Author: N.E. Solomons
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 2023 ON THE ROAD TO DISCOVERY, EVEN THE DEAD HAVE SECRETS. High up on a mountain road in the Balkans, former Olympic cyclist Heather Bishop races her journalist boyfriend Ryan. But when he suddenly disappears during the ride, suspicion falls on her. Local police inspector Simo Subotić already has his hands full investigating two mutilated bodies that have washed up on the banks of the River Drina. Something is telling him that these two cases are connected but nothing could prepare him for what is to come. Only together can Simo and Heather hope to uncover the truth in time. Their search not only exposes the darkness of Ryan's past but exhumes dangerous secrets of a region still reeling from the trauma of war. Are some secrets so devastating that they should remain buried?
The Bone Road
Author: N.E. Solomons
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 2023 ON THE ROAD TO DISCOVERY, EVEN THE DEAD HAVE SECRETS. High up on a mountain road in the Balkans, former Olympic cyclist Heather Bishop races her journalist boyfriend Ryan. But when he suddenly disappears during the ride, suspicion falls on her. Local police inspector Simo Subotić already has his hands full investigating two mutilated bodies that have washed up on the banks of the River Drina. Something is telling him that these two cases are connected but nothing could prepare him for what is to come. Only together can Simo and Heather hope to uncover the truth in time. Their search not only exposes the darkness of Ryan's past but exhumes dangerous secrets of a region still reeling from the trauma of war. Are some secrets so devastating that they should remain buried?
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award 2023 ON THE ROAD TO DISCOVERY, EVEN THE DEAD HAVE SECRETS. High up on a mountain road in the Balkans, former Olympic cyclist Heather Bishop races her journalist boyfriend Ryan. But when he suddenly disappears during the ride, suspicion falls on her. Local police inspector Simo Subotić already has his hands full investigating two mutilated bodies that have washed up on the banks of the River Drina. Something is telling him that these two cases are connected but nothing could prepare him for what is to come. Only together can Simo and Heather hope to uncover the truth in time. Their search not only exposes the darkness of Ryan's past but exhumes dangerous secrets of a region still reeling from the trauma of war. Are some secrets so devastating that they should remain buried?
The Bone Road
Author: Mary Holland
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105613968
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Rhona has the divvy gift; she can see who is fertile and who is a cursed and outcast Shun. The people of the Deom depend on the divvys for survival, but it is a hard and brutal gift. As long as Rhona's mother was alive, Rhona had followed the old ways, but now her mother is dead and Rhona is free. She has one last promise to fulfill: to find her mother's friend Selina and help her. Rhona finds Selina, only to become enmeshed in Selina's vengeance against the body-stealing Rider, who has destroyed Selina's son. Selina's plan fails and she dies. Or does she? With the Rider pursuing her, Rhona flees across the land of Deo, desperate to keep her word and hide the one thing that might destroy the Rider. Rhona, her son Jak, her lover Matteo the Shun, and the strange girl called Aniles work together to discover the secrets of the Rider - and the true nature of the land of Deo.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105613968
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Rhona has the divvy gift; she can see who is fertile and who is a cursed and outcast Shun. The people of the Deom depend on the divvys for survival, but it is a hard and brutal gift. As long as Rhona's mother was alive, Rhona had followed the old ways, but now her mother is dead and Rhona is free. She has one last promise to fulfill: to find her mother's friend Selina and help her. Rhona finds Selina, only to become enmeshed in Selina's vengeance against the body-stealing Rider, who has destroyed Selina's son. Selina's plan fails and she dies. Or does she? With the Rider pursuing her, Rhona flees across the land of Deo, desperate to keep her word and hide the one thing that might destroy the Rider. Rhona, her son Jak, her lover Matteo the Shun, and the strange girl called Aniles work together to discover the secrets of the Rider - and the true nature of the land of Deo.
Chaseworld
Author: Mary T. Hufford
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512801801
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Chaseworld is a study of the foxhunters in the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey. Mary Hufford examines the activities that occur before, during, and after foxchases and analyzes the stories that hunters tell about chases. Through these activities and narratives, she contends, Pine Barrens foxhunters have collaboratively constructed an alternate reality—the Chaseworld.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512801801
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Chaseworld is a study of the foxhunters in the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey. Mary Hufford examines the activities that occur before, during, and after foxchases and analyzes the stories that hunters tell about chases. Through these activities and narratives, she contends, Pine Barrens foxhunters have collaboratively constructed an alternate reality—the Chaseworld.
