Forgive Me Father, for I Have Grinned
Forgive Me Father, for I Have Grinned

Author: V. N. Phillips

Publisher: The Overmountain Press

Published: 2006-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781570723001

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Religious gaffes are served up in a family-friendly style in this riotous collection of bona fide stories and puns related to traditions of worship. Amusing anecdotes of comical church incidents are featured, as are examples of Christians who have been given the boot for poorly chosen words uttered in front of their congregations. A section on cemeteries looks at bizarre, witty, and often brazenly frank tombstone inscriptions such as "He was so cold natured / Warm in life he was not. / Now it is believed he's very warm, / In a place where it's very hot!"—and, if possible, the people and stories behind them.

Mr. Chartwell
Mr. Chartwell

Author: Rebecca Hunt

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0679604340

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July 1964. Chartwell House, Kent: Winston Churchill wakes at dawn. There’s a dark, mute “presence” in the room that focuses on him with rapt concentration. It’s Mr. Chartwell. Soon after, in London, Esther Hammerhans, a librarian at the House of Commons, goes to answer the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette the size of a mattress. It’s Mr. Chartwell. Charismatic, dangerously seductive, Mr. Chartwell unites the eminent statesman at the end of his career and the vulnerable young woman. But can they withstand Mr. Chartwell’s strange, powerful charms and his stranglehold on their lives? Can they even explain who or what he is and why he has come to visit? In this utterly original, moving, funny, and exuberant novel, Rebecca Hunt explores how two unlikely lives collide as Mr. Chartwell’s motives are revealed to be far darker and deeper than they at first seem.

Forgive Me Father
Forgive Me Father

Author: Mary Sweere

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2011-08-04

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1463438230

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When Harry Scarley is given a second chance to rebuild his shattered life, little does he realize he is about to encounter two extraordinary people who will dramatically impact his life forever. David Sullivan is a prodigal son who returns to Minneapolis to become the owner of a multi-million dollar glass company and continue his father's legacy of providing employment for people whose lives have been derailed by unfortunate circumstances. Partially blind Annie Bennett, David's personal assistant, possesses the uncanny ability to see the paranormal and "read" others. As their friendships grow and their lives appear to be settling into all they had hoped and dreamed of, they are soon forced to realize the best laid plans can be blindsided by seemingly random acts of evil. Evil with deadly and devastating effects not only for themselves, but for those they love...

Always a Marine
Always a Marine

Author: Patty Campbell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1680467727

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Joe Hamilton has spent years conquering his demons, his war wounds. Some the medics could fix, and some were up to him. Now he's retired from the Marines and on track to a satisfying future as a civilian. A husband. A father. Sandy Cassidy is the woman Joe only dreamed about meeting. Miraculously she's attracted to him. What is she hiding? Something that can prevent them from having a future together?

For Her Love
For Her Love

Author: Paula Reed

Publisher: Kensington Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780821777244

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Amidst the racial turmoil of the Caribbean in the 17th century, a woman of mixed blood overcomes persecution and her dark past to find happiness with a courageous captain. Original.

Guns and Horses
Guns and Horses

Author: Simon Tourigny

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2024-03-28

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1647508061

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From the Arctic tundra to the forested hills of the Klondike Plateau, this collection of Northern Short Stories hurls the reader into a maelstrom of wilderness adventure and survival. From a brutal fight to the death with the wolves and bears to the streets and saloons of scattered frontier towns slinging guns with outlaws and falling in love with beautiful women. From the early explorers to modern times, driving dog teams of half wild huskies across the windblown wastelands and riding in the saddle with a Winchester under one leg, Simon Tourigny’s raw, rough characters roam the northern wilderness, hunting, hiding, fighting, and surviving in a land of rugged mountains, swift glacial rivers, and trackless forests. Guns and Horses will take you to the razor edge of death and back again in time for tea and bannock. A blend of Jack London and Louis L’Amour with a dash of Tarantino and his own unique flair, this collection of stories will inspire you to keep going to the final, bitter end. After all, what is life without love? While there is love there is hope, and while there is hope there is a chance...

Time Is the Simplest Thing
Time Is the Simplest Thing

Author: Clifford D. Simak

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1504013255

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A telepath acquires a powerful alien consciousness—and must run to escape corporate assassins and angry mobs—in this novel by the author of Way Station. Space travel has been abandoned in the twenty-second century. It is deemed too dangerous, expensive, and inconvenient—and now the all-powerful Fishhook company holds the monopoly on interstellar exploration for commercial gain. Their secret is the use of “parries,” human beings with the remarkable telepathic ability to expand their minds throughout the universe. On what should have been a routine assignment, however, loyal Fishhook employee Shepherd Blaine is inadvertently implanted with a copy of an alien consciousness, becoming something more than human. Now he’s a company pariah, forced to flee the safe confines of the Fishhook complex. But the world he escapes into is not a safe sanctuary; Its people have been taught to hate and fear his parapsychological gift—and there is nowhere on Earth, or elsewhere, for Shepherd Blaine to hide. A Hugo Award nominee, Time Is the Simplest Thing showcases the enormous talents of one of the true greats of twentieth-century science fiction. This richly imagined tale of prejudice, corporate greed, oppression, and, ultimately, transcendence stands tall among Simak’s most enduring works.

Robin Hood - The Shadows of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood - The Shadows of Sherwood Forest

Author: Roehrig Tilman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-10-05

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1646906071

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An action-filled retelling of the story o. Robin Hood as seen through the eyes of his trusted strong right hand, Little John. When peasant John Little witnesses the Sheriff of Nottingham’s men destroying his village for John’s crime of poaching deer to feed his people, he flees into the tangle of Sherwood Forest with the only other survivor, his young foster daughter Marian. But dangers lurk there, too: the outlaw Robin Hood soon catches them and takes them prisoner. Robin Hood does not quite match the heroic stories that are already told about him. For all Robin’s dazzling bravado and clever tricks, the reality of his fight against oppression by the Norman nobility is a rough and dirty life in the forest, outlawed and constantly hunted. As the newly dubbed Little John gets an education in how to fit into Robin’s dangerous band, Marian, too, grows into a force to be reckoned with. Thrust into life in a world of fearless bandits, uncertain allies, and merciless vendettas, Little John and maid Marian earn their place—and build an unshakable friendship with Robin Hood. Told with earthy historical detail and unforgettable characters, this is a must for any young reader fascinated by knights and fights, kings and peasants, or who wants to delve into the many tales that built the Robin Hood legend

Summer on Sunset Ridge
Summer on Sunset Ridge

Author: Sharlene MacLaren

Publisher: Whitaker House

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1629117978

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Brought up on a Quaker farm near Philadelphia at the brink of the Civil War, plainspoken Rebecca Albright is expected to be charitable, peace-loving, and submissive. But she is feeling anything but. A feisty abolitionist, Rebecca is determined to aid the Underground Railroad no matter the cost, until her path collides with slave-catcher Sheriff Clay Dalton who's grimly fighting battles of his own. When tensions between the North and South escalate, the two find themselves propelled on a journey to discover just who God has called them to be—and whether friendship needs a common enemy.