Author: Ian Hamilton
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1487007094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee novels, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets. As a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local affairs and must confront uncomfortable truths about family, legacy, and the wife he thought he knew. Bonnie Jack, the first stand-alone novel by acclaimed author Ian Hamilton, is a compelling story about the importance of family, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.
Bonnie Jack
Author: Ian Hamilton
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1487007094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee novels, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets. As a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local affairs and must confront uncomfortable truths about family, legacy, and the wife he thought he knew. Bonnie Jack, the first stand-alone novel by acclaimed author Ian Hamilton, is a compelling story about the importance of family, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1487007094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling Ava Lee novels, a bold and captivating new novel about a search for lost family and the cost of keeping secrets. As a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local affairs and must confront uncomfortable truths about family, legacy, and the wife he thought he knew. Bonnie Jack, the first stand-alone novel by acclaimed author Ian Hamilton, is a compelling story about the importance of family, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to protect the ones we love.
Wedded To A Villain
Author: Raymond Hull
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Justice for Jack
Author: Sqi Taylor
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1598588621
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Sqi Taylor (pronounced SKY) has lived an amazing life, including over ten years of work in law-enforcement, 20 years working with both juvenile and adult offenders and being a foster parent to over 60 youth. She has worked with prisons, directed two non-profit agencies, owned her own business and was once nominated as a "Woman of Distinction" in her community. In Casper, Wyoming she and a handful of believers founded a Therapeutic Riding Academy for people with physical, mental, emotional, financial or spiritual disabilities. Her pen name is an "on-air name" her daughter Lacy gave her, while working as a radio personality as a second job to make ends meet. Interestingly enough, "Sqi" was a female action hero in a card collection of crime fighting characters. Writing mostly as a passionate hobby for over 30 years, this was the "ONE" story she was absolutely compelled to share with the world. A tantalizing, 23 year-old unsolved homicide case, turned into over six years of research, ultimately leading back to a much older unsolved murder in Wyoming in 1949 and a mysterious death in Oklahoma in the 1970's. Eventually, all roads led back to, or were connected with the person who was finally arrested, tried and convicted of Jack Humphrey's murder, nearly twenty-nine years after his death. Whenever innocent blood is spilled in a cold, bizarre manner the emotional, mental and physical devastation is made even greater by either intentional or unintentional actions we naturally blame on "the system." Sad to say, it's not the system, just some people in it, the choices and decisions they make. Mishaps, mistakes, legal or local bias, laziness, political or personal agenda's more often than we realize, only repeatedly, re-victimize families or people we love or that love us. What followed the gruesome, senseless, slaying of Jack Humphrey was one of the most shocking, cruel and riveting persecutions of a victim's family anyone could imagine. How did the murder of an honest, hard-working family man of average means, become such a politically sensitive, unsolved murder case and remain so, for over a quarter of a century? That's the billion dollar question you ultimately must answer for yourself Throughout this tumultuous journey it's clear that good men and women then and now, risk careers, their families, lives and reputations every day, either fighting for truth and justice or falling to the temptation of the oldest and still deadliest of sins: Lust, Lies, Sloth, Greed and Murder For any one left to navigate through a very tricky, risky, tedious and complex maze, filled with paper and people, Justice for Jack is a must read
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1598588621
