Download or read book Wild Cards and Iron Horses written by Sheryl Nantus and published by Sheryl Nantus. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their love rides on a spring and a prayer... During the recent war, a soldier gave his life to save Jonathan Handleston. With the help of an advanced metal brace on his crippled hand, Jon travels from one poker tournament to the next, determined to earn enough money to pay the debt he owes to the dead soldier's family. Prosperity Ridge is supposed to be the last stop on his quest, but his brace is broken and he needs an engineer to repair the delicate mechanisms. The only one available is Samantha Weatherly, a beautiful anomaly in a world ruled by men. Sam is no fool. Jon is no different from any other gambler--except for his amazing prosthetic. Despite a demanding project to win a critical contract to develop an iron horse, she succumbs to the lure of working on the delicate mechanisms. And working with the handsome Englishman. But danger lurks on the horizon as an old enemy arrives to thwart Jon's mission of redemption, ready to take out anyone or anything that stands in his way...
Download or read book Wild Cards written by Ken Berris and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father’s impossible quest to return to his family. A son’s magical journey. A single mother’s heroic efforts to protect her son. And fate’s sleight of hand bringing together baseball’s past legends and today’s major league stars in a game for the ages.
Download or read book The Iron Horse Club written by Ronald Reman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's June 30, 2003, and four successful businessmen are celebrating their twenty-fifth annual dinner, having become close friends after starting their careers together at a large accounting firm back in June of 1979. One, Carl Messina, an unmarried Italian from Brooklyn through which the story is told, is a partner in the firm. The other three had left for other prominent positions, including Kavi Chander, who had immigrated to the US from India as a teen. Kavi is the chief financial officer of American Dynamics Group (ADG), one of the largest companies in the world. The other two are Marc Abrams, an anal-retentive partner in a prestigious New York law firm, and Ken Tanner, a physically strong, womanizing, ex-baseball prodigy who heads up the tax department at a large multinational company. At the dinner, Kavi gets a call that provides the first indication of a bribery scandal within an ADG business unit located in the Far East, which, under onerous new rules related to financial executives, has the potential to cause him significant personal harm. includes a dogmatic Securities and Exchange Commission investigator with a personal agenda, a charismatic chain-smoking Frenchman who heads up the Far East business unit, and an attractive, vibrant and highly successful asset-protection attorney by the name of Victoria Richards, who has a subconscious desire to 'take from men.
Download or read book Like Clockwork written by Rachel A. Bowser and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-winner, Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular Culture and American Culture Once a small subculture, the steampunk phenomenon exploded in visibility during the first years of the twenty-first century, its influence and prominence increasing ever since. From its Victorian and literary roots to film and television, video games, music, and even fashion, this subgenre of science fiction reaches far and wide within current culture. Here Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall present cutting-edge essays on steampunk: its rise in popularity, its many manifestations, and why we should pay attention. Like Clockwork offers wide-ranging perspectives on steampunk’s history and its place in contemporary culture, all while speaking to the “why” and “why now” of the genre. In her essay, Catherine Siemann draws on authors such as William Gibson and China Miéville to analyze steampunk cities; Kathryn Crowther turns to disability studies to examine the role of prosthetics within steampunk as well as the contemporary culture of access; and Diana M. Pho reviews the racial and national identities of steampunk, bringing in discussions of British chap-hop artists, African American steamfunk practitioners, and multicultural steampunk fan cultures. From disability and queerness to ethos and digital humanities, Like Clockwork explores the intriguing history of steampunk to evaluate the influence of the genre from the 1970s through the twenty-first century. Contributors: Kathryn Crowther, Perimeter College at Georgia State University; Shaun Duke, University of Florida; Stefania Forlini, University of Calgary (Canada); Lisa Hager, University of Wisconsin–Waukesha; Mike Perschon, MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta; Diana M. Pho; David Pike, American University; Catherine Siemann, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joseph Weakland, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roger Whitson, Washington State University.
Download or read book Shifting Seasons written by Sheryl Nantus and published by Sheryl Nantus. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cassie Nyre is looking forward to a quiet and lonely Christmas--until she finds an injured animal on the way home. Her big heart has her bring the hurt otter into her home and into her bathtub, to rest until Christmas Day when she can deliver it to Animal Control. But the next morning she finds a semi-naked man in her bathroom--and it's not Santa Claus!
