Out Of A Clear Sky

Author : Sally Hinchcliffe
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0330453211

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A chilling debut novel of obsession, loss and birds, reminiscent of Nicci French and Barbara VinePeople talk about the cold, hard light of day. There's no escaping what you can see by it. There can be no confusing, in that early morning light, the truth with the wished-for reality of dreams. The body was still there. He was still dead. Abandoned by her lover, Manda finds solace in bird-watching, a hobby her ex-partner introduced her to. The birds provide Manda with an escape from her troubled past - and an uncertain future. But then she falls prey to the ever more sinister attentions of another birdwatcher. As the harassment builds up, she is forced to flee, and details of her complicated past start to emerge. Haunted by her tenuous relationship with her family and memories of her African childhood, Manda is struggling with the choice between safety and freedom as she tries to escape her elusive stalker. Tempted by the promise of her friend Tom's protection, she wonders if she should finally trust someone before it's too late . . . Told through the vivid images of birds, Out of a Clear Sky is an unsettling psychological thriller which will grip you until the startling, unforeseen end.

Author : Sally Hinchcliffe
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780330508087

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Out of a Clear Sky by Sally Hinchcliffe Pdf

People talk about the cold, hard light of day. There's no escaping what you can see by it. There can be no confusing, in that early morning light, the truth with the wished-for reality of dreams. The body was still there. He was still dead. Abandoned by her lover, Manda finds solace in bird-watching, a hobby her ex-partner introduced her to. The birds provide Manda with an escape from her troubled past - and an uncertain future. But then she falls prey to the ever more sinister attentions of another birdwatcher. As the harassment builds up, she is forced to flee, and details of her complicated past start to emerge. Haunted by her tenuous relationship with her family and memories of her African childhood, Manda is struggling with the choice between safety and freedom as she tries to escape her elusive stalker. Tempted by the promise of her friend Tom's protection, she wonders if she should finally trust someone before it's too late . . . Told through the vivid images of birds, Out of a Clear Sky is an unsettling psychological thriller which will grip you until the startling, unforeseen end.

Author : Patrick Laplante
Publisher : Patrick G. LaPlante
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1999444744

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Clear Sky by Patrick Laplante Pdf

Du Cha Ming was a normal person. Going with the flow, never making any real decisions. But then as Cha Ming begins to question his place in the universe, a fateful encounter gives him another chance at life. A chance that takes him to a place where he can make his own destiny.Reborn in an ancient land filled with demons, devils, and angels, Cha Ming finds himself facing challenges he never imagined. He soon discovers that only the powerful get to make choices, and the rest don't get a say at all. Prior to his mysterious rebirth, he was left with a riddle, one that will change his life, for better or for worse. But who left this riddle? And why was he sent here? Cha Ming sets out to find the answers, because if he doesn't, he may lose himself and everything he holds dear.Note: This novel is an Eastern fantasy novel, which means it contains a lot of martial arts, asian mythical creatures, and many references to Buddhism and Daoism. Cultivators fight to pursue immortality, fight demons and devils, and engage in ancient crafts like alchemy and weapon forging. If you've never tried an Eastern fantasy novel before, give it a try. You'll like it!

Author : Timothy Knatchbull
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504089326

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From a Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull Pdf

The prize-winning, “exceptionally moving” memoir of a family boat trip, an IRA bombing, and a teenager’s loss of his twin brother (The Telegraph). Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award Winner and PEN/JR Ackerley Prize Nominee On an August weekend in 1979, fourteen-year-old Timothy Knatchbull joined his family on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. By noon, an Irish Republican Army bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. The author survived, but his grandparents, family friend, and twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather, was the target, and became one of the IRA’s most high-profile assassinations. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, which only intensified their profound sense of loss. Telling this story decades later, Knatchbull not only revisits these terrible events but also writes an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy—a story of recovery not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. From a Clear Blue Sky takes place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles and gives compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly, it brings home that while calamity can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal, and to move on. “A minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards.” —Daily Mail “This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own family’s trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors—of all kinds—in our lives.” — Zoë Heller, author of the Booker Prize finalist Notes on a Scandal “A very poignant, clearsighted, heartbreaking but ultimately positive account.” —Hugh Bonneville, The New York Times

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995-10-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780689317750

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Thunder From the Clear Sky by Anonim Pdf

Sewall wrote about the settlement of the Plymouth colony in The Pilgrims of Plimoth and about the daily life of the Wampanoag Indians in People of the Breaking Day. This new book illustrates what happened when these two people met. Told by a Wampanoag brave and a Pilgrim settler, Thunder from the Clear Sky shows two cultures with very different views of life. Full color.

