Games

This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel follows two American academics in London–a young man and a middle-aged woman–as they each fall into unexpected romances.

In her early fifties, Vinnie Miner is the sort of woman no one ever notices, despite her career as an Ivy League professor. She doubts she could get a man’s attention if she waved a brightly colored object in front of him. And though she loves her work, her specialty–children’s folk rhymes–earns little respect from her fellow scholars. Then, alone on a flight to London for a research trip, she sits next to a man she would never have viewed as a potential romantic partner. In a Western-cut suit and a rawhide tie, he is a sanitary engineer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on a group tour. He’s the very opposite of her type, but before Vinnie knows it, she’s spending more and more time with him.

Also in London is Vinnie’s colleague, a young, handsome English professor whose marriage and self-esteem are both on the rocks. But Fred Turner is also about to find consolation–in the arms of the most beautiful actress in England. Stylish and highborn, she introduces Fred to a glamorous, yet eccentric, London scene that he never expected to encounter.

The course of these two relationships makes up the story of Foreign Affairs–a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award as well as a Pulitzer Prize winner, and an entertaining, poignant tale from the author of The War Between the Tates and The Last Resort, “one of this country’s most able and witty novelists” (The New York Times).
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

Pearl’s Peril: Hidden Object

If you love Hidden Object Games and epic adventures stories, Pearl’s Peril will be your new favorite!

Pearl’s Peril is a stunningly beautiful hidden object game that sweeps you away to an age of intrigue and romance, where polite appearances give way to inner greed and familial bonds are broken by betrayal. Make friends, fall in love, and seek clues in hundreds of hidden object scenes.

But heed one piece of advice; trust nobody.

Pearl Wallace lives the exciting life of an heiress and socialite in 1920’s New York City. That is, until her father’s sudden suicide plunges her into a world of intrigue and mystery. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Pearl knows in her heart that her father’s death was no suicide. She resolves to stop at nothing as she seeks to unravel the series of events leading to his untimely death, and find the hidden villains who were really responsible. Money, danger and even death, is no object as Pearl works to clear Samuel Wallace’s name.

As an ace pilot and cunning detective, Pearl flies headfirst into a whirlwind adventure which takes her around the world, from the depths of Africa to the heights of the Eiffel Tower. But she’ll need your keen eye if she’s going to find the evidence she needs to confirm her suspicions; that her father didn’t commit suicide at all. He was murdered.

Travel with Pearl to her family home on the Polynesian island of Artemis, and help her find clues and piece together puzzles, revealing the truth about mysterious secret orders locked in a struggle to determine the rise and fall of nations. Join our heroine, as she unveils the hidden story of deception and betrayal that involves nearly everyone she has ever known and loved. Stand beside her as she seeks, and finds, hidden strength. Along the way find the wealth to rebuild Artemis Island to it’s former glory, while discovering loyal friends and ferocious enemies that will test you to your limits.

Forest Ambience – Healing Nature Sounds for Relaxation, Massage Therapy, Reiki and Sleepby Natural White Noise – Music for Meditation, Relaxation, Sleep

Original Release Date: January 1, 1900
Label: New Vision Nature Sounds
Genres: New Age