J B : 1853 books

A story of love that was never meant to live yet refused to die Set against the backdrop of one of the most tragic events in Philippine historythe imposition of the Martial Law Regime in 1972and a seemingly innocent yet an equally enigmatic story for children, the novel focuses on Lisa Rubio, a woman...

Son existence tenait du roman ; -- comme cela arrive beaucoup trop fréquemment pour l'ordre et le bonheur de la société -- il avait été le héros d'une mésalliance qui avait fait grand bruit dans le monde londonien. À une époque où il était jardinier dans les propriétés d'une noble famille,...

Styx and Stones could have been subtitled The Paper Chase, for it is a yellowing file of names and addresses that emerges as the main character in this suspense filled murder mystery. An illegal purchase of the precious gem, Alexandrite, in Russia, topples the first domino and sets in motion a series...

They came out of the long grey ages of Time, killing and plundering, and their object was to take back captives to appease the blood-thirsty mobs. The city was burning when Paul Sanders drove into it that wet and foggy evening, the streets filled with tall, cruel-faced warriors. Taken prisoner...

Feel the tropical sun and the sultry breeze in two dramatic, tension-filled adventures that play out across the distant reaches of Old Mexico. Every six years, Mexico elects a new president, bringing hopes of internal change along with the possibility of upheaval and danger. Meridian Sun finds...

An unlikely hero. Stephen White is a nerdy young software engineer in a little Midwest town where nothing ever happens. He’s more interested in plopping down on his couch and watching television than in seeking out anything even remotely adventurous. Adventure finds him, though, during a...

American Graffiti meets The Last Picture Show In the summer of 1963, the country is poised at a historical threshold. The lingering, slower pace of the 1950s still prevails in much of the land, but is beginning to give way to the upscale rhythms of the new decade. On the surface, the small...

In the middle of the Nevada desert, Skye Fargo rides into hell on earth... Dead in the middle of the Nevada desert lies Fort Ravage, an army outpost under siege by the hostile Paiute tribes. No man has ever escaped from it alive and only one man is courageous enough to scheme a way in. But...

‘I will go back to the great sweet mother, Mother and lover of men, the sea.’ One winter I made up my mind that it was necessary to live in some sort of vessel afloat instead of in a house on the land. This decision was the result, at last pressed on me by circumstances, of vague dreams...

My stories are set mostly in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, my characters come from Wisconsin, Minnesota and sometimes right out of the orphanage.

John Bishop Manchester, a boy of sixteen, finds himself confronted with a rather adult situation at a very young and fragile point in his life. He has lived with his mother in the beautiful town of Norfolk, Virginia for the majority life and is unaware of his father's exsistance. When a pile of old...

This is the Third story in the WAF Journey series. Haven't seen Stevie in awhile, not since she left the next morning after her 'I'm getting married so fuck me' night. Hell I just considered it my gift to her knowing I sure as hell wasn't invited to her wedding. Maybe if I was lucky she'd return my...

As much as The Bench is the story of an American man and his colorful journey through an evolving life, it is also a story of America and its colorful imprint on a man. Steve Mallory is a guy who’s had to navigate a hardscrabble existence from the start. His adventures begin on the mean streets of...

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