A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly uncooperative Vereker family had the motive and means to kill Andrew Vereker, who seemed to have been universally disliked. One cousin allies himself with the inspector, while the victim's half-brother and sister, each of whom suspects the other, markedly try to set him off the scent. To readers' delight, the killer is so cunning (not to mention the author), that the mystery remains until the very end...
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In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumblesacross a murder victim who may have been an extortionist. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Views: 240
Tells the moving story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women in Kenya. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Kamau and Njoroge, and the rest of the family must decide where their loyalties lie. Views: 240
One riddle, two answers and no solution -- Why a reed boat? -- To the Indians in the Cactus Forest -- With Bedouin and Buduma in the heart of Africa -- Among Black monks at the source of the Nile -- In the world of the Pyramid-builders -- Out in the Atlantic -- Down the African coast to Cape Juby -- In the clutches of the sea -- Into American waters -- RA II, by papyrus boat from Africa to America Views: 240
Lawyer Scott Jordan is again on the book when the correspondent in an
old divorce case he'd handled becomes a corpse, and there is more than a
suspicion of collusion. Counterfeit money creates a diversion from a
second dubious divorce plot which corroborates earlier misdemeanours and
murders. Views: 239
Winner of the 1961 National Book Award. The dazzling novel that established Walker Percy as one of the major voices in Southern literature is now available for the first time in Vintage paperback. The Moviegoer is Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker who surveys the world with the detached gaze of a Bourbon Street dandy even as he yearns for a spiritual redemption he cannot bring himself to believe in. On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, he occupies himself dallying with his secretaries and going to movies, which provide him with the "treasurable moments" absent from his real life. But one fateful Mardi Gras, Binx embarks on a hare-brained quest that outrages his family, endangers his fragile cousin Kate, and sends him reeling through the chaos of New Orleans' French Quarter. Wry and wrenching, rich in irony and romance, The Moviegoer is a genuine American classic. Views: 239
"DEATH," the high priest said to me. "You are close to death. I knew that you did not have a second device. So my information was valid. I demand full freedom and the right to participate in programming the robot Regent.""You're a little late with that idea," remarked Rhodan. "Without the activator, Atlan will die. If that happens because of you, Kaata, I'll come after you personally! You'll not get inside the ship. If Atlan is put out of action you will still have me and my mutants to face. We'll chase you all over this moon if we have to. I am familiar with the spacesuit you are wearing. It only gives you 10 hours of oxygen. Our Terranian suits have a superior regeneration system. We can breathe for 24 hours! What use is it to resist? What could you gain by Atlan's death? Use your reason! I'm offering you complete freedom—what more do you want? You're beaten, anyway."The Anti was silent for a few moments, during which we allowed our weapons to cool off. Otherwise we would not have been able to use them.Then came Kaata's answer: "I can't rely either on your promise or on that of a dying man. I prefer to gamble on what's real. My prospects of conquering you are better than anything you can guarantee me. I have no faith in the pledges of a barbarian or in the promises of an Imperator who has gained power through deception. You will have to die, Atlan!"THE MYSTERY OF THE ANTI! Views: 239
All the passions and intrigues of Bonaparte's court are seen through the eyes of a silk merchant's daughter from Marseilles, a young woman who became Napoleon's fiancee and, ultimately, the Queen of Sweden.First published in 1953. Views: 239
Take a fortune in gold and two men with an impossible plan to steal it. Give them enough arms and ammunition to hold off an army—then bring on the army!
John Mallory was dynamite … a fugitive Irish revolutionary who knew all there was to know about explosives—and carried enough TNT on his back to level a city.
Juan Mirandez Ibanez was a lighted match … a cut-throat Mexican bandit with comtempt for a corrupt government, a taste for tequila, an eye for other men’s wives—and a weakness for over-stuffed bank vaults.
They went through the lawless, rebellious Mexican countryside like a lighted powder train, and the explosion spared no one.
Rafran Films presents Rod Steiger • James Coburn • Romolo Valli in “A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE” Screenplay by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati and Sergio Leone. Original Music Composed and Conducted by Ennio Morricone. Directed by Sergio Leone. Produced by Fulvio Morsella. Views: 238
B. Traven's last novel, first published in 1960 but never before released in English, features a larger-than-life heroine: Ms. Aslan Norval, an American millionairess with Hollywood roots and political schemes up her sleeveThough Aslan Norval is wealthy beyond measure and contentedly married to an aging businessman, she finds herself tormented with the desire to do something epic, something no man has dared to do: she decides to build a canal across the continental United States. With the help of an uncouth Korean War veteran—whom she appoints as her right-hand man and unlikely lover—she forms a public corporation. A congressional committee of investigators, prodded by lobbyists, tries to stop the venture; but the ensuing publicity arouses the civic-minded public, and "democratic process" insists that the canal be realized as a federal undertaking. Not only will the project relieve chronic unemployment and demobilize the armed forces, but it will also... Views: 238
The Machineries of Joy • (1962)
The One Who Waits • (1949)
Tyrannosaurus Rex • (1962)
The Vacation • (1963)
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh • (1960)
Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! • (1962)
Almost the End of the World • (1957)
Perhaps We Are Going Away • (1962)
And the Sailor, Home from the Sea • (1960)
El Dia de Muerte • (1947)
The Illustrated Woman • (1961)
Some Live Like Lazarus • (1960)
A Miracle of Rare Device • (1961)
And So Died Riabouchinska • (1953)
The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge • (1961)
Death and the Maiden • (1960)
A Flight of Ravens • (1952)
The Best of All Possible Worlds • (1960)
The Lifework of Juan Diaz • (1963)
To the Chicago Abyss • (1963)
The Anthem Sprinters • (1963) Views: 238
Procyon, a young raccoon, explores the woods, has great adventures, and learns to survive in the world around him Procyon, a raccoon born in a forest in Minnesota, lives happily with his mother, brother, and two sisters. He spends his days playing in the woods around their den, learning to find larvae and crayfish in the streambeds, and to avoid predators like Otus, the screech owl. But eventually the little raccoon must leave his family to make his own way in the world, relying on all that his mother has taught him. Suddenly, Procyon’s littermates are his rivals—for food, for shelter, and for a mate. Evading humans as well as wild predators, Procyon uses his instincts and natural cunning to do what all animals must: survive and thrive. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jean Craighead George, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. Views: 238
The Eden Express describes from the inside Mark Vonnegut's experience in the late '60s and early '70s--a recent college grad; in love; living communally on a farm, with a famous and doting father, cherished dog, and prized jalopy--and then the nervous breakdowns in all their slow-motion intimacy, the taste of mortality and opportunity for humor they provided, and the grim despair they afforded as well. That he emerged to write this funny and true book and then moved on to find the meaningful life that for a while had seemed beyond reach is what ultimately happens in The Eden Express. But the real story here is that throughout his harrowing experience his sense of humor let him see the humanity of what he was going through, and his gift of language let him describe it in such a moving way that others could begin to imagine both its utter ordinariness as well as the madness we all share. Views: 238
All magic has consequences
Long ago, the seawitch Dread Mary fell in love with a hard-hearted prince and gave him the Magic Three of Solatia: three silver buttons that could fulfill any wish—but at a price. Centuries later, the buttons belong to Sianna of the Song, a button maker’s daughter and heir to all of Dread Mary’s magic secrets. But the cruel King Blaggard of Solatia seeks to wed the lovely Sianna and steal her power. Sianna will need her wits, her magic, and the silver buttons to save herself and Solatia from the evil Blaggard . . . but what will it cost her?
This ebook features a personal history by Jane Yolen including rare images from the author’s personal collection, as well as a note from the author about the making of the book. Views: 237
