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Twisters and Other Terrible Storms (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))

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Twisters
A real "Twister"
Twisters

Twisters and Other Terrible Storms (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))
Will And Ma Osborne
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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ASIN: 0375813586
Release Date: 2003-02-25

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What causes the earth’s weather? How do twisters form? What are the deadliest storms on earth? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms, Jack and Annie’s guide to nature’s wildest weather. Includes photographs, definitions, an index, information on twisters, hurricanes, blizzards, forecasting the weather, storm chasers, and much more!

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Twisters.......2006-03-08

Do you know how rain is formed? Do you know when tornado season is? If you want to know these questions read the Magic Tree House book Twisters by Mary Pope Osborn and Sal Murdocca. Read this nonfiction book and learn how hail is formed,learn what is the worst storm. Also there are some sweet experiments. This is an awesome book I loved it a lot. Go to the book store near you and get this book or any Magic Tree House book.

A real "Twister".......2005-02-07

The book that I'm reviewing in school is Twisters and it's by Mary Pope Osborne. I think this book deserves four stars because it is an interesting book to read. The book I'm reading is about weather. They talk about twisters, hurricanes, storms and other cool things. One thing that I learned is hail can be the size of a golf ball. Also, there are different kinds of hail sizes, like the size of a ant. I would recommend this book to a friend because if you're doing research you could find great information. Other books by this author are research guides on other topics.

Emerson, NJ Fifth Grader

Twisters.......2004-02-06

Twisters are tornadoes. I learned about them in the book Twisters by Will Osborne. Twisters wreak everything. Twisters can destroy homes because the winds go 300 miles per hour. They hit in the midwestern U.S. in April, May and June. I feel excited about this book because it's good to know about natural disasters so if it happens you'll be prepared.

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Thank You Leisha Kelly
Ten Stars! :-)
Inspired me to begin a new hobby - reading!
Julia's Hope by Leisha Kelly
Julia's Hope is a smooth surprise in inspirational reading!

Julias Hope
Leisha Kelly
Manufacturer: Revell
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ASIN: 080075820X
Release Date: 2002-09-01

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Like countless others in 1931, Samuel Wortham lost his job. And he lost his wife's inheritance, their home, and much of his self-respect. Samuel, his wife, Julia, and their two young children hitchhike from Pennsylvania to Illinois in hope of work. Caught on the road by a sudden storm, the Worthams take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse out of desperation. Feeling oddly at home, Julia insists on finding the owner of the property, despite Samuel's objections, and asks for permission to stay. The owner is Emma Graham, a woman in her eighties who longs for home but can no longer live by herself. Emma and the Worthams work out a plan to live there together and restore the farm. Samuel struggles with not being able to provide for his family, and Julia and the kids confront unpleasant surprises when a busybody neighbor turns against them. Julia's Hope is an endearing story of faith and faithfulness as Emma teaches the Worthams to live fully, give generously, and love unconditionally. She insists that the family grow where they are planted, like the garden they tend, and each member of the family is forever changed by her wisdom.

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Thank You Leisha Kelly .......2007-05-20

This was really a terrific book. I had read and loved it so much that I bought it as a gift for a relative that is dear to me.
If you want to read a good wholsome book with good values this is the one for you.
This book shows that even when things seem really bad they will turn out ok. Just trust in the Lord. He will get you through it.
Thank You Leisha Kelly for blessing the world with you terrific writing. We need a lot more authors like you.

Ten Stars! :-).......2007-04-27

The story of the Worthams and Emma captivated me so completely that I didn't want the story to end... and thankfully there are more books in this series!

The Wortham family's warmth and love really impressed me and Emma's desire to share what she had no matter how little there was caused me to look at my own life in a new light and wonder if I could be doing more for the people around me. This is a true gem, one that will be on my shelf and recommended to everyone from now on.

Inspired me to begin a new hobby - reading!.......2006-06-12

I've never been an avid reader, but I decided to give it a try on this series from Leisha Kelly. Wow! These books are great and so hard to put down. Since I've completed all the books in this series (Julia's Hope, Emma's Gift, Katie's Dream and Rorey's Secret), I've been inspired to read many others. I'm also looking forward to reading the new book, Rachel's Prayer, coming out in July, 2006. I feel I've found a new hobby, a place to get away from everyday stresses.

Julia's Hope by Leisha Kelly.......2005-09-06

This series is so good. Each book is excellent.
A lot of great messages and things to think about.

