Download or read book Where There s Smoke A Short Story written by Jodi Picoult and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, available exclusively as an eBook, Picoult introduces Serenity Jones, one of the fascinating characters from her eagerly awaited new novel, Leaving Time. Even as a child, Serenity Jones knew she possessed unusual psychic gifts. Now, decades later, she’s an acclaimed medium and host of her own widely viewed TV show, where she delivers messages to the living from loved ones who have passed. Lately, though, her efforts to boost ratings and garner fame have compromised her clairvoyant instincts. When Serenity books a young war widow to appear as a guest, the episode quickly unravels, stirring up a troubling controversy. And as she tries to undo the damage—to both her reputation and her show—Serenity finds that pride comes at a high price. Praise for Jodi Picoult “Picoult is a rare writer who delivers, book after book, a winning combination of the literary and the commercial.”—Entertainment Weekly “Picoult is a solid, lively storyteller.”—The New York Times “If Picoult were a general, she would be Patton; if a sports franchise, the New York Yankees; if a natural phenomenon, the sunrise.”—Tampa Tribune

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Simon Beckett and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this psychological thriller from the author of The Chemistry of Death, a woman’s journey to motherhood leads her into deadly territory. Successful, single, and fiercely independent, Kate Powell has always taken charge of her own life. But lately she’s felt that something is missing. She wants a child—and she’s determined to have one on her own terms. Artificial insemination seems like the best option, but Kate doesn’t want to go through life not knowing who her child’s father is. After putting out an ad to find a suitable father, Kate finds the perfect candidate: Alex Turner seems to be the answer to all of Kate’s problems. But she’s about to learn that appearances can be deceiving. Soon Kate’s life is out of her hands . . . and dangerously out of control . . .

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Black Inc and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where There's Smoke presents outstanding short fiction by Australia's finest male writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. A man sleeps at the site of a massacre and wakes refreshed. An unassuming piano tuner is sent off to contribute to the war effort. A woman with Alzheimer's is dragged along by her interfering son to visit Uluru. Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can. Chris Womersley * Murray Bail * Tim Winton * Rodney Hall * David Malouf * Tony Birch * Shane Maloney * Ryan O'Neill * Nam Le * Kim Scott

Download or read book Tree of Smoke written by Denis Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.

Download or read book Larger Than Life Novella written by Jodi Picoult and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Storyteller and My Sister’s Keeper, comes a gripping and beautifully written novella, now available exclusively as an eBook. Set in the wilds of Africa, Larger Than Life introduces Alice, the unforgettable character at the center of Picoult’s anticipated new novel, Leaving Time. A researcher studying memory in elephants, Alice is fascinated by the bonds between mother and calf—the mother’s powerful protective instincts and her newborn’s unwavering loyalty. Living on a game reserve in Botswana, Alice is able to view the animals in their natural habitat—while following an important rule: She must only observe and never interfere. Then she finds an orphaned young elephant in the bush and cannot bear to leave the helpless baby behind. Thinking back on her own childhood, and on her shifting relationship with her mother, Alice risks her career to care for the calf. Yet what she comes to understand is the depth of a parent’s love. Praise for Jodi Picoult “Picoult is a skilled wordsmith, and she beautifully creates situations that not only provoke the mind but touch the flawed souls in all of us.”—The Boston Globe “Picoult is a rare writer who delivers book after book, a winning combination of the literary and the commercial.”—Entertainment Weekly “Jodi Picoult’s novels do not gather dust on the bedside table. They are gobbled up quickly and the readers want more.”—Los Angeles Times

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by John Heffernan and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's smoke over the hills, but nobody in Edenville seems too concerned, even though it's fire season and the bush is tinder-dry. Luke has made friends in this town, his mum has found a job she likes, and it's starting to look as if they'll stay for a while. But Luke knows that good things don't last, and everything he has come to rely on is threatened by a much bigger event, one that could destroy everyone and everything.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Karen Kelley and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexy wannabe-demon Destiny Carter is in Ft. Worth, Texas, with one week to corrupt a soul. Or else. She slips into a slinky red dress, and heads straight for the delicious, corruptible looking cowboy at the bar. But Chance Bellew has his own agenda-saving souls. He's not your typical angel-he likes drinking and sex way too much, and not necessarily in that order. And then he meets Destiny...

