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Author : Keith Roberts
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781587153563
The military adventures and romantic escapades of a young Roman soldier early in the first century.
Author : Sharon Bala
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771024306
By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land. When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father is overcome with relief: he and his six-year-old son can finally put Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war behind them and begin new lives. Instead, the group is thrown into prison, with government officials and news headlines speculating that hidden among the “boat people” are members of a terrorist militia. As suspicion swirls and interrogation mounts, Mahindan fears the desperate actions he took to survive and escape Sri Lanka now jeopardize his and his son’s chances for asylum. Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer Priya, who reluctantly represents the migrants; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese-Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan’s fate, The Boat People is a high-stakes novel that offers a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis. Inspired by real events, with vivid scenes that move between the eerie beauty of northern Sri Lanka and combative refugee hearings in Vancouver, where life and death decisions are made, Sharon Bala’s stunning debut is an unforgettable and necessary story for our times.
Author : James Arthur Tocksworth
Publisher : Tocksworth Books
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781941413357
In the land of Karnath, the human kingdom Sergros is headed for ruin. Winter came early, the crops failed, the storehouse is running low, and soon there will be no food. For months, the weather has been stuck in a perpetual state of gloom, and some Sergrothians fear that their impending doom can only mean that the Dark Prophecy is finally coming true. But a young knight of Sergros named X’ieth Armstrong dreams of changing the prophecy and becoming the new Sergrothian hero. Unexpectedly, his wants of heroism are put to the test when the king hands him a surprise mission to slay the powerful sorceress behind chaos in Sergros. Yet, little does X’ieth know, his ensuing quest is anything but what seems, possibly being the world’s end and that of time itself!
Author : Ragnar Hambraeus
Publisher : Ragnar Hambraeus
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9789197858427
In the hazy history of the Old Norse… When Gisle and Geir come back from a day’s hunting, they find their farm devastated, their parents and farmhands killed, and the women of the farm gone, including their sisters Gunn and Ginna. Since their older brother Olof is trading goods in Friesland, they take shelter with their uncle Fridbjörn and his wife Holmdis, the skillful seer. No one travels through the dark night – no one but Nattfari. One dull autumn evening he knocks on the door and asks for lodging. Then he makes predictions about friends and kin, astray and in foreign lands. He tells of Olof and Gangulf in Friesland, he foretells the fate of the sisters on Zealand, and he warns of misfortune and death. Fate’s Weave is a historical adventure novel, a story of life and death far back in time, in the historical haze of Europe’s migration era. Meet the depressed berserker, Gangulf; sisters Gunn and Ginna, who sleep with three kings before winter turns to spring; the Anglo-Saxons Hewald and Hewald, who preach the word of God to Frisians and other heathens; Styrbjörn and Hreppir, who find each other in Gypeswic’s mud; the old edda Crust, decrepit but with a mind of steel, thrusting her spear at warriors; as well as Finnvid, the Finnveding who executes a splendid Yule blót at Bolmsö, thus overthrowing the invasive king Ingvald. Meet Harald and Vigr, Eirbjorg and her daughters, King Erik in Uppsala, and, last but not least, Nattfari. The Nattfari who travels far and wide and who is called by many names... Meet them and many more, whose threads of fate run together and form a strange and mighty weave.
Author : Amy Tan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0399150749
The author reflects on her family's Chinese American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, and her struggle to manage three family members afflicted with brain disease.
Author : C.A. McJack
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483634012
Her life further turned upside down by unwittingly becoming hand-fasted to Gregory McGregor one night, Abbey now faces the idea of marriage to a man she just met less than 6 months ago. As she continues to rebuild her life and a new home in the Highlands of Scotland, Abbey soon must face her past fears and losses once again. Just when life in Ullapool seems to settle into simple and endless repetition of day to day life in the country, Abbey soon learns about the truth of her past with Gregory, only to nearly lose him not just once, but three times. Each time a different test, a different set of rules in which she must choose wisely, hoping not to repeat past mistakes, securing life’s knots tighter or unraveling fate’s threads forever in her attempt to set herself free from the past that haunts her to the unknown future that intimidates her.
