Download or read book The Reluctant Escort written by Mary Nichols and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wanted was a little adventure… Even though she adores her godmother, Molly Martineau cannot help but find life in the countryside a little dull! At seventeen, she longs for balls and parties and the excitement of a London season. So who could blame her for finding the dashing Captain Stacey very attractive? And surely it was not entirely silly to follow him on the road to London? Forced to take the waif under his wing, the captain soon realizes that his heart may be in trouble! But with his affairs in such a tangle, what could he offer a gently bred girl?
Download or read book The Rancher the Reluctant Princess written by Christine Flynn and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secluded Montana ranch seemed the perfect hideaway for Pricess Sophie Saxe, on the run from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. She thought she'd found peace here, at least for a little while. But then Sophie found herself falling—hard—for a man unlike any she'd ever encountered in her own glittering world…. Carter McLeod was as hard and untamed as the West itself, and he awakened a wildfire passion within her. But his home was here in the big sky country with the adorable little girl he was raising alone, and Sophie's was in the royal courts of Europe. She knew a future with Carter was impossible. Until she learned this stubborn, sexy cowboy always got his woman!
Download or read book The Reluctant Emigre written by Tony Breeze and published by Tony Breeze. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1789. A naive young woman ran away with a soldier and lived for a while in London lodgings. The soldier was called away and the rent went unpaid until the landlady accused the woman of theft and pawning of metal fire cheeks. She was arrested and due to a false witness was found guilty. The opening of the play finds her shackled in leg irons, about to be taken abroad to a new colony in Botony Bay, Australia. CHARACTERS (Unless otherwise directed, each actor may use any accent with which they are comfortable in order to add colour to their character) Miss Goodbody……………. Tough prison warden, sent to London to escort Sarah Whitlam who is to join a convict ship to New South Wales and then to act as the escort to the others during the voyage. Sarah Whitlam………………Innocent young country woman who has fallen foul of the law after falling in love with a soldier, being left by him in lodgings and later accused of theft by her greedy landlady. Elizabeth Whitlam ……….. Distraught mother of Sarah who comes to London to see her daughter off before she is transported. Hannah Smith……………….Ex-law-abiding shop worker who was paid off when the men came back from the war and took her job so was forced to turned to shop-lifting Mary Bellamy…………….…Ex-maid who was paid off and had to steal a silver spoon from employers to survive Mariah Marshall……………. Sullen troublemaker & recidivist, who refuses to kow-tow to authority of any kind (may double later as Liza Kestlewray) Meg Marchant………………Old recidivist who was sentenced for clipping coins and narrowly avoided the death sentence. Charlotte & Charlene Grey …Juvenile thieves who have known nothing but crime all their short lives (characters may be combined) Olivia Gascoigne ……………Foul-mouthed thief and prostitute Phoebe Moulton …………… Friend of the above, of similar background Mrs Barnsley ………………..Well-to-do lady convict with lots of money whose brother is rumoured to be a highwayman. Liza Kestelwray. ……………Recidivist thief and witness who originally identified Sarah Whitlam (May double as Mariah Marshall)
Download or read book The Reluctant General written by Herb Sennett and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Deborah and Barak from the biblical book of Judges describes amazing courage and fortitude beyond modern comprehension. In this modern retelling of the old story, Herb Sennett brings to life the people of 1150 BC in such a way that their hopes, dreams, struggles, pain, and suffering help us face our own problems in the light of God's willingness to help his people whenever they are threatened with extinction. The Jewish people of that day knew little of warfare and tactics, but they were able to defeat the most powerful army of the day and then conquer the most heavily defended city in the area. This novel tells of their struggle to live free of oppression and fear through their faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Download or read book The Reluctant Sailor written by Bud Gottesman and published by Mallery Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young coddled boy like so many others in 1945 is pressed into service to defend his country from the evil Axis Powers. He had to grow up fast and become a member of a new destroyer with the killing powers not yet dreamed of in those days. As luck would have it, the war was over before the "Wilson" was launched and Bud Gottesman now only had to survive Navy Boot Camp and life aboard a destroyer with 345 other young sailors in very cramped quarters. From day one, nothing went according to plans. Bud Gottesman had to learn how to adapt and handle things without his parent's supervision and protection. He learned to see the funny side of things instead and grew up with each obstacle he encountered.
Download or read book The Reluctant Prince written by M. Bradley Davis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not every eleven year old can defend his mother with a sword! The Rapier Robbers attack on Chteau St. Croix brings acclaim to Jordan and Julien. Their parents experience a startling surprise. Their sons have been practicing with their rapiers! The robbery also helps the boys realize how careful they must be to protect the secret that only they knowthe swords can take them through time. Jordan and Julien St. Croix return for their second adventure in The Reluctant Prince. The boys are eleven year old cousins born on the same day. They accidentally discovered the swords secret during their first adventure, The Enchanted Rapiers. Now, the swords beckon them into the past once more. Jordan trips across a cryptic clue while searching for something to read. That leads them to a hidden room filled to the brim with unknown objects. They explore the treasure trove. The cousins discover something startling. They are described in a diary from 450 years in the past! The discovery throws them headlong into their second trip through time. Far in the past, they meet some unusual people. First, they find a small boy who needs love and encouragement to grow into the person he must become. The cousins also must mold Tyson, the Barons son. He cannot become the next Baron St. Croix until he learns humility. Finally, they encounter a very lonely ten year old prince. This young man must learn independence and strength of will as he faces the possibility of becoming the next King of France. Swordfights and chivalry abound as the cousins charge from one exciting scrape into another. Permettez l'aventure de continuer!
