The Stillness of Swallows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stillness of Swallows write by Michelle Damiani. This book was released on 2020-07-15. The Stillness of Swallows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Old secrets. New lies. An Italian village on the brink of catastrophe. Things are changing in Santa Lucia, and not necessarily for the better. As the town’s residents move through their daily lives, finding love, friendship, and themselves, the past starts to catch up with them…and spill its secrets. Sins thought long-forgotten return with vengeance, threatening the happiness of those who deserve it, and those who don't. When children go missing, it sets off a series of events that expose hard truths and painful lies. Will Santa Lucia crumble under the weight of these devastating revelations? "Michelle Damiani has done it again!" "A hair-raising ending keeps the plot moving up to the very last page." "Beautiful setting with interesting people and so well written. You must read them all. A great getaway during these trying times-or anytime!" "Loved the characters and their stories as much as I did the heavenly hilltop village. As an Italophile I was so wonderfully absorbed in this series." "Oh, I love the Santa Lucia series."
In the Orchard, the Swallows
In the Orchard, the Swallows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the Orchard, the Swallows write by Peter Hobbs. This book was released on 2012-04-14. In the Orchard, the Swallows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best Book In the foothills of a mountain range in northern Pakistan is a beautiful orchard. Swallows wheel and dive silently over the branches, and the scent of jasmine threads through the air. Pomegranates hang heavy, their skins darkening to a deep crimson. Neglected now, the trees are beginning to grow wild, their fruit left to spoil on the branches. Many miles away, a frail young man is flung out of prison gates. Looking up, scanning the horizon for swallows in flight, he stumbles and collapses in the roadside dust. His ravaged body tells the story of fifteen years of brutality. Just one image has held and sustained him through the dark times -- the thought of the young girl who had left him dumbstruck with wonder all those years ago, whose eyes were lit up with life. A tale of tenderness in the face of great and corrupt power, In The Orchard, The Swallows is a heartbreaking novel written in prose of exquisite stillness and beauty.
The Stillness of the Living Forest
The Stillness of the Living Forest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stillness of the Living Forest write by John Harvey. This book was released on 2018-11-13. The Stillness of the Living Forest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It started with a personal commitment to sit an hour each week for a full year in the same spot in the woods. John Harvey's intention was to reconnect with nature and observe the flow of natural life through the four seasons. As Harvey settled into his weekly routine of visiting his "sit spot" and fully engaging his senses, rich and illuminating experiences began to unfold. His encounters with nature included seeing and listening to a plethora of birds, from tiny wrens to large hawks, from sweet-singing warblers to rattling woodpeckers; enjoying the sight of seasonal plants such as wild violets, trout lily, and skunk cabbage; sitting out in the open during weather events that ranged from glorious warm summer sunshine to an Alberta clipper in the winter; and spotting the occasional deer and even a black bear. In all cases, Harvey sought to observe, listen, appreciate, and learn. Learn he did—about the birds, animals, plants, and trees that surrounded and intrigued him. But his remarkable encounters with nature also facilitated self-discovery, fostered insight, and nurtured empathy and intuition.
What the Swallow Sang
What the Swallow Sang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What the Swallow Sang write by Friedrich Spielhagen. This book was released on 1873. What the Swallow Sang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
What the Swallow Sang
What the Swallow Sang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What the Swallow Sang write by Friedrich Spielhagen. This book was released on 2021-04-25. What the Swallow Sang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The sexton's wife did not venture to make any reply, and turned away. The stranger looked after her retreating figure a few minutes. "Strange," he murmured, "it seems as if it would be committing a sacrilege to utter my name aloud in this place! It was really a relief to my mind that the woman did not know me. How we are all under the ban of gloomy feelings which we should be ashamed to confess to others! To be sure it is not strange that these emotions should almost overpower me here; here, in this spot which should be my home, where my cradle stood, and yet where I was not allowed to return until the grave had closed over him to whom I owe my life."
