Author: Rosa Criniti
Publisher: Rosa Criniti
ISBN: 0648894029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Rosa migrated to Australia when 11 years old, in 1961. She was born in S. Caterina dello Ionio, a village on the hills overlooking the Ionian Sea, to the east, in the arch of the foot of the Italian Peninsula. When her eldest granddaughter, Matilda started asking questions, what it was like growing up there, Rosa decided to write it down for her other grandchildren. Life in S. Caterina was like growing up in a medieval village. This changed when more than a quarter of the population migrated for a better life. This book describes how Rosa remembers growing up, the freedom, the food, the customs, and festivals. If some of the details are inaccurate, she apologises. It’s how she remembers them - with great affection.
Bambina, who do you belong to?
Author: Rosa Criniti
Publisher: Rosa Criniti
ISBN: 0648894029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Rosa migrated to Australia when 11 years old, in 1961. She was born in S. Caterina dello Ionio, a village on the hills overlooking the Ionian Sea, to the east, in the arch of the foot of the Italian Peninsula. When her eldest granddaughter, Matilda started asking questions, what it was like growing up there, Rosa decided to write it down for her other grandchildren. Life in S. Caterina was like growing up in a medieval village. This changed when more than a quarter of the population migrated for a better life. This book describes how Rosa remembers growing up, the freedom, the food, the customs, and festivals. If some of the details are inaccurate, she apologises. It’s how she remembers them - with great affection.
Publisher: Rosa Criniti
ISBN: 0648894029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Rosa migrated to Australia when 11 years old, in 1961. She was born in S. Caterina dello Ionio, a village on the hills overlooking the Ionian Sea, to the east, in the arch of the foot of the Italian Peninsula. When her eldest granddaughter, Matilda started asking questions, what it was like growing up there, Rosa decided to write it down for her other grandchildren. Life in S. Caterina was like growing up in a medieval village. This changed when more than a quarter of the population migrated for a better life. This book describes how Rosa remembers growing up, the freedom, the food, the customs, and festivals. If some of the details are inaccurate, she apologises. It’s how she remembers them - with great affection.
Shadow Rider
Author: Christine Feehan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0515156132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance” (USA Today) is back with a sexy series starring a Chicago crime family that hides a dark, mystical secret... Whether it’s fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he’s not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses—both legitimate and illegitimate. While their criminal activity is simply a rumor yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone—until now… With little left to her name, Francesca Cappello has come to Chicago in hopes of a new life. She wasn’t expecting to attract the attention of a man with primal hunger in his eyes, driven to claim her as his to protect and to please. And if he discovers her secret, it could ruin her...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0515156132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance” (USA Today) is back with a sexy series starring a Chicago crime family that hides a dark, mystical secret... Whether it’s fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he’s not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses—both legitimate and illegitimate. While their criminal activity is simply a rumor yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone—until now… With little left to her name, Francesca Cappello has come to Chicago in hopes of a new life. She wasn’t expecting to attract the attention of a man with primal hunger in his eyes, driven to claim her as his to protect and to please. And if he discovers her secret, it could ruin her...
Husband by Contract
Author: Helen Brooks
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596294755
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Grace grew up in an orphanage, but she found herself a happy, stable family when she married Donato, an Italian millionaire, and gave birth to their son. But her happiness was short-lived—their son died as an infant. The days that followed were full of grief for Grace…and then she discovered that Donato was having an affair. It was all too much for her, and she left Italy. That was one year ago…and now her mother-in-law, who was always warm and loving to Grace, has passed away. Grace returns to Italy for the funeral, where she sees Donato again. He’s just as kind and charismatic as ever, and the memories come flooding back.
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596294755
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Grace grew up in an orphanage, but she found herself a happy, stable family when she married Donato, an Italian millionaire, and gave birth to their son. But her happiness was short-lived—their son died as an infant. The days that followed were full of grief for Grace…and then she discovered that Donato was having an affair. It was all too much for her, and she left Italy. That was one year ago…and now her mother-in-law, who was always warm and loving to Grace, has passed away. Grace returns to Italy for the funeral, where she sees Donato again. He’s just as kind and charismatic as ever, and the memories come flooding back.