Download or read book Running from Royalty written by Sheryl Nantus and published by Sheryl Nantus. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She said no to a Prince - can she say no to a King? Kathleen Kiski, a successful businesswoman in Toronto, Canada, is shocked to see her old boyfriend, Teddy Dubrienne, leading the news feed – catapulted onto the world stage when his entire family perishes in a suspicious explosion. Teddy isn't just any man—he's the third in line to the Ansulenian Throne. He was a Prince when they dated five years ago, offering her a chance to marry and be a Princess—she said no. Now he's about to become King. Theo never planned to ascend to the throne, and not only has to deal with the devastating loss but also his mother's last request—to have Kathleen present at the funeral. In the depths of his sorrow, having Kat around would be the best medicine for his shattered heart and soul… but others are watching. Now Theo has to decide what's best for his kingdom, not necessarily for himself. Kat doesn't see herself as worthy, not five years ago to be a Princess and definitely not now to be Queen. Except it may be just this reluctance that's needed to help a kingdom heal…
Download or read book WILD CARD written by Susan Amarillas and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice Was A Hard Mistress And one who demanded all of Jake McConnell's devotion. Until the day Clair Travers insisted that the straight-arrow lawman remove himself from her saloon. The day he knew his life would never be the same… Clair Travers Was Living a Lie She had gambled on a new life. But she hadn't counted on falling for a man like Jake McConnell, a man whose dedication to the truth could uncover the murderous secret that haunted her past.
Download or read book Wild Cards V Down and Dirty written by John J. Miller and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book five of the original Wild Cards series, now in trade paperback
Download or read book California Breweries North written by Jay R. Brooks and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the region's 161 breweries and brewpubs.
Download or read book Wild Card written by Dorothy Hewett and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Republished for a new generation of readers, this extraordinary autobiography of one of Australia's most celebrated female writers, Dorothy Hewett, traces the personal and political metamorphoses of her first 35 years. After university life, several failed love affairs, an attempted suicide, and a major poetry prize, Dorothy Hewett joined the Australian Communist party in 1945. Four years later, she left her husband and moved to Redfern, Sydney with her lover, a boilermaker. Hers was a life of extremes - the pleasures and purgatories of a woman who has tackled everything placed in her path with a searing honesty, energy, and intellect.
Download or read book Dog Warrior written by Wen Spencer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atticus Steele is en route to Cape Cod when he rescues a stranger from death at the hands of a religious cult—and is surprised to learn that the man he’s saved is Ukah Oregon, his long-lost brother. Ukiah’s membership in the Dog Warriors— a paramilitary biker gang—gives him the ability to repay the favor by assisting Atticus in an undercover assignment to purchase an elusive new designer drug. What Atticus discovers—and can’t believe—is that the mysterious drug is an alien intoxicant specially attuned to the brothers’ shared alien biology. When the religious zealots threaten Ukiah’s life again, Atticus must learn to trust the Dog Warriors and accept his own origins if he’s to have any chance of saving his brother’s life…and his own.
Download or read book Iron Horse Lou Gehrig in His Time written by Ray Robinson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-04-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All these many years down the road, Lou Gehrig's reputation still holds up as does Ray Robinson's elegant biography." –Bob Costas Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and more.
Download or read book The Iron Horse written by Edwin Conger Hill and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, President Lincoln signs a bill (Pacific Railroad Act of 1 July 1862) that authorizes the construction of a transcontinental railroad. When the war ends, Davy Brandon joins the Union Pacific as a surveyor and meets Miriam, his childhood sweetheart, whose father is in charge of construction. Davy and Peter Jesson, a civil engineer, fight over Miriam; and subsequently, Miriam refuses Davy's offer of marriage. When a band of Indians, led by the renegade Deroux, attack a construction train, Davy recognizes Deroux as his father's murderer and kills him in a hand-to-hand fight. Davy then joins the Central Pacific, which is racing the Union Pacific to the center of the continent. The joining of the two railroads by the golden spike is accompanied by the union of Davy and Miriam.
Download or read book The Iron Horse written by Dawn Erin and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iron Horse is a vivid and darkly comic tale about a girl growing up in gritty working-class New England. Horse-crazy Sunny Quinn spends her childhood toiling long hours in relentless pursuit of entry into the elite world of competitive Saddleseat Equitation. Her weight, her lack of money, her crushing shyness and her tyrannical stepfather all contribute to Sunnys spectacular failure, with harrowing and far-reaching consequences. The story takes the reader on a wild ride through the depths of addiction, crime, sacrifice and suffering set against the backdrop of scorching first love. Filled with memorable characters and encompassing the timely themes of determination and endurance, The Iron Horse is ultimately a story about the lies we tell ourselves, and the twisted road to redemption.
Download or read book American History through American Sports written by Bob Batchelor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect. This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout American history. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed and influenced society at large, demonstrating how sports and popular culture are intrinsically entwined and the ways they both reflect larger societal transformations. The essays in the book are wide-ranging, covering topics of interest for sports fans who enjoy the NFL and NASCAR as well as those who like tennis and watching the Olympics. Many topics feature information about specific sports icons and favorite heroes. Additionally, many of the topics' treatments prompt engagement by purposely challenging the reader to either agree or disagree with the author's analysis.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-09-25 with total page 168 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 All Gone to Look for America written by Peter Millar and published by Arcadia Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 52 and with a shoestring budget, Peter Millar set about rediscovering the United States by following the last traces of the technological wonder that created the country in the first place - the railroad. On a rail network now ravaged and reduced, he managed to cross the continent in slow motion, talking to people and taking in their stories and concerns while watching the vast landscape unfold. Wry, witty, intelligent and always observant, his account will appeal to modern Britons keen to get beneath the skin of this influential nation.
