Pages from a Charred Notebook
Pages from a Charred Notebook

Author: Tsevi Ayznman

Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780881256772

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This book is an entrancing collection of charming, fabulous tales written in a masterly, unique style. Some of the tales are on Jewish themes: Israel, the Holocaust, and the author's eventful and troubled life as a wartime refugee from Poland and an immigrant to Israel; others are drawn from his fertile imaginings about kings and queens, monsters, and strange mystical visions of existence. In 1996, the work was awarded the Rosenfeld Prize for Yiddish Literature. The citation reads in part: His is a unique voice in Yiddish literature. He says a lot in very few words and speaks loudly with a quiet voice. He looks at both life and death with the wide-open eyes of a child. His language is rhythmical and his stories read like ballads. They seem, at first, like naive children's stories but they contain great wisdom and even greater sadness. Eisenman's truly wonderful Yiddish original has been given a superb, idiomatic translation by Barnett Zumoff, who has also published translations of works by Sholem Aleichem, Jacob Glatstein, Abraham Sutzkever, Rajzel Zychlinsky, and Chaim Lieberman.

Double Danger
Double Danger

Author: Double Danger

Publisher: Oliver-Heber books

Published: 2024-01-26

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13:

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As the newest member of A-Tac, a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as Ivy League faculty, ex-SEAL Simon Kincaid races against the clock to save lives—and outrun his wrenching past. But preventing a major terrorist attack will plunge him and the one woman he’s never forgotten into a desperate fight for survival. COLLATERAL DAMAGE Ignoring his instincts once cost Simon a vital op—and the life of his best friend, Ryan. Now as escalating, violent attacks hit A-Tac, another person he loves is in danger. Homeland Security agent Jillian Montgomery’s investigation has brought her back into Simon’s life, and unless they can learn to trust each other, their dangerous mission will fail. After her husband Ryan’s death, Jillian dedicates herself to saving others. She can’t afford to be tempted by Simon, even though his every touch reignites the desires they once shared. But in the last desperate minutes before disaster strikes, their second chance at love might be the most lethal trap of all …

The Curse of Cain
The Curse of Cain

Author: J. Mark Powell

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2006-04-04

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1466820578

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On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, or so the history books tell us ... but what if there was a second gunman who actually pulled the trigger? The Curse of Cain Like The Day of the Jackal, The Eagle has Landed, and The Key to Rebecca, The Curse of Cain is the cat and mouse story of a ruthless professional assassin hired to kill the Union President and the Confederate agent dispatched by Jefferson Davis to thwart his plan. Like Forsyth's Jackal, Follett's Needle, and Higgins's Devlin, the assassin-Basil Tarleton-is a charming agent of death. Jack Tanner-a Confederate era Jack Ryan, is willing to forego matters of the heart in order to carry out his mission and save the life of the President of an opposing nation. Set in the closing weeks of the Civil War and against the backdrop of the notorious Lincoln conspiracy (and subsequent cover-up) as well as the actual Confederate intelligence network that existed in Washington, D.C. at the time, Powell and Meagher tell a heart-stopping tale of suspense and intrigue. This dangerous mission follows assassin and pursuer, as they close in on their targets in enemy territory where exposure means certain death. The Curse of Cain races to the page-turning climax on that fateful night at Ford's Theater. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Harlequin Intrigue November 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2
Harlequin Intrigue November 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

Author: Carol Ericson

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 573

ISBN-13: 1488050635

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Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. ENEMY INFILTRATION Red, White and Built: Delta Force Deliverance by Carol Ericson Horse trainer Lana Moreno refuses to believe her brother died during an attack on the embassy outpost he was guarding. Her last hope to uncover the truth is Delta Force soldier Logan Hess, who has his own suspicions about the attack. Can they survive long enough to discover what happened? SNOWBLIND JUSTICE Eagle Mountain Murder Mystery by Cindi Myers Brodie Langtry, an investigator with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, is in town to help with the hunt for the Ice Cold Killer. He’s shocked when he discovers that Emily Walker, whom he hasn’t seen in years, is the murderer’s next target. RULES IN DECEIT Blackhawk Security by Nichole Severn Network analyst Elizabeth Dawson thought she’d moved on from the betrayal that destroyed her career—that is, until Braxton Levitt shows up one day claiming there’s a target on her back only he can protect her against. Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s November 2019 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!

