Download or read book Red Ivy Green Earth Mother written by Ai Bei and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before her expatriation in the United States after the events on Tiananmen Square in June 1989, Ai Bei was recognized in her homeland as one of the outstanding talents of a new generation of young Chinese writers. Red Ivy, Green Earth Mother contains three of her best short stories and a novella and represents the first of her work to be translated into English. Provocative, shocking, and always interesting, her work strikes a universal chord while illuminating a culture and society that for many people seems clouded in mystery and stereotypes. Readers will be surprised and intrigued by the revelatory power and sensual quality of Ai Bei’s writing and its insights into women’s roles in contemporary China. “With these hauntingly dark but beautifully written and translated stories of the defoliation of beauty and sensuality, Chinese fiction takes a great leap forward onto the stage of contemporary world fiction. Through Ai Bei’s searing, honest narrative of a woman’s interior battle to remain human, we become privy to a whole new dimension of China’s heroic efforts to once again ‘liberate’ itself.” —Orville H. Schell

Download or read book Red Ivy Afternoon written by Mark R. Brand and published by Silverthough Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Ivy Afternoon is a novel of community and disenfranchisement, subversion and revolution in the digital age. The setting is a future we already know: good homes are unaffordable, good jobs are outsourced to other countries, and people anchor themselves to the glowing monitors in their homes to distract themselves. Julian Lightfall, a relatively successful Boston shipping secretary, lives his life from gadget to gadget and bar to bar in a haze of consumerism and boredom. He frequents the Portfolio lounge of the Ultimatum Hotel, playground of the rich and powerful, and throws his attention ineffectually at a sultry and disinterested regular named Christina. Another lone bachelor named Pyndan Calabas moves into the apartment next door. Calabas tells Julian he is a trauma surgeon and the two become friends. But, as Julian soon discovers, his new neighbor hides a secret that will change Julian's life, and the world, forever. Red Ivy Afternoon is a post-modern odyssey through a future that is already upon us.

Download or read book Blood Red written by Anne Louise Bannon and published by Healcroft House, Publishers. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The color of passion is Blood Red. For Freddie Little, it is not only the color of the family heirloom ruby necklace, it is the color of his deep love for his wife, Kathy Briscow Little. When Kathy wears the gem to a gala party, relatives and friends start seeing red. But only one is angry enough to kill Freddie's father. Freddie remains oddly reluctant to search for his father's killer, and Kathy gets worried that perhaps the killer is far closer to them than they thought. Freddie's mother, Gloria, takes up the chase, aided and abetted by his sister Honoria. Freddie feels all too relieved when the police arrest a couple of former laborers at the family business. But then his Uncle Stephen is killed and the police have good reason to believe that the shooter was the same person who killed Freddie's father. Worse yet, Kathy's younger brother is kidnapped, and then there is the daring burglary of Freddie's apartment while everyone is asleep inside. Already feeling the weight of his new role as family patriarch, Freddie works to squeeze in investigation among all the other demands on his time. There's help from Honoria and her friend Ivy. Freddie's dear friend Lowell provides disturbing evidence about Freddie's father. But it's Freddie's demons that get the better of him and it takes almost losing Kathy to bring him to his senses and a renewed sense of purpose. With luck, it will be in time to save all that he holds dear.

Download or read book Love is Never Easy written by P. L. Hampton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is love? In Love is Never Easy: A Love Story, three people--Ivy Martin, Erin McCormick, and Thaddeus Brown--desperately search for an answer to that question. Ivy Martin has dedicated her life to her career. However, at the age of 36 she finds her career and her life has come to a crossroad. Poised to become her law firm's next partner, Ivy realizes a successful career has left her facing a harsh reality. She has no one to share her success with and that finding love at thirty-six is a lot harder than when she was twenty. On the other hand, Erin McCormick has been in a relationship with her boyfriend, Brian, on-and-off for several years. Although she loves Brian, Erin knows their relationship has become a relationship of convenience for her. She secretly seeks to find a man that will make her feel alive, yet she is afraid to end her relationship with Brian and end up alone. Thaddeus Brown is a recent divorcee that realizes being single has changed since his previous bachelor days. His failed marriage and the women he has met since his divorce has Thaddeus ready to give up on love. Of course, that is until fate brings these three individuals together and forces them to confront the emotional and psychological obstacles love can sometimes throw in people's way. In a never ending roller coaster ride filled with drama, Ivy, Erin, and Thaddeus must learn to once again believe in love.

