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A Quiet Undertaking (Connor Westphal Mystery #4)
by Penny Warner<P>Macavity Award-winning author Penny Warner knows there's no rest for the dead.... <P>Life is never dull in the California Gold Country town of Flat Skunk. But deaf journalist Connor Westphal is shocked all the same when she learns that boxes of human ashes have been found stashed in a nearby self-storage facility. The space is leased to one Jasper Coyne, a bourbon-happy fisherman hired by the Memory Kingdom Memorial Park to scatter the ashes at sea. <P>Connor thinks the scandal will make great copy for her paper, the Eureka!--until Jasper is murdered and suspicion falls on Connor's own best friend, Memory Kingdom owner Del Rey Montez. Connor is sure Del Rey is innocent. To prove it, Connor must navigate mortician politics and skinhead teens to untangle the secrets of Del Rey's past. But when she gets too close to the truth, she makes an enemy who's determined to make sure the intrepid reporter bites the dust along with her biggest scoop of the year.
A Quiet Vendetta
by R.J. ElloryAn epic novel of gangland intrigue from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with Ray Hartmann, who works for a Washington-based organised crime task force.All Ray wants to do is get this over with quickly, and go home to try and repair his broken marriage. Instead he must listen to the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, who wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realises that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late...
A Quiet Vendetta: A Thriller
by R. J. ElloryBy award-winning thriller heavyweight R. J. Ellory, this ambitious crime novel takes his skill for suspense to a spellbinding level. When Catherine Ducane disappears in New Orleans, the cops react fast--she is the governor's daughter, after all. But the case quickly grows strange. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated, and when the kidnapper calls, he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with a minor government functionary. By the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late . . . A Quiet Vendetta is both the epic story of one mobster's life-- ranging from Cuba to Chicago-- and equally a powerful thriller of rage, love, and loss. With tension to match the best of Cussler, Patterson, and his own best-selling work, A Quiet Vendetta confirms R. J. Ellory's place at the forefront of the genre. .
A Quiet Vendetta: A Thriller
by R.J. ElloryAn epic novel of gangland intrigue from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with Ray Hartmann, who works for a Washington-based organised crime task force.All Ray wants to do is get this over with quickly, and go home to try and repair his broken marriage. Instead he must listen to the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, who wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realises that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late...
A Quiet, Little Town (A Red Ryan Western #4)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJOHNSTONE COUNTRY. ONE WILD RIDE. Stagecoach guard Red Ryan has managed to survive every dirty, danger-filled trail in Texas. But this time, the journey is hell on four wheels. And the next stop could be his last . . . BIG TROUBLE IN A SMALL TOWN It starts with an unusual request: &“On this trip there will be no cussing, no drinking, no gambling, and no loose women.&” No problem. Or so Red Ryan thinks—until he meets the passengers. They include four holy and silent monks, one beautiful lady tutor, and a drunken, washed-up gunfighter. Even worse, they&’re crossing the wild Texas hill country where bloodthirsty Apaches are on the loose and a mad-dog killer is on the prowl. But that can&’t compare to what&’s waiting for them at Fredericksburg. In this quiet little town, every man, woman, and monk will reveal their true colors. Green for greed. Yellow for cowardice. Black for pure unadulterated evil. Which leaves Red—gunning for his life . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
A Quieter Story
by Liza WoodruffA kitten insists that his little-girl owner write an adventure story suitable for a TIGER and learns that you should be careful about what you wish for when the story becomes too scary.When a little girl starts to write a story about her kitten playing with yarn, he doesn't like it one bit. He wants a story for his alter-ego TIGER--one that has pep and pizzazz--so the girl creates an adventure that the kitten jumps into. Darkness surrounds him (No light, no problem! says the kitten), venomous vipers drop from the trees (Snakes? I've got this), hungry hyenas circle the tiger--and suddenly the kitten begins to wonder if there can be such a thing as too much adventure. As the story gets scarier and scarier, he realizes that what one wants and what one needs are sometimes two different things. This time, he needs a quieter story.A colorful and inventive picture book about a creative girl and her kitten.
