Download or read book When the Bells Fell Silent written by Peter Garner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bells ring out for Christmas, but Denise is deaf to their message. "Call me Den", she said. It was best to do what she said. The gang always did - she could use a knife! Then she met Mary! The Red Kite circles over the forest, its plaintive cry echoing hauntingly. Barry is lost in a desperate silence, trapped in his own emptiness. Then he meets Bondy and the Red Kite! You'll be hanging by your finger ends and holding your breath as James (Bondy), and Mary tackle the gang leaders. Then the bells fall silent. What will the silence bring?
Download or read book The Book of Whispers written by Varujan Vosganian and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A harrowing account of the Armenian Genocide documented through the stories of those who managed to survive and descendants who refuse to forget The grandchild of Armenians who escaped widespread massacres during the Ottoman Empire a century ago, Varujan Vosganian grew up in Romania hearing firsthand accounts of those who had witnessed horrific killings, burned villages, and massive deportations. In this moving chronicle of the Armenian people's almost unimaginable tragedy, the author transforms true events into a work of fiction firmly grounded in survivor testimonies and historical documentation. Across Syrian desert refugee camps, Russian tundra, and Romanian villages, the book chronicles individual lives destroyed by ideological and authoritarian oppression. But this novel tells an even wider human story. Evocative of all the great sufferings that afflicted the twentieth century--world wars, concentration camps, common graves, statelessness, and others--this book belongs to all peoples whose voices have been lost. Hailed for its documentary value and sensitive authenticity, Vosganian's work has become an international phenomenon.
Download or read book The Epworth Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eloquence of Blood written by Judith Rock and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exciting new discovery" (Library Journal) returns to seventeenth-century Paris with a new historical novel of intrigue. Christmas in Paris, 1686. The spirit of the season is shattered when Martine Mynette is murdered while trying to prove that she is the adopted daughter of the last surviving Mynette heir and thus claim her inheritance-money that the family otherwise intended to go to the Jesuit school, Louis le Grand. Now, with Jesuits being implicated in Martine's death, rhetoric teacher Charles du Luc will not rest until he finds her murderer...
Download or read book Cold Fire written by Dean Koontz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man on a mission must come to terms with his forgotten past in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. In Portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. In Boston, he rescued a child from an underground explosion. In Houston, he disarmed a man who was trying to shoot his own wife. Reporter Holly Thorne was intrigued by this strange quiet savior named Jim Ironheart. She was even falling in love with him. But what power compelled an ordinary man to save twelve lives in three months? What visions haunted his dreams? And why did he whisper in his sleep: There is an Enemy. It is coming. It’ll kill us all...?
Download or read book The Pirate written by Jón Gnarr and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A story that genuinely touches the reader."—Frettabladid "Enormously powerful and particularly heartfelt."—Morgunbladid The second book in a trilogy chronicling the troubled childhood of international sensation Jón Gnarr, The Pirate revisits his teenage years with sincere compassion and great humor: bullied relentlessly, Jón receives rebellious inner strength through the Sex Pistols and Prince Kropotkin—punk rock and anarchy offer the promise of a better and more exciting life. Jón Gnarr, the most famous comedic actor in Iceland, founded the Best Party and served as mayor of Reykjavik 2010-2014. Rumors say he will run for President of Iceland in 2016.