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Sqi Taylor (pronounced SKY) has lived an amazing life, including over ten years of work in law-enforcement, 20 years working with both juvenile and adult offenders and being a foster parent to over 60 youth. She has worked with prisons, directed two non-profit agencies, owned her own business and was once nominated as a "Woman of Distinction" in her community. In Casper, Wyoming she and a handful of believers founded a Therapeutic Riding Academy for people with physical, mental, emotional, financial or spiritual disabilities. Her pen name is an "on-air name" her daughter Lacy gave her, while working as a radio personality as a second job to make ends meet. Interestingly enough, "Sqi" was a female action hero in a card collection of crime fighting characters. Writing mostly as a passionate hobby for over 30 years, this was the "ONE" story she was absolutely compelled to share with the world. A tantalizing, 23 year-old unsolved homicide case, turned into over six years of research, ultimately leading back to a much older unsolved murder in Wyoming in 1949 and a mysterious death in Oklahoma in the 1970's. Eventually, all roads led back to, or were connected with the person who was finally arrested, tried and convicted of Jack Humphrey's murder, nearly twenty-nine years after his death. Whenever innocent blood is spilled in a cold, bizarre manner the emotional, mental and physical devastation is made even greater by either intentional or unintentional actions we naturally blame on "the system." Sad to say, it's not the system, just some people in it, the choices and decisions they make. Mishaps, mistakes, legal or local bias, laziness, political or personal agenda's more often than we realize, only repeatedly, re-victimize families or people we love or that love us. What followed the gruesome, senseless, slaying of Jack Humphrey was one of the most shocking, cruel and riveting persecutions of a victim's family anyone could imagine. How did the murder of an honest, hard-working family man of average means, become such a politically sensitive, unsolved murder case and remain so, for over a quarter of a century? That's the billion dollar question you ultimately must answer for yourself Throughout this tumultuous journey it's clear that good men and women then and now, risk careers, their families, lives and reputations every day, either fighting for truth and justice or falling to the temptation of the oldest and still deadliest of sins: Lust, Lies, Sloth, Greed and Murder For any one left to navigate through a very tricky, risky, tedious and complex maze, filled with paper and people, Justice for Jack is a must read
No One Noticed Ralph
Author: Bonnie Bishop
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385121590
Category : Easy
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An independent parrot flies out into the world to meet people but no one notices him until he spots a fire and saves the day.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385121590
Category : Easy
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
An independent parrot flies out into the world to meet people but no one notices him until he spots a fire and saves the day.
Bonnie & Ben Rhyme Again
Author: Mem Fox
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
ISBN: 1534453520
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Come along as a pair of rhyme-loving siblings take a walk and are inspired to recite their favorite nursery rhymes to the world around them in this sweet and funny read-aloud. Bonnie and Ben are two rambunctious siblings who love to rhyme. One day, on a walk with their friend Skinny Doug, they recite beloved nursery rhymes for each new thing they encounter. When they reach a hill, they recite “Jack and Jill.” When they see a sheep, they recount the story of “Little Bo Peep.” The nursery rhyme characters join them on their lively walk until, with a last “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” the pair arrive home and snuggle into bed.
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
ISBN: 1534453520
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Come along as a pair of rhyme-loving siblings take a walk and are inspired to recite their favorite nursery rhymes to the world around them in this sweet and funny read-aloud. Bonnie and Ben are two rambunctious siblings who love to rhyme. One day, on a walk with their friend Skinny Doug, they recite beloved nursery rhymes for each new thing they encounter. When they reach a hill, they recite “Jack and Jill.” When they see a sheep, they recount the story of “Little Bo Peep.” The nursery rhyme characters join them on their lively walk until, with a last “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” the pair arrive home and snuggle into bed.
