Author: Chris Else
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869790952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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From one of New Zealand's most thoughtful writers, not just a finely crafted novel but a whole country, complete with dark undertones. Kit Wallace has spent his whole life running away. Through luck and lack of purpose he has finally washed up in the Pacific nation of Ventiak. Here, on the top floor of the Royal Albert Hotel, he avoids his past by drinking whisky and writing poetry he fully intends no one should ever read. Yet, despite himself, he has been drawn into the lives of the people around him. When he is invited to join a scam in the phosphate industry, which will defraud the Ventiakans of millions of dollars, he is torn between disbelief, self-serving cynicism and a loyalty that takes him by surprise. His life begins to unravel and his is forced into action. Meanwhile, in the upland forest, the Rage is beginning: a periodic rampage of millions of ants that will sweep over the island, carrying all before it. In this, his fifth novel, Chris Else has created an utterly convincing Polynesian setting with its own brilliantly realised language, culture, flora and fauna. His humour and wisdom are at once merciless and forgiving as he uses language to explore man's - and woman's - deep-seated need to be both an individual and to belong.
Author: Graham Masterton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1781852170
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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READ THE THRILLER THAT LAUNCHED THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SERIES Eleven bodies. One grave. On a wet, windswept morning, a field on a desolate farm gives up the dismembered bones of eleven women. They have been buried there since 1915, their skeletons bearing the marks of a meticulous butcher. Then a young woman goes missing. When her remains are found soon after, police are horrified to discover the bones were carefully stripped before being arranged in an arcane pattern. With the crimes of the past echoing in the present, DS Katie Maguire must solve a decades-old murder steeped in ancient legend before this terrifying killer strikes again... Perfect for fans of Peter James, CJ Tudor and Chris Carter, White Bones is part of the darkly original million-copy-bestselling DS Katie Maguire thriller series, which can be read in any order. 'One of this country's most exciting crime novelists.' Daily Mail Also in the DS KATIE MAGUIRE series #1 White Bones #2 Broken Angels #3 Red Light #4 Taken for Dead #5 Blood Sisters #6 Buried #7 Living Death #8 Dead Girls Dancing #9 Dead Men Whistling #10 Begging to Die #11 The Last Drop of Blood # 12 Pay Back the Devil Why readers love Katie Maguire... 'A tough and gritty thriller.' Irish Independent 'A natural storyteller.' New York Journal of Books 'Any fan of mysteries should grab this book.' Irish Examiner 'Books in this series and they never fail to entertain.' Reader review ***** 'A fierce read with a plot that feels topical.' Reader review ***** 'Devastatingly brilliant...Brilliant, exhilarating writing.' Reader review **** 'Riveted from start to finish.' Reader review **** 'A first class detection novel.' Reader review **** 'Amazing, the man is a genius.' Reader review ****
Author: Jon Sprunk
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1633880117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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An empire at war. Three fates intertwined. The Magician. Horace has destroyed the Temple of the Sun, but now he finds his slave chains have been replaced by bonds of honor, duty, and love. Caught between two women and two cultures, he must contend with deadly forces from the unseen world. The Rebel. Jirom has thrown in his lot with the slave uprising, but his road to freedom becomes ever more dangerous as the rebels expand their campaign against the empire. Even worse, he feels his connection with Emanon slipping away with every blow they strike in the name of freedom. The Spy. Alyra has severed her ties to the underground network that brought her to Akeshia, but she continues the mission on her own. Yet, with Horace’s connection to the queen and the rebellion’s escalation of violence, she finds herself treading a knife’s edge between love and duty. Dark conspiracies bubble to the surface as war and zealotry spread across the empire. Old alliances are shattered, new vendettas are born, and all peoples—citizen and slave alike—must endure the ravages of storm and steel. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Stephen Baker
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857890549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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Yan is a compulsive gambler whose wanderlust leads him on a chain of adventures across the South Atlantic and beyond, in the wake of the Falklands War. But this personal voyage takes a heavy toll on his relationships with wife, Kate, and teenage son, Danny, left abandoned in a run-down pub on the northeast coast of England. After 25 years Yan reappears, terminally ill and determined to make amends before his death. Despite Danny's reticence, the two men begin to reconnect through the unlikely medium of birdwatching, as Danny tries to piece together the truth about Yan's desertion and protracted homecoming. Set against the stark industrial landscapes of the Tees estuary and the wilder shores of the South Atlantic, this is an Odyssey for the 21st century, a story about fathers and sons, about isolation and human connection, and ultimately about the healing power of the natural world.
Author: Colchester Colchester and Essex mus
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Author: Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
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Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Category : Essex
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Author: J. D. Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107635365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
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This 1954 text analyses the relationship between physical geography and stone age culture within the Horn of Africa.
Author: Emerson F. Greenman
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0932206018
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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In 1935, archaeologist Emerson F. Greenman excavated the Younge site of Lapeer County, Michigan. In this volume, he describes the site and the archaeological material found there, including the remains of two large enclosures, 57 burials, pottery, tobacco pipes, and stone and bone tools.
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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