Download or read book Letters from the Nude Lake and Other Historic Monuments written by David R. Ambos and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous and often earthy recollections of a transplanted New Englander's life and loves in the City of San Francisco.

Download or read book Nude Besides the Lake A Novel written by Ashok Malhotra and published by Dr. Ashok Malhotra. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story set around a beautiful blue lake surrounded by lush green hills in the Himalayas, of a town where being fully nude for men or women, day or night is normal. The choice of the word 'besides' in the title instead of 'beside' is intentional.

Download or read book Ladies of the Lake written by Duncan L. Dieterly and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stony Sturm is a disabled former police detective who was forced into retirement from the LAPD. Departing under a cloud of suspicion after his partner was murdered. For several years since then has been idling away his days. A wealthy San Diego criminal lawyer approaches him at his favorite Donut Shop demanding that he opens up a cold murder case. The lawyer's young daughter in-law, Melody, was discovered at Lake Perris; nude, raped and murdered. No one has been caught nor punished. The Riverside Police maintain she was a victim of a serial killer who murdered twelve women. The serial killer ended his killing spree after her murder. The police claim he is dead or has disappeared. Stony, an uncertain middle-aged man is reluctantly drawn back into the criminal investigation of Melody's murder as a private investigator. He rapidly rediscovers his previous skills and investigates relentlessly in spite of major objections of the police and politicians. With the able support of Alice Persia, the lawyer's executive assistant and the protection of Howard Youngfeather, a former special services soldier, Stony uncovers a series of unanticipated criminal operations, including a major government scandal. In the process of solving Melody's murder he witnesses an explosive assassination of a senior gang snitch, and avoids an attempted IED attack upon himself. What seemed like a straight forward murder investigation leads him into a complicated venture involving MS-13 gangs and government perfidy. A former Sheriff who assisted Stony is brutally murdered. A raw unrelenting story of a man who finds himself and the truth, which exposes many issues of today's complex convoluted world of crime, politics and corruption. A gripping mystery story, of diligent sleuthing, and raw revenge, that builds to an explosive conclusion.

Download or read book A Very Dangerous Woman written by Deborah McDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moura Budberg: spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century’s greatest writers, the Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg was born in 1892 to indulgence, pleasure and selfishness. But after she met the British diplomat and secret agent Robert Bruce Lockhart, she sacrificed everything for love, only to be betrayed. When Lockhart arrived in Revolutionary Russia in 1918, his official mission was Britain’s envoy to the new Bolshevik government, yet his real assignment was to create a network of agents and plot the downfall of Lenin. Lockhart soon got to know Moura and they began a passionate affair, even though Moura was spying on him for the Bolsheviks. But when Lockhart’s plot unravelled, she would forsake everything in an attempt to protect him from Lenin’s secret police. Fleeing to a life of exile in England and taking a string of new lovers, including Maxim Gorky and H. G. Wells, Moura later spied for Stalin and for Britain amidst the web of scandal surrounding the Cambridge spies. Through all this she clung to the hope that Lockhart would finally return to her. Grippingly narrated, this is the first biography of Moura Budberg to use the full range of previously unexamined letters, diaries and documents. An incredible true story of passion, espionage and double crossing that encircled the globe, A Very Dangerous Woman brings her extraordinary world vividly to life with dramatic resonances to rival the most sensational novel.

Download or read book FALLING OLD WOMEN written by Daniil Harms and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Warlord s Wife written by Sandra Lake and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning historical romance from debut author Sandra Lake transports readers to 12th century Sweden, where a powerful Viking lord will discover a fierce heart cannot be taken by mere force. Lida was married to the love of her life for just two months when she became a widow. Pregnant and disowned by her late husband’s family for suspected infidelity, she was forced to return to her family in shame. Eight years later, uninterested in the prospect of finding another husband, she finds herself the unwilling object of a marriage contract with a powerful warlord. In a day, she is wed, bed, and put on a ship headed for Tronscar; an unknown icy stone and steel fortress. Jarl Magnus is pleased to have taken a strong wife who, however stubborn she may be, will surely produce sons. However, he is less pleased with his wife’s additional baggage—a young daughter. But despite himself, Magnus falls for the daughter just as hard as the mother, and Lida’s heart is warmed to see the cold, serious Jarl move surprisingly fast into the role of stepfather. When enemies attack Tronscar, Jarl Magnus’s nerves of steel waver, as the warrior fears his love for Lida will weaken him. But when his family is threatened, he’ll go to war to protect them, discovering along the way that they have the strength to protect themselves. “With compelling characters and a clever plot, The Warlord’s Wife will appeal to readers obsessed with TV’s Vikings, and who miss the classic Viking romances of Catherine Coulter or Johanna Lindsey.”—Heroes and Heartbreakers “Lake’s debut historical romance is sure to appeal to those who enjoy spirited heroines, grumpy alpha heroes, and a slow sweet journey to everlasting love.”—Smexy Books “Man, this was a fun book! … I cut my teeth on Johanna Lindsey, and this book reminded me so much of those experiences.”—Dear Author Sandra Lake lives with her husband and son in Quebec, Canada. The Warlord’s Wife is her debut novel.

