The Horsewoman
~ Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion
riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world…
One Step Too Far
~ Timothy O’Day knew the woods. Yet when he disappeared on the first
night of a bachelor party camping trip with his best friends in the world, he didn’t leave a trace. What he did leave behind were two heartbroken parents, a crew of quilt-ridden groomsmen, and a pile of clues that don’t add up…
Invisible
~ Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between an aspiring
actress and an aristocrat from a once distinguished family. As a child, she is abandoned in the abyss that yawns between them, blamed by her mother, ignored by her father, and neglected by both. Unprotected and uninvolved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her, drawing as little attention as possible to herself, to be “invisible.”
Chain of Command
~ A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions.
Along the way, he’s toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he’s destroyed, the people he’s hurt, they’re all just marks on a ledger. Now he’s ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all…
London Then and Now
~ London, the capital and heart of Britain, is an exciting and constantly developing city. Established as a settlement when the Romans invaded in A.D. 43, the city has endured and grown for nearly two thousand years. While much of it was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, some buildings can be traced back before this time, and the fire also provided an opportunity for architects like Sir Christopher Wren to rebuild a better, more magnificent city. Since then, many new, eye-catching structures have appeared on the London horizon along the famous River Thames. In spite of war time damage and postwar planning, the buildings that characterize London remain. St. Paul’s Cathedral stands out among the high-rise temples of commerce. The Gothic silhouette of the Palace of Westminster, home of the Houses of Parliament, is a breathtaking sight to behold, and visitors to London will also find Victorian market-places, royal palaces, and ancient churches. The remains of the Roman City Wall survive as evidence that “Londinium” can claim to stand alongside the oldest cities in the world. More recently, visitors to London’s South Bank district can watch plays at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare would have watched his own works performed, and admire at the Tate Modern, an amazing refurbished power station. On the north side of the river are gleaming new office buildings and towers, such as Canary Wharf, which
have risen among the remaining nineteenth-century warehouses and old docks. The book explores London’s landscape, past and present, through the eye of the camera. Historic photographs of London’s past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point.
