This novel focuses on a sorcereress with the hellish magic of a blood magus at her command and a mounting ambition for territory and domination in her heart, and a ghostwalker's attempts to defend a village from her seemingly inevitable success. Views: 60
In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you'll return to a town and a family you've already grown to love.When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally—some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow?The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart. Views: 60
Tango, like love, is complicatedJournalist Dani McKenna delves into the world of tango to expose the decades of lies and deception that threaten three generations of her family. She's desperate to understand the reason her mother abandoned her twenty years ago to become a world-class tango dancer, why her grandma lives in fear of all things tango, and how the brutal murder of a tango music legend in 1950s Buenos Aires now affects her family.Dani meets the enigmatic Carlos Escudero, a revered tango dancer and man of intense passion, who helps her unravel tango's sordid history. Despite Dani's lack of rhythm, they create their own dance of the souls until the differences in their cultures causes a deep rift. As she seeks to reconnect with Carlos and rebuild her family, tango – the dance of passion – becomes a complicated dance of betrayal. Views: 60
Gift of Honor: Knights Of Honor Book 8 Views: 59
Product DescriptionWant the Greatest Zombie Stories Ever Written? BEST NEW ZOMBIE TALES (Vol. 3) Over 100,000 words ~ "I'm proud to be a part of the Best New Zombie Tales series." World Horror Grand Master, Multiple Award Winning Horror Legend, Ray Garton ~ James Roy Daley is doing a marvelous job with his Best New Zombie Tales series-- TERRIFIC! Bloody well done!" New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, author of PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ~ JAMES ROY DALEY The Lazarus Condition ~ PAUL KANEOf Cabbages and Kings ~ NATE SOUTHARDThose Below ~ JEREMY C. SHIPPThe Traumatized Generation ~ MURRAY J.D. LEEDERThe Cyclist ~ SIMON WOODFamily First ~ JG FAHERTYThe Way of Things in Fly-Over Country ~ AARON POLSONThe Beach ~ TIM LEBBONFast Eddie’s Big Night Out ~ JOHN L. FRENCHNight of the Living Dead Bingo Women ~ SIMON MCCAFFERYWorm-sacks and Dirt-backs ~ LEE CLARK ZUMPEThe Purple Word ~ ERIK T. JOHNSONSabbatical in the Ohio Methlands ~ JOE MCKINNEYA Sense of Duty ~ GREGORY MILLERThe Basement ~ WILLIAM T. VANDEMARKWorking Man’s Burden ~ DAVID C. PINNTThe Last Supper (The Anatomy Of Addiction) ~ JOHN CLAUDE SMITHMemory Bones ~ MICHAEL STONEGoing Down ~ NANCY KILPATRICKSweetbread ~ TONIA BROWNMixed Drink ~ Zombie #3 Includes previews:James Roy Daley ~ Terror TownMatt Hults ~ HuskJames Roy Daley ~ Into Hell Don't forget to check out:Best New Zombie Tales Volume 1 & 2&Best New Vampire Tales Volume 1 Views: 59
A masterfully told—and deeply human—story of love, politics, and ambition, Adrian Goldsworthy's Antony and Cleopatra delivers a compelling reassessment of a major episode in ancient history.In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of the ancient world, Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects, set against the political backdrop of their time. A history of lives lived intensely at a time when the world was changing profoundly, the book takes readers on a journey that crosses cultures and boundaries from ancient Greece and ancient Egypt to the Roman Empire.Drawing on his prodigious knowledge of the ancient world and his keen sense of the period's military and political history, Goldsworthy creates a singular portrait of the iconic lovers. "Antony and Cleopatra were first and foremost political animals," explains Goldsworthy, who places politics and ideology at the heart... Views: 59
Dirty Bertie the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he attempts to bath a rather smelly Whiffer, gives Miss Boot the fright of her life on a school trip, and enjoys having a sneaky hand in the design for the new school uniform...! Views: 59
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set in Roman Britain. AD 100: BRITANNIA. THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort – and Ferox must find the killer. As he follows the trail, the murder leads him to plots against the empire and Rome itself, and an old foe gathering mysterious artefacts in the hope of working a great magic. Bandits, soldiers, and gladiators alike are trying to kill him, old friends turn traitor, and Ferox is lured reluctantly to the sinister haunts of the old druids on the isle of Mona, and the bitter power struggle among the Brigantes, the great tribe of the north... ... Views: 59
ReviewNovel by John Hersey, published in 1944 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1945. The novel's action takes place during World War II after the occupation of Sicily by Allied forces. Major Victor Joppolo, an American army officer of Italian descent, is part of the Allied military government ruling the town of Adano. In his attempts to reform the town and bring democracy to the people by treating them with respect and decency, Joppolo comes into conflict with his commanding officer, a hard-nosed general who eventually has Joppolo transferred because of his refusal to follow orders. Joppolo's concern for the town is epitomized by his efforts to replace a bell that the fascists had melted down to use for ammunition. -- __Product DescriptionAn Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700 year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists. SUMMARY:An Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700 year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists. Views: 59
Fantasy Masterworks Volume 8Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become king of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age.Collected together for the first time anywhere in the world, in chronological order, are all Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines more than sixty years ago. Views: 59
