The Weatherman S Daughters

Author : Richard Hoyt
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645403258

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The Weatherman's Daughters by Richard Hoyt Pdf

A JOHN DENSON MYSTERY In The Weatherman's Daughters, Richard Hoyt returns to his highly acclaimed John Denson mystery series with a natty new twist. Two daughters of a Portland weatherman have been killed for no apparent reason and John Denson and his Native American partner, Willie Sees the Night, are called from their remote cabins on Whorehouse Meadow in the Cascade Mountains to help. But for once Denson is stumped—this is a trail he can't seem to follow. Frustrated by his inability to trace a criminal monster, Denson sets down his skep­ticism and accepts, provisionally, Sees the Night's shamanistic ways. Out-of-body flying? Entering the spirit of an animal? Can it be true? Can Denson solve murders by playing Carlos Castaneda to Willie's Don Juan? An exotic dancer wants to join the investiga­tion, and Denson cannot resist her. But does she really intend to help? Or is she a spy or saboteur? Willie offers Denson a challenge. Since your rational ways aren't working, open the door to shamanism. Leave your body and seek to join the spirit of an animal who might be a guide. Though fearing that he will never come back, Denson takes the risk. The trail revealed smells of bear galls, ancient Chinese medicine, and right-wing malcontents. Denson, the tracker, is profoundly changed by his discoveries. “Hoyt has a fresh, invigorating style that grabs the reader immediately. He is a master.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES

Author : Laura Browder
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807877401

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Her Best Shot by Laura Browder Pdf

The gun-toting woman holds enormous symbolic significance in American culture. For over two centuries, women who pick up guns have disrupted the popular association of guns and masculinity, spurring debates about women's capabilities for violence as well as their capacity for full citizenship. In Her Best Shot, Laura Browder examines the relationship between women and guns and the ways in which the figure of the armed woman has served as a lightning rod for cultural issues. Utilizing autobiographies, advertising, journalism, novels, and political tracts, among other sources, Browder traces appearances of the armed woman across a chronological spectrum from the American Revolution to the present and an ideological spectrum ranging from the Black Panthers to right-wing militias. Among the colorful characters presented here are Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution; Pauline Cushman, who posed as a Confederate to spy for Union forces during the Civil War; Wild West sure-shot Annie Oakley; African explorer Osa Johnson; 1930s gangsters Ma Barker and Bonnie Parker; and Patty Hearst, the hostage-turned-revolutionary-turned-victim. With her entertaining and provocative analysis, Browder demonstrates that armed women both challenge and reinforce the easy equation that links guns, manhood, and American identity.

Author : Thomas Mallon
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101971352

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Landfall by Thomas Mallon Pdf

Set during the tumultuous middle of the George W. Bush years—amid the twin catastrophes of the Iraq insurgency and Hurricane Katrina—Landfall brings Thomas Mallon's cavalcade of contemporary American politics, which began with Watergate and continue with Finale, to a vivid and emotional climax. The president at the novel's center possesses a personality whose high-speed alternations between charm and petulance, resoluteness and self-pity, continually energize and mystify the panoply of characters around him. They include his acerbic, crafty mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush; his desperately correct and eager-to-please secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice; the gnomic and manipulative Donald Rumsfeld; foreign leaders from Tony Blair to Vladimir Putin; and the caustic one-woman chorus of Ann Richards, Bush's predecessor as governor of Texas. A gallery of political and media figures, from the widowed Nancy Reagan to the philandering John Edwards to the brilliantly contrarian Christopher Hitchens, bring the novel and the era to life. The story is deepened and driven by a love affair between two West Texans, Ross Weatherall and Allison O'Connor, whose destinies have been affixed to Bush's since they were teenagers in the 1970s. The true believer and the skeptic who end up exchanging ideological places in a romantic and political drama that unfolds in locations from New Orleans to Baghdad and during the parties, press conferences, and state funerals of Washington, D.C.

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 1744 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441229137

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The Abram's Daughters Collection by Beverly Lewis Pdf

This bestselling series from Amish fiction legend Beverly Lewis spans three generations, chronicling the sorrows, joys, faith, and relationships of the Ebersol family. Collects the five novels of Beverly Lewis' New York Times bestselling Abram's Daughters series into one volume! Includes: 1 The Covenant 2 The Betrayal 3 The Sacrifice 4 The Prodigal 5 The Revelation

Author : Frank Esshom
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : History
ISBN : 9785879587937

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Pioneers and prominent men of Utah by Frank Esshom Pdf

Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising genealogies, biographies. Pioneers are those men and women who came to Utah by wagon, hand cart or afoot, between july 24, 1847, and december 30, 1868, before the railroad. Prominent men are stake presidents, ward bishops, governors, members of the bench, erc., who came to Utah after the coming of the railroad. The Early History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (1913) Volume 2 of 2

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441203519

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The Prodigal (Abram’s Daughters Book #4) by Beverly Lewis Pdf

Beverly Lewis Bestseller, Beautifully Repackaged In The Prodigal, Leah Ebersol knows all too well that the truth can be thorny, even heartbreaking. But when an alarming secret is brought to light, she must make another difficult choice, one that could be further complicated by a prodigal who few expected to return.

