A kitchen-maid's through-the-key hole memoir of life in the great houses of England--now a bestseller in the UK. At fifteen, she arrived at the servants' entrance to begin her life as a kitchen maid in 1920s England. The lowest of the low, her world was one of stoves to be blacke...
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Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, but she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a yo...
Road to Singapore: The roving eye of boozing playboy Powell settles on a blonde disenchanted with her neglectful husband.
A collection of accounts about life in the servants' halls of England's great houses shares the true story of under-parlourmaid Rose, who after eloping with her employer's only son was swept up in a maelstrom of gossip.
Brother against brother: Feelings are hurt and tempers flare as the ladies scheme to get dates with the men of their dreams for lady's choice dance. Trouble begins when Tess asks both Hoss and then Adam to the dance. Shelby and Margaret lock horns over Ben.
"June 1940. France has fallen to the Nazis and painter Louis Duval flees his homeland to join the Resistance. He is soon caught up in the movement and finds himself in dangerous circumstances alongside Lieutenant-Commander Alan Powell, unfit for active service and overseeing oper...
"Margaret Beck is proud of her work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard sewing stars onto the Stars and Stripes, but she yearns to contribute to the war effort more meaningfully. She's angling for a promotion to the mechanic section, but she doesn't want to wait tomake a difference. So wit...
Catherine Daly's ability to awaken the dead for a final goodbye goes awry when she and Guy Nolan, the watchmaker's son, seek a watch but find, instead, a boy whose return from the dead draws danger to the three.
"Admiral James Stavridis, a leader in international business, national security, and global philanthropy, shares the books that facilitated his success. A guide to living and leading through reading, The Admiral's Bookshelf links twenty-five essential life lessons and leadership ...
"This is an anthology of mystery stories by both well and lesser known writers from before 1972. Hitchcock says of these stories, "...it would be remiss of me not to advise prudence as you proceed from story to story in this new death-an-defiance anthology. If you heed this admon...
"A picture book about the life of civil rights activist Ella Baker"--Provided by publisher.
Seventeen-year-old violinist Moira Alexander joins with an old friend, Jude Osric, in seeking a killer after the sirens who live near their island are falsely accused of murder.
This book profiles people involved in the Persian Gulf War as political or military leaders, including Saddam Hussein, Colin Powell, Margaret Thatcher, and Yitzhak Shamir.