Author: J.D. Brayton
Publisher: J.D. Brayton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Kidnappers, dirty D.E.A. agents, exotic animal smugglers, US Wildlife agents, vicious snake-dancing punk rockers, radical Animal Rights activists all converge into the path of Hurricane Andrew in this explosively funny Post-Gonzo Crime Pulp novel by J.D.Brayton
The Clabber Grrrl's Retreat
Author: J.D. Brayton
Publisher: J.D. Brayton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Kidnappers, dirty D.E.A. agents, exotic animal smugglers, US Wildlife agents, vicious snake-dancing punk rockers, radical Animal Rights activists all converge into the path of Hurricane Andrew in this explosively funny Post-Gonzo Crime Pulp novel by J.D.Brayton
Publisher: J.D. Brayton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Kidnappers, dirty D.E.A. agents, exotic animal smugglers, US Wildlife agents, vicious snake-dancing punk rockers, radical Animal Rights activists all converge into the path of Hurricane Andrew in this explosively funny Post-Gonzo Crime Pulp novel by J.D.Brayton
The Light Horse
Author: J.D. Brayton
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN: 1647183790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
The Light Horse is the story of two men who join forces to capture one of the most dreaded murderers in history; one man driven by sworn duty, and the other man by vengeance; a psychological thriller based on documented fact, written after years of research into this compelling and nearly unbelievable chapter in the true history of 19th century British occupied India. While no one knows for certain, it is estimated that in the 18th and 19th centuries there were no less than 50,000 unsolved murders in north-central India. By other estimates, more than one million died at the hands of a secret cult of murderers known as the Thugee. The indisputable fact is that for centuries entire caravans of innocent travelers in India would simply disappear without a trace. There were the usual reasons offered, any or all of these may have been a factor - but the truth was far more macabre, gruesome and horrifying. It was cold, calculated mass murder – carried out with methodical precision by a cult devoted to the goddess Kali. In the year 1829, Captain William Henry Sleeman, an officer in service to the British East India Company, began to suspect a pattern to these disappearances. After capturing and deposing suspected cult members, he convinced the Governor, General Lord William Bentinct, to appoint him head of the newly formed Department of Dacoity and Thugee. Sleeman quickly discovered that all the rumors were true: The Thugee, a secret cult of clever and stealthy murderers, were responsible for stalking and slaughtering hundreds of travelers each year on the lawless frontier roads of India. The Thugee were masters of deception. The cult was so secretive and brutal that the modern term ‘Thug’ survives to this day. When a Thug named Fandoor Das Gupta allows himself to be captured by Sleeman’s Hunters, a new twist to the drama unfolds. The Thug, an admitted murderer, is also a remarkable artist who, by perfect recall, draws portraits of wanted criminals with a degree of accuracy that astounds Sleeman and his officers. Fandoor, in return for a temporary commutation of his death sentence, promises to become an informer and help Sleeman find the dreaded and wily Feringeea, ‘Prince of Thugs’. His intimate knowledge of Feringeea’s hiding places, the fact that he is an adoptive brother to the murderous criminal, and his superior talent as an artist makes Fandoor Das Gupta extremely useful to Sleeman. The Colonel conditionally agrees to Das Gupta’s offer to lead him to capture Feringeea, the most vicious Thug in all of India. Colonel Sleeman has no idea that the Thug artist, Fandoor Das Gupta, has a secret agenda –he wants to kill The Prince Of Thugs with his own hands once he is secure in Sleeman’s prison. Because of the murder of Feringeea’s scorned wife, Kali Bibi a high priestess of Kali, who was also the artist’s secret lover, Fandoor Das Gupta is willing to give up everything, including his freedom and his life, to avenge her death. The Light Horse is a meticulously researched novel set in 19th century British India. This bold adventure novel will appeal to readers interested in British Military History, life as an Anglo/Indian trooper in an Irregular Light Cavalry unit, true crime mysteries, and military tactics and armament. It is written in the style of roman à clef; using factual persons and events, and warmly rendered in the style of a classic historical fiction.
