![]() ![]() At the dinner table he’d recount the plots of the long novels he read about General Robert E. ![]() He was Yankee born, but a Southerner by preference. Papa would read any book, see any movie, cut out any magazine photo that represented that war between brothers, even though his ancestors had fought against my maternal ones. Momma and my aunt Ellsbeth always said that men liked violent discussions about wars better than any other topic, but if there were other wars of any importance at all, they were never discussed in our house. We’d lost the battle better won by the opposite side. Around me the Civil War was still being waged, and though the future might stretch ahead for billions of years, it was still the war we’d never forget, for our pride had been injured, and our passions were lingering on. Though I’d never been to school-and I was seven years old and it was high time I was in school-it seemed I knew all about the Civil War. ![]() There was a war going on in our house, a silent war that sounded no guns, and the bodies that fell were only wishes that died and the bullets were only words and the blood that spilled was always called pride. There were shadows in the corners and whispers on the stairs and time was as irrelevant as honesty. There was something strange about the house where I grew up. ![]()
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Scomparsa by Linda Castillo6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() IN DARK COMPANY is the story of an injured woman with amnesia who seeks Kate's help in trying to remember her attacker’s identity.and her own. In the midst of a power outage in Painters Mill, a teenage girl is attacked at an Amish party in ONLY THE LUCKY. ![]() SEEDS OF DECEPTION unearths the secrets of Kate Burkholder's own Amish past - and lays the groundwork for her future career in law enforcement. While on vacation with her partner John Tomasetti in LONG LOST, Kate discovers that the old house where they're staying is haunted by a girl who disappeared decades before.Īn abandoned baby is discovered on the Amish bishop's front porch in A HIDDEN SECRET, and Kate is called in to investigate. Now, together for the first time in print, A Simple Murder features six original short stories starring whip-smart chief of police, Kate Burkholder. New York Times best-selling author Linda Castillo is known as a “master of the genre” ( People ) for her pulse-pounding mystery series set in Amish country. The story collection provides listeners with an exceptionally engaging audiobook, delivered by a masterful narrator." ( AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner) " McInerney raises the tension in each story through her dramatic performances. ![]() American assassin a thriller6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Kennedy finds him in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Stansfield directs his protégée, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of commandâÈ'men who do not exist. ![]() The rise of Islamic terrorism is coming, and it needs to be met abroad before it reaches AmericaâÈçs shores. ![]() Cold War veteran and CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. Two decades of cutthroat, partisan politics has left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Before he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terroristâÈçs worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world. #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with yet another explosive thriller, introducing the young Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first assignment. ![]() Isabella alison weir6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 68. ![]() Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 678. ![]() ![]()
The dare game tracy beaker6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Of how my foster-mum, Cam, has turned out to be a real meanie. IMPRINT : Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)ĭESCRIPTION : I'M TRACY BEAKER, THE GREAT INVENTOR OF EXTREMELY OUTRAGEOUS DARES - AND I DARE YOU TO READ A MORE BRILLIANT STORY THAN THIS!I've bought a big fat purple notebook for writing down all my mega-manic ultra-scary stories in. PUBLISHER : Random House Children's Publishers UK And until then, no-one is going to be better at the Dare Game than Tracy Beaker!īY (AUTHOR) Wilson, Jacqueline, ILLUSTRATED BY Sharratt, Nick Still, it will have to do until my real mum comes and gets me. No designer clothes, when I really need them. ![]() I've bought a big fat purple notebook for writing down all my mega-manic ultra-scary stories in. I'M TRACY BEAKER, THE GREAT INVENTOR OF EXTREMELY OUTRAGEOUS DARES - AND I DARE YOU TO READ A MORE BRILLIANT STORY THAN THIS! Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Hong Kong Golden Dragon Books 2022-2023. ![]() These truths historian jill6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() That story, she writes, essentially is the working out of a question that the founders raised in the 1700s and every generation since has struggled to answer: Can a people rule themselves “by reflection and election, by reason and truth, rather than by accident and violence, by prejudice and deceit?” Lepore, a Harvard University history professor known for her lucid New Yorker essays on American life and culture, dives into the cross-grained American epic starting with Christopher Columbus in 1492 and ending with Donald Trump in 2016. ![]() ![]() history in “These Truths,” a title taken from a Jeffersonian clause in that same declaration. That absurd calculation - by the same man who justified his nation’s independence on the basis that “all men are created equal” - is one of many ironies Jill Lepore notes on her absorbing journey through U.S. Jefferson was trying to figure out how many generations it would take - and whether his children with Sally Hemings, his mixed-race slave, would make the cut. ![]() Under Virginia law, a person with a black ancestor had to have at least seven-eighths white ancestry to count as a fully legal citizen. In the late winter of 1815, Thomas Jefferson sat down in his study at Monticello to work out a math problem. ![]() ![]() ![]() Devoted is a towering achievement that is both suspenseful and full-bodied in terms of character development. ![]() Here’s our list of Koontz’ best books according to our staff of reviewers and other associates.