Author: Rogenna Brewer Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1459216946 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 268
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She doesn't love a man in uniform Professor Tam Nguyen knows that most women dream of a handsome, broad-shouldered military man. But she can never forget that the man who abandoned her pregnant mother in the middle of a war zone wore a uniform. Of course, that's before she meets Lieutenant Bowie Prince and gets to know the man behind the uniform. Once he sets out to change her mind, she finds him hard to resist. Until she discovers he holds the key to her father's identity….
Author: Karren Kae Kearney Publisher: Gatekeeper Press ISBN: 1642376248 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 235
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Life is one small unexpected journey at a time moving us towards a destiny we could never imagine. The Evolution of Intimacy : A Personal Story is one such journey, The book is an account of taking a leap of faith, with a chance online meeting on a dating site in October, and moving in together in December having only met once. The book details the results of following one's intuition and heart, and moving over three hundred miles to create a new life. It's a story showing how, against all odds, faith and trust changed the fate of two unsuspecting people. It touches on difficult issues of love, marriages, divorces, death, adult children, his and hers, ex-spouses, couples counseling, health, finances and everything in between. The book offers hope, insights and inspiration for anyone struggling with or in a dysfunctional relationship, or was raised in an alcoholic environment, or is an alcoholic, an addict, a compulsive over-eater, or food addict , a sex and love addict, co-dependent, or in a relationship with anyone with an addictions or mental illness. I hope you find the story as inspirational as I did living it.
Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8027225086 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 5312
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Our Mutual Friend - explores the conflict between doing what society expects of a person and the idea of being true to oneself The Pickwick Papers - To extend his researches into the quaint and curious phenomena of life, Samuel Pickwick suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members. Oliver Twist is an orphan who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin… A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. David Copperfield is a fatherless boy who is sent to lodge with his housekeeper's family after his mother remarries, but when his mother dies he decides to run away… Hard Times is set in the fictional city of Coketown and it is centered around utilitarian and industrial influences on Victorian society. A Tale of Two Cities depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period. Great Expectations depicts the personal growth and development of an orphan nicknamed Pip in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century. Bleak House – legal thriller based on true events. Little Dorrit – criticize the institution of debtors' prisons, the shortcomings of both government and society. COLLECTED LETTERS THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster
Author: Bret Harte Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 11212
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The master storyteller of pioneering life in California, Bret Harte created a diverse body of works, achieving critical acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic. This comprehensive eBook presents Harte’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Harte’s life and works * ALL the novels and shorter fiction, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works such as GABRIEL CONROY are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * The scarce play SUE appears for the first time in digital publishing * Includes Harte’s rare lectures, first time in digital print * Features Merwin’s celebrated biography - discover Harte’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels GABRIEL CONROY THE CRUSADE OF THE EXCELSIOR The Shorter Fiction CONDENSED NOVELS THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP OTHER STORIES AND SKETCHES THE LITTLE DRUMMER MRS. SKAGGS’ HUSBANDS AND OTHER STORIES TALES OF THE ARGONAUTS THANKFUL BLOSSOM THE STORY OF A MINE DRIFT FROM TWO SHORES THE TWINS OF TABLE MOUNTAIN FLIP AND FOUND AT BLAZING STAR IN THE CARQUINEZ WOODS ON THE FRONTIER BY SHORE AND SEDGE MARUJA THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE SNOW-BOUND AT EAGLE’S DEVIL’S FORD A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY A PHYLLIS OF THE SIERRAS THE ARGONAUTS OF NORTH LIBERTY CRESSY THE HERITAGE OF DEDLOW MARSH A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE A WAIF OF THE PLAINS A SAPPHO OF THE GREEN SPRINGS A FIRST FAMILY OF TASAJARA COLONEL STARBOTTLE’S CLIENT SUSY: A STORY OF THE PLAINS SALLY DOWS A PROTÉGÉE OF JACK HAMLIN’S THE BELL-RINGER OF ANGEL’S CLARENCE IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS BARKER’S LUCK AND OTHER STORIES THREE PARTNERS TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW MR. JACK HAMLIN’S MEDITATION FROM SAND HILL TO PINE UNDER THE REDWOODS CONDENSED NOVELS SECOND SERIES: NEW BURLESQUES OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL TRENT’S TRUST AND OTHER STORIES URBAN SKETCHES THE STORY OF ENRIQUEZ SKETCHES OF THE SIXTIES UNCOLLECTED STORIES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Plays TWO MEN OF SANDY BAR SUE The Poetry LIST OF POEMS LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction THE LECTURES OF BRET HARTE The Biography THE LIFE OF BRET HARTE by Henry Childs Merwin Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Author: Thomas Linnell Publisher: Linrich Publishing ISBN: 1499607741 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 502
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The Mississippi Murders- Thomas Gunn is a media liaison for three Northern New Hampshire law enforcement agencies. Thomas gets a call from a old friend from college, for Thomas to come down to Mississippi. When people end up getting killed, the attention goes to Thomas, and try to find out who is behind this. The Chattahoochee Valley Murders- Thomas Gunn goes to Columbus Georgia to find out who brought him there. Thomas comes across obstacles that get in the way, just to make the hunt that much harder.
Author: Jane House Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231071185 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 648
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This volume of Twentieth-Century Italian Drama covers the period spanning from the end of the nineteenth century to that immediately following World War II, displaying the rich breadth of Italian theater in the modern age, from the comedic legacy carried on by such writers as Eduardo De Filippo to the delicate tragedy of playwrights like Federigo Tozzi.Included are seven full-length plays, five one-act plays, one variety sketch, and three futurist sintesi (sketches). Brief introductions preceding each play contextualize the piece within the various movements in Italian theater, and biographies of the editors and translators appear at the end of the volume. An extensive bibliography offers many suggestions for further reading in English.The playwrights included are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ettore Petrolini, Raffaele Viviani, Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, Federigo Tozzi, Massimo Bontempelli, Achille Campanile, Italo Svevo, Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ugo Betti.
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