Download or read book Audacity of an Adirondack Summer written by Linda Smolarek and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It starts with balsam-scented forests, paddling down a quiet stream or hiking up a mountain peak...it's an Adirondack state of mind. But not so for Ellen McCauley Rienz, armed with a summer checklist, she has a wedding to plan and all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks to hike...by Labor Day. Unfortunately, life has a way of interfering with even the best of plans. Something strange is going on at Camp, threatening letters, uninvited neighbors showing up at the most inconvenient times and ghostly apparitions. Add a few mysterious trespassers camping on the lake with glow-in-the dark hula-hoops and summer holds more surprises then Ellen anticipated. When her husband, Vic returns from an extended work trip...different, very different, Ellen is perplexed. Undaunted by the troublesome irritations, she forges on and learns hiking the High Peaks, while rewarding...is really hard. And resentments, thought forgotten and long buried have a way of resurrecting themselves. Award winning author, L.R. Smolarek brings love, laughter, mystery and a hint of sizzle to the splendor of the Adirondack Mountains. Audacity of An Adirondack Summer is the perfect pairing with a glass of chardonnay and an Adirondack chair.

Download or read book Adirondack Audacity written by L. R. Smolarek and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Ellen wants to escape her demons, namely a step-mother named Helen, and her reputation as the school klutz." So Ellen takes a summer job as a camp counselor in the Adirondacks where she meets the lifeguard, Vic, whom she hates on site, until sparks of passion ignite between them. A teenage romance is rekindled when they meet again as adults. 'Seeking answers to the past, they return to the Adirondacks in a quest that turns dangerous for a dramatic conclusion.'

Download or read book Audacity on the Beach written by L. R. Smolarek and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At last, a summer in the Adirondack Mountains, no mystery or mayhem until warm winds from the south bring a mysterious letter from Florida. After an idyllic summer Ellen receives a cryptic envelope from a lawyer in Florida. The letter claims her to be the sole inheritor of a beach motel from a woman she's never met. Stated in the will, Ellen must spend six months at the Green Turtle Beach Cottages by the Sea, ‘so she can fall in love with the ocean’. But with Vic scheduled to start filming his next movie, is it safe for Ellen to venture on a dubious journey, alone? Once in Florida, Ellen enchanted with the beach property is drawn into a puzzling scavenger hunt in hopes of discovering why the eccentric woman left her motel to a complete stranger. And looming on the horizon is the prediction of a hurricane blowing in from the east. Against the backdrop of Ellen’s present-day mystery, looms a story from the past. Hildy, a young German girl who became embroiled in the rise of The Third Reich in Germany. Is there a connection between the two women? Audacity on the Beach is brimming with historical fiction, romance, laughter and a mystery to unravel for the perfect vacation read!" --

Download or read book The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region written by Tom Calarco and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of the Underground Railroad depended on the participation of sympathizers in hundreds of areas throughout the country, each operating independently. Each area was distinctive both geographically and societally. This work focuses on the contributions of people in the Adirondack region, including their collaboration with operatives from Albany to New York City. With more than 10 years of research, the author has been able to take what for years in northern New York was considered akin to legend and transform it into history. Abolitionist newspapers--such as Friend of Man, Liberator, Pennsylvania Freeman, Emancipator, National Anti-Slavery Standard, and the little known Albany Patriot--that were published weekly from 1841 to 1848, as well as materials from local archives, were utilized. The book has extensive maps, photographs and appendices; key contributors to the cause are identified, abolition meetings and conventions are described, and maps of the Underground Railroad stations by county are provided.

Download or read book The Summer We Buried written by Jody Gehrman and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unthinkable crime—and the tattered threads of a friendship gone wrong—come roaring back to terrible new life in Jody Gehrman’s riveting psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Joshilyn Jackson. Twenty years ago, Tansy was drawn to Selene’s hard edges, her grit, and her knack for survival. Since then, the confused tangle of guilt about covering up a murder shattered their friendship, and even now, at thirty-eight, Tansy has never come to terms with what happened that night. But now, Selene is back, demanding her old friend repay her. Selene’s daughter, Jupiter, attends the college where Tansy works as a guidance counselor. Selene is convinced that Jupiter’s boyfriend, Colton, is abusive, and wants Tansy to intervene. As she is drawn back into the intensity of Selene’s world, Tansy discovers the ugly truth about Colton. But Tansy suspects there’s far more to the story, and now she’ll finally have to confront Selene once and for all.

Download or read book Small Town Midwife written by Jean C. Gordon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexpected Arrival Autumn Hazard loves being a midwife. But a tragic loss has her doubting the path she's chosen. And her new boss isn't helping. She's worked with Dr. Jonathan Hanlon before, and he's just as handsome and seemingly perfect as ever. His presence could mean trouble for the clinic--and her sensible heart. Jon remembers Autumn, too. She's still beautiful, smart and oblivious to him. Maybe that's for the best--he's leaving the small town as soon as his training's done. Besides, he has secrets of his own, and he can't risk Autumn getting close enough to uncover them. Yet despite all their reservations, working beside each other doesn't feel like work at all...it feels like home.

