Call Tim Parnell, they told millionaire Thomas Garfield after somebody had bombed his private plane, killing three out of four passengers. Millionaires make enemies, but in-fighting high up among the international financial set is rarely visible to the naked eye. Parnell's eyes were better than most, however. He also had a keen sense of smell, and this one had the distinct odor of underworld connections. This connection was an expensive blonde. Occupation: Mistress. Sole survivor of the blast. She was his only lead. And the view was tantalizing. Lethal, in fact...

The Padrone

Smith, Don

Fawcett (Gold Medal Books) (1971)

With the Dust Bowl years steeped in recent memory, a blues loving black boy named Garth Washington comes of age in the sharecropper's community of Ricochet Louisiana with his guitar and harmonica playing best friend Ben Henry Johansson. The year his father dies Garth becomes intimately involved with Olivia Sumner the white daughter of an English bred plantation owner, but over the course of a short autumn season Olivia loses interest in the boy she first seduced on Crocket's Creek. The following year Garth's mother sells the family's small sharecrop-farm and he and Ben Henry move to Baton Rouge where they soon discover it's no cakewalk jumpstarting a blues career in a town surrounded by the Mississippi River. Or is it? A young woman with the guitar playing fingers of a blues master breathes life back into the boys' dreams-of getting happy rich singing the blues. In a fateful return trip to Ricochet, Garth finds himself in lover's arms with the talented girl from Baton Rouge. But the lovers are violently whisked away from each other by a crooked sheriff, hurtful parish judge and Olivia Sumner's father, three men who create their own wicked style of Ricochet Blues.

Ricochet Blues

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

iUniverse

With the Dust Bowl years steeped in recent memory, a blues loving black boy named Garth Washington comes of age in the sharecropper’s community of Ricochet Louisiana with his guitar and harmonica playing best friend Ben Henry Johansson.  The year his father dies Garth becomes intimately involved with Olivia Sumner the white daughter of an English bred plantation owner, but over the course of a short autumn season Olivia loses interest in the boy she first seduced on Crocket’s Creek.  The following year Garth’s mother sells the family’s small sharecrop-farm and he and Ben Henry move to Baton Rouge where they soon discover it’s no cakewalk jumpstarting a blues career in a town surrounded by the Mississippi River. Or is it? A young woman with the guitar playing fingers of a blues master breathes life back into the boys’ dreams—of getting happy rich singing the blues.  In a fateful return trip to Ricochet, Garth finds himself in lover’s arms with the talented girl from Baton Rouge. But the lovers are violently whisked away from each other by a crooked sheriff, hurtful parish judge and Olivia Sumner’s father, three men who create their own wicked style of Ricochet Blues.

Genre Fiction

By the River of No Return

Abington Press

In France, a nation of small villages, an incredible variety of soups have evolved over time, with cherished family recipes handed down from generation to generation. The Soups of France uncovers those recipes, many still enjoyed today, others long forgotten. From famed Pot-au-Feu and Bouillabaisse to Baratxuri Salda, a spicy Basque broth of garlic, sausage, and red pepper, and the Dordogne’s Sobronade, ham and bean soup, each of the 90-plus recipes celebrates a melting pot of flavor. Rich with glorious photographs illustrating the lush countryside, quaint villages, and vibrant marketplaces, The Soups of France is a delightful culinary ramble. A labor of love on an art the French take for granted, this is a treasure no true collection of cookery books should be without.

The Soups of France

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Rothert, Lois Anne

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Chronicle Books+

NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame All Time Greats

Biographies & Memoirs

GALLERY BOOKS

Contains up-to-date statistics on the 1988-89 season, covering the stars, teams, great moments, equipment and uniforms, with statistical information on the players

NFL Official Encyclopedia of Football

Sports & Outdoors

Ride It: Complete Book of Motorcycle Trials

Miscellaneous

Foulis

Discusses equipment and its care, riding techniques, how to prepare and compete, how to form a club and run races, and how to construct a BMX track.

Ride it! BMX: The complete book of bicycle motocross

distributed in North America by Haynes Publications

Backfield in Motion

Gallahad Books

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