World War II. A Lancaster lands at its base in England after bombing Berlin, and a member of the crew is found dead. However, his young wife Daisy finds out that he has been murdered. But she is only a woman, blonde and pretty, and blind since birth: so who is going to listen to her? In the mayhem...
The Classic book To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Set between 1910 and 1920, the novel follows the Ramsey Family’s visit to the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The book speaks of the bonds and tribulations of the family and tensions between men and women of that era.
The Classic book Walden by Henry David Thoreau. The author himself, Henry David Thoreau moved into a cabin in the woods by Walden Pond in 1845. This novel describes his experiences of living alone there.
The Classic book Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The bet is on. Phileas Fogg claims that using ‘modern’ methods of transport (for the times), steamships and rails, he can travel the world in only 80 days. As one can imagine all sorts of adventures arise. He is accompanied by...
The Classic book Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. 10-year-old Fanny Price goes to live with her rich Uncle Sir Thomas Bertram at their Mansfield Park estate. Having come from a poor family, Fanny hopes this will a positive change. However, Mrs. Norris, who runs the estate is abusive and Sir...
The dead are not indifferent to the living. They have arrived among us in a peaceful invasion to haunt people, not places. Their purpose is to help and not harm us… but one man is their enemy, for reasons he can’t explain. For years, Aidriel has been helpless to protect himself from ghostly...
West Texas before and after the Civil War saw an explosion of immigrants making their way through the area on their way west. The Butterfield Stage line ran from 1857 to 1861, but the road was used by settlers, cattle drives and trade caravans long after. The West Texas section was so severe...
Don’t get started until you fully understand what home based businesses requires. It requires focus and dedication, among other attributes that you will discover and develop on your journey to freedom and success. You can do any and everything once you put your mind to it. At a 9-to-5 job, your...
This essay titled Shadows of Childhood shows how childhood memories affect other phases of human development.
An unfathomably advanced alien probe gains sentience over its eons-long secret mission. A test of a new "hyperstealth" system, based on physics beyond anything previously envisioned, gone awry irrevocably changes the course of humanity’s future, thrusting Alex and Melissa Wakeman into an...