Download or read book A Vision of Loveliness written by Louise Levene and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane James knows that she must have been born to better things than a dingy bedroom in her Aunt Doreen's house in Norbury and evenings spent eating gala pie and Heinz tinned potato salad in their 'sitting-cum-dining room'. So, armed with her well-thumbed copy of Lady Be Good, she practises her French turns, her killer smile and precisely how much thigh to show when crossing her legs, and dreams of a time when she can be a part of the world she glimpses through the Mayfair windows of the cashmere shop where she works. When she finds a crocodile handbag left in a pub, it leads her to Suzy St John, a girl-about-town with the glamour, the confidence and the irresistible allure that Jane has been practising for so long. Suzy takes Jane under her wing, and Jane becomes Janey, a near carbon-copy of her new best friend and a delighted adventurer in an easy, sleazy, sixties West-End world of part-time modelling and full-time man-trapping. Her new, improved self catwalks confidently through nightclubs, rag trade showrooms and luxury Mayfair flats but Jane finds that she can never quite drown out the carping voice of her past - or the nagging doubt that there might be slightly more to life than a mutation mink jacket or an engagement ring. When a shocking act of violence threatens to bring Jane's glittering new life crashing down around her she must call on all her powers of reinvention if her dyed-to-match stilettos are to carry her away unscathed.
Download or read book Ghastly Business written by Louise Levene and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1929. A girl is strangled in a London alley, the mangled corpse of a peeping Tom is found in a railway tunnel and the details of the latest trunk murder are updated hourly in the evening papers. Into this world steps Dora Strang, doctor's daughter and filing clerk to the country's pre-eminent pathologist, Alfred Kemble. Thrilled by the post-mortems and court cases, Dora is further fascinated by Kemble himself, a glamorous and enigmatic war hero. But her job holds several surprises and as things take a distinctly ghastly turn the tabloid journalists sharpen their pencils in morbid anticipation...
Download or read book The Vision Board written by Joyce Schwarz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Vision Board, influential career strategist Joyce Schwartz describes a transformative exercise that offers a simple way to change your life for the better. As featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, vision boards are a practical, effective approach to identifying and achieving your goals. With a foreword from Bob Proctor, featured teacher in The Secret, and an afterword by Jack Canfield, co-creator of the hugely popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series, The Vision Board offers concrete advice and motivation anecdotes designed to help you utilize vision boards in your own daily life.
Download or read book Visions of Loveliness written by Judith M. Taylor and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abundance came to be or to the people who spent a good part of their lives creating it. These breeders once had prosperous businesses and were important figures in their communities but are only memories now. They also could be cranky and quirky. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, new and exotic species were arriving in Europe and the United States from all over the world, and these plants often captured the imaginations of the unlikeliest of men, from aristocratic collectors to gruff gardeners who hardly thought of themselves as artists. But whatever their backgrounds, they all shared a quality of mind that led them to ask “What if?” and to use their imagination and skills to answer that question themselves. The newest rose from China was small and light pink, but what if it were larger and came in more colors? Lilac was very nice in its way, but what if its blossoms were double and frilly? While there are many books about plant collectors and explorers, there are none about plant breeders. Drawing from libraries, archives, and the recollections of family members, horticultural historian Judith M. Taylor traces the lives of prominent cultivators in the context of the scientific discoveries and changing tastes of their times. Visions of Loveliness is international in scope, profiling plant breeders from many countries—for example, China and the former East Germany—whose work may be unknown to the Anglophone reader. In addition to chronicling the lives of breeders, the author also includes chapters on the history behind the plants by genus, from shrubs and flowering trees to herbaceous plants.
Download or read book Yachting Tales written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ms Rubinstein s Beauty written by Pep Montserrat and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a message we learn in childhood, but all too quickly forget: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” “Beauty is only skin deep.” With its incandescent paintings and imaginative text, Ms. Rubinstein’s Beauty shows us just how true these timeless sayings can be. Children will be enchanted…and surprised at every turn. “Ms. Rubenstein is a beautiful woman. But nobody knows it.” No—they don’t notice her wonderful eyes, delicate hands, graceful feet, and kind heart. Something a little strange, a little distracting about her captures their attention instead. But one man—himself a bit out of the ordinary—thinks she’s the vision of loveliness. Pep Montserrat has created a gorgeous tribute to love that looks beyond the obvious—and a picture book as special as its two main characters.
Download or read book Homeless Like Me written by Donald James Parker and published by Donald James Parker. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian has a dream of writing the great American novel. He knows that without a gimmick to set him apart from the rest of the pack, he'll never succeed. From reading Black Like Me, he gets the idea to masquerade as a homeless man to get the material to write the saga of those suffering from poverty. During his first visit to the local homeless shelter to gather facts, he is accosted by Zeke, one of the subjects of his research. In order to save his skin, Brian spills his guts to the huge black man. After hearing the story, Zeke sees value in the project for his homeless brethren, and pledges to help the wannabe paperback writer. Also on his first visit, a vision of loveliness, aptly named Angel, takes away Brian's breath and subsequently his heart. She turns out to be a fanatical Christian who is waiting for God to reveal the identity of her future husband. Brian decides to write a novel and make Angel the heroine hoping to win her heart in the process.