A Quilt for Christmas
by Melody CarlsonCuddle up with this cozy story of giving and forgiving--with a little bit of romance Christmas should be celebrated with family, but for Vera Swanson, that’s not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town, Fiona enlists Vera’s aid, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has a special request--a Christmas quilt for Mama. Vera will have to get a ragtag group of women together to fulfill the request. Between free-spirited artist Tasha, chatty empty nester Beverly, retired therapist Eleanor, and herself, Vera has hopes that Christmas for the Albright family will be merry after all. And she may even find herself a new family of friends along the way.
A Quilt for Christmas
by Sandra Dallas[from inside dust jacket flaps] ""It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband, Will, has joined the Kansas Volunteers to fight the Confederates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war, and she finds solace and camaraderie among the women of her quilting group. And when she is asked to help hide an escaped slave, she must decide for herself what is right, and who she can count on to help her. With rich historical detail and vibrant characters, A Quilt for Christmas is the perfect novel about the bonds of family and the true meaning of sacrifice. Sandra Dallas is the author of thirteen novels, including Fallen Women, True Sisters, The Bride's House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale, Tallgrass, and New Mercies. She is a former Denver bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine and lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit her at www.sandradallas.com." The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas is also set in Kansas and about the friendships among quilters. It is the story of the grand daughters of the characters in A Quilt for Christmas and is in the Bookshare collection along with Tall Grass and The Quilt Walk with more to come.
A Quilt of Dreams: A Novel
by Patricia SchonsteinSet in Grahamstown, South Africa, during the 1990s at the height of political unrest and opposition to apartheid, this is the bittersweet story of two people whose lives intertwine with-out them knowing each other-one a heavy-drinking white man and the other the young daughter of a black activist.Reuben Cohen van Tonder's battle with unresolved grief and his search for hidden peace and Vita Mbuli's innocent resolve to remove the bad luck that has troubled her family for generations climax together in a wondrous resolution of personal and national triumph. In this captivating and heartfelt novel, Patricia Schonstein captures the harsh and brutal realities of South Africa's past with its raw and sore racism, interlacing them with enchantment, tenderness, forgiveness . . . and hope.
A Quilter's Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #15)
by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays in this heartwarming Christmas story from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini.For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season's spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent remodeling of the manor's kitchen unearthed a cornucopia that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom family's holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place an object that symbolized something he or she was especially thankful for that year. On this quilter's holiday, Sylvia has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and gratitude. As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge—feelings that are also expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day. As an early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow, the quilters find new meanings in their best-loved traditions and new reasons to be thankful. A Quilter's Holiday is a story of holiday spirit, in its truest, most generous sense.
A Quinn in Need (Zoey #101)
by Sarah Hines Stephens Jane MasonWhat would be worse? Having a total drama queen as a roommate, or living next to someone whose snoring registers on the Richter scale? Try both. Zoey and the gang are ready to rock a new school year at PCA, but things start to get strange fast.
A Quinta Dimensão
