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Felicia
by Leonora BlytheA fateful accident leaves a lady with amnesia—and in the arms of a handsome rake—in this Regency romance by the author of Lady Tara. After her mother&’s death, young Miss Felicia is sent by her aunt to take a governess position in Manchester. Though she will miss her friends from home, she is quite happy to forget her bitter aunt and selfish cousin. Unfortunately, she is about to forget far more . . . When dashing Lord Umber rescues Felicia from a coach accident, he judges from her drab travelling clothes that she is merely a wench for fun and games. He knows nothing about her aristocratic heritage—but then, neither does she. A severe blow to her head has quite driven all her memory away. Now Felicia may not remember her past, but she is as guarded about her future as she ever was. And she&’s not about to let herself be seduced by a glamourous stranger . . .
Felicity
by Celeste HallJerrard es un Ranger, uno de los grupos de guerreros de élite que aún luchan por proteger al pueblo de la invasión de la Horda. Son espectros en el bosque. Asesinos silenciosos que pueden atacar y desaparecer de nuevo antes de que el enemigo se dé cuenta de que está siendo atacado. Su clase es una raza en extinción. La corrupción del rey ha costado demasiadas vidas. Ahora todos están en peligro. Jerrard ya está desafiando sus lealtades cuando el rey le envía a rescatar a la hija de un noble. Felicity es hermosa y apasionada. Rápidamente se da cuenta de que ella es el cebo de una trampa cuidadosamente tendida para destruirlo. Enamorarse de ella es una sentencia de muerte. Sin embargo, se siente irresistiblemente atraído por sus brazos.
Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace: A Felicity Carrol Mystery (A Felicity Carrol Mystery #2)
by Patricia MarcantonioHeiress and amateur detective Felicity Carrol makes a perilous journey to apprehend a notorious murderer who has terrorized England--and now continues his vicious killing spree across the pond.Felicity Carrol would rather be doing just about anything other than attending balls or seeking a husband. What she really wants to do is continue her work using the latest forensic methods and her photographic memory to help London police bring murderers to justice, so when her friend, Scotland Yard Inspector Jackson Davies, weak from injury, discovers a murder in a wild mining town in Montana that echoes the terrible crimes in England, Felicity decides to go herself.In Placer, Montana, her first obstacle is handsome lawman Thomas Pike, who uses his intuition as much as his Colt in keeping law and order in this unruly town. When the murderer strikes again, Felicity begins to suspect Davies is correct: Jack the Ripper has come to America. Felicity sets out to find the killer in a town chock full of secrets, shadows, and suspects, but as the body count rises, this intrepid sleuth faces her most dangerous adversary yet--and discovers that not all killers are as they seem.
Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit: A Felicity Carrol Mystery (A Felicity Carrol Mystery)
by Patricia MarcantonioAmidst the heraldry of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations, a string of brutal murders rocks Britain's upper crust—and could threaten the realm itself—in the spellbinding debut of Patricia Marcantonio's Felicity Carrol mysteries.Felicity Carrol is interested in everything—except being a proper young matron of Victorian society. Brilliant and resourceful, Felicity took refuge in science and education after her mother died and her father abandoned her to servants. Now, all he wants is for her to marry into a family of status and money.Felicity has other ambitions—but her plans shudder to a halt when her mentor is murdered at the British Museum and his priceless manuscript of King Arthur lore is stolen. Tapping into her photographic memory and the latest in the burgeoning field of forensic detection, Felicity launches an investigation. Handsome Scotland Yard Inspector Jackson Davies is also on the case, and finds Felicity as meddlesome as she is intelligent. But when more nobles are murdered and their King Arthur relics stolen, Felicity must journey on her own into the dark underworld of antiquity theft, where she uncovers a motive far more nefarious than simple profit.As the killer sets his sights on a new victim—a charismatic duke who has captured Felicity’s imagination—the stakes rise to impossible heights. It’s a case that could shake the kingdom in Patricia Marcantonio’s series debut, Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit.
