Author: Roger Longrigg
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755152123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Drug traffickers in Morocco must be eliminated and Lady Jennifer Norrington, along with her compatriots, travels from its back alleys to London, France and then Kenya, with murder and mayhem always present. A heart-stopping climax involves treachery, racing cars and murderous light aircraft, along with a macabre episode surrounding sacred eels.
The Tank of Sacred Eels
The epic of the wheat: The octopus
Author: Frank Norris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The Man With The Tiny Head
Author: Roger Longrigg
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
‘The Man’ and his associates have no morals. White-slaving, blackmail, terrorism, torture and mini-battles on the high seas are all fair game. Against them is Lady Jennifer Norrington and her team. The storyline is both exciting and realistic, with sub-plots adding tension and originality. Not one to be missed by adherents of the thriller genre!
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
‘The Man’ and his associates have no morals. White-slaving, blackmail, terrorism, torture and mini-battles on the high seas are all fair game. Against them is Lady Jennifer Norrington and her team. The storyline is both exciting and realistic, with sub-plots adding tension and originality. Not one to be missed by adherents of the thriller genre!
The Octopus
Author: Frank Norris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486146324
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Based on an actual bloody dispute in 1880 between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, this tale of greed, betrayal, and a lust for power is played out during the waning days of the western frontier.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486146324
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Based on an actual bloody dispute in 1880 between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, this tale of greed, betrayal, and a lust for power is played out during the waning days of the western frontier.
Annihilation
Author: Piotr Szewc
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A day in the life of a small Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A day in the life of a small Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II.
The Complete Pegāna
Author: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Baron Dunsany
Publisher: Chaosium Inc.
ISBN: 1568821905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Lord Dunsany's dream-like short stories were an important basis not only for HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, but also for his entire mythos of supernatural entities. Now for the first time ever, all of Dunsany's Pegana series is collected in one place. The Complete Pegana contains the entire contents of Dunsany's first two collections, "The Gods of Pegana" and "Time and the Gods", as well as his final Pegana trilogy, "Beyond the Fields We Know".
Publisher: Chaosium Inc.
ISBN: 1568821905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Lord Dunsany's dream-like short stories were an important basis not only for HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands stories, but also for his entire mythos of supernatural entities. Now for the first time ever, all of Dunsany's Pegana series is collected in one place. The Complete Pegana contains the entire contents of Dunsany's first two collections, "The Gods of Pegana" and "Time and the Gods", as well as his final Pegana trilogy, "Beyond the Fields We Know".
Sea of Poppies
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429930810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The first in an epic trilogy, Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" (The Observer [London]). At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppies is "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" (Vogue).
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429930810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The first in an epic trilogy, Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" (The Observer [London]). At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppies is "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" (Vogue).
The Necklace Of Skulls
Author: Roger Longrigg
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Lady Jennifer Norrington and her companions travel to India to uncover a drug-stealing operation. It develops into something more frightening when she is caught and used as bait by the perpetrators of religious murders. This wholly credible tale is set in exotic places and is a true suspense novel, with plot and sub-plots and many surprises.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135083
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Lady Jennifer Norrington and her companions travel to India to uncover a drug-stealing operation. It develops into something more frightening when she is caught and used as bait by the perpetrators of religious murders. This wholly credible tale is set in exotic places and is a true suspense novel, with plot and sub-plots and many surprises.
The Frog In The Moonflower
Author: Roger Longrigg
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The ‘ALA’ is blamed for a series of savage attacks on hunts. Meanwhile, in Geneva, the ‘SIN’ seeks to protect every species. Sandro, one of Lady Jennifer Norrington’s companions, has an aunt who is involved. But it is in East Africa that this story of multiple murder, terror and suspense concludes. The climax is as surprising as it is satisfying.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755135059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The ‘ALA’ is blamed for a series of savage attacks on hunts. Meanwhile, in Geneva, the ‘SIN’ seeks to protect every species. Sandro, one of Lady Jennifer Norrington’s companions, has an aunt who is involved. But it is in East Africa that this story of multiple murder, terror and suspense concludes. The climax is as surprising as it is satisfying.
The Brief Sun
Author: Robert Ambros
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759692920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Andrzej was only sixteen when he was deported from his home in eastern Poland and sent to a Siberian labor camp during World War II. The Soviets planned to work him to death, but all that changed when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. Stalin was stunned and reluctantly agreed to the formation of a Polish army in exile. Andrzej had only one chance for survival: travel thousands of miles through the Siberian wastelands to find this new army, known as Anders Army. This is the true story of men who left Siberian labor camps half-starved, and trained with rags on their feet and wooden guns on their shoulders to win back their homeland. They developed into what British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan referred to as one of the greatest fighting units in World War II, winning battle after battle against Germanys finest soldiers and opening up the road to Rome for the Allies. An undefeated army in exile, they were betrayed when within reach of their homeland. Swept under the rugs during the Cold War, The Brief Sun describes the incredible true story of a struggle first to survive and then to triumph. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan compared the story of Anders and his men to the march of the Greeks under Xenophon. "Alas, though the Greeks at last saw the sea, which meant for them the final stage in the journey," wrote Macmillan, "this Polish force, starting from the prison camps of Eastern Europe, traversed Asia, Africa, and Western Europe, only to find, at the end of so much heroism, disillusion, and despair." From struggles to survive in Siberian labor camps to triumphs on the battlefields of Italy, The Brief Sun is an extraordinary story of courage, heroism, and in the end, betrayal. For more information, see the web site dedicated to this novel at: www.thebriefsun.com.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759692920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Andrzej was only sixteen when he was deported from his home in eastern Poland and sent to a Siberian labor camp during World War II. The Soviets planned to work him to death, but all that changed when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. Stalin was stunned and reluctantly agreed to the formation of a Polish army in exile. Andrzej had only one chance for survival: travel thousands of miles through the Siberian wastelands to find this new army, known as Anders Army. This is the true story of men who left Siberian labor camps half-starved, and trained with rags on their feet and wooden guns on their shoulders to win back their homeland. They developed into what British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan referred to as one of the greatest fighting units in World War II, winning battle after battle against Germanys finest soldiers and opening up the road to Rome for the Allies. An undefeated army in exile, they were betrayed when within reach of their homeland. Swept under the rugs during the Cold War, The Brief Sun describes the incredible true story of a struggle first to survive and then to triumph. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan compared the story of Anders and his men to the march of the Greeks under Xenophon. "Alas, though the Greeks at last saw the sea, which meant for them the final stage in the journey," wrote Macmillan, "this Polish force, starting from the prison camps of Eastern Europe, traversed Asia, Africa, and Western Europe, only to find, at the end of so much heroism, disillusion, and despair." From struggles to survive in Siberian labor camps to triumphs on the battlefields of Italy, The Brief Sun is an extraordinary story of courage, heroism, and in the end, betrayal. For more information, see the web site dedicated to this novel at: www.thebriefsun.com.