A Raging Summer Place

A Raging Summer Place PDF Author: Robert D. Kostoff
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059523044X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Difficult themes reflecting the frailty of the human condition, such as suicide, alcoholism, insanity and incest, are explored with rare sensitivity in Bob Kostoff's second novel. Garth Vasoff, a wealthy New York City businessmen, visits Niagara Falls, New York, drops in at a friendly neighborhood tavern and gets hooked by the vivacious owner, Martie McGurk. She is separated from her crazy husband who has abused their pre-teen daughter. The range of characters who frequent McGurk's Tavern become involved in crime, drunk driving, mayhem and suicide. They may seem to be miscreants, but are family with the tavern as their only "home." The stunning conclusion alone makes this novel a must read.

A Raging Summer Place

A Raging Summer Place PDF Author: Robert D. Kostoff
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059523044X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Book Description
Difficult themes reflecting the frailty of the human condition, such as suicide, alcoholism, insanity and incest, are explored with rare sensitivity in Bob Kostoff's second novel. Garth Vasoff, a wealthy New York City businessmen, visits Niagara Falls, New York, drops in at a friendly neighborhood tavern and gets hooked by the vivacious owner, Martie McGurk. She is separated from her crazy husband who has abused their pre-teen daughter. The range of characters who frequent McGurk's Tavern become involved in crime, drunk driving, mayhem and suicide. They may seem to be miscreants, but are family with the tavern as their only "home." The stunning conclusion alone makes this novel a must read.

A Summer Place

A Summer Place PDF Author: Sloan Wilson
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1611871131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155

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First published in 1958 and then turned into a film of the same name in 1959 featuring Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee, Dorothy McGuire and Richard Egan, this classic romance is available for the first time in ebook format.Ken and Sylvia met twice at the Summer Place.The first summer they were in their teens. Their intimacy was without love. They'd met too early.The second summer they shouldn't have fallen in love...and did. They were in their thirties-married-each with children. Had they met too late?Ken and Sylvia decided to break two marriages to make the one they wanted together.They almost broke a third that hadn't even started yet. Because Ken's daughter and Sylvia's son met at the Summer Place. They were in their teens. For them, it was neither too early nor too late.This novel is about how marriages are made on earth-and unmade. It is about the price people pay for changing their minds about love.

My Line Story

My Line Story PDF Author: Robert David Kostoff
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595356370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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The Fires of Vengeance

The Fires of Vengeance PDF Author: Evan Winter
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316489816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 491

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In this "relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy (James Islington), an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in order to reclaim her throne and save her people. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the 'true' Queen of the Omehi. If the city can be taken, if Tsiora can reclaim her throne, and if she can reunite her people then the Omehi have a chance to survive the onslaught. "This gritty series set in a South African–inspired fantasy world is an intense reading experience, and the second book is just as phenomenal as the first."—BuzzFeed News "The Fires of Vengeance is epic fantasy at its finest."—Winter Is Coming The Books of The Burning Series The Rage of Dragons The Fires of Vengeance The Lord of Demons

The Illustrious O'Hagan

The Illustrious O'Hagan PDF Author: Justin Huntly McCarthy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Rage

Rage PDF Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 178576585X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 761

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BOOK 6 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun 'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror THE FUTURE OF A COUNTRY. THE END OF A FAMILY. Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams of uniting his divided, beloved country. As Apartheid threatens to destroy everything he holds close, he allows his half-brother Manfred to persuade him to join South Africa's right-wing National Party, hoping to moderate from within their dangerous policies. But Manfred has deadly secrets he cannot afford to be revealed, secrets he is willing to kill to keep hidden. In the terrible struggle for the future of South Africa, the Courtney family will be torn apart - and many will pay a terrible price . . . A Courtney Series adventure - Book 3 in The Burning Shore sequence Rage is the powerful third novel in The Burning Shore sequence by Wilbur Smith, which became an instant global bestseller on publication (1987). Book 7 in the Courtney family series, A Time to Die, is available now.

The Rage of the Vulture

The Rage of the Vulture PDF Author: Barry Unsworth
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313086
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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In 1908 Englishman Robert Markham is appointed to the British legation in Turkey.

Criterion

Criterion PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Rage and Fire

Rage and Fire PDF Author: Francine Gray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780684804538
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Gray draws on Louise Colet's recently discovered journals to present a compelling biography of one of the most fascinating women of the 19th century. Colet defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become an award-winning writer and the intimate of such great literary figures as Flaubert, Hugo and Musset. 16-page b&w photo insert.

Seven Days of Rage

Seven Days of Rage PDF Author: Paul LaRosa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439172390
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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This true-crime original hardcover, published with the hit CBS news program "48 Hours," reveals the shocking story behind the Craigslist Killer.