Author: John Irving
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501189298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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John Irving’s fifteenth novel is “powerfully cinematic” (The Washington Post) and “eminently readable” (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time—among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the “generously intertextual” (The New York Times) The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night books
ISBN: 1649070551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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Grab your helmet and buckle your ski boots, it’s time to hit the powdery slopes! This frosty board book takes young skiers swooshing down the snowy trails and celebrates ski-town life, including ski equipment, T-bars, chair lifts, gondolas, bunny slopes, ski jumps, moguls, ski instructors, ski lodges, cross country skiing, cozy clothing, and more. Come join the wintery fun! This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. This charming board book takes young skiers on a magical journey around a ski town.
Author: Trish Clark
Publisher: Paratus Press
ISBN: 0646485202
Category : Abbeys
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Travellers and pilgrims seeking a unique experience can now uncover the ancient secrets of convents and monasteries around Europe. We reveal these atmospheric and affordable places that accommodate tourists or those pursuing a pilgrimage or spiritual retreat. Suitable for the traveller, the pious and the curious alike, this user-friendly travel guide provides accommodation, local tourist information, places of pilgrimage, travel tid-bits and anecdotes against a fascinating backdrop of history and religion.
Author: Brian Way
Publisher: Baker's Plays
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Author: J.C. Jeanes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483445100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Evil haunts the halls of a Georgia plantation mansion named Pike House. The rich and powerful Gordon family, who live there, greedily protect their dark secrets. The family is plagued by a terrifying curse and and an evil force that has stalked the corrupt family for generations. The evil has come for its final retribution and this time it will not be denied. The catalyst for the family's downfall is Anna, an outsider. Anna travels with John Crawford to meet his cousin, Addison Booker Gordon, the patriarch of the Gordon clan and Addisons extended family who live at the mansion. Anna finds herself entangled in the terrifying web of supernatural events swirling around the Gordon family. She feels the presence of evil and witnesses the annihilation of the family as the evil consumes the souls of those who live in Pike House.
Author: Paul Hutchens
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 157567758X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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The Sugar Creek Gang heads west for the Aspen Music Festival in the beautiful Colorado Rockies. They enjoy a world class rodeo, and they even get to meet the famous rodeo cowboy, Cranberry Jones. A scenic, chair-lift ride leads to the solution of a missing woman mystery. Witness with the Sugar Creek Gang God's ability to turn tragedy into triumph when people surrender their lives to Him. The Sugar Creek Gang series chronicles the faith-building adventures of a group of fun-loving, courageous Christian boys. These classic stories have been inspiring children to grow in their faith for more than five decades. More than three million copies later, children continue to grow up relating to members of the gang as they struggle with the application of their Christian faith to the adventure of life. Now that these stories have been updated for a new generation, you and your child can join in the Sugar Creek excitement. Paul Hutchen's memories of childhood adventures around the fishing hole, the swimming hole, the island, and the woods that surround Indiana's Sugar Creek inspired these beloved tales.
Author: Eileen Helen Clements
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Author: Isaac Shabtay
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0992135508
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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During the spring-summer of 2013, I was following Mark Knopfler's "Privateering" concert tour in Europe, attending all 70 concerts in 23 countries. This book is a printed edition of an online diary I was keeping throughout the entire journey, containing an honest, open, and unedited account of what has been going through the mind of an individual crossing the Old Continent following his favourite musical group.
Author: Anne Louise Bannon
Publisher: Healcroft House, Publishers
ISBN: 1948616173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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From the popular romantic serial fiction blog - a story of two people desperately trying not to fall in love with each other. He's the newly inaugurated president of the United States. She's one of his top aides. Both Mark Jerguessen and Sharon Wheatly have many good reasons why they do not want that kind of relationship. Mark is a little busy running the country, and he has some secrets from his tragic past that could put Sharon in danger. Sharon has already had her time in the public eye and wants nothing more to do with it. The problem is, she comes from a high-powered, extremely talented family. Her older brother Michael is a rock star. Her younger sisters all excel in their fields. Sharon is pretty talented, herself, speaking ten different languages fluently and skilled in working with governments. She loves high-powered guys. But it's not the right time, never mind that Mark's sister and Sharon's colleagues are all conspiring to get the couple together.
Author: Robert Schoenfeld
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481766538
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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This is an unusual and fascinating journey taken by Doctor Robert Schoenfeld to obtain his medical degree in the mid and latter part of the 1950s. In pursuit of his goals, he found himself facing difficult and seemingly impossible obstacles. The story follows Bob from his last year at College, through medical school in Europe and then to his return to Switzerland as Doctor Robert Schoenfeld, decades later. It describes in detail, all the ups and downs during his almost six years as a medical student. He has included many photographs of events and places that are described in the text, which gives the reader a better understanding of his adventures, as well as the magnificent and enthralling scenery that surrounded him during his exciting years abroad. As a college student, if Bob were asked if he could go to a foreign medical school, live in a land where the languages were unfamiliar, where the medical courses were given in either French or German, (which he could neither speak nor understand) and all examinations were oral and yet graduate on time with his doctorate, he would undoubtedly say, youre crazy, it cant be done! Take the trip with Doctor Schoenfeld, and read about the problems he encountered. Enjoy the laughs, and discover the drama, romance, and also the despair, that almost drove him to leave and to what actually made him stay and finally persevere. Go, Over There, and read this very colorful and captivating true human interest story. Doctor Schoenfeld founded and ran a successful group practice on Long Island for the past forty years, and has only recently been semi-retired. He maintains a strong interest in photography and has had two successful photographic exhibits in one of New York Citys most prestigious art galleries, The National Art Club, in Gramercy Park. He married Ursula his Swiss Miss and has three children and four grandchildren, and yes, it all began with a voyage to, Over There
