Download or read book Preston Remembered written by Keith Johnson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preston Remembered is a fascinating collection of articles written by author and Lancashire Evening Post historian Keith Johnson. Take a nostalgic journey into Preston's colourful past, recalling the events that transformed this historic cotton town into a university city. Take a peep at the days of cotton mills, factories, public houses and endless rows of terraced homes that shaped the lives of many. Return to the traditions of Whitsuntide, Easter, Wakes Weeks and Christmas that continued from generation to generation. Recall the churches and chapels, the streets, parks and, of course, the people who lived and worked in Preston. Richly illustrated with over 50 pictures, this nostalgic volume will appeal to everyone who knows this part of Lancashire.
Download or read book The Monster of Florence written by Douglas Preston and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in Italian history, committed by a serial killer known as the Monster of Florence. Preston, intrigued, meets Italian investigative journalist Mario Spezi to learn more. This is the true story of their search for--and identification of--the man they believe committed the crimes, and their chilling interview with him. And then, in a strange twist of fate, Preston and Spezi themselves become targets of the police investigation. Preston has his phone tapped, is interrogated, and told to leave the country. Spezi fares worse: he is thrown into Italy's grim Capanne prison, accused of being the Monster of Florence himself. Like one of Preston's thrillers, The Monster of Florence, tells a remarkable and harrowing story involving murder, mutilation, and suicide-and at the center of it, Preston and Spezi, caught in a bizarre prosecutorial vendetta.
Download or read book A TIME FOR MIRACLES written by Ricardo Dubois and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Cajun father is forced back into the oil fields of South Louisiana after his son is a victim of a hit and run driver. He is sent down a path of overlapping circumstances and colliding destinies that no one could have predicted.
Download or read book The Land of Steady Habits written by Ted Thompson and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ted Thompson's shrewdly funny and finely observed novel about a man who must reckon with the high cost of the good life. A major motion picture streaming on Netflix, directed by Nicole Holofcener, and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Edie Falco, and Connie Britton. For Anders Hill, long ensconced in the affluent, insular villages of suburban Connecticut that some call "the land of steady habits," it's finally time to reap the rewards of his sensibly-lived life. Newly retired after decades of doing everything right, Anders finds that the contentment he's been promised is still just out of reach. So he decides he's had enough of stability: he leaves his wife, buys a condo, and waits for freedom to transform him. But as the cheery charade of Christmas approaches, Anders starts to wonder if parachuting out of his old life was the most prudent choice. Stripped of the comforts of his previous identity, Anders turns up at a holiday party full of his ex-wife's friends and is surprised to find that the very world he rejected may be the one he needs the most. Thus Anders embarks on a clumsy, hilarious, and heartbreaking journey to reconcile his past with his present. Reminiscent of the early work of Updike and Cheever, Ted Thompson writes with a striking compassion for his characters and fresh insight into the American tradition of the suburban narrative.
Download or read book In the Face of Darkness written by Damon Lee and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does evil exist? Walter, a renowned archaeologist, struggles to make sense of what is happening in Peru. There, deep within a jungle temple compound, an oppressive force has emerged. In the shadow of such depravity, Walter will learn that true evil does existand hes about to experience its many faces and incarnations. The scholars curiosity wrestles with that inner voice, telling him to be weary of the darkness lurking in the shadows. Amid all his questions and fears, Walter knows one thing as certainty: unless it can be stopped or contained or destroyed, this entity will consume everything and everyone in its path. How can any man hope to combat this level of evil? Before he realizes it, Walter is consumed by darkness and let loose a horrible evil upon his family and the world. They are not alone. This evil pits neighbor against neighbor, husband against wife, parent against child, and turns friends into enemies as it turns their nightmares into reality. Will their love be enough to vanquish this much hatredor will they need a power beyond their own to overcome it?
Download or read book Marrying the Rebellious Miss written by Bronwyn Scott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unwed mother is confronted by her scandalous past, only to find a second chance at happiness, in this sexy Regency romance. When an ill-fated affair left Beatrice Penrose with more than just memories, she fled to Scotland to raise her son away from society’s eyes. But the past catches up with her . . . and Preston Worth is impossible to deny when he’s sent to bring her home. Preston has known Bea since childhood, but only now does a forbidden and unexpected desire spark between them. And when Beatrice’s and her baby’s lives are threatened, he makes her an offer of protection she can’t refuse . . . as his wife!
Download or read book Preston s Military Heritage written by Keith Johnson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military heritage of Preston, from Roman occupation to the present day through its historic sites, personalities, monuments and memorials.
Download or read book Behind the Bronze Door written by William Le Queux and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Same Roof Keeping a Little Secret written by Niobia Bryant and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stolen diamonds and a century-old feud unleash scandal and passion in this sizzling pair of Harlequin Desire tales by Niobia Bryant and USA TODAY bestselling author Cynthia St. Aubin! Under the Same Roof by Niobia Bryant Can he trust the woman he’s investigating? Alisha Winters has a secret that could reveal the truth about a stolen family heirloom. PI Tremaine Knowles can’t let his out-of-control desire for the seductive antique collector derail his case. Even as he’s living with her! Is he in bed with the enemy? Or will a revelation about a century-old feud destroy lives and prove the ultimate betrayal of Alisha’s trust? Keeping a Little Secret by USA TODAY bestselling author Cynthia St. Aubin Sleeping with the enemy is off-limits—until one explosive night… The incredible night Tiffany Winters spent with her secret crush—Texas oil heir Preston Del Rio—left the chocolatier with no regrets. But keeping their affair under wraps is risky. With a baby on the way and battle lines drawn, Tiffany and Preston need to make peace between two feuding dynasties before it’s too late—and before scandalous revelations turn lovers into enemies again… Two sizzling Texas Cattleman’s Club romances, one great value!
