Maureen: 1404 books

It’s one minute to midnight on 27th October 1962. The Cuban missile crisis is entering its final countdown as the world prepares for nuclear winter. But in Istanbul’s old bohemian quarter, a confederacy of free spirits has gathered around a baby grand to see the night out in style. The...

“Who do you thank you are, the Quane of Anglund?” That’s what Grace Marie’s father used to say to her whenever he thought she was getting out of her place. In her fifties now, Grace Marie is a college professor living in a beach town in California, and when she gets a phone call telling her...

PMS affects 60 million American women, many of whom are being treated for the wrong disease. PMS harms jobs, relationships, and even a sense of personal well-being. This breaththrough book enables women to decide for themselves if they are suffering from PMS--and 90% can successfully treat themselves.

Long-listed for the 2006 Re-Lit Award for Best Novel For 15-year-old Cathy Mugan, "a place apart" is where she longs to be: apart from her mother, an unhinged, uncontrollable terror who explodes at the slightest provocation. So Cathy has a chance to work at a rectory for the summer,...

They were never supposed to meet. Fame came easy for Liv by following in the footsteps of the female writers in her family. The cycle repeated for decades…until Liv changed the story. Her villain doesn’t like the revision—and he isn’t a fictional character. In his story, the bad guy always...

Beautiful, original photographs of well-known and not so well known animals of Africa are presented in this book written for children ages 3-8. Children will be captivated by the photography in I Was Wondering from beginning to end, from the photo of the African Savannah on the front cover to the...

A modern classic of race, labor rights, and lesbian love written “with an authenticity, a force, a caring that deepens and enlarges us" (Tillie Olsen, author of Tell Me A Riddle).   Brought together by the tragic death of an infant, black and white women at a North Carolina textile factory...

Jack Dempsey drives between Brisbane and Hervey Bay, Australia, transporting passengers where they need to go. Jack doesnt make any appreciable amount of money with his occupation, but the stories his passengers tell of their dysfunctional families make his job quite amusing and satisfying, like the...

Jack Dempsey drives between Brisbane and Harvey Bay Australia, transporting passengers where they need to go. Jack doesnt make any appreciable amount of money with his occupation, but the stories his passengers tell of their dysfunctional families makes his job quite amusing and satisfying…like the...

Renee Gailbraith couldn't have foreseen that the launch of her revolutionary micro-chip would be life changing. Liam Polson, contracted by an underworld cartel to steal Renee’s invention, worms his way into her life,then defects from the cartel and marries her. As police and cartel agents pursue...

Bienvenido/a a una nueva antología de Nova Fantástica, una selección que intenta ofrecer un equilibrio entre la mejor narrativa breve mundial y cuentos escritos originalmente en español. En este volumen el lector podrá encontrar fantásticas historias de amor en el ocaso de una vida, revisitar...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The cultural phenomenon of “fairy houses” crafted solely from available natural materials apparently originated spontaneously on a few Maine islands, and in recent years, these charming, wee shelters made from leaves, moss, twigs, stones, bark, shells, feathers, and other found items have caught...

Thirteen-year-old Jewel has been holding her life together ever since her older sister, Charmaine, suddenly left home with no forwarding address. She tried to find Charmaine once, but that only brought her family to the attention of the police. Now Jewel keeps her head down at school, looks after...