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| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan, 2018 In 1940s Italy, teenager Pino Lella joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps and falls for a beautiful widow, he also becomes the personal driver of one of the Third Reich's most powerful commanders. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Beneath a Starlit Sky Bella Emy, 2018-07-20 My first love. The one I fell for so quickly. The one who stole my heart and made me believe we had it all. We did. Till that fateful day when everything changed.Beneath a Starlit Sky is a heart-wrenching, heartrending, tear-jerker! Not recommended for the weak at heart! |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Last Green Valley Mark Sullivan, 2021-05-04 Mark Sullivan has done it again! The Last Green Valley is a compelling and inspiring story of heroism and courage in the dark days at the end of World War II. --Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author From the author of the #1 bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family's incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph. In late March 1944, as Stalin's forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear's intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves--murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect pure-blood Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century. But after already living under Stalin's horrifying regime, Emil and Adeline decide they must run in retreat from their land with the wolves they despise to escape the Soviets and go in search of freedom. Caught between two warring forces and overcoming horrific trials to pursue their hope of immigrating to the West, the Martels' story is a brutal, complex, and ultimately triumphant tale that illuminates the extraordinary power of love, faith, and one family's incredible will to survive and see their dreams realized. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Prisoner of Night and Fog Anne Blankman, 2014-04-22 A gripping historical thriller set in 1930s Munich, Prisoner of Night and Fog is the evocative story of an ordinary girl faced with an extraordinary choice in Hitler's Germany. Fans of Code Name Verity will love this novel full of romance, danger, and intrigue! Gretchen Müller grew up in the National Socialist Party under the wing of her uncle Dolf—who has kept her family cherished and protected from that side of society ever since her father sacrificed his life for Dolf's years ago. Dolf is none other than Adolf Hitler. And Gretchen follows his every command. When she meets a fearless and handsome young Jewish reporter named Daniel Cohen, who claims that her father was actually murdered by an unknown comrade, Gretchen doesn't know what to believe. She soon discovers that beyond her sheltered view lies a world full of shadowy secrets and disturbing violence. As Gretchen's investigations lead her to question the motives and loyalties of her dearest friends and her closest family, she must determine her own allegiances—even if her choices could get her and Daniel killed. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Beneath a Marble Sky John Shors, 2013-05-17 As a princess and a mother, as a sister and a daughter, Jahanara will find herself faced time and again with impossible choices, and will discover the real meaning of her regal birthright. In Beneath a Marble Sky John Shors recreates an historical Hindustan brimming with breathtaking intrigue and containing the secret truth of the Taj Mahal for a world still in awe of its enduring majesty. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Under the Crimson Sky Neha Taneja, 2018-04-26 Under the Crimson Sky is a book on micropoetry. It interprets love, heartbreak, and life. The poems make us visualize our own lives. In this book, Neha Taneja pens down the human emotions of love, loss, and sense of belongingness. The poems follow the trail of our contemporary and modernized lives. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: BENEATH A SCARLET SKY - Summarized for Busy People Goldmine Reads, 2019-04-02 This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version. Pino Lella is an Italian teenage boy who spends his days doing what typical teenagers do: frolicking with friends and fawning over girls. As the destruction of war courses through the city of Milan, Pino loses his family home to the Allied bombs and is obliged to help Jews escape by traversing the Alps. Later on, he falls in love with a beautiful woman named Anna in whom he finds solace from the horrors of the war. Pino’s safety is his parents’ top priority, so between being assigned to the frontlines or joining the Nazis, Pino’s parents choose the latter. He is forced by his parents to enlist in the German army. After being injured in combat, Pino is recruited as the interpreter and personal driver for General Hans Leyers, Hitler’s left hand who was assigned to oversee the Nazi operations in Italy. The General is among the Third Reich’s most enigmatic and formidable commanding officers. Pino’s position provides him an opportunity to gather information from the German High Command and pass it onto the Allied forces. Working as a spy for the resistance, Pino endures the Nazis’ oppression and their atrocities by the strength he finds in his love for Anna and in his hope for a future in which the war is over and they are finally free. Wait no more, take action and get this book now! |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Robin Monarch Thrillers Mark Sullivan, 2017-12-12 Mark Sullivan, the bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky, keeps readers on the edges of their seats with his Robin Monarch thrillers. Three gripping novels and three favorite stories—now presented in one thrilling bundle! Rogue Ex-CIA operative Robin Monarch, caught in a high profile jewel heist gone wrong, finds himself between a powerful cabal and technology that must remain out of their reach. Outlaw In the second series novel, master thief Robin Monarch embarks on a dangerous journey into the underbelly of Southeast Asia to save kidnapped diplomats, only to discover another plot tied to a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government. Thief Deep in the darkest recesses of the Amazon jungle, Monarch must find and extract a local treasure or risk losing someone from his past that he holds very dear in the third volume of Mark Sullivan’s compelling series. Brotherhood and Other Stories In these three propulsive, nerve-wracking stories, Mark Sullivan introduces Robin Monarch—a man with a complicated, secret past and a very grim future. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Dumarest eBook Collection E.C. Tubb, 2012-11-30 This collection brings together the first six titles in E. C. Tubb's epic SF saga, Dumarest, containing: The Winds of Gath Derai Toyman Kalin The Jester at Scar Lallia |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Medicus Series Ebook Bundle Ruth Downie, 2021-07-06 In the New York Times bestselling Medicus series, Roman occupied Britannia is beset by crime, and army doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso is determined to catch the killers and restore order to the empire. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own and a hero readers will root for through every adventure. Included in this bundle are all eight books in the series: Medicus Terra Incognita Persona Non Grata Caveat Emptor Simper Fidelis Tabula Rasa Vita Brevis Memento Mori |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The GollanczFest@Home eBook Sampler Various, 2021-03-25 As part of this spring's GollanczFest@Home, we are thrilled to offer a bumper eBook featuring samples of books from authors we have published across the end of 2020 to mid-2021. Chockablock with fantasy, science fiction and horror content, you'll find extracts from genre heavyweights, award-winning novels, and exciting debuts; encounter dystopian corporations, haunted tower-blocks, possessed cats; and, with the turn of every page, you'll discover brave new worlds. Contains extracts from: God of Night - Tom Lloyd The Tower of Fools - Andrzej Sapkowski Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson A Fool's Hope - Mike Shackle Winterkeep - Kristen Cashore What Abigail Did That Summer - Ben Aaronovitch The Two-Faced Queen - Nick Martell Meant to Be Immortal - Lynsay Sands Master Artificer - Justin Call The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman Honeycomb - Joanne M Harris The Wood Bee Queen - Edward Cox The Hand of the Sun King - J.T. Greathouse Machine - Elizabeth Bear The Evidence - Christopher Priest Gallowglass - S.J. Morden Inscape - Louise Carey Purgatory Mount - Adam Roberts This Fragile Earth - Susannah Wise Artifact Space - Miles Cameron Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims Quiet In Her Bones - Nalini Singh |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Empirium Trilogy Ebook Bundle Claire Legrand, 2021-01-26 All three books in the New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series, the Empirium Trilogy, included in one bundle! Furyborn: In this thrilling new high-fantasy trilogy, a magic-wielding queen and a ruthless bounty hunter are separated by centuries but connected by a prophecy. Kingsbane: The second book in the epic Empirium Trilogy that follows two young women as they fight to either save their world or doom it. Lightbringer: The epic, final installment in the bestselling series follows Rielle and Eliana as they struggle against a mysterious force that may change the course of history forever. Perfect for those looking for: Epic fantasy with stunning and elaborate world building Teen fantasy books for girls Strong complex female characters An immersive series with an intricate magic system Friendship and teen romance books LGBTQ content The Empirium Trilogy: Furyborn (Book 1) Kingsbane (Book 2) Lightbringer (Book 3) Praise for Furyborn: A BuzzFeed Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 A Goodreads Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 A Bustle Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 A must-read.—Refinery29 A series to watch.—Paste Magazine Visionary.—Bustle Magazine One of the biggest new YA fantasies.—Entertainment Weekly Empowering.—BuzzFeed Beautiful, brutal, heart-stopping, and epic.—Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer and the Daughter of Smoke and Bone saga |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume B, 3e – Modified eBook UK Edition Joseph Black et al., 2021-01-01 This Modified eBook version of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume B, 3rd edition omits in-copyright readings that are found in the print book. This ebook is available for purchase in the UK and select international markets. The two-volume Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Edition provides an attractive alternative to the full six-volume anthology. Though much more compact, the Concise Edition nevertheless provides substantial choice, offering both a strong selection of canonical authors and a sampling of lesser-known works. With an unparalleled selection of illustrations and of contextual materials, accessible and engaging introductions, and full explanatory annotations, these volumes provide concise yet extraordinarily wide-ranging coverage for British Literature survey courses. New to this volume are Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; new authors include Dorothy Wordsworth, John Clare, Tomson Highway, Derek Walcott, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The third edition now also offers substantially expanded representation of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh literatures, as well as contextual materials on Gothic literature, Modernism, and World War II. Material that no longer appears in the bound book may in most cases be found on the companion website; many larger works are also available in separate volumes that may at the instructor’s request be bundled together with the anthology at no extra cost to the student. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Rough Guide to Guatemala (Travel Guide eBook) Rough Guides, 2015-10-01 The Rough Guide to Guatemala is the ultimate guide to this fascinating Central American country. Fully updated, it includes detailed accounts of every attraction and destination, along with clear, colour maps which will show you everything Guatemala has to offer, including ancient Maya sites, colonial cities, rainforest ruins and stunning lakes. The Rough Guide to Guatemala is packed full of insider tips about off-the-beaten-track destinations, hiking trails, surf spots, kayak and rafting trips and jungle walks, as well as reviews of all the best hotels, cafés, restaurants and bars for every budget. Whether you're taking in the astonishing Maya site of Tikal, relaxing in the laidback colonial city of Antigua, shopping for crafts in a traditional highlands market or trekking through the jungle, The Rough Guide to Guatemala is your essential guide. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2008-11-25 A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a heroine ahead of her time. Enriched eBook Features Editor Monika Elbert provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic: * Filmography * Nineteenth-Century Reviews of The Scarlet Letter * Chronology of Hawthorne's Life and Times (with Images) * Historical Time Line: Seventeenth-Century England and New England (Massachusetts Bay Colony) * Witchcraft and The Scarlet Letter (with Images and Martha Corey’s Testimony) * Puritan Pleasures and Punishments (with Images) * Puritan Child Rearing and Puritan Children * Puritan Fashion and The Scarlet Letter: The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre (with Images) * Hester Prynne and Nineteenth-Century Women’s Rights Movements * Bibliography and Further Reading * Images of The Scarlet Letter * Enriched eBook Notes The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Hew Cullan Mysteries: Books 1–4 Shirley McKay, 2023-04-01 1579, St Andrews. When Hew Cullan, a young lawyer, returns home after studying in Paris, he arrives to find a close friend accused of murdering a thirteen-year-old boy. For the first time, Hew finds himself plunged headlong into a Pandora's box of lies and deception, starting his journey as a reluctant mystery solver. From the chilling austerity of university life to the shores of Flanders and the court of King James, Hew must unravel the subterfuge and murder that pervades sixteenth-century Scotland. This bestselling series is a must-read for fans of thrilling historical fiction, expertly researched and utterly enthralling. Titles included in this bundle are: Hue & Cry Fate & Fortune Time & Tide Friend & Foe |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Daughters of the Potomac Bundle, Before the Scarlet Dawn, Beside Two Rivers & Beyond the Valley - eBook [ePub] Rita Gerlach, 2013-12-31 This bundle contains Before the Scarlet Dawn, Beside Two Rivers, Beyond The Valley. Before the Scarlet Dawn Love drove them to a new land. Now, a war for freedom threatens all they hold dear. In 1775, Hayward Morgan, a young gentleman destined to inherit his father’s estate in Derbyshire, England, captures the heart of Eliza Bloome. Her dark beauty and spirited ways are not enough to win him, due to her station in life as a local vicar’s daughter. Circumstances throw Eliza in Hayward’s path, and they flee to America to escape the family conflicts. But as war looms, it's a temporary reprieve. Hayward joins the revolutionary forces and what follows is a struggle for survival, a test of faith, and the quest to find lasting love in an unforgiving wilderness. Beside Two Rivers A tale of love won and love lost, and the faith to find it again. From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England, Darcy follows a path where the secrets of the past slowly rise to the surface. She meets Ethan Brennan, an aspiring English horse breeder, who embraces her independent spirit and marvels at the simplicity of her faith. Ethan and Darcy fall in love, but are kept apart by a promise to another and a sworn oath to a dying woman whose long-hidden secret threatens Darcy’s and Ethan’s lives. Beyond the Valley Will running to a new life in a new world bring happiness--or more trouble? When Sarah Carr's husband Jamie drowns, her young life is shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed, she reaches out to Jamie's family for help but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude. In the wilds of Maryland, Sarah endures the hardships of being indentured and the debasement of being a woman. In despair, she offers up faithful prayers that are answered. But Sarah's new life in the Colonies finds her surrounded by a family's whirlwind of secrets, while she hopes the young doctor she loves will bring her freedom. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Speak to Me of Love Robin Lee Hatcher, 2018-09-24 When Faith Butler finds herself and her two children stranded in Dead Horse, Wyoming, she has no choice but to take employment with mysterious recluse Drake Rutledge. As Faith shines the light of hope and happiness in the dark halls of Drake's dismal mansion, Drake is forced out of the shadows that have hidden him for so long. Only this feisty Shakespearean actress and her irresistible children could cause such a change in Drake. Then the shadows of Faith's past descend on them all. Can they find the light that can cut through the deepest darkness? * * * Tender, touching, romantic. — Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The World's Desire Andrew Lang/Henry Rider Haggard, 2012 The World's Desire is a classic fantasy novel first published in 1890 and written by H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang. The World's Desire is the story of the hero Odysseus, mainly referred to as the Wanderer for the bulk of the novel. Odysseus returns home to Ithaca after his second, unsung journey. He is hoping to find a home at peace, wife dear and true and his son worthy of him. Unfortunately, he does not find any of the three, instead his home is ravaged by a plague and his wife Penelope has been slain. As he grieves, he is visited by an old flame, Helen of Troy, for whom the novel is named. Helen leads him to equip himself with the Bow of Eurytus and embark on his last journey. This is an exhausting journey in which he encounters a Pharaoh who is wed to a murderess beauty, a holy and helpful priest, and his own fate. This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Turning Back The Sun Colin Thubron, 2012-02-29 Far away from the city of his birth, in a frontier town on the edge of tribal wilderness, a doctor tries to resolve the seemingly unreconcilable demands of his public career and his personal feelings. He believes his exile her to be temporary, and youthful memories of the distant city torment him with an unbearable sense of loss. Yet he has grown to love a fellow exile, a woman of fierce independence and strong will, who belongs by nature to the warmth and chaos of the frontier? But, during a summer of drought and disease, the desert erupts into savagery and he is at last confronted by the choice of returning to the city or of remaining with her. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Return Of The Native Thomas Hardy, 2013-11-01 Some regard this book as Hardy's masterpiece. Here again we have a rural setting and a powerful and moving plot. The characters, too, are striking and well drawn, and one of them, Clym Yeobright, the hero, just misses greatness. Unlike Mr. Hardy's previous works, it is predominantly a tragedy; but it is not a thoroughly artistic success, because our pleasure at the artist's triumph is overbalanced by disagreeable sensations caused by the repulsiveness of many of his characters and of the environment in which they move. Mr. Hardy himself must have felt the effect of this repulsiveness, for his humor is almost entirely absent. A passion for excessive realism, too, has taken a greater hold upon this essentially poetic idealist, and it is only when he is in the presence of inanimate nature that his soul appears to be truly inspired. The descriptions of Egdon Heath in this novel, and of the effects of its sombre vastness upon its scattered inhabitants, are unequalled in modern fiction. But if nature has taken hold of Mr. Hardy as it has done of few men since Wordsworth, it has not disturbed him with the joy of elevated thoughts, as Wordsworth sang; it has not proved itself to be the power whose secret is not joy, but peace of Matthew Arnold; but rather it has proved itself to be the mysterious, inscrutable counterpart in the world of the senses, of that insoluble enigma with which Herbert Spencer and so many modern minds have found themselves confronted in the world of thought. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: 4 Novels by E.M.Forster E.M. Forster, 2013-09-20 This carefully crafted ebook: 4 Novels by E.M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread + The Longest Journey + A Room with a View + Howards End (4 Unabridged Classics in 1 eBook) is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. First novel by E.M. Foster, Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), is the story of Lilia, a young English widow who falls in love with an Italian man, and of the efforts of her bourgeois relatives to get her back from Monteriano. Next, Forster published The Longest Journey (1907), an inverted bildungsroman following the lame Rickie Elliott from Cambridge to a career as a struggling writer and then to a post as a schoolmaster, married to the unappealing Agnes Pembroke. Forster's third novel, A Room with a View (1908), is his lightest and most optimistic. It is about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Howard's End is a novel by E.M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells a story of social and familial relations in turn-of-the-century England. Howards End is considered by some to be Forster's masterpiece. |
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| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Never the Bride Bundle, Always the Baker, Always the Wedding Planner & Always the Designer - eBook [ePub] Sandra D. Bricker, 2013-12-31 This bundle contains Always the Baker, Never the Bride; Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride; and Always the Designer, Never the Bride. Always the Baker, Never the Bride Thirty-six-year-old Emma Rae Travis has been baking specialty cakes and melt-in-your-mouth pastries at The Backstreet Bakery in historic Roswell, just outside of Atlanta, for the last six years. But here’s the rub about her job as a baker ... Emma is diabetic. When she tastes her creations, it can only be in the most minute portions. Emma is considered an artisan for the stunning crème brulee wedding cake that won her the Passionate Palette Award last year, but she’s never even had a full slice of it. Still her skills in the bakery have attracted the attention of Jackson Drake, owner of a new wedding destination hotel nearby. Can the take-no-prisoners hotel owner woo the arrogant baker to join the staff at The Tanglewood Inn? Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride As a wedding planner, Sherilyn Caine should have the perfect wedding experience... After all, she just landed her dream job at the wedding destination hotel, The Tanglewood. The rest should be a piece of cake. But while everything else goes smoothly, her own wedding plans start to sink right before her eyes. One way or the other, Sherilyn is determined to make this wedding work--until the latest development threatens to call the whole thing off. Is it possible that Sherilyn is allergic to her fiancé? Always the Designer, Never the Bride How many dresses can a designer design before she finally designs her own? It’s taken Audrey Regan years to establish herself as a wedding dress designer, and to date she’s been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. When the latest request comes from her very best friend, Audrey can hardly turn Carly down. Still, Carly’s wedding is nothing short of an event, complete with Prince Charming, and the festivities--everything to make Audrey question whether there’s a prince of her own anywhere in her future. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: My Essential Doctrines Emanuel Swedenborg, 2013-11-08 This is the annotated edition including a very detailed biography about Swedenborg, his life and his writings. The grand and distinctive principle of Swedenborgian theology, next to the doctrine of the divine humanity, is the doctrine of life. God alone lives. Creation is dead — man is dead; and their apparent life is the divine presence. God is everywhere the same. It fallaciously appears as if He were different in one man and in another. The difference is in the recipients; by one He is not received in the same degree as another. This edition contains the following writings: On The White Horse On The Earths In The Universe The Last Judgment Last Judgment Continued The Doctrine Of Faith The Doctrine Of Life Doctrine Of Sacred Scriptures The Doctrine Of Charity The Doctrine Of The Lord |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Our Old Home Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2013-11-14 In the summer of 1860 Hawthorne returned to America and prepared for the Atlantic Monthly some sketches of England, which appeared in that magazine in 1862 and 1863, and with others were published in book form in 1863, under the title Our Old Home. The opening article, Consular Experiences, gives some curious incidents in his office at Liverpool, and describes queer Americans who came for the consular help. The closing one, Civic Banquets, affords a glimpse at some of the public social intercourse to which his position introduced him. Lichfield and Uttoxeter is devoted largely to Dr. Johnson. Long before, Hawthorne had written for children the story of Johnson's penance in Uttoxeter market. The offense taken by the Uttoxeter people at an article published in Harper's Magazine is mentioned in the English Note-Books, vol. ii., August 2,1857. Recollections of a Gifted Woman gives some notes on Stratford, together with reminiscences of Delia Bacon. In Yesterdays with Authors Mr. Fields says: One of the most difficult matters he had to manage while in England was the publication of Miss Bacon's singular book on Shakespeare. The poor lady, after he had agreed to see the work through the press, broke off all correspondence with him in a storm of wrath, accusing him of pusillanimity in not avowing full faith in her theory; so that, as he told me, so far as her good-will was concerned, he had not gained much by taking the responsibility of her book upon his shoulders. It was a heavy weight for him to bear, in more senses than one, for he paid out of his own pocket the expenses of publication. The other articles of the book describe Warwick, Oxford, Leamington, Boston, Lincoln, some parts of London, and the haunts of Burns. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Within A Budding Grove Marcel Proust, 2024-07-04 My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home, and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of these might have helped to entertain the old Ambassador, my father replied that so eminent a guest, so distinguished a man of science as Cottard could never be out of place at a dinner-table, but that Swann, with his ostentation, his habit of crying aloud from the housetops the name of everyone that he knew, however slightly, was an impossible vulgarian whom the Marquis de Norpois would be sure to dismiss as—to use his own epithet—a ‘pestilent’ fellow. Now, this attitude on my father’s part may be felt to require a few words of explanation, inasmuch as some of us, no doubt, remember a Cottard of distinct mediocrity and a Swann by whom modesty and discretion, in all his social relations, were carried to the utmost refinement of delicacy. But in his case, what had happened was that, to the original ‘young Swann’ and also to the Swann of the Jockey Club, our old friend had added a fresh personality (which was not to be his last), that of Odette’s husband. Adapting to the humble ambitions of that lady the instinct, the desire, the industry which he had always had, he had laboriously constructed for himself, a long way beneath the old, a new position more appropriate to the companion who was to share it with him. In this he shewed himself another man. Since (while he continued to go, by himself, to the houses of his own friends, on whom he did not care to inflict Odette unless they had expressly asked that she should be introduced to them) it was a new life that he had begun to lead, in common with his wife, among a new set of … |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Exiled Son Mattius C. S. White, 2011-06 The Guardian of Decay and the Guardian of Earth are at war. Only when the Guardian of Earth forges a powerful sword, the Luzblad, is there a weapon strong enough to restore order to the Earth, but as the gods clash, the spirit of one of the Guardians becomes trapped within the godly blood used to forge the sword. Darkness falls, and the secret of the Luzblad becomes lost in time. Centuries later, the wayward son of a SangreLin prince must trace his past within the malevolent SangreLin Empire. When Tallic Shawen realizes that it is his SangreLin blood that allows him to harness the Luzblad's power, he must embrace his dark roots in order to restore balance to the world. Years of slavery and battles with beasts and men harden Shawen into a formidable soldier, but when confronted with the power that lurks within the Luzblad, he must also face his own weaknesses. Though he will encounter many friends and allies during his journey, even more enemies will stand in his way. Only Tallic can stop the SangreLin Empire from thrusting the Freelands into an even darker age. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: The Marble Faun Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2013-11-14 The Marble Faun was sketched in Italy and prepared for publication mainly in Redcar, England, in 1859-60. The Castle of Monte Beni, the ancestral home of Donatello, the human faun, stands for Villa Montanto, where the author made his home for a time in the summer of 1858 ; and the original of Hilda's tower is described in the French and Italian Note-Books,, May 15, 1858. This romance, which is generally held to be somewhat inferior to the novels of American life, though in an entirely different setting, does not differ greatly from them, or from some of the best short stories, in the nature of its topic and the handling of its characters. Like them it has for its theme a subject of conscience, — the influence of the consciousness of sin and its penalty, in elevating the life of a soul. Donatello's resemblance to the sculptured faun is typical of his spirit, unawakened, and looking neither before nor after, until his crime puts an end-forever to his joyous holiday existence, and remorse for it develops his intellect and his soul. Kenyon is a good type of a cultivated American, quietly enthusiastic, tolerant and not cynical, loving art and not despising America. Hilda is remarkable for the great moral strength united with her delicacy and sensibility. Her suffering on account of the crime of which she has been merely a witness is strongly contrasted with the attitude of Miriam, whose conscience needs to be brought to a full awakening even after participation in it; her free and strong nature having been bewildered in a maze of wrong, the one escape from which has offered itself in sudden temptation. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: King of Light Federico Carro, 2019-05-08 This remarkable, lyrical, poetic, richly imaginative fantasy novel tells the story of Fredric, a winged human warrior, in his struggles against the Dark Queen, the chief of a dark order that aspires to rule over life on earth. Fredric's battle against the Dark Queen's most sinister forces takes place against the background of his bid to save the life of his great love Isabel. The reader is catapulted through the universe on a journey of imagination, adventure and sheer wonder. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: When We Were Brave Suzanne Kelman, 2020-02-24 The face of the woman in the photograph was tilted upwards, as if enjoying the sunshine just for a moment, even as the wreckage of the bombed-out street lay behind her… 1944, Cornwall: Blinded by love, Vivienne Hamilton eloped to Paris with a Nazi prisoner-of-war, never to be seen again. A disgrace to her family, her name would not be mentioned by any of her relatives for over 75 years. Present day, London: When Sophie discovers a photograph of her great aunt Vivi from World War Two, it throws her into a world of confusion. Because, as she learns about this secret relative, she quickly realises that the photograph doesn’t fit with her family’s story. It shows Vivi leaving an address associated with a spy network in London – a place she had no reason to be – and it is dated right before she disappeared. Meanwhile Sophie’s own life feels as blasted and bombed as the blitzed city in the photograph she’s looking at. Her beautiful daughter – as full of joy and wild energy as Vivi had apparently once been – is gone; and Sophie’s heart has been left broken into pieces. Retreating to the family home in rural Cornwall to seek solace from her pain and the feelings of guilt that she could have done more to protect her daughter, Sophie finds herself becoming obsessed with Vivi’s life. But nothing can prepare Sophie for what she is about to uncover – the story of a woman who risked everything for the person she loved the most; and a secret family history that could be the key to Sophie’s own future. A powerful, haunting and unforgettable read about love, heartbreak and betrayal set in Second World War Britain and France. Perfect for fans of The Nightingale, Beneath a Scarlet Sky and My Name is Eva. Readers love When We Were Brave: ‘Wow! Just wow! This book kept me on the edge of my seat right from the get-go!... [An] amazing story.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Fantastic… Historical fiction at its best. Characters that you fall in love with, a story you will hate to end.’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘Totally captivating… About the bravery of the silent heroes of WWII, the secret agents who intercepted codes… A wonderful, compelling story that will grip you to the very end, it will break your heart but it will also leave you with a sense of gratitude for these selfless individuals. I can't stop thinking about this story.’ Krafti Reader, 5 stars ‘I [am] hooked on this FANTASTIC author. When We Were Brave is another OUTSTANDING piece of fantastic writing… I have nothing but total admiration.