Download or read book The Last Time I Saw Venice written by Vivienne Wallington and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City of Love, City of Regret? For Annabel Hanson, Venice was a city of bittersweet memory. It was here that she'd fallen head over heels for Simon, the handsome surgeon who'd passionately swept into her life and made her his bride. It was here she'd learned to love…and to live. And it was here she'd returned to heal after the tragic death of their infant daughter and the breakup of their marriage. Determined to reignite the still-smoldering embers of their relationship, Simon Pacino boldly pursued his estranged wife to the city that had once brought them together—in the hope that despite what had gone on between them, the city could work its magic once more….
Download or read book The Book of Venice written by Elisabetta Baldisserotto and published by Comma Press. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspector rages against the announcement that police HQ is to relocate – the way so many of the city’s residents already have – to the mainland... An aspiring author struggles with the inexorable creep of rentalisation that has forced him to share his apartment, and life, with ‘global pilgrims’... An ageing painter rails against the liberties taken by tourists, but finds his anger undermined by his own childhood memories of the place... The Venice presented in these stories is a far cry from the ‘impossibly beautiful’, frozen-in-time city so familiar to the thousands who flock there every year – a city about which, Henry James once wrote, ‘there is nothing new to be said.’ Instead, they represent the other Venice, the one tourists rarely see: the real, everyday city that Venetians have to live and work in. Rather than a city in stasis, we see it at a crossroads, fighting to regain its radical, working-class soul, regretting the policies that have seen it turn slowly into a theme park, and taking the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink what kind of city it wants to be.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels written by Bill Pronzini and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning more than 75 years of espionage writing in USA and the UK, here are gripping tales by classic writers in the field including W. Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming, Leslie Charteris, and Erle Stanley Gardner. They are presented complete and unabridged. Among the now legendary fictional secret agents, counterspies and double agents featured are Somerset Maugham's enigmatic operative Ashenden; Ian Fleming's legendary 007; and Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise, 'the female James Bond'. The stories include: The formula for a deadly warfare chemical propels secret agent Peter Baron on a mission through Italy - in Deep Sleep by Bruce Cassiday Agent 007 James Bond confronts military intrigue in the Caribbean - in Octopussy, by Ian Fleming International conspiracy, assassination, bombs, plot and counter-plot in Washington D.C. - in Dealers in Doom by William E. Barrett Someone is out to destroy the British Government, from the inside - in The Spoilers, by Michael Gilbert The CIA enlists a small-town policeman to track down a spy who will stop at nothing to preserve his identity - in The People of the Peacock, by Edward D. Hoch
Download or read book The Last Time I Saw Paris written by Elizabeth Adler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angry when her husband backs out of their second honeymoon in Paris, Lara, a fortysomething woman whose marriage is falling apart, asks the thirty-two-year-old construction worker repairing her deck to accompany her on the trip.
Download or read book Against All Enemies written by John Gilstrap and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this award-winning thriller by the New York Times bestselling author, a rescue specialist out to save a fellow vet uncovers an explosive conspiracy. Hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave doesn’t surprise easily. But he finds it hard to believe that a fellow combat vet has gone rogue, killing American agents and leaking sensitive intel to hostile foreign interests. With black ops assassins on the trail of his old friend, Grave sets out to get to him first…and finds far more than he bargained for. Catching up with the wily operative puts Grave on the trail of a dangerous and far-reaching conspiracy. Worst of all, the unthinkable tragedy at its center is in-motion. Now Grave and his elite team of specialists must expose a deadly high-level secret —and do it in time to avert a catastrophe of historic proportions. An International Thriller Writers Award Winner
Download or read book The Honeymoon written by Justin Haythe and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young American’s life in Europe comes apart in this Man Booker Prize long-listed debut with “echoes of Ford Madox Ford and F. Scott Fitzgerald” (Tom Penn, The Times Literary Supplement, UK). Set in London and Venice at the end of the twentieth century, The Honeymoon follows a young man’s journey into his own past and the strange events that caused his life to unravel. American-born Gordon Garraty spent much of his childhood traveling through the capitals of Europe with his eccentric mother Maureen. As Maureen worked on her interminable art guide, Gordon recorded their journeys with his camera. Only later, while working in London as a freelance photographer, did Gordon begin to emerge from his mother’s influence—and meet Annie. Several years his senior and the daughter of a North London cabbie, Annie is Gordon’s first love—and after a dizzying courtship, his wife. But when they take a honeymoon in Venice, Gordon and Annie are accompanied by Maureen and her new Swiss fiancé. The brilliance of the city seems to distort rather than illuminate. Jealousy, suspicion, and conflicting desires rise to a palpable intensity before a single act of absurd but devastating violence lays bare the emptiness at the core of their gilded lives. A deeply observant and expertly crafted tale, “The Honeymoon looks askance upon the beautiful and splendid, plumbing the stilted emotional depths of two wayward Americans who appear to have arrived via Henry James into the late 1980’s” (Los Angeles Times).