Download or read book Adirondack Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sworn to Silence written by Jim Tracy and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Tracy’s Sworn to Silence is an unforgettable story of two American lawyers who did the unprecedented. They searched for, found, and photographed the lifeless bodies of their client’s victims and then kept it secret. They did so in the face of unendurable pressure from the authorities and the victims’ families, who suspected the lawyers knew more than they were saying. When the American public eventually learned of the lawyers’ actions, they were horrified, outraged, and vengeful. People could not fathom how two attorneys—fathers of teenage girls themselves—and supposed officers of the law, could conduct themselves in a manner seemingly beyond any concept of humanity. Today, this landmark legal case is studied and analyzed in law schools worldwide. These events have been indelibly marked in Tracy’s mind since he was eight years old; in fact, he was present at the scene of New York state’s largest manhunt after the killer broke into Tracy’s father’s hunting camp in the Adirondack Mountains. In Sworn to Silence, Tracy weaves together a true crime narrative that should rank with some of the most compelling American crime stories of modern times. He does so while taking you—the reader—on a page-turning journey back to the early 1970s, unveiling an American serial killer most people have never heard of.

Download or read book Adirondack Pilgrimage written by Paul F. Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Complete Writings written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Complete Writings by Charles Dudley Warner

Download or read book Saratoga written by Rupert Furneaux and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Strategy, the imaginative plan to divide the rebellious American colonies, ended in disaster. On October 17, 1777, General Sir John Burgoyne, alone, unaided and stranded in the American wilderness, capitulated with his army at Saratoga in upper New York State. It was the ‘turning point’ of the Revolution, which culminated four years later in the British surrender at Yorktown. Creasy wrote of Saratoga: ‘Nor can any military event be said to have exercised more important influence upon the future fortunes of mankind...’ Who blundered? For nearly two centuries, Lord George Germain, the ‘maladroit’ minister, has been blamed, together with the Commander-in-Chief, Sir William Howe; but Burgoyne, ‘Gentleman Johnny’ as his affectionate troops called him, has largely escaped criticism. Only in the late 1960s had a full assessment become possible, by the publication of all the correspondence that passed between these men. Originally published in 1971, from his study of these letters, and by his visit to the campaign area, author Rupert Furneaux questions this long accepted view. The British disaster resulted, he says, not because anyone particularly blundered, or from any ‘pigeon-holed’ despatch, but rather because no one bargained that thousands of ordinary American citizens would rally to bar Burgoyne’s path. Experienced frontier-fighters and skilled marksmen, they mowed down the closely-ranked Redcoats and the German mercenaries, who had all been trained for European battles. Saratoga heralded a new age of warfare, which Europeans took another hundred years to learn. It was also far more than a British defeat; it was an American victory, the decisive battle whereby they won the right to run their own lives without interference from Europe – and with incalculable consequences.

Download or read book Trumpocalypse written by David Frum and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't take responsibility at all." Those words of Donald Trump at a March 13, 2020, press conference are likely to be history's epitaph on his presidency. A huge swath of Americans has put their faith in Trump, and Trump only, because they see the rest of the country building a future that doesn’t have a place for them. If they would risk their lives for Trump in a pandemic, they will certainly risk the stability of American democracy. They brought the Trumpocalypse upon the country, and a post-Trumpocalypse country will have to find a way either to reconcile them to democracy - or to protect democracy from them. In Trumpocalypse, David Frum looks at what happens when a third of the electorate refuses to abandon Donald Trump, no matter what he does. Those voters aren’t looking for policy wins. They’re seeking cultural revenge. It is not enough to defeat Donald Trump on election day 2020. Even if Trump peacefully departs office, the trauma he inflicted will distort American and world politics for years to come. Americans must start from where they are, build from what they have, to repair the damage Trump inflicted on the country, to amend the wrongs that, under Trump, they inflicted upon each other. Americans can do better. David Frum shows how—and inspires all readers of all points of view to believe again in the possibilities of American life. Trumpocalypse is both a warning of danger and a guide to reform that will be read and discussed for years to come.

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Download or read book White Banners written by Lloyd Cassel Douglas and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the example of a housemaid changes the life of a family. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

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Download or read book Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town written by Cory Doctorow and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cory Doctorow's miraculous novel of family history, Internet connectivity, and magical secrets Alan is a middle-aged entrepeneur who moves to a bohemian neighborhood of Toronto. Living next door is a young woman who reveals to him that she has wings—which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers are sets of Russian nesting dolls. Now two of the three dolls are on his doorstep, starving, because their innermost member has vanished. It appears that Davey, another brother who Alan and his siblings killed years ago, may have returned, bent on revenge. Under the circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to join a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet, spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles from scavenged parts. But Alan's past won't leave him alone—and Davey isn't the only one gunning for him and his friends. Whipsawing between the preposterous, the amazing, and the deeply felt, Cory Doctorow's Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is unlike any novel you have ever read. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.