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Ed McBain and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992-08 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where There s Smoke There s Dinner written by Regi Carpenter and published by Familius. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family: comfort food or a recipe for disaster? Award-winning storyteller and performer Regi Carpenter brings her humor and honesty to print in Where There's Smoke, There's Dinner. Regi is the youngest daughter in a family that pulsates with contradictions: religious and raucous, tender but terrible, unfortunate yet irrepressible. These honest tales--some hilarious, some heartbreaking--celebrate the glorious and gut-wrenching lives of four generations of Carpenters raised on the Saint Lawrence River in Clayton, New York. From teenagers struggling to find their identity to disabled veterans grappling with the aftermath of war and change to the complications and sweetness of love between family members, this collection of linked short stories holds the universal message that life's difficulties are softened by love and fortitude . . . and family.

Download or read book Daughter of Smoke Bone written by Laini Taylor and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Download or read book Smoke and Mirrors written by Neil Gaiman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing and impressive first collection of short stories from New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat in a second-hand store . . . A stray cat fights and refights a nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from an unimagiable evil . . . A young couple receives a wedding gift that will reveal a chilling alternate history of their marriage . . . Beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks, a frightened little boy bargains for his life with a most persistent troll . . . Such miraculous inventions and more await within Neil Gaiman’s first collection of short fiction, a gift of wonder and delight from one of the most unique literary artists of our day. In his capable hands, magic is no mere illusion, but a powerful means to reveal the nature of our humanity obscured in the smoke of our fears and anxieties . . . and reflected in the funhouse mirrors of our dreams.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by L. A. Witt and published by Loose Id Llc. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under an election's microscope, a politician whose marriage is over and his campaign manager can only keep their smoking hot love affair a secret for so long..." Anthony Hunter wonders what the hell he's gotten himself into when he agrees to manage an unproven candidate's campaign for governor of California. As soon as he meets the gorgeous, charismatic--and married--politician, attraction gives Anthony's rock-solid professionalism a run for its money, and Anthony knows he's in way over his head. Jesse Cameron doesn't like the idea of putting himself out there as a happily married, wholesome candidate, but his retired senator uncle insists it'll give him an edge over a challenging rival. The only problem is that Jesse's marriage is over, existing only to maintain his heterosexual facade. Oh, and there's that minor detail about his undeniable attraction to his smoking hot campaign manager. Or the fact that the attraction is very, very mutual. Before long, temptation explodes into a sizzling, secret relationship, but under the microscope of the media and the relentless scrutiny of the voting public, Anthony and Jesse can only keep their secret for so long. And this is one scandal a campaign won't survive...

