Snowoods


Book Description

The story is about the Princess, who takes action to investigate the truth of the bedtime story Snowoods told by her grieving father, the King who is obsessed with finding this white magical forest full of treasures. After getting lost in the forest while searching for the hollow tree at the entrance to Snowoods, the Princess meets the White Owl, who once was a resident of Snowoods but was abandoned there because of his mistakes. The White Owl's mental, emotional, and physical health is in bad shape, and he is willing to tell the Princess everything about life in the magical forest and the reason for his punishment. The Princess and the White Owl become friends, and she helps him enter Snowoods. After a good plan, they finally get an invitation from the Snowmadame, a mystique creature who is protecting Snowoods with magic. The law of time exists in a different way in the magical forest. The Princess will spend two months there although it will take only two hours in her real world. The moment she walks into Snowoods, her whole life changes; the Snowmadame will tell her about the truth of her deceased mother. While spending there, the Princess will have very educational experiences. She will get lessons from the Snowmadame and the Snowman about Happiness, Truth, Synergy, Empathy, Success... She will make friends with the white animals, and manage a music project. In the meanwhile, the White Owl will be faced with his struggles of letting go his past. He has to construct a whole new self through hypnotherapy, breathing exercises and different healing methods, captured in an igloo full of mirrors. With the help of the Snowmadame's guideness his health will make positive progress. When the Princess returns to her castle, she has the knowledge how to cure her father's pain of her mothers grief.




New Orleans Noir


Book Description

“Explores the dark corners of our city . . . set both pre- and post-Katrina . . . harrowing reading, to be sure, but it’s pure page-turning pleasure, too.” —The Times-Picayune Residents of the Big Easy are proud of its unique history and character. Resourceful and resilient, they are survivors—of natural disasters, as well as everyday tragedies. For off the beaten path, where tourists never travel, is a city that revels in scandal, sin, and seduction. New Orleans Noir includes stories by Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, Patty Friedmann, Barbara Hambly, Tim McLoughlin, Olympia Vernon, David Fulmer, Jervey Tervalon, James Nolan, Kalamu ya Salaam, Maureen Tan, Thomas Adcock, Jeri Cain Rossi, Christine Wiltz, Greg Herren, Julie Smith, Eric Overmyer, and Ted O’Brien. “A vivid series of impressions of the city in moments that brought out either the best or worst in people . . . a thrilling read and a harbinger of what should be an interesting stream of works.” —Gambit Weekly “When you’ve waded through these anguished pages, you can begin to understand why—as corrupt as it is, as broken as it is—so many of New Orleans’s refugees still long to go home.” —Mystery Scene “Excellent . . . Appropriately, Smith divides the book into pre- and post-Katrina sections, and many of the more powerful tales describe the disaster’s hellish aftermath.” —Publishers Weekly




Crescent City Kills


Book Description

When the bodies of two junkie prostitutes wash up on the shore of the river in Algiers, La Stanza defies orders and hits the streets to investigate, using his sexy new partner as bait.




New Orleans Noir: The Classics


Book Description

This sequel to the original best-selling "New Orleans Noir" takes a literary tour through some of New Orleans's darkest writing.




The Dalmatian


Book Description

Explains how to show, care for, show, and breed Dalmatians. Also describes the history and development of the breed.




The New Dalmatian


Book Description

The dalmatian's worldwide popularity and history are documented with information on its origin near the Adriatic and its romantic history in North America. In-depth guidance is also given on breeding, showing and caring for this perennial favorite.







I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day


Book Description

It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing, hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors nestles a tiny hamlet, with a pub at its heart. As the snow falls, the inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter there. From the bestselling author of the “glorious, heartfelt novel” (Rowan Coleman, New York Times bestselling author) My One True North. Mary has been trying to get her boss Jack to notice her for four years, but he can only see the efficient PA she is at work. Will being holed up with him finally give her the chance she has been waiting for? Bridge and Luke were meeting for five minutes to set their divorce in motion. But will getting trapped with each other reignite too many fond memories—and love? Charlie and Robin were on their way to a luxury hotel in Scotland for a very special Christmas. But will the inn give them everything they were hoping to find—and much more besides? A story about knowing when to hold on and when to let go, of pushing limits and acceptance, of friendship, love, laughter, mince pies, and the magic of Christmas.




Cobb Chronicles


Book Description

Joseph Cobb (ca.1588-1653/1654) emigrated from England to Elizabeth City (now Hampton), Virginia, and later settled on land near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England, Scotland and elsewhere.