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Meet Collins and Burke

Author : Anne Emery
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773051261
Total Pages : 1188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Meet Collins and Burke written by Anne Emery and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go back to the beginning of the Collins-Burke mysteries with this collection, which includes the first three novels in the award-winning series: Sign of the Cross, Obit, and Barrington Street Blues. Sign of the Cross: This winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel introduces lawyer Monty Collins who meets Father Brennan Burke when he represents him: the priest is the lead suspect in the murder of a young woman. Conflict between lawyer and client simmers, as evidence piles up and murder charges seem inevitable. With Burke remaining tight-lipped about his past, Monty has no choice but to go behind his back and conduct a probe into the life of his own client. Never in his career has Monty been so lost for answers, until a long-forgotten incident takes on new and ominous meaning . . . Obit: “Strong characters and a vivid depiction of Irish American family life . . . as outstanding as her first.” — Library Journal. Declan Burke fled Ireland forty years ago and never looked back. Now settled in New York, he thinks he’s put the old country behind him, until he reads the obituary of one Cathal Murphy. The obituary, he sees at once, is not about Murphy at all. It is a coded indictment of Burke’s own life. And an announcement of his impending death. Halifax lawyer Monty Collins investigates the obit with its allusions to Burke’s IRA past. From the farms of Ireland to the tenements of New York City, Collins gets no help from Burke, who — good soldier to the end — keeps the silence of the grave. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Barrington Street Blues: A rich man and a poor man are found dead of gunshot wounds outside a seedy bar on Barrington Street in Halifax. The police declare it a murder-suicide, but bluesman/lawyer Monty Collins — hired to represent the victims’ families — suspects it’s a double murder. Helped by his friend Father Brennan Burke, and hindered by his femme fatale law partner Felicia Morgan, Monty explores the dark side of Halifax society: hookers, drug addicts, boozers, gamblers, and people desperate to cover up a series of parties that got way out of hand. A secret from the past and turmoil with his estranged wife, Maura, have Monty singing the blues, lashing out at his closest friends, and spending far too much time in the bars of Halifax.

Just Pick Up The Peg

Author : Angie Collins-Burke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780228824015
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Just Pick Up The Peg written by Angie Collins-Burke and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stroke is a life-altering event. When Angie Collins-Burke suffered a devastating stroke that injured the right hemisphere of her brain at the age of forty-six, her life was suddenly changed forever. Once a registered nurse taking care of patients, Angie became the patient. In this candid memoir, Angie chronicles her heart-wrenching diagnosis and the emotional rollercoaster of her stroke recovery journey. With incredible determination, courage, grit, family support, and intensive rehabilitation therapy, Angie faced the challenges of overcoming severe physical and cognitive impairments compounded by post-stroke depression and epilepsy, and she shares her coping strategies and keen insights that can help others. Her neurological recovery is extraordinary--not only was she able to regain her lost functions, but she also developed new artistic and athletic talents and found a new life purpose. This truly remarkable recovery story is inspiring and empowering, offering wisdom and hope to stroke survivors and their families. It is highly recommended for patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and anyone who wants to understand the lived experience of stroke." - David J. Gladstone MD, PhD, FRCPC Stroke Neurologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto This book explores: - Living with the challenges of a brain injury - Dealing with depression and an identity crisis - Fighting the what ifs - Coping with frustration - Moving from putting yourself down to positive self-talk - Handling hurtful, inappropriate, and disrespectful comments - Considering intimacy following stroke - Detailing the benefits of a pain journal and exercise Just Pick Up the Peg are the words that Angie commanded her hand to do during occupational therapy--a small phrase whose repetition yielded significant and life-changing results. Her memoir inspires us all to appreciate what we have in life, thrive through difficulty, and make the most of our challenges and opportunities.

Cecilian Vespers

Author : Anne Emery
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1554903440
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Cecilian Vespers written by Anne Emery and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When controversial German theologian's blood-stained body is found on the altar of a church during Vespers on Saint Cecelia's Day, lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins is called in to investigate.

