[PDF] Shadows In The Vineyard eBook

Author : Maximillian Potter
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1455516082

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Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison—a crime that in the world of high-end wine is akin to murder—unless he paid a one million euro ransom. Villaine believed it to be a sick joke, but that proved a fatal miscalculation and the crime shocked this fabled region of France. The sinister story that Vanity Fair journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of France's top detectives, the primary suspect's suicide, and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the world's greatest wine. Shadows in the Vineyard takes us deep into a captivating world full of fascinating characters, small-town French politics, an unforgettable narrative, and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it.

Author : Eric Weiner
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2008-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0446511072

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Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

Author : Elmar Eisemann
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1439867690

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Important elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues. In recent years, there have been notable improvements in visual quality and speed, making high-quality realistic real-time shadows a reachable goal. Real-Time Shadows is a comprehensive guide to t

Author : Deborah Hemming
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771088381

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Sixteen-year-old Winnie is a creature of habit, a lover of ritual and stability. If she had her way, not much would change. But when a new family moves to town, Winnie and her three best friends--all boys--find themselves changing quickly and dramatically to impress Caleb, their strange and charismatic new companion. Under Caleb's influence, Winnie and her friends test boundaries, flirt with danger, and in the end, illuminate darkness within each other and themselves. Following a before and after structure that pivots around a mysterious and devastating fire at a local winery, Throw Down Your Shadows is a compelling exploration of the contours of young friendship and the development of powerful new appetites. Reminiscent of The Girls by Emma Cline and Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, this literary coming-of-age story feeds a growing demand in adult fiction for candid portrayals of the young female experience as complex and provocative, and announces a bold new voice in Canadian fiction.

Author : Laura Catena
Publisher : Catapulta Editores
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9789876376662

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Winner of the 2020 Gourmand Award for Best in the World Wine History Book, Dr. Laura Catena's Gold in the Vineyards is an illustrated book about the family struggles, triumphs and vineyard secrets behind twelve of the most famous wines and vineyards in the world.

Author : David Lafferty
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781543951257

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Ben Wolf is a teen who has always kept his special gift a secret. After all, sharing his ability to sense emotions and see visions of events would he has no way of knowing about would only expose him as a freak. Who needs that? But when Ben and his artist mother inherit the old house in Windward Cove, not only does he discover the small Northern California town has more than its share of ghosts, but he'll soon need all of his abilities to understand the strange things going on around him: The sound of a child's laughter in the vineyard.Overwhelming cold and despair from the room above the attic.An unseen presence that wanders the house at night.A mystery dating back to the 1940s.Most of all, he needs to figure out why his mother is slowly wasting away, obsessed with the gloomy room, the vineyard, and a scene on canvas slowly emerging from her paintbrush.And he needs to do it soon. Before it kills her

Author : Timothy Young
Publisher : Schiffer Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780764342240

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The street lights make shadows on Kevin's wall In those shadows, he sees monsters, dragons, and all sorts of frightening creatures. Does he let them scare him or does he find imaginative ways of dealing with these creepy shadows? Find out in this frightfully fun book. Through 15 creative illustrations of silhouetted shadow characters, contrasting with night-time colors, Kevin's room and his imagination come to life Illustrations also show how you can create your own shadow figures From Kevin's experience, children will learn how to deal with their own shadowy fears. Picture book-ages 0-6.

Author : Philip R. Craig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743218191

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It’s just another gorgeous June day on Martha’s Vineyard until J.W. Jackson and his young son, Joshua, arrive home from clamming to find an ambulance in the driveway and blood on the grass. Two intruders have invaded their house. Little Diana is safe, but wife Zee has a split lip and a bruised cheek, and the difficult memory of killing one man and fending off another. The dead man and his accomplice wanted to know the whereabouts of Tom Rimini. They should have asked J.W. Tom is the husband of J.W.’s ex-wife, Carla. J.W. hasn’t seen Carla in fifteen years, but that’s about to change: Rimini’s on the run and needs J.W.’s help.

Author : Carla Granger Allison
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2023-10-29
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The Inkwell, a stretch of beach on Martha's Vineyard, lay nestled between sand dunes and rolling waves. The annual gathering, a cherished tradition, cast a magical aura over the normally tranquil island. As evening draped its velvety cloak across the sky, the atmosphere crackled with anticipation. Ominous clouds, bruised and heavy with rain, brooded on the horizon, a somber contrast to the lively scene below.