Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea
10 best books like Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea (Morgan Callan Rogers): Shelter, Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century, Nächsten Sommer, The English Harem, Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World, Der Sturm, Die Mütter-Mafia, The Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose, Mr. Kill, City of the Lost
A gorgeous, poetic literary debut from award-winning author Frances Greenslade, Shelter is a brilliant coming-of-age story of two strong, brave sisters searching for their mother.
For sisters Maggie and Jenny growing up in the Pacific mountains in the early 1970s, life felt nearly perfect....
Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century
Author | John Paul Godges |
ISBN | 1451508018 |
An extended Italian immigrant family clings to community life amid tragedy, the Spanish flu, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. A broken Polish immigrant family leaves a legacy of heartbreak, separation, Civilian Conservation Corps redemption, and World War II heroism. From these dissimilar...
Was ist das Leben? Immer wieder gefragte Frage. Kleines Drama? Großes Kino?
Felix und seine Freunde haben das geantwortet, durch diese Geschiechte gefühllt mit lebendig Leidenschaft, abenteuerliche, gemütliche Reise. Bis Ende ihre Reise, sitzen sie und warten darauf, dass einer ausspricht...
Author | Anthony McCarten |
ISBN | 1846880009 |
This book, although entertaining, isn't really what I'd call literature. It's just that I'm too lazy to create a 'contemporary fiction' category for it tonight. Lazy is what I call that.
I enjoyed reading this book and that's saying something because man, am I tired of hearing/reading about...
Author | Zach Hunter |
ISBN | 0310277566 |
Ok so I was reading this book and this really opened up my eyes, I need to work on this alot, but with Gods help I know I can do it!
From "Be The Change" by Zach Hunter.
" Have you ever had a bad day? Most of us think we have. You might feel like you're having a bad day because friends...
Author | Krystyna Kuhn |
ISBN | 3401065319 |
Remembrance Day! Ein Tag mit einer besonderen Bedeutung für Chris. Und nichts wünscht er sich sehnlicher, als mit Julia über den Feiertag aus dem Tal zu verschwinden, wie die anderen Studenten auch. Doch als sie endlich aufbrechen wollen, zieht ein Jahrhundertsturm auf. Chris, Julia, Debbie,...
Author | Kerstin Gier |
ISBN | 3404152964 |
Deutschland sucht die Super-Mami! Es gibt sie, die perfekten Mamis und Bilderbuch-Mütter, die sich nur über Kochrezepte, Klavierlehrer und Kinderfrauen austauschen. Doch eigentlich sind sie der Albtraum jeder Vorstadtsiedlung. Dagegen hilftnur eins. Sich zusammenrotten und eine kreative...
Author | Diana Janney |
ISBN | 0755337697 |
What do you give as a birthday present to a beautiful, intelligent fourteen year old girl who says that she doesn’t want any birthday presents this year and insists that you donate the money to a worthwhile cause instead? When that girl is Harriet Rose, it can’t be an easy decision. After all, how many...
Author | Martin Limón |
ISBN | 1569479348 |
On a crowded train from Pusan to Seoul, the brutal rape of a young mother sparks rage on the powder-keg peninsula of Korea, pitting Koreans against Americans and the 8th Army brass against the truth. Eyewitness accounts indicate the culprit was most likely a U.S. serviceman, but by the time Sergeants...
Author | Stephen Blackmoore |
ISBN | 0756407028 |
A job to steal a precious stone goes wrong and a thug named Joe Sunday is murdered. Now Joe's a zombie with a craving for human flesh and everyone in town is after the stone. Is there anyone Joe can trust and can he find the stone before a centuries-old madman uses it to become immortal?
Right out of...
Author | Tommy Krappweis |
ISBN | 3505126462 |
"NEIN! Mara schüttelte die Bilder von sich und fasste einen Entschluss: Keine. Tagträume. Mehr. Nie wieder! Ab heute würde Mara das normalste Mädchen der Welt sein. Auf Wiedersehen, Traumwelt. Guten Tag, Realität." Die 14-jährige Mara wäre am liebsten eines: unauffällig. Ein ganz normales...
Why do celebrities get paid so much more than regular people to do a job that seems to afford them the same amount of leisure time as most retirees? What do Bush-era economics have to do with the rise of Kim Kardashian? How do the laws of supply and demand explain why the stars of Teen Mom are on the cover of Us...