Felicity Discovers A Secret (American Girls Short Stories #19)
by Valerie TrippIn Felicity Discovers a Secret, Felicity's hoop gets her into trouble. Now Felicity must spend a day with Mrs. Burnie, the crabbiest woman in town. Felicity can't seem to do anything right under Mrs. Burnie's watchful eye. But then she discovers Mrs. Burnie's secret...
Felicity Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls #5)
by Valerie TrippSummer on Grandfather's plantation next to the York River is heaven for Felicity. She can be out of doors all day long-riding horses with Grandfather, playing with Nan and William, and exploring the woods, the fields, and the river's shore. One day Felicity finds a secret note. It is from Ben, her father's apprentice, and it is a cry for help. Ben has broken his apprenticeship agreement with Mr. Merriman and has run away to join George Washington's army. Felicity plunges into a dangerous adventure when she goes to help Ben. She must use all the strength, courage, and wisdom she has to try to save the day.
Felicity's Dancing Shoes (American Girls Short Stories #7)
by Valerie TrippIn colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
Felicity's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls #3)
by Valerie TrippAll Felicity wants for Christmas is to go to the dancing lesson at the governor's Palace with her friend Elizabeth. Mother works every minute she can spare from Christmas preparations and celebrations to make Felicity a blue gown for this special occasion, then she becomes very ill. <P><P>All thoughts of the gown are forgotten as Felicity nurses her mother and helps care for her brother and sister. Now all Felicity wants for Christmas is for her mother to get well. She's given up on the ball, but Christmas is a time for dreams to come true.
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces
by Felix Frankfurter Harlan B. PhillipsThis volume presents the raw materials for future historians on the variegated aspects of American life, ending with Frankfurter's appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939.
Felix Longoria's Wake
by Patrick J. CarrollDrawing on extensive documentary evidence and interviews with many key figures, including Dr. García and Mrs. Longoria, Carroll convincingly explains why the Longoria incident, though less severe than other acts of discrimination against Mexican Americans, ignited the activism of a whole range of interest groups from Argentina to Minneapolis. By putting Longoria's wake in a national and international context, he also clarifies why it became such a flash point for conflicting understandings of bereavement, nationalism, reason, and emotion between two powerful cultures—Mexicanidad and Americanism.
Felizes Para Sempre
by Tânia Nezio Tanya Anne CrosbySophia Vanderwahl, herdeira de uma família de Boston, chegou à conclusão que seu noivo é um namorador da pior espécie. Em busca de vingança, ela se prepara para encontrar o vagabundo a fim de lhe devolver seu anel de noivado, e ela contrata um velho rival dele, para levá-la para Yucatan, no México. Embora desconfiado de seus motivos, Jack MacCauley precisa do dinheiro para financiar sua prrópria expedição. Neste romance marítimo leve e alegre, Jack e Sophie aprendem a confiar um no outro como amantes e como amigos. Crítica publicada na revista Publisher's Weekly: Crosby permanece fiel ao seu estilo neste animado romance do século 19 sobre Sophia Vanderwahl, uma herdeira de Boston que financia o delinquente do seu noivo, Harlan Penn, que viajou para explorar Yucatan e suas nativas. Em busca de vingança, Sophia resolve ir atrás de Harlan para devolver o anel de noivado. Ela contrata Jack MacAuley, um aventureiro arrogante - e antigo rival de Harlan - para levá-la para o México. Embora suspeite dos motivos de Sophia, Jack precisa do dinheiro para financiar sua própria expedição. Jack está convencido de que Sophia está disposta a sabotar seu barco, mas ao longo da estória, as faíscas da raiva se transformam em faíscas de amor. Aos poucos, Jack e Sophia aprendem a confiar um no outro como amantes e amigos. As brincadeiras divertidas das personagens de Crosby manterão os leitores presos a este delicioso romance humorístico. Crítica da RT Book: Mais uma vez, Tanya Anne Crosby presenteia os leitores com uma história de muito amor e carinho. Seu incrível dom para criar um romance alegre e colorido vai encantar o leitor e vai arrastá-lo sobre as ondas de Jack e Sophia numa emocionante viagem de descobertas.
