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Joe Meek's farm boy innocence was washed away in the blood of Normandy, but it isn't until a young woman dies in his arms that he learns to hate. In the last six months, Joe's killed more men than he's called friend. To the replacements, Joe's a veteran; but beneath his 'John Wayne' swagger, he's just another scared GI. Emma Cayhill was too busy enjoying life to be bothered by all the Nazi hype, that is, until her families attempt to flee the continent leads to her arrest. Emma's struggle to survive the pestilence of captivity forges resourcefulness, hope bears resolve, but despite her strength the last thing she wants is another soul to mend. Emma's very survival defies Joe's illusion of femininity. Yet, the moment she follows him through the barbed wire fence, his fate is in her hands. From The Battle of the Bulge, through the turbulence of victory, their destinies are bound by a silent horror. It's a new beginning...or is it?
This book tells the life of Joseph Maldonado, a person that gets greatness thrust upon him. Follow his life, as his friends, family, and he battle the forces of evil and ultimately save the world.
An engaging look at Alfred Hitchcock's work from all angles, culled from an authoritative source of Hitchcock film commentary. In its ten-year history, the Hitchcock Annual has established itself as a key source of historical information and critical commentary on one of the central figures in film history and arguably one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Fans of Alfred Hitchcock--both scholars and general readers alike--will be entertained and informed by this selection of writings, which offers an overview of the current thinking on the filmmaker and his work. The articles span his career and cover a wide range of topics from archeological investigations uncovering n...
In the process of providing the most extensive analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window to date, John Fawell also dismantles many myths and clichés about Hitchcock, particularly in regard to his attitude toward women. Although Rear Window masquerades quite successfully as a piece of light entertainment, Fawell demonstrates just how complex the film really is. It is a film in which Hitchcock, the consummate virtuoso, was in full command of his technique. One of Hitchcock’s favorite films, Rear Window offered the ideal venue for the great director to fully use the tricks and ideas he acquired over his previous three decades of filmmaking. Yet technique alone did not make this classic fi...
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Little golden cloudlets, like winged living creatures, were hanging high up in the rosy glow above Santa Maria della Salute, and all along the Grand Canal the crowded gondolas were floating in a golden haze, and all the westward-facing palace windows flashed and shone with an illumination which the lamps and lanterns that were to be lighted after sundown could never equal, burnt they never so merrily. It was Shrove Tuesday in Venice, Carnival time. The sun had been shining on the city and on the lagunes all day long. It was one of those Shrove Tuesdays which recall the familiar proverb— "Sunshine at Carnival, Fireside at Easter."
Malachi's heart was seized with grief as his mother was killed in a tragic car accident the day before his sixteenth birthday. How was he going to go on without her? If he could only talk to her again. On Malachi's birthday at 1:17 p.m., the exact time his mother died, he received a strange phone call. The only clue to the identity of the caller was the word, Heaven, illuminating from his phone screen. Cautiously, Malachi answers the phone and receives the shock of his young life. It was his mother, Karen. Phone Calls from Heaven follows Malachi as he travels through his journey of life. The reader peers in to see a small glimpse of what heaven will be like. Phone Calls from Heaven will encourage a believer and share the unbreakable bond between a mother and son.
Bailey Jenkins, Lisa Johnson and Tonya Elson are three women who come together and find friendship, trust and love working the graveyard shift at the post office.
29 hilarious science fiction & fantasy stories from some of today's best speculative writers. Inside you'll find: - A zombear - Tweeting aliens - Down-on-their-luck vampires - Time-twisting belly dancers - Moon Nazis - Stoned computers - Omnivorous sex-maniac pandas - and a spell-casting Albert Einstein
Lisa, an intelligent and attractive high school senior, is on a quest to understand happiness. Guided by her middle-class values, Christian faith, and a keen interest in science and philosophy, she navigates life with her unpredictable, alcoholic mother and her own inner demons. Dreaming of a freedom as delicate as a butterfly’s, Lisa finds solace in her final year when she meets Christos, an accomplished long-distance swimmer. Captivated by Christos’s love for beauty and his laid-back nature, Lisa joins his family’s Greek band as a singer and dancer after graduation. Fortuitously inheriting substantial assets, she establishes a thriving taverna, though at the expense of her health. Ho...