Download or read book Red written by Alison Cherry and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town that values red hair above all else, someone threatens to expose pageant contestant Felicity's secret about her coppery locks.

Download or read book The Red Book of Primrose House written by Marty Wingate and published by Alibi. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming Potting Shed Mystery from bestselling author Marty Wingate, Texas transplant Pru Parke’s restoration of a historic landscape in England is uprooted by an ax murderer. Pru Parke has her dream job: head gardener at an eighteenth-century manor house in Sussex. The landscape for Primrose House was laid out in 1806 by renowned designer Humphry Repton in one of his meticulously illustrated Red Books, and the new owners want Pru to restore the estate to its former glory—quickly, as they’re planning to showcase it in less than a year at a summer party. But life gets in the way of the best laid plans: When not being happily distracted by the romantic attentions of the handsome Inspector Christopher Pearse, Pru is digging into the mystery of her own British roots. Still, she manages to make considerable progress on the vast grounds—until vandals wreak havoc on each of her projects. Then, to her horror, one of her workers is found murdered among the yews. The police have a suspect, but Pru is certain they’re wrong. Once again, Pru finds herself entangled in a thicket of evil intentions—and her, without a hatchet. Marty Wingate’s captivating mysteries can be enjoyed together or separately, in any order: The Potting Shed series: THE GARDEN PLOT | THE RED BOOK OF PRIMROSE HOUSE | BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE | THE SKELETON GARDEN | THE BLUEBONNET BETRAYAL | BEST-LAID PLANTS The Birds of a Feather series: THE RHYME OF THE MAGPIE | EMPTY NEST | EVERY TRICK IN THE ROOK | FAREWELL, MY CUCKOO Praise for The Red Book of Primrose House “All of the elements—gardening, history, romance, mystery—are perfectly blended with each other to form a coherent whole that is both entertaining and thoroughly engaging.”—Bibliotica “[Marty] Wingate once again brings readers a quirky cozy packed with fun characters, gardening history, and suspense.”—No More Grumpy Bookseller “Just know that Marty Wingate knows how to write a cozy mystery very well and that you will be hooked from page one.”—A Bookish Way of Life “I enjoyed The Red Book of Primrose House as much, or maybe more, for the way it developed and dealt with the relationships involved as for the murder mystery. I’m looking forward to seeing what trouble Pru gets into next.”—Reading Reality

Download or read book Red Rum Comes To Light written by Kansas Rae and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Gabrielle Michaels, a 4th year residency of oncology at Northwestern University hospital in Chicago Illinois, has a feeling she is being watched, that her life is under a microscope, and she has every reason to believe her mild obscurity of paranoia because unfortunately for Gabrielle, she’s right. Somone has a disturbing watchful eye on Dr. Michaels. The past has a dreadful way of reoccurring again. For Gabrielle’s sake, circumstances of the death of a childhood friend and love who is locked away in her heart and she refuses to let go, somehow lingers to unsolved murders of two Chicago police officers. Those unsolved murders of two Chicago police officers are reopened when a prominent white defense attorney is found hanging dead in his home. Gabrielle may have reason to believe a friend and mentor of her past, Aaron James a professor at Chicago State University and president of a private political and social activist organization, may be linked to those murders, but has no reason not to trust him. As Gabrielle tries to unravel the light of truth that is filled with lies, conspiracy and plots, more gruesome deaths arise and her life is now somehow a target. Sadly for Dr. Michaels, a dark omen of reality continues to snatch the lives of people close to her, leaving her with a glass full of red rum in which she continues to drink from. This distinctive spellbinding crime drama is a thriller, a masterpiece of divine writing and peculiar lecture that is truly astonishing. Kansas Rae powerful words will speak to you, get your attention, make your head spin, heart race, and may bring you to tears. This novel is guaranteed to become one of your collections of must-reads.

