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Author | : Elizabeth Fair |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2017-03-13 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
ISBN | : 9781911579410 |
"My last secretary was thirty-five," old M. said gloomily, "and no more sense than a child of ten. Or else she wasn't all there. You all there?" he asked suddenly, giving Maud a searching look. "No banging your head on the table? No throwing the china at me? Hey?" Young Maud has made her escape from an overbearing stepmother and come to stay with her cousin Alice and Alice's companion Miss Conway in the countryside. Alice and "Con" have arranged a job for her as secretary to Mr Feniston, an eccentric and intimidating neighbor who seems to have driven his previous secretary to a nervous breakdown. In between cataloguing Mr Feniston's library, dodging his temper, and encounters, awkward and intriguing in turn, with his son and an alienated nephew, Maud finds herself involved with local eccentricities and dramas, including a "secret" romance which has everyone talking. She may never be the same after this winter away! Furrowed Middlebrow is delighted to make available, for the first time in over half a century, all six of Elizabeth Fair's irresistible comedies of domestic life. These new editions all feature an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford. "Miss Fair's understanding is deeper than Mrs. Thirkell's and her humour is untouched by snobbishness; she is much nearer to Trollope, grand master in these matters."--Stevie Smith "Miss Fair makes writing look very easy, and that is the measure of her creative ability."--Compton Mackenzie
Author | : Alison Stine |
Publisher | : MIRA |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1488056498 |
A teenage girl treks across a dangerous, frozen nation to reunite with her family in this Philip K. Dick Award–winning apocalyptic thriller. Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty. Her family grows marijuana illegally in order to survive. But now she’s been left behind in Ohio to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, Wil begins a journey to join her family in California. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. Gathering a small group of exiles on her way, she becomes the target of a volatime cult leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. Road Out of Winter offers a glimpse into an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Alison Stine’s acclaimed debut “blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir” (Library Journal, starred review).
Author | : Rayner Unwin |
Publisher | : Sheridan House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780924486852 |
The first West Europeans to winter in the high Arctic and survive, Dutch sailing-master William Barents and his 16-member crew battled scurvy, hunger, the assaults of bears, and the intense winter cold, then made a 1,600-mile escape in open boats. Barents died on the way home, but his voyage was meticulously recorded in remarkably vivid detail by one of the survivors.
Author | : Martha Dinsdale |
Publisher | : Abbott Press |
Total Pages | : 57 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1458215830 |
Winter is full of fun things. There are holidays, snowmen, hot soup and best of all...SNOW! Those first flakes floating down from the sky are absolutely magical. We can’t wait for all the exciting moments that Winter brings... And then it comes... And then it stays... And then it simply wears out its welcome... Collectively we all want to shout, “Go away, WINTER!!!” We know that next year it will come back and we will again have fun, but for now... WE ARE DONE!!!
Author | : Kristin Hannah |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2010-02-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429938463 |
Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn't know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes Kristin Hannah's powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother's life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.
Author | : Tove Jansson |
Publisher | : Sort of Books |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2011-12-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1908745185 |
'Beautifully crafted and deceptively simple-seeming, these stories are like pieces of scattered light.' Ali Smith Following the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Summer Book, here is A Winter Book collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the twentieth century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's prose, scattered with insights and home truths. It has been selected and is introduced by Ali Smith. A Winter Book features 13 stories from Tove Jansson's first book for adults, The Sculptor's Daughter (1968) plus seven of her most cherished later stories (from 1971 to 1996), translated into English and published here for the first time.
Author | : Sarah St.Vincent |
Publisher | : Melville House |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2018-11-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1612197213 |
Winner of the 2019 Pinckley Prize for Debut Novel "[An] atmospheric suspense novel . . . Pick it up now." —O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE In the wintery silences of Pennsylvania’s Blue Ridge Mountains, a woman befriends a mysterious foreigner—setting in motion this suspenseful, atmospheric, politically charged debut After surviving a life-altering accident at twenty-two, Kathleen recuperates by retreating to a remote campground lodge in a state park, where she works flipping burgers for deer hunters and hikers—happy, she insists, to be left alone. But when a hesitant, heavily accented stranger appears in the dead of winter—seemingly out of nowhere, kicking snow from his flimsy dress shoes—the wary Kathleen is intrigued, despite herself. He says he’s a student from Uzbekistan. To her he seems shell-shocked, clearly hiding from something that terrifies him. And as she becomes absorbed in his secrets, she’s forced to confront her own—even as her awareness of being in danger grows . . . Steeped in the rugged beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with America’s war on terror raging in the background, Sarah St.Vincent’s Ways to Hide in Winter is a powerful story about violence and redemption, betrayal and empathy . . . and how we reconcile the unforgivable in those we love.
Author | : Gary L. Witzenburg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2006-10-01 |
Genre | : Pontiac automobile |
ISBN | : 9780932128133 |
The Pontiac Solstice Book traces this remarkable new roadster from beginning to end - conception through development and on into production. This panoramic, oversized (9x12 inches) hardcover books eight chapters, 130 pages and 192 color pictures highlight the GM designers, engineers and managers who transformed Bob Lutzs idea into reality in a record 27 months. The book goes into extensive detail about the turbocharged GXP, V8 conversions, the Solstice as race car, manufacturing processes and what's available in the way of accessories and options. The books author is engineer/racer/writer Gary Witzenburg. Bob Lutz, GM's global vice chairman, contributed the foreword.If ever you've lusted after a true American sports car and one of Detroit's greater performance bargains, the Solstice is it. Heres a car thats a pleasure to look at and a kick to drive. Read all about it in The Pontiac Solstice Book.
Author | : Christelle Dabos |
Publisher | : Europa Editions |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2018-09-25 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1609454847 |
“A stunningly atmospheric fantasy that doubles as an exceptional character study . . . we can’t wait to see where Dabos takes it next.” —Entertainment Weekly (“The 10 Best YA Books of 2018”) One of Publishers Weekly’s Best YA Books of the Year A National Indie Bestseller Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor quartet. Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. The World of the Arks Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.
Author | : G. Bailey |
Publisher | : Her Guardian |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017-08-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781549531484 |
When Winter started university with her best friend Alex, she didn't expect to find herself in the middle of a supernatural war. Who knew saving a stray wolf could earn you the alliance of the pack. To make things more complicated, the broody and very attractive Jaxson is tasked with keeping her safe from the growing vampire threat in town. It's a shame he can't stand her and enjoys irritating the hell out of her.When she finds out her new boyfriend has his own secrets, can she trust anyone anymore?What happens when you get yourself stuck in the middle of a war?This is a reverse harem book series.17+ readers only.