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Mesmerising and captivated me with every turn of the page… Absolutely heart-breaking… Filled with sadness, love, courage and sacrifice – I couldn’t put this book down.’ Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars ‘A heartbreaking tale of war, love, loss, betrayal and courage.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Oh my goodness I loved this book!!!… A beautifully woven time-slip novel… This story and its characters will stay with me.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I LOVED THIS BOOK!… Vivi is a fierce heroine and represents the bravery that everyone had to have during the war… I recommend this book to everyone that loves historical fiction.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘A truly heartbreaking and inspirational read. I was gripped from page one and literally flew through the pages.’ Jaynie’s Book Reviews, 5 stars ‘After reading When We Were Brave [Suzanne Kelman] is officially added to my autobuy author list… For a book to bring tears to my eyes it has to be amazing... I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves WWII fiction and even those that normally do not… You will not be disappointed.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars |
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| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Emperor of the Fireflies Sarah Ash, 2016-11-28 Sparks... glittering like fireflies against the night sky... Kai and Masao, once enemies, are now condemned to the sea by the Tide Dragons Sacrifice. If Hotaru, the new emperor, is unable to summon the Tide Dragons of Ebb and Flood at the Autumn Moon Festival, he will forfeit the right to rule Cipangu. The two Sacrifices face a desperate race against time to free themselves from this ancient curse before Hotaru binds them with forbidden magic to obey his will - forever. Sakami, Kai's lover, has become a kitsune, a fox spirit. She is determined to do all in her power to save him - but is Hotaru, aided by his treacherous shikigami, Kurika, just too formidable an opponent to overcome? |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Stone Rose Carol Townend, 2013-12-01 THE FIRST BOOK IN A PASSIONATE AND POIGNANT STORY OF A FAMILY FEUD IN TWELFTH CENTURY BRITTANY. WILL LOVE AND INNOCENCE TRIUMPH? The illegitimate daughter of a knight and his concubine, Gwenn Herevi has all the innocence of youth. But she grows up quickly when a festering family feud erupts into violence, pitting her father against her uncle. At stake are the family lands in Brittany. Into this scenario come Captain Alan le Bret and his cousin Ned Fletcher, mercenaries from England in the pay of Gwenn's uncle. One woman, two men - passions run high as their lives become entangled and choices must be made. A richly detailed evocation of living and loving in the twelfth century. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Infernal Prey Mark Winter, 2014-03-06 In the deep shadows of the Carpathian Mountains, the dark forces of the Order are gathering. Their goal: the final destruction of the Kindred, the last guardians of magic. And only one crippled boy stands in their way. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise (Volume 4 de 5) Hippolyte Taine, 2024-07-03 Dans Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise par Hippolyte Taine, le quatrième volume d'une série captivante, les lecteurs sont transportés à travers les riches époques de la littérature anglaise, explorant les influences, les tendances et les chefs-d'œuvre qui ont façonné cette tradition littéraire. Ce volume offre une analyse approfondie des mouvements littéraires et des figures emblématiques de l'Angleterre, offrant un regard perspicace sur l'évolution de la langue, de la culture et de la société à travers les âges. Des épopées médiévales aux drames élisabéthains en passant par les œuvres de la Renaissance et de l'ère victorienne, Taine présente un panorama complet et fascinant de la littérature anglaise. Les lecteurs seront captivés par la clarté de l'analyse de Taine, qui met en lumière les thèmes récurrents, les styles distinctifs et les influences interconnectées qui ont nourri la richesse et la diversité de la littérature anglaise. Que vous soyez un étudiant en littérature, un amateur de classiques ou simplement un passionné de culture anglaise, ce livre offre une exploration enrichissante et éclairante de l'un des trésors littéraires du monde. Points clés : Une exploration exhaustive et érudite de la littérature anglaise à travers les siècles. Une analyse perspicace des mouvements littéraires, des genres et des auteurs qui ont façonné la tradition littéraire anglaise. Une lecture enrichissante pour les étudiants en littérature, les passionnés de culture anglaise et tous ceux qui s'intéressent à l'évolution de la langue et de la littérature. Ce qui distingue vraiment Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise par Hippolyte Taine, c'est son approche exhaustive et éclairée de l'exploration de la littérature anglaise. Les lecteurs trouveront dans ce livre une mine de connaissances et une source d'inspiration pour approfondir leur compréhension et leur appréciation de ce riche héritage littéraire. Un incontournable pour toute bibliothèque sérieuse sur la littérature et la culture anglaises. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Here Be Dragons Anne Wilson, 2014-02-12 Anna, a writer, draws inspiration for her fictional characters from people around her on the island of Mallorca. She meets Nils, a Danish man living in a cave-house. Their relationship develops, but Nils is a man with a lifetime of secrets. Why is he shadowed by a primeval Norse dragon, which visits Anna in dreams? When Anna's employer falls from his penthouse roof terrace, it sparks a trail of clues, as Anna and her friends Maggie, Jane, and Zhu try to discover what Nils is hiding behind a locked door in the cave-house, and what happened to his former wife? |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: After Dunkirk Lee Jackson (Intelligence officer), 2020 In the tradition of grand World War II sagas Beneath a Scarlet Sky and Of Windmills and War, After Dunkirk introduces the Littlefield family, fighting valiantly in the darkest days of the German occupation. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Learning to Tie a Bow Sarah Hampton, 2012-09-30 The events of 1939 change Julia's life. Passions, loyalties and misunderstandings divert her down unexpected paths as she moves from childish innocence to adulthood against a backdrop of momentous political and social change. It is only in old age that she returns to her roots and discovers her true self. This is is a haunting tale of constancy against the odds in an unstable world. e;It is evident from her writing that Sarah Hampton has led a full and adventurous life, and still does. That she is in her eighties makes the publication of her first novel an even more impressive achievement, and I applaud the fact that she is still pursuing her dreams and ambitions. Sarah Hampton is living proof of the joys of old age, writing and, most importantly, the research possibilities provided by a decent broadband Internet connection! I hope others will be inspired to emulate her.e; Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border. |
| beneath a scarlet sky ebook: Faith Robert James Thoms, 2019-03-06 The following book, which is part one of a three-part series, is a restoration of The Faith delivered to the planet earth two thousand years ago, in that it fully restores spiritual development. No explanation is necessary to explain the magnitude of such. This three-volume set is, in fact, the final warning from the Almighty to the inhabitants of the earth before the Rapture takes place. Much of what is contained in this three-volume set is instruction for those inside the house of God, but many of those outside will benefit from its contents too. |
BENEATH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BENEATH is in or to a lower position : below. How to use beneath in a sentence.
BENEATH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
BENEATH definition: 1. in or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or something: 2. to not be…. Learn more.
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Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water. When one apple hangs lower on a tree …
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1. in or to a lower position; below. 2. underneath. prep. 3. below; under: beneath the same roof. 4. farther down than: The drawer beneath the top one. 5. lower down on a slope than: beneath …
beneath preposition - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and …
Definition of beneath preposition from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. in or to a lower position than somebody/something; under somebody/something. They found the body buried …
beneath - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power: A captain is beneath a major. unworthy of; below the level or dignity of: to regard others as beneath one; behavior that was beneath …
BENEATH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Beneath is most often used when describing a location underground or underneath a surface. In a similar sense, beneath can mean something is lower or farther down than something else. Real …
BENEATH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you. They decided she was marrying beneath her. Many find themselves …
What does Beneath mean? - Definitions.net
lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. Beneath adverb. in a lower place; …
Beneath - English Grammar Today - Cambridge Dictionary
Beneath means ‘at a lower level than’. Beneath is most common in formal writing. We don’t use it often in informal speaking. In speaking, under and below are much more common. We use …
BENEATH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BENEATH is in or to a lower position : below. How to use beneath in a sentence.
BENEATH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
BENEATH definition: 1. in or to a lower position than someone or something, under someone or something: 2. to not be…. Learn more.
Beneath - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water. When one apple hangs lower on a tree …
Beneath - definition of beneath by The Free Dictionary
1. in or to a lower position; below. 2. underneath. prep. 3. below; under: beneath the same roof. 4. farther down than: The drawer beneath the top one. 5. lower down on a slope than: beneath …
beneath preposition - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and …
Definition of beneath preposition from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. in or to a lower position than somebody/something; under somebody/something. They found the body buried …
beneath - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power: A captain is beneath a major. unworthy of; below the level or dignity of: to regard others as beneath one; behavior that was beneath …
BENEATH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Beneath is most often used when describing a location underground or underneath a surface. In a similar sense, beneath can mean something is lower or farther down than something else. Real …
BENEATH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you. They decided she was marrying beneath her. Many find themselves …
What does Beneath mean? - Definitions.net
lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. Beneath adverb. in a lower place; …
Beneath - English Grammar Today - Cambridge Dictionary
Beneath means ‘at a lower level than’. Beneath is most common in formal writing. We don’t use it often in informal speaking. In speaking, under and below are much more common. We use …
