Moving through a variety of locales and adventures, The Truth about Marie revisits the unnamed narrator of Toussaint’s acclaimed Running Away, reporting on his now disintegrated relationship with the titular Marie — the story switching deftly between first- and third-person as the narrator continues to drift through life, and Marie does her best to get on with hers. Like all of Toussaint’s novels, The Truth about Marie ’s plot matters far less than its pace and tempo, its chain of images, its sequence of events. From pouring rain in Paris to blazing fires on the island of Elba, from moments of intense action to perfectly paced lulls, The Truth about Marie relies on a series of contrasts to tell a beguiling, and finally touching, story of intimacy forever being regained and lost. Views: 35
June called down the moon to find her one
true love. A motorcycle from hell dumped Eric on her doorstep. An
accountant for a failing company, June will do anything to find true love. In a
Wiccan summoning ceremony, she swallows the moon in an effort to find her soul
mate. What she gets is Ohio National Guardsman Eric Macmillan, who owns a cursed
Suzuki Hayabusa and two spirits: DEA agent Jake the Snake, and the malevolent
stripper Cora Cobra. Back from Afghanistan, divorced and un-employed,
Eric is the third owner of a Suzuki Hayabusa. The other owners are dead, just
not departed. He's looking for the artist who created 'Cora's' snake-inspired
paint job. When Eric arrives at the scene of Jake's last sting, on a
one-of-a-kind motorcycle, all hell breaks loose – someone tries to kill
him.Van Man Go is the world's greatest airbrush artist. He will repaint
Eric's Hayabusa, for the usual price. Like Cora Cobra and Jake the Snake, Eric
must put his soul up for collateral. Cora and Jake failed to pay their debts,
now there is Hell to pay. Care to take a ride on the Hayabusa from Hell? Views: 35
A classic guide to creative nature photography, now updated for the digital world.Amateur and experienced photographers interested in taking more compelling, personal images will love this new edition of Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, now updated to address the exciting possibilities (and challenges) of digital image-making. Author Brenda Tharp's inspiring approach has garnered fans all over the world, as she teaches that magical skill no camera can do for you: learn how to "see." Readers expand their photographic vision and discover deep wellsprings of creativity as they learn to use light, balance, color, design, pattern, texture, composition, and many simple techniques to take a photo from ordinary to high-impact.Featuring more than 150 stunning, all-new images, Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, Revised Edition is for anyone who understands the basic technical side to photography but wants to wake up their creative... Views: 35
Novella of 21k words. Gilafas ADelios, the man who rules the Guild of Makers, is one of the most powerful men in the Empire. Cessaly is its newest apprentice, a wild, fey girl with a gift for creation. On the eve of the failure of the two great artifacts given the Kings centuries past, the fate of the Empire rests on the shoulders of Gilafas and a girl who can hear the voices of ancient stone. Views: 35
Elminster's archenemy, the vampiric Lord Manshoon, thinks he has destroyed Elminster at last. But Elminster survives in the form of magical ash, and with the help of his scion, a fop who is growing into a true nobleman, and his longtime companion Storm, he still has a chance to counter Manshoon's insidious plots.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 35
Domenico Chiocchetti was a quiet, kindly man, an Italian artist caught up in a war that would change his life forever. When he and his friends and fellow prisoners of war arrived on the tiny Orkney island of Lamb Holm in January 1942, they found a freezing, windswept wilderness and a seemingly impossible task to build giant causeways in the sea to protect the British Navy. It was a life seemingly without hope, until the arrival of Padre Giacomo. When the Padre arrived he brought a new hope for the future and helped Domenico persuade the British to allow him to build a chapel. Little did they know the extent of Domenico’s extraordinary vision. And for the men of Camp 60 it was a story of triumph over adversity as, far from home, this small group of soldiers created a remarkable legacy a masterpiece in plasterboard and scrap metal and a lasting reminder of the true strength of the human spirit. Views: 35
Arriving in Miami, Rhea has nothing to start her life over: the past five years have disappeared, erased by her own magic. The sudden reappearance of Peter, her first crush, brings back joy in her new existence. Can Rhea truly live again with part of her past lost to her or is Peter right when he says she’s strong enough to get her memories back and see her world shattered again? Not a HEA story Views: 35