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1976-07-12 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book From Here to Texas written by Stella Bagwell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someday he’d find a good woman, but a bad one just walked in the door—and she’s irresistible. From the USA Today–bestselling author of Redwing’s Lady. Quito Perez did not know what to make of it. There he was, minding his own business when who should stroll in but Clementine Jones. She looked as stunning as ever—blue eyes, long blond hair, expensive jewelry—and as out of place as a kitten in a cattle yard. Catching sight of him in the restaurant sent Clementine into shock. His mahogany skin, flinty Navajo gaze and quiet voice brought back searing memories that made her burn with desire. Now she understood why she’d returned to Aztec. First she had to convince the sheriff that she was no longer the flighty, immature girl who had walked out on him years ago. Then she had to steal back his heart.
Download or read book Sawyer s Special Delivery written by Nicole Foster and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN EMT IN SHINING ARMOR… Sawyer Morente’s specialty was saving damsels in distress. But Maya Rainbow wasn’t his typical rescue: The hippie girl he barely remembered from high school had transformed into a woman unlike any he’d ever known. And when a car accident forced Sawyer to deliver Maya’s premature baby, his professional concern for the boy soon blossomed into something more…for the child’s mother. Strong-willed and stubborn, Maya always stood on her own two feet. But having a shoulder to lean on felt good and having the rest of Sawyer would be even better. Still, Maya had long ago stopped dreaming of a prince on a white horse…. But wait…! Was that galloping she heard in the distance…?
Download or read book Confessions of a Small Town Girl written by Christine Flynn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Diary, Sam MacInnes is back in town. He's still so gorgeous, but there's a haunted look in his eyes. People say he's a cop now—he must see some awful things on the job. I used to have the biggest crush on him! He never noticed me, but I wrote all about him in my old diary. My hair curls every time I think of someone reading it! All those dreams of passionate kisses and more… Can you imagine that getting out? Only problem is, the local rumor mill says that he's remodeling the very house where I hid the diary. I've just got to get it back before Sam finds it—what would he think of me if he discovered all my secret desires?
Download or read book Everything She s Ever Wanted written by Mary J. Forbes and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEMO TO SELF: SECOND CHANCES ARE FOR THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SEIZE THEM. Since the betrayal that had upended her life, Breena Quinlan hid. Hid her feelings in the pages of a journal. Hid her body beneath baggy clothes. Hid in an out-of-the-way Oregon town. But Seth Tucker found the woman within. His every look, his merest touch told her that he wanted her. Everything about him, especially the way he tried so desperately to be a good dad to his daughter, screamed that he could be trusted. So Breena took the plunge and shared his address, then shared his bed. That had been easy. Sharing her secret required a leap of faith.