Author : Kristan Higgins
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593335345

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Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins Pdf

From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all—and getting back more than you ever expected. Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left for college, but when her husband abruptly dumps her for another woman just as her son leaves, her world comes crashing down. Besides the fact that this announcement is a complete surprise (to say the least), what shocks Lillie most is that she isn’t heartbroken. She’s furious. Lillie has loved her life on Cape Cod, but as a mother, wife, and nurse-midwife, she’s used to caring for other people . . . not taking care of herself. Now, alone for the first time in her life, she finds herself going a little rogue. Is it over the top to crash her ex-husband’s wedding dressed like the angel of death? Sure! Should she release a skunk into his perfect new home? Probably not! But it beats staying home and moping. She finds an unexpected ally in her glamorous sister, with whom she’s had a tense relationship all these years. And an unexpected babysitter in, of all people, Ben Hallowell, the driver in a car accident that nearly killed Lillie twenty years ago. And then there’s Ophelia, her ex-husband’s oddly lost niece, who could really use a friend. It’s the end of Lillie’s life as she knew it. But sometimes the perfect next chapter surprises you . . . out of the clear blue sky.

Author : Jessica Scott Kerrin
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773062419

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Clear Skies by Jessica Scott Kerrin Pdf

As the US/Soviet Space Race heats up in 1961, eleven-year-old Arno finds his dreams of becoming an astronomer exploding like an extragalactic supernova. It is the summer of 1961, and eleven-year-old Arno Creelman wants nothing more than to be an astronomer. His claustrophobia rules out flying in a cramped space capsule, so instead, Arno dreams of exploring the galaxies with powerful telescopes back on Earth. Arno’s first move: Enter a local radio contest and win a visit to the new observatory that is about to open near his town. The ribbon will be cut by Arno’s idol, Jean Slayter-Appleton, a renowned astronomer whose weekly columns Arno clips for his own notebooks. When he finally manages to phone in and correctly answer the skill-testing astronomy question, Arno is thrilled. Then a new boy moves to the neighborhood, and he seems to challenge Arno in every way. Robert even believes in astrology, which Arno argues is not a science at all. Before long, Arno is feeling left behind, on the outs with his friends and even abandoned by his beloved dog, Comet. How did Arno’s dream become a cosmic nightmare? Key Text Features illustrations Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

Author : Raymond Mulesky
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595835645

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Thunder from a Clear Sky by Raymond Mulesky Pdf

This isn't an ordinary Civil War tale. It is the all-true but little-known story of Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson-Kentucky legend, Texas hero, and Confederate cavalry officer-who boldly led the first Confederate raid across the Mason-Dixon Line to capture the thriving river-port community of Newburgh, Indiana, during the American Civil War. Not a shot was fired. With the politically divided landscape of Civil War Kentucky and the steamboat economy of the Ohio River as its backdrop, this is the historically accurate account of surprise nocturnal strikes, opportunistic military occupations, and a swashbuckling Rebel icon's daring daylight invasion into the Northern homeland that sealed the fate of western Kentucky for the remainder of the war. Vivid, thorough, and painstakingly researched, Thunder from a Clear Sky documents five critical weeks of 1862 Civil War history and shares the untold tale of one man's immeasurable impact on a nation at war. "A fascinating account of how a skilled former Indian fighter gathered a few Kentucky rebels and 'woke up' the slumbering Indiana Home Guard." -Evansville Courier & Press Book Reviews "An important and, until now, largely neglected story about the American Civil War... Thunder from a Clear Sky stands as a fresh and important contribution in a field long studied."-Professor Randy K. Mills, Ph.D., Oakland City University, author of Jonathan Jennings: Indiana's First Governor

Author : Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:502325916

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Out of a clear sky by Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi Pdf

Author : Sienna R. Craig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
ISBN : 9993364320

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Clear Sky, Red Earth by Sienna R. Craig Pdf

A story of lfe n Dolpo, g n te Hmalayan Mountans n Nepal, as seen troug te eyes of Namsel, a young grl wo grows up to be a great panter several centures ago.

