Set in medieval Norway, the books follow Olav and Ingunn, who, though raised as brother and sister, have become lovers in a world caught between the fading sphere of pagan worship and vendettas and the expansion of Christianity. Views: 555
Set in England in the 1800s, this is the coming-of-age story of two remarkable people leading very different lives. Misfortune requires the very clever Lydia to seek work as a maid. From the moment mischievous Sir Jonathan catches her reading books she is supposed to be dusting, he is intrigued. Thus begins a clandestine relationship that is, for both of them, amusing, confusing and enlightening.Young Jonathan Clyde causes mischief for everyone at Whitehall, the stately home of his privileged ancestors. As he matures, however, he comes to despise the vanity and conceit surrounding him. Misfortune requires Lydia Smythe, an exceptionally clever farmer’s daughter, to seek employment at Whitehall. As a parlor maid, she feels stifled and harried by those over her. Still, she refuses to relinquish her independent mind and spirit. From the moment Jonathan catches Lydia reading the books she is supposed to be dusting, he is intrigued by this unusual servant. Thus begins a clandestine relationship that is simultaneously amusing, confusing and enlightening. Just as it is evolving into something neither of them expected, an unforeseen truth comes to light, and the two wonder if their unconventional bond will be forever lost. Set in England in the mid-eighteen hundreds, A Girl Called Foote is the coming-of-age story of two similarly impressive people leading very different lives. Views: 554
A lush, coming-of-age novel set in 1950s Italy that stares into the heart of longing and at the friendships that have the power to save and destroy us.Isabella is beautiful, inscrutable, and popular. Her best friend, Bridget, keeps quietly to the fringes of their Connecticut Catholic school, watching everything and everyone, but most especially Isabella.In 1957, when the girls graduate, they land coveted spots at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Pentila in northern Italy, a prestigious art history school on the grounds of a silent convent. There, free of her claustrophobic home and the town that will always see her and her Egyptian mother as outsiders, Bridget discovers she can reinvent herself as anyone she desires... perhaps even someone Isabella could desire in return.But as that glittering year goes on, Bridget begins to suspect Isabella is keeping a secret from her, one that will change the course of their lives forever. Views: 552
Season 1, Episode 1. The Hellfire Legacy: The Call - Inspired by the great Lee Child A Bitesize 1-hour Episode - "A edge-of-your-seat Saturday matinee"Marine Sergeant Ethan Gill is a hero — the real thing — a battle-hardened veteran of wars across the globe, with a sense of humor that would cut glassHe’d retired to the ‘good life’ but now he’s working with the FBI – there will be troubleSeason 1, Episode 1. The Hellfire Legacy: The Call -- Inspired by the great Lee Child A Bitesize Read - the first 1 hour episode. "A edge-of-your-seat Saturday matinee"Marine Sergeant Ethan Gill is a hero — the real thing — a battle-hardened veteran of wars across the globe, with a sense of humor that would cut glass.He’d retired to the ‘good life’ but now he’s working with the FBI – there will be trouble! When terrorists start killing US generals, SecNav recalls him to duty. To the toughest and most perilous mission of his life. And this one on American soil.But anything is better than being back in the world with no real purpose.In peacetime, as in war, every victory has its price. And every conflict a hero.____________________________________No one can match the great Lee Child, but Hellfire was inspired by his great novels. It’s a roller-coaster adventure in 12 1-hour episodes. Each one is a complete story with a beginning, middle and end. And a cliff-hanger ending, it the true tradition of the genre.Download Episode 1 and see why readers are saying Ethan Gill is a cool Jack Reacher Views: 552
George has a hard time dealing with his farm and his four children after the death of his wife. When the ladies at his church raise money for a mail order bride for him, he doesn’t argue with them. Millie has a short time to find her own way in the world before she is kicked out of the orphanage where she was raised. George’s letter about his requirements for a bride fit in all ways but one.George has a hard time dealing with his farm and his four children after the death of his wife. When the ladies at his church raise money for a mail order bride for him, he doesn’t argue with them. He needs a caretaker for his family. Millie has a short time to find her own way in the world before she is kicked out of the orphanage where she was raised. George’s letter about his requirements for a bride fit in all ways but one. Will her lie keep them apart even after they’re married? Views: 552
From beloved author Katherine Rundell comes a clever, funny, and poignant picture book about a lonely little boy who wishes not to be alone on Christmas.A young boy's Christmas Eve wish on a shooting star leads to an adventure with an ever-hungry rocking horse, an angel whose wings are molting, a robin who has forgotten how to sing, and a rusting tin drummer boy in Katherine Rundell's classic Christmas story, with Emily Sutton's gorgeous paintings. Views: 550
We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.
I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter--for whom this book was written--from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers.
Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion, O'Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself. Views: 550
Like Ruskin for a new age, Spalding brilliantly interweaves her own life and her subject's in this story of a sensational murder case.In 1982, as Linda Spalding was about to leave Hawaii and embark on a new life in Canada, she was called to jury duty, sitting for the trial of a young woman charged with murder. Maryann Acker was Mormon, eighteen years old, and married to a petty crook and hustler who had hauled her into a life that led eventually to murder on a hillside above one of Hawaii's most beautiful beaches.Twenty years later, Spalding stumbles across the journal she kept through the trial, tracks down Maryann, who is still in jail, and begins a journey into memory, into the twists of fate that spin two lives down such different trajectories. The story is Maryann's but it is also Spalding's, as subject and writer overlap. Like the work of John Ruskin, Linda Spalding's writing brilliantly combines autobiography with the examination of an external subject... Views: 550
Earth is a fabled planet long lost to the invading Ta'Reeth. With humanity scattered amongst the stars, there is little hope for survival, much less peace. That is until T'Sula Mir, a Bakeeron woman trained by monks in the ancient fighting arts of her home is thrust into the heart of the struggle. Only T'Sula has the ability to bring peace to a galaxy ravaged by generations of war.Earth is a fabled planet long lost to the invading Ta'Reeth. With humanity scattered amongst the stars, there is little hope for survival, much less peace. That is until T'Sula Mir, a Bakeeron woman trained by monks in the ancient fighting arts of her home, is thrust into the heart of the struggle.The Ta'Reeth are an unstoppable, genetically engineered warrior race bent on total domination. Only a few can stand against them, and even they cannot do so for long.When terrorists attack, T'Sula has no choice but to face her inner demons and take the fight to the Ta'Reeth. Only she has the ability to unlock the secrets hidden in the shatterd remnants of the past and bring peace to a galaxy ravaged by generations of war.Join the fight for peace in this high octane Science Fiction action adventure! Views: 549
When a wealthy industrialist offers a prize of one million francs to the first person “to circle the Eiffel Tower in a flying machine,” it sparks an internationalcompetition that pits European powers France and Germany against each other, and in turn against the young colossus across the Atlantic, America. One woman, driven by love and the need to redeem the tarnished legacy of her father.France during the Belle Époque. When determined dreamers conquer the skies in the first flying machines, a daring new breed of adventurers capture the imagination of the world as they reach for the stars -- and awaken a new instrument of destruction. This is the historical backdrop of award-winning journalist Ed Leefeldt’s stunning literary debut, The Woman Who Rode the Wind, a romantic and richly authentic story that celebrates the indomitable spirit of the early pioneers of the clouds like Amelia Earhart and Harriet Quimby. When a wealthy industrialist offers a prize of one million francs to the first person “to circle the Eiffel Tower in a flying machine,” it sparks an international competition that pits European powers France and Germany against each other, and in turn against the young colossus across the Atlantic, America. One woman, driven by love and the need to redeem the tarnished legacy of her father, becomes the unlikely heroine who discovers that her destiny is entwined with this new world of flight waiting to be born. Views: 548
Lindsay Morgan and Jace Turner had their whole lives ahead of them until one horrific act changed everything. Lindsay has to learn to live without Jace and come to terms with his murder. Jace finds himself in another place, off the beaten track from Heaven. A place called Oblivion. Determined to get back to his girl and make his murderer pay, Jace realizes the meaning of life and love.Lindsay Morgan and Jace Turner had their whole lives ahead of them until one horrific act changed everything. Lindsay has to learn to live without Jace and come to terms with his murder. Jace finds himself in another place, off the beaten track from Heaven. A place called Oblivion. Determined to get back to his girl and make his murderer pay, Jace realizes the meaning of life and love. With help from his mentor named Merrick he learns the secrets of Oblivion. Between dodging demons and creatures called deadheads, he learns the ropes to get back to his girlfriend in time to save her from the one who killed him.Lindsay agrees to go after Jace's murderer, determined to get justice, never realizing every step brings her closer to death's door. She soon finds out the painful truth that you can't know everything about someone in a shocking twist after his death. Jace has come back to make things right, for his girl, his family, and the one thing he can't take back. With the help of the town's other ghosts he sets out to avenge his murder. Reaching out to Lindsay for one last goodbye, he shows her love really does last forever. Views: 548
13-year-old Lachlan Wulf was struck by lightening, and in disbelief, he met Ferus Altra, a Thunderbird Dragon. Then he was caught between a battle of the creature and a Warlock. Betrayed by dark secrets in his father’s past, Lachy discovered, he must either witness the extinction of the Majestic Dragon, or risk the destruction of his whole world, daring to defy his father, to set things right.Since the night a bolt from the blue struck 13-year-old Lachlan Wulf, strange things happened. His body was changing, the mark on his arm began to glow, and when faced with bullies he suddenly became unbeatable. Then he heard a voice inside his head, it warned him.. ‘He draws near.” Lachy didn’t believe in the Thunderbird, but soon discovered differently when he was caught in the midst of a battle between Thunderbirds and Warlocks. It was terrifying, and yet, he admired their awesome power.Lachy’s father, Horace Wulf had a secret, he was a sworn enemy of Thunderbirds, and hunted them, for more than just sport. Lachy’s love of his father, and loyalty that was growing toward the Thunderbird was frightening and confusing. Lachy must either see the extinction of the majestic Thunderbird Dragons, or risk the consequences of choosing the side opposing to his father, forever changing his life, his home, and everything he ever knew. Views: 548
Alex Mason is only 11 but is facing the evilest person in the world! He also has to go to his new high school. Read on and be with Alex as he faces Grave danger!The Sentinels: An order whose sole purpose is to protect the world and its inhabitants from complete destruction, having maintained their post since time immemorial...The life of a knight is seldom easy, doubly so for Anye Everdyne; captain of the Holy Knights of Delrich. Yet through both political and familial resistance to her enlisting in the royal military, she has prevailed and proved to be one of the kingdom's greatest assets.But when sent on a mission designed to bring peace to her kingdom, she is framed for heinous crimes and arrested for treason. Beaten, broken, and betrayed, her life seems over.Little does she know that such events will lead her to her destiny... Views: 547
