Title: Good Things I Wish You
Author: A. Manette Ansay
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Contemporary
Description:
The acclaimed author of Vinegar Hill returns with a story of two unlikely romances—one historical, the other modern-day—separated by thousands of miles and well over a century. Battling feelings of loss and apathy in the wake of a painful divorce, novelist Jeanette struggles to complete a book about the long-term relationship between Clara Schumann, a celebrated pianist and the wife of the composer Robert Schumann, and her husbands protÉgÉ, the handsome young composer Johannes Brahms. Although this legendary love triangle has been studied exhaustively, Jeanette—herself a gifted pianist—wonders about the enduring nature of Clara and Johanness lifelong attachment. Were they just best friends, as both steadfastly claimed? Or was the relationship complicated by desires that may or may not have been consummated? Through a chance encounter, Jeanette meets Hart, a mysterious, worldly entrepreneur who is a native of Claras birthplace, Leipzig, Germany. Harts casual help with translations quickly blossoms into something more. There are things about men and women, he insists, that do not change. The two embark on a whirlwind emotional journey that leads Jeanette across Germany and Switzerland to a crossroads similar to that faced by Clara Schumann—also a mother, also an artist—more than a century earlier. Accompanied by photographs, sketches, and notes from past and present, A. Manette Ansays original blend of fiction and history captures the timeless nature of love and friendship between women and men.
Title: Goldfinger_ 007, a James Bond Novel
Author: Ian Fleming
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Thriller
Description:
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his cash in gold bars and his women dressed only in gold paint. After smuggling tons of gold out of Britain into secret vaults in Switzerland, this powerful villain is planning the biggest and most daring heist in history-robbing all the gold in Fort Knox. That is, unless Secret Agent 007 can foil his plan. In one of Ian Fleming's most popular adventures, James Bond tracks this most dangerous foe across two continents and takes on two of the most memorable villains ever created-a human weapon named Oddjob and a luscious female crime boss named Pussy Galore. REVIEW; A superlative thriller from our foremost literary magician. (The New York Herald Tribune)
Title: Children of Henry VIII
Author: Alison Weir
File Type: Mobi
Subject:History
Autobiography
Description:
Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.--The Philadelphia InquirerAt his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henrys death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of Bloody Mary, and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I.As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historians and the biographers art.Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weirs sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.--The New York Times Book Review
Title: The Well-Mannered War
Author: Gareth Roberts
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:The fourth Doctor, Romana & K-9 arrive on the planet Trangus at a crucial time in it's history. A war is looming with the Chelonian Empire and political chaos threatens the fabric of society on Trangus.
Title: Boogeymen
Author: Mel Gilden
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Star Trek
Description:Eric Baldwin is the Federations premier exologist, a specialist in all manner of alien life forms -- and one of Captain Picards oldest, most trusted friends. But Baldwins discoveries have made him enemies across the galaxy, and now he wants Picard to help him by erasing all traces of his existence. but Picard soon finds himself with little time to worry about Baldwins problems. For the U.S.S. Enterprise(TM). has suddenly become a strange and dangerous place -- a ship where assassins lurk in every corner, and even old trusted friends are not what they seem. Threats all masterminded by the strangest race of aliens Picard and his crew have yet encountered...