“In Gallant’s stories, the conflicts, obsessions, and concerns – the near-impossibility of gaining personal freedom without inflicting harm on those whom you love and who love you; the difficulty of forgiving a cruel and selfish parent without sentimentalizing him; or the pain of failed renewal – are limned with an affectionate irony and generated by a sincere belief in their ultimate significance, significance not just for the characters who embody them, but for the author and, presumably, the reader as well.” –Russell Banks, from his introductionMavis Gallant is the modern master of what Henry James called the international story, the fine-grained evocation of the quandaries of people who must make their way in the world without any place to call their own. The complexity of the very idea of home is alive in the stories Gallant has written about Montreal. Montreal Stories, Russell Banks’s new selection from Gallant’s work demonstrates anew the remarkable reach of this writer’s singular art. Among its contents are three previously unpublished stories, as well as the celebrated semi-autobiographical sequence about Linnet Muir – stories that are wise, funny, and full of insight into the perils and promise of growing up and breaking loose.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 12
This is the second in the medical mystery series, featuring Dr. Barnabas, the forensic pathologist and police-surgeon at the Old East Hospital. In this story she is involved in investigating the harrowing case of suspicious deaths of small babies in the maternity unit. Author Claire Rayner's insight into medical issues led her to launch a number of high-profile campaigns, including raising awareness of incontinence, tackling the problems of migraines, and instigating the Medical Passport scheme. Her gift for communication resulted in probably her best-known role as agony aunt for problem pages in The Sun, the Sunday Mirror, and Today. She was also a frequent contributor to radio and television broadcasts on matters of health, relationships, and contemporary morality. She spoke regularly on matters relating to care of the elderly in her capacity as commissioner to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care of the Elderly.Review"The new man in pathology is a woman - Dr George Barnabas, scalpel-minded heroine of Claire Rayner's chilling medical murder mystery" - Cosmopolitan "That George Barnabas is a woman is just the first twist in this taut and fraught investigation" - Sunday Express "Each is as compulsively heart-stopping as the last" - Yorkshire Post Views: 12
Dr. Meg Lyle is a classic geek working on a top secret project deep within a military research base. Being stuck on a project over the holidays sucks, but when three hot members of security make her dreams come true, she knows there’s more to their story than they’re revealing. Are these sexy military studs men in black or aliens? The truth may throw her ordered life into disarray, but either way, Meg’s sex life is now out of the world! Views: 12
In the acclaimed debut of The Always
Anonymous Beast, Lauren Wright Douglas introduced tough,
resourceful Caitlin Reece, one of the most unconventional women ever to appear
in a mystery novel.
The uncompromising private detective once again prowls her terrain of
Victoria, British Columbia, investigating a case as dramatic and immediate as
today’s headlines.
Caitlin is hired by a woman code-named Shrew, to pick up a package.
Caitlin is sickened to the depths of her being by the contents of the package:
a blind and maimed cat, and photographs of animal experimentation.
And now Shrew is dead. As a member of the militant animal rights
organization Ninth Life, she had infiltrated Living World, a cosmetics
company. The other members of Ninth Life suspect she was betrayed by
someone within their own ranks and murdered because of what she learned.
The director of Living World has made
vehement public denials that his company is experimenting on animals for
product development. Caitlin sees only one answer: to penetrate the security
systems protecting Living World – alarms, dogs, guards – and discover the truth
for herself.
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To help her class win the school contest, Dawn Bosco will have to find the person who is trying to ruin their play, Little Red Riding Hood Ms. Rooney's second-grade class is determined to win the school contest by putting on a surprise play. Dawn Bosco will play Little Red Riding Hood, and Jason Bazyk will be the Big Bad Wolf. But someone is trying to ruin everything. First, Dawn hears a scary voice backstage. Then, the wolf suit goes missing. Dawn has to get to the bottom of the mystery in order to save the play and win the prize. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Patricia Reilly Giff including rare photos from the author's personal collection. Views: 12
SYNOPSISThe stunning saga debut from a star of the genre – ELLIE PRIDE is an engrossing, heartrending story of love, passion, duty and family, set in the North-west in the early part of the twentieth century.A stirring, heartrending story of love, passion, duty and family, set in the early years of the 1900s as the First World War looms.After the tragic death of her mother, beautiful, headstrong Ellie Pride must forge her own way in the world. Having made a deathbed promise to her mother to forsake passion for stability and social status, Ellie rejects the advances of local craftsman Gideon Walker, despite her deep attraction to him. With her grieving father struggling to cope, Ellie is exiled to live with her aunt and uncle. Her mother hoped Ellie would be able to escape her humble roots forever. But despite the so-called luxury, Ellie is left frightened and alone.Her uncle quickly reveals a terrifying cruelty that forces her into a loveless marriage in order to escape him. Struggling to support her weak husband against his penny-pinching father, Ellie never forgets her love for Gideon. Their paths are destined to cross again and again.But when events take a tragic turn, Ellie needs all her pride and strength to overcome hardship, and to triumph. Views: 12
"'Williams' portrayal of the King and Mrs Simpson is fair, accurate
and refreshingly free from the distorting propaganda of the past two
thirds of a century' Michael Bloch; 'The Duke of Windsor has been
spectacularly traduced in recent years. This book is an exercise in
rehabilitation.... it is overdue' Philip Ziegler"
Product Description
This title tells the story of love, devotion to duty and betrayal, of
the radical young Edward VIII who, but for the plotting of his enemies,
might have reigned for his lifetime. Through letters and diaries, the
author demonstrates the huge popularity of the King and the tragic
events that led to his abdication. Views: 12
The Bride Wore Chain Mail...or would have, if she could, for the Lady Aileas Dugall was more concerned with things martial than marital. Nevertheless, she was the woman Sir George de Gramercie desired. Though he wondered if she would come to the marriage bed more warrior than wife?Aileas Dugall bemoaned the fate that bound her to Sir George de Gramercie, a knight who seemed more interested in the luxuries of life than the mechanics of war. Still, when he gazed at her with husbandly intent, she wanted nothing more than to surrender...! Views: 12
