The Little Russian spotlights an exciting new voice in historical fiction, an assured debut that should appeal to readers of Away by Amy Bloom or Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. The novel tells the story of Berta Alshonsky, who revels in childhood memories of her time spent with a wealthy family in Moscow –a life filled with salons, balls and all the trappings of the upper class — very different from her current life as a grocer's daughter in the Jewish townlet of Mosny. So when a mysterious and cultured wheat merchant walks into the grocery, Berta's life is forever altered. She falls in love, unaware that he is a member of the Bund, The Jewish Worker's League, smuggling arms to the shtetls to defend them against the pogroms sweeping the Little Russian countryside.Married and established in the wheat center of Cherkast, Berta has recaptured the life she once had in Moscow. So when a smuggling operation goes awry and her husband must flee... Views: 44
The search for a cop killer leads reporter Todd Mills and his partner, Detective Steve Rawlins, to a beautiful young man with an ugly secret, to the shooting death of another cop, and to a drama of hostage-taking that unfolds in the midst of a summer storm. Views: 44
As the U.S. descends into the Civil War, photographer Brenton Baldwin travels west with his sister Jordana, taking pictures of the developing lands and in search of their sister. Along for the trip is young Caitlan O'Connor, who has just arrived from Ireland. Will they make it to California to find their family despite the danger that looms ahead? And can early romance grow into love in the face of trials and tragedy? Views: 44
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and are going to help out at the Pretty Bird Pet Shop. The Aldens are thrilled to have the chance to work with the animals at the pet shop. But things just aren't going smoothly. The Aldens' deliveries of pet supplies keep getting mixed up. And someone has let the birds out of their cages. It's up to the Boxcar Children to find out who's behind all the trouble! Views: 44
A stunning new fantasy adventure in the acclaimed Avaryan ChroniclesHailed as "a sweeping saga, spiced with exciting, unexpected plot twists" (Publishers Weekly), Judith Tarr's richly imagined Avaryan fantasy series has gained a broad and devoted following that eagerly awaits each new book. The first five volumes in the series chronicle the reign of a living Sun God and his descendants in an exotic realm torn by warring magical forces. Now, after more than five years, Judith Tarr at last offers her many fans a stunning new chapter in this majestic epic.A wild, spoiled princeling of the house of Han-Gilen, Indaros Karelios is handsome, arrogant, a seducer and tavern-crawler with little regard for the noble line that spawned him. But Daros is also a mage, unruly, untrained, and unbound by the constraints that block other workers of magic.Caught violating the mages' gravest prohibition, crossing through the forbidden gates between the... Views: 44
Captain Téa Callas, M.D., agreed to a risky time travel mission to get away from Special Forces Commander Rick Walters, not spend more time in close proximity to the irresistibly masculine soldier. They had shared a brief but passionate fling months agountil Téa put an end to their affair. In medieval Italy, Téa's traitorous body still remembers—and craves—his touch. His strong sense of honour entices her ever more, though he is haunted by nightmares of war. Can Téa heal his inner wounds with her paranormal giftsand find her way back into his arms? Views: 44
Nothing in Elias' measured life, in his whole career as a teacher of
literature, in his marriage to the 'indescribably beautiful' Eva,
foreshadowed the events of that apparently ordinary day. He makes sure
he has his headache pills and leaves for work as he has done every
morning for the past twenty-five years.He is only
too familiar with his pupils' hostile attitude both to his lectures and
to himself, but today he feels their impatience, their oafishness, more
painfully than ever before and, after their ritually dismissive and
bored response to his passionate lecture on Ibsen's The Wild Duck, he reaches a point of crisis.Shyness and Dignity
is the story of a man's awakening to a world that no longer recongises
what he has always stood for or his talent. Dag Solstad is Norway's
leading author, an icon among Scandinavian writers and a leading figure
of the political left. This novel, in Sverre Lyngstad's fine
translation, is one of Solstad's major works. Views: 44
An entertaining diary-style novel about a self-obsessed teenage girl and her attempts to navigate the choppy waters of life! Watch out Bridget Jones - here comes Janet!Meet Janet. She's determined to explore Life's True Essence, despite the countless hurdles in her way (i.e. her mother (The Mad Cow), a tragically lost mobile, the trials of Romantic Love, etc.). But while she splashes around the Deep End of the Pool of Life, could Janet be missing what's happening on dry land? Views: 44
