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Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley

Author : Patrick Marnham
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448181291
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley written by Patrick Marnham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn, in a style best described as arsenic without the old lace. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages: the first to an aristocrat, a brief and conventional affair, and the second to a penniless writer she adored. A remarkable book about a remarkable woman, Patrick Marnham's brilliantly researched and wonderfully impartial book disentangles truth from rumour, highlighting the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction.

Wild Mary: a Life of Mary Wesley

Author : Patrick Marnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Wild Mary: a Life of Mary Wesley written by Patrick Marnham and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jumping the Queue

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480450561
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Jumping the Queue written by Mary Wesley and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “quirky, sad, and very funny” novel about suicide, matricide, and an unlikely love, from one of England’s best-loved authors (The Guardian). Determined to end it all after the death of her husband, Matilda Poliport’s carefully laid plans to kill herself are derailed when she comes to the rescue of another potential bridge jumper—a notorious young man on the run for having murdered his mother. Faced with the choice of either turning him in to the police or continuing on with her suicide attempt, Matilda makes the obvious decision and takes Hugh Warner home to stay with her while they both sort out what to do next. As Hugh and Matilda find surprising comfort in each other, secrets about Matilda’s deceased husband are revealed, leaving Matilda to face some very uncomfortable facts about her life. And as the pair plot to help Hugh escape the law, they will both need to face the truth about themselves and how far they are willing to go for each other. This “virtuoso performance of guileful plotting, deft characterizations, and malicious wit” showcases the talents of Mary Wesley at her caustic and comical best (The Times, London).

The Camomile Lawn

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 144644337X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book The Camomile Lawn written by Mary Wesley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escape to the Cornish cliffs in the dizzying heat of August 1939, where five cousins are making the most of the last summer of their youth. Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there's little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love and loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn. A beloved bestseller from an author ahead of her time, The Camomile Lawn is a waspishly witty, devil-may-care delight.

An Imaginative Experience

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446443396
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book An Imaginative Experience written by Mary Wesley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A train screeches to a halt in the middle of the English countryside and, observed by her fascinated fellow travellers, a woman climbs down and rushes to the aid of a sheep, stranded on its back and unable to rise. Sylvester Weekes watches with interest and noticing, as she turns, that her face is full of tragedy, the woman's lonely image lodges in his mind. But he is not the only one to speculate over her actions - Maurice Benson, former private detective turned full-time birdwatcher, is convinced that the mysterious woman must be tracked down, in whatever way possible. This is a story rich in character and wit, and powerfully moving in its exploration of the heart's pain and deliverance. It is a tale of loss, of release, of an acceptance of the cruelties of fate and of the imaginative experience of love.

Part of the Scenery

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Bantam Books
ISBN 13 : 9780593047170
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Part of the Scenery written by Mary Wesley and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will follow Mary in words and pictures through her life in the West Country from her early visits to Polzeth in Cornwall in 1914 to the present day living and working in Totnes. Drawing on her own life, and also remembering how her words were inspired by many of the places she visited or made her home, it will be part-memoir, part-nostalgia of the West Country that has meant so much to her over the years. Most of the photography is original and will be beautiful and intriguing in its own right without losing its relevence to Mary or her books.

Not that Sort of Girl

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099499126
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Not that Sort of Girl written by Mary Wesley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the whole of Rose's respectable married life she had kept faith with two men. To Ned she was a perfect wife, mother of his son and elegant hostess. To Mylo, she was an impetuous and unconventional mistress, answering his calls through 50 years of duplicity. When Ned dies, Rose chooses her new future.

Harnessing Peacocks

Author : Mary Wesley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446443418
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Harnessing Peacocks written by Mary Wesley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hebe sits in the darkness and listens to her hypocritical grandparents and her older siblings discuss how her unexpected pregnancy must be terminated to avoid the shame it will bring. Determined to raise her child, she flees into the night with only her mother's jewellery to support her. Twelve years later she is living happily alone in Cornwall, whilst her son attends an expensive private school. Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her days is threatened, and her world changes forever.