Download or read book A Lady s Escape written by A.S. Fenichel and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect match may be closer than they imagine . . . Despite her disastrous London debut, Millicent Edgebrook has proven skilled at securing matches—for every young lady but herself. Resigned to spinsterhood, and eager to gain independence from her lovable but eccentric uncle, Millie joins the Everton Domestic Society. Her first assignment: find a bride for Preston Knowles, Duke of Middleton. How difficult can it be to secure a match for a handsome, eligible aristocrat? As difficult, it seems, as resisting her own attraction to the duke… Preston has promised himself not to be ruined by love. After being rebuffed by two perfectly respectable candidates, he’d rather remain happily single for the rest of his life...if only his mother would let him. Yet suddenly, he’s fantasizing about the lovely matchmaker she’s hired—the least suitable bride imaginable. Millie’s past is shrouded in scandal, and the Everton Society forbids relations between employees and clients. But even with so many obstacles against them, Preston longs to convince the woman he adores that love trumps rules every time…
Download or read book Lifers written by M. A. Griffin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of James Dashner and Scott Westerfeld, a riveting sci-fi thriller about a boy in the not-so-distant future who stumbles upon a secret prison for teens underneath his city. Fear haunts the streets of Preston's city: a girl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. And deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine used to banish teenage criminals for their offenses.Captured and condemned to a cavernous dimension, Preston is determined to escape. But this is no ordinary jail. Friendships will be forged and lives will be lost in a reckless battle for freedom, revenge--and revolution. Set in a world all too similar to our own, Lifers is thrilling, pulse-pounding storytelling of the highest degree.
Download or read book Falling Waters written by Gary D. Henry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preston Rhodes was an extraordinary writer. However his actress wife, Carly, didnt want him to over-shadow her talents so she set out to squash every opportunity that came his way. His father died and left Preston an extraordinary gift. It was his memoirs and Preston immediately saw that the book was literary genius. He set out to write a script and it was immediately touted as the next Gone With the Wind. He set out to sell the movie around the country until an errant bullet to his head sent him to a magical town where all the old Hollywood actors dwelled long after their starlight had been extinguished. Falling Waters was the town where spirits thrived and he was sure it was real. He was accepted and spent a lifetime amid the old stars of Hollywood. He met and interacted with all the greats. When he came out of his coma he tried to convince everyone that the town existed but nothing he could do would convince his friends. That is until they understood that miracles do happen.
Download or read book Cowboys Outlaws and Family written by R. Hess and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowboys, Outlaws, and Family, A Western Adventure brings to life the stories of the characters in her first book Second Chance, A Western Adventure; the Preston family and their bunkhouse crew. The Preston Ranch embraces the New Year as 1900 ushers in a new decade and ends the nineteenth century. Building a new house will continue during spring roundup, and one member of the crew suffers a disastrous accident during spring branding. June finds several members of the family traveling to Portland, Oregon, and the ranch foreman takes two young cowboys to check on the herd and captures four desperadoes during their ride. The year closes the nineteenth century with moving one thousand head of cattle to high ground to avoid flooding conditions at the ranch. The year’s hard work is celebrated with New Year’s Eve games, and news of an upcoming wedding in the twentieth century.
Download or read book Nischal written by Bailey Bradford and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many ways a man can be held captive. Nischal and his brother Sabin were captured as snow leopards and have been kept medicated and half starved, put on display for crowds to view. The drugs that are supposed to keep the snow leopards docile also, as Nischal and Sabin discover, prevent them from shifting. After years of captivity, Nischal struggles to retain any kind of hope for freedom. He watches his brother die a little more on the inside every day. Then one afternoon, a freckled red-headed man stands out from the crowd. Nischal doesn't understand why, especially in his drug-addled state. When that man's life is threatened, Nischal finds a strength within himself he never knew existed. Preston Hardy's brother went missing over a year ago. The local cops were no help, Preston's parents didn't seem to give a damn, and Preston was left to try to discover what had happened to Paul on his own. His research leads him to a skeezy travelling show, run by a man who immediately sets off warning bells in Preston's head. When he sets out to follow the man, he doesn't have a clue that his whole life and perception of the world is about to change. And that is only the beginning of Nischal and Preston's adventures as they try to find the truth about what happened to Paul and evade those who would capture the snow leopards again.
Download or read book Game of Pretend written by Jeri Odell and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her life nearing its end, Millie Steele wants desperately to see her grandson's faith restored - and him happily married to a Christian girl. When she enlists Kally McCoy as her home caregiver, the pretty young woman's presence seems only to antagonize Preston Steele. Preston loves his grandmother and, wanting to see her rest in peace, pretends to fall in love with Kally. He puts on a good act, and even attends church with Kally. But soon, the things he hears at church and his growing friendship with Kally begin to make a real change in his heart. Kally has grown to love Preston and has even accepted his proposal of marriage. But will the discovery of his game of pretend kill love's flame?
Download or read book South of Eden written by Earl Murray and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-04-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the 20th century underway, the establishment of the Forest Service brings change and upheaval to the intermountain West. Cattle barons who once allowed their herds to graze unchecked across the open range now chafe at forest-saving restrictions. With power and fortunes at stake, secret meetings and strategy sessions are the order of the day.
Download or read book Wellington s Men Remembered Volume 2 written by Janet Bromley and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 1390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.
