His Eyes Were on the Starling

His Eyes Were on the Starling
Author: Larry Rubin
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2015-11-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1512716855

Occasionally, a reader will happen upon a book that is excellent as a bedtime sleeping aidbut not this one. With nearly five score different events, happenings, and adventures with dozens of related and pertinent rabbit trails lending credence to the excursions, the reader will be thumb ready to eagerly flip a page, seeking the outcome of the last daring deed of the adventuresome author. Wide is the variety of decent and noble escapades at a time when seat belts were unknown, standing up in the center aisle of the school bus for six miles was permitted, and unwritten laws of the land promoted unlimited homemade adventures and the unshackled variety of down-to-earth fun. Youthful minds, unabashedly, often ran rampant in the myriad of rare adventures that were available to pursue. We attempted many and lived to tell about our assorted and varied shenanigansmost of them with a grin!

Starling

Starling
Author: Isabel Strychacz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534481117

Darling is a small isolated town, made up of small-town people who have small-town kids who rarely leave; it is the last place anyone would expect to find a visitor from another world, but that is what Starling Rust claims to be, and the town-folk, led by their corrupt mayor, are terrified--the Wilding sisters, Delta and Bee, are determined to protect Starling from the town's escalating xenophobia but the growing feelings between Starling and Delta may prove to be the greatest threat of all.

The Starling’s Magic

The Starling’s Magic
Author: Derek Mellor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2019-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1728385636

A sequel to The Lucy Effect (AuthorHouse 2015), The Starling's Magic finds Paddy Lieber, a freewheeling Liverpudlian entrepreneur in the beautiful city of 1927 Leningrad - where he becomes the subject of a hoax. The theft of a painting from the Hermitage museum, The Leningrad Starling, a revered icon considered to have healing powers, is pinned on Paddy and he is used by high- ranking Soviet officials as a pawn in their corrupt game of political and financial intrigue. Is there magic in the air for those caught up in the dramatic events? Random incidents lead to catastrophic consequences for some, but for others it's new found joy. How much is an external magic part of this as opposed to the individual's perception of events, or are they one and the same? The Starling's Magic is a fast-moving tale with twists and turns. Will Hahyoo, tasked with security at Lieber Enterprises and others get to the bottom of the scam and manage to free Paddy before darker forces in Leningrad close in and make it impossible? Lightened and spiced with the wit and humour of Paddy and his secret lover, the novel is about the love, passion, goodness and courage of ordinary people - Russian, Irish, Chinese, German and English - transcending systems of control and evil. The Starling's Magic is a story for our troubled times.

Starling

Starling
Author: Isabel Strychacz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534481109

Darling is a small isolated town, made up of small-town people who have small-town kids who rarely leave; it is the last place anyone would expect to find a visitor from another world, but that is what Starling Rust claims to be, and the town-folk, led by their corrupt mayor, are terrified--the Wilding sisters, Delta and Bee, are determined to protect Starling from the town's escalating xenophobia but the growing feelings between Starling and Delta may prove to be the greatest threat of all.

Montlivet

Montlivet
Author: Alice Prescott Smith
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Montlivet" by Alice Prescott Smith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Starling House

Starling House
Author: Alix E. Harrow
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250799074

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting—plus, characters willing to risk everything.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club October ’23 Pick) Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house I’ve never seen.... Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors—and her home. Everyone agrees that it’s best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I don’t hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House—and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund—she can't resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur’s own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, I’m home. And now she’ll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare. A Book of the Month Club Pick An October 2023 Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame Pick Apple, Best Books of October EW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023 Washington Post, Noteworthy Books for October Paste Magazine, The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023 PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023 BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 Observer, Must-Read Books of Fall 2023 Polygon, 12 Best New SFF for the Fall LitHub, October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Bookish, October’s Most-Anticipated Books Gizmodo, October's Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Belle of Alabama

Belle of Alabama
Author: Wynnette McFaddin Fraser
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453581227

In the Chattahoochie Valley of Alabama, 1900, Belle McLaren, age 13, is the oldest of three orphans who are being separated by their relatives. Belle is a bit angry with God for the deaths of their parents, and for being torn from siblings she promised her dying father to care for. Before being sent to an orphanage, Belles Uncle Denny provides a pleasant home for her on his farm. She excels in school and dreams of college, which her uncle has promised to finance. Then he marries the Widow Fetner, who has her own plans for use of Belles college funds. How will independent Belle face up to this new turn of events?

My Secret Boyfriend

My Secret Boyfriend
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512457191

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Jordan Sterling has had a boring summer, unlike the other girls at her high school. When she hears story after story of fun summer romances, Jordan decides she has to come up with her own special boyfriend. She brags about Ryan, a gorgeous guy she met "over the summer." But Ryan is a real person—a boy she's known all her life. Luckily, he lives far away. So what is Jordan going to do when Ryan moves to her town and he has no idea he's the love of her life? Will one lie ruin a life-long friendship?

A Love Story

A Love Story
Author: Pam Osbey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411602307

A Love Story features three dynamic women with romantic stories surrounding internet dating, alternative lifestyle issues, and insecurity in their mates. Will love be realized between two best friends in "The Love Letter"? Maia thinks she finds the true love in "The Other Woman". "In A Perfect World" one woman struggles with her sexuality as she finds the courage to real all to her true love. The Love Story reveals the love, the lies and the fantasies that we all experience in this thing called life.

The Remnant Cities

The Remnant Cities
Author: S.J. Knightley
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1499043457

The new world is in ruins. Two capital cities of the United Nations are destroyed, and the dark king has taken power. Seventeen-year-old Odette McClellan has always lived with secrets, but when her life is put in the hands of the Rebellion, she finds herself in the middle of a fight she never asked for. While finding herself and discovering the truth behind the lies, she becomes tangled in a dangerous love from the past and a war that is her future. Only the truth can save her, and only she can save them.