Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
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A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to i...
"Certain tales stick in our memories and remain timeless as the years march on-and they shine like never before in this compilation from Reader's Digest. Our editors have carefully selected narratives readers have adored throughout the past century; humorous slices of life in dec...
"A boy tells us all the amazing things that happen on Saturday"-- Provided by publisher.
An archaeologist uncovers a crucified body in Jerusalem which dates back to the 1st century A.D. A priest arrives to try and help determine if the body is the remains of Christ, making a tenuous alliance with the archaeologist as they investigate the find that threatens the found...
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherw...
This is a magical tale of enchantment, sorcery and young love set on a mythical island ruled by the all-powerful magician Prospero, the exiled, rightful Duke of Milan. As the play begins, Prospero has summoned all his power to cause a violent storm at sea, forcing a group of pas...
Jack the Ripper is the ultimate whodunit. The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 remain unsolved and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity.
A top executive is killed in an apparent suicide leap from the skyscraper headquarters of Gault Capital. But when the dead man's loyal protege, Jane Porter, uncovers some startling criminal evidence, the corporation calls in their 'crisis manager' to silence her forever. He will ...
Kira Porter, an undercover agent for the Department of Homeland Security, enters into an uneasy alliance with Ian Richards, a Navy SEAL and the illegitimate son of a criminal, on a mission complicated by their own passionate desires.
This collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Davey is in the attic when the gang comes. At 16, he's almost the man his father wants him to be, and almost the child he was. But something from beyond the ages keeps him above, locked in shock, as beneath him his parents are murdered and his family's farm is 'reclaimed'. Set ag...
After being presumed dead, Jamie Fraser returns to find that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered who is father is, and his nephew has decided to marry a Quaker. Set in 1778 colonial America.
While gathering material for a photography book about Edinburgh, Alexander McCall Smith found himself inspired to create stories about the people captured in a number of particularly striking photographs. A smiling girl leading a younger girl astride a pony, and a boy in a kilt o...