Fell Murder (British Library Crime Classics)
by E.C.R. LoracMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderA classic Golden Age mystery from acclaimed author E.C.R. Lorac '...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.'The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations, and fine land it was with the towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Here hot-tempered Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled Garthmere Hall with a rod of iron. Until, that is, old Garth was found dead—'dead as mutton'—in the trampled mud of the ancient outhouse.Glowering clouds gather over the dramatic dales and fells as seasoned investigator Chief Inspector Macdonald arrives in the north country. Awaiting him are the reticent Garths and their guarded neighbors of the Lune Valley; and a battle of wits to unearth their murderous secrets.First published in 1944, Fell Murder is a tightly-paced mystery with authentic depictions of its breathtaking locales and Second World War setting. This edition also includes the rare E.C.R. Lorac short story 'The Live Wire'.
The Fell Sword
by Miles CameronLoyalty costs money.Betrayal, on the other hand, is free.When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand - and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory will be hard won. But The Red Knight has a plan.The question is, can he negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields at the same time - especially when intends to be victorious on them all?
The Fell Sword
by Miles CameronLoyalty costs money.Betrayal, on the other hand, is free.When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand - and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory will be hard won. But The Red Knight has a plan.The question is, can he negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields at the same time - especially when intends to be victorious on them all?Read by Matthew Wolf(p) 2014 Hachette Audio
Fellah and Townsman in the Middle East: Studies in Social History
by Gabriel BaerThis volume deals with the history of the "common people" in the Middle East, both villagers and urban dwellers. It investigates some of the characteristic traits of the structure and development of urban and rural society in pre-modern and modern Middle Eastern history.
Fellow Citizens
by Terry Golway Robert V. ReminiThe complete American presidential inaugural addresses featuring historical background by a National Book Award winner A testament to the power of oratory, this stirring and often surprising collection includes all fifty-five United States presidential inaugural addresses, as well as a general introduction and commentary that provides historical context for each speech. Marking pivotal moments in American history, readers will learn: ? How George Washington came to ad-lib ?So help me, God? at the end of his first inaugural address ? Why Thomas Jefferson?s first inaugural address is considered one of the finest ever delivered ? The historical background behind Franklin D. Roosevelt?s ?The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? and John F. Kennedy?s ?Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.?
Fellow Men: Fantin-Latour and the Problem of the Group in Nineteenth-Century French Painting
by Bridget AlsdorfFocusing on the art of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and his colleagues Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Frédéric Bazille, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Fellow Men argues for the importance of the group as a defining subject of nineteenth-century French painting. Through close readings of some of the most ambitious paintings of the realist and impressionist generation, Bridget Alsdorf offers new insights into how French painters understood the shifting boundaries of their social world, and reveals the fragile masculine bonds that made up the avant-garde.A dedicated realist who veered between extremes of sociability and hermetic isolation, Fantin-Latour painted group dynamics over the course of two decades, from 1864 to 1885. This was a period of dramatic change in French history and art--events like the Paris Commune and the rise and fall of impressionism raised serious doubts about the power of collectivism in art and life. Fantin-Latour's monumental group portraits, and related works by his friends and colleagues from the 1850s through the 1880s, represent varied visions of collective identity and test the limits of association as both a social and an artistic pursuit. By examining the bonds and frictions that animated their social circles, Fantin-Latour and his cohorts developed a new pictorial language for the modern group: one of fragmentation, exclusion, and willful withdrawal into interior space that nonetheless presented individuality as radically relational.
Fellow Travelers: A Novel
by Thomas MallonIt's 1950s Washington, D.C.: a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, dominated by personalities like Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy. Enter Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against Communism. An encounter with a handsome State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim's first job and, after Fuller's advances, his first love affair. As McCarthy mounts a desperate bid for power and internal investigations focus on “sexual subversives” in the government, Tim and Fuller find it ever more dangerous to navigate their double lives. Moving between the diplomatic world of Foggy Bottom and NATO's front line in Europe, Fellow Travelers is a searing historical novel infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and genuine heartbreak.
