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Genoa Bay

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nordberg, Bette, PUBLISHER: Monarch Books,, In this contemporary romance, young widow Brandy Beauchamp inherits a long-established bed-and-breakfast on Vancouver Island from an old friend. It needs energy and commitment if the beautiful but neglected property is to be restored. With her five-year-old daughter, Gabby, Brandy moves to British Columbia and sets about building a new life only to discover that a local property developer has very different plans. The quirky old house is symbolic of the strange characters peopling this novel, each one a composite of its influences-as the house is a composite of its owners. Brandy Beauchamp's success becomes our success, despite treachery, adversity, and misfortune. Nordberg has interwoven themes of courage and treachery with personal growth and discovery.

The Iron Daughter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kagawa, Julie, PUBLISHER: Harlequin, Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey--ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her. Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.

Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reichl, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Penguin Press, Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life, giving voice to the universal unarticulated truth that we are grateful not to be our mothers In "Not Becoming My Mother," bestselling author Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own. Growing up in Cleveland, Miriam Brudno dreamed of becoming a doctor, like her father. But when she announced this, her parents said, "You're no beauty, and it's too bad you're such an intellectual. But if you become a doctor, no man will ever marry you." Instead, at twenty, Miriam opened a bookstore, a profession everyone agreed was suitably ladylike. She corresponded with authors all over the world, including philosophers such as Bertrand Russell, political figures such as Max Eastman, and novelists such as Christopher Marlowe. It was the happiest time of her life. Nearly thirty when she finally married, she fulfilled expectations, settled down, left her bookstore behind, and started a family. But conformity came at a tremendous cost. With labor-saving devices to aid in household chores, there was simply not enough to do to fill the days. Miriam-and most of her friends-were smart, educated women who were often bored, miserable, and silently rebellious. On what would have been Miriam's one hundredth birthday Reichl opens up her mother's diaries for the first time and encounters a whole new woman. This is a person she had never known. In this intimate study Reichl comes to understand the lessons of rebellion, independence, and self-acceptance that her mother-though unable to guide herself-succeeded in teaching her daughter.

Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stowe, Gene / Sergio, Carl A., PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi, In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in , was the richest woman in Union County, North Carolina. Upon Maggie's death in , her will bequeathed her estate to Bob Ross--who had grown up in the sisters' household--and his daughter Mittie Bell Houston. Mittie had also grown up with the well-to-do women, who had shown their affection for her by building a house for her and her husband. This house, along with eight hundred acres, hundreds of dollars in cash, and two of the white family's three gold watches went to Bob Ross and Houston. As soon as the contents of the will became known, more than one hundred of Maggie Ross's scandalized cousins sued to break the will, claiming that its bequest to black people proved that Maggie Ross was mentally incompetent. Revealing the details of this case and of the lives of the people involved in it, Gene Stowe presents a story that sheds light on and complicates our understanding of the Jim Crow South. Stowe's account of this famous court battle shows how specific individuals, both white and black, labored against the status quo of white superiority and ultimately won. An evocative portrait of an entire generation's sins, "Inherit the Land: Jim Crow Meets Miss Maggie's Will" hints at the possibility for color-blind justice in small-town North Carolina. Gene Stowe grew up in Monroe, North Carolina, and was a reporter for the "Charlotte Observer" for twelve years. He is head of the writing program of Trinity School at Greenlawn in South Bend, Indiana. Carl A. Sergio earned degrees in art design and psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently working in Chicago while preparing to attend graduate school. Learn more about the author at http: //genestowe.blogspot.com/. Acquista Ora

Chimney Sweeper's Boy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vine, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Viking, Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspense of the highest order. With this richly textured and utterly absorbing page-tumer, Vine adds to her growing reputation as one of the great writers of our time. Bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Gerald Candless dies suddenly, and leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, his daughter Sarah puts aside her university studies and agrees to write a biography of her famous father. But as she begins her research and pulls back the veil of his past, her life is slowly torn apart: a terrible logic begins to unfold that explains her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself -- and sheds shocking light on a long-forgotten London murder.

