“Mark Sullivan has done it again! The Last Green Valley is a compelling and inspiring story of heroism and courage in the dark days at the end of World War II.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From the author of the #1 bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph.
In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans?
The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century. But after already living under Stalin’s horrifying regime, Emil and Adeline decide they must run in retreat from their land with the wolves they despise to escape the Soviets and go in search of freedom.
Caught between two warring forces and overcoming horrific trials to pursue their hope of immigrating to the West, the Martels’ story is a brutal, complex, and ultimately triumphant tale that illuminates the extraordinary power of love, faith, and one family’s incredible will to survive and see their dreams realized. Views: 363
This book contains 16 short stories of which three have to do with elephants. The book title is taken from the eighth story in the collection and is based on a newspaper headline which reads, "Elephant Bangs Train, Reuters News Service, Nairobi, Kenya, May 25, 1969".
In the Kotzwinkle version, we are more or less inside the elephant's mind as he attacks and overturns a train in revenge for its having humiliated him on a previous occasion.
All these stories are extraordinarily well written and are quite surreal and evocative. Adult content in some stories. Really excellent writing. Views: 363
The second book in a Walker Security trilogy featuring Adrian Mack... He was dirty. That's how Priscilla met him. She was all about just how dirty he was and, in fact, had to be. Now, he's just plain bad. When you cross a man like Adrian Mack, you find out just how bad he can be. Priscilla started out as an enemy, became a lover, and now, she is his obsession. Lies. Secrets. Enemies that appear they are friends. The passion and danger just won't stop coming. Adrian's Trilogy:When He's Dirty (book one)When He's Bad (book two)When He's Wild (book three) Views: 363
Momma Peach is about to take a relaxing cruise to Alaska. Or so she thinks! Oh, give her strength. When she arrives in Seattle to board the 'North Queen', the cruise is suddenly canceled due to a mysterious kitchen fire. But Momma Peach isn't going to be dismayed. She decides to travel to Alaska by road and heads north, but not without a rude stranger slipping an item into the pocket of her rain jacket. The stranger then travels to Alaska himself to retrieve the item and ensure Momma Peach never lives to speak about it.
When Momma Peach arrives at a cozy lodge located in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, she is thrust into a dangerous case filled with more twists and turns than she can barely handle. Forced to tackle a hired killer who ends up being tied to the cruise line the 'North Queen' belongs to, Momma Peach believes she is facing one shadow. But when a second shadow shows up and with deadly intent, Momma Peach is thrown into a deep hole filled with more questions than answers.
Will Momma Peach survive the Alaska wilderness filled with deadly traps or will she end up floating in a bowl of flour with pie on her face? Views: 363
Jonathan Quinn has had better years, but now most of the trouble is behind him, if not forgotten.There is one issue that remains unresolved—the break between him and his partner, Nate. Quinn has come to accept the only potential path to healing the wound is via the passage of time. The secret world has other ideas. Quinn and his girlfriend, Orlando, are hired for a new mission, but they must include on their team the operative who is one of the few to have ever seen the face of the job’s target. This operative is unknown to the client, but not to Quinn and Orlando. Now, to stop a plan that could slaughter tens of thousands of people, they must turn to the one person who wants nothing to do with them. If they can even find him in time. Views: 362
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'Nothing That Meets the Eye' confirms Patricia Highsmith as a great American writer.
If only Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) had been alive to see the thunderous critical response to the publication of the best-selling 'The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith' in 2001. Now the Highsmith renaissance continues with this brilliant collection of 28 short stories, a great majority of which have never been seen before. The stories assembled in 'Nothing That Meets the Eye', written between 1938 and 1982, are vintage Highsmith: a gigolo-like psychopath preys on unfulfilled career women; a lonely spinster's fragile hold on reality is tethered to the bottle; an estranged postal worker invents homicidal fantasies about his coworkers.
While some stories anticipate the diabolical narratives of the Ripley novels, others possess a Capra-like sweetness that forces us to see the author in a new light. From this new collection, a remarkable portrait of the American psyche at mid-century emerges, unforgettably distilled by the inimitable eye of Patricia Highsmith.
Patricia Highsmith is the author of such classics as 'Strangers on a Train' and 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, she died in 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland. Views: 362