Author : Cary Herwig
Publisher : Babylon Books
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781954871588

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The Ghost's Daughter by Cary Herwig Pdf

New schools. New friends. No money. Life as an Army Brat is always challenging. Especially when you’re being haunted. In the summer of 1956, in the midst of the Cold War, Vivien Brewer, army brat, moves with her family to Camp Breckinridge. She and her sister join friends exploring a nearby abandoned hospital. She’s been told not to go there, but the rumors of treasure prove too great a temptation. What she finds is the spectral revenant of a World War II nurse who wants something and expects Vivien to deliver. Soon she’s in mortal danger, and so are her family and friends. If she can’t deliver what the ghost demands, no one is safe. Vivien tries to get help, but her father and doctor think her hallucinations must be hormonal. Only her mother knows better—because Vivien inherited a gift from her. Refusing to run or hide, Vivien embarks on the greatest adventure of her young life—and quite possibly, the last one. Close the doors. Shut the blinds. Turn out the lights. This is a book best read after dark. Just make sure no one is peering over your shoulder…

Author : University of California, San Francisco. School of Dentistry. Alumni Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSF:31378007786091

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Newsletter by University of California, San Francisco. School of Dentistry. Alumni Association Pdf

Author : Isis Crawford
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780758289469

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A Catered St. Patrick's Day by Isis Crawford Pdf

“Cozy fans will appreciate the zany characters, witty dialogue and puzzling plot.”—Publishers Weekly To most of the people of Longely, New York, St. Paddy's Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o' the Irish has just run out. Unfortunately for the Simmons sisters, Bernie and Libby, the number one suspect is related to one of their very best catering customers, the pampered and powerful Bree Nottingham. When Bree visits A Little Taste of Heaven to beseech them to clear her nephew's name, they just can't say no. But the more information Bernie and Libby stir up, the more Duncan Nottingham looks like a killer. For Bernie and Libby, the situation is in danger of boiling over. And they can't count on good old Saint Pat to drive out the snake in their midst…they'll have to do it themselves. “Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford.”—Library Journal Includes original recipes for you to try!

Author : Michele Longo Eder
Publisher : Salt In Our Blood
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Crab fisheries
ISBN : 9781892076441

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Salt in Our Blood by Michele Longo Eder Pdf

In 2000, Michele Longo Eder began a journal to record what daily life was like for her while her husband and sons were out commercial fishing off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, and northern California. But personal tragedy struck just before Christmas 2001. This book is an offer of healing to her family, her community, and to fishing families everywhere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128583395

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The Louisville & Nashville Employes' Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1331 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786486410

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Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. by Vincent Terrace Pdf

This fully updated and expanded edition covers over 10,200 programs, making it the most comprehensive documentation of television programs ever published. In addition to covering the standard network and cable entertainment genres, the book also covers programs generally not covered elsewhere in print (or even online), including Internet series, aired and unaired pilot films, erotic series, gay and lesbian series, risque cartoons and experimental programs from 1925 through 1945.

Author : Fonda Lee
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316440899

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Jade City by Fonda Lee Pdf

In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. *Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Books Of All Time ​* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, winner Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for -- and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation. When a powerful new drug emerges that lets anyone -- even foreigners -- wield jade, the simmering tension between the Kauls and the rival Ayt family erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones -- and of Kekon itself. Praise for Jade City: "An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book." --Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author "A beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!" --Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author "An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats." --NPR The Green Bone Saga Jade City Jade War Jade Legacy

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Literature
ISBN : UGA:32108057615042

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Southwest Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Andersen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501181610

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The King by Christopher Andersen Pdf

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of our time: Charles, who has taken his place on the throne after being the oldest and longest-serving heir in British history. Since the day Charles Philip Arthur George was born, he has been groomed to be King. After more than seventy years of waiting, he finally ascends the throne. The King examines the private life of this historically important and controversial figure, set against the grand, thousand-year sweep of the British monarchy. This richly detailed biography covers it all, from his military training to his marriage to Lady Diana, through their separation and her tragic death to his marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles. In the process, it provides a balanced but fully honest look into the life of the new monarch. This book will tell you what the King—a man who has remained something of an enigma, shrouded in speculation and intrigue—is really like. The King is the first biography of Charles since he has become monarch and serves as an authoritative chronicle of his life.