Author: Mary Jane Staples
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 144648839X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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It was June 1916 when Sergeant Boots Adams of the Royal West Kents, together with his men, was billeted on the Descartes farm in Northern France. It was a short break from the turmoil and horror of the trenches, and Boots and his men, in return for their free billeting, were to help the farmer in his fields. It came as something of a surprise to discover that the land was being managed by a young French war widow, Cecile Lacoste and, to the distant sound of guns, a brief wartime friendship flared between Boots and Cecile. The friendship was cut brutally short when, once more, the West Kents were called back to the trenches and Boots suffered an injury that was to take him home to London, to Sammy and Chinese Lady, and all the valiant cockney friends of Walworth who were to help him through the darkest period of his life. It was to be many years before Boots' friend, Miss Polly Simms, visiting the old battle haunts of France, stumbled once more upon the Descartes farm, and the memories of the past were rekindled.
Author: Lance Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781587901263
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Preserved on the pages of this book are the histories of many people who have walked the land of Elk Grove, Sacramento County California at various times from the 1850s through some of the earliest years of the 21st century. The book was a private project by Elk Grove Citizen Lifestyle Editor Lance Armstrong, who spent more than three years collecting historical information via interviews, historical records and compiling one of Elk Groves most extensive collections of historical photographs. The book itself includes more than 1,200 of these images. As the first book ever written entirely about the history of Elk Grove, Echoes of yesterday chronicles various sites of the area and reveals its connection to agriculture and several well-known historical places and events such as the Monterey Trail, the Bear Flag Revolt and the first county free library in California. People mentioned in the book include a Pony Express rider, survivors and rescuers of the Donner Party, and the land and title attorney of the Big Four, who engineered the building of the Central pacific railroad, the western portion of the first Transcontinental Railroad. The 38 chapters of this book include: ELk Grove High School, Amundsons Theaters, the Elk Grove Airport, Bobs Club, Foulks Ranch, Elk Grove Regional Park, the Elk Grove Cemetery and the Odd Fellows Building. Echoes of Yesterday has been described as a must have book for residents ofElk Grove and is certainly a great asset for anyone interested in reading about the Gold Rush era to modern day history is California.
Author: Mary Jane Staples
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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Author: Nomi Berger
Publisher: New York : Playboy Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780872167773
Category : Canadian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Author: Penny Jordan
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459284909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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He Knew HerDark Secrets… Tragedy had befallen Rosie when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old, and the worst thing about the experience was being caught by Jake Lucas, who clearly thought Rosie was a tramp. Since then Rosie had resolutely concentrated on building up a successful career and had allowed no one to guess that there was another woman behind the cheerful face she showed to the world. But Jake had entered her life again, and he wasn't about to let her forget the past. There seemed to be no way of avoiding the inevitable confrontation. Would it shatter Rosie's life all over again?
Author: Penny Jordan
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1743698674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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Tragedy had befallen Rosie when she was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old, and the worst thing about the experience was being caught by Jake Lucas, who clearly thought Rosie was a tramp. Since then Rosie had resolutely concentrated on building up a successful career and had allowed no one to guess that there was another woman behind the cheerful face she showed to the world. But Jake had entered her life again, and he wasn't about to let her forget the past. There seemed to be no way of avoiding the inevitable confrontation. Would it shatter Rosie's life all over again? Originally published in 1993
Author: Erminie Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Author: Amanda M. Biancardi
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595370470
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Each person has a story to tell. Even in the most similar of circumstances life always leaves a custom ceil on the soul. It's almost as if we are all standing around, and looking through a great bay window gazing upon a single tree at the top of a hill, footed with a collection of shrubs and grass. The echoes of our past, present, and future color our vision. While you may be enjoying a vivid memory of a walk in the park, full of bright green trees and ocean blue skies, your neighbor indulges within a plethora of poignant memories full of emptiness. As others gather round the window they may see: fear, light, or even hope of salvation. Often while peering through our own window of life different circumstances can leave anyone in another neck of the woods. Though, no matter how peculiar, lonely, or wonderful your walk has become, always. remember your past, embrace your present, and thrive for everything tomorrow will let you become. Enjoy this heartwarming combination of collaborating short stories and poetry that will surely relate to everyone's Echoes of Yesterday.
Author: Mary Jane Staples
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446488292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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There was a new family in Browning Street, Walworth - the Harrisons. Respectable and well-behaved, the only thing unusual about them was that Mr Harrison was never there. He was a sailor, said Ma Harrison, away fighting pirates in the China Seas. Actually, 'Knocker' Harrison was in Marsham Gaol - he had unfortunately burgled a lady's suite when she happened to be there. Pa wasn't really a very good burglar. When young Nick Harrison, eldest son and heir of Ma and Knocker, met Annabelle Somers he found himself in a very difficult situation. For seventeen-year-old Annabelle was a peach of a girl, was related to the highly respectable Adams family, and was really quite keen on Nick, very interested in him and in his family. What with keeping Annabelle at arm's length in case she found out about Pa, and with the problems of running the Browning Street Rovers football team (the ball was owned by Chrissie Evans who laid down her own rules about the team) Nick sometimes wondered if his life would ever be sorted out.
Author: Beverly Clark
Publisher: Genesis PressInc
ISBN: 9781585711314
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Singer Tammy Gibson, blinded in an accident at age fifteen, is haunted by the man that caused it, David. Years later they meet again and sparks fly. But can she really distinguish the man that stole her sight from the man she wants to love?
