Daisy Bellamy has struggled for years to choose between two men—one honorable and steady, one wild and untethered. And then, one fateful day, the decision is made for her.Now busy with a thriving business on Willow Lake, Daisy knows she should be happy with the life she's chosen for herself and her son. But she still aches for the one thing she can't have.Until the man once lost to her reappears, resurrected by a promise of love. And now the choice Daisy thought was behind her is the hardest one she'll ever face.... Views: 49
Kolia est né dans un camp de travail de Sibérie orientale en 1937. Très jeune, il fait la connaissance de Iossif, un détenu originaire d'Europe de l'Ouest qui lui transmet les rudiments pour survivre au bagne et lui enseigne le calcul, le russe et le français, avant de disparaître comme la plupart des êtres qui ont habité cette prison à ciel ouvert. Libéré à la mort de Staline, Kolia apprend à vivre dans la société soviétique. Il devient clown blanc dans un cirque à Moscou, y trouve le réconfort d'une famille et connaît le succès jusqu'à l'implosion de l'URSS. Mais le souvenir de Iossif et du goulag le hantera toute sa vie. Kolia, c'est le roman d'un homme et de son double circassien, le clown prestidigitateur au visage blanc et aux traits redessinés pour la piste. Puis c'est le récit d'une amitié fondamentale et inachevée, fil rouge dans l'histoire de cet homme que la violence du monde n'a pas cassé. Views: 49
A spiritual thriller by the bestselling author of Golf in the KingdomAs publisher, writer, and researcher, Darwin Fall has gathered a wide range of evidence for human nature's supernormal capacities—but his photographs and case stories can only take him so far. He needs living proof. So when a mysterious man named Jacob Atabet disturbs morning mass at a Catholic church in his neighborhood, Fall thinks he may have found just what he's looking for, setting in motion a quest that leads him to push beyond the limits of his own imagination.Defying categorization, Michael Murphy artfully maneuvers through the shoals of fiction, science, self-knowledge, and invention. Views: 49
On his return from India, Commander Joe Sandilands, now adept at the arts of dynamic diplomacy, finds himself up to his neck in a tricky political situation. A war-weary London is reeling from IRA atrocities and Joe is further plagued by the machinations of a spy-ring being run under his nose by a Russian emigree princess. When a war hero is gunned down and the life of an even more popular Englishman threatened, Joe knows he only has days to root out the woman who is behind the killings: Irish? Russian? Or somebody quite other? With the aid of the proposed victim who offers himself as bait, and the services of a woman police constable, Joe discovers that the murderer's motive is not political but much more devious and deranged. And when the mask comes off, the killer's identity shocks even the battle-hardened commander. Views: 49
"A rare, honest, beautiful, and, yes, sometimes heartbreaking examination of the echoes of water-powered natural gas drilling--or fracking--in the human community . . . vivid, personal and emotional."--Minneapolis Star Tribune Susquehanna County, in the remote northeastern corner of Pennsylvania, is a community of stoic, low-income dairy farmers and homesteaders seeking haven from suburban sprawl--and the site of the Marcellus Shale, a natural gas deposit worth more than one trillion dollars. In The End of Country, journalist and area native Seamus McGraw opens a window on the battle for control of this land, revealing a conflict that pits petrodollar billionaires and the forces of corporate America against a band of locals determined to extract their fair share of the windfall--but not at the cost of their values or their way of life. Rich with a sense of place and populated by unforgettable personalities, McGraw tells a tale of... Views: 49
After Denver Detective Bobby Mac receives a phone call from his brother, the Chief of Police in Rocky Gap, Idaho, Bobby Mac travels north to assist in the investigation surrounding two gruesome murders and the abduction of an 11-year-old girl.These two seasoned cops—estranged brothers reunited—will bring all of their experience to bear in a case that threatens not only the safety of a small town, but also the sacred lineage of a family of heroes. Views: 49
THE DADDY RETURNS Faith Harper knew everyone in New Hope, Texas, was wondering who'd fathered her unborn child. But the sweet -- unmarried -- Mom-to-be refused to name the daddy. And then agent Nick Russo unexpectedly returned to town. She couldn't believe Nick didn't recall their one night of passion. True, it had been nearly nine months ago, but how could he have forgotten such an earth-shattering experience? And if he didn't remember, Faith wasn't about to inform him it was his child she was carrying -- no matter how much she longed to recapture the ecstasy she'd found in his arms. Views: 49
