Author: Alicia Kaner
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781848761643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This is an edited collection of love letters written in 1966-67 between Stephen Merrett, a young British academic based in Delhi and Alicia Kaner, an Argentinian student. The couple begin corresponding as friends and the reader is swept along as they flirt, fight and fall in love on the page. The tension of whether their romance will succeed is maintained until the final pages and their letters are a delight to read; witty and perceptive about politics, culture and family life in India, Argentina and Britain.
Darling Alicia
Author: Alicia Kaner
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781848761643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This is an edited collection of love letters written in 1966-67 between Stephen Merrett, a young British academic based in Delhi and Alicia Kaner, an Argentinian student. The couple begin corresponding as friends and the reader is swept along as they flirt, fight and fall in love on the page. The tension of whether their romance will succeed is maintained until the final pages and their letters are a delight to read; witty and perceptive about politics, culture and family life in India, Argentina and Britain.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781848761643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This is an edited collection of love letters written in 1966-67 between Stephen Merrett, a young British academic based in Delhi and Alicia Kaner, an Argentinian student. The couple begin corresponding as friends and the reader is swept along as they flirt, fight and fall in love on the page. The tension of whether their romance will succeed is maintained until the final pages and their letters are a delight to read; witty and perceptive about politics, culture and family life in India, Argentina and Britain.
Chase Me, Comrade!
Author: Ray Cooney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780900354090
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780900354090
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Appleton's Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Cy Whittaker's Place
Author: Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Two
Author: Patricia Wentworth
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504054393
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 931
Book Description
The British governess-turned-sleuth solves three of her most intriguing cases, in this “timelessly charming” series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess and teacher Maud Silver has found a new calling: private detection. With her knitting needles and fondness for Tennyson, she may seem an unlikely sleuth, but Scotland Yard would be lost without her. “Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything” (Paula Gosling, author of the Jack Stryker Mysteries). In the Balance: On a train back to London, Miss Silver meets a frightened new bride. Lisle Jerningham has fled her home after overhearing a seemingly sinister conversation. Her husband’s first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now he’s broke again. Will he attempt a second convenient mishap? The Chinese Shawl: Actress Tanis Lyle may lack professional training, but her natural charisma seems to hypnotize all who meet her. The rising star has just finished filming her first motion picture. Unfortunately, it will turn out to be her last. Who did Tanis fail to charm? The answer could lie with a distant cousin and a long-standing family feud. Miss Silver Deals with Death: In wartime London, the once grand Vandeleur House has been divided into flats, its glorious façade now concealing a nest of intrigue. When one inhabitant reports she’s being blackmailed by another, Miss Silver is brought in to sort out the suspects from the residents, which include a woman who lost her fiancé after their ship was struck by a Nazi torpedo and a sleepwalking maid with a curious past.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504054393
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 931
Book Description
The British governess-turned-sleuth solves three of her most intriguing cases, in this “timelessly charming” series (Charlotte MacLeod). Retired governess and teacher Maud Silver has found a new calling: private detection. With her knitting needles and fondness for Tennyson, she may seem an unlikely sleuth, but Scotland Yard would be lost without her. “Patricia Wentworth has created a great detective in Miss Silver, the little old lady who nobody notices, but who in turn notices everything” (Paula Gosling, author of the Jack Stryker Mysteries). In the Balance: On a train back to London, Miss Silver meets a frightened new bride. Lisle Jerningham has fled her home after overhearing a seemingly sinister conversation. Her husband’s first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now he’s broke again. Will he attempt a second convenient mishap? The Chinese Shawl: Actress Tanis Lyle may lack professional training, but her natural charisma seems to hypnotize all who meet her. The rising star has just finished filming her first motion picture. Unfortunately, it will turn out to be her last. Who did Tanis fail to charm? The answer could lie with a distant cousin and a long-standing family feud. Miss Silver Deals with Death: In wartime London, the once grand Vandeleur House has been divided into flats, its glorious façade now concealing a nest of intrigue. When one inhabitant reports she’s being blackmailed by another, Miss Silver is brought in to sort out the suspects from the residents, which include a woman who lost her fiancé after their ship was struck by a Nazi torpedo and a sleepwalking maid with a curious past.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Author: Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387025092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387025092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Good Bohemian
