Runaway Bride

Runaway medical costs, long-term care, market competition, for-profit medicine, nursing shortages—these are but a few of the issues that swirl around in the late twentieth century’s volatile health ca

Carrie Montgomery had grown up with seven adoring older brothers, and she was used to getting her way rather easily. Joshua Greene was only looking for a hardworking, practical mail-order bride to hel

With her sapphire eyes and silken dark hair, Princess Eleanor was a bewitching beauty made for a man's pleasure.??Once a child bride, but widowed at a tender age, she swore never to marry again and to

The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wr

Star Boy was the son of Morning Star and an earthly bride. He was banished from the Sky World for this mother's disobedience and bore a mysterious scar on his face, the symbol of the Sun's disapprova

On a crisp autumn day in Ohio, 1858, two Kentucky slave hunters were closing in on a runaway slave named John Price. Federal law said they had the right to bring the man back across state lines. But t

Betrayal had ruined Banner Coleman's wedding day and on her wedding night she was a jilted bride. Now old seeds of greed and desire are harvesting a scandal - and Banner's affair with an old family f

"The bigest problem with money is that it doesn't come with an instruction book," says Charles J. Givens, author of the runaway bestsellers Wealth Without Risk and More Wealth Without Risk. In Financi

A twelve-year-old runaway slave is torn between desire for freedom and affection for the woman who has protected him, as the impending Battle of Sabine Pass threatens to engulf their part of Texas

Scott Turow's #1 runaway bestseller comes to theaters everywhere as a major motion picture from Warner Bros., starring Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, and Bonnie Bedelia, directed by Alan P

A boy follows a runaway girl across a frozen Canadian lake into the magical land of Anthropos and finds himself involved in a battle of good against evil

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.

The theme of Euripides' Alcestis blends the primitive folk-tale of the self-sacrificing bride, Alcestis, and of Heracles' heroic struggles with the ogre Death, with a morality tale of "virtue rewarded

A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure

In the 1880s, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairies, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. Rose Wilder Lane tells of their struggle to surv

This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1

In June 1846 Susan Shelby Magoffin, eighteen years old and a bride of less than eight months, set out with her husband, a veteran Santa Fe trader, on a trek from Independence, Missouri, through New M

"In a sequel worthy of The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Runaway Ralph, the dauntless mouse Ralph goes to school....Cleary captures the essence of classroom bickering and the warm relationship between

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.

When, after fifteen years of runaway growth based largely on property speculation, the Irish economy finally crashed, Ireland's bankers and developers tried to keep themselves out of sight. But they c

It is 1902, and Isaac Bell is investigating sabotage in a West Virginia coal mine. But when he stops a runaway train, saving countless lives, Bell discovers that it is part of a conspiracy to frame st

An incomparable satirist, the author became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presen

The most beautiful gifts may contain the most terrible poison Robert Audley should be delighted that his uncle has found such a pretty young bride, even if her past is shrouded in mystery. But when hi

Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of the Galton fortune. Now his dying mother wants him found, and Lew Archer is on the case: is A

Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai's plans for her have little to do with love.

The Emperor's Babe is Bernardine Evaristo's unique lyrical portrait of Roman London Meet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride, black Roman in Londinium, AD 211. In the plac

After his wife dies, an old man joins forces with a fifteen-year-old runaway and eventually returns to his roots, there to find retribution, redemption, or love

Following the runaway success of his first nonfiction book, The Sea Hunters, Clive Cussler returns with his legendary fictional hero Dirk PittR -- in a masterfully crafted tale of villainy on the high

In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, into his confused life comes Jill, a runaway who bec

Stories written over a period of twenty-five years include The Wide Net, Lily Daw and the Three Ladies, and The Bride of the Innisfallen

A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Bride. Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species.Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left - if he'll have her. As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience.His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn't matter if Serena doesn't reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe. But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena.Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her - and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation... *Ali Hazelwood's Deep En

When Andy boards his train of thought, he's whisked away on action-packed adventures. But when it's time for real-world tasks, Andy's train won't stop! Can Andy get his runaway train back on track? Train of Thought is a picture book filled with heart and imagination that will delight readers aged 3 to 6.

