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Ancient Chinese wisdom secretly passed through handwritten fortunes guides the lives of two men from different cultures faced with similar problems. Each overcomes adversity through personal journeys of change. Michael Hamilton, an American stranger, is guided by aged scholar, Chow Lee Tong, who clandestinely guides him each time he eats at Good Fortune restaurant whenever he faces a new crisis. Tong overhears Michael's conversation, then composes...

Ryan Putnam has lost everything. Laid off from teaching high school and dumped by his lawyer boyfriend, he has nowhere else to go but his childhood home, the Good Fortune ranch. He plans to take the summer to regroup and start over. He never expects to be smitten with a cowboy. Especially not a cowboy like Teo Mendez, who is everything Ryan's ex-boyfriend is not. Four years after his wife's death, Teo Mendez has returned to what he loves the most,...

Ida Rappaport, senior citizen and baker extraordinaire, is asked for baking lessons by Lily and Kitty, her new Chinese twin neighbors. She happily complies, and soon discovers her best cookie recipe book has disappeared. The twins, one of whom is recently married to a man on assignment in the U.S., confess they need money for return tickets to their native Hong Kong as Lily's marriage is not working out. Ida soon learns the new bakers have started...

"Susan Conley, her husband, and their two young sons say good-bye to their friends, family, and house in Maine for a two-year stint in a high-rise apartment in Beijing, prepared to embrace the inevitable onslaught of new experiences that such a move entails. But Susan can't predict just how much their lives will change." -- adapted from inside cover.

A Scottish saga of loss, hope and survival from Sunday Times betselling author Evelyn Hood Can a working-class girl adapt to her changed fortunes and find fulfilment? Paisley, Scotland 1810 When Rowena and Neil Lindsay's mother tragically dies in a boating accident, her father – devastated by his wife's death – is unable to care them. When their father's wealthy employer, Fergus Bain, and his wife, Sarah – a childless couple – take them...

HER HOMECOMING... Back home in Texas and ready to get her life in order,Gloria Mendoza knew men were a distraction she couldn't afford. So when she was offered assistancefrom CEO Jack Fortune to get herbusiness up and running, Gloria sensedit would take incredible willpower toignore the not-so-subtle attraction thatsimmered between them.... WAS HIS UNDOING As a top-notch businessman, Jack was used to beingin control. And yet whenever he was...

The book is solidly based on archival and museum research. The principal characters, Olof Bergh and Anna de Koningh, are historical personages on whom documents exist in the Cape Archives and in published archival sources. The chief male character, Olof Bergh, was a Dutch East India Company employee whose career can be followed archivally in some detail. His story provides an armature on which the story of Anna de Koningh can be created. Unsurprisingly,...

An American soldier in Vietnam is guided through the war by a supernatural spirit in Robert Goswitz's The Dragon Soldier's Good Fortune. Pvt. Ed Lansky is a fresh recruit in Vietnam, trying to navigate his way through the war-torn region. It will take more than basic training to survive dangerous missions through the oppressive heat of the jungles against the tactics of an unpredictable enemy. From Sergeant Chen, whose arms are covered in dragon...

This critical assessment of the archaeology of the historic city of Winchester and its immediate environs from earliest times to the present day is the first published comprehensive review of the archaeological resource for the city, which as seen many major programmes of archaeological investigation. There is evidence for activity and occupation in the Winchester area from the Palaeolithic period onwards, but in the Middle Iron Age population...