Don't Make Me
Author: Renee Rose
Publisher: Renee Rose Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
HE'S FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ME. I'm the Don's daughter. A mafia princess. He's my father's right-hand man. When Carlo catches me taking my clothes off in a strip club, he wants to haul me into my father's office. I suggest an alternative–one more pleasurable for both of us. He can handle my punishment. Dominate me the way he's always wanted. Take care of my needs and, most importantly, keep my secret. But we're playing with fire. Every day, I fall a little more for the underboss and if my father finds out... It won't just be my future destroyed. It could mean Carlo's life. This stand-alone romance is a lengthened and revised version of the previously published book, The Don's Daughter. No cliff-hangers, no cheating. HEA guaranteed.
Publisher: Renee Rose Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
HE'S FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ME. I'm the Don's daughter. A mafia princess. He's my father's right-hand man. When Carlo catches me taking my clothes off in a strip club, he wants to haul me into my father's office. I suggest an alternative–one more pleasurable for both of us. He can handle my punishment. Dominate me the way he's always wanted. Take care of my needs and, most importantly, keep my secret. But we're playing with fire. Every day, I fall a little more for the underboss and if my father finds out... It won't just be my future destroyed. It could mean Carlo's life. This stand-alone romance is a lengthened and revised version of the previously published book, The Don's Daughter. No cliff-hangers, no cheating. HEA guaranteed.
Made Men Complete Box Set
Author: Renee Rose
Publisher: Burning Desires
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Enjoy three stand-alone novellas in the Made Men series. This special box set includes:Don’t Tease Me Desperate and alone, I strike a bargain with a mafia boss. I make myself available to him. He pays my bills. I’m his beck-and-call-girl. He’s my sugar daddy. It’s a win-win for both of us, so long as I remember one thing: Don’t fall in love. Don’t Tempt Me I grew up in The Family, but I’m no mafia princess. I’m the castaway they threw crumbs to after my father’s murder. Now Joey LaTorre shows up at my door and won’t take no for an answer. But I can’t fall for a man like him. I won’t. I must keep him away from my heart. Don’t Make Me HE'S FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ME. I'm the Don's daughter. A mafia princess. He's my father's right-hand man. But we're playing with fire. Every day, I fall a little more for the underboss and if my father finds out... It won't just be my future destroyed. It could mean Carlo's life. **No cliff-hangers, no cheating. HEA guaranteed.
Publisher: Burning Desires
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Enjoy three stand-alone novellas in the Made Men series. This special box set includes:Don’t Tease Me Desperate and alone, I strike a bargain with a mafia boss. I make myself available to him. He pays my bills. I’m his beck-and-call-girl. He’s my sugar daddy. It’s a win-win for both of us, so long as I remember one thing: Don’t fall in love. Don’t Tempt Me I grew up in The Family, but I’m no mafia princess. I’m the castaway they threw crumbs to after my father’s murder. Now Joey LaTorre shows up at my door and won’t take no for an answer. But I can’t fall for a man like him. I won’t. I must keep him away from my heart. Don’t Make Me HE'S FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ME. I'm the Don's daughter. A mafia princess. He's my father's right-hand man. But we're playing with fire. Every day, I fall a little more for the underboss and if my father finds out... It won't just be my future destroyed. It could mean Carlo's life. **No cliff-hangers, no cheating. HEA guaranteed.