Download or read book The Lady in the Lake written by Raymond Thornton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lady in the Lake" is a thrilling crime fiction about two missing wives, one of a rich man and the other of a poor man. One of them may have gotten a quick Mexican divorce and married a Casanova-wannabe; the other might be dead. These missing women become the center of Philip Marlowe's investigation.

Download or read book Bony Buys a Woman written by Arthur W. Upfield and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in Australia's outback, a woman has been murdered, her daughter vanished. Ole Fren Yorky, a crazy wanderer, is known to have been in the area, and his footprints have been identified near the body. When he too disappears, even the Aboriginal trackers are baffled. Bony's approach changes everything... It becomes one of Bony's great adventures... He pictures the merits of Aboriginal society. And he uses weather - in this case the threatening rising of the lake - to picture man's heroic stature. The setting, the events, the pace of telling the story, the style of telling it - all combine to make this a tight, effective crime novel. - From The Spirit of Australia by Ray Browne.

Download or read book The Last Dance written by Neil Boyd and published by Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada. This book was released on 1988 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cottage Lake Soliloquy written by John E. Shephard Jr. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cottage Lake Soliloquy is a guide to spiritual enlightenment in the form of a novel. It is primarily a tale of transformation about a year in the lives of two people, husband and wife, as they confront personal and professional challenges with their children on a lake in the woods in the small town of Forestville. The narrative unfolds through alternating chapters on each protagonist while weaving their stories together. Jay, a psychotherapist, and Bea, the head of a Student-Exchange company, encounter Leroy, part psychic part teacher, who guides them on a journey of self-realization through a series of dialogues by using their problems as opportunities for growth. Elements of the story include intense and insightful therapy sessions, lush and lyrical descriptions of nature, travel to foreign lands, alcohol and drug use, romance, intrigue, deception and betrayal. A handbook to awakening, the saga intertwines poetry, songs, quotations, essays and stream of consciousness thought in a unique and engrossing style of epic proportions while leading the reader towards his or her own spiritual awareness.

Download or read book A Dreamy Summer on the Lake written by Phillipa Ashley and published by Review. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an escape to the mountains mend her broken heart? Heartbroken and humiliated, Emma Tremayne has finally escaped from her high-powered PR job. Moving to the Lake District to enjoy some much-needed peace and quiet, she finds herself instead in the path of local mountain rescuer Will Tennant. Emma only wants to be community-minded when she agrees to help the mountain rescue team raise funds for their new headquarters. Unfortunately, the locals, including the extremely handsome Will, don't look too kindly on outsiders. Can Emma convince Will that he has the wrong idea about her intentions, or will her leap of faith soon lead to a sharp fall . . .? Praise for Phillipa Ashley's stunning escapist novels: 'Deliciously entertaining' - Liz Fenwick 'Enjoyable and uplifting' - Jo Thomas 'I loved every gorgeous page' - Claudia Carroll 'Escapist and uplifting' - Woman & Home 'The ultimate summer reading escape!' - Yours 'A feel-good read for summer' - Sun 'Warm and funny and feel-good. The best sort of holiday read' - Katie Fforde 'Romantic and life-affirming' - Woman's Weekly 'You can't help but fall in love with the characters' - Helen Cox *Previously published as Decent Exposure*