The Fellowship: The Story of a Revolution
by John GribbinFrom the bestselling author of Science: A History comes the enthralling story of a revolution that shook the world. Seventeenth-century England was racked by civil war, plague and fire; a world ruled by superstition and ignorance. A series of meetings of 'natural philosophers' in Oxford and London saw the beginning of a new method of thinking based on proof and experiment. John Gribbin's gripping, colourful account of this unparalleled time of discovery explores the impact of the Royal Society, culminating with Isaac Newton's revolutionary description of the universe and Edmund Halley's prediction of the return of a comet in 1759. This compelling book shows the triumph not as the work of one isolated genius, but of a Fellowship.
The Fellowship of the Mystery
by John Neville FiggisThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. <p><p>This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
The Fellowship of the Talisman
by Clifford D. SimakA strange assortment of humans and otherworldly beings joins a young soldier of God on his perilous quest through an alternate, technology-free reality ruled by an all-powerful Evil In an alternate world where the Dark Ages never ended, "the Evil" that arises every five hundred years has prevented all manner of technological advancement, even well into the twentieth century. The son of a powerful English noble, young Duncan Standish has always longed to be a soldier of the Lord, and now he's been offered a rare opportunity to fulfill his dream. Entrusted with the delivery of an ancient manuscript--purported to be irrefutable evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ--to a noted Oxenford scholar, Duncan must journey many perilous miles in the company of a motley group of fellow travelers, including a goblin, a ghost, and other magical and non-magical companions. But the road they traverse together is fraught with terrible trials that would test even the most devout, for the Evil is strong in this place of dark wonders. Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winner and SFWA Grand Master Clifford D. Simak moves easily from science fiction to quest fantasy in this enthralling tale of magic, peril, and discovery on an Earth that never was. Rich in color, thrills, and wild invention, and populated by a highly original and unforgettable cast of characters, Fellowship of the Talisman showcases the author's peerless storytelling skills, demonstrating once again that the great Simak had few equals in the realm of twentieth-century speculative fiction.
Fell's Point (Images of America)
by Jacqueline GreffFell's Point, Baltimore's original deep-water port, was founded in 1726 by William Fell, a shipbuilder from England. The community's shipyards developed the famed Baltimore Clippers; built two of the first ships in the United States Navy, the USS Constellation and the USS Enterprise; and financed the privateers that helped win the War of 1812. In the late 19th century, Baltimore was second only to Ellis Island as an entry port for European immigrants, many of whom initially settled in Fell's Point. When the Great Fire of 1904 swept through Baltimore, Fell's Point was the only historic neighborhood that survived. In the 1960s fight to keep from being demolished for an expressway, Fell's Point became Maryland's first district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today in Fell's Point, cultures, lifestyles, and generations mingle in a romantic seaport setting accented by working tugboats, cobblestone streets, tiny brick rowhouses, and a dazzling variety of bars, restaurants, shops, and coffeehouses.
Fell's Point (Images of Modern America)
by Jacqueline Greff Jeffrey Bejma Frank L. Tybush VFell's Point history can be told as a "tale of two cities:" abolitionists and violent secessionists; fire-bombing murderers and community organizers; million-dollar condos and low-income projects; and world champion boxers and a myriad of panhandlers. This dichotomy has created a neighborhood unlike any other in Baltimore. One of the oldest neighborhoods in America, Fell's Point has witnessed much in its 300-plus years. Originally Baltimore's deepwater seaport, Fell's Point's privateers were crucial to winning of the War of 1812. After shipbuilding moved out and waves of immigrants moved through the community, it gradually fell into decline in the first half of the 20th century. In the 1960s, dedicated preservationists began a decade-plus-long battle to defeat city plans to demolish it for a highway. Today, Fell's Point is a thriving, artistic, and eccentric community that welcomes one and all to experience its history, its culture, and its people.