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Eight Miles From Nowhere

Author : Frances Thomas

Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 15,80 MB

Release : 2018-06-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1643001663

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Imagine the isolation of a place where, within several miles of home, there were no people other than immediate family-no modern conveniences, telephones, television, internet, newspaper or mail delivery, supermarkets or shopping malls. Imagine a terrain sometimes more hospitable to mesquite trees, rattlesnakes, and jackrabbits than to human inhabitants. Imagine hot, dry weather that could change abruptly as a blue norther rolled in across the plains, dropping temperatures thirty or forty degrees before nightfall. Could you thrive in such an environment? The author did, and she reflects on these vicissitudes with both nostalgia and humor.



The Seduction of His Wife

Author : Janet Chapman

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 359 pages

File Size : 36,19 MB

Release : 2006-07-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1416525211

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From USA TODAY bestselling author Janet Chapman comes an exciting new series about an ambitious logging family in the wilds of Maine. Alex Knight thinks he's left danger behind when he returns home from months of harrowing captivity—only to discover he's married to a sexy stranger and soon he will settle for nothing less than her complete surrender... He set out to seduce her for all the wrong reasons -- but found himself falling in love with her for all the right ones. Alex Knight is dead -- or so everyone thinks. A widowed logger baron with a risk-taking streak, he took on a South American engineering project and was reported dead after a rebel attack. So when he turns up back in Maine very much alive, his grieving family is shocked. But the biggest shock is Alex's, when he discovers he's now married -- to a woman he's never met. Sarah Banks is ready for a change from running a quiet Bed & Breakfast, and working for the Knight family offers not only a bigger opportunity, but also the family life she yearns for. So she's glad to help secure custody of Alex's orphaned children, whom she's come to love, by marrying their father by proxy before he's legally declared dead. But when Alex returns, the sexy, determined woodsman upends all of Sarah's plans. Because suddenly she's married to a passionate stranger with an easy smile...and tumbling headlong into a fiery dance of seduction.



Miles from Nowhere

Author : Dayton Duncan

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 38,7 MB

Release : 2000-09-01

Category : Travel

ISBN : 9780803266278

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"In this splendid book a gifted observer and a terrific idea have come together in a real love match. In 1990, a century after the census bureau's famous observation of the frontier's imminent end, Dayton Duncan set out in an aging GMC Suburban to visit a large sampling of counties outside Alaska that have fewer than two persons per square milethe bureau's old standard for places still in a frontier condition. There are 132 such counties. All are in the West. . . . The result of his tour is an insightful and entertaining book, troubling and funny and consistently illuminating. . . . Much of the book's charm comes from Duncan's sketches of people who choose to live 'miles from nowhere'ranchers in the Nebraska sandhills, a New Mexican bar owner, a priest and United Parcel Service driver along the Texas-Mexico border, and the descendant of a Seminole Negro army scout in west Texas. In them he finds characteristics associated with the mythic frontier. . . . Great fun to read."Montana Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Dayton Duncan has been a reporter, humor columnist, editorial writer, chief of staff to a governor, and deputy press secretary for presidential campaigns. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire. His books include Out West: An American Journey, also available in a Bison Books edition.



The Story of the Stone

Author : Barry Hughart

Publisher : Spectra

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 45,30 MB

Release : 2011-08-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307800970

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Set in a mythical, medieval China where folklore and history are indistinguishable, a dead monk, an ancientand now missingmanuscript, and a ghostly murderer entice the venerable Master Li and his faithful companion Number Ten Ox into the Valley of Sorrows for a deadly and uproarious confrontation with the long-dead Laughing Prince.



Miles from Nowhere

Author : Barbara Savage

Publisher : Mountaineers Books

Page : 494 pages

File Size : 42,3 MB

Release : 2020-02-10

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1680510371

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Miles from Nowhere is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage’s sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000-mile bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Along the way, these near-neophyte cyclists on their ten-speeds encountered warm-hearted strangers eager to share food and shelter, bicycle-hating drivers who ran them off the road, various wild animals (including an attack camel), rock-throwing Egyptians, overprotective Thai policeman, motherly New Zealanders, meteorological disasters, bodily indignities, and great personal joys. The stress of traveling together constantly tested yet strengthened the young couple's relationship and as their trip ends, you'll find yourself yearning for Barbara and Larry to jump back on their bikes and keep pedaling. Originally published in 1983, Miles from Nowhere has provided inspiration for legions of modern travel-adventurers and writers.



