Download or read book Park Avenue written by Michael R. Zomber and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the summer of 1939, Munich, 'The Home of the Monks', was a lovely city." Feared SS General Sepp Dietrich drives through the almost bucolic tree lined streets. His SS driver stops the black Mercedes at the door of noted banker and art collector, Solomon Roth, who has traded his superb collection of Impressionist paintings to Reichsmarshall Herman Goering in exchange for the safe passage of his wife and children out of Nazi Germany. One painting remains, a magnificent self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh. In the spring of 1945 Munich is a very different city, much of it transformed into a wasteland by Allied bombing. American army sergeant Henry, 'Hank', Dryden enters the former Roth home searching for weapons and takes the portrait. For half a century, the painting lies undiscovered in Dryden's closet in Del Mar, California until feeling his mortality, Hank, enlists the help of his grandson John, a public interest lawyer in Southgate, to determine if it is genuine and if so to sell it. John unwittingly enters the fascinating world of fine art auctions where the richest and most powerful men and women on earth play for stakes that dwarf any in Monte Carlo, Macao, or Las Vegas and millions depend on the wave of a hand or a finger to the nose. Based on true accounts and experiences accumulated during more than 40 years attending, bidding, and selling at auctions in the United States and Europe, Park Avenue is enriched by speci?c factual detail as well as a classic examination of the workings of the human heart as the Drydens are affected by the ageless lure of undreamt of wealth. Michael R. Zomber was born in Washington D.C. and educated at Oberlin College, Villanova University, the University of Illinois, and UCLA. He received his M.A. in English Literature from UCLA. The son of two Holocaust survivors who escaped Nazi Germany in 1939, he knew nothing of his Jewish heritage until the age of ten. Following this revelation he became aware of world history and developed a keen interest in the arms and armor of Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. His grandfather, Robert Eisner, collected paintings by the Impressionist masters and these images by Renoir, Degas, and Gaugain ?red his youthful artistic sensibility. In 1961 Parke Bernet Galleries sold Rembrandt's Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer to the Metropolitan Museum for a world record price and from then on Michael Zomber followed the sale results of works of art at auction as closely as he followed major league baseball statistics.

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Download or read book Lucille s Lie written by Camille Mariani and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Sheldon Merrill is assigned to cover a farm fire which destroys one of northern New York's showplace farmsteads. Added to this loss is the discovery of a woman's body, not a victim of the fire but of a murderer. While the killer remains at large, Sheldon is intrigued by an eccentric young multi-millionaire and his dying sister, Lucille, who makes a shocking confession to her. Lucille pleads for her help to rectify a shattering lie she told her brother. When it appears that her life is finally back to normal, Sheldon opens her door to a knock and finds herself face-to-face with the murderer.

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Download or read book A Change in Altitude written by Cindy Myers and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest novel from acclaimed author Cindy Myers, big changes are afoot in the warm-hearted small town of Eureka, Colorado. . . With local Maggie Stevens' baby on the way--not to mention her wedding to Jameso Clark in the works--spring in Eureka promises to be a time of rebirth in more ways than one. To add to the excitement, and refill the town's depleted coffers, Lucille, the mayor, has wooed a movie producer to Eureka, throwing folks into a tizzy--and inspiring some to reach for the stars. As if that weren't enough, the bogus Lucky Lady mine the town partially sold turns out to really have gold in it--and possibly a ghost to boot. But with each silver lining, there seems to be a cloud. . . With Eureka's financial future at stake, Lucille will have to wrangle Lucky Lady's greedy half-owner to regain control. Meanwhile, just as Jameso is getting comfortable with the imminent role of husband and father, his wayward sister, Sharon, comes to Eureka to escape a troubled marriage. Can the residents of Eureka find the courage to stand up to ghosts of all kinds and get their beloved town back on its feet in time to welcome their newest addition--and celebrate the gifts of spring. . .? Praise for The View From Here "Cindy Myers strikes gold with this warm-hearted novel about friendship, family, and second chances." --Deborah Smith, New York Times bestselling author "I loved this novel! It shines like a jewel. . .like solid gold." --Pamela Morsi, USA Today bestselling author "This novel is definitely one to add to your keeper shelf." ??RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars "Myers has found an ideal setting in this goldmining backwater." --Publishers Weekly