Download or read book The Church of the Dead written by Jennifer Scheper Hughes and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate aftermath, Spanish missionaries and surviving pueblos de indios held radically different visions for the future of church in the Americas"--
Download or read book Prince of Deceit written by Alianne Donnelly and published by Alianne Donnelly. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilderheim’s worst fears have come true. The Veil is shattered and Ragnarok is coming for them all. Prince Fal is now the only one left to stand against the destruction of his kingdom—but how can he save his people, when he can’t even save himself? Overwhelmed by his own magic, Fal is shrouded in constant illusions that make a lie of him as well as the world around him. If he can’t find a cure, he’ll soon lose himself completely, and Wilderheim’s last hope of survival will disappear. His one chance is the old carver’s peculiar daughter, whose very touch somehow makes Fal’s illusions vanish. But Sanja has problems of her own—ones that might kill her before she can do anything to help Fal, or his kingdom. With time quickly running out, Fal and Sanja must find a way to save themselves and stop Ragnarok in its tracks before it’s too late. When armies march, an age will end…
Download or read book A Book of Exotic Dreams and Real Events written by Vasyl Gabor and published by Sova Books. This book was released on 2024-03-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an unforgettable literary journey with “A Book of Exotic Dreams and Real Events”, a mesmerising collection of novellas and short stories by the acclaimed Ukrainian author Vasyl Gabor. This second, revised English edition brings Gabor’s profound and imaginative works to a broader audience, first published in Ukrainian in 1999 and translated into English in 2012 by the adept British translator Patrick Corness, assisted by Ukrainian experts Natalia Pomirko and Oksana Bunio. Vasyl Gabor masterfully blends mysticism, folklore fantasy, detective intrigue, and adventure with phantasmagoric surrealism. His stories create a rich, complex tapestry where reality intertwines with the otherworldly, enveloping the reader in an atmosphere of wonder and mystery. Gabor’s intricate narrative design challenges and captivates, ensuring each story remains etched in your memory long after the last page is turned. This collection is not just a reading experience; it’s a journey through a realm of intense emotions and existential contemplations. The stories resonate with a sense of anxiety and unease, compelling you to live through them rather than merely read them. Finishing this book is a transformative experience, leaving you feeling changed, refreshed, and deeply moved. Written over more than two decades, this collection showcases Gabor’s evolution as a writer and his unique ability to capture the complexities of the human condition. Whether you’re a lover of surreal narratives, deep existential themes, or simply looking for a book that challenges the norms, “A Book of Exotic Dreams and Real Events” is an essential addition to your library. Dive into this extraordinary collection and let Vasyl Gabor’s vivid storytelling awaken your imagination and stir your soul.
Download or read book Fifty One written by Chris Barnham and published by Filles Vertes Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob Wesson is a timecop from 2040, sent back to WWII London to stop the assassination of Britain's war leader. The assignment plays out with apparent ease, but the jump home goes wrong, stranding Jake in war-ravaged 1944. Jake's team, including his long-time girlfriend, is desperate to trace him before something else goes wrong. Stuck in the past, Jake must pull from his training and blend in. He clings to the one familiar face he can find, Amy Jenkins, a war widow whose life he saved during the assignment. Drawn to each other by their loneliness and thrown together amid the terror of war, Jake and Amy look to a future together. But Jake's future cannot let him go. And when his bosses finally find him in 1944, Jake faces a terrible choice: risk unraveling the modern world or let Amy die.
Download or read book Promise of the Black Monks written by Robert E. Hirsch and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious war erupts between church and king and shapes a young man’s fate in eleventh-century France . . . Born of nobility in France in the year 1066, seven-year-old Tristan de Saint-Germain has his fate thrown to the winds upon the execution of his father for treason against William the Conqueror of Normandy. Abandoned by his mother, who remarries and departs for England, Tristan and his four-year-old brother, Guillaume, find themselves thrown into the monastic world of the Benedictine Black Monks of Cluny, France. Under the tutelage of Grand Prior Odo de Lagery, who one day will ascend to the very pinnacle of power within the Catholic Church in Rome, Tristan develops into an academic and linguistic prodigy by the age of twelve and becomes known as the Promise of the Black Monks. Tristan’s unusual talents will become useful to the Benedictines, as well as to Rome—and the boy soon finds himself pulled into the visceral power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Heinrich IV as they mercilessly wage spiritual, political, and military war upon each other to claim supremacy over the continent of Europe . . .
