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Ilsa just wanted a good life. Her being abandoned on the doorsteps of the St. Friedrix Hann Orphanage, in Germany at the frightful age of two, left her with a longing to be loved. The nuns did all they could to find her a good home. Rupert, also abandoned on the orphanage doorsteps, was a gregarious four year old who became Ilsa’s only friend. They became inseparable in their teenage years. Turning eighteen allowed Rupert Ulrich the right to leave the orphanage to seek his fortune. Rupert promised Ilsa he would come back to get her. She yearned to see him. He was her confidant, friend and lover. Two years passed and he never did. Ilsa felt abandoned again. Ilsa becoming of age, left the on...
Unlike her previous eight Murder Mystery-Romance novels — this book is strictly Fiction — Romance. She started writing right after her 77th birthday. To-date she has nine novels published. Ilsa’ Revenge Marcello & Me Love of Two Sisters Biarritz Beach/Resurrection of a Divorced Woman Love on a Farm Love Reigns Till Death Second Time is Magic Biaritz Beach on West Coast Love is Definitely Greek to Me
In the fifties, it took a lot of courage for a Catholic woman to get a divorce. That is what Julee Novak Chusack did. She divorced Stanley, the man who promised her everything. A good decent life and family. He cheated on her from the first year of their marriage. He never held a job long enough for her to feel secure that he would be able to support a family. Trying to forget the religious disgrace of being a divorced woman, Julee and her best friend, Ellen, who recently separated from a long term courtship, decided they needed to get away. What better place to forget the two poor excuses for men, than a vacation in Europe. A chance meeting with Ruby and her mother, Mrs. Romanoffski, a bona-fide gypsy, proved to be the high-light of their vacation plans. After a tea leaf reading, and two week's of fun, it was easy to change their scheduled plans. They soon found they loved Europe and the people. They also found, when their vacation time was up, it was difficult to leave. It was quite possible their new admirers could be the men in their future. They needed time to find out if the fascination was real. Long Island is a long way from Italy.
Cara can not fully convince herself the nightmare is finally over. She fidgets in the wheel-chair as Luigi pushes her down the hall to the elevator. He reaches past her as he extends his arm for his finger to reach the down button. She is sitting in front of the button panel as the doors close. she smiles at Luigi as she pushes the first floor button. Luigi has her wheel-chair poised on the curb. She can feel the warmth of the sunshine rays on her body. She muses, -God is telling her it is really over. She can now go home to concentrate on her husband and their new life together. Cara is now anxious to get home and phone her best friend Claudia who lives overseas. When she relates to her the events that have transpired over the last few months, will she believe her? Will she believe the incredible culmination of the last three weeks. Will you
Sarah Rigley walks into Ben Holt's life at the Hillshire Train station. She needs assistance in finding an address in a dangerous area of town. As they walk together to look for the house she is seeking, a strange bond forms. Over the next few months of their seeing each other, a casual friendship evolves into love. Many strange events take place.
Dolores Hanson was born and raised on a farm in Idaho. One day returning from visiting her best friend Emily, she is molested in the woods connecting their farms. Doctor Kenneth Kensey, the new doctor in town, help her to heal her many wounds from her attacker. He then literally holds her hostage under the guise of courting her. Jake Johnson, the roving new ranch hand, whom she took a shine to, gives her little romantic attention. Emily Cooper, her best friend and neighbor is always there to be her confidant. She is there on moments notice when needed. Aunt Helen, her mother’s sister has always been like she was an older sister of Dolores. She helps her through her teen years. A young girl’s tragic assault, in the woods, bordering, her family’s farm. The pathetic young doctor who leads her into believing he is romantically interested in her. The horrendous affair he intimidates her into having with him. After much torment she is released from his grasp. She now tries to start a new life. Her joy of marriage to the man she loves is short lived. Her husband is killed in an accident. His death devastates her, but what happens later is quite unexpected.
“A compelling, spellbinding examination of a pivotal event in civil rights history . . . a highly readable and dramatic account of a major turning point.” —Journal of African-American History Black Americans in the Jim Crow South could not escape the grim reality of racial segregation, whether enforced by law or by custom. In Freedom’s Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, author Derek Charles Catsam shows that courtrooms, classrooms, and cemeteries were not the only front lines in African Americans’ prolonged struggle for basic civil rights. Buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation provided the perfect means for civil rights activists to pr...
Since the HMS Challenger expedition of 1872–1876, our vision of the ocean has changed completely. We now understand that it plays a key role in biodiversity, climate regulation, and mineral and biological resources, and as such, the ocean is a major service provider for humanity. Oceans draws on data from new oceanographic and satellite tools, acquired through international interdisciplinary programs. It describes the processes that control how the ocean functions, on different spatial and temporal scales. After considering the evolution of concepts in physical, chemical and biological oceanography, the book outlines the future of a warmer, acidified, less oxygenated ocean. It shows how a view of the ocean at different scales changes how we understand it. Finally, the book presents the challenges facing the ocean in terms of the exploitation of biological and mineral resources, in the context of sustainable development and the regulation of climate change.
Ocean Mixing: Drivers, Mechanisms and Impacts presents a broad panorama of one of the most rapidly-developing areas of marine science. It highlights the state-of-the-art concerning knowledge of the causes of ocean mixing, and a perspective on the implications for ocean circulation, climate, biogeochemistry and the marine ecosystem. This edited volume places a particular emphasis on elucidating the key future questions relating to ocean mixing, and emerging ideas and activities to address them, including innovative technology developments and advances in methodology. Ocean Mixing is a key reference for those entering the field, and for those seeking a comprehensive overview of how the key cur...
This comprehensive book is more than a complete reference on knee fractures and associated injuries: it is also a decision-making and surgical guide that will assist trauma, knee, sports medicine, and total joint surgeons in planning and executing specific procedures for different traumatic conditions of the knee. Each chapter addresses a particular condition and its management, explaining the traumatic mechanism and preoperative workup and then describing in detail the surgical steps, from patient positioning to the postoperative regimen. Guidance is also provided on complications and their management, and to complete the coverage, results from the relevant literature are described. The authors are world-renowned experts keen to share their knowledge and expertise regarding specific traumatic conditions of the knee. Both experienced surgeons and orthopedic residents will find this book to be an invaluable tool that will improve their practice when dealing with knee fractures.