Simply Magic

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440241987
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Simply Magic written by Mary Balogh and published by Dell. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a splendid August afternoon Susanna Osbourne is introduced to the most handsome man she has ever seen . . . and instantly feels the icy chill of recognition. Peter Edgeworth, Viscount Whitleaf, is utterly charming—and seemingly unaware that they have met before. With his knowing smile and seductive gaze, Peter acts the rake; but he stirs something in Susanna she has never felt before, a yearning that both frightens and dazzles her. Instantly she knows: this brash nobleman poses a threat to her heart . . . and to the secrets she guards so desperately. From the moment they meet, Peter is drawn to Susanna’s independence, dazzled by her sharp wit—he simply must have her. But the more he pursues, the more Susanna withdraws . . . until a sensual game of thrust-and-parry culminates in a glorious afternoon of passion. Now more determined than ever to keep her by his side, Peter begins to suspect that a tragic history still haunts Susanna. And as he moves closer to the truth, Peter is certain of one thing: he will defy the mysteries of her past for a future with this exquisite creature—all Susanna must do is trust him with the most precious secret of all. . . .

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

Author : John Wesley
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley is about the theory of perfection according to Christian theology. Excerpt: "1. WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during the course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these only are concerned with questions of this kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is, endeavoring all along to show, from one period to another, both what I thought, and why I thought so."

Down the Colorado

Author : Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374318383
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Down the Colorado written by Deborah Kogan Ray and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the experiences of John Wesley Powell, who led the first scientific expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

What the Chinese Don't Eat

Author : Xinran
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 009950152X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book What the Chinese Don't Eat written by Xinran and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a range of topics from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people do Christmas shopping, this title presents one Chinese woman's perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of British and Chinese people.

Wesley the Owl

Author : Stacey O'Brien
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416579818
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Wesley the Owl written by Stacey O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling memoir of a biologist’s life with an unforgettable owl “will captivate animal lovers” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). On Valentine’s Day 1985, biologist Stacey O’Brien first met a four-day-old barn owl—a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet had no hope of surviving in the wild. O’Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together. With a tender heart and a scientist’s eye, O’Brien describes how Wesley grew from a helpless ball of fuzz to a gorgeous adult owl with an outsized personality. She also brings us inside her research community, a kind of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls flew freely from office to office and eccentric, brilliant scientists were extraordinarily committed to studying and helping animals. As O’Brien gets close to Wesley, she makes important discoveries about owl behavior, intelligence, and communication: he did not tolerate lies, held her to her promises, and provided unconditional love, though he was not beyond an occasional sulk. When O’Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent love and courage of this wild animal.

Up at the Villa

Author : W. Somerset Maugham
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Up at the Villa written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Up at the Villa" by W. Somerset Maugham. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9)

Author : Nathan Hale
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683356322
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9) written by Nathan Hale and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth book in the bestselling series tells the story of John Wesley Powell, the one-armed geologist who explored the Grand Canyon John Wesley Powell (1834–1902) always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869 he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, ten men in four boats, to float through Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, only six came out. Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history! Equal parts gruesome and hilarious, this latest installment in the bestselling series takes readers on an action-packed adventure through American history.

Boots on the Ground by Dusk

Author : Mary Tillman
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1605299243
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Boots on the Ground by Dusk written by Mary Tillman and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 22, 2004, Lieutenant David Uthlaut received orders from Khost, Afghanistan, that his platoon was to leave the town of Magarah and "have boots on the ground before dark" in Manah, a small village on the border of Pakistan. It was an order the young lieutenant protested vehemently, but the commanders at the Tactical Command Center disregarded his objections. Uthlaut split his platoon into two serials, with serial one traveling northwest to Manah and serial two towing a broken Humvee north toward the Khost highway. By nightfall, Uthlaut and his radio operator were seriously wounded, and an Afghan militia soldier and a U.S. soldier were dead. The American soldier was Pat Tillman. The Tillman family was originally informed that Pat, who had given up a professional football career to serve his country, had been shot in the head while getting out of a vehicle. At his memorial service twelve days later, they were told that he was killed while running up a hill in pursuit of the enemy. He was awarded a Silver Star for his courageous actions. A month and two days after his death, the family learned that Pat had been shot three times in the head by his own troops in a "friendly fire" incident. Seven months after Pat's death, the Tillmans requested an investigation. Boots on the Ground by Dusk is a chronicle of their efforts to ascertain the true circumstances of Pat's death and the reasons why the Army gave the family and the public a false story. Woven into the account are valuable and respectful memories of Pat Tillman as a son, brother, husband, friend, and teammate, in the hope that the reader will better comprehend what is really lost when our sons and daughters are killed or maimed in war. In the course of three and a half years, there have been six investigations, several inquiries, and two Congressional hearings. The Tillmans are still awaiting an outcome.

Desert Oracle

Author : Ken Layne
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374722382
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Desert Oracle written by Ken Layne and published by MCD. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.