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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent n... ...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ...der Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five re... ... these thick walls and the glazed tiles—a strong house. Mama gave me his royal flute, said to be carved from a bull’s leg, but it has been years si... ...pes, pastries, glacés, Vouvray. I am partial to grapes and someone on the royal staff hunts them up for me. Sometimes I find five or six silver dish... ...ay, “You should have done a lot less fishing in the Avon, boy! Why, these fellows will never learn, not the way you teach. See, they grin at you. Th... ... VOICES FROM THE PAST 488 Enter sailors: Boatswain: Quickly, my fellows! Take in the topsail speedily! That’s the captain’s warning whistl... ...shed accent. We three had a long walk through the December garden and our conservatory, and he emphasized the value of studying from nature. Bustlin...

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...Laura Kate O'Connell left her life of excitement as an overseas news correspondent to return to her Georgia hometown to raise her two young cousins. When Royce Lee, Laura Kate's attorney, supposedly commits suicide, too many pieces of evidence tell a different...

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... Gerrie Ferris 2 THE LAURA KATE PLANTATION SERIES Book One When Serpents Die... ...by Gerrie Ferris ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Edi... ...ISBN 10: 1-936000-13-X ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-13-5 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gai... ...opyright by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc © 2009 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by a... ...ouldn’t mistake them for good boys even if you were deaf, dumb and blind?” “He’s a music major.” “Macon’s known for making music - the Allman Broth... ...fifty- thousand-dollar side-by-side.” She was familiar with the Holland & Holland Royal side-by-side. It was one of a pair that Royce forked over... ...y was about to do? Her hands softened. “A drink? Here? And now?” “I got Crown Royal and an ice chest. Cups under the seat.” He motioned towa... ... “Sunday, yesterday. He took his supper here, then played cards with a few of the fellows.” “Was he here all day?” “That I couldn’t say for sure.... ...w the occupants. She headed for home, parked in the garage and trotted through the conservatory, not lingering to appreciate the magnificent Cattley...

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...Excerpt: PREFACE; This book is essentially a desultory book, the result of intermittent observation, and often, no doubt, of rash assumption. Having been written in Paris, at odd moments, during the last two years of the war, it could hardly be more than a series of disjointed notes; a...

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