The Keeping Quilt

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Polacco, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks, "We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna's mother said. "It will be like heaving the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night. And so it was. From a basket of old clothes, Anna's babushka, Uncle Vladimir's shirt, Aunt Havalah's nightdress and an apron of Aunt Natasha's become "The Keeping Quilt, " passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. In strongly moving pictures that are as heartwarming as they are real, patricia Polacco tells the story of her own family, and the quilt that remains a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Competition Can Be Murder

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shelton, Connie, PUBLISHER: Intrigue Press, Brian Swinney needs someone to fly his aircrafts in Scotland on a lucrative contract shuttling men and equipment to the North Sea oil rigs. Helping out their friend, Charlie Parker and Drake Langston agree to the job, ignorant of the escalating battle between the outfitters that service the rigs. Taking up residence at historic Dunworthy Castle, they become acquainted with owners Robert and Sarah Dunbar. They seem to be down-to-earth ranching folk but their daughter, son-in-law, and teenage son Richie are another story. Discovering that Charlie is an investigator, Robert begs her to look for two missing lambs. But when Richie also turns up missing and the ransom demands begin, Charlie wants out. Coupled with the kidnapping, threats from the oil rigs heat up.

The Jesus Year

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krulc, Jani, PUBLISHER: Insomniac Press, The Jesus Year explores the space between joy and tragedy, happiness and despair, sincerity and absurdity. A man falls into the foundation of the city's tallest building, and his sister must reinvent herself before her 33rd birthday; a woman kills her dying mother for the sake of redecorating; a writer seeks out a distance healer for her mysterious illness; a bride witnesses a violent altercation and reconsiders her wedding; a groom dies on his honeymoon; a daughter abandons her mother post-face lift to vacation in Greece; a lawyer confronts her sterility; a mother rejects her husband's gift; and a couple find themselves in an apocalyptic flood while planning their country wedding.In these stories, the banal details of life crash against momentous occasions, revealing what is hidden, and recasting what is already in plain sight.

CD musicali Queen, Santana, Clapton, U2 ecc

Vendo questi cd audio, alcuni nuovi sigillati e altri dei surplus che non ascolto più: - Sonny Rollins - Jazz Masters 100 Ans de Jazz (Cutie, Just in Time, Mangoes ecc...) sigilllato --------- EURO 8 - Eric Clapton - From The Cradle -------- EURO 6 - Eric Clapton - Pilgrim ---------------------EURO 6 - U2 - How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb (sigillato) ------------EURO 10 - The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, eccellente ----------- EURO 6 - Queen - s/t edizione remaster , come nuovo ----------------------------- EURO 8 - Miles Davis - Grestest Hits edizione Columbia/Legacy, come nuovo -------- EURO 8 - Naim - Sampler 5 naimcd 094, come nuovo ------------------------ EURO 8 - The Blue Note Trip to North Sea Jazz brani audiophile), come nuovo --------- EURO 8 - Santana - Greatest Hits edizione Columbia, come nuovo ----------------------------- EURO 8 - Bob Dylan - Grestest Hits edizione Columbia, come nuovo ------------------------------- EURO 8 Cedo singolarmente o in piccoli lotti, qualsiasi informazione chiedere. Fabio

A Furious Place

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hardie, Kerry, PUBLISHER: Gallery Books, Kerry Hardie's first collection makes maps of places familiar to her. "These days I want to trace/ the shapes of every townland in this valley". Her maps are scrutinized and filled with characters -- a young woman considers her childless state, a farm girl remembers home, a husband reflects upon his wife facing an operation, a daughter-in-law regrets her jealousy. These, and other people, are recorded in their own landscapes which, in turn, permeate their lives and ease them. Other poems dwell on the hardships and lessons of a punishing illness -- her own. Hardie's defiant gestures offer insights into experience. Her insistent, necessary reports achieve "some other country. To be entered/ like sorrow, and passed through". Kerry Hardie was born in Singapore in and grew up in County Down, Ireland.

Black Light

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mundy, Talbot, PUBLISHER: Ariel Press, Joe Beddington is heir to an enormous fortune, but must kowtow to the whims of his mother. They are living a while in India, attempting to find the lost daughter of a friend of Mrs. Beddington. Joe falls in love with Rita, a girl who is a devotee in a secret temple. Like a spider, Mrs. Beddington weaves a complex web that will advance her goals but frustrate Joe's. This web draws in several others, including a local Maharajah, who delights in cruelty. But it is not Mrs. Beddington's web at all -- it is the unfolding of the wheel of karma. At the proper moment, the head of the temple calls on divine justice in a Hindu ritual called "the black light, " and each character must confront the consequences of his or her deeds.

