Author : Joseph J. Corn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 1996-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801853999
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
Author : Kathryn Kaleigh
Publisher : KST Publishing Inc
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Afraid of flying, college professor Hallie Monroe embarks on a train trip from Chicago to Salt Lake City. Only riding the train to avoid flying to a conference for a presentation all but guaranteeing tenure, she attracts the attention of another passenger. This other passenger just so happens to be a mysteriously handsome man traveling with a precocious eight-year-old boy. Accompanying his nephew, not allowed to fly due to a medical condition, businessman Gregory St. Clair takes the train home to Denver. Typically he would fly, but as fate would have it, he meets Hallie Monroe and falls instantly head over heels. Even though Gregory does not normally date, he has no lack of confidence with women. Their romance buds quickly, but with a thousand miles between their everyday lives, that budding relationship lacks the foundation to take root. Gregory, however, will not be deterred. He has a plan. But will Hallie and Gregory make the choice and do what it takes to overcome the barriers of distance keeping them apart? Full of romance and heart, this charming instalove romance is another engaging sweet meet-cute novel from Kathryn Kaleigh.
Author : Rochelle Alers
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488098190
Disenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and returns home to Baltimore. When Lydia volunteers to be a chef at a summer camp, her life takes an unexpected turn--into the arms of former football star Kennedy Fletcher. Soon their evening walks turn into passion-filled nights. But what happens when one of them believes their relationship is just a sizzling summer fling? Originally Published in 2005
Author : Al Lacy
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307564398
The second book in the Orphan Trains Trilogy from writing duo Al and Joanna Lacy When 62 orphans and abandoned children leave New York City on a train headed out West, they have no idea what to expect. Will they get separated from their friends or siblings? Will their new families love them? Will a family even pick them at all? But their futures are wilder than any of them could imagine, and range from kidnappings and whippings to stowing away on wagon trains, from starting orphanages of their own to serving as missionaries to the Apaches. No matter what, their paths are being watched by someone who cares about--and carefully plans--all of their tomorrows.
Author : Denise Buckley
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 28,28 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1622129318
This stark tale describes life in the early years of the 1900s. Yesterday's Tomorrows begins in 1906, when eight-year-old Ruth escapes a fire with her half-sister. However, the rest of her family perish in the blaze and the girls are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Ruth later leaves school to work in the local mill, where she falls for a young man named Billy. Like many couples, Ruth and Billy discuss their future and the children they intend to have. Their plans go awry when Billy enlists in World War I. He goes missing in France and is presumed dead. Meanwhile, Ruth meets another man but refuses a relationship with him until she is certain of Billy's fate. When Ruth learns that Billy was seriously injured, she goes to him and he tells her that he can no longer father children. Deeply in love, Ruth tells him that it doesn't matter and they marry. The Dark Secret comes into play when Ruth is ravished one night and becomes pregnant by her unknown assailant. Billy pretends that he is the father, but before the child is born Billy kills himself. What happens next includes startling revelations that will continue into the book's sequel. Will Ruth find a happy ending?
Author : Karen Kingsbury
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 37,82 MB
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1599954192
Now streaming on PureFlix! In A Thousand Tomorrows, Cody Gunner, a talented but angry cowboy, meets Ali Daniels, a lovely and mysterious barrel-racer. The two are national champions, top of their game, alone and intent on staying that way. Cody has rejected everything about his past, and only has room for his little brother, Carl Joseph, born with Down Syndrome. Ali embraces life, making the most of every moment because of a secret she keeps hidden from the public, connecting her with a sister who died before she had a chance to live. Before their paths intersect, competing is all they need, but what fears must they face if together they ignite a love that burns brighter than both of them? In Just Beyond the Clouds, Cody is nursing a broken heart over the death of the love of his life, when he meets Elle Dalton, Carl Joseph's teacher. Cody can't bear the thought of losing his little brother, too, so when Elle begins championing Carl Joseph's independence, she finds herself at odds with Cody. But even while they battle it out, they can't deny the instinctive connection they share, and Cody faces a crisis of the heart. What if Elle is the one woman who can teach Cody that love is still possible? In the brand-new omnibus edition, Karen Kingsbury's continuing story of devotion, tragedy, and renewal, comes to life, teaching that while love often causes the heart to break, it's also the only thing that can mend it again.
Author : Gineen Dutkovic
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491788089
While everyone else is diving headfirst into the pool of life, 23 year old Novena Fullerton can barely manage to wade in up to her ankles. She longs to immerse herself and splash around in all life has to offer but not without a safety net. Her life ring comes in the form of her boyfriend Dev. With one hand on his strong arm she can float along without the fear of going under. When Dev enters the dark waters of heroin use Novena plunges in after him. What starts as an attempt to help their friend Mick spirals into addiction. All Novena can do is hang on and hope she washes safely up on shore. Set in Pittsburgh in the 1990s, Novenas journey is peopled by characters as compassionate as they are depraved. They offer levity, insight and wisdom, usually when she least wants it. Novena tells her story with compelling intimacy, sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes humorous. We get swept along as she flows from dependency to desperation to a life she never imagined.
Author : Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti
Publisher : Hard Shell Word Factory
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2005-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0759906106
Author : Lori Herter
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 30,6 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1628156740
Whidbey, the lovely little island in Puget Sound, was a small world that could be quickly filled with cruel gossip or haunting memories. Yet Ginger Cowan had stayed on long after Deuin MacPherson had married her, confessed on their wedding night he'd been unfaithful, and left for Chicago. She'd gone away to college, come back to open an antique shop and to make a good life for herself, now it seemed only her family's bitterness over the "betrayal" remained, naggingly reminding her that Devin had come back to Seattle...that at any minute he might walk back into her life. Had she really forgiven him? Had she really forgotten? What would she do if he were to reappear, take her in his arms...ask her to trade the hurt and humiliation of yesterday for the joy and promise of tomorrow?
Author : Corey K. Cotta
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 2007-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595865534
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation. Even though he can't spend time in the warm waters of Belize, policeman Conrad Bishop is happy to spend time with his girlfriend, Amber, at a private beachfront home in Nantucket. After a tranquil evening walking the beach, Conrad wakes at 3:00 AM, turns on the television, and hears a disturbing news report about a deadly influenza plague-the direct result of a terrorist attack on the United States. Rushing into his bedroom, he finds his girlfriend unconscious and suffering from a high fever. When he tries to take her to the hospital, the town is in a panic. Cars clog the road, and he's forced to return to the beach house. Amber never regains consciousness, and by that evening, she is dead. Grief stricken, Bishop is suddenly thrust into a world that changes by the minute. Terrorists attack every major city in the United States with car bombs and invade American embassies overseas. With a small group of survivors, Conrad struggles to stay alive. His fight will take him to the very steps of the White House and have him waging a valiant crusade to keep a dying nation alive.