by Nona FernándezLivro Vencedor do prestigiado Prémio Sor Juana InÉs de la CruzE Finalista do National Book Award for fiction 2021 Um livro assombroso que reconstitui, através dos mecanismos da ficção, um dos períodos mais sombrios e brutais da história da América Latina por uma das escritoras mais importantes da atualidade. Corre o ano de 1984, no Chile. Em plena ditadura militar de Augusto Pinochet, um elemento dos serviços de segurança dirige-se a uma revista oposicionista para confessar a sua participação nos piores crimes do regime. Revela nomes de agentes e de desaparecidos, moradas de centros de detenção e os métodos de tortura aplicados. A jornalista grava o seu chocante testemunho, publica esta história de terror, e escancara as portas de uma realidade paralela, de uma Quinta Dimensão, cinzenta e brutal, somente intuída pela generalidade da sociedade, incluindo a narradora, que é apenas uma criança quando vê pela primeira vez o rosto banal desse homem e as palavras «Eu torturei» na capa da revista. Este facto real, transformado em memória — ou sonho? —, irá marcar indelevelmente a sua vida adulta e a sua carreira de escritora e documentarista, levando-a a embrenhar-se, com a chave da imaginação, nessa dimensão desconhecida, nesse mundo secreto onde as rotinas da manhã, um jogo de xadrez, Iuri Gagarin ou uma série de televisão coexistem com a vida paralela de um país. Seguindo o fio desta história verdadeira, Nona Fernández recorre aos mecanismos da ficção para chegar aos seus cantos mais sombrios, onde nem a memória pessoal ou coletiva nem os arquivos de documentos conseguem chegar, reconstruindo, com uma prosa luminosa e obsessiva, um dos períodos mais brutais da história da América Latina. Os elogios da crítica: «Um romance fascinante que convida os leitores a entrar nos negros portais da História onde as pessoas e as histórias apagadas pelos regimes autoritários são finalmente iluminadas.» — Chicago Review of books«A meio caminho entre jornalismo, literatura e memória pessoal, Nona Fernández consegue revelar o estado emocional de uma nação inteira perante o seu negro e porventura vergonhoso passado.» — Jurados do prémio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz «Um livro assombroso que se tornará um clássico da literatura latino-americana.» — El País «A Quinta Dimensão é um contributo extremamente inovador e importante para a literatura mundial, e não só chilena, sobre o trauma e o seu rescaldo.» — The New York Times «[Fernández] ousa ir além dos arquivos históricos que apresentam os crimes da ditadura chilena como casos isolados, revelando um mundo alternativo que assombra o espírito da nação.» — New York Magazine«Fernández encontrou a resposta para uma pergunta urgente: fazer arte é sempre insuficiente, mas é, ainda assim, um ofício poderoso.» — Harper’s Magazine«Nona Fernández ajuda-nos a vislumbrar a realidade terrorífica da tortura — e a forma ainda mais terrorífica como ela se transforma em rotina — numa prosa luminosa de grande inteligência e obsessiva sinceridade.» — Fernanda Melchior
A Quinta dos Animais
by George OrwellNOS PENGUIN CLÁSSICOS, UMA DAS OBRAS MAIS EMBLEMÁTICAS DO SÉCULO XX A QUINTA DOS ANIMAIS, DE GEORGE ORWELL «UMA FÁBULA SÁBIA, HUMANA E ESCLARECEDORA PARA OS TEMPOS QUE VIVEMOS.» THE NEW YORK TIMES. «Todos os animais são iguais, Mas alguns animais são mais iguais do que outros.» Quando o Sr. Jones se esquece de alimentar os animais da sua quinta, uma - justa - revolução é posta em marcha. Liderados pelos porcos Bola-de-Neve e Napoleão, os animais expulsam o dono e assumem o controlo da quinta com o objetivo de acabar com as terríveis desigualdades e instalar um novo sistema de poder que beneficie quem mais trabalha. Porém, com o passar do tempo, os ideais que inspiraram a rebelião serão esquecidos, pervertidos, e uma nova e inesperada forma de tirania acabará por se impor nas vidas daqueles animais. Inicialmente publicado em 1945, A Quinta dos Animais, uma das obras mais emblemáticas do século XX, é uma sátira brilhante e devastadora à corrupção do idealismo pelo poder.
A Quintet of Shakespeare Tragedies
by William ShakespeareMurder, Mayhem, and Madness-- Collected here are five of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. These are the plays that made Shakespeare's reputation. Murder, deceit, treachery, and madness play out on the grand stage. Stories for the ages! Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
A Quiver Full of Arrows
by Jeffrey Archerfrom inside dust jacket flaps: Jeffrey Archer is, of course, best known as the author of the Number 1 best sellers The Prodigal Daughter and Kane and Abel. Now Mr. Archer has turned his famous talents--his gift for inventive plotting, his acute eye for character and his ability to weave a tale of compelling readability--to the short-story form. The result is this collection of eleven narrative gems. Taken together, these stories attest to a dazzling versatility: their settings range from New York to Nigeria; their topics, from passion to avarice. But whether dealing in the subtle tease or the brutal twist, they have in common one thing: all bear the unmistakable signature of a born storyteller. Already a best seller in England, A Quiver Full of Arrows has been hailed by British critics as his finest work to date.
