When single mom Leslie Ruskin hires master carpenter Jack Kenyon to restore her historic building, they are both recovering from personal disasters; can they keep their demons at bay or is the whole project a blueprint for disaster? Views: 24
Count Geiger's Blues follows the adventures of Xavier Thaxton, arts editor at a major Southern daily called the Salonika Urbanite. Thaxton thinks himself a superior man. His aesthetic standards are so lofty that he regards superheroes as pop-culture cock-and-bull, rock music as audible rubbish, and soap operas as the contemptible spew of script-writing committees. While skinny-dipping in a pool polluted with radioactive waste, Thaxton is afflicted with superpowers all his own and becomes that which he most scorns. A radiation-induced ailment, the Philistine Syndrome, forces him to assume the persona of comic-book hero Count Geiger to allay its career- and indeed life-threatening symptoms. Michael Bishop's Count Geiger Blues, a novel of intellectual heft and self-spoofing kitsch, is a take on superheroes like no other: a rollicking foray into high and low culture that mines the vicissitudes and tragedies of everyday life for serious belly laughs and bona fide heartbreak.** Views: 24
Popsy Power, a Boston society-wife, and her best friend Sandra seem to have it all with billionaire husbands and beautiful daughters. But things change . . . From Bollinger to minimum wage, it’s a rollercoaster for the ladies who lunch. When the daughters land in a heap of trouble, too, it’s hardly surprising that their mother should worry about the next generation of Wellesley Wives. Life can’t always be fun in the sun, but that’s why there’s fur! Views: 24
In this, the third and final volume of 'The Journey of Souls Series,' the beloved Father Pieter leads his courageous band of longsuffering survivors along their enlightening but perilous adventure toward home. Scorned for their failure, the determined crusaders press forward in a desperate attempt to reach the banks of a river of promise. Journey with them as they...and you...discover the freedom available to those who who redeem hardship as they endure in hope. Suitable for readers twelve to adult.Review"Baker's superb ability to weave grace, truth, and redemption into a centuries-old story is amazing. The questions he raises about God's role in the lives of his creations are disturbing, yet challenging. You must read it to believe it." Dr. Gordon Loux, Founder of mygivingcoach.com. From the AuthorThis final chapter of the Journey of Souls Series ended a full decade of deep attachment to the characters I hope you've come to love. This final journey returned me to Europe for a fourth and final journey of discovery along the Crusader's trail. I hope you will find the joy of freedom as you turn the final pages. Views: 24
A two-bit con-man is thrown in at the deep end as a desperate hunt takes place in Oxford, in this gripping tale the thrilling climax of which takes place in the vaults of the Bodleian Library. Views: 23
It starts with a normal day, Jonah's commute to the city is like any other. And then there's no gas. And then the electricity is gone. And then everything goes to hell. This story is told from the first person, present tense. Look through the eyes of Jonah, his friends and his family as they find their love tested and their faith pulled apart. They are left only with each other.From the AuthorI wrote this novel as a response to the East Coast power failure of August 2003, and 9/11. Being in Toronto during those events as a commuter made me wonder what it would be like if the trains stopped running, if there was no gasoline, no power. About the AuthorJoel Varty was born on a farm in Ontario, Canada. He works in Toronto and lives in Cobourg. He writes during his long train commute to and from work. His other works include the historical thriller Descendant, as well as The Downtown Rutting of the Stags - a compilation of short stories. Views: 23
Product DescriptionFour science fiction tales of the future and one of the ancient past. A total of 22,000 unforgettable words.TURING'S REVENGERemember Alan Turing's test for artificial intelligence? It simply won't tell you if your robot has a soul. You will have to answer that question on your own... and you'd better get it right.TO MY DEAREST APHRODITEThe Great Library of Alexandria, 246 BC. To save the greatest city in the world, the Library's astronomer must solve a very unusual crime.FAREWELL TO ARMSA biologically enhanced assassin finds that his weapons are useless against a beautiful young woman who works in a shoe store.WISE AS SERPENTSWhen humans discovered the alien pavo civilization, they found them to be invisible savage killers. But there is still a chance for peace. Or is there?MIDGIGOROO AND THE SINGULARITYFuturists anxiously await the Singularity – the moment when superhuman intelligence makes the future impossible to predict. But how will others react to it? An Australian Aborigine, say? About the Author"One of the new brilliant creators in fiction." - Author Doniella Boaz, re: New World"[His] characters are complex and vivid." - Barry North, re: Turing's Revenge and Other Stories"The author obviously has a great knowledge of both history and science." - Kevin E. Lake, author of From the Graves of Babes"This is an author to follow." - M. Mallory, re: Turing's Revenge and Other Stories"DO NOT PASS BY STEVEN W. WHITE." - Mel, re: Outrageous Fortunes Views: 23
The epic story of an Irish family in the 1840s immigrating to America, where love, adventure, tragedy, and a terrible secret are waiting. Views: 23
- Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
- The Glass Menagerie (1944)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
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Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requiem, Justin C. Vovk narrates the epic story of four women who were married to the reigning monarchs of Europe’s last empires during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Using a diverse array of primary and secondary sources, letters, diary entries, and interviews with descendants, Vovk provides an in-depth look into the lives of four extraordinary women who stayed faithfully at their husbands’ sides throughout the cataclysm of the First World War and the tumultuous years that followed. At the centers of these four great monarchies were Augusta Victoria, Germany’s revered empress whose unwavering commitment to her bombastic husband made her a national icon; Mary, whose Cinderella story and immense personal strength made her the soul of the British monarchy through some of its greatest crises; Alexandra, the ill-fated tsarina who helped topple the Russian monarchy through her ineffective rule; and Zita, the resolute empress of Austria whose story of loss and exile captivated the world’s attention for seven decades.
Imperial Requiem shares the fascinating story of four princesses who married for love, graced imperial thrones, and watched as their beloved worlds were torn apart by war, revolution, heartache, and loss. Views: 23
