We'd picked the green tomatoes just before the frost and let them ripen in buckets. Every day we'd sort through them looking for some that were ripe enough ...
A woman forced into marriage as a teenager with a man thirty-two years her senior describes the years of psychological abuse, her decision to escape with her eight children, and her battle with the church over custody of her children.
I WAS BORN INTO A RADICAL POLYGAMIST CULT. AT EIGHTEEN, I BECAME THE 4TH WIFE OF A 50 YEAR-OLD MAN. I HAD EIGHT CHILDREN IN FIFTEEN YEARS. WHEN OUR LEADER BEGAN PREACHER THE APOCALYPSE, I KNEW I HAD TO GET THEM OUT.
A woman forced into marriage as a teenager with a man thirty-two years her senior describes the years of psychological abuse, her decision to escape with her eight children, and her battle with the church over custody of her children.
This book has been made into a movie by script writer Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, and directed by Pham Nhue Giang; and the film was awarded silver medal in the Film Festival 1996...' .(Phan Thi Thanh Nhan)
Connie and her childhood friend Ross Duncan had married 8 years ago when Connie was 21 and Ross was 22 years old. He was a fisherman like most of the men on the island. It was in his blood, passed down from generation to generation.
It also recounts the very intimate tale of how these confrontations with threatening and often, violent forces cost him the woman he loved and nearly, life itself.
... the bow and stern down near the bottom of the hull? If we can get through that, we'd be in. It would also be an excellent spot to retrieve the goods.” “How would we get through a door like that. We haven't any C- 4 to blast it.
John Pullers Bruder, der wegen Verbrechen gegen die nationale Sicherheit im Gefängnis sitzt, ist ausgebrochen.
His name is Rocco Fleming, and he's done it before, but the owners never had the heart to go to the police. Fleming used to work for them. His uncle still does. Besides, he always returns the van. This time it had an empty tank and ...
Beside him was a box of C-shaped ankle rings. Prisoners would sit opposite, looking away ... Hands flat to the ground, he turned his head sideways to face the twin rear tyres grinding toward him. From where we sat a ribbed tyre briefly ...
'I'm not a thief. I'm an innocent man,' shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous - very dangerous.
Don't stop running . . . the second edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay for ages 9+ 12-year-old Jeff and genetically engineered spy dog Chipper are on the run from the mysterious and ...
Geruch nach abgestandenem Rauch den Atem. Sein Flanellhemd kratzte mich im Nacken und ich versuchte, mich von ihm zu befreien. »Pitch!«, schrie eine der Frauen. »Behalt deine verdammten Flossen bei dir und vergiss nicht, ...
Because the men in her life are either in comas or interested in her female friends, the powerful Gaia Moore remains powerless against her seemingly bleak fate of remaining alone.
'Rudi, Pop Kelly and Sandor are en route from Bahrain—they refuelled at Abu Dhabi and we're in contact with them—John Hogg's our relay station— their ETA here's in twenty minutes. Johnny Hogg'll be in your area about now and he'll be ...
Morse used to be thelanguageofwireless communications and now appears to have lost its favour. It certainly is slower than the spoken word. It has the advantage, however, that by certain filtering methods it can be received under ...
This book comprises two novellas whose leitmotif is a quest for freedom. In each story, a well devised and daringly executed escape plan enables the main character to flee from a totalitarian regime.
"Collects issues #1 through #4 of Dark Horse Comics' series Dream thief: Escape"--Title page verso.
A voice comes over the intercoms...ESCAPE was never a theme park for the rich and famous. It was a place for punishment. They have less than a week to escape from the park before it floods"--