Download or read book Fifty Shades of Tarmac Adventures with a Mack R600 in 1970s Europe written by Andy MacLean and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1972. It was summer - and the living was easy! Arthur Jackson has a good job, no ties and no responsibilities, but it is not enough - he wants adventure and he wants to see the world!Based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time, Fifty Shades of Tarmac tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. His first trip with all its pitfalls and novel experiences takes him from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven via Moutiers and Salzburg and then back to Rotterdam. It is told with humour, introducing a number of colourful characters, and providing a personal and unusual insight into the life of a truck driver in the 70s at a time when Europe still had frontier posts and custom restrictions.It will be of interest to truck drivers, Mack fans and other transport enthusiasts and those who simply want to learn more about the social history of Europe in the 1970s.
Download or read book The Trivia Night written by Ali Lowe and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: font+1'Unputdownable . . . spookily familiar, funny, and darkly captivating. I loved it' Sally Hepworth /font Question: How long does it take to tear someone's life apart? Answer: Sometimes just one night. From the outside the parents of the kindergarten class at Darley Heights primary school seem to have it all. Living in the wealthy Sydney suburbs, it's a community where everyone knows each other - and secrets don't stay secret for long. The big date in the calendar is the school's annual fundraising trivia night, but when the evening gets raucously out of hand, talk turns to partner-swapping. Initially scandalised, it's not long before a group of parents make a reckless one-night-only pact. But in the harsh light of day, those involved must face the fallout of their behaviour. As they begin to navigate the shady aftermath of their wild night, the truth threatens to rip their perfect lives apart - and revenge turns fatal. THE TRIVIA NIGHT is a gripping, domestic page-turner full of shocking reveals, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Sally Hepworth.
Download or read book A Death in Rembrandt Square written by Anja de Jager and published by Constable. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guilty until proven innocent . . . It's hard for anyone to have their work scrutinised in public. For Amsterdam-based detective Lotte Meerman, listening to the Right to Justice podcast as they dissect one of her old cases is made even more harrowing as every episode makes fresh accusations of a bungled operation. As the podcast reveals hidden facts about the arrest of Ruud Klaver, the one thing Lotte is still convinced of is that it was Ruud who was guilty of the murder of a student near Rembrandt Square ten years earlier. However, when Ruud Klaver then dies in suspicious circumstances, only hours after the final podcast proving his innocence is broadcast, Lotte has to accept that maybe she was wrong. With the dead man's family passionately against her inclusion in the investigation into his death, the only way for Lotte to discover who killed him is by finding out where she went wrong all those years ago - if indeed she did go wrong. As Lotte digs deeper and involves colleagues from her past, it starts to look like the murder in Rembrandt Square was part of an even bigger deception . . . Praise for Anja de Jager 'Captures the feel of Amsterdam . . . entirely convincing' Daily Mail '. . . a novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times 'The book succeeds as a portrait of both a city and, in its heroine, a delightfully dysfunctional personality' Sunday Express 'An impressive debut . . . De Jager is as good on dodgy family relations as she is on police procedure' The Times 'Detective Lotte Meerman is damaged by her past and tortured by the dreadful mistake she's made at work . . . Amsterdam in the vicious grip of a bitter winter is the other star here, beautiful and deadly' Cath Staincliffe
Download or read book A Suitcase Full of Boomerangs written by Fil Bufalo and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Suitcase Full of Boomerangs is essentially a romp around the Republic of Ireland. Tiny boomerangs are bequeathed to colourful characters encountered throughout the three-week round trip. Narrated in the first person, the protagonist and two of her sisters manage to have a ball as they traverse the width and breadth of Ireland in a big black jeep filled with suitcases full of boomerangs. This book of travel laughs, mishaps and adventures is a light-hearted, feel-good read, intended to whisk the armchair traveller far away to another time and place – the magic that will always be Ireland.
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Download or read book A Place of Execution written by Val McDermid and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Greek tragedy in modern England, Val McDermid's A Place of Execution is a taut psychological thriller that explores, exposes, and explodes the border between reality and illusion in a multi-layered narrative that turns expectation on its head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know. On a freezing day in December 1963, Alison Carter vanishes from her rural village, an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, it is the beginning of his most difficult and harrowing case--a suspected murder with no body, an investigation with more dead ends and closed faces than he'd have found in the anonymity of the inner city, and an outcome that reverberates through the years. Decades later Bennett finally tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote, but just when the book is poised for publication, he unaccountably tries to pull the plug. He has new information that he refuses to divulge, new information which threatens the very foundations of his existence. Catherine is forced to reinvestigate the past, with results that turn the world upside down. A Place of Execution is winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.