Download or read book Damaged When the Noise Stops Survival Begins written by David Hess and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DAMAGED is a volume of short stories, vignettes and a novella. Some selections are war stories while others are postwar tales which illustrate the lasting effects suffered by men and women who participate in war and in violent law enforcement encounters. T There are tragic love stories, stories of revenge and closure. Some of the stories serve as a companion compilation to Hess's first two novels Ambush and Gamble in which several familiar characters show us not only the effects they suffered but also the backstories to events in his previous novels. DAMAGED gives everyone an insight of PTSD and how it creeps into the mind and soul of those involved in war and law enforcement. Damaged is a powerful collection not of war stories but of postwar stories which vividly present the lasting trauma of battles from Gettysburg to Kabul. Hess makes it clear that there is "nothing romantic" about it, and its scars are real and permanent. Ellen Miller Casey, Professor Emerita, University of Scranton

Download or read book Lake God and Other Plays written by Bole Butake and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Walled Garden written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Privacy, in human history, is a relatively recent concept. Nobody had much privacy in the Middle Ages. Even kings and queens lacked privacy: it was an age when crowds watched a queen give birth, and the king received visitors while on the chamber pot. Technology and concepts of privacy grew up together—as both friends and enemies. For example, the late 19th century invention of the candid camera made it possible, for the first time, to take someone’s picture without that person’s consent. This fact was in the background of the classic article by Warren and Brandeis that launched the right of privacy. Today, we have smart phones with cameras, selfies, the Internet, surveillance cameras, and tools that can look through walls, smell through walls, see through walls. Dangers to privacy have multiplied enormously, and we have only just begin figuring how to handle the change. This book is timely as our basic understandings of privacy are challenged by modern technology, changing social mores, and evolving legal understandings that both reflect and reinforce underlying changes in society. It is likely to be of interest to graduate and undergraduate students, scholars, and potentially other professionals with an interest in law and social norms.

Download or read book Clamor of the Lake written by Mohamed El-Bisatie and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clamor of the Lake begins with the appearance of an old fisherman of unknown origin sailing a black boat. Taciturn and enigmatic, he takes on a woman and her twin boys. While he gives away nothing about his past, his undemanding companionship prompts the woman to narrate her turbulent life. Meanwhile, in a nearby village by the lake, Gomaa and his wife have found respite from the dreariness of their existence in the fantastic objects the sea churns up during gales a sword, alluring panties, a talisman. But when the waves cast up a chest that speaks in a language no one can comprehend, Gomaa is haunted by its voice. As the tumult of the lake drives a wedge between the couple, it turns two neighbors into close allies: Karawia, a café proprietor, and Afifi, a grocer. Eventually, they too will be haunted by the siren song of the lake. In Mohamed El-Bisatie's lyrical novel, the stories of these various figures converge on the mercurial presence of the lake, which in the end proves the narrative's true hero. An accomplished experiment in the poetics of space, Clamor of the Lake won the 1995 Cairo International Book Fair Award for Best Novel of the Year.

Download or read book Hawk Woman Dancing with the Moon written by Tela Star Hawk Lake, The Last Female Shaman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1988-03-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female shaman Tela Star Hawk Lake interweaves her own life story with her descriptions of traditional Native ritual, ceremonies and prayers that can be a great resource to women everywhere. A unique and fascinating book, especially in the context of our modern world where old traditions are widely abandoned and forgotten.

Download or read book Lake Destiny written by C.F. Walko and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Destiny Tom Davis is a relatively young Police Chief in the small Northern California community of Destiny. The town is on the south side of Lake Destiny which is nestled in the shadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east and about forty-five miles north of Santa Rosa. After eighteen years on the police department and the unfortunate loss of his wife three years earlier to cancer, he was looking for a change. The change came when the very attractive Molly Hanson, a campaign coordinator came thru Destiny preparing the way for a visit by her boss, senatorial candidate Harry Jenkins. Even though Tom and Molly came from completely different back grounds and life styles, the attraction between the two is immediate, intoxicating, and nothing less than amazing. Their story unfolds when Tom meets Molly’s boss. To Tom’s shock, Harry Jenkins shares an amazing commonality with his father who died when Tom was in high school. Bewildered by the fact his dad wasn’t a twin nor did their ages match, Tom, was determined to find a logical explanation why none of the facts made any sense and try do it without reveling anything to the woman he was falling in love with. Experience the development Tom and Molly’s relationship that take’s you on an adventure that will definitely stretch your imagination and is full of surprises unlike any other you have ever experienced before. You may even reach for the stars for the answer to the mysteries of Lake Destiny. Get ready to be kept on the edge of your seat as solving each clue only leads Tom Davis, Molly Hanson, and Lake Destiny, to more intrigue straight from the imagination of the Author.