Village Shenanigans

Author : Stephanie Graves
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496731579

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Olive Bright, Pigeoneer Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

“A marvelous read.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author Set in a charming British village during World War II, Stephanie Graves’ debut mystery introduces Olive Bright, a spirited young pigeon fancier who finds herself at the heart of a baffling murder . . . Though war rages across mainland Europe and London is strafed by German aircraft, the little village of Pipley in Hertfordshire bustles along much as it always has. Adrift since her best friend, George, joined the Royal Air Force, twenty-two-year-old Olive Bright fills her days by helping at her father’s veterinary practice and tending to her beloved racing pigeons. Desperate to do her bit, Olive hopes that the National Pigeon Service will enlist Bright Lofts’ expertise, and use their highly trained birds to deliver critical, coded messages for His Majesty’s Forces. The strangers who arrive in Pipley are not from the NPS. Instead, Jameson Aldridge and his associate are tied to a covert British intelligence organization known as Baker Street. If Olive wants her pigeons to help the war effort, she must do so in complete secrecy. Olive readily agrees, but in the midst of her subterfuge, local busybody Miss Husselbee is found dead outside Olive’s pigeon loft. Is the murder tied to Olive’s new assignment? Or did Miss Husselbee ferret out a secret shameful enough to kill for? With the gruff, handsome Jameson as an unlikely ally, Olive intends to find out—but homing in on a murderer can be a deadly business . . . “A delightful classic village mystery studded with little-known World War II facts: a promising series debut.” —Kirkus Reviews “[An] enjoyable series launch . . . Graves smoothly integrates the little-known story of the wartime pigeon service into the intriguing plot. Readers will look forward to seeing more of smart, energetic, and witty Olive.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Stephanie Graves
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496731593

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A Courage Undimmed Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The third installment in the acclaimed, new, international World War II mystery series featuring pigeoneer, Olive Bright. British pigeoneer Olive Bright is proud of the role her racing birds have played in the war effort and has hopes of becoming an agent herself . . . but first there is a baffling murder to solve. As the weather turns bitterly cold in the dark days of November 1941, fewer pigeons are being conscripted for missions into occupied Europe and Olive fears her covert program may be dropped altogether. In fact, the new CO of the Baker Street intelligence operation at Brickendonbury Manor, Major Blighty, has expressed his doubts regarding her birds—not to mention Olive herself—and assigned her to a far more insignificant role: escort to a visiting officer of the Royal Navy Intelligence Special Branch. She’s none too keen on her assignment or her charge—the aloof and arrogant Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming—but the last place she expects to accompany him is to a séance. Self-proclaimed medium Velda Dunbar—new to the village of Pipley—has drawn fascination and skepticism after a very public channeling of a doomed seaman aboard the HMS Bartholomew, which she claims has sunk. Fleming remains tight-lipped about his reason for attending her séance, but his arrival with Olive raises eyebrows as she is still maintaining the ruse of dating Captain Jameson Aldridge. When murder occurs before her very eyes, Olive must trust her own instincts and not rule out anyone as a suspect—including the secretive Fleming—for one of them is harboring a hidden deadly agenda.

Author : Kate Allatt
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781908006653

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Running Free Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

'Just amazing and inspirational' Jeremy Vine Can you imagine being trapped inside your own body? Able to see and hear everything going on around you but unable to move or speak - the blink of an eye your only way of communicating. Fell-runner and fun-loving mother-of-three Kate Allatt's life was torn apart when what appeared to be a stress-related headache exploded into a massive brainstem stroke leading to locked-in syndrome. Totally paralysed, she became a prisoner inside her own body. Doctors warned her family she would never walk, talk or swallow or lead a normal life again. But they didn't know Kate. The words no and never were not in her vocabulary. With the help of her best friends and family she drew on every ounce of her runner's stamina and determination to make a recovery that amazed medical experts. Using a letter chart, Kate blinked the words "I will walk again". Soon she was moving her thumb and communicating with the world via Facebook. Eight months after her stroke, Kate said goodbye to nurses, walked out of hospital and returned home to learn how to run again. This is the story of her incredible journey.