The Delineator
Author: R. S. O'Loughlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
In the Castle of My Skin
Author: George Lamming
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472064687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472064687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century
The Gilded Hour
Author: Sara Donati
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698140672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
The international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters presents a remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York. The year is 1883, and in New York City, Anna Savard and her cousin Sophie—both graduates of the Woman’s Medical School—treat the city’s most vulnerable, even if doing so puts everything they’ve strived for in jeopardy... Anna’s work has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything, just as she herself once had. Faced with their helplessness, Anna must make an unexpected choice between holding on to the pain of her past and letting love into her life. For Sophie, an obstetrician and the orphaned daughter of free people of color, helping a desperate young mother forces her to grapple with the oath she took as a doctor—and thrusts her and Anna into the orbit of anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, a dangerous man who considers himself the enemy of everything indecent and of anyone who dares to defy him. With its vivid depictions of old New York and its enormously appealing characters, The Gilded Hour is a captivating novel by an author at the height of her powers.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698140672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
The international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters presents a remarkable epic about two female doctors in nineteenth-century New York. The year is 1883, and in New York City, Anna Savard and her cousin Sophie—both graduates of the Woman’s Medical School—treat the city’s most vulnerable, even if doing so puts everything they’ve strived for in jeopardy... Anna’s work has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything, just as she herself once had. Faced with their helplessness, Anna must make an unexpected choice between holding on to the pain of her past and letting love into her life. For Sophie, an obstetrician and the orphaned daughter of free people of color, helping a desperate young mother forces her to grapple with the oath she took as a doctor—and thrusts her and Anna into the orbit of anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, a dangerous man who considers himself the enemy of everything indecent and of anyone who dares to defy him. With its vivid depictions of old New York and its enormously appealing characters, The Gilded Hour is a captivating novel by an author at the height of her powers.
The Flight of The Sparrow
Author: Janice Greene
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 144155713X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"A novel by Alice (Greenwood) Greiner about my paternal grandmother's flight from Italy in 1871, and what prompted her to leave her home and family to travel halfway around the world to live in a foreign country surrounded by strangers. Most of those strangers were Mormons who barely tolerated those not of their religious persuasion."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 144155713X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"A novel by Alice (Greenwood) Greiner about my paternal grandmother's flight from Italy in 1871, and what prompted her to leave her home and family to travel halfway around the world to live in a foreign country surrounded by strangers. Most of those strangers were Mormons who barely tolerated those not of their religious persuasion."--Provided by publisher.
The E. M. Delafield Boxed Set - 6 Novels in One Edition
Author: E. M. Delafield
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027232589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1398
Book Description
"Zella Sees Herself" (1915) - Zella is a beautiful orphan who must come to terms with her mother's death in a largely hostile world. The Novel is largely autobiographical and the first written work of E. M. Delafield. "The War-Workers" (1918) - The travails of working in a Supply Depot under the tyrannical control of Charmain Vivian, who meets her match in a newly arrived clergyman's daughter Grace Jones. "Consequences" (1919) - A young woman entering a convent. Its heroine, Alex Clare, refuses to marry the only young man to make her an offer of marriage, and, finding herself regarded as a failure by society, must resort to convent life. "Tension" (1920) - Pauline Marchrose is a successful candidate, a woman claiming to be 28 but probably in her early thirties, when women are only beginning to fight for their rights and for equal opportunities. "The Heel of Achilles" (1921) - A middle-class young woman Lydia Raymond who intends to marry "above her" during the first world war in England while her daughter Jane rebels against her. "Humbug: A Study in Education" (1922) - The protagonist Lilly is a charming character who in spite of believing in the goodness of things is bogged down by her family and society to conform. E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific English author. She is best known for her largely autobiographical works like Zella Sees Herself, The Provincial Lady Series etc. which look at the lives of upper-middle class Englishwomen.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027232589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1398
Book Description
"Zella Sees Herself" (1915) - Zella is a beautiful orphan who must come to terms with her mother's death in a largely hostile world. The Novel is largely autobiographical and the first written work of E. M. Delafield. "The War-Workers" (1918) - The travails of working in a Supply Depot under the tyrannical control of Charmain Vivian, who meets her match in a newly arrived clergyman's daughter Grace Jones. "Consequences" (1919) - A young woman entering a convent. Its heroine, Alex Clare, refuses to marry the only young man to make her an offer of marriage, and, finding herself regarded as a failure by society, must resort to convent life. "Tension" (1920) - Pauline Marchrose is a successful candidate, a woman claiming to be 28 but probably in her early thirties, when women are only beginning to fight for their rights and for equal opportunities. "The Heel of Achilles" (1921) - A middle-class young woman Lydia Raymond who intends to marry "above her" during the first world war in England while her daughter Jane rebels against her. "Humbug: A Study in Education" (1922) - The protagonist Lilly is a charming character who in spite of believing in the goodness of things is bogged down by her family and society to conform. E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific English author. She is best known for her largely autobiographical works like Zella Sees Herself, The Provincial Lady Series etc. which look at the lives of upper-middle class Englishwomen.