But Jill is in deeper waters than she's ever known as she soon discovers, the perils of running wild rivers are tame compared with the hidden dangers in the high-stakes game of art collecting.įrom the cozy rooms of the Breck homestead cabin to the cold multimillion-dollar galleries of the Western art circuit, Zach and Jill must race against time to unmask a ruthless killer hidden in a blue smoke of money, threats, lies, and death. Protecting Jill will take him into familiar territory - among a strange, savagely competitive bunch of collectors who'll do anything to stay at the top. Though he's got the skills to be a highly effective bodyguard, being a bullet catcher isn't his preferred way to spend time. His expertise is gathering and analyzing information from unlikely and often dangerous sources. Zach Balfour works part-time as a consultant for St. But when a string of ominous events - including a mysterious fire that kills her great-aunt and a furor in the Western art world raised by a dozen Breck family paintings - culminates in a threat to her life, Jill reluctantly calls in a favor. more 424 pages, Paperback First published Book details & editions Loading interface. GenresRomanceRomantic SuspenseMysterySuspenseFictionThrillerContemporary Romance. Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of Lane Faroe, son of two of St. Together, Zach and Jill must race against time to unmask a ruthless killer hidden in the blue smoke of money, threats, lies, and death.
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He was the leading figure of the literary school of naturalism, which drew on the scientific advances of the time and sought to explain human behaviour through meticulous observation. The novelist and journalist Émile Zola was one of the most celebrated writers of 19th century France. The charm and sensuality of this working-class woman win her a legion of admirers from the upper echelons of Parisian society, but she causes the downfall of everyone who gets involved with her and ultimately endures a tragic decline. Nana, the novel’s eponymous heroine, is the daughter of Gervaise Macquart, the main character of Zola’s earlier novel L’Assommoir. It was hugely popular with readers, but also met with harsh criticism as some of its scenes were deemed immoral. Nana was first published in 1880 and is the ninth novel in Zola’s influential Les Rougon-Macquart cycle. This clear and detailed 35-page reading guide is structured as follows: It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including prostitution, corruption and decline. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. 9782806295606 35 EBook Plurilingua Publishing This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Nana by Émile Zola. In the second century of the second millennium, the Terrans, new to intergalactic conflict, are at war with the old empire of Proxima Centauri. Dick novella (first published in Space Science Fiction in 1953) is inventive and interesting, but it lacks the reality-challenging perspective that characterizes most of his best work. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the one hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, ten of his stories have been adapted into popular films since his death, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau. In addition to 44 published novels, Dick wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. Dick died on March 2, 1982, in Santa Ana, California, of heart failure following a stroke. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year in 1974 for Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. He won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962 for The Man in the High Castle and the John W. In 1952, he began writing professionally and proceeded to write numerous novels and short-story collections. Dick was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California. Milan which recently won Italy’s Serie A Championship. The Firm’s prior and current investment portfolio includes many of the world’s most iconic entrepreneurs, properties and brands across the sports, media and entertainment industries – including Fenway Sports Group (Boston Red Sox, Liverpool FC, Pittsburgh Penguins, New England Sports Network) the Yankees Entertainment & Sports (“YES”) Network (New York Yankees and Amazon) Skydance Media (Larry and David Ellison) The Springhill Company (LeBron James and Maverick Carter) the XFL (Dwayne Johnson and his partner Dany Garcia) and European football’s A.C. RedBird manages $7.5 billion of equity on behalf of a select group of blue-chip institutional and family office investors. Gerry Cardinale is the Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of the firm. Founder and Managing Partner Gerry Cardinale As Earth's sun begins to fail, the node Wayfarer, in which Brannock's consciousness resides, must determine if humanity's mother world should be saved, though Gaia seems strangely determined to let it perish. Two centuries later, on the brink of Earth's next Ice Age, Laurinda Ashcroft, a human interface to Terra Central, similarly chooses to merge with the supercomputer that millions of years later becomes an element of Gaia, the Earth's artificial intelligence, itself a rebellious node of the galactic brain. After a long career of solar-system exploration, astronaut Christian Brannock achieves man-machine immortality by allowing his personality to be uploaded into an artificial intelligence that can probe the galaxy. With this brilliantly conceived novel, Grand Master