Annie and the Wolves
Annie and the Wolves

Author: Andromeda Romano-Lax

Publisher: Soho Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1641291699

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A modern-day historian finds her life intertwined with Annie Oakley's in an electrifying novel that explores female revenge and the allure of changing one's past. Ruth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter, convinced that a scarring childhood event was the impetus for her crusade to arm every woman in America. This search has cost Ruth her doctorate, a book deal, and her fiancé—but finally it has borne fruit. She has managed to hunt down what may be a journal of Oakley’s midlife struggles, including secret visits to a psychoanalyst and the desire for vengeance against the “Wolves,” or those who have wronged her. With the help of Reece, a tech-savvy senior at the local high school, Ruth attempts to establish the journal’s provenance, but she’s begun to have jarring out-of-body episodes parallel to Annie’s own lived experiences. As she solves Annie’s mysteries, Ruth confronts her own truths, including the link between her teenage sister’s suicide and an impending tragedy in her Minnesota town that Ruth can still prevent.

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0593320166

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, combining "elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of power and deceit" (Los Angeles Times). In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is deter­mined that he not make it there. And neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, or how powerful. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corrup­tion. It is a stirring call to arms against the abuse of power from one of our fiercest political activists, who also happens to be a global literary giant.

The Etruscan
The Etruscan

Author: The Etruscan

Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio: A Nonprofit Literary Press

Published: 2024-08-26

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1545760055

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In Lappin’s prize-winning, literary gothic tale, the tantalizing love story between American heroine Harriet Sacket and the enigmatic Count Federigo, self-proclaimed Etruscan spirit, is played out in 1922 against the backdrop of eerie Etruscan tombs, boar-infested woods, and elegant Tuscan villas. The Etruscan recounts the adventures of Harriet Sackett, trouser-wearing American photographer who travels to Italy to photograph Etruscan tombs for the Theosophical Society. Here she falls in love with the charismatic Federigo del Re, occultist , amateur archaeologist, and shape-shifter, but her increasing fascination with the man will leave her on the brink of collapse. The story is told from the viewpoint of Harriet’s English cousins, Stephen and Sarah, whose own dark secrets are revealed as they read the diary Harriet has kept of her obsession, trying to understand what has transpired. As the unraveling of Harriet’s mind is revealed, so too are the secrets of Harriet’s family- secrets which are no less disturbing than those revealed in her diary. The mystery at the heart of Harriet’s experience draws the reader on: who is Federigo del Re, the man she calls “her secret sun”? Noble lover, unscrupulous conman, Etruscan ghost, village shaman, or simply the product of Harriet’s delusion? Lappin keeps the suspense pulled taut till the very last page. Readers traveling to Italy this summer or just lounging at home dreaming of Tuscany can lose themselves in the Etruscan woods of Lappin’s lush landscapes.

Deceptions
Deceptions

Author: Cynthia Eden

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1488051984

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Old sins cause new problems in the beloved fifth book in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s Battling McGuire Boys, which was originally released by Harlequin Intrigue in 2016. People called Elizabeth Snow wild, and once she was. Now she’s the straitlaced librarian with no interest in the wildest McGuire…until she needs him to protect her from a murderous stalker. But her proximity to Delta Force Mac forces her to face the tension simmering between them. Secrets from their pasts threaten Elizabeth and Mac as much as “The Fixer,” who seems to know their every move as they hunt this monstrous killer. Can they trust each other enough to go forward? Or will a shocking truth prove fatal?