The legend of the true California bandit the world came to know as the fictional character of Zorro. Salomon rode the California hills as a ranchero, and then as a scout for the Mexican Army. He returned home to a land overrun with gold seekers. Brutal circumstances lead Salomon to become one of the most legendary bandits California has ever seen. An adventure of love, revenge, and redemption. Views: 322
"Visiting Whisper Lake is like coming home and reuniting with old friends. You won't be disappointed!" Norma - Bookbub Hannah Stark takes care of everyone else, from the patients she nurses back to health, to her family, who can never seem to get it together. She'd love to find someone she can trust, someone she can lean on, someone she can love, but that someone will not be Jake McKenna. The ruggedly attractive owner of Adventure Sports might still make her palms sweat, but Jake broke her teenage heart years ago. In the twelve plus years since they were a couple, Jake has given up on forgiveness from Hannah. He'd really like the chance to set the record straight, but that would mean revealing secrets he has sworn to protect. So, they dance around each other, never getting close enough to the lingering sparks to start another fire. A stormy Christmas eve at the lake changes everything. A woman in trouble and a death-defying rescue gives... Views: 322
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** In A Town Full Of Secrets** To most people, men like Mark Cantrell are fine, upstanding pillars of the community, completely beyond reproach. But their killer knows better. They are sinners of the worst kind, and they must burn on earth before they burn in hell. . . ** Trusting The Wrong Person** Eighteen months after her husband's unsolved murder, Cathy Cantrell has returned to her Alabama home, eager to build a new life for herself and her son. But pieces of her past are everywhere-including Jackson Perdue, the town's deputy sheriff. The spate of recent deaths-each victim burned in the same horrifying manner-leave Jack and Cathy in no doubt that a serial killer is at work, one whose rage grows more vicious each day. . . ** Can Be Fatal. . .** Now as a twisted killer moves in for a final, brutal act of vengeance, buried crimes are coming to light once more. And this time, justice will be swift, merciless, and as silent as the grave. . . Views: 322
Heart is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Henry Slesar is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Henry Slesar then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 322
The story is interesting enough for you to read. If you like nineteenth century literature, I would suggest only for the experience. It is interesting enough. "Recalled to Life" a fascinating detective novel. A detective story about a young woman who loses her memory after her father is murdered. Views: 322
"The tender biography of a sickly marmoset that was adopted by Leonard Woolf and became a fixture of Bloomsbury society." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times "In short, glistening sentences that refract the larger world, Ms. Nunez describes the appealingly eccentric, fiercely intelligent Woolfs during a darkening time." —The Wall Street Journal By the National Book Award–winning author of The Friend In 1934, a "sickly pathetic marmoset" named Mitz came into the care of Leonard Woolf. After he nursed her back to health, she became a ubiquitous presence in Bloomsbury society. Moving with Leonard and Virginia Woolf between their homes in London and Sussex, she developed her own special relationship with each of them, as well as with their pet cocker spaniels and with various members of the Woolfs' circle, among them T. S. Eliot and Vita Sackville-West. Mitz also helped the Woolfs escape a close call with Nazis during a... Views: 321
From childhood, Molly Bell Redwine was taught by her charismatic, domineering mother that "family is everything." But no one warned Molly that family can change unexpectedly. In rapid succession, her husband of more than twenty years abandons her for a younger woman, her mother dies, and her Atlanta clan scatters to the four winds. Molly is set adrift in a heartbeat. With her old world crumbling, Molly takes refuge with a friend on Martha's Vineyard, hoping to come to terms with who she truly is. When the summer season ends, Molly decides to stay on, renting a small cottage on a remote up-island pond--becoming part of an odd, new, very real family that taxes her old outworn notions. And as the long Vineyard winter approaches, Molly braces herself for the arduous task she must undertake: a search for renewal and identity, and the strength to carry her through to the warm and healing spring. Views: 321
In his novels, poetry, and memoirs, Booker Prize winner Michael Ondaatje moves from the blasted landscape of Billy the Kid in 1880s New Mexico to the New Orleans jazz world of the legendary Buddy Bolden at the turn of the century, from his native Sri Lanka to the African desert of World War II. Compassionate, lyrical, spellbinding, the work he has created unfolds with mystery and eloquence and enlarges our literature.
Included in Vintage Ondaatje are portions of the novels Anil’s Ghost, In the Skin of the Lion, Coming Through Slaughter, and* The English Patient; the memoir Running in the *Family; sections from The Collected Works of Billy the Kid; and a selection of the poetry.
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 321
A simple youth takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.In this short story by the author of The Mighty Roman, a simple high school student takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013. Views: 321
To save my father's life and our family's legacy, I have to marry a cruel man who wants me only as a trophy. I thought Franklin Parks was a bad man before, but now I know he's a monster. To survive, I will have to beat him at his own game. But then Henry Asher, my one and only love, comes back into my life and things get a lot more complicated. Franklin is not only my fiancé but also Henry's boss, and he will stop at nothing to get everything he wants... Henry Asher I was a fool to let her go. Now, I'll have to do everything to get her back... Aurora never thought I could be a rich dirtbag who would do anything to get what he wants but I am proving her wrong. To help her, I had to teach myself a few things. To protect her, I had to become my worst enemy. To save her, I will have to do the unthinkable. The problem is that she doesn't want saving. She has... Views: 321
Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind's love for humanity and inspires him once again to find joy in the smallest details of every life. Views: 321
Where do you go to when nothing seems to be working in your life? What do you do when everything you do is criticized? How do you face the world when your very soul is aching with a longing that you cannot name? When Maggie goes for a night-time walk, just to get away from her disapproving husband, she is drawn to a small café. But the café holds mysteries that she could never have imagined.Where do you go to when nothing seems to be working in your life? What do you do when everything you do is criticized? How do you face the world when your very soul is aching with a longing that you cannot name? When Maggie goes for a night-time walk, just to get away from her disapproving husband, she is drawn to a small café. But the café holds mysteries that she could not possibly have imagined.Christina McCarthy, author of the best seller, 'The Druids' Daughter - Forbidden Magic' and the acclaimed 'Forbidden Magic - A Druid Born', takes us into a modern fantasy where nothing is as it seems to be and where reality really does meet with mythology - or are they one and the same? Views: 321