Love Waits

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Broderick, Maureen E., PUBLISHER: Baxter Books, Widowed and on her own, Maddie Chase wasn't looking for love when she took on her dream job at the theatre. Love found her in the person of Bret Atkins, one of the world's most sought-after movie stars. Of course, Bret wasn't looking for love, either. Isolated by his family, still mourning the death of his wife, he concentrated all his energies on his career, and on his lonely young daughter. Maddie and Bret clash almost immediately, bashing themselves against the barriers that each has built. They are the last to see what their friends and colleagues and families notice almost from the start: that love, when it comes, will find a way, and despite all the foolish and hurtful things you can do to thwart it, love waits.

Where the River Flows: Annamoe Rectory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pettigrew, Vera, PUBLISHER: Anvil Books, To Annamoe rectory in in eastern Ireland's County Wicklow came Vera Pettigrew, her husband Stanley, and their baby daughter. This memoir about her years living in a remote part of Ireland as the rector's wife is entertaining and nostalgic. She records with a keen sense of humor and a sharp ear for dialogue the day-to-day activities of parish and family life, from fetes to festivals, from schools to scout camps. But her story also stretches out to wider shores: growing up in Northern Ireland, the first curacy in Newcastle, County Down; the start of married life in Clontarf in Dublin, and summers in Sligo and Connemara. Where the River Flows is an affectionate picture of the people and places in one of Ireland's many Protestant churches and parishes.

Blood Bound

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vincent, Rachel, PUBLISHER: Mira Books, "By blood, by word, by magic..." Most can't touch the power. But Liv Warren is special--a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood. Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one. But when her friend's daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can't rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her. Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner...every touch...every kiss. And more blood will be spilled before it's over...

The Children of Lovers: A Memoir of William Golding by His

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Golding, Judy, PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, 'The Children of Lovers are Orphans.' ProverbBestselling novelist, author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding was a famously acute observer of children. What was it like to be his daughter?In this frank and engaging family memoir, Judy Golding recalls growing up with a brilliant, loving, sometimes difficult parent. The years of her childhood and adolescence saw her father change from an impecunious schoolteacher to a famous novelist. Once adult, she came to understand some of the internal conflicts which led to his writing.The Golding family life, both ordinary and extraordinary, always kept its characteristic warmth, humour, complexity, anger and love, danger and insecurity. This is a book about family and parents, about lovers and their children, and about our impact on one another - for good or ill.

Dragon's Gold

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Anthony, Piers / Margroff, Robert E., PUBLISHER: Tor Books, When Kelvin was a child, his mother read to him from the Book of Prophecy and he asked what the poem meant. Now he was about to learn. The Kingdom of Rud languishes under the heel of a usurper; an evil sorcerer has taken the throne in the name of his wicked daughter. Even deep in the forest, away from all power, the people tremble and await the day of prophecy's fulfillment. It cannot come too soon: Charlain and her children are soon to lose their home to the tax collector. But Kelvin and Jon have other plans. they have found a dragon's territory, where scales of purest gold, shed by the dragon, lie free on the ground for anyone with courage, or innocence, to take. And the words of Mouvar the prophet echo across Rud.

To Catch a Countess

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grasso, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Zebra, Beautiful though she is, Victoria Douglas's reputation for reckless behavior has put her marriage prospects at risk. Infuriated to discover that her family has betrothed her to a stranger, Victoria nevertheless finds herself deeply attracted to her future groom... Alexander Emerson is on a quest to find his real father, and to right the wrongs brought about by his stepfather against the Douglas family. A match to wed the youngest daughter, Victoria, and restore the family fortune seems a suitable arrangement. Even more so when he finds himself enchanted by his irrepressible bride-to-be. But their pursuit of a future together is threatened when Alexander's enemies conspire to bring ruin to the couple--as scandal and surprises collide in a game of desire and deceit that can only be won by true love itself.

The Golden Age of Death

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benson, Amber, PUBLISHER: Ace Books, Meet Amber Benson's "authentically original creation" ("Locus")... My name is Calliope Reaper-Jones (Callie to my friends). I'm Death's Daughter and--as of very recently--the (reluctant) head of my father's company, Death, Inc. I was gradually learning how to be a businesswoman. Had the power suits and shoes down, though the day to day was slow going. Then I was blindsided by Enemies Unknown and sent off to I-don't-know-where. Not a good thing. Now not only must my friends and family be frantic, but without a CEO, Death, Inc., can't function. With the newly deceased left free to roam the Earth, it's the zombie apocalypse come true. I've got to get back--for my sake and the sake of, oh, all humanity... Acquista Ora