Download or read book Heart of Flames written by Nicki Pau Preto and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders. Veronyka finally got her wish to join the Riders, but while she's supposed to be in training, all she really wants to do is fly out to defend the villages of Pyra from the advancing empire. Tristan has been promoted to Master Rider, but he has very different ideas about the best way to protect their people than his father, the commander. Sev has been sent to spy on the empire, but maintaining his cover may force him to fight on the wrong side of the war. And Veronyka's sister, Val, is determined to regain the empire she lost--even if it means inciting the war herself. As tensions reach a boiling point, the characters all find themselves drawn together into a fight that will shape the course of the empire--and determine the future of the Phoenix Riders. Each must decide how far they're willing to go--and what they're willing to lose in the process.
Download or read book Robert Louis Stevenson and the Art of Collaboration written by Murfin Audrey Murfin and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Robert Louis Stevenson's collaborative processContains new readings of thirteen works by Robert Louis Stevenson, including several rarely discussedSheds light on connections between authorship, celebrity, the literary marketplace and the creative processSupported by extensive manuscript researchThis book investigates Stevenson's literary collaborations with family and friends as he travelled Scotland, America and the Pacific. With critical readings of both major and minor Stevenson texts, supported and contextualised by unpublished manuscripts and letters by both Stevenson and those he wrote with, this book argues that Stevenson's writings are both a product of and a meditation on collaborative writing. Stevenson's self-reflective body of work reimagines late-Victorian authorship by examining the ways that authors choose material, negotiate the marketplace and, ultimately, maintain power over their own words, or let that power go.
Download or read book Hazard in Circassia written by V. A. Stuart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To break the stalemate in the Crimea, where the Russian city of Sebastopol still stands strong against the allies' siege, the British must search for unlikely help among the self-reliant mountain people of Circassia. Commander Phillip Hazard of HMS Huntress is dispatched with a select handful of his crew to seek out the guerrilla leader Serfir Pasha and win him over as an ally.
Download or read book Curious Earth written by Gerard Woodward and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this successor to his Man Booker Prize finalist work "I'll Go to Bed at Noon, A Curious Earth" slyly pits defiant Aldous Jones against the hazards of aging in this "brave, funny, and beautifully written ("The Guardian") novel.
Download or read book Not Guilty written by William Edward Norris and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir Ashley s Mettlesome Match written by Mary Nichols and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to overthrow a notorious smuggling operation, gentleman thief-taker Sir Ashley Saunders will let nothing stand in his way! Until he runs up against spirited Pippa Kingslake, who's just as determined to protect her own interests…. With a string of demanding mistresses in his past, Ash thinks he'll handle Pippa with ease. Still unsure where her loyalties lie, Ash vows to keep her safe. But could Pippa's fierce independence end Ash's case—and his rakish ways?
Download or read book Talk of the Ton written by Mary Nichols and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her name was on everyone's lips. They were agog to find out what Miss Elizabeth Harley had been doing down at the East India Docks. And in such shocking apparel! Why, her uncle's generosity in giving her a London season had been thrown back in his face. Elizabeth had not meant to sully her good name. All she'd craved was a chance to travel. Andrew Melhurst had come to her rescue when she needed him most, but should she consider marrying him to save her reputation?
Download or read book The Reluctant Raiders written by Alan C. Carey and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reluctant Raiders is perhaps the most documented and researched book on a United States Navy land-based squadron flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer. The final result of five years of research, the book traces the squadron's history from its commissioning in August 1943, to the final days of World War II, including: never before published combat and nose art photography; the squadron's tactical organization; a chronology of each combat aircrew's mission record; personnel killed in action; and an appendix containing Japanese shipping and aircraft destroyed or damaged by the squadron
Download or read book The Moving Picture World written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Realism written by Robert Singer and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice is the first major critical study of international naturalist cinema. Often mistaken for realist film, international naturalist cinema has a unique cultural and critical history. From its earliest representation in silent films such as Walsh's Regeneration (1915), and Eisenstein's Stachka/Strike (1925), to recent productions such as Chukwu's Clemency (2019), and Aronofsky's The Whale (2022), the naturalist film narrative encompasses the whole of film history, traversing language, movement, and genre. The naturalist film is predicated on two foundational, intersecting paradigms that configure as one ideological system in an overarching scientific and social experimental narrative. Either the scientific or social paradigm may be dominant in the film narrative or they may simply co-exist, but a naturalist film reveals both templates and, most significantly, suggests an implicit cinematic anthropology that renders the body as an observed spectacle.
Download or read book Of Saints and Sacred Shadows written by Jason Dean and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just under the surface of normal, everyday life lurks a secret conflict that has been waged since the dawn of mankind, and the worst series of murders in the history of Los Angeles threatens to bring this ancient conflict to a head. From the U.S. to Hong Kong, from Berlin to Hell and back again, the world unknowingly teeters on the edge, and the last thing standing in the way of the destruction of mankind is someone who is neither good nor evil but a little bit of both, a man who reluctantly possesses the ability to save the world or let it crumble and collapse into chaos. As he wrestles with his place and purpose, even his very own existence, having long struggled to endure a life spent as the focus of constant fear and resentment from those both good and evil, he will confront the nightmares no one else dares to face and finally be forced to decide his fate once and for all and ultimately take the entire world with him.