Download or read book The Doomed Horse Soldiers of Bataan written by Raymond G. Woolfe and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in late 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to withdraw to Bataan. The 26th continued to fight on horseback until late February 1942 when, tragically, they were ordered dismounted and their horses and mules transferred to the Quartermaster's center and slaughtered for food for the defenders. It is on record that the 26th troopers refused to accept meat rations from their animals, regardless of their own starvation. This stirring account of a little-known aspect of the Philippine campaign is military history at its best.
Download or read book Handcrafted Christmas written by Susan Waggoner and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Homemade vintage craft projects that are inventive but also preserve the treasured history of Christmas traditions.” ?Cottages & Bungalows Craft your way through the holiday season with this newest volume by the author of Christmas Memories and other popular books. The forty easy projects range from charming punched-tin votive holders, to Russian teacakes for holiday parties, to your very own edible gingerbread house (complete with miniature snowmen on the front lawn). Supplemented with Christmas cookie recipes and peppered with engaging facts about the holidays gone by, this is the perfect book for crafters who long for that vintage holiday look.
Download or read book The Bell Ringers written by Henry Porter and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corrupt prime minister uses current anti-terror laws to Orwellian extremes in this “sophisticated, engrossing, and important political thriller” (The Washington Post). In a near-future England, there are still concerns about terrorism, the press is still feisty, and the prime minister is about to call a general election. But unknown even to most government officials, new technology and anti-terror laws have been used to establish unprecedented control over the lives of ordinary citizens. A top-secret data-mining system known as Deep Truth combs through personal records, identifying law violators as well as anyone disposed to “antigovernment” beliefs. David Eyam was once the prime minister’s head of intelligence, but after a mysterious fall from grace, he was killed by a terrorist bomb while on vacation in Colombia. Now his former lover, Kate Lockhart, has been named the benefactor of his estate. But Eyam has left her more than just wealth; Lockhart is also heir to his dangerous secrets. “North by Northwest meets House of Cards . . . Porter claims that the novel is set in the near future. Don’t be fooled.” —Cullen Murphy, Vanity Fair “Scary, informative, and, alas, eminently believable.” —The Economist “Superb.” —Anna Mundow, The Boston Globe
Download or read book Catherine of Lyonesse written by Rick Robinson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebel. Prisoner. Princess. When the crown prince of Lyonesse is assassinated, his fiery daughter, Catherine, is taken to Aquitaine, where she is raised at the royal court and given two ladies-in-waiting to protect her from all who conspire against her. Now that the time has come for Catherine to return to Lyonesse, she finds herself surrounded by enemies. Danger lies around every corner, but Catherine will not stop until she has overcome her oppressors and taken what is rightfully hers. She may just live to claim her crown. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Catherine of Lyonesse is an irresistible historical romance.
Download or read book The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century written by Kevin James Lewis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The county of Tripoli in what is now North Lebanon is arguably the most neglected of the so-called ‘crusader states’ established in the Middle East at the beginning of the twelfth century. The present work is the first monograph on the county to be published in English, and the first in any western language since 1945. What little has been written on the subject previously has focused upon the European ancestry of the counts of Tripoli: a specifically Southern French heritage inherited from the famous crusader Raymond IV of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues that past historians have at once exaggerated the political importance of the counts’ French descent and ignored the more compelling signs of its cultural impact, highlighting poetry composed by troubadours in Occitan at Tripoli’s court. For Lewis, however, even this belies a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the county. What emerges is an intriguing portrait of the county in which its rulers struggled to exert their power over Lebanon in the face of this region’s insurmountable geographical forces and its sometimes bewildering, always beguiling diversity of religions, languages and cultures. The counts of Tripoli and contemporary Muslim onlookers certainly viewed the dynasty as sons of Saint-Gilles, but the county’s administration relied upon Arabic, its stability upon the mixed loyalties of its local inhabitants, and its very existence upon the rugged mountains that cradled it. This book challenges prevailing knowledge of this little-known crusader state and by extension the medieval Middle East as a whole. .
Download or read book Broken Idols of the English Reformation written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on with total page 1129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
