Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307797481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical, mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.
The King Beyond the Gate
Author: David Gemmell
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307797481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical, mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307797481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical, mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.
Meaner Monkeys
Author: Adam Swetnam
Publisher: Posivision
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Who is stealing planets and why? Planets are bulky, not easy to store, and the carrying costs are oppressive. The Zoomarble Madcap Space Adventure Series continues with Book 2: Meaner Monkeys. New quirky characters, additional limbs, senseless violence, and enemies of the scariest kind. Where Zoomarble leaves off (Friday), Meaner Monkeys picks up (Friday evening). The group has a job to do, whether or not the details have been entered into the system. Important lessons include: how to fly a spaceship, where to gain skills such as thoracic surgery and decoupage, don’t attempt to fly through gas planets just because they are balls of gas, and if you are ever anywhere doing anything and all the animals suddenly run away… RUN!
Publisher: Posivision
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Who is stealing planets and why? Planets are bulky, not easy to store, and the carrying costs are oppressive. The Zoomarble Madcap Space Adventure Series continues with Book 2: Meaner Monkeys. New quirky characters, additional limbs, senseless violence, and enemies of the scariest kind. Where Zoomarble leaves off (Friday), Meaner Monkeys picks up (Friday evening). The group has a job to do, whether or not the details have been entered into the system. Important lessons include: how to fly a spaceship, where to gain skills such as thoracic surgery and decoupage, don’t attempt to fly through gas planets just because they are balls of gas, and if you are ever anywhere doing anything and all the animals suddenly run away… RUN!
Scraping the Barrel:The Military Use of Sub-Standard Manpower
Author: Sanders Marble
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823239772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823239772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
From the dawn of organized conflict, sub-standard men--the inverse of the elites that get the lion's share of our attention-- have served their countries. This is their untold history.
Nadir's Fire
Author: Daniel Bell
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 159858717X
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Pilot Vincent Ten Ponies has no problems when he is flying. But when he lands, his shady and eccentric employer Clive MacLeod gives him all he can handle. Forced to work with a college dropout couple recruited into Clive's Caribbean "import/export venture," it falls to Vince to keep the naive giant Jim alive, his ambitious, dysfunctional girlfriend Macy in check, and all of them out of prison. In just a few more months he can buy his own plane and be free to work for himself-if his boss and new co-workers don't get him killed first. Nadir's Fire is a fast-moving action-adventure reminiscent of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. The style is much like B. Traven's The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Author Daniel Bell writes in a ruthlessly convincing way about drug and gun running. His insight into human nature makes his characters come frighteningly to life and the story line has an artful pacing that turns the book into a breathless page turner. Bell's first novel reads like a true story. The whispered tone of societal and moral decay provides a perfect literary perspective on our not-so-perfect times. It may be a genre novel, but it is also a fine literary work for anyone except perhaps the faintest of hearts. -William Allen, Pulitzer nominee and author of Starkweather: Inside the Mindof a Teenage Killer Daniel Bell's prose is as tense as flexed muscle, the characters are drawn in quick fine-pointed strokes, and the action hums with menace. Nadir's Fire is a fast ride down the slippery back alleys of paradise, and an impressive debut by a sure-handed writer. -Randall Silvis, Author of the acclaimed fabulist novel In a Town Called Mundomuerto Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner and author/screenwriter of the novel/movie An Occasional Hell. Daniel Bell is a sometime author and full time ne'er-do-well hiding on a cattle farm in northeast Ohio. He has never finished a college degree, never been married, never held a job for more than a year and almost never been in jail. He has been a factory worker, farm hand, painter, field biologist, carpenter, bartender, bad credit risk, "unlicensed pharmaceutical distributor," deck hand, waiter, drunk, scuba instructor, karate teacher, soldier, bouncer, cook, redneck handgun target, caffeine addict, weightlifting coach, satyr, cuckold and serial exaggerator. He fears success, failure, commitment, abandonment and small, yappy dogs. He is not a pilot, yacht captain or currently under indictment. Dan is half-heartedly at work on his second novel between hay baling, fence repair, dark periods of self-doubt and reflection upon a misspent life.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 159858717X
