Moments with the bittersweet lovers the Sun and the Moon to flying over a river that goes beyond the present to just before the future where three mysterious creatures sit in wait, and travels into the dreamscape where unnatural musical machines are crafted by muses before the Erinyes come to bring such plans to a halt; these are a few of the stories you'll find in this collection. Views: 45
On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 250 miles away in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, there was an even more devastating fire. Twelve-year-old Ailis and her younger brother, Quinn, survive, but their family does not. Ailis and Quinn are taken by a family acquaintance to live in a boarding house in Chicago, where they meet six-year-old Nettie, an orphan displaced by Chicago's fire. But the woman who runs the boarding house makes their lives miserable, and Ailis vows to find a way for the three of them to leave. Ailis finds a job at a millinery shop and Quinn plays his fiddle on the streets so they can save money. Then Nettie disappears, and Ailis and Quinn discover she's been kidnapped by a group that forces children to work in the sewers killing rats. Can they find a way to rescue her? Views: 45
Mystery/Crime. 62799 words long. Views: 45
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery. Smoky, a baseball-size mass of brown fur, was found in a foxhole in the depths of the New Guinea jungle in the middle of the Second World War. The soldier who found her took the Yorkshire Terrier pup back to base and sold her to Bill, the US serviceman who would adopt her, for three Australian dollars. It was the start of a partnership that saw Smoky save US war plans and ground crew from bombings and bring a life line to stranded men when she laid phone lines through pipes under the runway. Extracted from the bestselling title Beyond The Call Of Duty, this is the story of a remarkable little dog who saw no boundaries. She stayed at Bill's side throughout the action and to the end of the war. Views: 45
Adriana Trigiani meets Jane Green in this irresistible new novel about a family of southern women who have rotten luck with men.Portia Fallon calls it PTEor the Penis Teflon Effect. It's the way all the women in her family deflect men like ping pong balls. No man has ever stuck with a Fallon woman for more than two years, and Portia has nearly surpassed that record. Until her live-in boyfriend dumps her. Now, everyone from her mother Mags to Auntie Vera and Grandma Bev is convinced that Portia must have sex with a temporary man. Enter Colin Beckett, a sexy, smart, and unsuspecting British novelist, who's visiting her small town of Truly, Georgia, for the summer.Then enter once again Portia's ex-beau, who's decided to fight to win her back. Now Portia faces a slippery decision: Which of these men has the right stuff to make a commitment stick?From Publishers WeeklyWhen Portia Fallon's boyfriend, Peter, dumps her on Valentine's Day, she realizes she's "four cats and a Reader's Digest subscription away from being totally irredeemable." Maybe that explains why she lets her mother trick her into quitting her Syracuse apartment to summer down in Truly, Ga., home of the irrepressible Miz Fallons (Portia's mother, Mags; her aunt Vera; and her grandmother Bev). "Men just don't stick to Miz Fallons," Mags likes to say; Portia calls the Fallons' eternal singlehood the "Penis Teflon Effect." Portia's meddling kin aim to find her a "Flyer"—a fling—to take her mind off Peter, and Ian Beckett, a British novelist, is chosen. Portia spends her days renovating a farmhouse with Ian and her nights reliving memories of her father, digging into her family's past to learn the secret of his abandonment. Just as she's falling for Ian, Peter shows up with a ring. "Penis Teflon wasn't a curse, but rather a learned behavior," Portia realizes, so she sets out to open the Miz Fallons' hearts, search for her father and find the true love of her life. Rich way overplays the frankly inexcusable Penis Teflon idea, but this is a sweet, readable book about following your dreams (and your dream man). Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistWhen Portia Fallon's boyfriend, Peter, leaves her, she fears she is heading toward a life of permanent spinsterhood. Lured back to her Georgia hometown by her mother, aunt, and grandmother--the feisty "Miz Fallons"--Portia's relatives plot to distract her from her woes by hooking her up with Ian, a visiting British author. They don't plan for her to fall for the handsome novelist, and neither does she. After all, Portia is convinced that females in her family are inflicted with "penis Teflon"--men just don't stick. Of course, she falls hard, and just in time for Peter to reappear with an engagement ring. This funny, sweet novel is full of quirky, likable characters and the charms of small-town life without being too precious. Though Rich at times overworks the willful southern lady stereotype, the Miz Fallons will appeal to fans of Rebecca Wells' Ya-Yas. Aleksandra KostovskiCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 45
