The Coldest Night

Author : Robert Olmstead
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616202699

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Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly destroys him. To escape the wrath of the young girl’s father, Henry joins the Marines, arriving in Korea on the eve of the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir—the defining moment of the Korean War. There he confronts an enemy force far beyond the scope of his imagining, but the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far. From the steamy streets of New Orleans to the bone-chilling Korean landscape, award-winning author Robert Olmstead takes us into one of the most physically challenging battles in history and, with just as much intensity, into an electrifying, all-consuming love affair.

Author : Nicoll Ginny Virginia Vere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)
ISBN : 0956336612

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The Coldest Night of the Year by Nicoll Ginny Virginia Vere Pdf

Author : Nick Crowe
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307399700

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A Cold Night for Alligators by Nick Crowe Pdf

A thrilling Knopf New Face of Fiction debut, A Cold Night for Alligators takes the reader on a breathtaking ride through the seedy, sensual Florida Everglades, unravelling a mystery at the heart of which lies a devastating family secret. Twenty-six-year-old Jasper hasn't seen or heard from his older brother, Coleman, in over ten years. Not since Coleman walked through the back gate one morning, leaving behind a distraught family concerned by his increasingly outlandish behaviour. Now Jasper's life has come to an impasse — he has settled into a rather stultifying existence as a corporate drone, living with a girlfriend he doesn't quite know how to break up with. Until a freak accident and strange phone call change everything. With little more to go on than a random phone call, Jasper follows his brother's trail southward into the Florida Everglades where a family mystery from his childhood may hold the key to Coleman's disappearance. Accompanied by brawny, devout Donny and the extremely eccentric Duane, Jasper embarks on a series of misadventures involving a gorgeous swamp moll, an estranged aunt and alligator poachers as he gets deeper into his search for his brother. All roads seem to lead to Uncle Rolly Lee, a rock-and-rolling swamp rat whose rather rough exterior belies an even rougher interior. Can Jasper uncover the secrets of the past and find his brother before he gets mired in the swamp and the machinations of Rolly Lee? Populated with unforgettable characters and a suspense-filled story at its heart, A Cold Night for Alligators is a first novel about loss, hope and the ties that bind family together.

Author : Claire Ewart
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000021557361

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One Cold Night by Claire Ewart Pdf

Snow Woman tucks the animals in for the winter.

Author : Antony Johnston
Publisher : Oni Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781620103708

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The Coldest Winter by Antony Johnston Pdf

Writer ANTONY JOHNSTON and artist STEVEN PERKINS return to Cold War-era Berlin for this prequel to THE COLDEST CITY. After a string of botched assignments for MI6 in Berlin, David Perceval is being sent home. Even his final mission before leaving — the defection of a Soviet scientist — goes badly wrong, as the coldest winter for 30 years descends on Europe. With transport out of Berlin impossible, and the KGB searching everywhere for their lost scientist, Perceval must improvise a deadly game of cat and mouse through the frozen city to keep the Russians at bay, and deliver his own unique brand of revenge!

Author : Sister Souljah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439119976

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The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah Pdf

A New York Times and USA TODAY Bestseller “50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years.” —Essence Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read The instant classic from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life After Death brings the streets of New York to life in a powerful and utterly unforgettable novel. I came busting into the world during one of New York’s worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter. Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded, she knows and loves the streets like the curves of her own body. But when a cold Winter wind blows her life in a direction she doesn’t want to go, her street smarts and seductive skills are put to the test of a lifetime. Unwilling to lose, this ghetto girl will do anything to stay on top. Twenty-five years and over one million copies later, The Coldest Winter Ever is a bestseller and a national treasure, a classic handed down from one reading generation to the next. Whether you are reading it for the first time or have cherished it for years, you will never forget this Winter’s tale.

Author : Jill Gregory
Publisher : Jill Gregory
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cold Night, Warm Stranger by Jill Gregory Pdf

Maura Jane Reed was twenty-four years old and had never gone to a dance, owned a new dress, spoken aloud without giving careful thought to each word, or kissed a man. On that savage January night when snow engulged the Rockies in a raging blur of glittering white, when the wild creatures hid and shivered, and no one stirred in the tiny, dirty town of Knotsville, Montana, she had no inkling that her life was about to change forever. Quinn Lassiter was a feared gunfighter, a man without home or roots. But when one night of love-making left Maura pregnant, Quinn did the one thing he’d thought he’d never do. He married Maura and promised to take care of her and their child. He was certain married life in a cabin would be like prison, but soon his new bride’s irresistible beauty and spirit made him long for her with a need that couldn’t be denied. Quinn never thought he’d fall in love, but that was before he found the one woman who made him forget his wandering ways…. “Jill Gregory’s western romances always pack a wallop. Cold Night, Warm Stranger is true to form. Strong characters that engage reader’s emotions and an action-packed story with a powerful plot makes this a not-to-be-missed western.” – Romantic Times 4 ½ stars. Top Pick! “You will be enticed from the first chapter…You will cry and cheer for these wonderfully beloved characters, who will do nothing less than capture your heart…Jill Gregory has done it again. Her talent shines through in this sensually captivating novel -- she shows us once again that love can conquer all.” -- Rendezvous

