In this heartfelt, beautifully written novel, a woman with nothing left to lose finds the courage to start over in the last place she ever expected. . .Newly divorced Maggie Carter has little to show for her marriage except a pile of boxes and regret Views: 35
Welcome to Eddie’s Tavern, the only functioning waterhole in a near-dead town. Among the people you’ll meet tonight are: Tom, Milestone’s haunted lawman, who walks in the shadow of death; Gracie, the barmaid, a wannabe actress, doomed to spend her hours tending bar in a purgatory of her father’s making; Flo, the town seductress, who may or may not have murdered her husband; Cobb, a nudist awaiting an apology from the commune who cast him out; Wintry, the mute giant, whose story is told only in cryptic messages scribbled beneath newspaper headlines; Kyle, the kid, who keeps a loaded gun beneath the table; and Cadaver, who looks like a corpse, but smells real nice, and occupies his time counting stacks of pennies. And then there’s Reverend Hill, who will be in at eleven, regular as clockwork, to tell them who’s going to die, and who’s going to drive. Welcome to Eddie’s, where tonight, for the first time in three years, nothing will go according to plan. Views: 35
Subject's Number Seventeen, and Fifteen are in trouble. The police have arrested them, and they have no way of escape. Then, the people who the least expect come to their rescue. Seventeen and Fifteen must find the other Runners, and stand up against the people who are after them. Caught is the thrilling second installment in the #1 Bestselling The Runners series. Praise for part one Views: 35
After a horrible snowboarding accident, Baron Callaghan must relinquish his daredevil lifestyle and once again rely on his girlfriend to mend. Roxanna Cruze has always done everything in her power to support Baron. When circumstances force her to face her own alienation and neglect of her family and friends, she finds she must finally make a decision to put herself first or remain Baron’s crutch. Views: 35
Based on a remarkable true story, The Secrets of Mary Bowser is an inspiring tale of one daring woman's willingness to sacrifice her own freedom to change the course of history All her life, Mary has been a slave to the wealthy Van Lew family of Richmond, Virginia. But when Bet, the willful Van Lew daughter, decides to send Mary to Philadelphia to be educated, she must leave her family to seize her freedom. Life in the North brings new friendships, a courtship, and a far different education than Mary ever expected, one that leads her into the heart of the abolition movement. With the nation edging toward war, she defies Virginia law by returning to Richmond to care for her ailing father—and to fight for emancipation. Posing as a slave in the Confederate White House in order to spy on President Jefferson Davis, Mary deceives even those who are closest to her to aid the Union command. Just when it seems that all her courageous gambles to end slavery will pay off, Mary discovers that everything comes at a cost—even freedom. Review“Masterfully written, The Secrets of Mary Bowser shines a new light onto our country’s darkest history. Balancing fire and grace, the story of Mary Bowser is an ethical journey we won’t soon forget, one that takes us from hatred to courage to love.” Review“Masterfully written, The Secrets of Mary Bowser shines a new light onto our country’s darkest history. Balancing fire and grace, the story of Mary Bowser is an ethical journey we won’t soon forget, one that takes us from hatred to courage to love.” (Brunonia Barry, bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Map of True Places )“The Secrets of Mary Bowser is a good old-fashioned historical novel packed with drama, intrigue, love, loss, and most of all, the resilience of a remarkable heroine who forges her own destiny from the first page. What a treat!” (-Kelly O'Connor McNees, author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott )“Deftly balancing history, romance and adventure, Leveen honors the life and historical importance of a brave, resourceful woman.” (Kirkus Reviews )“Told with clarity, confidence, and courage, The Secrets of Mary Bowser illuminates an untold and important story about slavery, the Civil War, and the role of women in achieving emancipation. A riveting and powerful book.” (Naseem Rakha, internationally bestselling author of The Crying Tree )“Lois Leveen has written a captivating novel...[she] demonstrates considerable skill bringing the historical period to life. Mary’s world is nuanced and complicated, but the reader is thoroughly drawn into it, never lost. The narrative voice carries with it a seamless authority, rare in novels of this type.” (Oregonian ) Views: 35
"I need your allegiance. And it must be definitive."The christmas decorations are up, but danger lurks in the port city. Durban is in trouble. A credible threat from a shadowy terrorist group has blipped the State Security Agency's radar screens and agents Kevin Durant and Cedric Shabalala have to take this threat to ground. But strong allegiances have been formed and this could prove to be their hardest case yet. As an American warship sails into Durban harbour, with a senior diplomat hosted on board, the stakes are raised and the chances are good that the Festive Season will be remembered for one thing only: intelligence failure. Views: 35
For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terror that the Revolution inflicted upon on its enemies. But recent decades have brought a marked change in sensibility. The Revolution is no longer judged in terms of historical necessity but rather by "timeless" standards of morality. In this succinct essay, Sophie Wahnich explains how, contrary to prevailing interpretations, the institution of Terror sought to put a brake on legitimate popular violence--in Danton's words, to "be terrible so as to spare the people the need to be so"--and was subsequently subsumed in a logic of war. The Terror was "a process welded to a regime of popular sovereignty, the only alternatives being to defeat tyranny or die for liberty." Views: 35
Ten thousand years have passed in the age of the vampires. Now begins the time of the new Kingdom and prophecies begin to unfold. Starting with the coming of the new Queen, the Deveraux clan, one of the more powerful families, will never be the same. Views: 35