套書包含以下6本9780192788733Emerald and the Ocean Parade (Book 1)9780192783998Emerald and the Sea Sprites (Book 2)9780192784018Emerald and the Lost Treasure (Book 3)9780192784032Emerald and the Runaway Royal (Book 4)9780192784056Emerald and the Magic Shell (Book 5)9780192784070Emerald and the New Arrival (Book 6)

A poppy illustrated gift book featuring Wednesday Addams's take on family, friends, music, style, and love. In media both new (Netflix's runaway hit Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega) and old (Christina Ricci's star-making turn in the Addams Family movies), Charles Addams's Wednesday character is a hilariously morbid female-forward icon for all ages and generations. This laugh-out-loud illustrated guidebook presents Wednesday's unofficial guide to life--filled with snippets, sidebars, and scenarios sure to bring forth the latent goth in everyone.

THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING NOVEL BY COLLEEN HOOVER – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BLAKE LIVELY AND JUSTIN BALDONI. **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BLAKE LIVELY AND JUSTIN BALDONI**THE FILM TIE-IN EDITION FOR THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING NOVEL BY COLLEEN HOOVER. ‘The reigning queen of BookTok’ GUARDIAN‘One of the most influential voices of the last decade’ ELLE‘One of the world's most successful writers’ DAILY MAIL ‘In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me.’Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.Ryle is assertive, stubbo

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes an explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country – and the world‘A pacy, gripping page-turner of a thriller . . . Don’t venture into the future without having read this book’ Andrew RobertsFrom the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes an explosive work of speculative fiction about a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence that combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country – and the world.The year is 2054. It is twenty years after the nuclear war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. The new American Dream Party has emerged in the US and held power for over a decade. Many fear the

洗車的早晨，Banjo 和爸爸在忙，妹妹 Elsie 卻驚呼：「我的蛋杯裡有蛋！桌子下面還有一個灰色的大傢伙！」《Under the Table》延續《The Pencil》《The Runaway Dinner》的幽默風格，由 Allan Ahlberg 與 Bruce Ingman 再度聯手，帶來一場又驚又喜的家中大冒險。節奏明快，插畫充滿童趣。Now here’s another story for you, full of such fun and exciting stuff, you will surely love it...Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman are back! Hold on tight for a funny and quirky new story set in the same world as their celebrated classics, The Pencil and The Runaway Dinner.One morning, Banjo is helping his dad to wash the car. His little sister Elsie comes running up. "There's an egg in my egg cup!" she yells. "And a great big grey thing ... UNDER THE TABLE!" Brimming over with Allan Ahlberg's idiosyncratic voice, charm and character, and perfectly matched with Bruce Ingman's bold and playful illustrations, Under the Table is an irresistible read-aloud full of surprises ... oh, does Elsie discover such wonderful (and unexpected!) new friends in her lively and happy home!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black returns to the opulent world of Elfhame in the first book in a thrilling new duology, following Jude's brother Oak, and the changeling queen, Suren.A reluctant prince. A runaway queen. And a quest that may destroy them both.

The long-awaited sequel to the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing!This is the story of a girl who, with her dog at her side, loves to make things. Her brain is an “idea machine,” always so full of ideas, she can hardly keep up! But then, one day ... it isn't. All of a sudden, the girl can't think of anything to make. She tries brainstorming, gathering new supplies, even jumping up and down on one foot to shake an idea loose. Nothing. What if she never has another idea again? Readers everywhere will be rooting for their favorite thing-maker to get her mojo back!The long-awaited sequel to the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing that readers have been clamoring for!The girl in this story, with her dog at her side, loves to make things. Her brain, she says, is an "idea machine," so full of ideas that she can hardly keep up. But then one day … it isn't. All of a sudden, the girl can't come up with a single idea for what to make. She tries everything: brainstorming, gath

On a faraway planet, cute alien animals need help! Luckily, Charlie and her robot friend, Random, are ready for any rescue adventure…Charlie and Random discover an amazing underground cave filled with incredible animals. But the captain wants to start drilling for a new energy source. Charlie will have to think fast to save these cute creatures and their unusual home!Fans of Zoe’s Rescue Zoo and Holly Webb will love Cosmic Creatures! Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams, Cosmic Creatures is perfect for animal-mad readers aged 5+.Look out for the other Cosmic Creatures stories!The Runaway RumblebearThe Friendly Firecat