Author : Nathan Jorgenson
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0974637041
The friendship between Grant Thorson and Will Campbell is the only sure thing in Grant's life as he suffers a series of painful losses. When he falls in love with Susan, it seems that happiness is his once more. But when Will dies, Grant decides that loving someone makes him too vulnerable, so he pushes Susan and his daughter away to keep from being hurt again.
Author : Alex Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 37,20 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1451643012
The world has ended, but her journey has just begun. Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that human beings are no longer a viable species. When Zoe realizes that everyone she loves is disappearing, she starts running. Scared and alone in a shockingly changed world, she embarks on a remarkable journey of survival and redemption. Along the way, Zoe comes to see that humans are defined not by their genetic code, but rather by their actions and choices. White Horse offers hope for a broken world, where love can lead to the most unexpected places.
Author : Megan Shepherd
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101939788
"Deserves a spot on the shelf next to the most beloved children's classics—yes, even The Secret Garden." —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review Described as "reminiscent of the Chronicles of Narnia" in a starred review, The Secret Horses of Briar Hill shows readers everywhere that there is color in our world—they just need to know where to look. There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital—the mirrors that reflect the elegant rooms once home to a princess, now filled with sick children. Only Emmaline can see the creatures. It is her secret. One morning, Emmaline climbs over the wall of the hospital’s abandoned gardens and discovers something incredible: a white horse with a broken wing has left the mirror-world and entered her own. The horse, named Foxfire, is hiding from a dark and sinister force—a Black Horse who hunts by colorless moonlight. If Emmaline is to keep him from finding her new friend, she must surround Foxfire with treasures of brilliant shades. But where can Emmaline find color in a world of gray? A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 "Endearing characters, metaphors for life and death, and a slow revelation of the horrors of war give this slim novel a surprising amount of heft."—Booklist, Starred Review "In clear, gripping, flawless prose . . . this exquisite, beautifully illustrated middle-grade novel explodes with raw anguish, magic and hope, and readers will clutch it to their chests and not want to let go."—Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "Reminiscent of the Chronicles of Narnia, Elizabeth Goudge, or a child's version of Life of Pi. . . . Readers will love this to pieces." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Magical, terrifying, and full of heart. Open these pages, and ride true."—Newbery Honor-winning author Kathi Appelt "A remarkable book. Astonishing!"—Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
Author : Rett Tyler
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2017-12-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781973525042
A cruel, sadistic Master, his tortured, broken slave, and a man who will stop at nothing until he holds the key to her freedom in his hand. Rhiannon is 23, and severely traumatised after being abducted and forced to work as a sex slave from the age of four until eight. Although on meds and undergoing therapy, she manages to hold down a job and function relatively normally in daily life, albeit with comical lapses when she utters strings of profanities and exhibits eccentric behaviours. Until she meets and falls hard for the gorgeous, desirable, wealthy Ethan, her boss, and her world is turned upside down again. Because of her disturbing past, she cannot accept that Ethan could possibly have the same feelings for her. Then her past comes back to haunt her and she finally accepts that Ethan loves her and wants to protect her from her powerful and sinister former 'Master'. Just as it seems Ethan and Rhiannon are about to begin a life together, Rhiannon is drugged and kidnapped by a man she trusts. Does this man have connections with her 'Master'? Will Ethan find her in time?The White Horses are coming...
Author : Eli Goodman
Publisher : Morgan James Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2016-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781630479329
A rejected horse becomes a hero, and everyone learns an important lesson.
Author : Nathan Jorgenson
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0974637084
CONTRAPASSO (kon-tra-pass-oh n. the concept that the punishment of an individual's soul corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth. Secret memories that linger in the heart of a lover, the joy of childhood and young love, loss of innocence, and the losses that come with aging. In Contrapasso, Nathan Jorgenson's unique sense of humor and heartbreak shine through as he weaves all of these into a rich story of ....LIFE.
Author : Raymond Carver
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2015-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101970545
The complete uncollected fiction and nonfiction, including the five posthumously discovered “last” stories, published here in book form for the first time—from “one of the great short story writers of our time—of any time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Call If You Need Me includes all of the prose previously collected in No Heroics, Please, four essays from Fires, and those five marvelous stories that range over the period of Carver’s mature writing and give his devoted readers a final glimpse of the great writer at work. The pure pleasure of Carver’s writing is everywhere in his work, here no less than in those stories that have already entered the canon of modern literature.
Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0525520368
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris in this "feel-good escape” (The New York Times). Paras, short for "Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and—she's a curious filly—wanders all the way to the City of Light. She's dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but she isn't afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthaired pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of suspicious Parisians. Paras and Frida coexist for a time in the city's lush green spaces, nourished by Frida's strategic trips to the vegetable market. They keep company with two irrepressible ducks and an opinionated raven. But then Paras meets a human boy, Etienne, and discovers a new, otherworldly part of Paris: the ivy-walled house where the boy and his nearly-one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother live in seclusion. As the cold weather nears, the unlikeliest of friendships bloom. But how long can a runaway horse stay undiscovered in Paris? How long can a boy keep her hidden and all to himself? Jane Smiley's beguiling new novel is itself an adventure that celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all creatures for true love and freedom.
Author : Marguerite Henry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1481442589
Originally published: Chicago: Rand McNally, c1951.
Author : Violet McNeal
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1627310932
Violet McNeal ran away from her family’s rural Minnesota farm in the late 1880s and fell under the spell of conman and patent medicine “doctor” Will Archimbauld who hooked her on opium and promises of fame and fortune. Violet soon learned to become Princess Lotus Blossom and was the best pitchman, nostrum seller, and conwoman to roam the west in a torch-lit wagon. Four White Horses and a Brass Band is Violet’s story of life on the road with the medicine show and reveal the secrets of conman’s trade. Sick and nearly dead with addiction by age 30, she submits to the tortures of withdrawal and the “cure” to create a new life. First published in 1947, the Feral House edition features an extensive afterword on the history of the patent medicine trade and evolution of the lure of miracle cures and healers. Also included are a glossary of the grifter’s cant and samples of scripts used by Violet and other infamous “doctors”.