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN: 1647183790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
The Light Horse is the story of two men who join forces to capture one of the most dreaded murderers in history; one man driven by sworn duty, and the other man by vengeance; a psychological thriller based on documented fact, written after years of research into this compelling and nearly unbelievable chapter in the true history of 19th century British occupied India. While no one knows for certain, it is estimated that in the 18th and 19th centuries there were no less than 50,000 unsolved murders in north-central India. By other estimates, more than one million died at the hands of a secret cult of murderers known as the Thugee. The indisputable fact is that for centuries entire caravans of innocent travelers in India would simply disappear without a trace. There were the usual reasons offered, any or all of these may have been a factor - but the truth was far more macabre, gruesome and horrifying. It was cold, calculated mass murder – carried out with methodical precision by a cult devoted to the goddess Kali. In the year 1829, Captain William Henry Sleeman, an officer in service to the British East India Company, began to suspect a pattern to these disappearances. After capturing and deposing suspected cult members, he convinced the Governor, General Lord William Bentinct, to appoint him head of the newly formed Department of Dacoity and Thugee. Sleeman quickly discovered that all the rumors were true: The Thugee, a secret cult of clever and stealthy murderers, were responsible for stalking and slaughtering hundreds of travelers each year on the lawless frontier roads of India. The Thugee were masters of deception. The cult was so secretive and brutal that the modern term ‘Thug’ survives to this day. When a Thug named Fandoor Das Gupta allows himself to be captured by Sleeman’s Hunters, a new twist to the drama unfolds. The Thug, an admitted murderer, is also a remarkable artist who, by perfect recall, draws portraits of wanted criminals with a degree of accuracy that astounds Sleeman and his officers. Fandoor, in return for a temporary commutation of his death sentence, promises to become an informer and help Sleeman find the dreaded and wily Feringeea, ‘Prince of Thugs’. His intimate knowledge of Feringeea’s hiding places, the fact that he is an adoptive brother to the murderous criminal, and his superior talent as an artist makes Fandoor Das Gupta extremely useful to Sleeman. The Colonel conditionally agrees to Das Gupta’s offer to lead him to capture Feringeea, the most vicious Thug in all of India. Colonel Sleeman has no idea that the Thug artist, Fandoor Das Gupta, has a secret agenda –he wants to kill The Prince Of Thugs with his own hands once he is secure in Sleeman’s prison. Because of the murder of Feringeea’s scorned wife, Kali Bibi a high priestess of Kali, who was also the artist’s secret lover, Fandoor Das Gupta is willing to give up everything, including his freedom and his life, to avenge her death. The Light Horse is a meticulously researched novel set in 19th century British India. This bold adventure novel will appeal to readers interested in British Military History, life as an Anglo/Indian trooper in an Irregular Light Cavalry unit, true crime mysteries, and military tactics and armament. It is written in the style of roman à clef; using factual persons and events, and warmly rendered in the style of a classic historical fiction.
THRIP
Author: J.D. Brayton
Publisher: J.D. Brayton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Thrip, the sole survivor of the worst mass murder in Georgia history… … is about to be betrayed by those trusted to protect him. He sits at his computer in an isolated house in the country, interacting with his only true friend, his Homebound Outreach instructor, unaware of the forces conspiring to shatter his life, and destroy his fragile inner world. The hack Hollywood producer who wants to expose his trauma to the world… has a secret agenda The Private Investigator hired to track down Thrip’s true mother and father, drawn into mortal danger The damaged veteran, struggling with PTSD, stock-piling weapons deep in the Georgia woods. The horror of another school shooting in small town America. THRIP, the gripping new novel by J.D. Brayton asks; In the computer age, how connected are we? Who has been left behind? Who is safe? From the author of The Clabber Grrrl’s Retreat, Eye Skin, and The Light Horse : A new psychological thriller set in small town America, where every day decisions have lasting consequences.
Publisher: J.D. Brayton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Thrip, the sole survivor of the worst mass murder in Georgia history… … is about to be betrayed by those trusted to protect him. He sits at his computer in an isolated house in the country, interacting with his only true friend, his Homebound Outreach instructor, unaware of the forces conspiring to shatter his life, and destroy his fragile inner world. The hack Hollywood producer who wants to expose his trauma to the world… has a secret agenda The Private Investigator hired to track down Thrip’s true mother and father, drawn into mortal danger The damaged veteran, struggling with PTSD, stock-piling weapons deep in the Georgia woods. The horror of another school shooting in small town America. THRIP, the gripping new novel by J.D. Brayton asks; In the computer age, how connected are we? Who has been left behind? Who is safe? From the author of The Clabber Grrrl’s Retreat, Eye Skin, and The Light Horse : A new psychological thriller set in small town America, where every day decisions have lasting consequences.
The Yearling
Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442441003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
An American classic—and Pulitzer Prize–winning story—that shows the ultimate bond between child and pet. No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442441003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
An American classic—and Pulitzer Prize–winning story—that shows the ultimate bond between child and pet. No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature.
Sula
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom—a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma’s girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime—until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula’s anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. Most of all, they ask: When can we let go? What must we hold back? And just how much can be shared in a friendship?
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom—a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma’s girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime—until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula’s anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. Most of all, they ask: When can we let go? What must we hold back? And just how much can be shared in a friendship?
Bond and Free
Author: Grace Lintner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Old Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War
Author: N. B. De Saussure
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Old Plantation Days is a memoir in the form of a letter that Nancy Bostick writes reflecting on her life on a plantation and her marriage and parenthood afterward during the Civil War. Excerpt: The South as I knew it has disappeared; the New South has risen from its ashes, filled with the energetic spirit of a new age.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Old Plantation Days is a memoir in the form of a letter that Nancy Bostick writes reflecting on her life on a plantation and her marriage and parenthood afterward during the Civil War. Excerpt: The South as I knew it has disappeared; the New South has risen from its ashes, filled with the energetic spirit of a new age.
Social Life in Old New Orleans
Author: Eliza Ripley
Publisher: New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher: New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Unknown Mexico
Author: Carl Lumholtz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Disaster At The Colorado
Author: Charles Baley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Army representatives in New Mexico were more enthusiastic about the road's readiness."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Army representatives in New Mexico were more enthusiastic about the road's readiness."