A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade, has "gone native" in a Ceylonese jungle. A proud, Oxford-educated lawyer who unwittingly seals his own professional fate when he dares to solve the sensational Hamilton murder case that has rocked the upper echelons of local society. A young woman who retreats from her family and the world after her infant brother is found suffocated in his crib. These are among the linked lives compellingly portrayed in a novel everywhere hailed for its dazzling grace and savage wit - a spellbinding tale of family and duty, of legacy and identity, a novel that brilliantly probes the ultimate mystery of what makes us who we are. Views: 56
I knew Edward Monkton was going to be a success when people started e-mailing me daily saying that it touched their hearts, it made them think, and most important, it made them laugh out loud-again and again. —Giles AndreaeIn the tradition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull comes The Pig of Happiness-a philosophizing porcine fellow with a penchant for spreading good cheer.Edward Monkton's philosophical piglet aspires to elevate the spirit and become the Pig of Happiness. His happiness is so big it seeps from inside him to all the other pigs and then to all the other animals in the barnyard.Monkton, perhaps better known as the U.K.'s top-selling living poet Giles Andreae, pairs a fresh illustrative style with simple yet profound prose to create this modern-day parable.Monkton's greeting cards and book titles have been a big hit in the U.K. His gift books are presented to the U.S. market by Andrews McMeel exclusively, while a complementary... Views: 56
When Pippa is accepted as a trainee to a city law firm, she fondly imagines a life both cultivated and intellectual, rather than the crew of sleazy ambulance chasers she ends up with. Worse still, they know rather more about her private life that she would have liked, leaving her little choice but to accept some highly humiliating duties and help them out in areas which involve very little legal know-how and a great deal of having her knickers taken down. Then there's AJ, notorious diesel dyke and boss of a motorbike courier firm, who regards Pippa as her private property, and American businessman Hudson Staebler,who has his eye on Pippa's little sister. Views: 56
If You Thought You Needed Vision, Would You Ask God For It?Exhausted by her role in the dramatic rescue of Kayla Henderson, Samantha McGregor is ready for a vacation from her God-given visions. But when Sam gets her wish and the visions actually go on hiatus, she's beginning to wonder if she's lost her spiritual gift forever. To make matters worse, her police friend Ebony needs her help!Peter Clark has been dead for several years, an open-and-shut case of suicide, but Ebony's not convinced. Why would he do it? And why does Ebony suspect foul play? Sam has been no help in the investigation, and just when she's lost all hope, God gives her a vision of a guy jumping from a railroad bridge. Suddenly the floodgates open and all of Sam's visions involve suicide. Who is this guy? And what does this have to do with Peter's death? It's a race against the clock as Sam worries about every brown-haired guy she meets: her lab partner, Olivia's rocker friend, Peter's... Views: 56
When an old friend of her ex-husband develops the world's first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean and smuggles it into the country, Clare Cosi, manager of Village Blend, believes it's a business opportunity she needs to investigate...at least until the first dead body shows up. Views: 56
Even with the Sun Gem and the Moon Pearl safely sewn into the hem of Roana's cloak, the quest is far from over. Lord Lazlac is planning to marry Queen Ashana to secure his rule of Tiregian, and the queen cannot escape or rebel against him - not when her young son, Caspar, is being held captive by Sedah priests in the snow-covered mountains to the north. It is up to Ethan, Lily, Saxon and Roana to travel deep into the mountains to find Roana's brother before it is too late. But have they forgotten about the uncanny tracking abilities of the persistent Sniffer, who would stop at nothing to find his prey? Views: 56
A sudden, rending scream from the depths of hell made even these seasoned veterans jerk and twirl toward this terrifying, unknown enemy. Aaron's high-speed slug gun had the piercing screech of a banshee as he stood there - his legs so immobile despite the wicked recoil that they seemed bolted to the stone floor. With his upper body and shoulders, he muscled the gun in sweeping motions that disintegrated cold metal and warm flesh alike, each shredding like paper from the gun's heavy slugs. They danced and lurched on invisible strings that plucked them from both sides; the ricocheting pieces of jagged metal being even worse than the slugs. Views: 56
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This woman knows what she wants in both life and sex - and gets it, her way. She is demanding and confident, her looks bowl men over and, the men get more than bowled over when it comes to sex with them. The many she commands over and seduces can bear testament to her severity in both words and deeds. She has reasons though, beyond the sexual angles, and again, she will achive them. Views: 56
Carmody wanted a good time in New Orleans. With eleven thousand in stolen money in his pocket, he figured to enjoy some good liquor and bad women before he headed back to Texas. But it didn't work out that way, and he found himself framed for a brutal murder. The slickers who robbed and framed him thought Carmody would cut and run, but they didn't know Carmody. He works hard to get money and it makes him mad to take the rap for someone else. Slugging and shooting his way through the hellholes and back alleys of New Orleans, he taught the slickers an important lesson.Don't mess with Carmody—it'll get you killed! Views: 56
The Templars exploded onto the public conciousness with Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE, now journey with Paul Doherty to 1095 and experience the founding of the Templar Order in all its epic and brutal detail. 1095 and crusading fervour has swept Europe. Christ's fief of Jerusalem has been seized by the Infidels. The Frankish Knights of the West are to march east to liberate the Holy City. Hugh de Payens and Godefroi of St Omer, the soon-to-be founders of the Templar Order, and Hugh's younger sister, Eleanor, leave the security of their homes in Burgundy, France, with a plan to join Count Raymond of Toulouse's army, and march across the known world to Jerusalem. Follow the crusaders as they march through Europe into the glories of Byzantium and onto Syria. Witness the hardships, bloodshed and trickery on their treacherous travels to the Holy Land and know that though the crusaders' journey, and this novel, will end with their entry into the Holy City, the Crusades have yet to begin in earnest.From Publishers WeeklyMaster of the historical mystery, Doherty (The Spies of Sobeck) tries his hand at a straight historical in this less than impressive first in a new series set during the crusader era. In 1095, Pope Urban II's call to arms leads to the First Crusade. The action starts in 1096 with the initial mustering of forces to march on Jerusalem to liberate it from the Turks and ends in 1099 with the fall of Jerusalem to the crusaders. A man known as the Magus, who's responsible for a number of deaths, adds a minor mystery element. Focusing more on wartime brutalities than on char-acter development, Doherty fails to bring the past alive with his usual flair. His real-life main characters, French knights Hugh de Payens and Godefroi of St. Omer, the future founders of the Templar Order, engage the reader less than the leads in other of his series such as Hugh Corbett or Brother Athelsan. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistIn the first in a new historical-mystery series, Doherty explores the founding of the Knights Templar. With the exact origins of the sect unknown, Doherty is free to speculate, and he comes up with a plausible story about the men and women who went on the First Crusade and founded the Templars. After the call of Pope Urban in 1095, Eleanor, her brother Hugh, and his best friend Godefroi set off on the five-year crusade, during which they endure intense heat, dust, and winter rains. The mystery element here—Is foul play dogging the footsteps of the crusaders from the outset (one of their company is found dead even before they leave France)?—is overwhelmed by the historical detail and, in the end, is a little too easily resolved. Still, the story of the crusade and the taking of Jerusalem is compelling in itself, and Doherty’s take on the Templars is sure to interest those who have an insatiable fascination with the controversial group. --Jessica Moyer Views: 56
Read August 2013 -- quite good!Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden?s career is damned by his ?mixed? heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis, an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle, Hayden is torn between honor and duty, as the British navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power. Views: 56
