At Least She Never Drank Much
Author: Geraldine Murfin-Shaw
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1470996022
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How I Got This Way
Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2010-04-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1429900695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTales of rural Idaho by the New York Times–bestselling author: “There’s a smile or guffaw to be had on almost every page . . . entertainment aplenty.” —Publishers Weekly From fibbing fishermen to wilderness misadventures to eulogies for a mean dog, this is a charming collection of comic essays and tall tales from the Field & Stream and Outdoor Life writer and “funniest guy in a flannel shirt” (Kirkus Reviews). Among the many selections is the two-part title essay, in which Patrick McManus delves into the chaotic country boyhood that shaped him into one of the best-loved and bestselling authors of our age. “Gentle, ironic, self-deprecatory wit from the popular western humorist. There’s some of Bill Nye here and more still of Mark Twain.” —Booklist “The brief selections are of the type one might hear from a droll uncle/grandfather prefaced by the phrase, ‘When I was a boy.’ They are mainly outdoor adventures, some of which masquerade as hunting trips, and celebrate life. All are laugh-out-loud funny.” —School Library Journal “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic
A Bit on the Blind Side
Author: Geraldine Murfin-Shaw
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-08-27
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 1326774115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDowning tools in the allotment where they have toiled for the last six years, Valerie and her husband Wolfram decide to cycle to Germany to visit his mother. Before they leave, Val's guide the Aztec Priest appears among the bean rows and tells her this will be a Vision Quest - and so it turns out to be, not least due to their involvement in Channel 4's 'Real Holiday Show'. In spite of the dangers they encounter on this trip they develop an appetite for foreign parts and embark on many subsequent cycling adventures, all of which turn out more or less disastrously. Travel with them as they ride through France, Italy and their beloved Black Forest - the stoic Val shouting instructions from behind as the hapless blind Wolf does his best to avoid hitting anything. Share their horrors and delights at the larger-than-life characters they meet abroad and the comradeship of their Asian neighbours on the allotments. A heartwarming and spiritual tale of two lives inextricably intertwined - until Fate intervened.
Val Kirkham: the Collected Poems
Author: Val Kirkham
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-09-11
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1409227103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVal Kirkham is a Yorkshire poet now living in Lancashire. This is a collected edition of her life work so far. It is wide-ranging and varied. She knows a great deal about the pain and pleasure of love, and writes about it with searing honesty. She trained as a chef and has worked in a zoo, a banqueting outfit, a mediaeval castle, and an American college. In 1982 she decided to hang up her apron and devote herself to writing, saying she would go back to work when she got bored. She has not got bored yet. She was a performance poet in the 80s, in the North West. Adrian Henri once gasped at one of her poems, and the editor of Lancashire Life called her "the predatory sexual voice cruising in the fast lane of poetry". She sprang to national fame after reading poetry in a jacuzzi. She has been on radio and tv. You will be thrilled, chilled, brought to laughter and tears by this woman's perception and insight. If you are a prude or object to strong language, better pass this one by.
The Great Night
Author: Chris Adrian
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1429961007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcclaimed as a "gifted, courageous writer"(The New York Times), Chris Adrian brings all his extraordinary talents to bear in The Great Night—a brilliant and mesmerizing retelling of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." On Midsummer Eve 2008, three people, each on the run from a failed relationship, become trapped in San Francisco's Buena Vista Park, the secret home of Titania, Oberon, and their court. On this night, something awful is happening in the faerie kingdom: in a fit of sadness over the end of her marriage, which broke up in the wake of the death of her adopted son, Titania has set loose an ancient menace, and the chaos that ensues will threaten the lives of immortals and mortals alike. Selected by The New Yorker as one the best young writers in America, Adrian has created a singularly playful, heartbreaking, and humorous novel—a story that charts the borders between reality and dreams, love and magic, and mortality and immortality.
Jayne Sullivan, Army Brat
Author: Cathy Sharpe
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2010-11-12
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1450261590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeing a part of a Military family, Jayne Sullivan is quiet, shy and always follows the rules. Well, almost always. One day, Jayne decides to take matters into her own hands. On an unfamiliar Army base in the Alabama summer heat, she finds herself lost, confused and ill. A heart-warming story of a child and how military life aff ects her and those she loves.
Wild Rose
Author: Ruth Axtell Morren
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2007-02-27
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0373786093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn outcast all her life, Geneva Patterson endures the cruel taunts of the townspeople. Once a respected sea captain, Caleb Phelps moves to Geneva's small Maine town after he is accused of a shameful crime. Through God's grace, Geneva and Caleb try to find redemption and love.
Hearts of the Missing
Author: Carol Potenza
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2018-12-04
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1250178282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeautifully written with a riveting plot and a richly drawn, diverse cast of characters, Hearts of the Missing is the mesmerizing debut from 2017 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Carol Potenza. When a young woman linked to a list of missing Fire-Sky tribal members commits suicide, Pueblo Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews is assigned to the case. As the investigation unfolds, she uncovers a threat that strikes at the very heart of what it means to be a Fire-Sky Native: victims chosen and murdered because of their genetic makeup. But these deaths are not just about a life taken. In a vengeful twist, the killer ensures the spirits of those targeted will wander forever, lost to their family, their People, and their ancestors. When those closest to Nicky are put in jeopardy, she must be willing to sacrifice everything—her career, her life, even her soul—to save the people she is sworn to protect.
Loved you Forever Once
Author: Kathryn Kaleigh
Publisher: KST Publishing Inc
Published: 2021-10-10
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLife may only move forward, but some things are meant to be. Even if it means circling back around again. Claire Worthington believed that life moved in only one direction. Forward. But when she saw her daughter's psychology professor, everything changed. She knew that laugh. She also knew her life was about to move in a different direction. Grayson Moore had gotten his life together just the way he wanted it. He never expected to have the only woman he had ever loved walk back into his life. But they found life to be different as adults. Can their new lives accommodate a love from the past? A love that still burns bright? This is a love story about soulmates that get a second chance at happily ever after. A sweet wholesome romantic comedy.
Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries
Author: Anne Perry
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1101884827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Christmas hope: "Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season. She feels she has nothing in common with her circle of wealthy, status-minded friends, and the only time she's remotely happy is when she is volunteering at a women's clinic, a job her husband strongly disapproves of. When Claudine meets a charming poet at a Yuletide gala, her spirits are finally lifted -- until he is accused of killing a fellow guest. Believing in his innocence, Claudine vows to do her utmost to help. But it seems that hypocritical London society would rather send an innocent man to the gallows than expose the shocking truth about one of their own." --
