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Readers Digest Condensed Books Vol 163, 1986 Vol 1: Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha / Wildfire / Arnie and a House Full of Company / Take Away One / The Two Farms
Readers Digest Condensed Books Vol 163 1986 Vol 1 Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha / Wildfire / Arnie and a House Full of Company / Take Away One / The Two Farms Author:Dorothy Gilman, Richard Martin Stern, Margarete Corbo, Diane Marie Barras, Thomas Froncek, Mary Pearce Mrs.Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha: — Emily Pollifax, the CIA's most beguiling spy, is back! This time she travels to Hong Kong, the city of jade and ivory and diamonds. A fellow agent has turned unreliable, and when Mrs. Pollifax starts to investigate she finds herself face to face with a notorious terrorist. The intrigue... more » heats up when an exquisite Budd... more »ha falls into her hands, for in Hong Kong there's always more than meets the eye....So begins a high-spirited adventure, full of Emily Pollifax's sturdy charm and derring-do.
Wildfire:
Set in New Mexico's Sanrio National Forest, after six weeks with no rain. A single spark could set disaster in motion. A powerful novel by the popular author of The Big Bridge.
Arnie and a House Full of Company:
After an absence of many years, Margarete has come home to put to rest some old ghosts.And to help her along she has a winning array of houseguests....However, it is Arnie, her talking starling, who holds center stage. He helps her heal her wounds--and arrive at a renewed faith in her life.
Take Away One:
To Sarah it seems like a nightmare. Yet here she is, on a dark night, trying to pass through a border checkpoint into Yugoslavia. If successful, she will be reunited with her dear son Joey. If the plan fails, she faces prison in an iron curtain country and the loss of her boy forever.As tensely plotted as fiction, this is the true story of a family rocked by a growing national problem: parental kidnapping.
The Two Farms:
Old Morris Riddler had a dream: to turn his crumbling farm, Godsakes, into a fine home, as splendid as Peele Farm, it's rival across the valley. But mismanagement and bad luck have shattered that vision time and again. Until Jim Lundy arrives on the scene. For Lundy is a driven young man, haunted by hurts in his past, galvanized by hopes for the future. How his presence transforms the angry rivalry between the two farms makes for an unforgettable tale.« less