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Flamingo Road

2017-04-18 Fiction
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Release : 2017-04-18
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 91X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Flamingo Road by : Sasscer Hill

Download or read book Flamingo Road written by Sasscer Hill. This book was released on 2017-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore police officer Fia McKee is put on leave for excessive use of force after interfering in a crime that turns deadly. Given a second chance, she is sent to work undercover for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) at the Gulfstream Park in Florida, where she works as an exercise rider. Her assignment is to watch and report back on two racetrack workers who have been suspected of illegal activities and whose horses continue to outperform all expectations, winning their owners unseemly amounts of money in the races. To complete her cover story, Fia moves in with her semi-estranged brother, Patrick, who lives near the racetrack. Her investigations are complicated when her niece, Jilly, disappears after a shadow gang takes Jilly’s beloved horse. Now Fia must work two angles—first to find out what’s really going on with the men who might or might not be gaming the system, and second to bring the men who prey on horses to justice. Along the way, Fia encounters Cuban gangs living off the grid, a (very handsome) do-gooder who’s close on their trail, and a cabal of super wealthy gamblers who will stop at nothing to ensure they always win.

The Royal Headley of Pohnpei

2010-07-13 Fiction
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Release : 2010-07-13
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 303/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Royal Headley of Pohnpei by : Joe Race

Download or read book The Royal Headley of Pohnpei written by Joe Race. This book was released on 2010-07-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Englishman James Headley signs on as second mate on the whaling ship Falcon in 1836. En route from Australia to the northern whaling grounds, the ship is hit hard and damaged by a typhoon, but it manages to limp into the Pohnpei Harbor. While the Falcon is undergoing repairs, Headley falls in love with an island princess. When the ship gets underway again, just as it is about to clear the harbor, it runs aground on a hidden reef. The captain and four crew members are killed by savage islanders, but Headley manages to escape to the safety of his princess tribe. In the years that follow, Headley finds himself working as a respected harbor pilot, a general store owner, and a mediator between missionaries, local chiefs, and a group of outlaws hiding on Pohnpei. The group of outlaws has grown to include men who have deserted their ships or are escaping from prisons, all of whom are taking advantage of the local islanders. One such rascal, Captain Black Heart Hart decides to kill the entire male population of Ngatik to seize the treasured tortoise shell and ravish the islands females. Based loosely upon a true story, The Royal Headley of Pohnpei follows the chaotic life and times of a charismatic adventurer!

Luceta

2020-06-29 Fiction
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Release : 2020-06-29
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 009/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Luceta by : Martha Dietz

Download or read book Luceta written by Martha Dietz. This book was released on 2020-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luceta By: Martha Dietz Luceta married seven times. The first husband was a bigamist and an embezzler. The second was a speakeasy owner in Chicago during Prohibition in the Roaring Twenties. The fifth husband, who also became number seven, had her committed to a mental hospital. In a story that spans most of the twentieth century, traveling from New Mexico to Panama to New Orleans and Chicago, Luceta follows one woman’s wild life, defined by successes and tragedies, and by a complicated relationship with her show-business family. Based on real-world stories heard by the author during her years in Chicago, Luceta is a fictional biography of a singular woman, a compelling read from the first page to the last.

The Farmer's Daughter

2002-07 Fiction
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Release : 2002-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 798/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Farmer's Daughter by : June Wishman

Download or read book The Farmer's Daughter written by June Wishman. This book was released on 2002-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Court to Forest

1999-01-05 Literary Collections
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Release : 1999-01-05
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 305/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis From Court to Forest by : Nancy L. Canepa

Download or read book From Court to Forest written by Nancy L. Canepa. This book was released on 1999-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Court to Forest is a critical and historical study of the beginnings of the modern literary fairy tale. From Court to Forest is a critical and historical study of the beginnings of the modern literary fairy tale. Giambattista Basile's Lo cunto de Ii cunti written in Neapolitan dialect and published in 1634-36, comprises fifty fairy tales and was the first integral collection of literary fairy tales to appear in Western Europe. It contains some of the best known fairy-tales types, such as Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, and others, many in their earliest versions. Although it became a central reference point for subsequent fairy tale writers, such as Perrault and the Grimms, as well as a treasure chest for folklorists,Lo cunto de Ii cunti has had relatively little attention devoted to it by literary scholars. Lo cuntoconstituted a culmination of the erudite interest in popular culture and folk traditions that permeated the Renaissance. But even if Basile drew from the oral tradition, he did not merely transcribe the popular materials he heard and gathered around Naples and in his travels. He transformed them into original tales distinguished by vertiginous rhetorical play, abundant representations of the rituals of everyday life and the popular culture of the time, and a subtext of playful critique of courtly culture and the canonical literary tradition. This work fills a gap in fairy-tale and Italian literary studies through its rediscovery of one of the most important authors of the Italian Baroque and the genre of the literary fairy tale.

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