Author: Michael Holroyd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408873605
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Captivatingly fresh and intimate letters from Augustus John's first wife, Ida, reveal the untold story of married life with one of the great artists of the last century. Twelve days before her twenty-fourth birthday, on the foggy morning of Saturday 12 January 1901, Ida Nettleship married Augustus John in a private ceremony at St Pancras Registry Office. The union went against the wishes of Ida's parents, who aspired to an altogether more conventional match for their eldest daughter. But Ida was in love with Augustus, a man of exceptional magnetism also studying at the Slade, and who would become one of the most famous artists of his time. Ida's letters – to friends, to family and to Augustus – reveal a young woman of passion, intensity and wit. They tell of the scandal she brought on the Nettleship family and its consquences; of hurt and betrayal as the marriage evolved into a three-way affair when Augustus fell in love with another woman, Dorelia; of Ida's remarkable acceptance of Dorelia, their pregnancies and shared domesticity; of self-doubt, happiness and despair; and of finding the strength and courage to compromise and navigate her unorthodox marriage. Ida is a naturally gifted writer, and it is with a candour, intimacy and social intelligence extraordinary for a woman of her period that her correspondence opens up her world. Ida John died aged just thirty of puerperal fever following the birth of her fifth son, but in these vivid, funny and sometimes devastatingly sad letters she is startlingly alive on the page; a young woman ahead of her time – almost of our own time – living a complex and compelling drama here revealed for the first time by the woman at its very heart.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408873605
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Captivatingly fresh and intimate letters from Augustus John's first wife, Ida, reveal the untold story of married life with one of the great artists of the last century. Twelve days before her twenty-fourth birthday, on the foggy morning of Saturday 12 January 1901, Ida Nettleship married Augustus John in a private ceremony at St Pancras Registry Office. The union went against the wishes of Ida's parents, who aspired to an altogether more conventional match for their eldest daughter. But Ida was in love with Augustus, a man of exceptional magnetism also studying at the Slade, and who would become one of the most famous artists of his time. Ida's letters – to friends, to family and to Augustus – reveal a young woman of passion, intensity and wit. They tell of the scandal she brought on the Nettleship family and its consquences; of hurt and betrayal as the marriage evolved into a three-way affair when Augustus fell in love with another woman, Dorelia; of Ida's remarkable acceptance of Dorelia, their pregnancies and shared domesticity; of self-doubt, happiness and despair; and of finding the strength and courage to compromise and navigate her unorthodox marriage. Ida is a naturally gifted writer, and it is with a candour, intimacy and social intelligence extraordinary for a woman of her period that her correspondence opens up her world. Ida John died aged just thirty of puerperal fever following the birth of her fifth son, but in these vivid, funny and sometimes devastatingly sad letters she is startlingly alive on the page; a young woman ahead of her time – almost of our own time – living a complex and compelling drama here revealed for the first time by the woman at its very heart.
In the Balance
Author: Patricia Wentworth
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453223657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
His first wife died suddenly—and his wealthy new bride may be about to meet a similar fate . . . Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into her compartment. She’s beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and wealthy—a lethal combination. In a state of shock, Lisle Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry after overhearing a sinister conversation. Her new husband’s first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now, he’s broke again—and attempting to engineer a second convenient mishap. Miss Silver is unsure whether the drama is real or a figment of Lisle’s imagination—but if this frightened young lady is a target for murder, the killer will have to deal with the governess-turned-sleuth first. Starring a mature sleuth who “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot”, In the Balance is a classic British mystery (Manchester Evening News).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453223657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
His first wife died suddenly—and his wealthy new bride may be about to meet a similar fate . . . Former schoolteacher Miss Maud Silver is on her way back to London when, with a violent shudder of the train, a young woman is thrust into her compartment. She’s beautiful, well dressed, newly married, and wealthy—a lethal combination. In a state of shock, Lisle Jerningham explains that she fled her home in a hurry after overhearing a sinister conversation. Her new husband’s first wife died in an apparent accident, and the resultant infusion of cash saved his family home. Now, he’s broke again—and attempting to engineer a second convenient mishap. Miss Silver is unsure whether the drama is real or a figment of Lisle’s imagination—but if this frightened young lady is a target for murder, the killer will have to deal with the governess-turned-sleuth first. Starring a mature sleuth who “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot”, In the Balance is a classic British mystery (Manchester Evening News).