Download or read book Instructions for a Heatwave written by Maggie O'Farrell and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait: a sweeping family drama where a father's disappearance forces three adult siblings to come together and confront what they really know about their past. London, 1976. In the thick of a record-breaking heatwave, Gretta Riordan's newly-retired husband has cleaned out his bank account and vanished. Now, for the first time in years, the three Riordan children are converging on their childhood home: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, with two stepdaughters who despise her and an ugly secret that has driven a wedge between her and the little sister she once adored; and Aoife (pronounced EE-fah), the youngest, whose new life in Manhattan is elaborately arranged to conceal her illiteracy. As the siblings track down clues to their father's disappearance, they also navigate rocky pasts and long-held secrets. Their search ultimately brings them to their ancestral village in Ireland, where the truth of their family's past is revealed. Wise, lyrical, instantly engrossing, Instructions for a Heatwave is a richly satisfying page-turner from a writer of exceptional intelligence and grace.
Download or read book Bleed for Me written by Michael Robotham and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's standing at the front door. Covered in blood. Is she the victim of a crime? Or the perpetrator? A teenage girl--Sienna, a troubled friend of his daughter--comes to Joe O'Loughlin's door one night. She is terrorized, incoherent-and covered in blood. The police find Sienna's father, a celebrated former cop, murdered in the home he shared with Sienna. Tests confirm that it's his blood on Sienna. She says she remembers nothing. Joe O'Loughlin is a psychologist with troubles of his own. His marriage is coming to an end and his daughter will barely speak to him. He tries to help Sienna, hoping that if he succeeds it will win back his daughter's affection. But Sienna is unreachable, unable to mourn her father's death or to explain it. Investigators take aim at Sienna. O'Loughlin senses something different is happening, something subterranean and terrifying to Sienna. It may be something in her mind. Or it may be something real. Someone real. Someone capable of the most grim and gruesome murder, and willing to kill again if anyone gets too close. His newest thriller is further evidence that Michael Robotham is, as David Baldacci has said, "the real deal--we only hope he will write faster."
Download or read book Driving Over Lemons written by Chris Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel Writing.
Download or read book Driving the Saudis written by Jayne Amelia Larson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true-to-life account of a female chauffeur hired to drive the Saudi royal family in Los Angeles. After more than a decade of working in Hollywood, actress Jayne Amelia Larson found herself out of luck, out of work, and out of prospects. When she got hired to drive for the Saudi royal family vacationing in Beverly Hills, Larson thought she’d been handed the golden ticket. She’d heard stories of the Saudis bestowing $20,000 tips and Rolex watches on their drivers, but when the family arrived at LAX with twenty million dollars in cash, Larson realized that she might be in for the ride of her life. With awestruck humor and deep compassion, Larson shares the incredible insights she gained as the lone female in a detail of more than forty chauffeurs assigned to drive a beautiful Saudi princess, her family, and their extensive entourage. At its heart, this is an upstairs-downstairs, true-to-life fable for our global times; a story about the corruption that nearly infinite wealth causes, and about what we all do for money. Equal parts funny, surprising, and insightful, Driving the Saudis provides both entertainment and sharp social commentary on one of the world’s most secretive families.
Download or read book London Fields written by Martin Amis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A blackly comic late 20th-century murder mystery set against the looming end of the millennium, in which a woman tries to orchestrate her own extinction—from "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation" (TIME). “Lyrical and obscene, colloquial and rhapsodic." —The New York Times First published in 1989, London Fields is set ten years into a dark future, against a backdrop of environmental and social decay and the looming threat of global cataclysm. As the dreaded Y2K approaches, Nicola Six, a “black hole” of sex and self-loathing, has chosen her thirty-fifth birthday, November 5, 1999, as the date of her own murder. Whom to manipulate into killing her is the question; her choice wavers between violent lowlife Keith Talent, who is obsessed with winning a darts tournament, and a dimly romantic banker named Guy Clinch. When Samson Young—a writer suffering from a long bout of writer’s block—stumbles upon these three, he believes he has found a story that will write itself. A highly unusual mystery with an unexpected twist at the end, London Fields is also a corrosively funny narrative of pyrotechnic complexity and scalding moral vision.
