Told with warmth and intelligence, Piece of Mind introduces one of the most endearing and heroic characters in contemporary fiction.At twenty-seven, Lucy knows everything about coffee, comic books, and Gus (the polar bear at the Central Park Zoo), and she possesses a rare gift for drawing. But since she suffered a traumatic brain injury at the age of three, she has had trouble relating to most people. She's also uncommonly messy, woefully disorganized, and incapable of holding down a regular job. When unexpected circumstances force her out of the comfortable and protective Jewish home where she was raised and into a cramped studio apartment in New York City with her college-age younger brother, she must adapt to an entirely different life?one with no safety net. Over the course of a challenging summer, Lucy is forced to discover that she has more strengths than she herself knew. Views: 35
Questa volta al commissario Montalbano si presenta un caso più insolito degli altri. Nella casa, in pieno stato d'abbandono e riempita di crocifissi, dei fratelli Gregorio e Caterina Palmisano viene ritrovata una bambola gonfiabile senza un occhio e molto malconcia; qualche giorno dopo ne viene ritrovata un'altra, in un cassonetto di Vigàta e Montalbano comincia a sentire puzza di bruciato. Negli stessi giorni il commissario comincia inoltre a ricevere delle lettere anonime contenenti le istruzioni per una strana caccia al tesoro: man mano che risolve gli indovinelli e le sciarade capisce che qualcosa di oscuro è nascosto dietro a quel gioco e che è giunta l'ora di risolverlo davvero. Una ragazza è scomparsa e mentre Montalbano segue le sue ultime tracce, che si perdono verso un lago misterioso, gli arriva l'ennesima inquietante lettera. Views: 35
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Long-buried secrets go hand in hand with modern-day murder in this second thriller featuring attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir from Iceland's queen of crime fiction When the body of a young woman--badly beaten and with pins inserted into her feet--is found at a New Age health resort in a renovated farmhouse, lawyer and single mother of two Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon to represent the chief suspect, the resort's owner. But upon her arrival she encounters more than a fresh corpse--local legend has it that the resort, located in the mystical region of Snaefellsnes on Iceland's west coast, is haunted. At first Thora dismisses the claims as nothing more than myth and superstition, but even she can't explain the bizarre occurrences she witnesses in her search for answers. As Thora digs deeper into the farm's past, she discovers long-buried information on the property's disturbing history, and her once-solid view of reality begins to waver. Are the hauntings real, or just a case of folklore gone wild? And, more important, does the farm's eerie past have something to do with the murder? When another body is discovered--looking very much like the first--Thora is forced to put aside her doubts and confront the horrors of the present before a twisted killer strikes again. With its confident plotting, chilling atmosphere, and smart, compelling heroine, "My Soul to Take" confirms Yrsa Sigurdardottir as a new maven of mysteries. Views: 35
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Around about August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick. Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a talent for the piano and for making trouble. Music became Rick's life - he joined a popular music group called Yes and became a legend. Much later he became a Grumpy Old Man who appears on Countdown, hosts a hugely popular radio show on Planet Rock and performs a one-man show telling stories about his rather extraordinary life.Which is where this book you are holding comes in. Mr Wakeman is simply one of the great storytellers of our age - let's face it, he has some fabulous material. It seemed a shame that some of the funniest yarns should not be more widely known. So he accepted some cash and here we are. Curl up by the fire with a Grumpy Old Rock Star and your nearest and dearest. We defy you not to want to read it aloud and laugh. Views: 35
The CIA is trying to recruit Zeke Alexander, a world renowned and retired thief, to infiltrate the Dominion Order for them. His daughter Zoe, a thief herself, knows her father is no longer up to the task and the only way she can prevent his participation is to offer her own. But what once seemed like a small operation soon turns into a deadly game full of suspense and intrigue. Views: 35
Seven years ago, Stoney Calhoun woke up in a VA hospital with no memories and a series of unexplained talents (language ability, weapons expertise, etc.). Since then he's been living quietly, working as a part time fishing guide and co-owner of a local bait shop - with an unnamed visitor coming around occasionally to see if he's regained any memories. But this time, the visitor shows up looking for his help - and creating potential mayhem in Stoney's life to prove he's serious. In exchange for making those problems go away, Stoney must go to the far corner of Maine, sign on as a guide at a high end fishing lodge, and look into a couple of suspicious deaths. A govern ment '-operative' was found shot dead in a staged murder/suicide pact involving a local sixteen year old girl. Now Stoney has to uncover what the dead agent was investigating and got him killed - without being killed by the very same people. Views: 35
A rollicking memoir by one of the greatest (and most outrageous) supermodels of the 1970s.Janice Dickinson was not only the first of the supermodels, she endured a nightmarishly traumatic childhood at the hands of a sadistic, sexually and emotionally abusive father, and emerged in the early 1970s as the first lush-lipped 'exotic' brunette to break into a modelling world dominated by sunny California blondes.Janice owned the modelling world in the 1970s. Animated by a fierce desire to be recognised, a fearless spirit, and an insatiable hunger for alcohol, cocaine, sex, and fun, Dickinson appeared on every magazine cover, worked with every major designer and photographer (from Calvin Klein and Gianni Versace to Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon), was married three times, and had passionate affairs or one-night stands with everyone from Warren Beatty to Jack Nicholson to Mick Jagger. Though her career waned in the 1990s, her dramatic life story did not: in recent... Views: 34
Book one in a digital series to collect the published works of underground author, Patrick Kill. This first volume features six stories that showcase the Reverend's most irreverent side. If you're a big fan of blasphemy, then look no further.Includes Kill's cult classic story, "Chocolate Jesus."Table Of Contents: Tequila Son Bethlehem: 9 Months B.C. Chocolate Jesus Raise The Lord Blessed Is He Who Trusts In The Lard Shady Acres Church Of God Views: 34
Poisonville is a noir thriller par excellence-there's murder,
moral ambiguity, and a protagonist less than heroic. In this #1
bestselling noir novel, however, the killer is not an individual but an
entire system. The heavily industrialized northeast, Italy's
richest region, is undergoing dramatic change. It once drove the
nation's economic boom, a regional superpower, affluent and arrogant, a
land that abided only its own rules. But then the factory owners began
moving their operations east, across the border to former soviet
countries where labor was cheap and regulatory bodies absent. With the
factories, the jobs, and the riches gone, new elements began insinuating
themselves into the old system, and the Brahmin families of the
northeast began employing increasingly violent methods to protect their
status and their wealth. Once renowned for its economic might, the
region is now infested by organized crime, trafficking of every
commodity, including human, ranks of media personalities and politicians
on the payrolls of rich families and mobsters, and an ongoing
environmental catastrophe. Welcome to Poisonville! Here, the
young lawyer Francesco, heir to the region's second richest family, will
have to decide between business as usual or a violent rupture with the
ways of the past. The wrong choice could cost him his life. Views: 34
