As the Ambassador quickly rose to leave the room his turning chair struck the table sending it tilting toward the guests seated on the opposite side. Guests screamed as they jumped to avoid the onslaught of food, they in turn upsetting the guest at the next table and so forth down the entire length of the Great Hall. We had not anticipated that all this could happen by simply tying the corners of the Ambassador's cape together under his chair. Above the commotion we heard Uncle Risan's bellowing voice. "Sealo, Shar, Maya, I know you are here. Show yourself. " As his eyes held us firmly, he calmly said, "Meet me in my quarters!" Another grand adventure gone sideways resulting in an "OH NO". Join our three intrepid souls as one escapade leads hilariously to the next.
As the Ambassador quickly rose to leave the room his turning chair struck the table sending it tilting toward the guests seated on the opposite side. Guests screamed as they jumped to avoid the onslaught of food, they in turn upsetting the guest at the next table and so forth down the entire length of the Great Hall. We had not anticipated that all this could happen by simply tying the corners of the Ambassador's cape together under his chair. Above the commotion we heard Uncle Risan's bellowing voice. "Sealo, Shar, Maya, I know you are here. Show yourself. " As his eyes held us firmly, he calmly said, "Meet me in my quarters!" Another grand adventure gone sideways resulting in an "OH NO". Join our three intrepid souls as one escapade leads hilariously to the next.
When a dangerous ex sets out to destroy her, will disappearing into a new life save the gangster she loves? New York City. Gia Corey feels cornered. Trapped when her former lover sets her up for murder, the powerful crime boss willingly surrenders to the police to protect her friends. And after learning the killings were an insane scheme to win her back, Gia flees to Detroit, leaving everyone behind… including the guy she yearns for. Going legit in Motor City, the reformed criminal still pines for her lost chance at forever. But when her deranged stalker strikes against her loved ones in his relentless drive to hunt her down, Gia realizes the only way to stop the terror is to take on the psycho herself. Can she reunite with her soulmate before he meets a gruesome end? Made is the thrilling second book in The Trinity romantic suspense series. If you like tough-minded heroines, commanding men, and nail-biting action, then you’ll enjoy J. L. Lora’s steamy game of cat-and-mouse. Buy Made for passionate vengeance today!
Dr. Pepper Hunt and Detective Beau Antelope team up again to investigate a tragic murder/suicide in a prominent ranch family in the small town of Farson, Wyoming. As they explore events leading up to the night of the disturbing crime they are drawn into the dark heart of a troubled family touched by a legacy of trauma.
Determined to avoid the violence that claimed her family and friends, Carissa Elliott flees her hometown with a dangerous plan. She has proof that mafia boss Calum DeMateo killed her father—now she just has to catch him. To do so, she’ll have to transform herself from small-town ingénue to New York crime boss. When her path crosses with Alec McLean, the sexy stranger with whom she once shared a steamy nightclub kiss, things take an unexpected turn. Alec heads his family’s criminal organization, the kind of made man Carissa should want nothing to do with. But he also has a plan to take down Calum, and the flames that flicker between them are irresistible. Will their vengeful quests jeopardize their chance at lasting love?
An exploration of the ways in which Restoration comedy was performed, using the costume, customs, manners and behaviour of the age as a way of understanding its theatre and drama. It also considers problems encountered in early twentieth century revivals of plays by authors such as Etherege, Dryden, Congreve and Farquhar.
Will Toal has seen a lot of the world in his twenty-three years, including war, the death of his family, and the loss of everything he owns. The gold his father left him, buried in the family graveyard, provides hope for a new future. He is determined to leave Georgia and the past behind him, and start fresh in Carson Valley, at the base of the mountainous Sierra Nevada bowl cradling Lake Tahoe. But here, Will comes up against a Goliath he never expected—Washington’s support of San Francisco capital and influence to finish the transcontinental railroad as soon as possible. Big business is backed by national pride and unbelievable monetary gain, and this means driving the railroad construction through the upper reaches of Carson Valley—no matter whose land stands in their way. Untenable right-of-way issues lead to a fierce gun battle between the railroad’s hired guns and the Carson Valley ranchers based on the real-life 1880 events of Mussel Slough, California, just outside the city of Hanford. Will and his fellow ranchers must try to survive the indomitable forces and insurmountable odds against them, fueled by more greed for power and money than they could ever have imagined. Can a compromise be reached in the completion of the grandest engineering effort the country has ever undertaken in its history, or will the ranchers and Will find themselves RAILROADED?
The Search That Never Was is the true story of a more than ten-year effort to find the facts surrounding the disappearance of the author's uncle, Lloyd Richard Morgan, a World War II U.S. Navy aviation radioman 2nd class. Aboard a Navy B-24 bomber that left Carney Field on Guadalcanal for a mission on July 17, 1943, Lloyd's plane failed to return. The book not only reveals what happened to the aircraft and crew, but moves through the process of search and recovery of missing-in-action personnel after World War II and up to the present day. A major portion of the story concerns the search that the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps conducted in 1948-49 throughout the islands of the South Pacific. The log of that search, which was only declassified in 2010, reveals some very surprising facts that have never before been made public. The book is occasionally funny, often sad, and reveals startling facts surrounding the attempted recovery of WWII MIAs in the South Pacific.
This book examines how electoral structure, representation styles and policy outputs affect the Mexican American community in Texas. In so doing, it makes a major contribution to the larger study of minority politics in the context of urban electoral and political structures.
Trauma to various organ systems is a common medical problem in the pediatric age group. With the increase in vehicular traffic and active participation in contact sports, as well as a change in the social atmosphere, the incidence of injury to children is increasing. There is considerable morbidity associated with these injuries and accidents are the most common cause of death in this population group. The radiologist, using the various diagnostic radiological moda lities available, becomes involved in practically all cases of trauma of any degree of seriousness. The radiological methods lend themselves not only to determining the specific diagnosis but also to assessing the extent of the injury. This is important in determining of the patient as in recent years a more conserva the management tive type of therapy is advocated in several types of injury. As has been said, "Children are not like adults," hence injuries are of different types from those seen in adults. The ligaments and tendons of children are stronger than the bone structure, thus sprains and strains are not as common as fractures. Certain organs are in a less protected position in a child and may readily be injured from relatively minor trauma. Injury due to violent action of others such as gunshot and stab wounds are not as common as in the adult population but they are increasing in the teenage group. Blunt trauma or that due to rapid deceleration is the usual type of trauma seen in childhood.
The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetime's study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.
One of the most starkly vivid and detailed accounts of survival in Georgia's notorious Andersonville prison during the American Civil War. John Ransom was only 20 years old at the time of his capture. He kept a nearly daily diary during his year of misery at the Confederate prison. He and his fellow Union prisoners endured lice, starvation, freezing cold, killing heat, theft from other inmates...and Captain Wirtz. "Capt. Wirtz very domineering and abusive. Is afraid to come into camp any more. There are a thousand men in here who would willingly die if they could kill him first." Death was a daily occurrence. Yet Ransom knew if he gave up hope, he would die. He somehow kept his humor and kept on writing. Through two escapes, time in a Rebel hospital, and eventual freedom, you'll read a POW account like none you've ever read before.
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