Download or read book Chariots of Iron written by Charles Eugene Anderson and published by Mad Cow Press. This book was released on 2023-12-25 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a gritty, war-torn future, the Texas Republic fights for its independence against the oppressive might of the United Nations. Amidst the chaos, a brotherhood of elite mech pilots emerges as the last line of defense against total annihilation. Bandit, haunted by his past and driven by an unbreakable code of honor, leads his squadron of "Chariots" into the heart of the conflict. As they navigate the treacherous landscape of political intrigue and savage warfare, Bandit and his team must confront not only the enemy but also the demons within. From the blood-soaked battlefields of Austin to the neon-lit streets of Dallas, Chariots of Iron is a pulse-pounding, neo-Western sci-fi epic that explores the bonds of brotherhood, the price of loyalty, and the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of impossible odds. Strap in and prepare for a wild ride through a dystopian future where the only law is the law of the mechanized frontier, and the only justice is that which is forged in the heat of battle. Chariots of Iron is a must-read for fans of Mad Max, The Magnificent Seven, and BattleTech.
Download or read book The Pop Up Anthology 2014 written by Janice Windle (editor) and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 170 poems by 68 of the writers who have read their work at the POP UP POETRY events (later renamed the1000 MONKEYS events) at the Bar Des Arts Wine Bar in Guildford. You'll find rants and sonnets, haiku and prose poems, free verse, found poems, rhyming slam poems and love-songs, all co-existing amicably in these pages, just as they do on our platform. The line between "page poems" and "performance poems" is ignored here, and the mix includes poems by frequently published poets and writers, as well as rappers, "stand-up poets", ranters and song-writers, all of them in love with words. This book adds another dimension to the art of the spoken word, just as performance adds a different dimension to the written page.
Download or read book Mad Frogs And An Englishwoman written by Ashley Jones and published by Angelott. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Olivia Waugh wanted for her 40th birthday was to see some whales. But when her cable tv-famous husband leaves her for a younger woman, she has to set out alone to the wilds of South America with nothing but a little blue backpack and a sense of burning resentment to help her along the way. Can she survive without air-conditioning? Will she see the whales? And what does all this have to do with frogs? Mad Frogs And An Englishwoman is the first in a series of short fiction reads about letting go of the past and becoming the person you were always meant to be, with or without a suitcase.
Download or read book Harlequin Romance September 2022 Box Set written by Sophie Pembroke and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Romance – September ‘22 – Box Set Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4819 BABY ON THE REBEL HEIR’S DOORSTEP The Heirs of Wishcliffe By Sophie Pembroke When Max bumps into ex-fling Lena, it’s clear there are still fireworks between them! Whilst their reunion is thrilling…finding a baby on Max’s manor doorstep is astonishing. Now aloof and brooding Max, and sunny, spirited Lena must give this new-born a new start – together! #4820 THE HEIR’S CINDERELLA BRIDE Heirs to an Empire By Donna Alward When Esme takes on the role of Chatsworth Manor’s housekeeper, she never expects her childhood friend Stephen to be the new Earl. Their connection never went away but Esme doesn’t think she belongs in Stephen’s world. Will a surprise proposal change her mind? #4821 PREGNANCY SHOCK FOR THE GREEK BILLIONAIRE By Kandy Shepherd Entrepreneur Claudia can’t believe a one-night reunion with her ex Stefanos leaves her pregnant! Whisking her away to his private Mediterranean island, Stefanos is determined to claim his family. But Claudia refuses to marry for convenience, even though saying ‘I do’ to a second chance is oh-so tempting… #4822 THEIR SURPRISE SAFARI REUNION By Ella Hayes When travel blogger Maddie is invited on safari, she doesn’t hesitate. It’s the perfect way to escape her painful past. Until, to her astonishment, Maddie finds Kaden – the guy she never got to say goodbye to and the mystery owner of Masoka game reserve – waiting for her...
Download or read book Their Surprise Safari Reunion written by Ella Hayes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escape to the Masoka game reserve on a safari in Ella Hayes's latest Harlequin Romance novel, where two former flames reunite unexpectedly under the scorching African sun… Will the truth… …finally give them forever? When travel blogger extraordinaire Maddie is invited on a safari, she can’t get her foot on the private jet fast enough! It’s the perfect way to escape London and her painful past. Until, to her astonishment, Maddie finds Kaden Barr waiting for her in the bushveld. He’s the guy Maddie never got to say goodbye to and the mystery owner of the Masoka game reserve. Maddie’s spent her whole life running… This time, will she stay with Kaden? From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.
