Jan came to Willowbridge to look after four-year-old Stephanie whose mother was confined to a wheelchair as the result of a car accident. Six months later Stephanie's mother died. The decision about Jan's continued employment rested with David Spedding. He dismissed her on the grounds of immaturity, but she knew it was really because she had talked out of turn by letting him know how much she despised him. Her foolish lapse served to strengthen her preconceived opinion. She would gladly have removed herself from his orbit. She wanted to go but she couldn't bring herself to desert Stephanie and so she fought to stay. At the risk of getting burnt. Views: 16
A collection of stories by British writer Virginia Woolf: The Mark on the Wall, Kew Gardens, Solid Objects, An Unwritten Novel, A Haunted House, Monday or Tuesday, The String Quartet, Society, Blue and Green, In the Orchard, Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street, A Woman's College From Outside, The New Dress, Moments of Being, The Lady in the Looking-Glass, The Shooting Party, The Duchess and The Jeweller, Lappin and Lappinova, The Man Who Loved His Kind, The Searchlight, The Legacy, Together and Apart, A Summing Up. Views: 16
Prose; fiction, Masculine Views: 16
In a dystopian future, Gabi's worldview shatters when she learns of the crimes committed in the name of religion. She throws in with a group of misfits to expose the truth and claim her own power. Views: 16
Originally published in 1908 and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a Preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These are seventeen tales of suspense and adventure, of the mysterious and the fantastic, meant to be read "round the fire" upon a winter's night. Murder, madness, ghosts, unsolved crimes, diabolical traps, and inexplicable disappearances abound in these exciting accounts narrated by doctors, lawyers, genetlemen, teachers, burglars, dilettantes, and convicted criminals. The titles are inviting—"The Pot of Caviare," "The Clubfooted Grocer," "The Brazilian Cat," "The Sealed Room," and "There Fiend of the Coopergate"—and the stoires are riveting. This is a rediscovered classic by a master storyteller. Views: 16
A progressive parliamentary deputy is scheduled to appear at a political rally. Meanwhile, local political bosses plot his assassination. Thugs are recruited to disrupt the rally. Rumors begin to spread. But the forces already set in motion are irresistible. Z is the story of a crime, a time, a place, and people transformed by events.Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination in 1963 in Salonika. The victim was Gregory Lambrakis, a socialist legislator and outspoken critic of the government. But Lambrakis's killers could not have anticipated the public response. His funeral became a political event; by the time the cortege reached Athens, 400,000 people were following the coffin in silence. In the nation's capital, the letter Z suddenly appeared on walls, sidewalks, posters—everywhere. Z stands for the Greek verb zei, "he lives."From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 16