Download or read book Gardeners Chronicle of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School of Charm Series Books 1 5 written by Maggie Dallen and published by Maggie Dallen. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ "I HIGHLY recommend this collection! Sweet stories full of wit and humor. Ms. Dallen is becoming one of my favorite authors. Her writing is superb." - Reviewer ★★★★★ "So good it made me cry!" - Reviewer ★★★★★ "Ms. Dallen’s writing style harks back to the days of Georgette Heyer. She writes a good story, with characters you actually want to know more about... I wish more of the regency writers out there produced stories such as these...The stories are sweet, simple, and quick to read. I shall be on the lookout for more of Ms. Dallen’s books." A collection of sweet, lighthearted, binge-worthy regency romance novels... From a damsel in distress hiding as a maid in the home of an Earl, to a feisty debutante kidnapped by a man determined to save her life—these fast-paced, closed-door, swoonworthy romances are guaranteed to leave you smiling. Start with Book One of the bestselling series, The Misadventures of Miss Adelaide: She's on the run from her cruel guardian... And Miss Adelaide has found the perfect hiding spot in the home of the formidable Earl of Tolston. But masquerading as a maid comes at a cost. One day she faints on the job, and wakes . . . in the arms of the Earl. Her secrets about to be exposed, Addie wants nothing more than to flee—again. But the powerful, overprotective Earl with dark, brooding eyes makes it very clear that she's his to protect. "You can try to run, Addie . . . but I will follow." The series is filled with your favorite tropes: ✔️ Grumpy/Sunshine Romance ✔️ Enemies to Lovers ✔️ Damsel in Distress ✔️ Bad Boy Heroes ✔️ Mistaken Identity ✔️ Childhood Friends to More ✔️ Runaway Bride ✔️ Second Chance at Love Each novel in the School of Charm series contains a standalone romance with no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed swoonworthy happy ending! Suitable for all ages, these stories offer a delightful escape without explicit content, profanity, or violence.
Download or read book Island Song Lyrics Volume 3 written by Larry W. Jones and published by Larry W Jones. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Larry W. Jones has written over 3,500 song lyrics with island based themes. Most are in the sytle of the "hapa haole" return-to-paradise tradition of the golden years of Territorial Hawaii"--Volume 7, title page verso
Download or read book Happy Little Bluebirds written by Louise Levene and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Brilliant' Spectator 'A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves – seriously, what could be more heavenly?' Saga 'A triumph' Financial Times It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood. She is to assist a mysterious British agent in his attempts to outwit the Los Angeles German delegation and boost the British propaganda war effort. The unhappy young widow is supplied with a new Californian wardrobe, a Bel Air bungalow and her own desk in the writers' block of Miracle Studios. At first bewildered by the glamorous excesses of this strange new world, she is gradually seduced by the sunlight, orange groves and clever, fast-talking men. But, just as she begins to blossom, her new technicolor ending threatens to slip from her grasp.
Download or read book The Talisman written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Georgia Peaches written by Ola Vay and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-04-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The color line has long been a belt around, and between social beliefs, credos, and reasons for "separatisms"…Even within racial relations. Ella D'Orleans finds this out the hard way in this epic historical drama about the social and spiritual effects of interracial relations in the South (Savannah, GA), and in racial relations within and outside of the Colored Americans--Afro-Americans, Blacks etc. It also brings up the importance of knowing one's history how it relates to your interactions with family, business relations, and even outside races. The danger of the thin line of hatred/love. How quickly whatever love builds, hatred can be that much quicker to destroy. As a renaissance business woman of her time, Ella single-handedly builds an inherited empire for the D'Orleans family, but with her own prejudice, and hatred she tears it down until her daughter Lizzy, son-in-law Henry, and her grand-daughter Lillion, remind her through their own strength and determination.
Download or read book A Vision of Morocco written by Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tales of the Crusaders written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can of Worms written by Paul Trembling and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2016-01-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scenes of Crime Officer Marcie Kelshaw didn't like her colleague, Ben Drummond. Nobody did, really. Nevertheless, when she stumbles across a clue to his murder, she thinks it should be followed up. Even without any official backing. Even when it strains her friendships, risks her career, and endangers her family. The trail of clues leads to some dark and terrifying places, a murderous climax, and the truth about Ben’s murder – which was not at all what it seemed. Along the way, she’ll open more than one can of worms. This is CSI UK. Less glossy, more gritty. A fast paced crime mystery, told with an in-depth and authentic knowledge of forensic crime scene examinations.
