Author: John Stamp
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1952225957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
An NCIS agent is transferred to east Africa where he must investigate the murder of a sailor outside a wildlife preserve in this military thriller. Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent, Tyrone Benhoff is in purgatory. That’s what agents call it when they find themselves on the wrong side of command and are transferred to a place like Djibouti, Africa. He tried to open a case in Virginia that was too close to the wrong people. Now he’s being watched for even the slightest screw-up so his enemies at headquarters can drive him out of the agency. When a sailor on leave from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa is killed outside a wildlife preserve in Zimbabwe, Ty is hand-picked to lead the investigation. He finds himself in the middle of a turf war between ivory smugglers and an amazing group of female anti-poaching rangers trying to protect a herd of endangered elephants. If his enemies in NCISHQ don’t get him, it’s even money the wilds of Zimbabwe will. But Tyrone Benhoff doesn’t quit a case . . . even when the whole thing was a setup from the start . . . Blood Red Ivory is a wild ride of a thriller from John Stamp, whose twenty-year law enforcement career included posts as a police officer and special agent with the FBI and NCIS.
Blood Red Ivory
Author: John Stamp
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1952225957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
An NCIS agent is transferred to east Africa where he must investigate the murder of a sailor outside a wildlife preserve in this military thriller. Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent, Tyrone Benhoff is in purgatory. That’s what agents call it when they find themselves on the wrong side of command and are transferred to a place like Djibouti, Africa. He tried to open a case in Virginia that was too close to the wrong people. Now he’s being watched for even the slightest screw-up so his enemies at headquarters can drive him out of the agency. When a sailor on leave from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa is killed outside a wildlife preserve in Zimbabwe, Ty is hand-picked to lead the investigation. He finds himself in the middle of a turf war between ivory smugglers and an amazing group of female anti-poaching rangers trying to protect a herd of endangered elephants. If his enemies in NCISHQ don’t get him, it’s even money the wilds of Zimbabwe will. But Tyrone Benhoff doesn’t quit a case . . . even when the whole thing was a setup from the start . . . Blood Red Ivory is a wild ride of a thriller from John Stamp, whose twenty-year law enforcement career included posts as a police officer and special agent with the FBI and NCIS.
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1952225957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
An NCIS agent is transferred to east Africa where he must investigate the murder of a sailor outside a wildlife preserve in this military thriller. Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent, Tyrone Benhoff is in purgatory. That’s what agents call it when they find themselves on the wrong side of command and are transferred to a place like Djibouti, Africa. He tried to open a case in Virginia that was too close to the wrong people. Now he’s being watched for even the slightest screw-up so his enemies at headquarters can drive him out of the agency. When a sailor on leave from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa is killed outside a wildlife preserve in Zimbabwe, Ty is hand-picked to lead the investigation. He finds himself in the middle of a turf war between ivory smugglers and an amazing group of female anti-poaching rangers trying to protect a herd of endangered elephants. If his enemies in NCISHQ don’t get him, it’s even money the wilds of Zimbabwe will. But Tyrone Benhoff doesn’t quit a case . . . even when the whole thing was a setup from the start . . . Blood Red Ivory is a wild ride of a thriller from John Stamp, whose twenty-year law enforcement career included posts as a police officer and special agent with the FBI and NCIS.
Snow White, Blood Red
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.
Blood Ivory
Author: Robin Brown
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475304
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
‘masterly account of the massacre of the African elephant’ The Spectator It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began, when they were most commonly used as war elephants. However, it is only in the last hundred years, with the coming of the ‘great white hunters’ and their special elephant guns, that the very existence of the African elephant has been threatened. ?With an update by John Hanks, WWF’s former leading elephant scientist, this new edition of Blood Ivory tells the story of how the professional hunting fraternity was the first to realise the threat to the elephant and how it kick-started the whole conservation movement. It is not a story with a happy ending, however. It is a tale of war: colonialists against traditional practices and customs; newly independent African countries against each other; poachers and smugglers against any kind of constraint. Robin Brown draws on his depth of knowledge and understanding of Africa and his career as a leading wildlife film-maker to paint a vivid picture of hunting’s impact on Africa’s elephant population, vividly portraying the powerful personalities of those involved on both sides of the massacre.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475304
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
‘masterly account of the massacre of the African elephant’ The Spectator It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began, when they were most commonly used as war elephants. However, it is only in the last hundred years, with the coming of the ‘great white hunters’ and their special elephant guns, that the very existence of the African elephant has been threatened. ?With an update by John Hanks, WWF’s former leading elephant scientist, this new edition of Blood Ivory tells the story of how the professional hunting fraternity was the first to realise the threat to the elephant and how it kick-started the whole conservation movement. It is not a story with a happy ending, however. It is a tale of war: colonialists against traditional practices and customs; newly independent African countries against each other; poachers and smugglers against any kind of constraint. Robin Brown draws on his depth of knowledge and understanding of Africa and his career as a leading wildlife film-maker to paint a vivid picture of hunting’s impact on Africa’s elephant population, vividly portraying the powerful personalities of those involved on both sides of the massacre.