Author | Melissa Studdard |
ISBN | 0984651705 |
"The thing you would notice most was the rain, how the rain fell and fell and never seemed to stop. The sky was constantly swollen with it, then birthing it, swollen, then birthing again, and the hills, like greedy babies, suckled up all that rain. They shone and glistened green as the backs of frogs on bright...
Author | Carol Wolper |
ISBN | 1451657218 |
Carol Wolper re-tells the story of Anne Boleyn set in contemporary Los Angeles.
“I wasn’t prepared for the enemies. Had I been as gorgeous as a supermodel, or as rich as an heiress, or an actress with an Oscar to my credit, people would still not be happy that I had Henry’s attention, but...
Author | Kai Meyer |
ISBN | 3551582033 |
Rosa und Alessandro wollen ihre Gefühle füreinander nicht länger verbergen. Doch ihre Liebe bringt die Clans der Gestaltwandler gegen sie auf. Nach einer wilden Jagd durch die Weiten Siziliens erkennt Rosa, wer wirklich hinter dem Komplott gegen sie steckt: Der Hungrige Mann, der Herrscher...
Dana Mayo is a whiz at solving puzzles—but only the kind that appear in the daily newspaper. When it comes to matters of the heart, she doesn’t have a clue. After a disastrous attempt to track down the former love of her life, Dana determines to take fate into her own hands and find a new Mr. Right—preferably...
Author | E.M. Ragland |
ISBN | 1463567774 |
As far as Sophie Morgan is concerned, nothing sets her apart from other people her age, except maybe her quick temper. But when a car accident claims the life of her mother on Christmas night, Sophie comes face to face with her angelic father and learns her existence is anything but ordinary. As Sophie...
Author | José N. Harris |
ISBN | 1456807919 |
In Forest Gump, Sally Fields says, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get."
MI VIDA is like a Latino Forest Gump story. However, it is the true-life story of José Harris: his challenging childhood; Army enlistment as a cook but eventually ending up a Paratrooper,...
Author | Arno Strobel |
ISBN | 3596186315 |
»Und wer bist du wirklich?«
Der Weg durch den nächtlichen Park, der Überfall all das weiß sie noch, als sie aus dem Koma erwacht. Ihre Erinnerung ist völlig klar: Sie heißt Sibylle Aurich, ist 34 Jahre alt, lebt mit Mann und Kind in Regensburg. Sie scheint fast unversehrt. Und doch beginnt...
Author | Judith Hermann |
ISBN | 3596147700 |
Eine Menge Vorurteile werden mit Judith Hermanns Debütwerk beseitigt: Erstens, es gibt doch gute deutsche Nachwuchsautoren, zweitens, die Gattung der Erzählung ist nicht tot, und drittens, deutsches Schreiben ist per se nicht schwerfällig und grüblerisch, sondern kann, so zeigt Sommerhaus,...
Die Geschichte in Fast genial gefällt mir gut und der Aufhänger ist spannend: Francis führt ein aussichtsloses Leben im Trailerpark und ist darum entzückt, als er erfährt, dass sein Vater ein Genie aus einer Nobelpreisträger-Samenbank ist. Er zieht mit seinen etwas seltsamen Freunden Anne-May...
Author | James Marshall Reilly |
James Marshall Reilly set out to capture the insights of today's brightest business and nonprofit leaders. He conducted in-depth interviews with Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Blake Mycoskie (TOMS), Shawn Fanning (Napster, Rupture, Path), and Jessica Jackley (Kiva, ProFounder), among many others. And...
Author | Clark Kline |
ISBN | 0615473962 |
Five brutal narratives detail the story of obsession and redemption.
Young, vulnerable and struggling with psychological disorders, five characters share their sometimes brutal narratives in Anti-Depressant. Each holds a piece of the other’s puzzle, but the truth blurs with every...
Author | Zach Fortier |
ISBN | 0615816126 |
Curbchek debuted at #11 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list and has been listed in the top ten best sellers in Amazon's true crime best seller list, reaching #1. Additionally Curbchek was awarded a Bronze medal in the 2013 Readers Favorite International book awards contest.
Curbchek is the...