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The Awakening of Claudia Faraday : Patsy Trench
Can a woman over fifty still have a sex life?
It is the 1920s, Claudia’s daughters have married and left home, husband Gerald is overseas and she is rattling around in the family home like an escapee from Downton Abbey.
Then an unexpected visit from a stranger introduces Claudia to some unfamiliar tricks that shake her out of her torpor in a most surprising way.
In a secret diary that has remained hidden for nearly 100 years, she reveals a woman venturing into the world with a fresh mind and updated attitude and discovering that, as Marie Stopes might have said, sex can actually be a pleasure as well as a duty.
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Do You Believe in a World of Magic? : Ursula Williams
Takes the reader (12-99) on a journey through medieval Scotland and into the realm of Scottish mythology.
It describes not only the adventure of four friends but also the beauty of Scotland.
My protagonist, the 16-year-old Amanda, grew up in a small inn near the village of Dalmally. She lived a quiet and protected life with a loving father and grandmother till one cold January morning some dreadful news shattered her life.
“Clouds of snow drifted across the frozen meadow like bands of golden gossamer as morning broke over Glen Orchy.
Amanda lay awake in her cosy bed and gazed dreamily at the crystalline ice flowers that covered her window. Soon she would have to get up and help her grandmother to prepare some food for the early travellers. Today was the first market day after Hogmanay so that the inn would be bustling with travelling tradesman, farmers and people from the surrounding villages and hamlets. Amanda looked forward to the stories and the latest news but most of all, to the visit of her friends.
It is going to be a fantastic day, she thought as she closed her eyes, hoping that she could remain in bed a bit longer.
Little did she know that the news she longed to hear would shatter her life and replace her feeling of serenity with fear and tribulation. And soon, very soon, she would learn that her survival depended on her friend’s loyalty, the ability to fight and the help from beings she considered to be a vivid imagination of the old folks.”
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I Remember Bethlehem : David M. Melesky
A nostalgic look at Connecticut’s Christmas Town which will leave the reader alternatively laughing and misty-eyed while progressing from chapter to chapter.
Written by Attorney David M. Melesky, the book is an autobiographical look back at a slice of the author’s memorable boyhood while growing up in a quintessential New England town during the 1960’s.
The book traces approximately one year during the time when certain events occurred in the small town which at the time seemed rather commonplace, yet in retrospect with the author’s distinct perspective now appear to be poignant and often hilarious.
I Remember Bethlehem continues to be widely appreciated, so much so that readers from virtually all age brackets, walks of life and professions have expressed their praise. Since its release, members of historical societies, teachers, religious leaders, adventure seeking children and just plain lovers of the way it used to be, have all joined in their ongoing accolades of this work.
I Remember Bethlehem, quite fittingly, ends with the author’s vivid description of the Christmas season in a charming locale where the populous, although at times placed in puzzling situations, nonetheless consistently shared an inner pride about their unique home town called Bethlehem.
Legal Fees and In the Shadow of a Tree by David M. Melesky are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Fiona Finds Love : Rhonda Lucas Donald
“They call me the trash cat. But my name is Fiona.
“That’s what my family used to call me before they moved away. “She’ll be fine,” they said. “She’s a cat, after all.”
“Now I’m on my own.”
Fiona is an abandoned cat trying to survive and feed her kittens. Like so many other felines, she faces the dangers of life outdoors on her own: speeding cars, sickness, parasites, hunger, and cold. How will she beat the odds?
Fiona Finds Love dispels the myth that cats can fend for themselves and ought to be outside. Cats deserve our love and care—and have so much of both to give back.
The book is perfect for early readers from age 5 and up, and works great in the classroom and as part of humane education efforts, too.
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What Heaven Is Like When You’re in Love : Ellisha Jimcoily
As Elizabeth falls into a romantic like trance she begins to tell the story of what heaven and being in love is really like.
In this book, you will discover the amazing things according to the author’s opinion of what Heaven and being in love is like. If you truly want to find true love you must keep your faith concerning it. This audiobook was written to inspire women to find true love.
If you enjoy romantic audiobooks you’ll love this audiobook. This book is for singles, dating or married women.
Finally, you can enjoy a great audiobook that can have a lasting impact on your love life. I believe
As you trust the creator God, you find your love life becoming better and more of what you want it to be.
