Broken Promise

Author : Linwood Barclay
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385683753

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Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay Pdf

From the New York Times--bestselling author of No Safe House comes the first novel in an explosive trilogy about the disturbing secrets of a quiet small town. After his wife's death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can't find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David's cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David's mother asks him to check on her, he's horrified to discover that she's been secretly raising a child who is not her own--a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the baby's real mother is found murdered, David can't help wanting to piece together what happened--even if it means proving his own cousin's guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla's mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past . . . in blood.

Author : K’wan
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781799961376

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Promise Broken by K’wan Pdf

Beware of the company you keep. K’wan’s urban fiction coming-of-age novel, Promise Broken, is set in the gritty streets of Newark, New Jersey. The story follows seventeen-year-old Promise Mohammed as she attempts to uphold friendships and new relationships—even if they lead to her demise. After Promise’s mother dies in a tragic car accident, it leaves a void in Promise’s life that she is yearning to fill. This titular novel finds Promise spiraling into a life of crime and drug affiliation by the company she chooses to keep. Also coping with abandonment and a lifelong broken commitment from her biological father, Promise ultimately has two goals: to graduate from high school and to be loved. But can she find the love that she seeks from her aunt Dell, two best friends, Mouse and Keys, or drug-dealer Asher—the man who captivates her—despite the fact that each relationship will lead to life-altering events? Only time will tell.

Author : Linwood Barclay
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385684576

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The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay Pdf

From New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes the third and final spine-chilling thriller in the Promise Falls trilogy. Everything has been leading to this. It's the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd, and the small town of Promise Falls, New York, has found itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe. Hundreds of people are going to the hospital with similar symptoms--vomiting, dizziness, loss of consciousness--and dozens are dying. And those investigating the cause of the epidemic quickly zero in on the water supply. But the question for many, including private investigator Cal Weaver, remains: Who would benefit from poisoning this town? And what is their motivation? Meanwhile, as tragedies mount and the number of suspects grows larger, Detective Barry Duckworth is faced with another problem. He knows that the killer of Olivia Fisher and Rosemary Gaynor is still out there. And what's more, he knows that the mystery behind the significance of the number 23 is growing and is linked to a much larger scheme than he'd originally imagined. Detective Duckworth will have to race to put together all the pieces of this puzzle to stop someone's sinister revenge plot.

Author : Charlie Angus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : EDUCATION
ISBN : 0889774978

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Children of the Broken Treaty by Charlie Angus Pdf

All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in politician Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Children of the Broken Treaty is the story of the despair wrought upon Indigenous peoples. It is also a story of hope.

Author : Mabior P. Mach
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532019920

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The Broken Promise by Mabior P. Mach Pdf

Makeer is a man of high hopes. Intelligent and educated, he is a teacher in Sudan when he leaves his home and family for the bush, to fight for freedom and human dignity. At home, his sons must fight their own battles, as violence and death by malnutrition increase. Yet, nothing is quite as horrific as the way man treats man in the African battle for peace. The Broken Promise is based on the true terrors of the Sudanese Civil War. Fighting for the prosperity of his country, Makeer is blind-sided by the hypocrisy of his leaders while dodging bullets and watching his family die. He finds strength in moments of hope, mixed with intense despair, but is hope enough to keep him fighting while the world goes mad? Makeer might glimpse ultimate victorytouch for a moment high ideals and moralitybut he soon comes face to face with blackmail and murder in South Sudan, a new country he helped curve out of the Sudan. War is a thing of corruption and betrayal, which Makeer learns fi rst hand. However, he fights onward, proving that no amount of suffering will ever suppress the quest for human dignity.