Folklife Annual
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A Year on the Devil's Backbone
Author: Toby Ten Eyck
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055753626X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
December 8, 1941 was the worst day of my life. You might say that it was a bad day for a lot of people. You are probably right. My problem, however, was not the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Not exactly. Mr. Patterson, the balding, uptight Principal of Sandy High School had just received an intelligence report that Sandy, OR, was to be the next Japanese target as they marched across the Pacific. It was the only explanation I could think of that made any sense as to why basketball practice had been cancelled. The city kids were more than happy to go home and miss a day of running and monotonous dribbling and shooting drills. I did not live in the city. My parents, like their parents before them, had set up a homestead on The Devil's Backbone.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055753626X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
December 8, 1941 was the worst day of my life. You might say that it was a bad day for a lot of people. You are probably right. My problem, however, was not the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Not exactly. Mr. Patterson, the balding, uptight Principal of Sandy High School had just received an intelligence report that Sandy, OR, was to be the next Japanese target as they marched across the Pacific. It was the only explanation I could think of that made any sense as to why basketball practice had been cancelled. The city kids were more than happy to go home and miss a day of running and monotonous dribbling and shooting drills. I did not live in the city. My parents, like their parents before them, had set up a homestead on The Devil's Backbone.
The Chronicles of the Exile
Author: Marc Turner
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 125029357X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
This discounted ebundle of The Chronicles of the Exile includes: When the Heavens Fall, Dragon Hunters, and Red Tide “Marc Turner is what the fanatsy genre has been looking for.” —Starburst The swords & sorcery epic is reborn in this debut fantasy trilogy teeming with renegade guardians, dark mages, undead armies, Storm Lords, sea dragons, scheming priests, troublesome gods...and so much more. When the Heavens Fall If you pick a fight with Shroud, Lord of the Dead, you had better ensure your victory, else death will mark only the beginning of your suffering. Dragon Hunters Once a year on Dragon Day the fabled Dragon Gate is raised to let a sea dragon pass from the Southern Wastes into the Sabian Sea. There, it will be hunted by the Storm Lords, a fellowship of powerful water-mages who rule an empire called the Storm Isles. Alas, this year someone forgot to tell the dragon which is the hunter and which the hunted. Red Tide The Rubyholt Isles is a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League. Deadly assassins, hopeful alliances, and a quest for revenge makes for an epic final volume in Marc Turner's fantasy trilogy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 125029357X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
This discounted ebundle of The Chronicles of the Exile includes: When the Heavens Fall, Dragon Hunters, and Red Tide “Marc Turner is what the fanatsy genre has been looking for.” —Starburst The swords & sorcery epic is reborn in this debut fantasy trilogy teeming with renegade guardians, dark mages, undead armies, Storm Lords, sea dragons, scheming priests, troublesome gods...and so much more. When the Heavens Fall If you pick a fight with Shroud, Lord of the Dead, you had better ensure your victory, else death will mark only the beginning of your suffering. Dragon Hunters Once a year on Dragon Day the fabled Dragon Gate is raised to let a sea dragon pass from the Southern Wastes into the Sabian Sea. There, it will be hunted by the Storm Lords, a fellowship of powerful water-mages who rule an empire called the Storm Isles. Alas, this year someone forgot to tell the dragon which is the hunter and which the hunted. Red Tide The Rubyholt Isles is a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League. Deadly assassins, hopeful alliances, and a quest for revenge makes for an epic final volume in Marc Turner's fantasy trilogy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
When the Heavens Fall
Author: Marc Turner
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765337126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
If you pick a fight with Shroud, Lord of the Dead, you had better ensure your victory, else death will mark only the beginning of your suffering. A book giving its wielder power over the dead has been stolen from a fellowship of mages that has kept the powerful relic dormant for centuries. The thief, a crafty, power-hungry necromancer, intends to use the Book of Lost Souls to resurrect an ancient race and challenge Shroud for dominion of the underworld. Shroud counters by sending his most formidable servants to seize the artifact at all cost. However, the god is not the only one interested in the Book, and a host of other forces converge, drawn by the powerful magic that has been unleashed. Among them is a reluctant Guardian who is commissioned by the Emperor to find the stolen Book, a troubled prince who battles enemies both personal and political, and a young girl of great power, whose past uniquely prepares her for an encounter with Shroud. The greatest threat to each of their quests lies not in the horror of an undead army but in the risk of betrayal from those closest to them. Each of their decisions comes at a personal cost and will not only affect them, but also determine the fate of their entire empire. The first of an epic swords & sorcery fantasy series, Marc Turner's When the Heavens Fall features gritty characters, deadly magic, and meddlesome gods
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765337126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