Outcast
Author: Cheryl Brooks
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402249802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted. Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and anti-female. He emigrates to a new planet but can only find a job with a female rancher. Bonnie's boyfriend has left with all their money and she needs help with the ranch. Lynx is cynical, but honest, and though he has made it clear that he wants no part of a romantic relationship, Bonnie can't resist him. She finds out about his impotence and becomes determined not to let such a beautiful and sensual young man go to waste. The fourth book in wildly popular Cat Star Chronicles, a paranormal romance series featuring heroes with a feline gene that gives them remarkable sexual powers. The Cat Star Chronicles: Slave (Book 1) Warrior (Book 2) Rogue (Book 3) Outcast (Book 4) Fugitive (Book 5) Hero (Book 6) Virgin (Book 7) Stud (Book 8) Wildcat (Book 9) Rebel (Book 10) Praise for Cheryl Brooks: "Brooks presents a nice futuristic story with some interesting worlds and Aliens in this Cat Star Chronicles offering. Fascinating world customs, a bit of a mystery and the relationship between the hero and heroine make this a very sensual romance... the hero is quite interesting, and the heroine a strong, independent woman." —The Romantic Times "A compelling tale of danger, intrigue, and sizzling romance!"—Candace Havens, author of Like a Charm
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402249802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted. Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and anti-female. He emigrates to a new planet but can only find a job with a female rancher. Bonnie's boyfriend has left with all their money and she needs help with the ranch. Lynx is cynical, but honest, and though he has made it clear that he wants no part of a romantic relationship, Bonnie can't resist him. She finds out about his impotence and becomes determined not to let such a beautiful and sensual young man go to waste. The fourth book in wildly popular Cat Star Chronicles, a paranormal romance series featuring heroes with a feline gene that gives them remarkable sexual powers. The Cat Star Chronicles: Slave (Book 1) Warrior (Book 2) Rogue (Book 3) Outcast (Book 4) Fugitive (Book 5) Hero (Book 6) Virgin (Book 7) Stud (Book 8) Wildcat (Book 9) Rebel (Book 10) Praise for Cheryl Brooks: "Brooks presents a nice futuristic story with some interesting worlds and Aliens in this Cat Star Chronicles offering. Fascinating world customs, a bit of a mystery and the relationship between the hero and heroine make this a very sensual romance... the hero is quite interesting, and the heroine a strong, independent woman." —The Romantic Times "A compelling tale of danger, intrigue, and sizzling romance!"—Candace Havens, author of Like a Charm
My Bonny Light Horseman
Author: Louis A. Meyer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152061878
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
While trying to run a respectable shipping business in 1806, teenaged Jacky Faber finds herself in France, spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0152061878
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
While trying to run a respectable shipping business in 1806, teenaged Jacky Faber finds herself in France, spying for the British Crown in order to save her friends.
The Bones of Jack
Author: Bill Lindsay
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453577688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
If you like Springheeled Jack, read my book, The Bones of Jack. chimney sweep and rat catcher find the remains of the infamous villan.Bill and Jeremy are hard working, young men, living in London at the turn of the century. They both hope for a better way of life and to move up socially. A being is about to enter their lives who will change things for them. But, will he be a blessing or a curse? Because of this being, both will begin double lives and risk being on the other side of the law. By assimilating him, they will have excitement and fame, but what they really want is a way to make money from knowing his secrets.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453577688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
If you like Springheeled Jack, read my book, The Bones of Jack. chimney sweep and rat catcher find the remains of the infamous villan.Bill and Jeremy are hard working, young men, living in London at the turn of the century. They both hope for a better way of life and to move up socially. A being is about to enter their lives who will change things for them. But, will he be a blessing or a curse? Because of this being, both will begin double lives and risk being on the other side of the law. By assimilating him, they will have excitement and fame, but what they really want is a way to make money from knowing his secrets.
A Villianous Spite
Author: Mike Connor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728354307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Cabbington is usually a quiet town hidden in North London, this is why Jack Landon chose it. A perfect place to hide as he worries over keeping the powerful robot, he inherited, a secret. He comes across an injured father whose trying to rescue his kidnapped son. Jack takes pity on the mortally wounded man and agrees to rescue his son. By choosing a shortcut, Jack faces disaster as he’s whisked away to another world. The planet Gronoldva has been damaged by a war. Now he must survive being cut off from everyone and everything he knows. Learning to survive on the ravaged world is fraught with peril, the dinosaurs here still live. Ionopuric Bexatrocs are lethal and the town Jack finds is being terrorised by the biggest one. Nearly everything is in ruins with no means to destroy the beast. Having to rough it is one thing, getting to grips with the odd culture is difficult. Can he find a way back home and carry out his quest?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728354307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Cabbington is usually a quiet town hidden in North London, this is why Jack Landon chose it. A perfect place to hide as he worries over keeping the powerful robot, he inherited, a secret. He comes across an injured father whose trying to rescue his kidnapped son. Jack takes pity on the mortally wounded man and agrees to rescue his son. By choosing a shortcut, Jack faces disaster as he’s whisked away to another world. The planet Gronoldva has been damaged by a war. Now he must survive being cut off from everyone and everything he knows. Learning to survive on the ravaged world is fraught with peril, the dinosaurs here still live. Ionopuric Bexatrocs are lethal and the town Jack finds is being terrorised by the biggest one. Nearly everything is in ruins with no means to destroy the beast. Having to rough it is one thing, getting to grips with the odd culture is difficult. Can he find a way back home and carry out his quest?
