Author: Nancy Brashear
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509234659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
It's the summer of 1962, middle of the Cold War, and the O'Brien family has moved off-grid to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. After all, the desert has to be a safer place to raise a family than the crime-ridden city, and there they can build a new future. But evil also stalks dusty desert roads, and eight-year-old Nonni finds herself harboring a terrible secret: Only she can identify the predator who has been terrorizing the community. And he knows where she lives.
Gunnysack Hell
Author: Nancy Brashear
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509234659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
It's the summer of 1962, middle of the Cold War, and the O'Brien family has moved off-grid to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. After all, the desert has to be a safer place to raise a family than the crime-ridden city, and there they can build a new future. But evil also stalks dusty desert roads, and eight-year-old Nonni finds herself harboring a terrible secret: Only she can identify the predator who has been terrorizing the community. And he knows where she lives.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509234659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
It's the summer of 1962, middle of the Cold War, and the O'Brien family has moved off-grid to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. After all, the desert has to be a safer place to raise a family than the crime-ridden city, and there they can build a new future. But evil also stalks dusty desert roads, and eight-year-old Nonni finds herself harboring a terrible secret: Only she can identify the predator who has been terrorizing the community. And he knows where she lives.
The Gunny Sack
Author: Moyez Vassanji
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1837930422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 Commonwealth First Novel Prize (Africa). The Gunny Sack follows the bizarre tale of an old and unremarkable bag and the life changing secrets within it. In exile from Tanzania, Salim Juma is given a gunny sack by his beloved, but strange, great-aunt. The bag takes him back to his childhood, when he was first mesmerised by the peculiar mementos inside. He soon begins to piece together the stories hidden within, only to discover the truth behind a fateful series of events that changed his family forever. The stories that follow stretch across four generations of Salim's family, tracing their footsteps and unravelling their loves, betrayals, and incredible misadventures. The Gunny Sack is an extraordinary chronicle into the experiences of Indian migrants in Africa as they struggled under changing power structures, from German invasions to British colonialism.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1837930422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 Commonwealth First Novel Prize (Africa). The Gunny Sack follows the bizarre tale of an old and unremarkable bag and the life changing secrets within it. In exile from Tanzania, Salim Juma is given a gunny sack by his beloved, but strange, great-aunt. The bag takes him back to his childhood, when he was first mesmerised by the peculiar mementos inside. He soon begins to piece together the stories hidden within, only to discover the truth behind a fateful series of events that changed his family forever. The stories that follow stretch across four generations of Salim's family, tracing their footsteps and unravelling their loves, betrayals, and incredible misadventures. The Gunny Sack is an extraordinary chronicle into the experiences of Indian migrants in Africa as they struggled under changing power structures, from German invasions to British colonialism.
Rag Lady
Author: Susie Black
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509249982
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Holly Schlivnik dreams of being a writer, but fate has other plans. A family crisis throws her into an improbable situation and her life will never be the same. Determined to make her own luck when things don’t happen the way she plans, the irrepressible young woman takes a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling and shatters it to smithereens. The wise-cracking, irreverent transplanted Californian goes on a raucous, rollicking rollercoaster ride of hysterical adventures as a ladies' apparel sales rep traveling in the deep South and finds herself along the way.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509249982
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Holly Schlivnik dreams of being a writer, but fate has other plans. A family crisis throws her into an improbable situation and her life will never be the same. Determined to make her own luck when things don’t happen the way she plans, the irrepressible young woman takes a sledgehammer to the glass ceiling and shatters it to smithereens. The wise-cracking, irreverent transplanted Californian goes on a raucous, rollicking rollercoaster ride of hysterical adventures as a ladies' apparel sales rep traveling in the deep South and finds herself along the way.
No Hands on the Clock
Author: Geoffrey Homes
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434452247
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A fistful of cigarette butts, a ransom note, and a dead redhead catapult Humphrey Campbell into a fast murder chase.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434452247
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A fistful of cigarette butts, a ransom note, and a dead redhead catapult Humphrey Campbell into a fast murder chase.