Author : Cameron Muir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317910589

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The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress by Cameron Muir Pdf

Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century. Ecological disorder and inequity is at the heart of our food system. This thoughtful and confronting book tells the story of how the development of modern agriculture promised ecological and social stability but instead descended into dysfunction. Contributing to knowledge in environmental, cultural and agricultural histories, it explores how people have tried to live in the aftermath of ‘ecological imperialism’. The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress: An environmental history journeys to the dry inland plains of Australia where European ideas and agricultural technologies clashed with a volatile and taunting country that resisted attempts to subdue and transform it for the supply of global markets. Its wide-ranging narrative puts gritty local detail in its global context to tell the story of how cultural anxieties about civilisation, population, and race, shaped agriculture in the twentieth century. It ranges from isolated experiment farms to nutrition science at the League of Nations, from local landholders to high profile moral crusaders, including an Australian apricot grower who met Franklin D. Roosevelt and almost fed the world. This book will be useful to undergraduates and postgraduates on courses examining international comparisons of nineteenth and twentieth century agriculture, and courses studying colonial development and settler societies. It will also appeal to food concerned general readers.

Author : Linwood Barclay
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385684552

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Far From True by Linwood Barclay Pdf

From the Canadian king of suspense comes this edge-of-your-seat thriller with a startling twist, for fans of Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner and Tami Hoag. New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers the second spine-chilling thriller set in the troubled town of Promise Falls. After the screen of a run-down drive-in movie theater collapses and kills four people, the daughter of one of the victims asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into a break-in at her father's house. Cal discovers a hidden room where salacious activities have taken place—as well as evidence of missing DVDs. But it may not be the discs the thief was interested in. . . . Meanwhile, Detective Barry Duckworth is still trying to solve two murders he believes are connected, since each featured a similar distinctive wound. And when yet another murder happens, Cal and Barry are both driven to pursue their investigations, no matter where they lead. But where they lead may be more horrific than either man can imagine.

Author : Robert M. Kaplan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780674975903

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More than Medicine by Robert M. Kaplan Pdf

American science produces the best medical treatments in the world. Yet U.S. citizens lag behind in life expectancy and quality of life. Robert Kaplan marshals extensive data to make the case that U.S. health care priorities are sorely misplaced—invested in attacking disease, not in solving social problems that engender disease in the first place.

Author : Fritz Bartel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674976788

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The Triumph of Broken Promises by Fritz Bartel Pdf

Communist and capitalist states alike were scarred by the economic shocks of the 1970s. Why did only communist governments fall in their wake? Fritz Bartel argues that Western democracies were insulated by neoliberalism. While austerity was fatal to the legitimacy of communism, democratic politicians could win votes by pushing market discipline.

Author : Edwin M. Best
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781480974852

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Broken Promise by Edwin M. Best Pdf

Broken Promise by Edwin M. Best These few lines of stanza were written over a few years. After having to move so many times and seeing the handwritten words start to fade off the pages they were written on, author Edwin M. Best decided to type them up before they completely disappeared. After typing up a few, it only made sense to share it with the world. The funny thing is life is like poetry written on a few pages; unless you take care of those pages, the writing will eventually fade away. We all have been through some rough relationships. We all have tried to do things to impress the opposite sex. We all have lost something, whether it’s a relationship, a loved one, or even time. This book is about all those things and the Broken Promises to one another and even to ourselves.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Age and employment
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU08115745

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Retirement, the Broken Promise by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCR:31210014045494

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The Broken Promise of Retiree Health Benefits by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Health insurance policies
ISBN : MINN:31951D03754757J

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Obamacare Implementation, the Broken Promise by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Pdf

Author : Tara Fox Hall
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612354729

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Broken Promise, Book 2 of the Promise Me Series by Tara Fox Hall Pdf

Shocked at Danial's betrayal, Sarelle returns to her old home to consider her options. Yet even as Sar plans a reconciliation with Danial, Terian arrives, confessing his desire. When Theo witnesses Terian and Sar kiss, he angrily confronts Sar, leading to startling consequences. Will Sar's heart choose Danial, Terian, ...or Theo

Author : Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 1444844776

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The Museum of Broken Promises by Elizabeth Buchan Pdf

Paris, today: The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated - a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represents a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. Laure, the owner and curator, has also hidden artefacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects on display. 1985: Recovering from the sudden death of her father, Laure flees to Prague. But she cannot begin to comprehend the dark political currents in this communist city - until she meets a young dissident musician. Her love for him, however, will have terrible and unforeseen consequences. It is only years later, having created the museum, that Laure can finally face up to her past and celebrate the passionate love which has directed her life.