A Rabbit Called Sneeze
by Prg CollinsA young rabbit called Sneeze experienced an emotion called ‘fear’ when some hunters fired their guns near his home. His parents realised that he hadn’t felt scared like that ever before, so they spoke to him quietly and warmly, and told him how to handle fear. We will all feel scared some time in our lives, scared for ourselves or for our family and friends, so it’s something we should all know how to handle and to know what the safest thing to do about it might be when it happens.
A Rabbit and Bear Audio Omnibus: Four audiobooks in one! (Rabbit and Bear #999)
by Julian GoughA bumper audio edition including all four Rabbit and Bear books! This brilliantly funny collection brings Rabbit and his friend Bear to audio for the very first time: tales of friendship, gravity, and just a little bit of poo. 'A perfect animal double-act.' The Times, Book of the WeekIn Rabbit's Bad Habits, Bear wakes up early and decides to make a snowman. Rabbit wants to build an even better one. But with an avalanche and a hungry wolf heading his way, Rabbit realises having a friend might not be so bad after all.In The Pest in the Nest, Rabbit decides Something Simply Has To Be Done about Bear's snoring and Woodpecker's BANG!BANG!BANG! noise from up in the tree. But perhaps Bear can show Rabbit how to see the world differently.In Attack of the Snack, a Mysterious Thing lands in Rabbit and Bear's peaceful summer lake. And when Rabbit accidentally turns the Best Day Ever into the Worst Day Ever, only his friend Bear can help him turn the day around.In A Bite in the Night, even Bear is surprised: the trees seem to be flying south for the winter. There's a new creature in Rabbit and Bear's valley, and he's trying to Change Everything ... This audio omnibus is perfect for bedtime, or long journeys! Narrated by actor, writer and director Colleen Prendergast.(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
A Rabbit for Easter
by Carol Carrick[from the book jacket] "Paul, of Paul's Christmas Birthday, is the happiest boy in kindergarten because he can take Sam, the class's pet rabbit, home during Easter vacation. Sam gets lost--and luckily, found. And a much wiser Paul has learned a valuable lesson. Another warmly satisfying picture book by the popular husband and wife team."
A Race Against Time (Nancy Drew, Girl Detective #2)
by Carolyn KeeneIf I'm in the game, I play to win. So as captain of my team in the River Heights Biking for Bucks charity road race, my goals are to bring my team over the finish line first -- and to catch a thief along the way!See, all of the money we raised before the race has been stolen -- and I know I can find it. With two days, practically no clues, and a bike race to win, I've got my work cut out for me. But with Bess, George, and Ned on my team, what could stand between us and the gold?
A Race to Splendor
by Ciji WareInspired by female architect Julia Morgan, this is the riveting tale of a race against time to rebuild two luxury hotels after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed 400 city blocks and left 250,000 homeless. Morgan's fictional protegee Amelia Bradshaw and client J.D. Thayer will sacrifice anything to see the city they love rise from the ashes; in the process, they can't help but lose their hearts.
A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Season
by Leslie Leyland Fields Leslie Leyland Fields, Paul J. Willis Paul J. Willis"In Advent we prepare for the coming of all Love." —Madeleine L'Engle "At the birth of Jesus, an event of cosmic significance by which we humans still mark our calendars, the invisible and visible worlds come together." —Philip Yancey "Help us to realize, as those who love and believe in you that we, too, are pregnant with Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, and that day by day we are being enlarged." —Luci Shaw The first Christmas sermon preserved in church history was preached by St. John Chrysostom in AD 386, in which he declared, "Behold a new and wonderful mystery!" In this volume, the Christian literary writers of the Chrysostom Society reflect on Advent and Christmastide as a bright and meaningful season of anticipation and glory. Through forty-two readings from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany, contributors prepare us in watchful waiting for the coming of Jesus. We enter slowly so that the familiar can astonish us and become wondrous once again. Jesus is born in Bethlehem. But not only there. He is also born in us, that we might bear his presence and impart his goodness to the world.