Box sigillato contenente 2 cd best movie songs

Box sigillato contenente 2 cd best movie songs cd 1 1) love story 2) historia de un amor 3) amado mio 4) giulietta e romeo - movie trio 5) via col vento 6) lara's theme da "dottor zivago" 7) leaving wallbrook da "rain man" 8) i will always love you 9) my heart will go on 10) unchained melody 11) lady in red 12) la conquista del paradiso 13) la dolce vita 14) arthur's theme 15) don't cry for me argentina cd 2 1) apocalypse now 2) a view to a kill 3) master and commander 4) batman 5) killing fields : a space odissey 7) armageddon 8) battle royale 9) the patriot 10) a soldier's daughter never cries 11) star trek: insurrection 12) die hard euro: 5,00 + spedizione

Reconstructing Hillsborough

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomasson, Clarissa, PUBLISHER: Salt Marsh Publications, Allowed no time to mourn, the recently-widowed Sarah Stroud is plunged into the turmoil of the Civil War peace talks -- taking place near her hometown of Hillsborough, NC. With Confederate and Union soldiers on all sides of town, Sarah and her daughters await news of General Johnston's surrender. The long-awaited peace, however, comes with a price as Sarah and her family must feed, quarter, and nurse the returning Confederate troops; witness the destruction, disease, and death left behind; endure increased taxes, federal officials, and martial law; and face a new menace -- "The Invisible Empire". In Reconstructing Hillsborough, suffering at last forges new ties and romance as Sarah's missing brother-in-law returns, her daughter finds a beau, Sarah is courted by a Union sergeant, and her brother-in-law, Cave, presents himself as a rival once again.

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Durrow, Heidi W., PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring mixed attention her way. Growing up in the s, she learns to swallow her overwhelming grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. In the tradition of Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John" and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," here is a portrait of a young girl- and society's ideas of race, class, and beauty. It is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.

The First Lady

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weber, Carl, PUBLISHER: Dafina Books, Charlene Wilson, First Lady of First Jamaica Ministries, has lived a good life with her beloved husband, Bishop T.K. Wilson. If the Lord is ready to call her home, she's ready to go--her only concern is finding T. K. a good woman to look after him when she's gone. Charlene has four candidates in mind: Marlene, the mother of T.K's illegitimate daughter; Monique Johnson, who's made it plain she wants T.K.; Savannah Dickens, the church's attractive new choir soloist; and Charlene's good friend, Sister Lisa Mae Johnson. Charlene has written letters to each woman to be delivered as needed upon her passing by her friend Alison. One thing's for sure--even if Charlene won't be around to see it, her actions are going to shake up a lot of people...

Between Friends

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oz, Amos, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, In "Between Friends, " Amos Oz returns to the kibbutz of the late s, the time and place where his writing began. These eight interconnected stories, set in the fictitious Kibbutz Yikhat, draw masterly profiles of idealistic men and women enduring personal hardships in the shadow of one of the greatest collective dreams of the twentieth century. A devoted father who fails to challenge his daughter's lover, an old friend, a man his own age; an elderly gardener who carries on his shoulders the sorrows of the world; a woman writing perversely poignant letters to her husband's mistress. Amid this motley group of people, a man named Martin attempts to teach everyone Esperanto. Each of these stories is a luminous human and literary study; together they offer an eloquent portrait of an idea, and of a charged and fascinating epoch. Amos Oz at home. And at his best.

Incredible Eyes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crump, Andre K. / Crump, A. K., PUBLISHER: TCB Cafe Publishing, In , hundreds of international photographers were invited to capture the magic and beauty of the eye, and the best of these gorgeous images are collected in Incredible Eyes. Featuring page after page of beautiful, high-quality photos, the book addresses the "windows to the soul" in singular fashion, as artists interpret and redefine the eye under such themes as fashion and beauty, nature and ecology, multiculturalism and ethnic diversity, and eroticism. The styles cover a wide range from a photojournalistic image of a village woman weaving as her young daughter stares; to a stylized gauzy portrait in which all details of a woman's face are eliminated except the eye; to a symbolic version of the eye in the form of an opening flower. The dozens of photographers represented here include such renowned talents as Ilene Perlman, Eric Cozens, Dominic Rouse, Howard Koby, Jeffery Schultz, Monica Orozco, and Tabitha Soren.

Small Island

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Levy, Andrea, PUBLISHER: Review/Headline, Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve. Told in these four voices, "Small Island "is a courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers---in short, an encapsulation of that most American of experiences: the immigrant's life.

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