Ĭheck back often, as we’ll update and expand this list over over time.įollowing up on his brilliant Nameless story collection, Koontz once again proves that age continues to make his work even more spellbinding and potent. While Koontz published his first novel way back in 1968, he has truly been at the height of his powers in the 21st century. Much of his recent work – including his Nameless short story collections – ranks among his best. Koontz’s books are primarily thrillers, but commonly incorporate elements of horror, science fiction and mystery.Īnd like Stephen King, Koontz seems to have only gotten better with age. Rowling.īut if you’re new to Koontz’s work, where do you start? Koontz is listed at #2 overall in Amazon’s Author Rank, behind only the inimitable J.K. With more than 100 novels published and a reported 450 million novels sold, is it any wonder that Dean Koontz is one of the most popular writers of all time? ![]() Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But I cannot believe that the Roman Catholic Church could bury the truth of Joan's papacy if it had really occured. Yours Insolent child I am master in this house Joan raised herself on one elbow and watched helplessly as her father bent. It is a worthwhile and enlightening read. Eventually her irrepresidble womahood asserts itself A lifetime of deceit is revealed and scandal erupts. Her shining intelligence, her reliance on reason and evidence rather than tradition and authority, and timely alliances with the learned Aesculapius, the nobleman Gerold, and Pope Leo, carry her to the Papal throne. Credible characters accompany her-parents, siblings, clergy and Roman officials. Cross traces Joan’s life journey, from country girl to boy Benedictine monk and Roman cleric. Monasteries and convents provided limited education, but at great cost to monks and nuns. No literacy, magical medicine, blind religious beliefs, appalling injustices, bloody Vikings. Details are harrowing: no privacy, no plumbing, no electricity. ![]() Cross’s novel is a rich and ribald tale of life in the ninth century. there are more than 500 ancient manuscripts containing accounts of Joan’s papacy. Pope Joan-Donna Woolfolk Cross (1996 fiction)ĭonna Woolfolk Cross has written a novel rather than a historical study because it is impossible to determine with certainty whether Joan existed or not. ![]() Kaira rouda the next wife6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Woah! This is great kind of crazy show I honestly admired! It never bores you! You just pop out your eyes and let your jaw drop at each second one of the characters does something shocking! When we reach the end we think everything is so obvious from the beginning. As best-laid plans come undone, there’s no telling what a woman will do in the name of love-and revenge. If Kate plans on getting John back, Tish is one step ahead of her.īut what happens next is something neither Kate nor Tish saw coming. Maybe it’s time for a romantic getaway, far from his vindictive ex. Namely, his first wife-and suspicions of his infidelity. ![]() But the truth is, there’s a lot of baggage. Youth, influence, a life of luxury, and a new husband. She’s cultivated a friendship with Ashlyn. A flourishing company founded with her husband, John a happy marriage and a daughter, Ashlyn. There is no limit to the lies, suspicion, and secrets that can poison the perfect marriage in this twisting novel of suspense by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda. ![]() Rebel Heart by Bebe Buell6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1991, her next band, the harder-edged group the Gargoyles, was offered a six-figure record deal. In 1984, John Taylor of Duran Duran formed the supergroup Power Station around her eventually, Robert Palmer took her place. Keith Richards encouraged her to start her own band, as did good friend Ric Ocasek, who in 1980 sent her into the studio backed by the Cars later, Bebe Buell and the B-Sides opened for Alice Cooper. But Buell didn’t just hang out with rockers she is one, too - she’s been trying for over 30 years to get her singing career off the ground, with a deep, raspy growl that she put to use in high-school choir and hotel-room sing-alongs. The partial inspiration for Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, Buell spent her seventies youth befriending or bedding a who’s who of legendary musicians, from Mick Jagger and David Bowie to Elvis Costello and (obviously) Steven Tyler, all of which she chronicled in her best-selling autobiography, Rebel Heart: An American Rock n’ Roll Journey. Spending two and a half hours at the Morrison Hotel Gallery and walking around downtown Manhattan with Bebe Buell, the former model and Liv Tyler’s 58-year-old mom, is like getting a crash course in rock and roll. ![]() |