The Civil War JOURNAL OF JAMES EDMOND PEASE is now in paperback with an exciting repackaging!Ignorant to the bitter realities of military life, 16-year-old James enlists in the Union Army at the dawn of the Civil War. When his lieutenant assigns him to be the company historian of the G Company of the 122nd Regiment, New York Volunteers, he is initially at a loss as to what exactly he is supposed to record. As the days pass, James settles into his role, but he cannot take comfort in it. His country is divided by a bloody war, and his unit struggles through the hardships and turmoil. Through his journal entries, James poignantly captures the terror of battle, the drudgery of day-to-day life in the infantry, the loss of comrades, and the disillusionment of a young soldier. Views: 31
Fairness is about Helen, the tiny, blonde, serious girl whom the narrator meets when they are both looking after children during a summer vacation in Normandy. Her adventures in search of a morally satisfying life lead her into situations that are neither satisfying nor moral, from the mining boom in Central Africa to the child abuse scandals of the late 1980s. Fairness is the latest novel in Ferdinand's Mount's Chronicle of Modern Twilight which includes The Man Who Rode Ampersand and Of Love and Asthma. Views: 31
Alexa Guerra : Female AssassinInspired by the same indomitable character created by Lee Child, Alexa Guerra takes no prisoners, hates bullies and doesn’t suffer fools. Meet Alexa Guerra. Circumstances beyond her control have forced her to become a killer, the perfect assassin. And now she is hellbent on revenge against those who are hunting her. Neil Allen is a disgraced US Marine with the stigma of a dishonourable discharge hanging around his neck. Will his eternal quest for the truth lead to his ultimate demise, or will he find redemption in the arms of a beautiful assassin? In this military espionage thriller, assassinations, suicides by military officers, explosions, and double-crosses lay the foundation for the exposition of the Dalerian Conspiracy. Grab your copy today and strap yourself in for a thrilling ride!
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Here is an epistolary picture book with a T. rex in a role similar to that of the mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.A little girl is turning six in two weeks, and she's decided to invite a Tyrannosaurus rex to her birthday party! Her invitation entices the huge carnivore with promises of fun games to play, the extra-large cake her mother will bake, the goody bag he will get to take home, and, most important of all, how she will be the happiest girl in the world if he comes. But will he?Lisa McClatchy's sweet, persuasive text is perfectly complemented by John Manders's endearing Tyrannosaurus rex, who can't quite fit under the birthday-party tent or blow out the candles without making a huge mess but is sure to make this birthday party-and this book-unforgettable! Views: 31
How does a successful, money-driven woman act when her world is turned upside down and her values are brought into question? Felicity Harroway is about to go on a journey. A long distance one.Housewife and best friend Zara is also about to undertake new changes with a baby on the way. Just not quite in the way she’s expecting. For husband Steve isn’t as honest as he appears...Can Felicity’s anxious and downtrodden mother Glenda guide both women in the right direction? Will fellow friend Sylvia lead by example and find happiness with her celebrity boyfriend?Join the four women as they battle with the trials of work and relationships, and begin to question the all important dilemma… Love or Money? Or can you have both? Views: 31
All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops—including the man who was to become her husband—in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey. Gerda's serene and idyllic childhood is shattered when Nazis march into Poland on September 3, 1939. Although the Weissmanns were permitted to live for a while in the basement of their home, they were eventually separated and sent to German labor camps. Over the next few years Gerda experienced the slow, inexorable stripping away of "all but her life." By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions, and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead.... Views: 31
After her grandfather’s death, Sara inherits an ancient pendant and a
near-impossible quest—master the mysterious pendant’s source of magic. Driven to do so,
she must find the other two stones of power, long considered lost, while preventing an
unknown enemy from finding her first. Unprepared and alone, she travels to where the
keepers of the stones, the Siobani, were last seen. Along the way she meets Tobar,
leader of the nomadic Heleini tribe. As Sara wrestles with feelings for this intriguing
man, she is also invigorated with her grandfather’s passion to find the ancient Siobani
race. After a rival tribe kidnaps Tobar’s son and heir, Sara must harness the stone’s
healing magic to unite the tribes and save the boy. But as the dark power stalking her
gains ground, will she continue on her quest to reach the Siobani or risk everything to
save the warring tribes from eliminating each other? Views: 31
From one of Britain's most acclaimed art historians, art critic of The Guardian--the galvanizing story of the defining moment of the Renaissance: the two greatest artists of their time, commissioned by different people, but working side by side in the same room, a competition out of which would arise the new idea of artistic "genius."In this rich, fascinating book, published in England to great acclaim ("Superb," --The Observer), Jonathan Jones explores this fierce artistic duel between Leonardo and Michelangelo. Here is the master, Leonardo da Vinci, commissioned at age fifty-two by the Florentine Republic to paint a fresco depicting a famous military victory on a wall of the Great Council Hall in the Palazzo Vecchio. And, with an identical commission from Machiavelli, Leonardo's implacable young rival, the thirty-year-old Michelangelo, working on the same wall. Jones writes brilliantly of their "battle," in which Leonardo painted The Battle of... Views: 31
As the destinies of three men with troubled pasts converge in a web of seemingly unconnected events, it becomes apparent that their futures are held in the hands of the terrorist leader, the Sword. But in the spiralling vortex of world "realpolitik" who are the victims and who is the aggressor? Views: 31
When life gets tough, you've got to step up.Surrounded by good friends and able to indulge her passion for dance, Jenna's life seems perfect. But when her dad loses his job, everything changes. Rather than quit dancing, Jenna scrambles to find a way to pay her own tuition. Unfortunately, she soon finds that starting her own business is more than she bargained for. Can she band together with her friends – and a new crush she didn't see coming – to pull it all off?If you like heart-warming stories of clever and adventurous girls – with a touch of romance – you'll love Jenna's story in Stepping Up. Try this fast, fun read today! Views: 31
