Young Charles Randall grew up during WWI facing the terror of the trenches, choosing poorly in love, and discovering within himself an inventiveness that brought financial success. However, as the river of time tosses him from one bank to another he's carried along in a web of events that eventually lead to deception, adultery, and murder.
Randall is charged with manslaughter and , after a lengthy and particularly well drawn trial scene , is acquitted despite Muriel's false and vicious testimony . ... Randall and the River of Time is " a clear , well - managed story .
Combines artwork with the original text of the classic song that celebrates the joy of the season and the warmth of family togetherness.
Told in the alternating voices of these charismatic but deeply flawed men, Little Disasters deftly cuts between the suspense of the citywide disaster and the history of secrets, lies, and losses that has brought these four intertwined lives ...
A desert realm gives up its greatest mystery in the final novel of the epic fantasy adventure series by the author of the Lord Darcy books.
"The story of Liberty Justice Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl living on a Christmas tree farm in Depression-era Texas.
And if you want to get rid of the book once you're done with it, he walks you through your options for proper disposal, including dissolving it in the ocean, converting it to a vapor, using tectonic plates to subduct it into the Earth's ...
Celebrate love with this rhyming picture book featuring enchanting illustrations and poetic text! Love and the many ways one can show it are at the heart of this sweet, charming picture book.
"River on Fire" is the story of Randall Smith, a foundling orphan growing up in the midwestern United States in the late 1960s.
While Ethan Allen, a canonical hero of the American Revolution, has always been defined by his daring, predawn attack on the British-controlled Fort Ticonderoga, Willard Sterne Randall, the author of Benedict Arnold, now challenges our ...
Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and other creative writers who lived between 1900 and 1960, from the first published critical appraisals to...