An Innocent Cup of Tea

An Innocent Cup of Tea
Author: Ann Bailey
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-02-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466914920

Emily Nielson is a young married woman who has just arrived in Singapore. Mrs. Chung, an elderly Chinese lady, invites her for a cup of tea and tells her a compelling love story; one Emily is unable to forget. Nearly thirty years later, Mrs. Chung's story returns to haunt her and she becomes a victim of the intrigues and deceits of the past. She makes a disastrous decision and circumstances lead to sinister consequences. www.annbailey.info Readers will travel a grim and bleak emotional landscape with no points of light to guide the way. Once begun, however, this book is impossible to put down. -- BlueInk Review

Among the Maples

Among the Maples
Author: S. A. Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1908
Genre: Spanish-American War, 1898
ISBN:

Café After the Pub After the Funeral

Café After the Pub After the Funeral
Author: Hattie Gordon
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004-10-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780826476029

Professional success, public accolades, social prominence, or a glamorous lifestyle cannot insulate against private grief, family tragedy, or personal loss. Here is the eloquent story of a family, in so many ways blessed, suddenly stricken with loss and tragedy, and its response to those events. Written by the familty's youngest child, Hattie Gordon, this book is an honest and straightforward account of her family's painful losses, and especially her response to the tragic suicide of her beloved brother. This deeply moving story will be important for those dealing with the plague of mental illness and its effects on families.

It Takes a Hero

It Takes a Hero
Author: Elizabeth Boyle
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061745332

Rebecca will have to take a page from her own book to keep the dashing Rafe Danvers from spoiling her success. But how does one play hard-to-get with a man one cannot resist? Rebecca Tate never intended to cause a revolution with her notoriously popular Miss Darby novels, merely to earn enough to support herself and her ailing uncle. But now it seems every eligible debutante in London is emulating her spunky heroine and refusing to marry...ever! Still, Rebecca's enjoying her newfound success as Miss Darby's anonymous creator, and she's not about to let anyone interfere—not even the rakishly appealing Raphael Danvers. Having survived the perils of war and espionage, Rafe is less than thrilled by a disgruntled society matron's wish that he unmask the unknown author and halt the scandalous scribblings. The assignment becomes more attractive, however, when the trail leads to the enticing Miss Tate. Suddenly the dashing adventurer can't get enough of the charming troublemaker—and her resorting to some rather Darbyesque trickery to distract him serves only to intensify his desire. But will a rogue's determined pursuit result in a happy romantic ending . . . or lead them both into a dangerous intrigue?

Heart Beat

Heart Beat
Author: Adam Carpenter
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2024-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1685508596

Jimmy McSwain is enjoying a relaxing holiday at his grandmother’s cottage, but it turns out to be a set-up. Hester Bryne has a favor to ask: to meet with her old friends, Franklin and Carolyn Hardy, who wish to hire the young private-eye-in-training to find their son. Seems he’s been gone for forty years. Jimmy, taken with the idea of reuniting a father with his son, wants to take the case. But he must get the all clear from his new boss, Finn, the ex-cop who has taken Jimmy under his wing. A visit to Finn’s home proves to be yet another set-up, one that takes an unexpected twist in the name of a newcomer to the city, Aiden Garvey. As Jimmy immerses himself in the case of the missing son, he keeps getting distracted by the newfound presence of a man who makes his heart skip a beat. Juggling the promise of a new relationship with the complexities presented by this puzzling case, Jimmy realizes he’s getting too close to one of them, and it could end with more broken hearts than lives. Can a remembrance of his father be both his motivation and the cause for the destruction lying in wait?

Sirens, 9 12 Science Fiction

Sirens, 9 12 Science Fiction
Author: Darcy Pattison
Publisher: Mims House
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2017-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1629440795

THE BLUE PLANETS WORLD SERIES Earth finally receives a message from space: “You only live on land. Allow us to live in the seas.” Rison will implode soon. They desperately need a new blue planet, a water planet. But Earth is crowded. Will humans be able to open their hearts to an alien race? SIRENS, Book 2 He’s an alien. She’s not quite human. Can they survive an epic battle under the sea? Jake Rose’s girlfriend, Em Tullis, has mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a one-word clue: “Phoke.” His search takes him around the world to fabled Aberforth Hills in the North Sea, home of earth’s native aquatic people, the Mer—who are now known as Phoke. They’ve remained hidden for centuries, only emerging now in a desperate search for a cure to a Rionian water-borne illness. The intergalactic negotiations have just become impossibly complicated. Rison needs a refuge for thousands of their people before their planet implodes in a science-gone-wrong scenario. Originally, they asked Earth, “You only live on land. Allow us to live in the seas.” But Earth’s seas aren’t empty! With the Phoke at the negotiation table, Rison’s hope look bleak. Even worse, when Jake finds Em, she’s infected with a Risonian water-borne organism that threatens her life. For fans of Ender's Game or I Am Number Four comes a new character-driven science fiction series, The Blue Planet’s World series. Sirens, the second novel, follows Jake and Em as they fight for survival of their species, both in space and under the sea. ALSO IN THE BLUE PLANETS WORLD SERIES SLEEPERS, Book 1 A rogue militia. A diabolical sabotage. Is an alien teen is the only hope for either blue planet? Sleepers is the first book of an exciting science fiction series that forces a dying world to beg for refuge on Earth. A test-tube baby, fifteen-year-old Jake Rose is half human and half alien. After living with his mother on Rison for most of his life, he finally comes to Earth to live with his human father’s grandparents on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound. His mother, Dayexi Quad-de is Rison’s ambassador to Earth. She’s tasked with finding Risonians a new home on Earth in a peaceful manner. Jake accidentally discovers that Earth’s elite ELLIS forces are tying to sabotage Mt. Rainier and make it explode so that they can blame it on the Risonian aliens. Can Jake stop them in time or will they ruin the Risonians chances at a refuge on Earth? PILGRIMS, Book 3 A deadly microbe. A race against time. Who will survive? Pilgrims is the exciting conclusion of an epic science fiction series that pits Risonians and Earthlings against inevitable implosion of a planet. A small team from Earth travels to Rison to find the cure for a water-borne disease that threatens the Phoke, the mermen and mermaids of Earth. But Rison’s implosion is pending. In a rush against time, they must deal with the politics of desperate men and the tricks of a dying planet. Will they find the cure and escape in time? ENVOYS, Prequel Envoys, Prequel is the short story of the first contact with the Risonians on their Cadee Moon Base. The ambitious naval officer Blake Rose joins the team as the comparative biology specialist. He's the first to shake hands with a Risonian, Dayexi Quad-de, who immediately captures his heart. Still, he has a job to do: protect Earth from aliens.Interested in the origin of the Blue Planets World series? This is the short story for you.

Three Cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea
Author: Greg Mortenson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2006-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1101147083

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.