Download or read book The Necklace IV written by Linda S Rice and published by Linda S Rice. This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Susan’s friends betray her on her last trip into the past, forcing her to return on her wedding day, the day she would have married James, a member of the most famous band of all time, she falls into a deep depression and can’t seem to shake herself out of it. Having James’s engagement ring on her necklace, along with the silver ballerina slippers, makes it even worse. Michelle, her level-headed and successful attorney daughter, decides to get to the bottom of Susan’s melancholy, and when she finds out the truth about her mother’s trips into the past, she determines to go with her on one more time-travel journey to end the link between James and Susan once and for all. She contacts Marta, the remaining Haiti lady, who sent Susan on her previous time travel adventures, and both mother and daughter are transported back to December 1999, where James is scheduled to make his first public appearance since his wife passed two years previously. Michelle’s well-intentioned plans go awry, however, when she encounters James’s son, an up-and-coming concert pianist as well as a spitting image of his father, and gazes into his captivating eyes. Susan, wondering if she will be able to reunite with James once again, realizes he’s likely to have some serious trust issues concerning her. With her marriage falling apart back in the future, her heart’s desire is to somehow make him love her again and, this time stay in the past and change history. Will she be able to, however, especially when Hilary, a gold-digging ex-courtesan, enters the scene just as determined to make James her own? Is the love between James and Susan strong enough to thwart Hilary’s plans, or will Susan be forced back to the future to live out the rest of her life in despair?

Download or read book The Red Necklace written by Sally Gardner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious gypsy boy, Yann Margoza, and his guardian, a dwarf, work for the magician Topolain in 1789. On the night of Topolain's death, Yann's life truly begins. That's when he meets Sido, an heiress with a horrible father. An attachment is born that will determine both their paths. Revolution is afoot in France, and Sido is being used as a pawn. Only Yann will dare to rescue her from a fearful villain named Count Kalliovski. It will take all of Yann's newly discovered talent to unravel the mysteries of Sido's past and his own and to fight the devilish count.

Download or read book The Necklace written by Claire McMillan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “glittering, Gatsby-esque” (Publishers Weekly) novel, two generations of Quincy women—a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and a young lawyer—are bound by a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace. Always the black sheep of the tight-knit Quincy clan, Nell is cautious when she’s summoned to the elegantly shabby family manor after her great-aunt Loulou’s death. A cold reception from the family grows chillier when they learn Loulou has left Nell a fantastically valuable heirloom: an ornate necklace from India that Nell finds stashed in a Crown Royal whiskey bag in the back of a dresser. As predatory relatives circle and art experts begin to question the necklace’s provenance, Nell turns to the only person she thinks she can trust—the attractive and ambitious estate lawyer who definitely is not part of the old-money crowd. More than just a piece of jewelry, the necklace links Nell to a long-buried family secret involving Ambrose Quincy, who brought the necklace home from India in the 1920s as a dramatic gift for May, the woman he intended to marry. Upon his return, he discovered that May had married his brother Ethan, the “good” Quincy, devoted to their father. As a gesture of friendship, Ambrose gave May the necklace anyway. Crisp as a gin martini, fresh as a twist of lime, The Necklace is the charming and intoxicating story “written with wit, compassion, and a meticulous attention to period and cultural detail” (Kirkus Reviews) of long-simmering family resentments and a young woman who inherits a secret much more valuable than a legendary necklace.

Download or read book Two Friends written by Guy de Maupassant and published by Creative Education. This book was released on 1985-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of war, two men go fishing in the river that runs through their village. They are captured by the enemy; mistaken for spies, and shot.

Download or read book An Uncomfortable Bed written by Guy De Maupassant and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the suspenseful and darkly humorous narrative of Guy De Maupassant's "An Uncomfortable Bed." This short story follows the unsettling and eerie events that unfold when a man encounters a mysteriously uncomfortable bed. De Maupassant masterfully weaves themes of paranoia, discomfort, and psychological tension into the narrative. De Maupassant excels at creating a chilling atmosphere, blending humor with an underlying sense of dread. His storytelling offers a gripping exploration of how a seemingly ordinary object can become the source of profound unease. "An Uncomfortable Bed" is a captivating and eerie story, ideal for readers who enjoy dark humor and psychological suspense in the masterful prose of one of France's greatest literary figures. -

Download or read book A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories written by Joan Aiken and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magical collection of eight gloriously imaginative stories is ideal for bedtime reading. These stories contain a wealth of wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Illustrations.

