When Veronica diAngelo, a rider at Pine Hollow Stables, discovers that her stirrup leathers have been cut before an important hunter jumping exhibition, everyone assumes that practical joker Stevie Lake had something to do with it. After all, Stevie recently served her friends pancakes made out of plaster of Paris, and it's a well-known fact that Stevie and the rest of The Saddle Club can't stand snooty Veronica diAngelo.But would Stevie actually try to sabotage another rider -- and risk injuring her valuable Arabian? If Stevie didn't cut Veronica's leathers, then who did? Is it the work of a "witch" at the stable? And will The Saddle Club ever manage to dear Stevie's name? Views: 29
Are his single days over? Jake Donahue is a fantastic doctor, and incredibly sexy, too. But he's got no time for commitment or marriage—and certainly no time for kids! Jake's reason for living a single life is a closely guarded secret. However, when Dr. Cara Mackenzie breezes back into his life and emergency after emergency flings Cara and Jake together, he's seriously tempted out of bachelorhood…. Views: 29
Katara describes how Aang outwits and defeats the dreaded Admiral Zhao and the Fire Navy, Aang tells how he comes to accept his destiny, and Prince Zuko recalls the time he once captured--and lost--the Avatar. The scroll also contains information about leaders of the Fire Nation, Firebending techniques, the spirit world, and much more. Views: 29
In John Bowen's The Birdcage Peter Ash and Norah Palmer have been living together for nine years. Having never seen the point in getting married they are the epitome of a modern successful career-oriented couple; Peter is the compere for a series of 'art' films and Norah is the Script Editor for the Drama Department of a commercial television company. Why then when holidaying in Venice does Peter decide to break up their long-lasting relationship? What happens to their order and sense of self when he succeeds?By turns wildly funny and frightening The Birdcage is a novel about the end of a love affair, the repercussions and the emotional fallout. A host of brilliantly created characters people the book, including Bunty Bates the policewoman, and Edward Laverick, a playwright who finds himself the object of a hunt.Bowen creates a world that his readers can relate to and analyses the social and psychological end of a relationship. At times... Views: 29
