While working on his latest movie, "Blonde Lightning," Hollywood studio executive and amateur sleuth Mark Hayes and his partner, Clyde McCoy, investigate acts of sabotage perpetrated by someone out to prevent the film from being completed.
A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . . . and the storm is coming closer all the time! Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. Ms. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately . . . a celebration! Whether the first clap of thunder finds you buried under the bedcovers or happily anticipating the coming storm, Thunder Cake is a story that will bring new meaning and possibility to the excitement of a thunderstorm.
Reveal your inner Aurora Borealis with Manic Panic Living in Color, the audacious beauty-and-lifestyle handbook from punk rock pioneers Tish and Snooky Bellomo, founders of the iconic hair color and make-up brand. With a colorful foreword by RuPaul -- a customer/fan/friend and dye-hard for decades -- Manic Panic Living in Color is both the rollicking origin story of the sister's punk rock roots combined with a fearless guide to finding your color in the rainbow. This guide provides unique and fail-proof methods to achieve the perfect shade or combinations of colors that express the inner you, as well as maintenance, effects, tips, products, remedies, and attitude. With hundreds of inspiring photographs, Tish and Snooky will inspire you to show off your unique sense of style whether you are Red Passion, Bad Boy Blue, Electric Banana -- or all three!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s brilliantly thrilling novel of suspense. In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space? “A gripping novel…fast-paced and satisfying.”—People
The Class of '73 is about a fictional College called Hillside. This story represents a myriad of real colleges across America in the 70's. The Class of '73 is about events in the classroom, on the football field, in the dorms and the Frat houses. Events that happened to the main character Tommy Hawk Quarterback. The Class of '73 puts into clear view the highly unusual times that Hawk and his friends were living through. These college kids survived Vietnam, Woodstock and Watergate. They laughed and loved and learned. College was never the same after The Class of '73......
The Chronicles of Kwan follows the struggle of one young woman for liberty from the shadow of the Coalition of Lightnings. Freedom not just for herself, but for all her fellow serfs in Hillvale demesne. “I feel a suffocating cloud of dread overcome the tiny group. My aura hovers among the students here in my home. It stands tall against them, a cloud-high column of sunshine and fire that envelops the entire building. Theatrics? No. Not even a whirlwind of strength and power can save them. The wheels of the rebellion will not be easily slowed. We are too many to be silenced. We will not be stopped... not even by death.”
Having spiritual overtones this collection is both suspenseful and erotic. The author is a second time writer and his collection of stories is a great companion for any library.
She mixed danger, desperation, and deception together. Love was not the expected outcome. With their sharp engineering minds, Laura Stiles and her two sisters have been able to deal with their mother's unfortunate choice in husband until they discovered his plans to marry each of them off to his lecherous friends. Now they must run away--far and fast--to find better matches to legally claim their portion of their father's lumber dynasty and seize control from their stepfather. During their escape, Laura befriends a mission group heading to serve the poor in California. She quickly volunteers herself and her sisters to join their efforts. Despite the settlement being in miserable condition, the sisters are excited by the opportunity to put their skills to good use. Laura also sees potential in Caleb, the mission's parson, to help with gaining her inheritance. But when secrets buried in Caleb's past and in the land around them come to light, it'll take all the smarts the sisters have to keep trouble at bay.