This is a st&-alone thriller by an acclaimed writer on The Wire": now a Serpents Tail Classic. Constantine is a drifter with a lot of miles behind him a lot more ahead & plenty of jobs in between that never showed up on anyones books. Back in his home town he hitches a ride on a bright spring morning with a little man named Polk. Theres one stop Polk needs to make & it changes Constantines life forever. Like the kind of cars they dont make anymore & the kind of songs they dont sing " Shoedog" has the style rhythm & muscle of a classic." ...

The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams. The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: If you build it he will come." " He" is Shoeless Joe Jackson Ray's hero. " It" is a baseball stadium which Ray carves out of his cornfield. Like the movie FIELD OF DREAMS that was made from this novel SHOELESS JOE is about baseball. But it's also about love & the power of dreams to make people come alive..." ...

Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore home to Ciro a strapping mountain boy. Close by lives Enza a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet as teenagers it seems it could be the start of a life together... Then Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal & is sent to America as an apprentice to a shoemaker in Little Italy leaving behind a bereft Enza. Her family faces disaster & she too is forced to flee to America with her father to secure their future. Unbeknownst to one another Ciro & Enza build fledgling lives in New York. Ciro masters shoemaking & Enza takes a factory job until fate intervenes & reunites them. But it is too late: Ciro has volunteered to serve in World War I & Enza must learn to forge a life without him. From the stately mansions of New Yorks Upper East Side to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy over the perilous cliffs of northern Italy to the white-capped lakes of northern Minnesota these star-crossed lovers meet & separate until finally the power of their love changes both of their lives forever... See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of The Shoemakers Wife Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for The Shoemakers Wife Judys Review I love Adriana Trigianis books. They are full of Italian exuberance detailing with charming warmth the family stories of northern Italians who emigrated to the USA in the early 20th C & with much hardship forged successful lives there. Trigianis own ancestors are often the subjects of her novels & I first came across them when I read her Big Stone Gap series; the sense of community & Italian family values translated to the US & thriving in that country despite the vast culture gap was & is immensely seductive. & she continues this Italian sensibility in The Shoemakers Wife a novel crammed with love disappointment warmth & seasoned with delicious Italian food. Thats a beguiling mixture & its hard to resist. The Shoemakers Wife begins with an adventure at once sad & yet filled with exciting possibility. Two small boys aged five & eight are left by their mother at a convent in the Italian Alps. She is a recent widow devastated by the death of her husband in faraway pre-Great War America where like so many of his compatriots he had travelled in the hope of making his fortune working in the productive mines of New Jersey. His death in a mining accident causes his wife to have a nervous breakdown. Hence her abandonment of her two young sons; she consigns them into the care of the nuns on this Italian mountainside telling them she will come back for them within months. She doesnt. Ciro & his older brother Eduardo are left at the convent for ten years at th" ...

Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore home to Ciro a strapping mountain boy. Close by lives Enza a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet as teenagers it seems it could be the start of a life together... Then Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal & is sent to America as an apprentice to a shoemaker in Little Italy leaving behind a bereft Enza. Her family faces disaster & she too is forced to flee to America with her father to secure their future. Unbeknownst to one another Ciro & Enza build fledgling lives in New York. Ciro masters shoemaking & Enza takes a factory job until fate intervenes & reunites them. But it is too late: Ciro has volunteered to serve in World War I & Enza must learn to forge a life without him. From the stately mansions of New York's Upper East Side to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy over the perilous cliffs of northern Italy to the white-capped lakes of northern Minnesota these star-crossed lovers meet & separate until finally the power of their love changes both of their lives forever... ...

Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore home to Ciro a strapping mountain boy. Close by lives Enza a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet as teenagers it seems it could be the start of a life together... Then Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal & is sent to America as an apprentice to a shoemaker in Little Italy leaving behind a bereft Enza. Her family faces disaster & she too is forced to flee to America with her father to secure their future. Unbeknownst to one another Ciro & Enza build fledgling lives in New York. Ciro masters shoemaking & Enza takes a factory job until fate intervenes & reunites them. But it is too late: Ciro has volunteered to serve in World War I & Enza must learn to forge a life without him. From the stately mansions of New York's Upper East Side to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy over the perilous cliffs of northern Italy to the white-capped lakes of northern Minnesota these star-crossed lovers meet & separate until finally the power of their love changes both of their lives forever... ...

A gorgeous h&-lettered poem by Edward Monkton this is a beautiful duet between a shoe & an admiring lady. THE SHOES OF SALVATION is Edward Monktons smile-inducing take on the relationship between a woman & her shoe. The Shoe is the seductive object of the womans affection worshipped & admired from afar as the pinacle of perfection. Only when she can gaze down at these beautiful objects of torture will her life be complete. The perfect card for women of all ages & shoe sizes this is a development of the stylish Edward Monkton card featuring the Shoe of Salvation. ...

Join The Shoestring Club When the love of her life Ed announces his surprise engagement to her best friend Julia Schuster is distraught but determined not to let them see how much shes hurting. She spies a remarkable dress in Shoestring her sisters designer second-hand shop & knows shell only be able to stagger through the wedding day showing everyone how over Ed she is if her body is wrapped in its soft silk chiffon. Unfortunately it costs mega bucks & shes barely hanging on to her job as it is. Arietty Pilgrim cant & wont attend her fiercely competitive school reunion unless she can arrive wearing exactly the same dress. But working as an elephant keeper in Dublin Zoo does not a millionaire make. But fate has a funny way of bringing people together. Just as Julia starts to flounder amidst family troubles problem drinking & a broken heart she meets Arietty & the two of them set up The Shoestring Club -- time-sharing one extraordinary dress & beginning a life-altering friendship. ...

This is James Clavells tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne & his integration into the struggles & strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining & incisive SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores the novel charts Blackthornes rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor & eventually Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country. ...

Draw Modern Looks! Expansion on the Drawing Clothes" & " Cool Looks" chapters of Shojo Fashion Manga Art School this title shows beginning & intermediate artists how to dress & accessorize their shojo characters in stylish clothes & accessories to fit any occasion. Readers find modern looks & fashions for all the classic shojo graphic novel themes such as: high school romances complex dramas stories about friendship & sweet comedies Starting with basics like materials (primarily pencil & ink) color movement lines & shading the book covers casual styles school clothes work attire glamorous fancy dress & seasonal/situational looks. Loaded with techniques & tips from an exciting young artist & writer with a fresh style this book

Includes:: great step-by-step instruction from initial lines to black-and white inked illustration to finished art in color."

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Shona or Chi Shona a Bantu language spoken by eight million people in Zimbabwe & Mozambique is the official & most widely-spoken language of Zimbabwe. Designed for the traveler this compact guide provides the means for basic communication in Shona featuring a two-way dictionary & phrasebook with practical & cultural information. --1 400 dictionary entries --Pronunciation guide --A basic grammar --Essential phrases --Ideal for the traveler & student ...