[PDF] Bride Of Santa Barbara eBook

Author : Angela Devine
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 4596262799

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Clad in a wedding dress, Beth suddenly falls into the ocean. The veil wraps around her neck and makes it difficult for her to breathe, but the moment she thinks she’s done for, Beth is pulled from the ocean against someone’s burly chest. The owner of that chest is Daniel, and he looks at Beth worriedly. The moment Beth sees Daniel, she’s unable to calm the frantic throbbing of her heart?she’s in trouble! But he looks just like her sister’s ex-husband?a charming, cheating womanizer. Beth decides not to let herself get close to Daniel, but that’s easier said than done!

Author : Angela Devine
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 4596260990

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Clad in a wedding dress, Beth suddenly falls into the ocean. The veil wraps around her neck and makes it difficult for her to breathe, but the moment she thinks she’s done for, Beth is pulled from the ocean against someone’s burly chest. The owner of that chest is Daniel, and he looks at Beth worriedly. The moment Beth sees Daniel, she’s unable to calm the frantic throbbing of her heart?she’s in trouble! But he looks just like her sister’s ex-husband?a charming, cheating womanizer. Beth decides not to let herself get close to Daniel, but that’s easier said than done!

Author : Barbara F. Kawakami
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0824856171

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During the 1885 to 1924 immigration period of plantation laborers from Japan to Hawaii, more than 200,000 Japanese, mostly single men, made the long journey by ship to the Hawaiian Islands. As it became apparent that they would never return to Japan, many of the men sent for brides to join them in their adopted home. More than 20,000 of these “picture brides” immigrated from Japan and Okinawa to Hawaii to marry husbands whom they knew only through photographs exchanged between them or their families. Based on Barbara F. Kawakami’s first-hand interviews with sixteen of these women, Picture Bride Stories is a poignant collection that recounts the diverse circumstances that led them to marry strangers, their voyages to Hawaii, the surprises and trials that they encountered upon arriving, and the lives they led upon settling in a strange new land. Many found hardship, yet persevered and endured the difficult conditions of the sugarcane and pineapple plantations for the sake of their children. As they acclimated to a foreign place and forged new relationships, they overcame challenges and eventually prospered in a better life. The stories of the issei women exemplify the importance of friendships and familial networks in coping with poverty and economic security. Although these remarkable women are gone, their legacy lives on in their children, grandchildren, and succeeding generations. In addition to the oral histories—the result of forty years of interviews—the author provides substantial background on marriage customs and labor practices on the plantations.

Author : Barbara Hambly
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1453216898

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A Hollywood diva. A Chinese curse. A suspense-filled fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling author “who can write well in any genre” (Charlaine Harris). It is 1923, and silent film reigns in Hollywood. Of all the starlets, none is more beloved than Chrysanda Flamande, a diva as brilliant as she is difficult to manage. Handling her falls to Norah, widow of Chrysanda’s dead brother. She has always done her job well, but she was never equipped to deal with murder. When a violent killing shocks Chrysanda’s entourage, and other weird happenings swiftly follow, Norah begins to suspect that some strange power is stalking the star. In Chinatown she receives warning that a curse has been placed on the actress as vengeance for wearing a sacred amulet in one of her films—and this curse could mean death for all who surround her. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

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Publisher : Aperture
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781597114721

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Diana Markosian's Santa Barbara brings together staged scenes, film stills, and family pictures in an innovative and compelling hybrid of personal and documentary storytelling. In 1996, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Markosian's mother, Svetlana, placed a classified ad in a Los Angeles newspaper: "I want to see America, and meet a kind man who can show me the country," she wrote. One man who responded was from Santa Barbara, California, and their correspondence led to Svetlana becoming a mail-order bride, fleeing her increasingly dreary prospects in post-Soviet Moscow with seven-year-old Markosian and her older brother in tow. This book is a retelling of the family's first years in the US, imagined as an episode from the soap opera Santa Barbara--the first American show allowed on Russian television in the 1990s. For many families, including Markosian's, this soap opera symbolized the opportunities of America and the West; for her project, Markosian wrote a script in collaboration with one of the original Santa Barbara writers and hired actors to reenact moments from her personal history. A major exhibition of this work, including a three-channel film presentation, will open at Rencontres d'Arles in July 2020, in advance of a fall 2020 exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Author : Kat Martin
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1460305639

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After years abroad, Royal has returned to Bransford Castle to find his father dying and the family treasury nearly empty. Then the old duke wrests a final promise from his guilt-ridden son: that Royal will marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield and restore the estate to its former glory. However, it is not his fiancée who quickens Royal's pulse, but rather her beautiful cousin Lily Moran. Penniless Lily knows that nothing can come of their undeniable attraction--but there is a way she can help Royal. Enlisting some questionable characters from her past, Lily concocts an elaborate ruse to recover some of the Bransford fortune from a notorious confidence artist. As the dangerous scheme unfolds, Lily and Royal are thrown together in pursuit of the very thing--money--that keeps them apart....

Author : Sheryl Nissinen
Publisher : Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781572242135

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Led by a counselor, brides share their feelings about such issues as being given away, wearing a veil, changing their name, and closing the hotel room door only to find themselves suddenly--married. The author unravels the psychology behind common difficulties and offers practical advice for handling the fears and doubts that so often run amok as wedding bells toll.

Author : Barbara Delinsky
Publisher : Severn House Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Fathers and daughters
ISBN : 9780727887719

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Russ Shaw was returning to St. Louis for the first time in twenty-five years - at the request of his daughter. Diane wanted him to give her away at her wedding, but Diane's mother strongly objected. When the bride's parents confront each other, the problem was obvious: their love had burst into flame once more.