Cape Cod has always been in the path of deadly hurricanes and ferocious storms. Unwelcome summer visitors include the "Long Island Express" Hurricane of 1938, the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, the twin Hurricanes Carol and Edna in 1954, and Hurricane Bob in 1991. These storms destroyed countless homes and left several coastal communities under several feet of water. Surging tides carried away houses with residents inside who didn't survive and sank the Coast Guard lightship Vineyard in...

First known as Nauset, Eastham once reached across the eastern half of Cape Cod from Bass River to the tip of what is now Provincetown. The area was home to the Nauset tribe for thousands of years before exploration by Champlain and the Pilgrims, and it is now known as the "Gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore." Whether it's the U.S. Life-Saving Service and its shipwreck rescues, Cape Cod's oldest windmill or tales of sea captains and rumrunners, Eastham is truly rich in history and t...

Think of Ireland and what comes to mind. Forty shades of green? This ancient mystic land is much more colourful than that - with a stunning variety of flora and fauna waiting to be enjoyed. And Co. Wexford, located in the southeast corner of the island, is particularly rich in its diversity of wildlife and habitats. Bordered by a mountain range on its western flank and by seas to the east and south, Co Wexford is a feast for the senses - with spectacular coastlines and islands, rolling hil...

'Utterly thrilling and joyful. I couldn't put it down!' ANTON DU BEKE'Enthralling and captivating. Absolutely loved it!' CAROL KIRKWOOD'A stunning debut, this is the perfect summer read' SANTA MONTEFIOREIt's never too late to follow your dreams...Twenty years ago, Abigail Patterson put her promising tennis career on hold to have her baby son, Robbie. But after a wild card entry to...

The bad boys who were constant sources of controversy and pushed the term “living” to its absolute extreme are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the founder of gonzo-journalism Hunter S. Thompson to rock ‘n roll’s most dangerous guitarist Keith Richards to the hot-heads of sports Bobby Knight and Ozzie Guillen, the men who can be called everything in the book but boring reflect the very best of the 50 years of the Playbo...

Marcel Rijs has followed Kim's career from the start. In 1996 he started a website about her, which eventually became her official fansite wilde-life.com. He was involved in several compilation CD's and reissues of Kim's early albums. After writing the liner notes for Kim's first three albums, released by Cherry Pop last year, he was inspired to write a full biography. The book came together over the course of a year, with Kim contributing exclusive quotes to tell the story of an astonishi...

Beware a siren's silence. She's not quiet. She's plotting!Half-siren/half-witch, Hollyn Oates, and the pilot with the most, Kai Iona, are barely a step ahead of Grigori, Hollyn's warlock father. With a broken piece of an amulet in her bag, finding the missing piece before the next full moon is the priority. It will take the complete amulet to halt her father's plan to lock her away forever.Kai fights by her side, but he must rebuild her trust. The amulet wo...

As the 1950s came to a close, a new era of social, spiritual, sexual, political and psychological revolution was beginning. Here in this provocative dialogue, you will meet some of the wild characters who made the 1960s the most memorable decade of the 20th century. Lattin says, "[The] big question at the time was: are these experiences people are having the same as a mystical experience or religious experience? People would report the same kind of things, like a sense of wonder, awe, ...

In a world of blood and betrayal, Isabella's fate is sealed married off in four days to Marco Vitale, a silver-haired mafia kingpin, The Don's age, to end a decades-long war. But the ruthless Don, isn't sending her to the altar unprepared. With the clock ticking, he takes her in hand literally for a forbidden, hands-on education in seduction and submission. Four days, four lessons: kissing that ignites, slow rides that tease, wide-open surrenders, and rough, primal claims all drawn from th...

The Wild Wild West premiered on CBS in 1965, just as network dominance of television Westerns was waning and the global James Bond phenomenon was in full force. Described as "James Bond on horseback," the series was like nothing else on TV before or since--a genre hybrid that followed the adventures of 1870s Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, on special assignment from President Ulysses S. Grant.The show featured clever gadgets and costumes, carefully cho...

E-artnow stellt die bedeutendsten satirischen Werke der Weltliteratur vor. Die subtilere Wahrheit wird bis heute oft am besten durch Ironie vermittelt, diskutiert und verstanden. Hinter dem Vorhang des Humors verbirgt sich echte Rebellion, selbst in meisterhaft erzählten Erzählungen. Diese Klassiker reichen von Anti-Kriegs-Protesten und dem Leid der Armen bis hin zu den Absurditäten gesellschaftlicher Normen und Moralvorstellungen. Sie haben nicht nur die Sichtweisen der Menschen verändert...

Wild Bill Hickok was a man of strong character - a colorful and imposingpersonality with a single-mindedness that made him stand out andattract much attention. Not one of his friends or peers considered himin a bad light, as this quote from his friend Captain Jack Crawfordstates:“…Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps… Hewould get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousnesscharacteristic of the border in the early da...