If you pick a fight with Shroud, Lord of the Dead, you had better ensure your victory, else death will mark only the beginning of your suffering. A book giving its wielder power over the dead has been stolen from a fellowship of mages that has kept the powerful relic dormant for centuries. The thief, a crafty, power-hungry necromancer, intends to use the Book of Lost Souls to resurrect an ancient race and challenge Shroud for dominion of the underworld. Shroud counters by sending his most formidable servants to seize the artifact at all cost. However, the god is not the only one interested in the Book, and a host of other forces converge, drawn by the powerful magic that has been unleashed. Among them is a reluctant Guardian who is commissioned by the Emperor to find the stolen Book, a troubled prince who battles enemies both personal and political, and a young girl of great power, whose past uniquely prepares her for an encounter with Shroud. The greatest threat to each of their quests lies not in the horror of an undead army but in the risk of betrayal from those closest to them. Each of their decisions comes at a personal cost and will not only affect them, but also determine the fate of their entire empire. The first of an epic swords & sorcery fantasy series, Marc Turner's When the Heavens Fall features gritty characters, deadly magic, and meddlesome gods
The Good Luck Girls
Author: Charlotte Nicole Davis
Publisher: Tor Teen
ISBN: 1250299713
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
An Indie Next Pick A Silver 2019 Nautilus Book Award Winner A Kirkus Reviews 2019 Best of the Year Selection Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this stunning fantasy adventure from debut author Charlotte Nicole Davis. Aster, the protector Violet, the favorite Tansy, the medic Mallow, the fighter Clementine, the catalyst THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls—they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta’s most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe. It’s going to take more than luck for them all to survive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Teen
ISBN: 1250299713
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
An Indie Next Pick A Silver 2019 Nautilus Book Award Winner A Kirkus Reviews 2019 Best of the Year Selection Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this stunning fantasy adventure from debut author Charlotte Nicole Davis. Aster, the protector Violet, the favorite Tansy, the medic Mallow, the fighter Clementine, the catalyst THE GOOD LUCK GIRLS The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls—they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta’s most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe. It’s going to take more than luck for them all to survive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Laserstar
Author: Charles Solbrig
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452088985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The United States has finally embraced 'Star Wars' technology as a last resort to protect against the wildfire proliferation of nuclear weapons. Orbiting high above the earth, a team of US astronauts activate Space Station Sigma One's massive laser, capable of disintegrating any missile within minutes of its launch. But, ALEC, the base computer, makes a terrible mistake. It directs the laser to destroy an F-16 fighter. The sole purpose of the astronauts on board is to prevent computer destruct errors. In the astronauts' mad scramble to correct the problem, the base commander, Major Richard Taylor, stumbles across irrefutable proof that someone has gained control of ALEC and destroyed the F-16 on purpose. And they continue to control the base to perform more egregious acts of violence. The mastermind behind the base, the late brilliant Dr. Delvin F. Feller, designed multiple levels of safeguards into the base to prevent Sigma One from being used as a weaponbut someone is directing the control computer to disregard the safeguards and it appears the devastation is being directed from the Mideast. Taylor and the other crew members try to stop the destruction but are no match to the space station's computer and vicious laser. The flawed space station wreaks havoc. It is a terror in the sky and must be stoppedbut how? The base is invincible. Did Dr. Feller make a mistake? This suspense filled book is a real page turner. Dont miss it.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1452088985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The United States has finally embraced 'Star Wars' technology as a last resort to protect against the wildfire proliferation of nuclear weapons. Orbiting high above the earth, a team of US astronauts activate Space Station Sigma One's massive laser, capable of disintegrating any missile within minutes of its launch. But, ALEC, the base computer, makes a terrible mistake. It directs the laser to destroy an F-16 fighter. The sole purpose of the astronauts on board is to prevent computer destruct errors. In the astronauts' mad scramble to correct the problem, the base commander, Major Richard Taylor, stumbles across irrefutable proof that someone has gained control of ALEC and destroyed the F-16 on purpose. And they continue to control the base to perform more egregious acts of violence. The mastermind behind the base, the late brilliant Dr. Delvin F. Feller, designed multiple levels of safeguards into the base to prevent Sigma One from being used as a weaponbut someone is directing the control computer to disregard the safeguards and it appears the devastation is being directed from the Mideast. Taylor and the other crew members try to stop the destruction but are no match to the space station's computer and vicious laser. The flawed space station wreaks havoc. It is a terror in the sky and must be stoppedbut how? The base is invincible. Did Dr. Feller make a mistake? This suspense filled book is a real page turner. Dont miss it.
The Enders Hotel
Author: Brandon R. Schrand
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803217690
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An evocative memoir of growing up in the rural town of Soda Springs, Idaho, describes life in the dilapidated if historic Enders Hotel, Caf, and Bar, the colorful and and haunted characters who passed through its doors, and the author's own struggle to find his own identity in the faces of a never-seen father and desperate boarders. Winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Original.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803217690
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
An evocative memoir of growing up in the rural town of Soda Springs, Idaho, describes life in the dilapidated if historic Enders Hotel, Caf, and Bar, the colorful and and haunted characters who passed through its doors, and the author's own struggle to find his own identity in the faces of a never-seen father and desperate boarders. Winner of the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Original.