You are Mine
Author: Delia King
Publisher: Elm Hill
ISBN: 1400330459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Millionaire architect Marcelo Sanchez and his wife Jessica an interior decorator did not want a child of their own while they’re living an aristocrat lifestyle. Unexpectedly, Jessica was devastated when she found out that she was pregnant. She was forced to carry her child due to her husband’s family background and later, she gave birth to a beautiful girl, Alicia. Alicia was raised by her nanny while Marcelo and Jessica had continuously kept themselves busy with their work they enjoy doing to maintain their high class lifestyle and never had put any attention to their one only child, but to push money into her purse and showered her with material things the best that money can get to mask their absences and the lack of moral support as a parent. Few years later, Alicia realized she was an unwanted child and longed to be loved and at fifteen she met Christian, a handsome young man and both fell in love, but they split up after their short but happy intimacy with their difference--Alicia was too young to have a serious relationship and Christian was determined to concentrate his studies and wanted to pursue his chosen career that would take him four years in another island in Davao City, Philippines. Despite of Alicia’s parent’s millionaire’s status, she moved on and found love from her old classmate Josef and after their friendship had blossomed into romance and got engaged to be married. And as their grand wedding was fast approaching, Christian returned after four years and never have forgotten the young Alicia to whom he fell in love with from the first time he set his eyes on her. His unconditional love remained and ready to rebuild his relationship with her. This put Alicia in a difficult situation not only to make decision between her two lovers, but also to endure all the pressure from her parents forcing her to persevere with the wedding as planned.
Publisher: Elm Hill
ISBN: 1400330459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Millionaire architect Marcelo Sanchez and his wife Jessica an interior decorator did not want a child of their own while they’re living an aristocrat lifestyle. Unexpectedly, Jessica was devastated when she found out that she was pregnant. She was forced to carry her child due to her husband’s family background and later, she gave birth to a beautiful girl, Alicia. Alicia was raised by her nanny while Marcelo and Jessica had continuously kept themselves busy with their work they enjoy doing to maintain their high class lifestyle and never had put any attention to their one only child, but to push money into her purse and showered her with material things the best that money can get to mask their absences and the lack of moral support as a parent. Few years later, Alicia realized she was an unwanted child and longed to be loved and at fifteen she met Christian, a handsome young man and both fell in love, but they split up after their short but happy intimacy with their difference--Alicia was too young to have a serious relationship and Christian was determined to concentrate his studies and wanted to pursue his chosen career that would take him four years in another island in Davao City, Philippines. Despite of Alicia’s parent’s millionaire’s status, she moved on and found love from her old classmate Josef and after their friendship had blossomed into romance and got engaged to be married. And as their grand wedding was fast approaching, Christian returned after four years and never have forgotten the young Alicia to whom he fell in love with from the first time he set his eyes on her. His unconditional love remained and ready to rebuild his relationship with her. This put Alicia in a difficult situation not only to make decision between her two lovers, but also to endure all the pressure from her parents forcing her to persevere with the wedding as planned.
Match Penalty
Author: James E. Wollrab
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595132855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Inside a hidden missile launch facility in northeastern Iran, conservative revolutionaries plan to discredit the reformist government by firing a long range nuclear missile at Israel, a missile to be guided by a stolen American guidance system. The conspirators use the Russian Mafia working out of Canada to obtain the system from an American defense contractor. The planned Jihad begins to falter when spiritual forces thousands of miles apart sound warnings to their believers. In response, the Organizatsiya dispatches its ruthless crime boss, The Dark Man, to Canada to salvage the conspiracy and eliminate two maverick members of the syndicate. The task of preventing the missile launch ultimately falls to American DEA Agent Josef Gerona and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. While trying to foil The Dark Man’s plans and save a Russian artist and his brother, a professional hockey player, they find the mystical intervention of an Indian medicine man and a voodoo priestess indispensable, yet unexplainable.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595132855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Inside a hidden missile launch facility in northeastern Iran, conservative revolutionaries plan to discredit the reformist government by firing a long range nuclear missile at Israel, a missile to be guided by a stolen American guidance system. The conspirators use the Russian Mafia working out of Canada to obtain the system from an American defense contractor. The planned Jihad begins to falter when spiritual forces thousands of miles apart sound warnings to their believers. In response, the Organizatsiya dispatches its ruthless crime boss, The Dark Man, to Canada to salvage the conspiracy and eliminate two maverick members of the syndicate. The task of preventing the missile launch ultimately falls to American DEA Agent Josef Gerona and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. While trying to foil The Dark Man’s plans and save a Russian artist and his brother, a professional hockey player, they find the mystical intervention of an Indian medicine man and a voodoo priestess indispensable, yet unexplainable.