Until I Find You
Author: John Irving
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father, William Burns. From Copenhagen to Amsterdam, William, a brilliant church organist and profligate womanizer, is always a step ahead – has always just departed in a wave of scandal, with a new tattoo somewhere on his body from a local master or “scratcher.” Alice and Jack abandon their quest, and Jack is educated at schools in Canada and New England – including, tellingly, a girls’ school in Toronto. His real education consists of his relationships with older women – from Emma Oastler, who initiates him into erotic life, to the girls of St. Hilda’s, with whom he first appears on stage, to the abusive Mrs. Machado, whom he first meets when sent to learn wrestling at a local gym. Too much happens in this expansive, eventful novel to possibly summarize it all. Emma and Jack move to Los Angeles, where Emma becomes a successful novelist and Jack a promising actor. A host of eccentric minor characters memorably come and go, including Jack’s hilariously confused teacher the Wurtz; Michelle Maher, the girlfriend he will never forget; and a precocious child Jack finds in the back of an Audi in a restaurant parking lot. We learn about tattoo addiction and movie cross-dressing, “sleeping in the needles” and the cure for cauliflower ears. And John Irving renders his protagonist’s unusual rise through Hollywood with the same vivid detail and range of emotions he gives to the organ music Jack hears as a child in European churches. This is an absorbing and moving book about obsession and loss, truth and storytelling, the signs we carry on us and inside us, the traces we can’t get rid of. Jack has always lived in the shadow of his absent father. But as he grows older – and when his mother dies – he starts to doubt the portrait of his father’s character she painted for him when he was a child. This is the cue for a second journey around Europe in search of his father, from Edinburgh to Switzerland, towards a conclusion of great emotional force. A melancholy tale of deception, Until I Find You is also a swaggering comic novel, a giant tapestry of life’s hopes. It is a masterpiece to compare with John Irving’s great novels, and restates the author’s claim to be considered the most glorious, comic, moving novelist at work today.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 849
Book Description
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns – his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father, William Burns. From Copenhagen to Amsterdam, William, a brilliant church organist and profligate womanizer, is always a step ahead – has always just departed in a wave of scandal, with a new tattoo somewhere on his body from a local master or “scratcher.” Alice and Jack abandon their quest, and Jack is educated at schools in Canada and New England – including, tellingly, a girls’ school in Toronto. His real education consists of his relationships with older women – from Emma Oastler, who initiates him into erotic life, to the girls of St. Hilda’s, with whom he first appears on stage, to the abusive Mrs. Machado, whom he first meets when sent to learn wrestling at a local gym. Too much happens in this expansive, eventful novel to possibly summarize it all. Emma and Jack move to Los Angeles, where Emma becomes a successful novelist and Jack a promising actor. A host of eccentric minor characters memorably come and go, including Jack’s hilariously confused teacher the Wurtz; Michelle Maher, the girlfriend he will never forget; and a precocious child Jack finds in the back of an Audi in a restaurant parking lot. We learn about tattoo addiction and movie cross-dressing, “sleeping in the needles” and the cure for cauliflower ears. And John Irving renders his protagonist’s unusual rise through Hollywood with the same vivid detail and range of emotions he gives to the organ music Jack hears as a child in European churches. This is an absorbing and moving book about obsession and loss, truth and storytelling, the signs we carry on us and inside us, the traces we can’t get rid of. Jack has always lived in the shadow of his absent father. But as he grows older – and when his mother dies – he starts to doubt the portrait of his father’s character she painted for him when he was a child. This is the cue for a second journey around Europe in search of his father, from Edinburgh to Switzerland, towards a conclusion of great emotional force. A melancholy tale of deception, Until I Find You is also a swaggering comic novel, a giant tapestry of life’s hopes. It is a masterpiece to compare with John Irving’s great novels, and restates the author’s claim to be considered the most glorious, comic, moving novelist at work today.