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This is a story of the survival of human values and love in the most dreaded terrains along the river Chambal of India. How can love change a dacoit too? Read...
Charcuterie chef Katie Aubrey is overjoyed when asked to create charcuterie boards for the summer fashion show at the prestigious Hidden Boulders Community in Cave Creek. However, the challenge for Katie isn't designing the complex cured meat and cheese platters but rather, how to deal with Edith Ellory, the annoying food critic ghost who pesters her while she works. Lamentably, that becomes the least of her worries when the fashion show coordinator is found dead in the food pavilion clutching a handful of Katie's pancetta rosettes. Toxicology reports indicate food poisoning, and Katie's charcuterie shop immediately falls under suspicion, even though none of the other meats showed any hint of foul play. To make matters worse, the victim had a long and unpleasant history with one of Katie's employees. To save the shop's reputation and vindicate her employee, Katie needs to ditch her white apron and don some decent walking shoes before she becomes the next victim.Ver libro
What happens when a fake kiss makes real sparks? Ellery knows it wasn't a real kiss. He was only practicing so it wouldn't be so awkward when he kissed the girl he was actually in love with. She's nothing but a stand-in . . . the second-choice substitute. She knows it in her head. Too bad her heart isn't listening. Logan's feelings for Ellery are stronger than anything he's felt before. Way stronger than what he felt for his ex-fiancée. If only he could convince Ellery of that. But now, Ellery's life is in danger. Logan will do anything to keep her safe . . . even if it means he has to give her up. When Ellery learns about the threat, she knows what she has to do. She must volunteer to be the bait and pray the killer will be caught. It's the only way to end the threat forever. Will these two star-crossed lovers find a way to save each other? Or will they lose each other in the process?Ver libro
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jim Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ON INFLUENCING BY EXAMPLE: A few evenings ago, while in Cincinnati, I was very pleasantly surprised after speaking at a large meeting to be invited by a company of young coloured men to attend for a few minutes a reception at their club room.Ver libro
Honoré de Balzac was born on the 20th May, 1799 in the French city of Tours into an upper middle class family. At birth Balzac was wet-nursed and often then schooled away from home by parents who seemed remote. So difficult was life that at 15 he attempted suicide. The family’s intention was for him to have a career in law but Balzac preferred literature. An avid reader, he began writing but his early attempts showed little promise. He thereafter settled in Paris and began to publish anonymously across political, philosophical, and historical novels. In 1825, Balzac purchased a printing house. He was soon bankrupt and forced to return to writing in order to reduce his debts. But his literary fortunes had changed, and his writing was now to achieve considerable success. He was accepted among the city’s literary élites and its salons and would play an important role in establishing the copyright law in France. Balzac often worked on more than one project at a time and in his magnus opus ‘The Human Comedy’ all types of texts were collected to offer a rare narrative of different classes and social stereotypes of society. For many Balzac is considered the father of French realism, yet his works also cover philosophical and psychological questions. His writing was a fundamental source of inspiration for many distinguished and later writers such as Flaubert, Zola and Proust. Balzac also tried his hand at magazine publication with ‘La Chronique de Paris’ and ‘La Revue Parisienne.’ Although he was partnered with others such as Victor Hugo, it was another complete financial failure. As a committed Catholic, Balzac’s stories also dealt with themes of mysticism, esotericism and spirituality, as well as universality and humanism. In politics, he was a staunch defender of the French Crown but unlike his contemporaries he was not an implacable enemy of the republicans. He often presented disagreements between royalists and republicans as a tolerable difference in political opinion. Despite many relationships Balzac married only towards the end of his life and it was in 1833 that he met the Polish Countess Hanska, who only became his wife 17 years later after an extensive relationship by correspondence and, by then, his health was ruinously bad. Honoré de Balzac died on 18th August 1850 in Paris. He was 51.Ver libro
Flirty, dirty, and utterly decadent, Million-Dollar High is the sizzling conclusion to Noah and Leia’s love story. Buckle up. Emotional turbulence guaranteed... Perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid, TL Swan, Sylvia Day, Navessa Allen and S.T Abby Fresh off the most sublime experience of his life, wickedly sexy Noah King thought his dark past in New York was finally behind him, that a future with Leia in Miami was all but guaranteed. Until he stepped off the Indigo Lounge Jet, straight onto a collision course with his demons bearing earth-shattering news. The kind that was apparently a deal-breaker for Leia. Within minutes, he’s back where he never wanted to be. Alone. Betrayed. Devastated. Leia Michaels thought she was finally free from the shackles of her past. Free to assume her role as CEO. She fooled herself that love could conquer all, that she had a future with Noah. But she forgot one crucial thing—she was still broken, and the shadows of her past weren’t done with her. But when fate pulls them back together, their red-hot passion is re-ignited and their lives and hearts on the line. Will Noah and Leia weather the storm long enough to get through this turbulence? Or were they only meant to burn bright mile high then fade to black? Step back aboard the Indigo Lounge Jumbo Jet. Destination: Paradise Praise for Zara Cox: 'This series has proven to be delicious book after book with each storyline' Reader Review 'Wow wow wow Brilliant' Reader ReviewVer libro
“Patched Together is a very special story to me. It is, in many ways, my story …” These words begin this rich story from Brennan Manning, the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Follow the character Willie Juan, a lonely boy who finds belonging in the eyes of the mysterious Man of Sorrows, through three distinct seasons of his life: morning, noon, and night. Each season is filled with memorable characters, significant wounds, and lingering questions. More than a charming tale, Patched Together is a remarkable story in which readers will see themselves. Willie Juan and readers alike will be connected by the thread that ties all the patches together—the everlasting truth that in the end, only Abba’s love remains. From much-loved author Brennan Manning, comes a book for those who long to believe in the God who sees beauty in imperfection.Ver libro