Julia's Hope is a smooth surprise in inspirational reading!.......2004-11-13

I was attracted to read Julia's Hope by the mention of the abandoned house they took up residence in. It was a pleasant surprise and a relaxing, enjoyable read. Kelly's smooth, soothing writing style left me wanting to read more about the depression and the Wortham Family. I was in luck to see there was already a sequel out called Emma's Gift.

Taking shelter from the storm : building a safe room inside your house : includes construction plans and cost estimates (SuDoc FEM 1.2:SH 4/5)

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Taking shelter from the storm : building a safe room inside your house : includes construction plans and cost estimates (SuDoc FEM 1.2:SH 4/5)

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Rosamunde Pilcher: A Third Collection of Three Complete Novels: The Empty House; The Day of the Storm; Under Gemini

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Lavishly romantic, 3 from the 1970s
The ultimate romantic page-turner !

Rosamunde Pilcher: A Third Collection of Three Complete Novels: The Empty House; The Day of the Storm; Under Gemini
Rosamunde Pilcher
Manufacturer: Wings
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Rosamunde Pilcher: A New Collection of Three Complete Books: Snow in April; Wild Mountain Thyme; Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories
The End Of Summer
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ASIN: 0517205831
Release Date: 1999-08-17

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One of the most beloved writers of all time, Rosamunde Pilcher is the author of such internationally acclaimed bestsellers as The Shell Seekers and September. The Empty House is about being in love with the wrong man; The Day of the Storm is about discovering family—and its secrets; and Under Gemini is about deception. A wonderful new omnibus edition of three full-length novels by one of America's favorites.

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Lavishly romantic, 3 from the 1970s.......2003-01-18

Three absolutely delicious tales from Rosemunde Pilcher, re-released but all with copyright dates in the 1970s. For the most part, the stories have aged well - though this is a different millenia, a different century, and certainly different times.

Under Gemini -- Improbability, coincidence and pure fate take center stage as identical twins separated at birth come upon their mirror image quite accidentally while in a London restaurant. After a night spent puzzling through the bizarre circumstances of their lives, jet-setting sister Rose takes off to Greece -- leaving her much more down-to-earth twin Flora to deal with a recently dumped fiancé. Somehow Flora is convinced to accompany the fiancé to Scotland to comfort a grandmother who is supposedly dying. The drama mounts, as does the dishonesty, and Flora finds herself living a life she never imagined. When the house of cards begins to collapse, will the friendships survive the betrayal? And, has the right sister fallen for the wrong man? A bit of a relic, but cozy as a cup of tea on a cold and windy Scottish coast.

The Empty House -- An anachronism in the form of a delightfully romantic fairy tale. From the cliffs of Cornwall to a near castle in Scotland, our not-so-modern-day fairy princess finds herself (at age 27) the widow of Prince Not So Charming. Despite the fact the deceased Prince was unfaithful and domineering and only married the young girl to achieve his inheritance, it is still a little tough feeling sorry for the Poor Little Rich Girl, who has never worked a day in her life (nor will she ever have to). Finally, she is free to be herself and she ships her young children off with Nanny to her mother-in-law in London. She then returns to the Cornwall coast and the memory of a few chance encounters of her 17-year-old self with a local farmer. Rejecting the comfort and pampering of friends, she leases a modest home near Porthkerris, fires the Nanny and reclaims her children. But can she do it? And can the combine man of the cozy hearth really win the heart of the Pampered Princess? This is an early Pilcher, with very idealistic (and out of touch) plotting but the heavenly glimpses of home and heart and her beloved countryside quite save the book.

The Day of the Storm -- After a very unconventional upbringing, Rebecca Bayliss has found bliss in her dull life working in a London book shop and living in a solitary flat she is slowly furnishing. For once she is in control of her life, and quite content. But her mother's latest lover writes that her mother is dying, and Rebecca must hurry to Ibiza. There Rebecca finally learns of her family in Cornwall and the famous artist grandfather she's never known but whom she feels compelled to inform of his daughter's death. The story is full of unusual coincidences (sometimes called fate?) and makes several abrupt turns before reaching a surprise of an ending. While Pilcher lavishly paints the background of her books, a map would have really been lovely in this one.

