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Author: Jill Hucklesby
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781846163432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Jaz leaves the city to spend the summer under the open skies of the country, storms gather and she discovers that life is as fragile as a butterfly's wings. Can Ethan, the silent boy of the marches, help her hold on to hope?
Author: James Lyon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781483921358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“I sense it even now. People thirst for it; the entire country is mad with desire for it…”A dying man's cryptic letter catapults California college student Steven Roberts on a mystery-shrouded quest into the labyrinth of the war-torn Balkans. Singled out for the task by an enigmatic professor, Steven overcomes his doubts and plunges into the maelstrom to uncover long-lost clues to an ancient Emperor's deeply buried secret, a long-forgotten evil that slumbered for centuries only to reawaken … and a love that defies death itself.Meticulously researched and set against the background of collapsing Yugoslavia, “Kiss of the Butterfly” weaves together intricate threads from age-old Balkan folklore and modern events, to create a tapestry of passion and betrayal, obsession and desire, the thirst for life and the hunger for death.“Kiss of the Butterfly” is a literary thriller rooted in actual events. In the year of his death, 1476, the Prince of Wallachia Vlad Dracula committed a bloody massacre under the cloak of medieval Bosnia's forested mountains in the town of Srebrenica. History repeated itself 500 years later in July 1995 in Europe's worst massacre since World War Two. For most people, the two events seemed unconnected… Until now.“A fast-paced adventure into a modern heart of Balkan darkness… A truly original take on the blood-sucking undead.” –Publishers Weekly“No capes, no glitter: a vampire novel for readers who value sturdy mythology and a sophisticated understanding of history, along with warmblooded, human connections… skillful… authentic… fascinating… inspired… Lyon executes it perfectly… vivid… engaging…” –Kirkus Reviews
Author: Bob Carlisle
Publisher: Golden Books
Published: 2001-04-15
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 0307988724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis sweet Little Golden Book celebrates the unique bond between father and daughter. The perfect gift to show your love, from birthdays to Father's Day to Valentine's Day! Forever and for always-- That's how a Daddy loves his girl. To Mommy and me you'll always be The most beautiful girl in the world. Told through a heartwarming conversation between father and daughter, Butterfly Kisses perfectly captures the shared love, trust, and hope that makes this bond so special. This Little Golden Book is a must-have for every daughter's bookshelf.
Author: Hana Volavková
Publisher:
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terezín Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944.
Author: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2010-01-12
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1616200995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com
Author: Paul Bennett aka Cralion
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2006-02-15
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 1467032735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKONE LAST TEAR ONE LAST KISS is the journey of man’s search for love, and the near fatal relationship he finds with the woman of his dreams. Santana Priest, a single father, coach, a man with a storied past that he wants to leave behind. He also wants love, but it seems fate has something else in mind. Cyntice Caldwell, the beautiful news anchorwoman appears to be the answer to Priest’s dreams. She wants to give him love but all she can offer is her body. Their paths collide and they are swept away in a firestorm of volcanic sex, denial, and hatred that threatens their lives, and the people they love.
Author: David Gallagher
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-03-17
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1300847794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKButterfly's Kiss charts the love relationship of Dan, an English student from Cambridge University with the Polish girl Aida. They meet by chance while he is on a summer language course in Heidelberg, Germany and he falls in love with her at first sight. Dan fantasizes about his Polish butterfly all the time; she is so beautiful and he just simply cannot get her out of his mind, but is Aida really in love with Dan or is she just a cold femme fatale?
Author: Ali Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-01-17
Total Pages: 587
ISBN-13: 0857202944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPS, I Love You meets One Day in this magical tearjerker from a rising star in female fiction How do you hold on to a love that is slowly slipping away from you? Can you let go of the past when you know what is in the future? And how do you cope when you know that every kiss is a countdown to goodbye? This is the story of a love affair, of Ryan and Molly and how they fell in love and were torn apart. The first time Molly kissed Ryan, she knew they'd be together forever. Six years and thousands of kisses later she's married to the man she loves. But today, when Ryan kisses her, Molly realises how many of them she wasted because the future holds something which neither of them could have ever predicted… 'An adorable, heartwarming tale of love and friendship which bubbles with tenderness. Love it' Marie Claire 'Not since One Day's Emma and Dexter have we fallen so hard for a literary couple...The First Last Kiss will burrow deep inside your head and heart, and will stay there long after you finish reading. 5 stars.' Heat
Author: W. L Silvers
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2013-05-24
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1449793991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan Jeff Richards ever get past the tragic death that has seemed to haunt his marriage? Can the relationship with his son ever be healed, now that Corey is a modern teenager? With so many life-changing moments in his life, Jeff must find the peace and redemption that can only come from one place. Finally, when everything and everyone begins to function as one body, Jeff and his family are thrown one last curve ball that they must overcome.
Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2008-03-06
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0307454835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