A Radiant Curve: Poems and Stories
by Luci TapahonsoIn this sixth collection of stories and verse, award-winning writer Luci Tapahonso finds sacredness in everyday life. Viewing a sunset in a desert sky, listening to her granddaughter recount how she spent her day, or visiting her mother after her father's passing, she finds traces of her own memories, along with echoes of the voices of her Navajo ancestors. These engaging words draw us into a workaday world that, magically but never surprisingly, has room for the Diyin Dine'é (the Holy People), Old Salt Woman, and Dawn Boy. When she describes her grandson's First Laugh Ceremony-explaining that it was originally performed for White Shell Girl, who grew up to be Changing Woman-her account enriches us and we long to hear more. Tapahonso weaves the Navajo language into her work like she weaves "the first four rows of black yarn" into a rug she is making "for my little grandson, who inherited my father's name: Hastiin Tsétah Naaki Bísóí. " As readers, we find that we too are surrounded by silent comfort, held lovingly in the confident hands of an accomplished writer who has a great deal to tell us about life.
A Radiant Life: The Selected Journalism of Nuala O'Faolain
by Nuala O'FaolainWritings from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Are You Somebody?, on topics from Catholicism to feminism to Irish American culture, and more. Curious and funny, tender and scathing, Nuala O&’Faolain&’s columns in the Irish Times were never less than trenchant and always passionate. Through the prism of casual, everyday encounters, O&’Faolain digs into her subjects in ways that transcend topicality. Taken together, her years of commentary form a historical narrative, a chronicle of Ireland&’s transformation by one of its sharpest observers and canniest critics. Covering a vast array of subjects, A Radiant Life includes more than seventy entries, showcasing the unequivocal voice of Nuala O&’Faolain, hailed by Irish Times literary editor Fintan O&’Toole as &“one of the greatest columnists to ever inhabit the English language.&” &“O&’Faolain . . . writes with such precision and individuality that she could make the copy on the back of a cornflakes packet compelling.&” —The Guardian on Almost There
A Radiant Sky
by Jocelyn DaviesPerfect for fans of Lauren Kates Fallen series and Becca Fitzpatricks Hush, Hush saga, this darkly romantic story that began with A Beautiful Dark and gathered intensity in A Fractured Light comes to a thrilling conclusion in A Radiant Sky. Since the night of her seventeenth birthday, Skye has been torn between two opposites: light and dark, the Order and the Rebellion, Devin and Asher. But in a shocking decision, she chose neither. With the help of her friends, Skye now forges her own path, setting out to gather an uprising of Rogues. The elusive half-angels may be the key to maintaining the balance of fate and free will. But completing the mission her parents left unfinished is more difficult--and dangerous--than she could have imagined. And doing so comes at a cost: her greatest love may now be a lethal enemy. Because its not just the Order that sees her as a threat who must be eliminated. The Rebellion does, too. Dark days lie ahead, and if Skye is to survive, shell need to rely on her extraordinary powers and the strength of her will. Because she has a future--and a love--thats worth fighting for.
A Radical Act of Free Magic: A Novel (The Shadow Histories #2)
by H. G. Parry"A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic, Declaration is Jonathan Strange with international politics and vampires. I loved it."―Alix E. HarrowA sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Radical Act of Free Magic is the conclusion to this genre-defying series of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom in the early modern world.The Concord has been broken, and a war of magic engulfs the world.In France, the brilliant tactician Napoléon Bonaparte has risen to power, and under his command, the army of the dead has all but conquered Europe. Britain fights back, but Wilberforce&’s own battle to bring about free magic and abolition has met a dead end in the face of an increasingly repressive government. In Saint-Domingue, Fina aids Toussaint Louverture as he navigates these opposing forces to liberate the country.But there is another, even darker war being fought beneath the surface: the first vampire war in hundreds of years. The enemy blood magician who orchestrated Robespierre&’s downfall is using the French Revolutionary Wars to bring about a return to dark magic. Across the world, only a few know of his existence, and the choices they make will shape the new age of magic.Praise for The Shadow Histories:"Magnificent...[turns] the part of history class you might have slept through into something new, exciting and deeply magical."―BookPage "A witty, riveting historical fantasy . . . Parry has a historian's eye for period detail and weaves real figures from history—including Robespierre and Toussaint L'Ouverture—throughout her poetic tale of justice, liberation, and dark magic. This is a knockout." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)The Shadow HistoriesA Declaration of the Rights of MagiciansA Radical Act of Free MagicFor more from H. G. Parry, check out The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep.