Author: J. S. Law
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1627794565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Suicide must be investigated--especially when a Royal Navy sailor kills himself on a nuclear submarine, only days after his wife's brutal murder. Now Lieutenant Danielle Lewis, the Navy's finest Special Branch investigator, must interrogate the tight-knit, male crew of HMS Tenacity to determine if there's a link. Isolated, and standing alone in the face of extreme hostility, Dan soon realises that she may have to choose between the truth and her own survival"--Amazon.com.sa
Tenacity
Author: J. S. Law
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1627794565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Suicide must be investigated--especially when a Royal Navy sailor kills himself on a nuclear submarine, only days after his wife's brutal murder. Now Lieutenant Danielle Lewis, the Navy's finest Special Branch investigator, must interrogate the tight-knit, male crew of HMS Tenacity to determine if there's a link. Isolated, and standing alone in the face of extreme hostility, Dan soon realises that she may have to choose between the truth and her own survival"--Amazon.com.sa
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1627794565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Suicide must be investigated--especially when a Royal Navy sailor kills himself on a nuclear submarine, only days after his wife's brutal murder. Now Lieutenant Danielle Lewis, the Navy's finest Special Branch investigator, must interrogate the tight-knit, male crew of HMS Tenacity to determine if there's a link. Isolated, and standing alone in the face of extreme hostility, Dan soon realises that she may have to choose between the truth and her own survival"--Amazon.com.sa
A Pair of Steaming Bats
Author: Rocky O'Rourke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Ever wondered what it's really like in the Royal Navy? Then you'll love this hilarious, entertaining and very personal portrayal of the author's 1980s' experiences. The author - known as 'Rocky' on his first seagoing ship - joined the Royal Navy aged 17 in September 1982, shortly after the Falklands Conflict, and served until 1990 when he left the Senior Service to start a family. A Pair of Steaming Bats captures the author's training period, first taste of life at sea on a frigate and subsequent drafts including further life at sea on board an aircraft carrier. His experiences both on board and ashore are recounted as he sails from Plymouth and Portsmouth to various corners of the globe. From Mombasa's seedy backstreets and the red-light districts of Hamburg and Amsterdam through to the glorious sandy beaches of the Seychelles and the Bahamas - there is coarseness, sex and drunken shenanigans. The people he encountered - from the poor beggars on the streets of Karachi to the millionaires of the Gulf states - are still fresh in his memory today. This witty, behind-the-scenes account of life in the Royal Navy combined with the author's stories of his Irish Catholic roots and his upbringing in a Peterborough pub will have you laughing, reminiscing and reflecting on for a long time after you read the final page. You'll find everything in this compelling, no-holds-barred memoir.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Ever wondered what it's really like in the Royal Navy? Then you'll love this hilarious, entertaining and very personal portrayal of the author's 1980s' experiences. The author - known as 'Rocky' on his first seagoing ship - joined the Royal Navy aged 17 in September 1982, shortly after the Falklands Conflict, and served until 1990 when he left the Senior Service to start a family. A Pair of Steaming Bats captures the author's training period, first taste of life at sea on a frigate and subsequent drafts including further life at sea on board an aircraft carrier. His experiences both on board and ashore are recounted as he sails from Plymouth and Portsmouth to various corners of the globe. From Mombasa's seedy backstreets and the red-light districts of Hamburg and Amsterdam through to the glorious sandy beaches of the Seychelles and the Bahamas - there is coarseness, sex and drunken shenanigans. The people he encountered - from the poor beggars on the streets of Karachi to the millionaires of the Gulf states - are still fresh in his memory today. This witty, behind-the-scenes account of life in the Royal Navy combined with the author's stories of his Irish Catholic roots and his upbringing in a Peterborough pub will have you laughing, reminiscing and reflecting on for a long time after you read the final page. You'll find everything in this compelling, no-holds-barred memoir.
Jackspeak
Author: Rick Jolly
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1844861627
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Jackspeak is a comprehensive reference guide to the humorous and colourful slang of the Senior Service, explaining in layman's termsthe otherwise cryptic everyday language of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and the Fleet Air Arm. Featuring more than 4,000 alphabetical entries, it was compiled by an ex-RM surgeon who spent 24 years in theservice. With useful cross-references and examples of common usagethroughout, along with excellent illustrations by Tugg, the cartoonistfrom service newspaper Navy News, it is the essential book forcurrent and ex-Navy personnel and their families, or anyone interested in the modern armed forces. Conway is proud to present a revised and updated edition of this classic volume, which is already acknowledged as the standard reference for every Jack, Jenny and Royal joining the Andrew, or for any civvy who wants a real insight into the unique culture of the Navy.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1844861627
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Jackspeak is a comprehensive reference guide to the humorous and colourful slang of the Senior Service, explaining in layman's termsthe otherwise cryptic everyday language of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and the Fleet Air Arm. Featuring more than 4,000 alphabetical entries, it was compiled by an ex-RM surgeon who spent 24 years in theservice. With useful cross-references and examples of common usagethroughout, along with excellent illustrations by Tugg, the cartoonistfrom service newspaper Navy News, it is the essential book forcurrent and ex-Navy personnel and their families, or anyone interested in the modern armed forces. Conway is proud to present a revised and updated edition of this classic volume, which is already acknowledged as the standard reference for every Jack, Jenny and Royal joining the Andrew, or for any civvy who wants a real insight into the unique culture of the Navy.
Brown River, White Ocean
Author: Luis Francia
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813519999
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
31 short stories and 108 poems represent a literary history of English writing in the Philippines, from the turn of the century to the present.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813519999
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
31 short stories and 108 poems represent a literary history of English writing in the Philippines, from the turn of the century to the present.
Underground Spirit: 1973 to 1982
Author: Gémino H. Abad
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9715426387
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This two-volume anthology is the sequel to Upon Our Own Ground (2008).
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9715426387
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
This two-volume anthology is the sequel to Upon Our Own Ground (2008).
32 Years Man & Buoy
Author: Ian Atkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786105257
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
In the summer of 1978, a naive young man left school with a few mediocre qualifications, no real ambition, absolutely no idea what he was going to do next, and a job in the Royal Navy wasn't even on the radar. As for his knowledge of the Navy, the author had only seen a TV series called 'Warship'. Just how hard could it be? 32 Years Man and Buoy charts Ian Atkinson's Naval career through the highs and lows of basic training before spending more than half of his life serving his Queen and country. The author's recollections are an honest and humorous account of an immensely enjoyable career. He makes some monumental mistakes along the way as he slowly matures from a barely capable Marine Engineering Mechanic to the dizzy heights of a Chief Petty Officer Submariner. Serving on frigates, destroyers and submarines throughout his long career, Ian Atkinson had a lot of laughs and shed a lot of tears through times that were good, bad and sometimes downright ugly. Nobody ever said it would be plain sailing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786105257
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
In the summer of 1978, a naive young man left school with a few mediocre qualifications, no real ambition, absolutely no idea what he was going to do next, and a job in the Royal Navy wasn't even on the radar. As for his knowledge of the Navy, the author had only seen a TV series called 'Warship'. Just how hard could it be? 32 Years Man and Buoy charts Ian Atkinson's Naval career through the highs and lows of basic training before spending more than half of his life serving his Queen and country. The author's recollections are an honest and humorous account of an immensely enjoyable career. He makes some monumental mistakes along the way as he slowly matures from a barely capable Marine Engineering Mechanic to the dizzy heights of a Chief Petty Officer Submariner. Serving on frigates, destroyers and submarines throughout his long career, Ian Atkinson had a lot of laughs and shed a lot of tears through times that were good, bad and sometimes downright ugly. Nobody ever said it would be plain sailing.
Kingdom of Bones
Author: James Rollins
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062893041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action. It begins in Africa . . . A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones —and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world. What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it? Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development—or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey. To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent—a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know. Mother Nature—red in tooth and claw—is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062893041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action. It begins in Africa . . . A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones —and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world. What has made the biosphere run amok? Is it a natural event? Or more terrifyingly, did someone engineer it? Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force are prepared for the extraordinary and have kept the world safe, vigilance for which they have paid a tragic personal price. Yet, even these brilliant and seasoned scientific warriors do not understand what is behind this frightening development—or know how to stop it. As they race to find answers, the members of Sigma quickly realize they have become the prey. To head off global catastrophe, Sigma Force must risk their lives to uncover the shattering secret at the heart of the African continent—a truth that will illuminate who we are as a species and where we may be headed . . . sooner than we know. Mother Nature—red in tooth and claw—is turning against humankind, propelling the entire world into the Kingdom of Bones.
Samantha Spinner and the Perplexing Pants
Author: Russell Ginns
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 1984849255
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Take another super-big globe-trotting, plaid pants spotting adventure with Samantha Spinner and her brother, Nipper, in the fourth book in this hilarious, puzzle-packed series! Perfect for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and the Secret series, and classics like Holes and The Westing Game. Samantha Spinner's Uncle Paul has gone missing again. But this time, he left behind a yellow mitten and a note: Watch out for the SNOW! That's weird, especially because they're in Seattle . . . and it's the middle of summer! Samantha has defeated ninjas, battled clowns, and faced down daredevils. But with the sinister SNOW, she may have met her math!* A puzzling uncle, a mission to Michigan, and a mysterious mitten. Let's hope Samantha's super-annoying brother can lend her a hand with . . . the PERPLEXING PANTS! *That's a super-secret clue.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 1984849255
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Take another super-big globe-trotting, plaid pants spotting adventure with Samantha Spinner and her brother, Nipper, in the fourth book in this hilarious, puzzle-packed series! Perfect for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and the Secret series, and classics like Holes and The Westing Game. Samantha Spinner's Uncle Paul has gone missing again. But this time, he left behind a yellow mitten and a note: Watch out for the SNOW! That's weird, especially because they're in Seattle . . . and it's the middle of summer! Samantha has defeated ninjas, battled clowns, and faced down daredevils. But with the sinister SNOW, she may have met her math!* A puzzling uncle, a mission to Michigan, and a mysterious mitten. Let's hope Samantha's super-annoying brother can lend her a hand with . . . the PERPLEXING PANTS! *That's a super-secret clue.
The Usurper's Crown
Author: Sarah Zettel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440543755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Ingrid Lotfield was a good woman, doing right by her parents, protecting her sensitive sister, and reliably completing her fair share of the chores necessary for life in their fishing village in 1872, on the cold shore of Lake Superior. Then Avan came. He said he was Norwegian, as many of the fisherman were. He was different—kind and quiet and strong—and one day he somehow miraculously helped to save her sister form a terrible fate in a watery grave. She knew Avan was from a far land, knew he loved her. They would be married, have children . . . be fisherfolk as had generations before them. But before they could wed, he was called back to the land of his birth, a land beyond the shore of Superior, beyond Earth, a magical land where he was more than a fisherman. He had to go. He wouldn’t see her hurt, and there were untold forces in his homeland, Isavalta, that could harm her beyond her wildest imaginings. But her love was too strong for him to resist. She would go with him, no matter the risks. So brave, so dear. Together they would face danger and excitement: to save an empire and its empress, and find their own fate, no matter what peril, mo matter how strange.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440543755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Ingrid Lotfield was a good woman, doing right by her parents, protecting her sensitive sister, and reliably completing her fair share of the chores necessary for life in their fishing village in 1872, on the cold shore of Lake Superior. Then Avan came. He said he was Norwegian, as many of the fisherman were. He was different—kind and quiet and strong—and one day he somehow miraculously helped to save her sister form a terrible fate in a watery grave. She knew Avan was from a far land, knew he loved her. They would be married, have children . . . be fisherfolk as had generations before them. But before they could wed, he was called back to the land of his birth, a land beyond the shore of Superior, beyond Earth, a magical land where he was more than a fisherman. He had to go. He wouldn’t see her hurt, and there were untold forces in his homeland, Isavalta, that could harm her beyond her wildest imaginings. But her love was too strong for him to resist. She would go with him, no matter the risks. So brave, so dear. Together they would face danger and excitement: to save an empire and its empress, and find their own fate, no matter what peril, mo matter how strange.
Jiggy's Genes: Jiggy the Vampire Slayer
Author: Michael Lawrence
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 1408315696
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
What would you do if you were attacked by vampires? Edwardian butcher's son Jiggy Offal-Trype knows what he'd do. Run. But he can't. He has to fight back. Luckily, he has these killer new skills... A fang-tastically funny new story from a bestselling author.
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 1408315696
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
What would you do if you were attacked by vampires? Edwardian butcher's son Jiggy Offal-Trype knows what he'd do. Run. But he can't. He has to fight back. Luckily, he has these killer new skills... A fang-tastically funny new story from a bestselling author.