The ultimate romantic page-turner !.......2000-05-27

If you're not familiar with Rosamunde Pilcher yet, waste no time and buy yourself a sample of her spellbinding work ! It has it all : the warmth, the cosiness, the romance, and even the suspense. In "Under Gemini", meet sensible Flora, who discovers she has a twin sister she had never known about, the glamorous Rose, and suddenly finds herself in a whirlwind of deceipt, drama, confusion, and... love. And you will be mesmerised by "The Empty House" and "The Day of the Storm", two compelling stories about love and the pursuit of happiness. PS : The good news is : Rosamunde Pilcher has published lots of other novels and short stories : you have hours of cosy cocooning ahead of you !

Deep Storm: A Novel (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))

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Tempest in a teapot
Actually about a 3.5 Star Book for me....
An unknown object buried beneath the earth's crust threatens the safety of the solar system
Can't Put It Down! Save it for a Weekend Because You'll Definitely Stay Up Late.
Excellent!!!

Deep Storm: A Novel (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))
Lincoln Child
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Twelve-thousand feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean . . .
scientists are excavating the most extraordinary undersea discovery ever made. But is it the greatest archaeological find in history—or the most terrifying?

Former naval doctor Peter Crane is urgently summoned to a remote oil platform in the North Atlantic to help diagnose a bizarre medical condition spreading through the rig. But when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies far below—on “Deep Storm,” a stunningly advanced science research facility built two miles beneath the surface on the ocean floor. The topsecret structure has been designed for one purpose: to excavate a recently discovered undersea site that may hold the answers to a mystery steeped in centuries of myth and speculation.

Sworn to secrecy, Dr. Crane descends to Deep Storm. A year earlier, he is told, routine drilling uncovered the remains of mankind’s most sophisticated ancient civilization: the legendary Atlantis. But now that the site is being excavated, a series of disturbing illnesses has begun to affect the operation. Scientists and technicians are experiencing a bizarre array of symptoms—from simple fatigue to violent psychotic episodes. As Crane is indoctrinated into the strange world of Deep Storm and commences his investigation, he begins to suspect that the covert facility conceals something more complicated than a medical mystery.The discovery of Atlantis might, in fact, be a cover for something far more sinister . . . and deadly.

Like Lincoln Child’s spectacular bestsellers coauthored with Douglas Preston (The Book of the Dead, Relic), Deep Storm melds scientific detail and gripping adventure in a superbly imagined, chillingly real journey into unknown territory. Child is a master of suspense, and Deep Storm is his most ambitious novel to date.

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Tempest in a teapot.......2007-06-15

This was the first Lincoln Childs book I read after discovering the Pendergast novels, co-authored with long-time collaborator Douglas Preston, a long time ago. The Pendergast books are great - a real hoot. I bought this on the basis of my great appreciation for the Pendergast books and the publisher's blurb on the book jacket. While I'm not screaming for my money back, I have to say that the book was just OK. Mr. Childs can write (of course) and there are some interesting concepts here, - and of course the pacing is good, but the verisimilitude is lacking and in the end it just wasn't that good of a story. I'll try another of his, of course, but if you are not already a fan, this is surely not the place to start.

Actually about a 3.5 Star Book for me...........2007-06-12

So i'm given this book the bump up because Lincoln Child is such a great writer and for the most part the book was very excited and a fun read. I was disappointed in the twist that occurs but not so disappointed that i would need to put the book down or not recommend it. This is still a good book to read.

The story unfolds much like an Atlantis discovery book and thickens into something much more intriguing and sci-fi based. The character development is very enjoyable as the plot thickens. You tend to grow to like character and are taken aback when they dont appear to be who you thought they were.

I love the way this writer writes and will continue to recommend him and read his newer novels.

A worthy summer read to add to your collection...3.5+stars from me.

An unknown object buried beneath the earth's crust threatens the safety of the solar system.......2007-06-11

Lincoln Child, best known for his best-selling Pendergast series (coauthored with Douglas Preston) has now written three standalone thrillers by himself. One might expect that with each solo effort Child would be improving his craft, adding to his reputation as a top-notch author in his own right. Unfortunately, each novel that Child has written without Preston is a little bit less original than the last. None is horrible, but none is brilliant either, and certainly none lives up to the level of entertainment that readers of Preston & Child novels have come to expect.

Deep Storm starts out in a way that is very familiar to readers of Child's previous two solo books: in both, the story begins with a specialist being summoned to consult on a problem with some revolutionary technology. Utopia opens with a robotics specialist on his way to a new theme park to figure out why the park's animatronics aren't working properly. Death Match starts out with a psychologist helping a dating service investigate a problem with the company's match-making algorithm. In Deep Storm, the particulars are different, but the theme is the same: a doctor, Peter Crane, is summoned to the deck of a North Atlantic oil rig to try to figure out why people are getting sick.

The story unfolds quickly, and the intrigue builds as Dr. Crane is transported from the platform of the oil rig to a state-of-the-art research facility on the sea floor more than two miles below. Scientists in the facility are supposedly researching evidence proving the existence of Atlantis. But as mysterious illnesses spread throughout the undersea community, Crane finds evidence of his own that points to a far more sinister discovery--one that, if allowed to reach the surface, could spell destruction for the earth itself.

The story, which is vaguely reminiscent of Michael Crichton's Sphere or Orson Scott Card's The Abyss, is largely unremarkable. It contains little in the way of objectionable content, just as it contains little in the way of real suspense or depth of meaning. There's no sexual content and little foul language, and the violence is commensurate with the plot, but there's no particularly redeeming message or spiritual thoughtfulness either. Child is certainly a capable writer; his characters are for the most part believable (if not terribly deep), and the depth of his imagination is strongly in evidence as he brings the story's setting to life. The problem is, it feels like a story that's been told before.

Lincoln Child will no doubt continue to write solo novels, and his fans will continue to read them. But until he branches out and finds a different story to tell, readers might be better off sticking with his collaborative works, which so far are more interesting, more entertaining, and more thought-provoking.

Can't Put It Down! Save it for a Weekend Because You'll Definitely Stay Up Late........2007-06-10

I read this book in a single day it was so good! I couldn't put it down! If you are looking for good science fiction, and are having trouble finding good books out there that you haven't read, then look no farther, because you will be thoroughly satisfied after reading this one.

I don't want to describe anything more than what the book description says because it will spoil it, but it does kind of remind you of the "Abyss" movie and "Sphere". Also, what I will say is each chapter leaves you wanting to read the next one, and the mysteries surrounding the story keep you fixed all the time accelerating to the end.

---*** THE BOTTOM LINE ***---
* This is a MUST get book, it's that entertaining.
* You won't want to stop reading it, so save it for vacation or a weekend when you can stay up late and won't worry about not getting any sleep.

Excellent!!!.......2007-06-05

This was the first book of Child (and Preston) that I have read. I loved it! I stayed up all night (literally) to read it because I couldn't put it down.

The whole atmosphere of the book was exhilarating. The ending was somewhat surprising - and a little disappointing that they did not find something they could keep - especially since I'm all hyped up throughout most of the book wondering what is down there. I pictured an underground city or remnants of some sort. I will probably re-read this book a couple times, I'm sure.

This book led me on to other books by the author, and I am now a fan.

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Magisterial and bittersweet, but slow moving, not quite as good as its predecessor
A long, disjointed read
somewhat weak 4 due to weaker second half
Part social critique, part adventure
special blending of sorcery and alternate history

The House of Storms
Ian R. MacLeod
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To save her only son from the ravages of consumption, the Greatgrandmistress of the Telegraphers Guild, Alice Meynell, has made a bargain with her former lover-a changeling in the land of Einfell where magic may accomplish what science could not-to do whatever is necessary to cure him.

Once he is healthy again, her son will be torn between his duty to lead the guild and his love for a servant girl. But Alice has already chosen her son's destiny and she'll see him achieve it even if it means ending the Age of Light.

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Magisterial and bittersweet, but slow moving, not quite as good as its predecessor.......2006-05-21

Ian R. MacLeod's The Light Ages was one of the best novels of 2003, depicting an alternate England in which the magical substance aether is used for all sorts of industrial purposes. That novel portrayed a shift to a slightly more technological age. The House of Storms is set some decades in its future, and the world seems ready to transition to yet another "age".

Alice Meynell is a scheming Greatgrandmistress of the Telegrapher's Guild. She brings her ailing son Ralph to the manor Inverhome, near Bristol, and he is miraculously cured. Ralph falls in love with Marion Price, a local shoregirl, while Alice continues her lifelong plotting. At the same time tensions are rising between the more rural, and slaveholding, West, represented by Bristol; and the more urban East, represented by London.

Neither Ralph nor Marion recognizes the baleful influence of Alice on their future, as they end up on opposite sides of the inevitable Civil War. But they had a son, spirited away by Alice, and he and his friends, a group of aether-altered Changelings, may be the key to a true new Age, and to some sort of resolution of the tensions between East and West.