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Achilles : Byrne Fone
The Trojan war–the legendary battle. Achilles–the most fearsome warrior, hero of the Trojan war, and the most beautiful man in the world. Patroclus–handsome and heroic. They loved one another. Antilochus–who comes to the battlefield of Troy to find Achilles, the man he has always loved.
When the tragic death of Patroclus leaves Achilles shattered and alone, it is Antilochus who stands at his side, as friend, companion in battle, and lover.
Achilles: A Love Story, written in the tradition of Mary Renault’s The Persian Boy and Fire from Heaven, is the first modern novel (2010) to re-imagine the “Iliad” as not only a tale of battles and heroism, but as a passionate story of love between men.
Achilles: A Love Story creates the passionate tale of Antilochus and Achilles as it plays out against the legendary battles of the Trojan war in an exciting and moving story told by no other writer.
Utopia Falls and American Revolution: A Gay Novel by Byrne Fone are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Legal Fees: Travel Brings Solutions : David M. Melesky
An amusing adventure with a bit of mystery which has a storyline that invites the reader to consider altogether new ways of thinking, while all being neatly packed into three hundred and thirty-six pages of pure entertainment.
A mysterious client, gobs of cash, a dead body… and that’s just the beginning of what the lawyer in this book who agrees to handle a seemingly simple matter is soon facing. With a cast of unforgettable characters causing him to investigate leads from Pennsylvania to Maine and Florida, this fast-paced story blends intrigue, travel, humor as well as a few fine dining tips, while presenting a unique perspective to some major dilemmas.
Since the author is also an experienced attorney, his scenarios and characters ring true with authority, but at the same time display an uncommon and refreshing sense of humor. While his works can be read and fully appreciated in any order, Legal Fees is the fourth book in the “B.G. Wumpkey” series and the author’s sixth book overall.
I Remember Bethlehem and In the Shadow of a Tree by David M. Melesky are also on Whizbuzz Books.
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10 Seconds That Changed My Life : Iain M. MacLeod
I woke up in intensive care with a ventilating tube down my throat.
A true story of rising above disability, with realistic, heartfelt writings and poems about the author’s beloved Scotland.
The audiobook is narrated by Toni Frutin, a continuity announcer for BBC Radio Scotland and Scottish Television.
Wheels Galore! by Iain M. MacLeod is also on Whizbuzz Books.
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A Chicken in the Wind and How He Grew : Frank South
Stories from an ADHD Dad
A powerful, unflinching and wryly funny mental health memoir that digs into the frightening importance of family and the undeniable power of love.
In stories written over eight years of financial stress, two deaths, and one five thousand mile move, Frank fights to understand and control his “mental hell tornado of overthinking, confusion, fear and rage, and at least be of some use to my wife, my two ADHD kids or anyone I loved before everything I cared about was blown away.”
But that means getting out of his own head long enough to care about others and learn how to help.
For an ADHD, hypomanic, alcoholic, that’s a challenge. But he’s not about to give up.
2 by South: Precious Blood and Rattlesnake in a Cooler by Frank South is also on Whizbuzz Books.
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Tied To A Tree : Julie Mayger
Sam Riley is easy on the eye. She is feisty and free-spirited, rides a Harley-Davidson 833 Sportster motorbike and is an ardent animal lover. She has had many jobs and is currently fostering animals in Yorkshire for an animal rescue centre.
A pug puppy that has been cruelly abandoned enters her life and she decides to keep him. She names him – Pug.
A few years ago, and long before Pug donned a biker helmet, Sam took a job teaching survival training at a summer camp in the Ardennes in France. Summer camps are happy places – certainly not somewhere you’d expect to bump into a terrorist.
One day, Sam decides to go for a walk in the beautiful Ardennes forest, unaware that she is being followed. She is equally unaware that she is about to be murdered.
But things don’t go well for the terrorist, and Sam is not the one who dies.
Deep in the forest, you are alone with a body.
What would you do?
Sam makes a decision. It is her secret and she dare not take the risk of telling anyone what happened on the day she went for a walk in the woods. It is a heavy burden to bear over the years, so to ease her mind Sam makes an annual trip to the Ardennes to check on the body.
Eleven years later, she has made another decision. Now that Pug has arrived in her life, the next trip to the Ardennes will be her last.
Someone else has a secret too.
They know what she has done.
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