The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker
Author: Kerry Wilkinson
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2018-07-26
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1786812533
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The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker
Author: Kerry Wilkinson
Publisher:
Published: 2018-07-26
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781786812544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'I will never forget the night I drowned...' Seventeen-year-old Eleanor Parker wakes up cold and alone in the river that twists through her quiet village. She remembers a hand on her chest, another on her head, water in her throat, those final gasps for air... Her brother's girlfriend was drowned in the same river the summer before, held under the water by an unknown killer. Determined to unlock the mystery of what really happened that night, Eleanor can't escape the feeling that something terrible links her to the previous summer's murder. But will she discover the shocking truth, before it's too late? A gripping and extraordinary coming of age novel that will keep you guessing until the very end. What readers are saying about The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker 'Intriguing... compelling... I couldn't put it down. Every page drew me in. Loved it.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'This book was everything a thriller should be and more!... I could not put it down. Every secret slowly comes unravelled to leave you guessing until the very end when it all shockingly comes together.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'I definitely recommend the book... I didn't want to stop until everything was revealed. I enjoyed the story, characters and writing style... twists and turns that you didn't expect.' Library Thing 'Wilkinson's ability to build suspense and keep the reader hanging on... is exceptional. He blends supernatural, thriller, and mystery with real skill... truly an enjoyable read.' Reading Writing Rhetoric 'From the get-go the writing is beautiful and plot enthralling... I didn't see the ending coming.' Goodreads Reviewer 'Very interesting characters and the way the plot was unfolded had me intrigued from the beginning, until the end!!... You will love this book... refreshing!! Goodreads Reviewer 'A thrilling read... didn't see that ending coming!!' Goodreads Reviewer 'What a thrilling and fantastic read!... I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a novel full of tension and great characters.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'Hooked me from the beginning.' A Garden Carried in the Pocket 'I enjoyed it immensely. The narrator my favourite aspect of this book as she is amusing and interesting. I would highly recommend giving it a read.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars
Eleanor Parker
Author: Doug McClelland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0810848368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book on enduring Hollywood star Eleanor Parker, long underrated despite three best actress Academy Award nominations (Caged, 1950; Detective Story, 1951; Interrupted Melody, 1955). Parker was a beauty as well as a versatile actress, and her achievements approach those of more publicized colleagues Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. With Parker's blessing and her son Paul Clemens' cooperation, Doug McClelland has written one of the most thorough examinations of a film star's career. The book is valuable to librarians, academies, and film enthusiasts for its extensive documentation and analyses of all of Parker's work, for the bibliographies of her coverage in books and periodicals, for the portrait of a glamorous, creative era in filmmaking, and for the insights into the careers of Eleanor Parker's associates, many among the most heavily researched motion picture artists of cinema's "Golden Age." The book contains a forward by noted screenwriter William Ludwig, who won an Academy Award for Parker's Interrupted Melody, and afterword by Marjorie Lawrence, the opera singer whom Parker portrayed in Interrupted Melody, and photos of Eleanor Parker that show her in many of her "thousand faces."
Dorothy Parker
Author: Marion Meade
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1989-03-03
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1101462191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarion Meade's engrossing and comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most captivating women In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the charm and the dark side of Dorothy Parker, exploring her days of wicked wittiness at the Algonquin Round Table with the likes of Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, and Harold Ross, and in Hollywood with S. J. Perelman, William Faulkner, and Lillian Hellman. At the dazzling center of it all, Meade gives us the flamboyant, self-destructive, and brilliant Dorothy Parker. This edition features a new afterword by Marion Meade.
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Author: Marion Meade
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1991-11-01
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1101173939
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.
Dragon Lords
Author: Eleanor Parker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-05-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1838608400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute. Eleanor Parker here unlocks secrets that point to more complex motivations within the marauding army that in the late ninth century voyaged to the shores of eastern England in its sleek, dragon-prowed longships. Exploring legends from forgotten medieval texts, and across the varied Anglo-Saxon regions, she depicts Vikings who came not just to raid but also to settle personal feuds, intervene in English politics and find a place to call home. Native tales reveal the links to famous Vikings like Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons; Cnut; and Havelok the Dane. Each myth shows how the legacy of the newcomers can still be traced in landscape, place-names and local history. This book uncovers the remarkable degree to which England is Viking to its core.
A Decent Woman
Author: Eleanor Parker Sapia
Publisher:
Published: 2015-02-20
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781620154007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPonce, Puerto Rico, at the turn of the century: Ana Belen Opaku, an Afro-Cuban born into slavery, is a proud midwife with a tempestuous past. After testifying at an infanticide trial, Ana is forced to reveal a dark secret from her past, but continues to hide an even more sinister one. Pitted against the parish priest, Padre Vicente, and young Doctor Hector Rivera, Ana must battle to preserve her twenty-five year career as the only midwife in La Playa. Serafina is a respectable young widow with two small children, who marries an older, wealthy merchant from a distinguished family. A crime against Serafina during her last pregnancy forever bonds her to Ana in an ill-conceived plan to avoid a scandal and preserve Serafina's honor. Set against the combustive backdrop of a chauvinistic society, where women are treated as possessions, A Decent Woman is the provocative story of these two women as they battle for their dignity and for love against the pain of betrayal and social change.
How Your Mind Can Keep You Well
Author: Roy Masters
Publisher: FHU Bookstore
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0933900090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Coldest Touch
Author: Isabel Sterling
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-12-07
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 059335043X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Vampires going to high school, but make it queer. Sterling delivers a fresh, thoughtful take on beloved paranormal tropes with a delightfully bloody romance.” —Mara Fitzgerald, author of Beyond the Ruby Veil From the author of These Witches Don't Burn comes another paranormal romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Stephenie Meyer. Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. And after her brother's death—a death she predicted but was unable to prevent—Elise is desperate to get rid of her terrible gift, no matter the cost. Claire Montgomery also has a unique relationship with death, mostly because she’s already dead. Technically, anyway. Claire is a vampire, and she's been assigned by the Veil to help Elise master her rare Death Oracle powers. At first, Elise is reluctant to work with a vampire, but when she predicts a teacher’s imminent murder, she's determined to stop the violent death, even if it means sacrificing her own future to secure Claire's help. The trouble is, Claire and Elise aren't the only paranormals in town—a killer is stalking the streets, and Claire can't seem to shake the pull she feels toward Elise, a romance that could upend the Veil’s mission. But as Elise and Claire grow closer, Elise begins to wonder—can she really trust someone tasked with securing her loyalty? Someone who could so easily kill her? Someone who might hold the key to unraveling her brother's mysterious death?
What Big Teeth
Author: Rose Szabo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2021-02-02
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0374314314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Strand February 2021 Book of the Month "With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading." —Tricia Levenseller, Publisher’s Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between Us Eleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying incident, she goes to the only place she thinks is safe: the home she left behind. But when she gets there, she struggles to fit in with her monstrous relatives, who prowl the woods around the family estate and read fortunes in the guts of birds. Eleanor finds herself desperately trying to hold the family together—in order to save them all, Eleanor must learn to embrace her family of monsters and tame the darkness inside her. Rose Szabo's thrilling debut is a dark fantasy novel about a teen girl who returns home to her strange, wild family after years of estrangement, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls. This exquisitely terrifying and beautiful tale will sink its teeth into you and never let go.