The story is beautifully written and emotionally involving, as we expect from MacLeod. It is also slow-moving. And to some extent the plot developments are a bit cliché: not just the echoes of the American Civil War, but also the roles taken on by Ralph and Marion, who are respectively sort of Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale. Still, by the end an unexpected conclusion is reached, magisterial and bittersweet and darkly moving. I'm not sure the novel as a whole is quite sufficiently in service of its ends - perhaps it is too long, or too diffuse - but it remains a lovely and powerful work.

A long, disjointed read.......2006-01-20

This is the first book by Ian R. MacLeod I have read. The above reviews refer to The Light Ages, but say it is not necessary. Maybe it is, I for one had a difficult time following Mr. MacLeod's ramblings. The first part of the book deals with Alice, Ralph and Marion. I found the varying references between Victorian age and the sci-fi world confusing. There is magic to keep Alice young yet Marion's sister's main wish is for tooth paste. While the main characters are developed they are forced to stand alone as Mr. MacLeod developes no secondary ones so when the second part of the book begins it is weak.
The book overall followings the sci-fi formula. No surpises nor characters that make you root for the good guys.

somewhat weak 4 due to weaker second half.......2005-08-18

The House of Storms takes place roughly a century or so and in the same world as MacLeod's The Light Ages. Though it could therefore be called a sequel, one needn't have read The Light Ages to jump into House of Storms, as the characters and the culture aren't quite the same. House of Storms is not as strong as the first book, though like Light Ages it has fully developed vivid characters; a slow, methodical pace; a complex plot, a balanced look at the "good" and "bad" guys; and lush, poetic language. It didn't, however, maintain these strengths quite as consistently as Light Ages did, creating I thought a noticeable flagging in the second half of the book.
The novel is set in a sort of late-Victorian era England where magic (in the form of aether) and technology work side by side. England is controlled by a small group of guilds, the most dominant one of which is the Telegraphers' Guild. Alice Meynell is the current Greatgrandmistress of the Guild, a position she's achieved despite her low background through using sex (her husband is the Grandmaster), magic (she's a darkly proficient adept of aether), and the not-so-infrequent murder. At the book's start, neither her magic nor social position however can do anything to save her consumptive son Ralph, who stands to inherit control of the Guild. To save him she makes a bargain with a group of Changed (names so for the effect of a too-great exposure to magical aether). With his recovery she returns to plotting Ralph's (and thus her) rise to power, along with increasing the fortunes of the Telegraphers' Guild, refusing to be deterred by Ralph's love for a common "shoregirl" named Marion Price or his increasing interest in natural science and his burgeoning theory of evolution.
The first half of the book deals with these plot points and more, while the second half swerves into a civil war between England's East and West (partly economic, partly over slavery, along with other reasons--including some directly tied to Alice). In the war, Ralph as head of his Guild becomes a general while Marion turns into the Florence Nightingale of the other side. Armies march, society is turned over, the countryside razed, all while Alice continues to plot and manipulate and Ralph and Marion move closer and closer to a reconnection.
As mentioned, I thought the book's first half stronger than its second. The war sections seemed more diffuse and disjointed, less solidly set up and fleshed out. New characters were introduced, but not as successfully. And the ending seemed somewhat anticlimactic. That said, though Storms didn't match the brilliance of Light Ages (a tough task anyway), there's quite a lot to like here, beginning with the list of shared strengths listed in the first paragraph of this review. And the book is almost worth reading for Alice herself, a character you almost can't help reveling in despite (or perhaps because of) her murderous single-minded drive. Recommended therefore for Alice, along with its many other strengths of character and prose, though with a wisp of disappointment.

Part social critique, part adventure.......2005-06-02

House of Storms is the loose sequel to The Light Ages. Loose, because it takes place chronologically after the first book but with a different cast of characters. At the core of the novel is a bizarre love triangle between Alice Maynell, the mother who ruthlessly climbed her way to the top of the social ladder, Ralph, her son who is thrust into a position of power, and Marion Price, a fisherman's daughter who steals Ralph's heart. As events progress, Ralph and Marion go their separate ways and find themselves on either side of a class war brought about in part through Alice's political maneuvering.
The book is split into two parts, dealing with Ralph's youth and relationship with Marion, and years later the final stages of the war enveloping the East and West of Ian MacLeod's fictional Britain. I felt that the first half of the story was the stronger of the two as there was more development of the characters and better dialogue. The second half was more disjointed and lacked some of the charm of the first half.

It may be my lack of a British perspective but alot of the social themes were not clear to me. As with Light Ages, the overarching message was that despite changes the status quo stays the same. Perhaps someone with more experience with the British class system will take more away from the novel. That said, the story stands on its own and is an enjoyable if slightly overlong read.

As a final note, magic or aether as it is referred to in the novel plays a central role here as it did in The Light Ages and is creatively integrated into the storyline.

special blending of sorcery and alternate history.......2005-04-27

On an alternate earth, the fifth form of matter, aether is discovered. This element is used in magic spells to run machinery and electricity and just about anything else one can think of. The guilds control the supply of aether and no one is more powerful than Alice Meynell, the Greatgrandmistress of the Telegrapher's Guild. Her only son Ralph is dying and she takes him to Invercombe on the west coast of England in the hopes that exercise and clear air will cure his consumption.

While there she visits Einfell where people are no longer human because they were changed by the overuse of magic. When she returns, her son Ralph is cured so she leaves him at Invercombe while she returns to London to set in motion plans that will give more power to her and her son. The result of her scheming leads to a civil war that will affect the lives of everyone living in Victorian England.

This is a thick and juicy alternate history novel that is set in a Victorian England where everyone is dependant on magic like oil is in our world. Alice does what she must to get and keep her position no matter who she hurts. Her only weakness is her son who turns out to be under his mother's thumb when he takes over the position of Greatguildmaster once held by his dead father. Ian R. Macleod continues to fascinate readers with his special blending of sorcery and alternate history.

Harriet Klausner

The chamber plays: Storm weather, The burned house, The ghost sonata [and] The pelican

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The chamber plays: Storm weather, The burned house, The ghost sonata [and] The pelican
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Nights in Rodanthe (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))

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A Love Escape
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Nights in Rodanthe
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Nights in Rodanthe (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))
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At 45, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined-until a guest naed Paul Flanner arrives. At 54, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort-and in one weekend, set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.

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Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend the local inn for the weekend. With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising.until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At 54, Paul is a successful surgeon, but in the previous six months his life has unraveled into something he doesn't recognize. Estranged from his son and recently divorced, he's sold his practice and his home and has journeyed to this isolated town in hopes of closing a painful chapter in his past. Adrienne and Paul come together as the storm brews over Rodanthe, but what begins between them over the weekend will resonate throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and loss.

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A Love Escape.......2007-04-05

Set against beautiful landscape, this love story is a bit over the top, but it can make a welcome escape from everyday life.

Not as good as I expected........2007-03-10

I'm a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks and I've read just about all of his books. I have to say I was definitely not impressed with this one. It was somewhat short and unrealistic. Although Sparks usually writes about love stories that are just too good to be true, this one definitely takes the cheese over the top. It's still a good story, but I think he could have gone much more into it and created a better plot.

Nights in Rodanthe.......2007-02-21

I read this book in one night. If you love Nicholas Sparks do not miss this one. For me it is one of his better novels.

Going Home!.......2007-01-25

I was born and raised in Pamlico/Craven/Carteret area so these books are always a wonderful walk down memory lane for me but i have to admit.... the plots are starting to blur. But .... I continue to read them for that rich landscape and drama of Carolina weather!! and the walks on the beach!!!

Nights in Rodanthe.......2007-01-10

This was a "bargain book" which I found to be in excellent condition.

Bishop T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House Mass Choir - The Storm Is Over

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Bishop T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House Mass Choir - The Storm Is Over
Bishop T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House Mass Choir
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0634038699

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Our matching folio to the inspirational 2001 recording from this acclaimed preacher/author/recording artist and The Potter's House Mass Choir features 10 uplifting songs in styles ranging from gospel to funk. Songs: Bless the Lord * Born Again to Win * The Devil's Already Defeated * Let Your Glory Fill This Place * Lord of All * Marvelous * The Storm Is Over Now * Thou Art My Help * Trust and Obey * When My Season Comes.

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Great Story about a Flood

A House by the River
William Miller
Manufacturer: Lee & Low Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 1880000482

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Great Story about a Flood.......2000-03-29

I read this book for one of my classes at school. I really enjoyed reading the book, because the area I live in has floods at least once a year. After I read the book to my students, it really hit home to them. Most of them has gone through what the girl and her mother has gone through.

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