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : IND:30000090461553

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : UOM:39015086162867

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Court Decisions Relating to the National Labor Relations Act Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : Laura Dower
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101149485

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The Slime That Would Not Die #1 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Jesse Ranger was just an average kid with an obsession for Oswald Leery's B-Monster movies until he discovered a dangerous secret. It turns out Leery's special filming process brought his movie monsters to life and now they've escaped the screen! Something must be done, so Leery recruits Jesse, Stella, Damon, and Lindsey to help. But how do you trap a B-Monster, especially one made up of slime?

Author : Ray Fazakas
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466912991

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In Search of the Donnellys Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The massacre of the Donnellys by their fellow church members has fascinated the public in the English-speaking world for well over a hundred years. Contained in this book are intriguing new photographs never before published and significant new information, which will pique the interest even of those who have been familiar for years with this bit of North American folk history with Irish roots.

Author : Matt Stensland
Publisher : Worldwest
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692444807

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Ski Town Shenanigans Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

For many locals, the Steamboat Pilot & Today's police blotter is a breakfast staple. From arguments over sweaters, to bears breaking into Subarus, to men on horseback trotting into local watering holes, we promise you Steamboat Springs is no sleepy ski town. This is the best of the Steamboat Springs police blotter from 2005 through 2014.

Author : Kwame A. Insaidoo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456722296

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Moral Lessons in African Folktales Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book challenges us to take a cursory glance at our contemporary world, where modern man's scientific and technological ingenuity has led him to soar thorough the galaxy and made the heavens part of his domain; and contrast that with his level of morality today. Open any newspaper or listen to the radio and television news and you can't help but lament on the appalling moral depravity and obscene behavior of our contemporary man. With this intractable moral depravity on the ascendancy, the author nostalgically reminiscences the upright morality of yesteryears, and admonishes us to heed Plato's philosophical advice: 'now since men are by nature acquisitive, jealous, combative, and erotic, how shall we persuade them to behave themselves? By the policeman's omnipresent club? {now, AK 47}. It is a brutal method, costly and irritating. There is a better way, and this is by lending to the moral requirements of the community. Throughout this book the author emphasizes the significance of proper moral education in shaping the character of children, youngsters and even adults, and reminds us: 'morals are the rules by which society exhorts its members and associations to behavior consistent with its 'order, security and growth' {Will & Ariel Durant}. The author noted that in traditional African societies, the wise elders, like the ancient Greek philosophers, strongly emphasized the teachability of moral values and deliberately inculcated them into their youngsters. The stories in this book are folktales filled with moral lessons that have been handed down from many generations to the present in many African countries from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroons, Liberia, the Gambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania to Zimbabwe. The traditional African elders successfully utilized these folktales to socialize their youngsters to the moral requirements of their society to insure stability, harmonious relations, order, security and growth.

Author : Janet Hill
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781770499256

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Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

After moving to a seemingly quaint and quiet new town, Lucy faces a new reality in which fairies exist, weather can be bottled and witches hold grudges. Accompanied by gorgeous color paintings, this novel is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Hazel Wood and Gregory Maguire. It has been a year since Lucy Crisp graduated from high school and she still hasn't found her calling. That is, until she discovers an exclusive arts college called Ladywyck Lodge. On a whim, she applies and is thrilled to be accepted into their program. Lucy moves to Esther Wren, the charming little town where it's based, and stays in the house her father buys as an investment: a magnificent building built by a sea captain in 1876. The house has history and personality --perhaps too much personality. . . Strange things start happening: Lucy hears voices and footsteps in empty rooms. She sees people and things that should not be there. Furniture disappears and elaborate desserts appear. What's worse is that the strange events are not restricted to her house. Lucy begins to understand that the town and its inhabitants are hiding many secrets, and Ladywyck is at the heart. As the eerie happenings escalate, Lucy fears she is being threatened -- but she is determined not to let fairy potions, spells and talk of witchcraft scare her away. Janet Hill's enchanting debut novel is part mystery, part supernatural thriller and all fun.