Floating Air

Author : Joseph Conboie

Publisher : Health Research Books

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 46,66 MB

Release : 1996-09

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780787311629

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Man of the West

Author : Sadie Callahan

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 299 pages

File Size : 30,10 MB

Release : 2010-04-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101186569

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Second in an engaging series about a legendary ranching dynasty in Texas-from an exciting new author Jolie is a newcomer in Willard County, and Sheriff Jake Strayhorn is as drawn to her vulnerability as he is intrigued by her beauty. Jolie is clearly on the run from something, but she refuses to reveal her past- or let any man into her heart. Still, Jake can't turn his back on her- even if she winds up bringing trouble to his town...



The Girl Who Fell Into Myth

Author : Kay Kenyon

Publisher : Winterset Books

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 26,97 MB

Release : 2023-03-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1733674640

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Fall into the magic land of the Mythos along with its brave and forgotten daughter. Yevliesza has been caring for her ailing father when she is summoned home to a world she has never seen. Using a hidden portal, she enters the realm of Numinat, a myth world arisen from legend. Although she is the daughter of witches, she was raised in the modern age with little knowledge of their arisen world and none of their magic. For the the last leg of her journey, she flies on the back of a dragon. When a storm splits open the sky, Yevliesza is caught in its blinding light. She arrives at the medieval city-palace severely damaged, indelibly marked as an outsider. In this kingdom of deep powers, she is devoid of magic. Determined to find her power and claim her place, she must counter dangerous court intrigues and a sorceress who intends to see this foreigner cast from the great Tower. Yevliesza may find protection with a powerful lord if her heart can bear the penalty of his conditions. In the end, however, she must find her own path if she is to survive. But what she discovers is an alarming magic that, once revealed, may make her a permanent outcast. A high fantasy from acclaimed fantasy and science fiction world-builder Kay Kenyon. Watch for Stranger in the Twisted Realm, Book 2 of The Arisen Worlds quartet. Coming Fall 2023. “The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is a marvel of beautiful language, elegant worldbuilding, and a story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is set in a richly imagined world of entangled mythologies, elusive magic, and bitter treachery, perfect for fans of complex, dark-edged fantasy. —Rachel Neumeier, author of the Tujo Series “Kay Kenyon excels at creating strong women who must navigate chaotic, perilous situations as they slowly learn the extent of their own abilities. I was hooked on The Girl Who Fell Into Myth and am impatiently waiting for the next installment in this series!” —Sharon Shinn, author of The Shuddering City KEYWORDS: high fantasy, portal fiction, coming of age, women's fantasy, chosen one, royal destiny, slow burn romance, forbidden love, fantasy romance action adventure. Will appeal to fans of Naomi Novik, Erika Johansen, and Katherine Arden's Winternight books.



Remembering Delphi County

Author : Patricia Sitkin

Publisher : Dorrance Publishing

Page : 206 pages

File Size : 10,49 MB

Release : 2012-06-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 143498947X

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It¿s the summer of 1964, Freedom Summer, as the army of young civil rights workers call it. Rhys Ellis is a British drama student who, having finished his small part in a Hollywood film, goes with his two Los Angeles housemates and close friends, Gene Caldwell and Bobby Epstein, to Mississippi. There Gene, member of a wealthy black Chicago family, brilliant and compelling, is seen as a threat to the white establishment and is targeted for death. Trying to defend him, Bobby is killed and Rhys is injured and left for dead. The trauma of the murders leaves Rhys with total amnesia, and the story unfolds as he regains his memory in blocks and fragments. The Ku Klux Klan searches for him in an effort to eliminate the only witness to the murders. Rhys must hide from them to pursue his friends¿ work in the Deep South and his unrequited love for Gene¿s twin sister.



The Canterbury Sisters

Author : Kim Wright

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 24,84 MB

Release : 2015-05-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1501100807

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In the vein of Jojo Moyes and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, a warm and touching novel about a woman who embarks on a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral after losing her mother, sharing life lessons—in the best Chaucer tradition—with eight other women along the way, from the author of the upcoming novel Last Ride to Graceland. Che Milan’s life is falling apart. Not only has her longtime lover abruptly dumped her, but her eccentric, demanding mother has recently died. When an urn of ashes arrives, along with a note reminding Che of a half-forgotten promise to take her mother to Canterbury, Che finds herself reluctantly undertaking a pilgrimage. Within days she joins a group of women who are walking the sixty miles from London to the shrine of Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, reputed to be the site of miracles. In the best Chaucer tradition, the women swap stories as they walk, each vying to see who can best describe true love. Che, who is a perfectionist and workaholic, loses her cell phone at the first stop and is forced to slow down and really notice the world around her, perhaps for the first time in years. Through her adventures along the trail, Che finds herself opening up to new possibilities in life and discovers that the miracles of Canterbury can take surprising forms.