Gone Astray
Author: Terry Korth Fischer
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509235264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A heart attack sends detective Rory Naysmith reeling. Too young to retire, he accepts a position in small-town Winterset, Nebraska. Handed an unsolved truck hijacking case, with the assistance of a rookie, Rory sets out to prove he is still able to go toe-to-toe with younger men. When the body of a Vietnam veteran turns up, he dons his fedora and spit-shines his shoes. But before he can solve the murder, an older woman disappears, followed closely by a second hijacking. He doggedly works the cases, following a thread that ties the two crimes together. But can Rory find the mental and physical strength to up his game and bring the criminals to justice before disaster strikes and he loses his job?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509235264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A heart attack sends detective Rory Naysmith reeling. Too young to retire, he accepts a position in small-town Winterset, Nebraska. Handed an unsolved truck hijacking case, with the assistance of a rookie, Rory sets out to prove he is still able to go toe-to-toe with younger men. When the body of a Vietnam veteran turns up, he dons his fedora and spit-shines his shoes. But before he can solve the murder, an older woman disappears, followed closely by a second hijacking. He doggedly works the cases, following a thread that ties the two crimes together. But can Rory find the mental and physical strength to up his game and bring the criminals to justice before disaster strikes and he loses his job?
Cam Clarke
Author: John Henry Walsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Good Shadows
Author: Carol Alwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781670177605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
She believed him when he told her some Shadows were good.When sixteen-year-old Violet Blackstone seeks to belong outside of her Christian community, she opens doors to a dark world she doesn't understand. Her parents' secret separation and conflict at church fuel her desire to find something more. She sneaks out to a party at Chuckanut House and meets Dakota Selby, the mysterious new guy at Bellingham High School who reads her tarot cards and tells her she doesn't belong. When she discovers his family owns Chuckanut House, she plans to hold her parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party there to reunite them in the beautiful mansion surrounded by forest and ocean-and to spend more time with Dakota to prove she fits into his world.Violet works her way into Dakota's life and must face the secrets and Shadows buried deep within Chuckanut House and her own family's past. Entrenched in darkness, Violet searches for light and love as she battles Shadows threatening to capture her soul.When her life falls apart, where will she turn?Winner of the 2016 Orange County Christian Writer's book proposal contestComing June 2020: Book two, The Dark ShadowsAuthorCarol Alwood grew up in the green haven of Bellingham, Washington, the setting of The Good Shadows series. Now living in Southern California, she misses the raindrops on maple leaves, so when she isn't home for a visit she writes stories that take place in her hometown. Carol adores fiction and is the author of the novelette, Ghost of a Girl. She also wrote Focused Backstory: The Key to Writing Deep Character Journeys, a newly released writing-craft book.Praise for Carol Alwood"The Good Shadows takes teen drama to a new level. Alwood's unique take on a topic typically avoided by authors of faith is compelling. Lovers of speculative fiction and contemporary YA will find this book hard to put down." -Alyssa Roat, literary agent with C.Y.L.E."The Good Shadows by Carol Alwood is the kind of story that will keep a reader up at night ingesting 'just one more chapter.' This page-turner is grounded in the characters who seem no different from teens in real life... Above all, this entertaining story provides an example and a warning regarding any involvement in the occult. This powerful theme is much needed in today's culture. I highly recommend this novel to Christian young adults, in particular." -Rebecca LuElla Miller, author, freelance editor, blogger at A Christian Worldview of Fiction"This action-filled book shows how easy it is for teens to be drawn into the 'dark side.' Alwood creates a believable world in which readers experience the consequences of the small 'steps' that lead to Violet's ultimate deception and near ruin of her soul." -Nancy Brashear, Ph.D., is the author of a psychological thriller, Gunnysack Hell, short stories including "Uncaged" and "Ready or Not!", and most recently, the poems "Cliffhanger" and "Lonely Dead."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781670177605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
She believed him when he told her some Shadows were good.When sixteen-year-old Violet Blackstone seeks to belong outside of her Christian community, she opens doors to a dark world she doesn't understand. Her parents' secret separation and conflict at church fuel her desire to find something more. She sneaks out to a party at Chuckanut House and meets Dakota Selby, the mysterious new guy at Bellingham High School who reads her tarot cards and tells her she doesn't belong. When she discovers his family owns Chuckanut House, she plans to hold her parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party there to reunite them in the beautiful mansion surrounded by forest and ocean-and to spend more time with Dakota to prove she fits into his world.Violet works her way into Dakota's life and must face the secrets and Shadows buried deep within Chuckanut House and her own family's past. Entrenched in darkness, Violet searches for light and love as she battles Shadows threatening to capture her soul.When her life falls apart, where will she turn?Winner of the 2016 Orange County Christian Writer's book proposal contestComing June 2020: Book two, The Dark ShadowsAuthorCarol Alwood grew up in the green haven of Bellingham, Washington, the setting of The Good Shadows series. Now living in Southern California, she misses the raindrops on maple leaves, so when she isn't home for a visit she writes stories that take place in her hometown. Carol adores fiction and is the author of the novelette, Ghost of a Girl. She also wrote Focused Backstory: The Key to Writing Deep Character Journeys, a newly released writing-craft book.Praise for Carol Alwood"The Good Shadows takes teen drama to a new level. Alwood's unique take on a topic typically avoided by authors of faith is compelling. Lovers of speculative fiction and contemporary YA will find this book hard to put down." -Alyssa Roat, literary agent with C.Y.L.E."The Good Shadows by Carol Alwood is the kind of story that will keep a reader up at night ingesting 'just one more chapter.' This page-turner is grounded in the characters who seem no different from teens in real life... Above all, this entertaining story provides an example and a warning regarding any involvement in the occult. This powerful theme is much needed in today's culture. I highly recommend this novel to Christian young adults, in particular." -Rebecca LuElla Miller, author, freelance editor, blogger at A Christian Worldview of Fiction"This action-filled book shows how easy it is for teens to be drawn into the 'dark side.' Alwood creates a believable world in which readers experience the consequences of the small 'steps' that lead to Violet's ultimate deception and near ruin of her soul." -Nancy Brashear, Ph.D., is the author of a psychological thriller, Gunnysack Hell, short stories including "Uncaged" and "Ready or Not!", and most recently, the poems "Cliffhanger" and "Lonely Dead."