Download or read book The Necklace and Other Short Stories written by Maupassant Guy de and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opulence is sometimes deceiving“She removed the wraps from her shoulders before the glass, for a final view of herself in her glory. Suddenly she uttered a cry. Her necklace was not around...” - Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace Madame Mathilde Loisel is displeased: she cannot go to a fancy party because she doesn’t have anything to wear. Her husband tries to help her and gives her money to buy a new dress. She insists she also needs jewels so she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. After the party, Mathilde realizes that she lost the stunning necklace. ,This book has been professionally formatted for e-readers and contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.

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Download or read book Where the Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 18 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature.” For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

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Download or read book The Napier Co written by Melinda L. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Napier Jewelry book is a visual encyclopedia of Napier Costume Jewelry. It tells the heretofore untold and phenomenal story of The Napier Co. inception, development, flowering, and ultimate success. It chronicles the history of its management, manufacturing, marketing, and most importantly, the unparalleled beauty of Napier fashion jewelry. With approximately 4000 pictures of Napier jewelry history and over 250,000 words of text and descriptions, you will be taken step-by-step, decade by decade, through the development of the Napier style. As a collector, you will learn to recognize the findings, materials, and designs to appropriately circa-date the Napier jewelry in which you are investing. As a lover of vintage costume jewelry, you will enjoy the drama and excitement of the trials, tribulations, and breakthroughs at each stage of the Napier journey. In the end, you will have a deep and lasting appreciation of the romantic story infused into the metal, gemstones, crystals, cabochons, and elegance of each piece of Napier jewelry that you own or are considering owning

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Download or read book The Wishing Jar written by Linda S Rice and published by Linda S Rice. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write a wish. Place it in the jar. Speak the wish out loud. Hide the jar in a safe and secret place. Your wish will come true at midnight. 27-year-old attorney Julia Lynton, fed up with uncouth and immature men, wants to meet a proper gentleman like the ones in her grandmother’s Regency romance novels. After discovering a mysterious jar in a secret compartment of an antique desk, she travels to Linwood Park in Surrey, England, to discover the jar’s origin. Shortly after arriving, she begins having dreams of things that happened over 200 years in the past. Using the wishing jar, she travels back to 1815 Regency England, where she meets Matthew, the perfect gentleman of her dreams. Viscount Matthew Linwood, trapped in an arranged betrothal to cold and haughty Miss Caroline Lambert by his Grandmother Linwood and Uncle Devon, meets Julia, and the two are instantly smitten with each other. But little does Matthew know that Devon is also enamored with Julia and is plotting with his grandmother to compromise her and force her into marriage. Will Julia be able to stay in the past and find her happily ever after with Matthew, or will her remaining result only in heartbreak and disaster for them both?

Download or read book The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After enduring many injuries of the noble Fortunato, Montressor executes the perfect revenge.

Download or read book The False Gems written by Guy De Maupassant and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the ironic and thought-provoking tale of Guy De Maupassant's "The False Gems." This short story explores the life of a seemingly content couple, only for the husband to discover a shocking truth after his wife's death. De Maupassant skillfully examines themes of deception, materialism, and the unexpected twists of fate. De Maupassant masterfully crafts a narrative filled with irony and subtle humor, leading readers through a journey of revelation and reflection on the nature of happiness and illusion. His storytelling unveils the complexities of human relationships and the sometimes-surprising truths that lie beneath the surface. "The False Gems" is a captivating and ironic story, perfect for readers who appreciate tales with unexpected endings and the brilliant prose of one of France's greatest literary figures.

Download or read book Analytic Combinatorics written by Philippe Flajolet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analytic combinatorics aims to enable precise quantitative predictions of the properties of large combinatorial structures. The theory has emerged over recent decades as essential both for the analysis of algorithms and for the study of scientific models in many disciplines, including probability theory, statistical physics, computational biology, and information theory. With a careful combination of symbolic enumeration methods and complex analysis, drawing heavily on generating functions, results of sweeping generality emerge that can be applied in particular to fundamental structures such as permutations, sequences, strings, walks, paths, trees, graphs and maps. This account is the definitive treatment of the topic. The authors give full coverage of the underlying mathematics and a thorough treatment of both classical and modern applications of the theory. The text is complemented with exercises, examples, appendices and notes to aid understanding. The book can be used for an advanced undergraduate or a graduate course, or for self-study.