Download or read book Once Upon a Summer Day written by Dennis L. McKiernan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of the Mithgar novels, Dennis L. McKiernan enchanted fans and critics alike with the bestselling Once Upon a Winter’s Night. Now, this gifted author presents us with a delightfully new version of an age-old tale that fires the imagination and touches the heart… Once upon a summer day, Prince Borel of the Winterwood falls asleep, and a beautiful, golden-haired maiden with a shadowy band across her eyes comes to him in his dreams and pleads for aid. She returns time after time, and the prince is certain that she is real and in deadly peril. Yet he knows not who she is…nor where she is imprisoned. Opposed by witches and trolls and goblins and beings even more dreadful, and aided by a field sprite, Borel begins a desperate quest through the wonders and hazards of Faery, seeking a mysterious masked demoiselle guarded by perilous blades. And though time touches not this land of legend, time is running out… “Superb…charming and magical…McKiernan escorts fantasy lovers into an enchanted place that deserves more tales.”—Midwest Book Review

Download or read book Red Threads written by Rex Stout and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Val Carew had come a long way—from Oklahoma to Wall Street—only to be clubbed to death at his wife’s tomb. The wealthy financier had built the magnificent crypt in memory of his beautiful Cherokee bride, whose premature death left behind a lot of unanswered questions. Now Carew himself is dead, struck down by a reminder from his past: an Indian war club. The case lands in the capable hands of Inspector Cramer of the New York Homicide squad. The cigar-chomping detective has to follow the only clue left behind—a piece of red thread found in the dead man’s hand that no doubt leads to his killer.

Download or read book Red Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The magazine for young adults" (varies).

Download or read book Mr Mrs S n written by Louise Jordan Miln and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Mr. & Mrs. Sên" by Louise Jordan Miln. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Red Leaves written by Paullina Simons and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-08-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dartmouth students Kristina, Conni, Albert, and Jim seemingly inseparable friends. But they are bonded by dark, seductive secrets. Intense passions and simmering tensions have been building for years until a brutal act on a bitter cold night reveals shocking truths about each. This compelling narrative--with a surprise twist at the end--grips the reader from first page to last.

Download or read book Red Rock Road Light Blue Sea written by Nowick Gray and published by Cougar WebWorks. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edging Spain, southern France, and Portugal, a midlife Canadian couple tracks landscapes between bliss and burnout, art and love. After the rigors of backpacking and wild camping, a Formentera cottage offers cozy comfort, honeymoon bliss, creative freedom. Noella sketches in watercolor, while Wilson skirts the boundaries of the postmodern novel. Amid the wild and picturesque beauty of landscape and sea, their refuge becomes a crucible of creative and romantic tension. Will it yield despair and separation—or, through willing embrace, a new intimacy, a new metafictional art?

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Download or read book Deus Ex Mechanic written by Ryann Fletcher and published by Ryann Fletcher. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice is the best mechanic in the corrupt coalition regime, and enjoys her quiet life. When she’s taken by one of the most infamous pirate crews in the near systems, everything is thrown into chaos, and it’s not long before hard questions arise about where she stands in the fight against injustice, and her growing attraction towards a certain crew member. Violet is the captain of the pirate ship, the Cricket, and damn proud of her reputation. When she reluctantly kidnaps a brilliant mechanic, things start to spin wildly out of her control, secrets get spilled, and she has to make the tough decision on whether to follow her growing feelings for a coalition employee, or put her crew first. Will the pirates prevail, or will they be destroyed by the Coalition... or rival pirates?

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