Conceived with passion and lust by a handsome paratrooper and an Irish American woman with alburn hair and smokey gray/green eyes, and reared 'by the book' with unfettered freedom, common sense, and nonsense, the Irish Mongrel Child experienced and understood the essence of life by age eleven: love, trust and evil.. With the best of intentions, her mother rejected her at birth, left her outside in a storm to experience the beauty of lightening, and weaned her overnight when she was exactly...

A Modern Account on the Book of Ruth. What could ever happen from meeting someone at a bar? Nothing good is supposed to come out of there. Or, maybe there are some places that could produce some good.

»Ich konnte nicht aufhören zu lesen! Absolut triumphal!« Freida McFadden»Wäre meine Schwester nicht so schön gewesen, dann wäre all das nie passiert.«Ruby Cooper und ihre Schwester Erin führen ein idyllisches Leben in Boston, getragen vom starken Zusammenhalt ihrer Kirchengemeinde. Als Ruby sechzehn ist, wird sie in einen Vorfall verwickelt, der die geordnete Welt ihrer Familie einstürzen lässt. Ruby flieht in die Heimat ihrer Mutter. Doch über Jah...

“I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid“Enthralling...it’s a testament to Nugent’s storytelling prowess and gift for well-timed plot twists that, even knowing there’s a train wreck looming, readers won’t be able to look away. This is a masterpiece.” **—**Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the internationally ...

In these eleven original stories, characters bravely face the challenges of settling into a new life.In this wonderful new short story anthology, eleven of Canada's top children's authors contribute stories of immigration, displacement and change, exploring the frustration and uncertainty those changes can bring. Told in first-person narratives, this collection features a diverse cast of boys and girls, each one living at a different point in Canada's vast...

“I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid“Enthralling...it’s a testament to Nugent’s storytelling prowess and gift for well-timed plot twists that, even knowing there’s a train wreck looming, readers won’t be able to look away. This is a masterpiece.” **—**Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the internationally ...

Nothing can match the power of a single voice... Ruby Martin expects to spend her days repairing robots while avoiding the dangerous peacekeeping forces that roam the corridors of the generation ship The Creative Fire. The social structure of the ship is rigidly divided, with Ruby and her friends on the bottom. Then a ship-wide accident gives Ruby a chance to fight for the freedom she craves. Her enemies are numerous, well armed, and knowledgeable. Her weapons are a fabulous voice, a quick...

What if a woman as strong and as complex as Eva Perón began her life as a robot repair assistant threatened by a powerful peacekeeping force that wants to take all she has from her? The discovery ship, Creative Fire, is on its way home from a multi-generational journey. But home is nothing like the crew expected. They have been gone for generations, and the system they return to is home to technologies and riches beyond their wildest dreams. But they are immediately oppressed and relegated...

Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming in Ruby and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby 3-based application. You'll gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which will be needed for your first Ruby application. Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby 3, 4th Edition is a leading guide to learn Ruby from the ground up.The new edition o...

Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby application. You'll also gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which are needed as part of a fully functioning Ruby application.Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby, Third Edition is a leading guide to learn Ruby from the ground up. The new edition ...

The F-Section of the SOE was a department that stood for French Section, whose job it was to carry out Churchill's famous command to 'set Europe alight'. This is the story of F-Section.

Se a minha irmã não fosse bonita, nada disto teria acontecido.Ruby Cooper e a sua irmã, Erin, levam uma vida idílica na sua unida comunidade paroquial em Boston. Mas aos 6 anos, Ruby vê-se envolvida num incidente que faz com que o mundo da sua família desmorone. Ao longo de décadas, as consequências daquele incidente deixam um rasto de destruição atrás de Ruby em Dublin, e de Erin em Boston. Não que Ruby queira pensar no passado. Mas há coisas que não podem permanecer em s...