Download or read book The Orphan s Song written by Lauren Kate and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a breathtaking story of passion, heartbreak, and betrayal, and a celebration of the enduring nature and transformative power of love. "A tangled knot of betrayal and love, lies and redemption. Marvelous." --Fiona Davis, author of The Address A song brought them together. A secret will tear them apart. When Violetta and Mino meet, one finds true love and the other denies it. Both orphans at the Hospital of the Incurables in Venice, an orphanage and music conservatory, they meet and make music together clandestinely until Violetta is selected for the Incurables' renowned chorus. In order to join she signs an oath never to sing beyond the church doors, effectively sequestering herself for life. Mino flees, heartbroken. Too late, Violetta realizes what she has lost. In rebellion she begins a dangerous and forbidden nightlife, unknowingly drawing closer to Mino as he searches Venice for his long-lost mother. Mino and Violetta must each journey through passion, heartache, and betrayal before a dangerous secret reunites them, leading to a shocking and final confrontation.
Download or read book Through Phantom Eyes Volume Two written by Theodora Bruns and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erik is ten-years-old when he wakes in the middle of a tragedy that will forever change his life. His guiding force, his father, is dead, and his shattered heart is inconsolable. While struggling with his grief over his loss, he discovers the people in his home town want him institutionalized, creating unbridled fears in his young heart. His anger rages against the men responsible for his father's death, adding a third dimension to his dilemma. Deciding to safeguard his freedom, he leaves his home and, with brave determination, ventures toward the musical conservatory in Venice, Italy-the goal fashioned by his father's loving guidance. But along the way, he meets with unexpected trials that waylay his dreams. Some people he encounters are cruel beyond his imagination, and he, on many occasions, barely escapes with his life. While most people are heartless, there are a few kind souls who have compassion for poor Erik. With their kindness, and Erik's undaunted courage, he surmounts all odds and continues toward his goal of unadulterated music. Join Erik on this second leg of his journey toward becoming known as the Phantom of the Opera.
Download or read book Oxford Treasury of Sayings and Quotations written by Susan Ratcliffe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains quotations, proverbs, and phrases from throughout history and around the world, grouped by topic in over four hundred alphabetically arranged categories from Ability to Youth. Includes a list of themes and a keyword index.
Download or read book Anonymous Life is a Story story one written by Anil Mustafa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is October 1848 in Venice. A young woman called Edith E. Shaw has the desire to write. Her father likes this idea, but her brother is not one of those people. In a time where many female authors had to hide their identity to gain success, Edith is trying to become a published author herself. But will she actually accomplish such thing? Will she ever gain the same success as the man in this industry? Or will she be known as anonymous?
Download or read book The Memoirs of Madame Vig e Lebrun written by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiography and memoirs of the extraordinary life of Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun (1756-1842), one of the finest painters of eighteenth-century France. She was highly esteemed by painters at home and abroad and became one of the few women admitted to the French Academy at a time when a career as an artist was all but restricted to men. Due to this honor, she entered the higher society and got acquainted with both aristocracy and the greatest artists and writers of the day. Among the people she managed to see in her life, a reader will find Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Benjamin Franklin, and Lord Byron.
Download or read book Murder in Malibu written by Tony Precopio and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Hawkins is walking with his dogs in a Malibu park when he happens upon an abandoned pickup truck. Stuffed inside a rug in the back of the truck is the body of a local resident. After calling the police, Gary returns home without any idea that finding a murder victim is only a precursor of what is about to come as his past collides with his present in a strange twist of events. Several weeks later, Gary learns his high school friend has been killed in a drive-by shooting, a Malibu buddy has allegedly committed suicide, and another friend from his past has been killed in a car accident outside of Las Vegas. Distrusting of the abilities of local authorities, Gary begins his own investigation that soon leads him to suspect that the young wife of his friend who died in the car accident is somehow connected to the tragedies. When he uncovers a link between the deaths and a fateful night from his own past, Gary discovers the killer is harboring a shocking secret that will rock his world and explain everything. In this gripping story, a Malibu real estate agent turned amateur detective embarks on a dangerous journey to solve the mystery behind the deaths of three of his friends.
