Author : Charles Egan
Publisher : Silverwood Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781320570
This book is fiction. The story that inspired it was not. In 1990, a box of very old documents was found on a small farm in the west of Ireland. They had been stored for well over a hundred years and told an incredible story of suffering, of love and of courage. In 1846, a young couple met during the worst days of the Great Irish Famine. The Killing Snows is a way to imagine what led to their meeting and what followed from it.
Author : Charles Egan
Publisher : Silverwood Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2015-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781324523
'The Exile Breed' is a story of the Irish Famine in Ireland, Canada, England and the USA. The Famine intensified in 1847. Many left, but hunger and fever followed them. Thousands died in the Irish ghettoes of Liverpool, Manchester and London. Many more died in the ships on the Atlantic, in the emigrant hospitals of Quebec and Montreal, in the forests and along the back-roads of Canada, and in the slums of New York and other American cities. Those who survived went on to build new lives in the lands of the Irish Diaspora.
Author : Tom Henderson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1429980591
***Please note that the photos that appear in the print edition of the title do not appear in the e-book.*** Washington Township, Michigan: Valentine's Day, 2007. Stephen Grant filed a missing person's report on his beloved wife, Tara. The stay-at-home father of two was beside himself with despair. Why would Tara abandon him and their family? Was she involved with another man? Stephen's frantic, emotional search for Tara made national headlines, and the case was featured on Dateline among other television shows and news outlets. But key elements in Stephen's story still weren't adding up: Why did he wait five days to go to police? What was the nature of his relationship with his children's beautiful, nineteen-year-old babysitter? Why did Stephen have cuts on his hands, and random bruises? Then, the police made a gruesome discovery. Parts of Tara Grant's body started turning up around the woods near the Grant's home. The truth was finally coming to light...and, after a two-day manhunt, Stephen admitted to having killed Tara—first strangling her, then cutting her body into fourteen pieces before burying them. This is the shocking true story about a bitter, cheating husband whose crimes were revealed by the BLOOD IN THE SNOW.
Author : Thomas Gallagher
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 23,27 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780156707008
Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened. Index.
Author : Suzanne Collins
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 14,99 MB
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1338635182
Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Author : Jamie Campbell
Publisher : Jamie Campbell
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Please note: this is a novella. Flash fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel. History is told from one person’s perspective. Sometimes they don’t get it right. The queen has been portrayed as evil for too long. Now it is time for her to tell her side of the story. The queen once had everything – a loving husband, a ready-made family, and the respect of everyone in the kingdom. Until the day the king died. As Snow White tries to do everything in her power to hate her step-mother, the evil queen only has love for her. She has always wanted a daughter and was hoping their relationship could be salvaged. Taken to the woods for her own sanity, Snow White does not hesitate in plotting against the evil queen to take her down. While trying to continue her husband’s legacy, the queen will do everything in her power to act in the best interests of the kingdom. Even if that means killing Snow White. Revisit the charming tale of Snow White as told from the perspective of the Evil Queen who allegedly poisoned her. Also Available in the Series: Cinderella is Evil Saving Rapunzel Killing Snow White Ugly Sleeping Beauty I Love Little Red The Beast with no Beauty Fairy Tales Retold (The complete collection. Save money by buying in one place)
Author : CHARLES. EGAN
Publisher : Silverwood Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2020-03-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781781329801
A gripping historical novel following the men and women of the Irish diaspora.
Author : Ross Greenwood
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,85 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 183889442X
‘Fear the north wind. Because no one will hear you scream...’ A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. Fifty years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather – each time it snows another person dies. As an exhausted and grizzled DI Barton and his team scrabble to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the killer is hiding in plain sight. Meanwhile, the murders continue... The first in a new series, Ross Greenwood has written a cracking, crackling crime story with a twist in its tale which will surprise even the most hardened thriller readers. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride. Praise for The Snow Killer 'Move over Rebus and Morse; a new entry has joined the list of great crime investigators in the form of Detective Inspector John Barton. A rich cast of characters and an explosive plot kept me turning the pages until the final dramatic twist.' author Richard Burke 'Ross Greenwood doesn’t write clichés. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of humour.' author Kath Middleton ‘With The Snow Killer, master of the psychological thriller genre Ross Greenwood once again proves his talent for creating engrossing and gritty novels that draw you right in and won’t let go until you’ve reached the shocking ending.’ Caroline Vincent at Bitsaboutbooks blog What readers think of The Snow Killer: 'Absolutely brilliant!!' 'A crime novel with a social conscience.' ' It grabbed me a few pages in and wouldn't let go' 'Great stuff dripping with tension and intrigue.' 'it was so easy to get inside each characters head and it felt almost like I was part of the story' 'Ross Greenwood takes us on a journey that is both full of thrills and emotion. I absolutely loved it.' 'It was a story which gripped me from the off and kept me glued to the page right' 'The book had a feeling of authenticity about it, and was full of surprises and genuine emotion'
Author : Ann Moore
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1453220224
An Irish mother faces her destiny in California as the acclaimed trilogy comes to an end—“a vibrant picture of American history in the mid-19th century” (Historical Novel Society). With her two children, Gracelin O’Malley travels to post–Gold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who has proposed marriage to her. But when she arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Destitute in a city filled with gangs, disillusioned soldiers, and professional gamblers, Grace takes a position as a cook for one of the city’s most prominent doctors—only to become caught up in a tangled web of blackmail and betrayal. Determined to make a secure life for her children and find her brother, Sean, Gracelin sets in motion a series of events that change the future of everyone around her, never dreaming that the man she thought she’d lost forever is still alive and determined to find his way back to her. Dickensian in scope, with a full cast of riveting characters, Ann Moore’s ’Til Morning Light is the stunning conclusion to the enthralling story of Gracelin O’Malley, a heroine for the ages.
Author : Kate Sedley
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 1999-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312206253
A medieval mystery featuring Roger, the travelling peddler, as he investigates the death of a lady in a manor. Her husband claims it was an accident, but word is he has had an eye on a widow nearby and wanted to be free.
