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The Forge: Fire and Ice
With a Foreword by actor, Simon Fisher-Becker, the dystopian SciFan anthology, The Forge: Fire and Ice, explores a multitude of themes in a set of fast-paced stories that pull you into different worlds from war to deep-space mining, from a portal within a yellow bus to a worm in a toffee apple, through fire and water, lore and legend.
The Song of Sourwood Mountain
While the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises. First, he asks Mira to come to Sourwood in eastern Kentucky to teach at his mission school. Second, he asks her to marry him. Just like that. And all at once the doors that had seemed firmly shut begin to open, just a crack. With much trepidation, Mira steps out in faith into a life she never imagined, in a place filled with its own special challenges, to serve a people who will end up becoming the family she always dreamed of. From the pen of bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart comes a heartwarming story of the unexpected blessings that can come when we dare to follow the Lord's leading.
Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective
The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s--a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell...
The Listons of America, 1665-1987
Morris Liston was given a land grant in Delaware as a result of his service in the British army. His wife came from Ireland with a group of Quakers. His descendants moved into West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas as the western boundary of America expanded.
Brave New Texas
South Texas rancher Buck Stabler has had enough. The International Small Arms Treaty, which has been passed by the U.S. Congress and has in effect nullified the 2nd Amendment rights of all Americans, poses a direct threat to Stabler and his fellow Texans. Homeland security tries to arrest Stabler at his ranch for violating the new anti-gun provisions, but instead Stabler kills the agents and escaoes to Mexico. Buck and his organization use this incident to escalate their plan for Texas to secede from the union and form a new nation. But it doesn't come about without a price in blood .Enemies abound and ruthless drug cartels as well as loyal U.S. military contingents must be subdued in order for the new nation to become a reality. Throughout the action, however, Buck Stabler's newfound romance with the enchanting Mexican brothel proprietress, Mira Segura, develops into a strong and powerful love. The new nation is founded upon radical new concepts in economics, religion and philosophy and enters the new age ready to provide a brave new world for its' citizens.
Las casas de los ingleses
La señora Lope visita junto con sus vecinos una antigua colonia industrial conocida como Las Casas de los Ingleses, un lugar cuyo pasado está unido a una fábrica de hilo y a sus propietarios, la familia Paisley. En una de las casas hallan unas enigmáticas postales escritas por John Paisley, a quien todos dan por muerto desde hace años. Esto despierta inmediatamente la curiosidad del grupo, más aún al comprobar que las postales están franqueadas en la ciudad de Londres. Durante una de las tertulias semanales de vecinos se decide una escapada a la capital inglesa para averiguar el paradero del último Paisley. La aventura londinense es entretenida y peligrosa porque los Paisley ocultan escabrosos secretos familiares. La dama de los Pirineos comparte casa en Portobello con un ecléctico grupo de jóvenes y su convivencia se pondrá a prueba al producirse un asesinato. Los recelos se multiplican y el absorbente ritmo de la trama no deja a nadie indiferente. Una vez más, Nuria Pagratis atrapa al lector en una misteriosa atmósfera urbana singular y apasionante.
April & Oliver
Best friends since childhood, the sexual tension between April and Oliver has always been palpable. Years after being completely inseparable, they become strangers, but the wildly different paths of their lives cross once again with the sudden death of April's brother. Oliver, the responsible, newly engaged law student finds himself drawn more than ever to the reckless, mystifying April - and cracks begin to appear in his carefully constructed life. Even as Oliver attempts to "save" his childhood friend from her grief, her menacing boyfriend and herself, it soon becomes apparent that Oliver has some secrets of his own--secrets he hasn't shared with anyone, even his fiance. But April knows, and her reappearance in his life derails him. Is it really April's life that is unraveling, or is it his own? The answer awaits at the end of a downward spiral...towards salvation.