Blood on a Saint

Author : Anne Emery
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 9781770412699
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Blood on a Saint written by Anne Emery and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award Winning mystery author Anne Emery returns with another installment in the Collins-Burke mystery series “The writing bustles with energy, and with smart, wry dialogue and astute observations about crime and religion.” — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Father Brennan Burke’s patience is tested to the limit when a young woman announces to the world that the Virgin Mary has appeared to her in his churchyard, and hordes of pilgrims, souvenir hawkers, and reporters converge on the scene. But, as unwelcome as these guests may be, they pale in comparison to yet another aggravation in Father Burke’s life, a controversial talk show host who clashes with Burke the minute he arrives in town. Events take a darker turn when a body is found at the apparition site, and the talk show host is picked up for the murder. There is enough aggravation to go around, as lawyer Monty Collins learns when he takes on the loud-mouthed TV man as a client. Monty and Brennan both have a stake in uncovering the truth about the murder, and learn disturbing things about the accused and other suspects in the case. Problem is, Monty and Brennan cannot talk to each other about what they find out, because one is bound by solicitor-client confidentiality and the other by the seal of the confessional. About the Collins-Burke Mysteries This multi-award-winning series is centred around two main characters who have been described as endearingly flawed: Monty Collins, a criminal defence lawyer who has seen and heard it all, and Father Brennan Burke, a worldly, hard-drinking Irish-born priest. The priest and the lawyer solve mysteries together, but sometimes find themselves at cross-purposes, with secrets they cannot share: secrets of the confessional, and matters covered by solicitor-client confidentiality. The books are notable for their wit and humour, and their depiction of the darker side of human nature ― characteristics that are sometimes combined in the same person, be it a lawyer, a witness on the stand, or an Irish ballad singer who doubles as a guerrilla fighter in the Troubles in war-torn Belfast. In addition to their memorable characters, the books have been credited with a strong sense of place and culture, meticulous research, crisp and authentic dialogue, and intriguing plots. The novels are set in Nova Scotia, Ireland, England, Italy, New York, and Germany. The series begins with Sign of the Cross (2006) and continues to the most recent installment, Postmark Berlin (2020).

Farraday Road

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310279526
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Farraday Road written by Ace Collins and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's just another a quiet evening out for Lije and Kaytlin Evans. But somewhere along the way, it becomes something more sinister, and a murder takes place. In the aftermath, a small-town attorney sets out to find his wife's killers and uncovers a deadly conspiracy in this suspenseful mystery with a twist of faith.

Postmark Berlin

Author : Anne Emery
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773054643
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Postmark Berlin written by Anne Emery and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest mystery from a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award Father Brennan Burke is struggling, and he’s been coping the only way he knows how: self-medicating with drink. He’s barely managing, but his troubles intensify when the body of one of his parishioners washes up on the coast of Halifax. Meika Keller came to Canada after escaping past a checkpoint in the Berlin Wall. An army colonel is charged with her murder, and defence lawyer Monty argues that Meika’s death was a suicide, which is the last thing Father Burke wants to hear. Guilty of neglecting his duties as a priest when Meika needed him most, Brennan feels compelled to uncover whatever instigated her cry for help and led to her death. The story takes us from the historic Navy town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the history-laden city of Berlin, as Brennan and his brother Terry head to Germany in search of answers. And while Brennan will stop at nothing to find what, or who, is responsible for Meika’s death, nothing could have prepared the priest for the events that unfold.

Rain Gods

Author : James Lee Burke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439137366
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Rain Gods written by James Lee Burke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post) brings back one of his most fascinating characters—Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland, cousin to lawman Billy Bob Holland—in this heart-pounding bestseller. In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow grave. Haunted by a past he can’t shake and his own private demons, Hack attempts to untangle the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed. Damaged young Iraq vet Pete Flores, who saw too much before fleeing the crime scene, and his girlfriend, Vikki Gaddis, are running for their lives. Sorting through the lowlifes who are hunting down Pete, and with Preacher Jack Collins, a Godfearing serial killer for hire, in the mix, Hack is caught up in a terrifying race for survival—for Pete, Vikki, and himself.

Stories Behind Women of Extraordinary Faith

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310864208
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Stories Behind Women of Extraordinary Faith written by Ace Collins and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty women whose faith has reshaped the world.Ace Collins employs all his storytelling skill to uncover the deeply personal stories of women whose faith shines for us today. Explore twenty different tales of unparalleled inspiration. Learn how each woman’s prayers were heard and answered, and discover how each story can light the way on your own journey of faith.

Stories Behind the Best-loved Songs of Christmas

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310239265
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Stories Behind the Best-loved Songs of Christmas written by Ace Collins and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the origins of thirty-one famous Christmas songs, including "Jingle Bells," "O Holy Night," and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and provides the lyrics to each.

More Than a Uniform

Author : Winifred Quick Collins
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574410228
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book More Than a Uniform written by Winifred Quick Collins and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joining the Navy in 1942 four days after passage of the law allowing women to serve as commissioned officers, Collins developed procedures for the classification of women officer candidates, helped shape the Navy's personnel policies for women for twenty years, and retired in 1962 with the highest rank a woman could then hold.