Author : Sherry A. Burton
Publisher : Jerry McNeal series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951386337

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Village Shenanigans Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In this eleventh installment of the Jerry McNeal Series, Jerry and Gunter head to The Villages in Florida to visit Jerry's parents in hopes of getting some much-needed rest. What Jerry expects to be a quiet visit to do some soul searching turns out to be anything but relaxing when Jerry discovers his dad, Wayne, has been boasting all over town about his psychic son and Jerry's ghostly K-9 companion. Jerry quickly discovers The Villages' geriatric community to be a lively cast of eccentric characters, both living and dead, all of which look upon him as their portal to contact loved ones on the other side. Will Jerry be able to find a peaceful solution to keep his father on speaking terms with his neighbors while trying to navigate his own inner turmoil? Will Gunter be able to resist showing himself to a town full of tenacious seniors determined to get a glimpse of the ghostly K-9? Grab your preferred beverage, snuggle into your favorite chair and get ready to laugh out loud as Jerry and Gunter serve up a dose of hilarity in Village Shenanigans!

Author : Timothy L. O'Brien
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504027496

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TrumpNation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The extensively researched biography that goes beyond the hype to “separate Trump the reality from Trump the reality show” (USA Today). Now with a new introduction by the author, this entertaining look inside the world of Donald Trump is chock full of rip-roaring anecdotes, jaw-dropping quotes, and rigorous research into the business deals, political antics, curious relationships, and complex background of the forty-fifth US president. Granted unprecedented access, Timothy L. O’Brien traveled across the country and up and down the East Coast with Trump on his private jet, wheeled around Palm Beach with him in his Ferrari, and spent hours interviewing him in his home, in his office, and on the golf course. He met with the entrepreneur’s closest friends and most aggressive rivals, while compiling a treasure trove of Trumpisms from the Donald himself: Trump on the public’s enduring fascination with Trump: “There is something crazy, hot, a phenomenon out there about me, but I’m not sure I can define it and I’m not sure I want to.” Trump on naysayers: “You can go ahead and speak to guys who have four-hundred-pound wives at home who are jealous of me, but the guys who really know me know I’m a great builder.” Trump on the art of self-promotion: “You might as well tell people how great you are, because no one else is going to.” Ultimately, when O’Brien’s research revealed that Trump’s business record and annual spot on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans might be more fantasy than reality, he—like so many others who have dared to tangle with the former host of The Apprentice—found himself in a courtroom. In a new introduction, O’Brien reflects on the recent wave of TrumpMania and updates readers on what it’s like to depose one of the world’s most litigious businessmen—and win.

Author : Arcadius
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1475939574

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Village Life in the Forties Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

When author Shelton A. Gunaratne was born in January of 1940 in Pathegama, Sri Lanka, life was simple for the poor people in this sparsely populated village. But it was this village that raised him. Through twenty-six biographical sketches of some of the villages most colorful characters, Gunaratne paints a portrait of what life was like in this rural setting. This collection of sketches, first published in the Ceylon Daily NewsMyna, the new village head-man; Vel Vidane, an unctuous official and the irrigation headman; cowards Wala Semba and Naamba; Singappuru Basunnehe, the goldsmith; Kankanama, the cinnamon peeler; Kalu Appu, the fierce burglar; Redi Nenda, the humble washerwoman; Menike Nenda, a village beauty; and Kunu Nachchile, the witchlike animal lover. Demonstrating the Buddhist/Daoist principle that unity and diversity are inextricably interconnected, Village Life in the Forties provides not only a social history, but also a greater global under-standing of the life and times of rural Ceylonese during and around World War II.

Author : Scott Richards
Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780244722883

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Fires Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

He escaped from concentration camps created by the British during the Second Boer War. He witnessed systematic destruction of crops, the slaughtering of people and livestock. He watched the burning of homesteads and farms, the poisoning of water wells, the salting of the earth to subdue a nation and quash their resistance. Disease, starvation, murder and rape added fuel to the flames. But the real horror that the British created was a ten year old boy who became a cannibalistic killer. Christopholus Janse Van Vuuren. ‘Fires’

Author : Sarah Turner
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774824958

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Red Stamps and Gold Stars Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Red Stamps and Gold Stars brings together all the messiness, compromise, and ethical dilemmas that underscore fieldwork in upland socialist Asia and elsewhere in the Global South. These challenges can range from how to gain research access to politically sensitive border regions, to helping informants-turned-friends access appropriate health care, to reflections on how to best represent ethnic minority voices. The volume’s contributors – accomplished geographers, anthropologists, and ethnohistorians – foreground the importance of questioning one’s subjective gaze and of debating representations of “the other.”