Could Becky’s life get any worse? As though finding out her fiancé had been unfaithful on the day of her wedding wasn’t bad enough, now her holiday in Cornwall is at risk of being ruined by a group of lads on a stag weekend. All she wants is to be left in peace to lick her wounds. Surely that isn’t too much to ask? But when the tide rolls in and leaves her stranded on the beach, assistance arrives from a most unexpected quarter. Who is the mysterious Luke and why won't he tell her anything about himself? Trapped on the cliff, Becky's about to find out what it really means to be caught between a rock and a hard place... Views: 67
A wormhole leads a man to a distant planet, where the primitive aliens live in a perfect symbiotic relationship with the ecosystem.It is a utopia, and he is treated like a god.But what happens when a god gets hungry, and can't eat the local plant life?Symbios is a 5500 word science fiction short story by Joe Kimball, author of the novel Timecaster. It has been specifically formatted for ebook readers. A teaser chapter of Timecaster is included at the end.About the authorJoe Kimball is a pen name of thriller author J. A. Konrath, author of Shaken and the Jack Daniels mysteries. Under the name Jack Kilborn, he writes horror novels, including Endurance, Trapped, and Draculas. Joe has a lot of names, apparently. Views: 67
In deference to Sherlock Holmes's wishes, Dr Watson kept the tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra a secret. However before he died he arranged that the bizarre story of the giant rat should be held in the vaults of a London bank until all the protagonists were dead....Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective stories. The Further Adventures series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds' greatest detective. Views: 67
Product DescriptionA steampunk sci-fi story about the adventures of a soldier in intergalactic service, after being shipped off to a very remarkable planet. Sailing will never be the same again... Views: 67
She's given up everything for love: it could be the biggest mistake of her life...Taylor Rourke wants to change her impulsive ways when it comes to romance and not fall for any man on a whim, but then on a hen party trip to a Coonawarra vineyard, she meets Edward Starr. Gorgeous and charismatic, Edward is enough to make any girl give up her flat and job in Adelaide and move to the country.So it's something of a shock that when she gets there, Edward is nowhere to be seen. Not wanting to admit she may have made a mistake and return home in disgrace, Taylor accepts the job that Edward's younger brother Pete offers her and throws herself into her work, keen to learn as much as she can about the wine trade.Taylor is thrilled when Ed returns, but she quickly discovers he may not be the man she thought he was. Her growing friendship with Pete causes tension between the brothers who have fallen out over a woman in the past. That's not the only source of... Views: 67
Retail• Sullivan has nearly 100% name recognition among people 40 and older • In a survey of the fifty most influential programs in the U.S., TV Guide ranked The Ed Sullivan Show #10 • Show still appears on PBS and on cable stations across the country • Sixty million baby boomers grew up watching The Ed Sullivan Show For more than twenty years, from 1948 to 1971, fifty-five million viewers watched The Ed Sullivan Show religiously every Sunday night. Everyone who was anyone appeared—the Beatles and Elvis, of course, and Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, and Elizabeth Taylor, plus public figures such as Fidel Castro, David Ben-Gurion, and Martin Luther King, Jr. More than thirty years later, the program remains a pop-culture icon. But despite Ed Sullivan’s prominence, little was known about the private man...until now. Impresario reveals what the Sullivan viewers never saw: nasty, hot-tempered, craven, yet also capable of high ideals and, above all, hugely ambitious. At a time when Americans are looking back, The Ed Sullivan Show stands out as a shining example of television during the golden era. Impresario lets readers look behind the screen to see the man who made it happen. From the Hardcover edition.From Publishers WeeklyRunning from 1948 to 1971, the Ed Sullivan Show's "Big Tent" theory defined family viewing. Each Sunday night, more than 35 million people tuned in to see everyone from Elvis to Richard Pryor, the Beatles to Nureyev. Animal acts and high art shared billing. A gig on Sullivan made many performers. Maguire, who is also publishing an account of the National Spelling Bee this season (American Bee), reveals the man behind the curtain, portraying Sullivan (1901–1974) as tyrannical, egotistical and controlling. As Maguire tells it, the sportswriter turned Daily News columnist had one goal: fame. Sullivan failed at radio and film, but triumphed in print, and though his early TV years were rocky, he successfully (and lucratively) captured the zeitgeist; his tastes were America's tastes. As an emcee, he was awkward and stilted in front of the camera; as a producer, he was brilliant and intuitive. "[W]ithout being able to sing, tell jokes or be charming," he became famous. Yet the successful star was a loner. He adored his wife, but had no close friends or real home life. Maguire has written a fascinating biography and meticulously recorded the birth of TV, the heyday of newspaper columnists and the glamour of New York. 40 b&w illus. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistAlthough Ed Sullivan started out as a tough-as-nails New York Daily News Broadway columnist, he became an arbiter of American taste as the wooden, sour-faced host of a long-running TV variety show that validated the talents of mouse puppet Topo Gigio, Elvis, and the Beatles for the masses. He was perceived as so potent a fortune maker that the Rolling Stones altered lyrics to cater to his fears of offending his ardent viewers. Thirty years before clipping Mick and the gang's lyrical wings, he picked a fight in print with vaudevillian and movie star Eddie Cantor, accusing the singing comic of plagiarizing Bert Lahr's dog act and stealing jokes in the manner of then up-and-comer Milton Berle. Cantor fired back that vaudevillian-turned-club-comic George Jessel was the actual dog-act thief, but Sullivan "characteristically," Maguire says, "admitted no mistake." Well written and highly detailed, Sullivan's biography, like his career, has it all, really-big-show-wise. A must-have for collections emphasizing show-biz history. Mike TribbyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 67
My name is Jenna Solitaire and everything I thought I knew about myself, my family, and my future is wrong. My life is not my own. It never has been. I just didn't know it—until now...After the death of her grandfather, nineteen-year-old Jenna Solitaire finds an ancient wooden board hidden away in the attic of his house. Scorched by fire and covered in mysterious symbols, the board fascinates her—and scares her—at the same time. As does Simon Monk, the handsome stranger who has come into her life, claiming to know about the board. Even more frightening is the voice whispering in Jenna's head, calling her "Keeper." Does Jenna have power over the winds, as Simon claims? Is she truly the Daughter of Destiny? At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 67
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It's a special Christmas for the Pee Wee Scouts--Mrs. Peters is about to have a baby!From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 67