A Place to Stand
Author: Jimmy Santiago Baca
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555848907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Pushcart Prize–winning poet’s memoir of his criminal youth and years in prison: a “brave and heartbreaking” tale of triumph over brutal adversity (The Nation). Jimmy Santiago Baca’s “astonishing narrative” of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. An important chronicle that “affirms the triumph of the human spirit,” it went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize (Arizona Daily Star). Long considered one of the best poets in America today, Baca was illiterate at the age of twenty-one when he was sentenced to five years in Florence State Prison for selling drugs in Arizona. This raw, unflinching memoir is the remarkable tale of how he emerged after his years in the penitentiary—much of it spent in isolation—with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry. “Proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram “A hell of a book, quite literally. You won’t soon forget it.” —The San Diego U-T “This book will have a permanent place in American letters.” —Jim Harrison, New York Times–bestselling author of A Good Day to Die
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 1555848907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Pushcart Prize–winning poet’s memoir of his criminal youth and years in prison: a “brave and heartbreaking” tale of triumph over brutal adversity (The Nation). Jimmy Santiago Baca’s “astonishing narrative” of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. An important chronicle that “affirms the triumph of the human spirit,” it went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize (Arizona Daily Star). Long considered one of the best poets in America today, Baca was illiterate at the age of twenty-one when he was sentenced to five years in Florence State Prison for selling drugs in Arizona. This raw, unflinching memoir is the remarkable tale of how he emerged after his years in the penitentiary—much of it spent in isolation—with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry. “Proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram “A hell of a book, quite literally. You won’t soon forget it.” —The San Diego U-T “This book will have a permanent place in American letters.” —Jim Harrison, New York Times–bestselling author of A Good Day to Die
Hell's Gate
Author: Richard Crompton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374280584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"The second novel in the Detective Mollel series, about a former Maasai warrior who is now a detective"--
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374280584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"The second novel in the Detective Mollel series, about a former Maasai warrior who is now a detective"--
Hawk's Woman
Author: Janis Reams Hudson
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626814791
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"Every once in a while an author arrives with the rare talent to combine reality with romance. This is Janis Reams Hudson." —RT BOOK REVIEWS The stigma of his heritage has made Hawk accustomed to ridicule in Comanche County. Shunned by nearly everyone in town, he finds comfort in the one person who always accepted him: the beautiful Abby McCormick. But even as their childhood friendship blossoms into a passion neither of them can keep at bay, they know that Abby's father will never accept their love. Then, after an evening with Abby, Hawk is ambushed and beaten. Believing him dead, Abby spends four years mourning him. But when, against all odds, he storms back into her life, her hope for a love that never had a chance to truly be realized is restored. Hawk has returned for more than Abby, though. With his sights set on revenge, will he miss his second chance at the love that is right before his eyes?
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1626814791
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"Every once in a while an author arrives with the rare talent to combine reality with romance. This is Janis Reams Hudson." —RT BOOK REVIEWS The stigma of his heritage has made Hawk accustomed to ridicule in Comanche County. Shunned by nearly everyone in town, he finds comfort in the one person who always accepted him: the beautiful Abby McCormick. But even as their childhood friendship blossoms into a passion neither of them can keep at bay, they know that Abby's father will never accept their love. Then, after an evening with Abby, Hawk is ambushed and beaten. Believing him dead, Abby spends four years mourning him. But when, against all odds, he storms back into her life, her hope for a love that never had a chance to truly be realized is restored. Hawk has returned for more than Abby, though. With his sights set on revenge, will he miss his second chance at the love that is right before his eyes?