Author : Sally Hinchcliffe
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529061659

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Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe Pdf

'Deliciously chilly' - Guardian 'Humming with suppressed hysteria and madness' - The Times 'Wonderfully evocative' - Heat Hare House is not its real name, of course. I have, if you will forgive me, kept names to a minimum here, for reasons that will become understandable . . . In the first brisk days of autumn, a woman arrives in Scotland having left her job at an all-girls school in London in mysterious circumstances. Moving into a cottage on the remote estate of Hare House, she begins to explore her new home. But among the tiny roads, wild moorland, and scattered houses, something more sinister lurks: local tales of witchcraft, clay figures and young men sent mad. Striking up a friendship with her landlord, Grant, and his younger sister, Cass, she begins to suspect that all might not be quite as it seems at Hare House. And as autumn turns to winter, and a heavy snowfall traps the inhabitants of the estate within its walls, tensions rise to fever pitch. Sally Hinchcliffe’s Hare House is a modern-day witch story, perfect for fans of Pine and The Loney. 'A beautiful, slow burn of a novel, eerie and shimmering in equal measure' - Mary Paulson-Ellis

Author : Sarvinder Naberhaus
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780735229563

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Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus Pdf

An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America’s history, landscape, and people, illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative paintings to celebrate the iconic imagery of our nation, beginning with the American flag. Each spread, sumptuously illustrated by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson, depicts a stirring tableau, from the view of the Statue of Library at Ellis Island to civil rights marchers shoulder to shoulder, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. This book is an ode to America then and now, from sea to shining sea.

Author : Maria Thompson Daviess
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1528250907

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Out of a Clear Sky a Novel (Classic Reprint) by Maria Thompson Daviess Pdf

Excerpt from Out of a Clear Sky a Novel Did you drop Off that express by accident or because you liked this place to land in? He made demand of me with a softness of voice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Denise Frisino
Publisher : Denise Frisino
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734928204

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Storms from a Clear Sky by Denise Frisino Pdf

When WWII spreads across all continents, life drastically changes, especially for FBI agent Jack Huntington and his new wife Billi. As Billi continues her involvement with lifelong friends, the Nakamuras, her actions threaten Jack's mission of routing out Japanese spies along the West Coast. Torn between his duties to his country and protecting Billi from the ruthless spy Akio Sumiyoshi, who seeks revenge against her at all costs, Jack is forced to make a devastating decision. While family members and close friends march off to war, Billi struggles with her identity and usefulness in this daunting time. Their love is challenged as the brutality of war overshadows their world Since 2012, author Denise Frisino, has interviewed countless men and women from the WWII era. Incorporating their private experiences into the actions of her vivid characters, she continues her story steeped in history, intrigue, and factual events. While this is the sequel to Orchids of War, this historical fiction can be enjoyed on its own. Watch for the final book in the trilogy, coming soon.

Author : Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497632479

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To Open the Sky by Robert Silverberg Pdf

This sprawling, episodic novel by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author is a “tour de force sci-fi outing . . . a wonderful read” (Fantasy Literature). 2077. With Earth reeling from centuries of unregulated population growth and environmental decimation, a new religion has taken root. The Vorsters worship science and the material world over all else, searching for the promise of immortality through new technology and the promise of heaven among the physical stars. But on Venus, a renegade sect has found its home. The Harmonists find the answers to life’s eternal questions in their own spirituality and in their own bodies, which have undergone genetic changes on Venus, giving them paranormal abilities. With humanity’s future at stake, religion becomes a political business, and both groups will have to face their motivations and manipulations when a shocking discovery threatens the balance of power in the universe. “The absorbing story of an overpopulated and economically depressed world clinging to the outcome of a religious schism for its salvation.” —sff180