Anderson flings his long-time audience beyond his Starfarers and Boat of a Million Years, into a far-future extrapolation of human destiny that sings praises to the power of human love. London was not just a hub for English workers, writers, artists, and thinkers-it was a multinational cosmopolis, the like of which the world had never seen (or had not since the far different Roman Empire, 1800 years previous). England was also the crown jewel of an Empire "on which the sun never set," meaning it extended across much of the known world, including Australia and New Zealand, the Indian subcontinent, and interests in Africa. A whole host of other industries sprang up to support these new modes of production (including coal energy and railroad infrastructure development), and cities grew to include vast tenements of workers recently relocated from the country. The high-point of the Industrial Revolution took place, more or less, at the time of Oliver Twist's writing the production of goods had transitioned from "cottage industries" in the countryside to centralized factories in London and in the newer cities of Manchester and Birmingham. The Victorian Period coincides with a series of political, economic, and social changes in England that are inseparable from the nature of the fiction produced. Rooney, displaying the strongest performance of his career under the Metro banner, shines brilliantly as the boy of Saroyan’s tale. Rooney is the major breadwinner of his little family following departure of his older brother (Van Johnson) into the army service. Editing required that whole chunks and episodes be lifted out, and this was accomplished without detracting from the entertainment factors remaining. Sorayan’s original script was lengthy for current picture requirements, and even when it was in rough-cut form for initial sneak review ran about 170 minutes. Script is episodic, but this is easily overlooked in the entity of the production. But Clarence Brown, assured he could obtain Mickey Rooney to handle the lead, as originally intended by the writer, decided to get front office approval to make a film version of the Saroyan tale. Saroyan develops several references to the ancient Greek poet Homer, author of The. In the novel, Ithaca, California becomes the setting, rather than Fresno. Figuring the picture would never be produced by Metro, Saroyan returned to northern California and battled out a novel of the yarn. William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human Comedy is loosely based on his own life in Fresno, California, where he grew up in a fatherless home with his mother and siblings. "Gut-wrenching, serious fantasy fiction. For the key to Navronne's doom is buried in half-forgotten myth – and in the secrets of his own past. Now, to preserve the lands of Navronne, Valen must face what he fled so long ago. Offered sanctuary in a nearby monastery, Valen discovers that his book – rumored to lead men into the realm of angels – gains him entry into a world of secret societies, doomsayers, monks, princes, and madmen, all seeking to unlock the mystery of the coming dark age. And her divination seems fulfilled when a comrade abandons Valen, half dead, in a rainy wilderness, addicted to an enchantment that converts pain to pleasure and possessing only a stolen book of maps. His own mother has predicted that he will meet his doom in water and blood and ice. The rebellious son of a long line of pureblood cartographers and diviners, Valen has spent most of his life trying to escape what society – and his family – ordained for him. In a land torn apart by civil war, pestilence, and shaky alliances, a man branded a traitor may be the world's only hope. Finalist for the 2008 Colorado Book Award. A complete list of all Carol Bergs books & series in order (18 books) (5 series). Winner of the 2009 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. First they must face storms that neither expects. But can Dar overcome years of habit and conditioning to open herself up to the uncertainty of love? And will Kerry escape from the clutches of her powerful father in order to live a better life? The answer to both questions is no - unless these two women can strengthen and cement the tenuous bond that forms between them. Her association with Dar begins in disbelief, hatred, and disappointment, but when Dar unexpectedly hires Kerry as her work assistant, the dynamics of their relationship change. After college she worked her way into supervision at a small tech company, only to have it taken over by Dar Roberts' organization. Kerry Stuart left Michigan for Florida in an attempt to get away from her domineering politician father and the constraints of the overly conservative life her family forced upon her. Melissa is a good sized storm, as tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles/335 km from the center. Friends are a luxury she cannot allow herself, and love is something she knows she'll never attain. EST, Melissas maximum sustained winds were near 60 mph/95 kph. She does her job with razor-sharp accuracy. Dar Roberts, corporate raider for a multi-national tech company, is cold, practical, and merciless. The MODIS instrument aboard NASAs Aqua satellite captured this image. Don't miss this exciting revised "author's cut" edition. Melissa is a good sized storm, as tropical stormforce winds extend outward up to 205 miles/335 km from the center. Tropical Storm took the lesbian reading world by storm when it was first written. 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