Author : Kate Pepper
Publisher : Onyx
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451412141

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One Cold Night by Kate Pepper Pdf

Detective Dave Strauss is still haunted by the one case he couldn't solve--the disappearance of a young girl from Brooklyn. Now, the cold dark night has engulfed another girl--part of his own family. Original.

Author : Robert Olmstead
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616202774

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The Coldest Night by Robert Olmstead Pdf

Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly destroys him. To escape the wrath of the young girl’s father, Henry joins the Marines, arriving in Korea on the eve of the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir—the defining moment of the Korean War. There he confronts an enemy force far beyond the scope of his imagining, but the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far. From the steamy streets of New Orleans to the bone-chilling Korean landscape, award-winning author Robert Olmstead takes us into one of the most physically challenging battles in history and, with just as much intensity, into an electrifying, all-consuming love affair.

Author : Sister Souljah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743499385

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The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah Pdf

Tells the story of a young woman born in the Brooklyn ghetto to a wealthy, drug-dealing family.

Author : Donna Jones Alward
Publisher : One More Chapter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2025-01-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0008701547

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The Coldest Night by Donna Jones Alward Pdf

Author : Holly Black
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316213110

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black Pdf

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black. Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave. One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.

Author : Susanna Jones
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447206644

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When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones Pdf

As Queen Victoria’s reign reaches its end, Grace Farringdon dreams of polar explorations and of escape from her stifling home with her protective parents and eccentric, agoraphobic sister. But when Grace secretly applies to Candlin, a women’s college filled with intelligent, like-minded women, she finally feels her ambitions beginning to be take shape. There she forms an Antarctic Exploration Society with the gregarious suffragette Locke, the reserved and studious Hooper and the strange, enigmatic Parr, and before long the group are defying their times and their families by climbing the peaks of Snowdonia and planning an ambitious trip to the perilous Alps. Fifteen years later, trapped in her Dulwich home, Grace is haunted by the terrible events that took place out on the mountains. She is the society’s only survivor and for years people have demanded the truth of what happened, the group’s horrible legacy a millstone around her neck. Now, as the eve of the Second World War approaches, Grace is finally ready to remember and to confess . . . From one of the finest writers of the psychological thriller comes this beautifully woven, deeply unsettling historical novel; powerfully atmospheric, shivering with menace and reminiscent of the very best of Sarah Waters.

Author : Tom Babin
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771600484

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Frostbike by Tom Babin Pdf

The bicycle is fast becoming a ubiquitous form of transportation in cities all over the world, making our urban spaces more efficient, more livable and healthier. But many of those bicycles disappear into basements and garages when the warm months end, parked there by owners fearful of the cold, snow and ice that winter brings. But does it have to be that way? Canadian writer and journalist Tom Babin started questioning this dogma after being stuck in winter commuter traffic one dreary and cold December morning and dreaming about the happiness that bicycle commuting had brought him all summer long. So he did something about it. He pulled on some thermal underwear, dragged his bike down from the rafters of his garage and set out on a mission to answer a simple but beguiling question: is it possible to happily ride a bike in winter? That question took him places he never expected. Over years of trial and error, research and more than his share of snow and ice, he discovered an unknown history of biking for snow and ice, and a new generation designed to make riding in winter safe and fun. He unearthed the world's most bike-friendly winter city and some new approaches to winter cycling from places all over the world. He also looked inward, to discover how the modern world shapes our attitudes toward winter. And perhaps most importantly, he discovered the unique kind of bliss that can only come by pedalling through softly falling snow on a quiet winter night.

Author : Robert Wright
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554689316

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Three Nights In Havana by Robert Wright Pdf

On January 26, 1976, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau became the first leader of a NATO country to visit Cuba since the crippling 1960 American economic embargo. Accompanied by his wife, Margaret, and baby Michel, Trudeau was greeted in Havana by 250,000 cheering Cubans and a 30-foot poster of himself. “Long live Prime Minister Fidel Castro!” Trudeau would famously shout at the love-in. In this fascinating portrait of an unusual relationship between two enigmatic world leaders, author and historian Robert Wright brings to life three days of Canadian politics played out on the international stage. In a revealing look at both leaders’ personalities and political ideologies, Wright shows how these two towering figures—despite their official positions as allies of rival empires—determinedly refused to exist merely as handmaidens to the United States and forged a long-lasting relationship.