Download or read book Wireless Networks written by Jia Feng and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage problem is an important and fundamental issue in sensor networks, which reflects how well a sensor network is monitored or tracked by a sensor. The current research on coverage problem in sensor networks are reviewed in this book. Specifically, two types of sensor coverage are investigated: area coverage and target coverage. In addition, the degree to which the goals of pervasive Internet and network access have been realised with community wireless networks is explored. Call-level performance modelling and QoS Assessment of W-CDMA networks is also addressed. In particular, multi-service teletraffic models suitable for the QoS assessment of W-CDMA networks is looked at. Angle of arrival (AOA) estimation is a significant technology in wireless networks, which can be exploited to locate mobile units, enhance communication efficiency and network capacity, and support location-aided routing. The many different high-resolution algorithms for AOA estimation is discussed. The performance of the algorithms is analysed and compared, and evaluated against theoretical lower bounds. One of the most important network security objectives is authentication, which means to know who send the data and where it came from. An intelligent authentication and key agreement mechanism for e-Hospital applications is proposed in this book. In addition, a mathematical model for calculating the coverage fraction in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is addressed. Furthermore, a comprehensive survey of recent researches on intentional mobility of WSN's is given. An overview of the cognitive radio technology and latest research developments in different layers of the protocol stack are discussed. Important topics such as wide-band spectrum sensing, transceiver architecture and dynamic spectrum allocation are reviewed as well. An overview of how satellite networking affects TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is examined. The main performance enhancing techniques encountered in the literature is also looked at. A mobile network architecture which addresses the handoff delays and protocol overheads of NEMO are presented. The feasibility of the architecture is evaluated by comparing its performance with state of the art proposals using both analytical and empirical data. Finally, an Art Colony Optimisation (ACO) based method is proposed to reduce the computational and communication overhead for wireless networks.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Janet Munsil and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Daisy and her father's ongoing battles to kick their bad habits- Daisy is a nail bitter and her dad can't resist a cigarette. They both resolve to stop, but they just can't . . . until they decide to help each other. In the end mutual support and a recognition that while change is not easy it is possible, win the day. Full-color illustrations.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke There s Fire A Short Story written by Audrey Rich and published by Rote to Negro. This book was released on 2017-05-13 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can smoke really spark a fire? I’m grateful that the fireman rescued me from my smoke-filled bedroom. Too bad his brother, my long-term crush, is behind the emergency room’s curtain right next to mine, and I look like Medusa with a spider glued to my face. When I overhear the firefighter teasing Daniel Stevenson about being too shy to talk to the girl he likes, my heart plummets. After three years of silence, can I continue to hide my feelings and risk losing him? Or do I take the chance of a lifetime despite him liking someone else? Decisions are never easy when your teenage heart is on the line and you’re the pastor’s daughter. Click now to lose yourself in a clean and wholesome and heartwarming story about teens who have hidden their feelings for each other. Audrey Rich’s first short story has all the feels of a YA Contemporary Romance set in Stonehaven High, where the mega-rich teens mix with those who aren’t. A Stonehaven High Series is filled with young adult contemporary romances set in the sunny South Florida towns, where the teens of the mega-rich live, play, and fall in love. The books in the series are stand alone, so they can be read in any order. Book 1 - Where There's Smoke There's Fire, A Short Story about fate uniting Graziella Roberts and Daniel Stevenson.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by Cathy Cole and published by Inglenook Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where There’s Smoke is a dark psychological thriller with a kick-ass heroine and a killer you won’t see coming. Firefighter Jo Woods’ life stopped the night her husband and daughter died. Discovering they were murdered just kick-started it again. Jo Woods is struggling to hold on to her job and her sanity. Banished to the backwater town of Mourne Lough she vows to stop making waves, admit her family’s death was an accident and the guilt she feels is just plain old survivor guilt. Then she finds the roses and everything changes. The killer hasn’t stopped. He’s here. In the same town. Stalking her. And once again no one believes her. After seven years of avoiding family and friends, Jo is alone and friendless in a strange town. In order to survive and, more importantly, bring the killer to justice, she must overcome her fears and embrace her new life. And she must do it quickly, because the killer has his sights set on her and he’s willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Enter Ian “Coop” Cooper, who sets Jo's pulse fluttering and her antenna into overdrive. Does she dare trust him? One thing Jo is clear about: This killer destroyed her past once before. No way is she going to let him destroy her future. No matter what it takes! What readers are saying about WHERE THERE’S SMOKE: “This intricate ‘whodunit’ mystery is rich with vivid scenery descriptions, gorgeous dialogue, multifaceted characters, and superb mastery in detailing the world of firefighting.” Wiggins “Fans of kick-ass heroines, suspense and mystery will want to check out Where There's Smoke. Highly recommend.” Ttly Addicted 2 Reading “If you like a suspenseful crime thriller, with a new twist waiting after each plot point, pick up Where There's Smoke.” CathleenT. "Cole unfolds the layers of the story with deft strokes, taking us into the heart of raging fires and the mind of a psychopath with razor-sharp focus. "Jennifer L " I took this book on holiday with me thinking I'd pick it up now and then for a short read. Once I started I couldn't put it down. Well researched and the story has an easy flow. The characters are strong, charismatic and memorable and the dialogue was comfortingly familiar with its Irish nuances. An easy 5 stars. " Mary M "Where There's Smoke was a fantastic read. A great crime thriller that kept me guessing right to the very end! An exciting book that I couldn't put down. Well worth a read. Can't wait to read her next book. "Gabriel B "Gripping story, I was hooked from the beginning. So engrossed reading it on way to work that I missed my stop!! Fast moving plot leading to satisfying conclusion. Highly recommended. "KA.

Download or read book Where There s Smoke written by William B. Davis and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most iconic villains in the history of television, the enigmatic Cigarette Smoking Man fascinated legions of fans of the 1990s hit TV series, The X-Files. Best known as 'Cancerman', the readers of TV Guide voted William B. Davis 'Television's Favourite Villain'. The man himself is a Canadian actor and director, whose revelations in this memoir will entertain and intrigue the millions of worldwide X-Files aficionados.