Obit

Author : Anne Emery
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1554902800
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Obit written by Anne Emery and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Declan Burke fled Ireland forty years ago and never looked back. Now settled in New York, he thinks he’s put the old country behind him, until he reads the obituary of one Cathal Murphy. The obituary, he sees at once, is not about Murphy at all. It is a coded indictment of Burke’s own life. And an announcement of his impending death. Halifax lawyer Monty Collins investigates the obit with its allusions to Burke’s IRA past. Collins gets no help from Burke, who — good soldier to the end — keeps the silence of the grave. But Burke’s denial becomes harder to maintain following a burst of gunfire at a family wedding. The shooting brings another old soldier onto the field: Leo Killeen, the commanding officer of Burke’s former battalion in Dublin. But he also has secrets to protect. When a body is found in a rundown Brooklyn flat, Collins wonders just how far Killeen will go to keep those secrets under wraps. From the farms of Ireland to the tenements of New York City, Monty is confronted by a cast of enigmatic characters, including the owner of a nightclub frequented by the New York mob; a sultry chanteuse; and Burke’s hotheaded son Francis, whose resentment and dubious activities set the family on a road to destruction. Monty isn’t the only one who is surprised when he reaches the end of the road. Burke too must now confront the suspicion that he has been manipulated all along by an unseen hand.

25 Days, 26 Ways to Make This Your Best Christmas Ever

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310560098
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book 25 Days, 26 Ways to Make This Your Best Christmas Ever written by Ace Collins and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas should be the most anticipated day of the year. But many people dread the shopping, financial strain, and extra activities they have to sandwich between the layers of their already too-busy lives.Bestselling author Ace Collins is the perfect guide to help them navigate the stress of the holidays. As he shares twenty-six easy ways to revamp Christmas expectations, readers will relax, refuel, and readjust their attitude toward the season. Each upbeat chapter contains easy to apply ideas for taking a fresh look at a holiday tradition or task and making it positive and meaningful. Through a blend of historical stories, scriptural truths, and contemporary anecdotes, Collins creates a recipe for holiday happiness. He adeptly shows how to keep the joy of the season from derailing and helps readers rediscover Christmas as it was meant to be—holy, peaceful, and purposeful.A glorious Christmas is attainable with Collins’ timely wisdom and advice. Partly devotional, partly practical, and always thoughtful, Collins’ book will help readers make this their best Christmas ever!

Wayfaring Stranger

Author : James Lee Burke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476710813
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Wayfaring Stranger written by James Lee Burke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his most ambitious work yet, New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man’s unforgettable life. In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business. In just a few years’ time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose fortunes twice over. But it is the prospect of losing his one true love that will spur his most reckless act yet—one inspired by that encounter long ago with the outlaws of his youth. A tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, Wayfaring Stranger “is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream” (Benjamin Percy, Poets & Writers).

Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310866855
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America written by Ace Collins and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment the pilgrims landed on the shores of the New World, to the dark days following September 11, songs of faith have inspired, comforted, and rallied our beloved country. Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America describes the people, places, and events that have shaped the heart and soul of America. The stories behind these songs will fascinate you and bring new meaning and richness to special spiritual moments in the history of our nation. Discover how:§ “Faith of Our Fathers,” sung at Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s funeral, had its roots not with the pilgrims but with a Catholic fighting for the right to worship freely in Anglican England§ World events, from the downing of Flight 007 in Russian airspace to Desert Storm and September 11, propelled Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” § The author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” lived the words “His truth is marching on” until the day she died§ Combining African rhythms and southern folk melodies, slaves brought Bible truths to life with songs such as “Roll, Jordan, Roll”The songs in this book have energized movements, illuminated dark paths, commemorated historic events, taken the message of freedom and faith across this nation and beyond, healed broken spirits, and righted wrongs. Their stories will make you proud of your heritage as you realize anew that in America, even one voice can make a lasting influence.

Four Thousand Weeks

Author : Oliver Burkeman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715246
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Four Thousand Weeks written by Oliver Burkeman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.

Pain Management

Author : Andrew Vachss
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN 13 : 0375414223
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Pain Management written by Andrew Vachss and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2001-10-23 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burke is back, but still lurking in the shadows, unable to return home. He is prowling the unfamiliar streets of Portland, Oregon, in search of a runaway teen. By all accounts, Rosebud Carlin is a happy, well-adjusted girl. She doesn’t fit the profile of the runaway kids Burke knows so wellÉand once was. But there’s something about her fatherÉ Burke knows the street script, but the actors are all strangers. Cut off from his family and his network of criminal contacts, Burke is forced into a dangerous alliance with a renegade group dedicated to providing relief to those in intractable pain by any means necessary. A bargain is struck, and the fuse is lit. Heart-stopping and hard-hitting, Pain Management is the latest bout in Andrew Vachss's thrilling reign as undisputed champ of brass knuckles noir.

Lassie

Author : Ace Collins
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140231830
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Lassie written by Ace Collins and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the dogs that portrayed Lassie in movies and television.