The Roar of the Falls
Title | The Roar of the Falls PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Carlson Berne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Nez Percé Indians |
ISBN | 9781484443576 |
"What if you suddenly found yourself in Kaya's Nez Perce homeland in 1764? Your journey back in time can take whatever twists and turns you choose as you select from a variety of options in this all-new multiple-ending story"--
Queen of the Falls
Title | Queen of the Falls PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Van Allsburg |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2011-04-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0547608403 |
She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father’s hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer. That’s what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their courage let them get to it? At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before—she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride!
The Day the Falls Stood Still
Title | The Day the Falls Stood Still PDF eBook |
Author | Cathy Marie Buchanan |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2011-08-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1446494462 |
Niagara Falls, 1915 When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken man, jobless and losing hope, and her mother is struggling to keep the family afloat. Isabel, the lively, charismatic sister Bess has always relied on is almost unrecognisable. Her engagement called off, she languishes in her bedroom, brooding and refusing to eat. Through all of this Bess finds solace in Tom Cole, a man she met by chance the night she returned home. Constant, gentle and devoted to Bess, he understands better than anyone the awesome and potentially devastating power of the falls - and consoles her through a tragedy that nearly ruins her. But as their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family . . .
The Falls
Title | The Falls PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2009-10-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0061742813 |
It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine's young husband throws himself into the roaring waters of Niagara Falls. Ariah, "the Widow Bride of the Falls," begins a relentless seven-day vigil in the mist, waiting for his body to be found. At her side is confirmed bachelor and pillar of the community Dirk Burnaby, who is unexpectedly drawn to her. What follows is a passionate love affair, marriage, and family -- a seemingly perfect existence. But tragedy soon takes over their lives, poisoning their halcyon years with distrust, greed, and murder. Set against the mythic-historic backdrop of Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century, this haunting exploration of the American family in crisis is a stunning achievement from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation). This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Rumors of a Coup
Title | Rumors of a Coup PDF eBook |
Author | Ernesto Uribe |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2009-12-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1450011632 |
Rumors of a Coup is set in a fictitious coca-producing Latin American republic that is in the hands of a ruthless military dictator. The novel has all the contemporary drama of greed, revolt, murder, and large-scale drug trafficking. It is the ongoing conflict—and sometimes the clandestine cooperation—between military dictators, drug lords, revolutionary guerillas, politicos, and the different American men and women working in these foreign settings. Intermingled with all the intrigue, there is good humor and romantic competition between two American men for the love and attention of a beautiful Latino woman who also happens to be deeply involved with a guerilla movement that is conspiring to overthrow the military dictator for control of the country.
Whisper Falls
Title | Whisper Falls PDF eBook |
Author | Toni Blake |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2010-12-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062036912 |
“No one does it like Toni Blake.” —Robyn Carr “Her books are sexy and full of heart!” —Teresa Medeiros Toni Blake takes readers on a third heartwarming trip to the small town of Destiny, Ohio in Whisper Falls. Fans of Debbie Macomber, Robyn Carr, Susan Wiggs, and Sherryl Woods will cherish every moment of this richly emotional love story from one of the most exciting voices in contemporary romance—a tale of a luckless young woman and a bad boy biker on the path to love and redemption. Toni Blake brilliantly combines passion and poignancy, heart and heat in Whisper Falls—which is why New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medieros has proclaimed her “a star on the rise!”
Walking Home
Title | Walking Home PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Herrick |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2024-02-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
WALKING HOME is an inspirational novel about the midlife crisis of a man questioning his commitment to love. Tired of his life and his wife because they’ve grown apart and his solitary nature further challenged by the difficulty of relating to his two daughters, he escapes to the mountains where he was once happy. He reads an Appalachian Trail journal of a young man named Strider who found the ideal woman to love and, from encounters with various women along the way, learned to make a commitment to her. Now out of shape and unhappy, disillusioned and cynical, Walt wants to be left alone with his thoughts. As he walks a thousand miles, he has various experiences with hikers who alternately bother him and enlighten him. Thoughtfully plunging into life-changing experiences, he discovers in the mountains the surprising difference between the woman he wanted to love and the woman he needs to love.