Next time you rent a house, make sure you're the only occupant.If it wasn't for a flamboyant, self-absorbed ghost occupying Katie Aubrey's rental house, the thirtysomething former business tech turned charcuterie chef would be able to concentrate on her new sandwich shop and catering business. But as luck would have it, former food critic and septuagenarian Edith Ellory will not let go. Not until she convinces Katie to find out who killed her.In spite of a coroner's report ...

The world of young Mr. Lewisham is one day turned upside down when he meets and falls in love with Ethel Henderson, a young woman from London who is visiting relatives in Sussex. Their brief and innocent rendezvous has significant implications when Lewisham’s job is threatened. Some time later, Lewisham moves to London, where he decides to go search of Ethel, but finding her proves to be more complicated than expected …This book is said to closely resemble events in H. G. Wells’s o...

A story of indomitable courage, of passion to save an endangered species like the albatross, and the unique adventure of solo kaying in the frigid waters off Antarctica.

At the point when four ladies abandon their dreary lives to go on vacation in Italy, their lives are changed always by the Mediterranean. Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins, while some portion of similar women's club, have never spoken. Woman Caroline Dester and the old Mrs. Fisher join their vacation in order to alleviate costs. As these ladies meet up and become familiar with themselves than they at any point expected, they uncover their actual characters and the backgrounds of their lives ...

Love, Lies & Lab Coats follows several main characters whose lives intertwine at their place of employment in the South Hill Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. The group includes a brilliant medical technologist, a narcissistic surgeon, a devoted group of doctors, a sick child and a talented chef. Their stories overlap throughout the chapters with some portions entertaining while also tackling difficult, realistic issues and social commentary particularly on racism. Despite all the dra...

Step into the glittering world of Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon—a pioneering fashion designer, Titanic survivor, and one of the most influential women of the Edwardian era. This captivating memoir offers a rare inside look at high society, fashion history, and the life of a woman far ahead of her time.In Discretions and Indiscretions, Duff Gordon recounts her extraordinary journey as founder of the House of Lucile, where she dressed royalty across Europe, the elite “Four...

A legendary diamond. A fallen empire. A secret kept for a century.When the Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gem once worn by Habsburg emperors and Medici princes vanished in the chaos of WWI only to improbably reappear a century later in Canada, the art world reeled. How did one of Europe’s most storied treasures cross the Atlantic? And why was it hidden away in a battered suitcase belonging to Empress Zita, the last Empress of Austria, Queen Consort of Hungary?In thi...

In the glittering world of money-mad 1905 New York City, Jewish financier Simon Rosedale plans to force his way into high society through marriage and has his eye on Lily Bart. One of the most beautiful women in the city, Lily is a down-at-heels aristocrat plagued by gossip and might be vulnerable to his proposal. With his money and her style and connections, he can rise to the top—but will she lower herself to marry a Jew? Could such a marriage heal Rosedale's secret shame, and will Flore...

This is a harrowing survivor account of the sinking of the Lusitania, a luxury, trans-Atlantic passenger ship which was struck by a German torpedo on May 7, 1915 during WWI. The Foreword and Afterword contain other survivor accounts as well as the backstory of the ocean liner and the events (and cover-up, suppressed for a hundred years) which led to that fateful journey during which 1198 British, Canadian, and American souls, including dozens of children and babies, were tragically drowned...

Sara Dunn is an Irish registered nurse working at a busy ICU in Portland, Oregon. When a German man is admitted to her unit after nearly dying on a transatlantic flight from Tokyo, doctors are confused and don't understand how to treat the man. Before he dies that evening, he tells Sara a sequence of numbers that mean nothing to her. Soon the FBI is questioning her about the murdered man, she's put on administrative leave, and her house is trashed. Coming to her rescue is her mysterious ne...

Both a practical guide and a deeply personal memoir from a psychologist, neuroscientist, and end-of-life doula, Before I Lose My Own Mind helps dementia caregivers find ways to support their loved ones—while centering their own well-being.When Dr. Beverly E. Thorn became a caregiver for her husband, Walt, she joined a massive army. Worldwide, unpaid dementia caregiving requires the equivalent of forty mill...

In A Motor Flight through France, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Edith Wharton invites readers on an extraordinary journey through the French countryside at the dawn of the motor age. Based on her 1906 road trip—an ambitious endeavor at a time when automobiles were still a novelty—Wharton’s account captures the thrill of early travel by car and the unparalleled freedom it offered to the adventurous traveler.Accompanied by her husband Teddy and a small group of companions, W...