Author: Chris Nickson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752499610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
1361: Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect. To prove his innocence John must help the coroner in his search for the killer, a quest that brings him up against some powerful enemies in a town where he is still a stranger and friends are few. Chris Nickson brilliantly evokes the feeling of time and place in this story of corruption and murder.
The Crooked Spire
Author: Chris Nickson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752499610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
1361: Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect. To prove his innocence John must help the coroner in his search for the killer, a quest that brings him up against some powerful enemies in a town where he is still a stranger and friends are few. Chris Nickson brilliantly evokes the feeling of time and place in this story of corruption and murder.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752499610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
1361: Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect. To prove his innocence John must help the coroner in his search for the killer, a quest that brings him up against some powerful enemies in a town where he is still a stranger and friends are few. Chris Nickson brilliantly evokes the feeling of time and place in this story of corruption and murder.
The Rotarian
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
Cassell's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Building Blunders
Author: Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 1543592147
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
See some of the world's biggest building blunders up close and personal. Find out how each structure failed, the basic building block that was missed during construction, and what engineers learned from their mistakes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1543592147
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
See some of the world's biggest building blunders up close and personal. Find out how each structure failed, the basic building block that was missed during construction, and what engineers learned from their mistakes.
The Anchoress of Chesterfield
Author: Chris Nickson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
John the Carpenter has been happy to leave the investigation of death behind. For six years now he's been content to work with wood. His life looks prosperous, but times are growing desperate. Then the coroner summons him to look at the mysterious death of an anchoress, a religious woman who lived in confined solitude. She's been murdered. Her father is an important local landowner, a man of influence with the crown. He's distraught, and the money he offers John to find the killer can solve his problems and leave his family comfortable for life. But the path to the truth leads John to the heart of the rich, and back into history, to places where he's not welcome and in danger for his own life. Can he find the killer? And what will happen if he doesn't?
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
John the Carpenter has been happy to leave the investigation of death behind. For six years now he's been content to work with wood. His life looks prosperous, but times are growing desperate. Then the coroner summons him to look at the mysterious death of an anchoress, a religious woman who lived in confined solitude. She's been murdered. Her father is an important local landowner, a man of influence with the crown. He's distraught, and the money he offers John to find the killer can solve his problems and leave his family comfortable for life. But the path to the truth leads John to the heart of the rich, and back into history, to places where he's not welcome and in danger for his own life. Can he find the killer? And what will happen if he doesn't?
Old Church Life
Author: William Andrews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
To Share, To Feel, To See
Author: Patricia Ann Farnsworth-Simpson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329568133
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A book of poetry that touches upon all emotions in life especially the love of God, Spirituality and earthly life in all forms...Lots of poetry inspired from challenges so all in book is suitable for all reader age groups to enjoy and hopefully relate to...
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329568133
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A book of poetry that touches upon all emotions in life especially the love of God, Spirituality and earthly life in all forms...Lots of poetry inspired from challenges so all in book is suitable for all reader age groups to enjoy and hopefully relate to...
Meant to Be
Author: Lauren Morrill
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987118
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A girl with it all planned out discovers a romance she never expected in this funny debut about a class trip to London that HelloGiggles.com says you’ll love “if you’re into swoony romances with a little bit of history thrown in.” This spring break, Julia's rules are about to get defenestrated (SAT word: to be thrown from a window) when she's partnered with her personal nemesis, class-clown Jason, on a school trip to London. After one wild party, Julia starts receiving romantic texts . . . from an unknown number! Jason promises to help discover the identity of her mysterious new suitor if she agrees to break a few rules along the way. And thus begins a wild goose chase through London, leading Julia closer and closer to the biggest surprise of all: true love. Because sometimes the things you least expect are the most meant to be. *** "Readers of Jennifer E. Smith and Stephanie Perkins will revel in this debate about love ruled by the stars or as a matter of the heart." --Shelf Awareness "Fun, fresh and irresistibly romantic. STB (SURE to be) loved!" --Sarah Mlynowski “Star-crossed characters, hilarious dialogue, and a perfect London setting. I loved Meant to Be!” –Robin Benway, author of Emmy & Oliver
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987118
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A girl with it all planned out discovers a romance she never expected in this funny debut about a class trip to London that HelloGiggles.com says you’ll love “if you’re into swoony romances with a little bit of history thrown in.” This spring break, Julia's rules are about to get defenestrated (SAT word: to be thrown from a window) when she's partnered with her personal nemesis, class-clown Jason, on a school trip to London. After one wild party, Julia starts receiving romantic texts . . . from an unknown number! Jason promises to help discover the identity of her mysterious new suitor if she agrees to break a few rules along the way. And thus begins a wild goose chase through London, leading Julia closer and closer to the biggest surprise of all: true love. Because sometimes the things you least expect are the most meant to be. *** "Readers of Jennifer E. Smith and Stephanie Perkins will revel in this debate about love ruled by the stars or as a matter of the heart." --Shelf Awareness "Fun, fresh and irresistibly romantic. STB (SURE to be) loved!" --Sarah Mlynowski “Star-crossed characters, hilarious dialogue, and a perfect London setting. I loved Meant to Be!” –Robin Benway, author of Emmy & Oliver
A L??nn? in Town
Author: Kittisak Tiyapan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9741718608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
This book is about the experience of a Lanna who have lived in Thailand, New Zealand, England, Hungary and Japan.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9741718608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
This book is about the experience of a Lanna who have lived in Thailand, New Zealand, England, Hungary and Japan.
Death of a Pilgrim
Author: David Dickinson
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780334133
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
1905. A young man called James Delaney is dying in a New York hospital. The doctors and the nuns cannot save him. When his life is spared his tycoon father takes it as a miracle and organizes a family pilgrimage to the resting place of the boy's name saint, Saint James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the greatest pilgrimage site of the Middle Ages. The first modern-day pilgrim is killed in Le Puy en Velay in Southern France and Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. The pilgrims' progress across the holy sites is punctuated by further bizarre deaths. After his own life is put in terrible danger Powerscourt finally solves the murders on the day of the Bull Run at Pamplona in Southern Spain where young men race down the cobbled streets pursued by the bulls. The careless are gored to death, but it is up to Powerscourt to beware of the horns and other hidden dangers to finally resolve the Deaths of the Pilgrims.
Publisher: C & R Crime
ISBN: 1780334133
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
1905. A young man called James Delaney is dying in a New York hospital. The doctors and the nuns cannot save him. When his life is spared his tycoon father takes it as a miracle and organizes a family pilgrimage to the resting place of the boy's name saint, Saint James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the greatest pilgrimage site of the Middle Ages. The first modern-day pilgrim is killed in Le Puy en Velay in Southern France and Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. The pilgrims' progress across the holy sites is punctuated by further bizarre deaths. After his own life is put in terrible danger Powerscourt finally solves the murders on the day of the Bull Run at Pamplona in Southern Spain where young men race down the cobbled streets pursued by the bulls. The careless are gored to death, but it is up to Powerscourt to beware of the horns and other hidden dangers to finally resolve the Deaths of the Pilgrims.