Author : Derren Parsons
Publisher : Elven Leaf Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645880212
Burdened by old debts, a hero unites with allies against dark monsters and ruthless brigands, where the wager is life itself. Imagine a world where the darkness of your past comes back to haunt you, forcing you to lead a group of outcasts on a treacherous quest to save your loved ones from the brink of destruction. This is the world that ex-soldier Johnathon Rourke finds himself in when his gambling debts put his family in danger. In a desperate attempt to settle his score, John enlists the help of an unlikely fellowship - a cunning human, stalwart dwarf, fierce elven huntress, and twin namites, jackal-headed warriors from a distant desert land. Bound by the brotherhood forged through the horrors of war, they set out to retrieve a fabled treasure guarded by a legendary sea beast. But with ruthless enemies and monstrous dangers lurking at every turn, will their bond be enough to overcome the challenges ahead? In the fantasy realm of Arghost, remnants of fallen civilizations whisper secrets beneath the canopy of lush forests, while in the mist-wreathed bogs, beasts of ancient lineages stalk their prey with silent cunning. Fans of fast-paced high fantasy such as The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames, and Malice by John Gwynne, will enjoy the complex character development, high stakes, and intricate world-building of Fate's Wager. Embark on this thrilling adventure and discover if Johnathon Rourke can outwit fate itself - grab your copy today!
Author : Trần Đình Trụ
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824872434
Ship of Fate tells the emotionally gripping story of a Vietnamese military officer who evacuated from Saigon in 1975 but made the dramatic decision to return to Vietnam for his wife and children, rather than resettle in the United States without them. Written in Vietnamese in the years just after 1991, when he and his family finally immigrated to the United States, Trần Đình Trụ’s memoir provides a detailed and searing account of his individual trauma as a refugee in limbo, and then as a prisoner in the Vietnamese reeducation camps. In April 1975, more than 120,000 Indochinese refugees sought and soon gained resettlement in the United States. While waiting in the Guam refugee camps, however, approximately 1,500 Vietnamese men and women insisted in no uncertain terms on being repatriated back to Vietnam. Trần was one of these repatriates. To resolve the escalating crisis, the U.S. government granted the Vietnamese a large ship, the Việt Nam Thương Tín. An experienced naval commander, Trần became the captain of the ship and sailed the repatriates back to Vietnam in October 1975. On return, he was imprisoned and underwent forced labor for more than twelve years. Trần’s account reveals a hidden history of refugee camps on Guam, internal divisions among Vietnamese refugees, political disputes between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the U.S. government, and the horror of the postwar “reeducation” camps. While there are countless books on the U.S. war in Vietnam, there are still relatively few in English that narrate the war from a Vietnamese perspective. This translation adds new and unexpected dimensions to the U.S. military’s final withdrawal from Vietnam.
Author : Sarra Cannon
Publisher : Sarra Cannon
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781624210877
After the devastating attack at the hospital, the guardians make their way back to the compound, only to find the mysterious necromancer Lily called the Dark One has no plans of letting them rest. They have no choice but to move on, fate pulling them toward New York.
Meanwhile, in the city, Lily also searches for Zoe and the fifth, desperate to prove her loyalty and regain the Dark One’s trust.
Who will find them first?
And who will never make it out alive?
Fate’s Surrender is Book 3 of the Eternal Sorrows series. a young adult zombie apocalypse series with witches and magic that will keep you turning pages late into the night.
Praise for the Eternal Sorrows Series:
★★★★★“Imagine Stephen King's The Stand hooks up with a dark fairytale and begets The Walking Dead.” ~Goodreads Review
★★★★★“A Brilliant, different take on a zombie apocalypse.” ~Goodreads Review
★★★★★“This book is action packed, hair raising, spine tingling, and completely awesome. I loved every single minute of it and couldn't put it down!!!” ~Nerd Girl Reviews
Author : Robert W. Christie M.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1477162895
Fate’s Finger is a fictionalized memoir based on the author’s experience as a combat-inexperienced 2nd lieutenant sent to the ETO late in 1944 as a replacement platoon leader in an armored division. He arrived at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge and fought with his division through three campaigns in Europe. Each chapter is introduced by a newspaper headline appropriate to the times, followed by a letter to or from a character in the book to folks back in the U.S. The events described in each chapter are based on reality, but dialogue, as well as personal names and character development are fictional. Graphics include photographs, news clippings, and maps. Authenticity, verisimilitude, and readibility were the author’s aims, and so the book is meant to be read as a military historical novel written by an old soldier attempting to preserve a micro-history of tank warfare in WW II. “….a ‘bottom-up’ account of tank warfare, unique in the annals of WW II, based on the cold, hard, terrifying facts of armored combat. The way the author develops the humanism of the characters, their language, their down-to-earth thoughts and emotions is truly remarkable.” Col. Arthur F. Pottle, WW II troop commander, 86th Cav Rcn Sqdn, 6th Armored Division, Third Army “Fate’s Finger is a great military micro-historical achievement, telling it like it was for the men on the line in WW II armored divisions, and it reeks with verisimilitude: the contemporaneous U.S. newspaper headlines, and the wonderful human insights in the letters to and from the folks back home. Absolutely authentic, a ‘been there, done that’. I couldn’t put it down!” Capt. Perry Swirsky, WW II tank company commander, 752nd Tank Bn. “Only a rare few WW II accounts have captured as this one has the turmoil that small groups of tankers and their machines endured to make the ‘big picture’ succeed. A must read for old – and new – tankers.” 1st Lt. George A. Campbell, WW II tank platoon leader, 8th Armored Division.