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Pilot Vincent Ten Ponies has no problems when he is flying. But when he lands, his shady and eccentric employer Clive MacLeod gives him all he can handle. Forced to work with a college dropout couple recruited into Clive's Caribbean "import/export venture," it falls to Vince to keep the naive giant Jim alive, his ambitious, dysfunctional girlfriend Macy in check, and all of them out of prison. In just a few more months he can buy his own plane and be free to work for himself-if his boss and new co-workers don't get him killed first. Nadir's Fire is a fast-moving action-adventure reminiscent of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. The style is much like B. Traven's The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Author Daniel Bell writes in a ruthlessly convincing way about drug and gun running. His insight into human nature makes his characters come frighteningly to life and the story line has an artful pacing that turns the book into a breathless page turner. Bell's first novel reads like a true story. The whispered tone of societal and moral decay provides a perfect literary perspective on our not-so-perfect times. It may be a genre novel, but it is also a fine literary work for anyone except perhaps the faintest of hearts. -William Allen, Pulitzer nominee and author of Starkweather: Inside the Mindof a Teenage Killer Daniel Bell's prose is as tense as flexed muscle, the characters are drawn in quick fine-pointed strokes, and the action hums with menace. Nadir's Fire is a fast ride down the slippery back alleys of paradise, and an impressive debut by a sure-handed writer. -Randall Silvis, Author of the acclaimed fabulist novel In a Town Called Mundomuerto Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner and author/screenwriter of the novel/movie An Occasional Hell. Daniel Bell is a sometime author and full time ne'er-do-well hiding on a cattle farm in northeast Ohio. He has never finished a college degree, never been married, never held a job for more than a year and almost never been in jail. He has been a factory worker, farm hand, painter, field biologist, carpenter, bartender, bad credit risk, "unlicensed pharmaceutical distributor," deck hand, waiter, drunk, scuba instructor, karate teacher, soldier, bouncer, cook, redneck handgun target, caffeine addict, weightlifting coach, satyr, cuckold and serial exaggerator. He fears success, failure, commitment, abandonment and small, yappy dogs. He is not a pilot, yacht captain or currently under indictment. Dan is half-heartedly at work on his second novel between hay baling, fence repair, dark periods of self-doubt and reflection upon a misspent life.
The South-western Monthly
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The Whole Song
Author: Vincent Ferrini
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252091191
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
With a voice emerging from class tensions, labor struggles, the Great Depression, and World War II, Vincent Ferrini lived as a people's poet crying out for an end to exploitation and organized greed. Radical Christian gnosis and the conviction that poetry should be more than a display of word-craft distinguished him from poets like T. S. Eliot, infusing his work with dynamic images of Christ as a fighter, a revolutionary, and a martyr in opposing the mighty for the sake of the poor.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252091191
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
With a voice emerging from class tensions, labor struggles, the Great Depression, and World War II, Vincent Ferrini lived as a people's poet crying out for an end to exploitation and organized greed. Radical Christian gnosis and the conviction that poetry should be more than a display of word-craft distinguished him from poets like T. S. Eliot, infusing his work with dynamic images of Christ as a fighter, a revolutionary, and a martyr in opposing the mighty for the sake of the poor.
Nadirs
Author: Herta M_ller
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803235836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803235836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Report of the Observatory Syndicate
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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The Testament of William Windune
Author: James Harold Wallis
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Dreams of the Compass Rose
Author: Vera Nazarian
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 193099785X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
What is the nature of evil? When a young warrior of a dark race finds himself bound in servitude to a beautiful cruel princess, his loyalty becomes entwined with something more horrifying and mysterious than endless night falling over the ancient desert. When a courageous young servant reveals her hidden wisdom to the madman conqueror of the world, her fate is joined to a nightmare suspended beyond death and outside the universe. Two souls from different times -- their destinies connected through hundreds of other lives and generations, through soft whispers of the wind, through ancient truths that lie buried in an island between worlds. Both souls enslaved through dream and desire in an endless conflict between truth and illusion. They can only be set free by the wonder of the Compass Rose.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 193099785X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
What is the nature of evil? When a young warrior of a dark race finds himself bound in servitude to a beautiful cruel princess, his loyalty becomes entwined with something more horrifying and mysterious than endless night falling over the ancient desert. When a courageous young servant reveals her hidden wisdom to the madman conqueror of the world, her fate is joined to a nightmare suspended beyond death and outside the universe. Two souls from different times -- their destinies connected through hundreds of other lives and generations, through soft whispers of the wind, through ancient truths that lie buried in an island between worlds. Both souls enslaved through dream and desire in an endless conflict between truth and illusion. They can only be set free by the wonder of the Compass Rose.