Blood Red Snow White
Author: Marcus Sedgwick
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626725489
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
There never was a story that was happy through and through. When writer Arthur Ransome leaves his unhappy marriage in England and moves to Russia to work as a journalist, he has little idea of the violent revolution about to erupt. Unwittingly, he finds himself at its center, tapped by the British to report back on the Bolsheviks even as he becomes dangerously, romantically entangled with Trotsky's personal secretary. Both sides seek to use Arthur to gather and relay information for their own purposes . . . and both grow to suspect him of being a double agent. Arthur wants only to elope far from conflict with his beloved, but her Russian ties make leaving the country nearly impossible. And the more Arthur resists becoming a pawn, the more entrenched in the game he seems to become. Blood Red Snow White, a Soviet-era thriller from renowned author Marcus Sedgwick, is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. This title has Common Core connections.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626725489
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
There never was a story that was happy through and through. When writer Arthur Ransome leaves his unhappy marriage in England and moves to Russia to work as a journalist, he has little idea of the violent revolution about to erupt. Unwittingly, he finds himself at its center, tapped by the British to report back on the Bolsheviks even as he becomes dangerously, romantically entangled with Trotsky's personal secretary. Both sides seek to use Arthur to gather and relay information for their own purposes . . . and both grow to suspect him of being a double agent. Arthur wants only to elope far from conflict with his beloved, but her Russian ties make leaving the country nearly impossible. And the more Arthur resists becoming a pawn, the more entrenched in the game he seems to become. Blood Red Snow White, a Soviet-era thriller from renowned author Marcus Sedgwick, is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. This title has Common Core connections.
Ivory, Horn and Blood
Author: Ronald Isaac Orenstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770852273
Category : African elephant
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns and the implications for these endangered animals.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770852273
Category : African elephant
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describes the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns and the implications for these endangered animals.
The Frame of Art
Author: David Marshall
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801882333
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Marshall asks what it means for these authors to view the world through the frame of art.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801882333
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Marshall asks what it means for these authors to view the world through the frame of art.
The Shadowmaker
Author: T.J Champitto
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1957288957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A master thief is on an international mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy in this crime thriller series debut from the author of The Medina Device. World-renowned thief, Henry Sirola, has a secret. He’s also an FBI informant. When the Croatian mob ask him to retrieve a priceless artifact, it could be the biggest score of his career, as long as he can keep his two worlds from crashing together. But the danger only escalates when an assassin strikes close to home. Now, hunting down a cold-blooded killer, Henry embarks on a quest for the truth that takes him from the foothills of Appalachia to the cafes and castles of Italy and the back alleys of Zürich. But as he uncovers a vast criminal conspiracy, survival will require him to confront his own troubled past.
Publisher: WildBlue Press
ISBN: 1957288957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A master thief is on an international mission to uncover a deadly conspiracy in this crime thriller series debut from the author of The Medina Device. World-renowned thief, Henry Sirola, has a secret. He’s also an FBI informant. When the Croatian mob ask him to retrieve a priceless artifact, it could be the biggest score of his career, as long as he can keep his two worlds from crashing together. But the danger only escalates when an assassin strikes close to home. Now, hunting down a cold-blooded killer, Henry embarks on a quest for the truth that takes him from the foothills of Appalachia to the cafes and castles of Italy and the back alleys of Zürich. But as he uncovers a vast criminal conspiracy, survival will require him to confront his own troubled past.
Keramic Studio
Author: Anna B. Leonard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Nihilesthete
Author: Richard Kalich
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150402351X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The Nihilesthete is a novel with great intensity that depicts the relations between artists and their enemies.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150402351X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The Nihilesthete is a novel with great intensity that depicts the relations between artists and their enemies.
Ivory
Author: Tony Park
Publisher: Tony Park
ISBN: 1925786951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Modern day pirates on a quest to save an African treaure Ivory Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. The two women in his life – one of them his financial adviser, the other his diesel mechanic – have left him. He’s facing a mounting tide of debts and his crew of modern-day buccaneers, a multi-national band of ex-military cutthroats, are getting restless. They don’t all share his dream of going legit, but what Alex really wants is to re-open the five-star resort hotel which once belonged to his Portuguese mother and English father on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique. A chance raid on a wildlife smugglers’ ship sets the Chinese triads after him and, to add to his woes, corporate lawyer Jane Humphries lands, literally, in his lap. Another woman’s the last thing Captain Tremain needs right now – especially one whose lover is a ruthless shipping magnate backed up by a deadly bunch of contract killers. What Alex really needs is one last, big heist – something valuable enough to fulfil his dreams and set him and his men up for life. When the South African government makes a controversial decision to reinstitute the culling of elephants in its national parks, Alex finds the answer to his prayers, but at what cost?
Publisher: Tony Park
ISBN: 1925786951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Modern day pirates on a quest to save an African treaure Ivory Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. The two women in his life – one of them his financial adviser, the other his diesel mechanic – have left him. He’s facing a mounting tide of debts and his crew of modern-day buccaneers, a multi-national band of ex-military cutthroats, are getting restless. They don’t all share his dream of going legit, but what Alex really wants is to re-open the five-star resort hotel which once belonged to his Portuguese mother and English father on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique. A chance raid on a wildlife smugglers’ ship sets the Chinese triads after him and, to add to his woes, corporate lawyer Jane Humphries lands, literally, in his lap. Another woman’s the last thing Captain Tremain needs right now – especially one whose lover is a ruthless shipping magnate backed up by a deadly bunch of contract killers. What Alex really needs is one last, big heist – something valuable enough to fulfil his dreams and set him and his men up for life. When the South African government makes a controversial decision to reinstitute the culling of elephants in its national parks, Alex finds the answer to his prayers, but at what cost?