Author : Alllyson Lindt
Publisher : Acelette Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781732697904
If the gods realize Lexi is the daughter of Hades and Persephone, she’ll become their next sacrifice. Lexi’s only path to safety is to free her father from the prison the other gods have trapped him in. To do so, she must enlist the help of a loyal and gorgeous hellhound, and an obnoxious but sexy hero. No one warned her about the trials that await. The maze that threatens to consume her. The rampaging champion who can kill her with a single blow. And the vengeful ex who would slaughter them all without a second thought. And she definitely wasn’t warned about the loves fate has in store for her. When she discovers Cerberus’ and Actaeon’s lies, she may lose both her heart and her life, regardless of what fate wants. Author’s Note: Truth’s Harem is a #WhyChoose series, with an older heroine who finds her happily ever after with three partners over the length of the series.
Author : Oliver Jeffers
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780008266226
A stunningly presented modern-day fable from world-renowned talent Oliver Jeffers.
Author : Valerie Sherrard
Publisher : DCB
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781770866485
When eleven-year-old Pascale Chardon finds herself on a lifeboat drifting toward an uncharted island with no memory of how she got there, all she wants is to get back to her family. The islanders, however, have a different objective. For many decades, the islanders have been anticipating the arrival of someone foretold only as the Long Awaited. The Long Awaited is said to have knowledge of the island’s future and will tell the islanders of their fate seventeen days after their arrival. At first Pascale is sure she’s not the Long Awaited, but when strange happenings occur, she finds it impossible to be certain of anything. Could she be the Long Awaited after all? A Bend in the Breeze, award-winning author Valerie Sherrard’s 30th novel, is a delightful tale about the importance of love and compassion.
Author : Cassie Beasley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698189072
From the New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus comes the magic-infused story of a golden gator, two cursed kids, and how they take their destinies into their own hands. When the red moon rises over the heart of the Okefenokee swamp, legend says that the mysterious golden gator Munch will grant good luck to the poor soul foolish enough to face him. But in 1817, when TWO fools reach him at the same time, the night’s fate is split. With disastrous consequences for both . . . and their descendants. Half of the descendants have great fates, and the other half have terrible ones. Now, Tumble Wilson and Blue Montgomery are determined to fix their ancestors’ mistakes and banish the bad luck that’s followed them around for all of their lives. They’re going to face Munch the gator themselves, and they’re going to reclaim their destinies. But what if the legend of Munch is nothing but a legend, after all? Full of friendship, family, and the everyday magic and adventure that readers of Savvy and A Snicker of Magic love, Cassie Beasley’s newest middle grade book is another crowd-pleasing heart-warmer—perfect for reading by yourself, or sharing with someone you love.
Author : C.D. Brown
Publisher : Gryphonwood Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
For many years, Nina Orleavich, sellsword in the city of Taursi, has been trying to recover her family seal from her Uncle Yegor. Now, Yegor is sowing chaos among the city’s races in a sinister plot to seize control. Can Nina and bumbling mage Misha Vassilov get her name back before Yegor and the Captain of the City Guard seize control of the city of Taursi? A rollicking sword and sorcery adventure in the style of Fritz Leiber's "Fafhrd and Grey Mouser" stories from the author of Vamp City.