Catherine Lister's life is very much centered about her aunt and her two cousins. When Catherine’s aunt announces her own plans to re-marry,
events begin to snowball — and somehow the silver leopard that
Catherine’s uncle had sent her just before his untimely death is
intricately involved. Views: 35
Don't Mention Murder It was a vulgar word in the swank millionaire town of San Valdesto. But knocking off a few citizens here and there seemed more than a grave social error to a tough-minded detective like Joe Puma. It made him sore when he discovered the natives would rather protect a well-bred killer than put up with a low-brow private eye. So he taught them a lesson and his red-blooded tactics set the town's blue blood to boiling. The Wayward Widow . . . another mad whirl on a murder-go round with that damsel-chasing knight in amour—Joe Puma. Views: 35
YOUR NAME IS LITTLEJOE AND YOU HAVE BIG IDEAS
Some men are afraid of the law. You’re not. As far as you’re concerned, the law had better be scared of you—scared enough to hand you a million dollars and a jet airliner to take you to a place where you can enjoy the money. And there’s nobody to say you’re wrong as you and your crew hold a bank full of hostages and start turning on the heat while the TV cameras whirr and the public gasps and the New York City Police Department and the F.B.I. sweat and squirm on the edge of surrender . . .
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
the hottest afternoon you’ll ever live through! Views: 35
This contains: Gonna Roll the Bones; Sanity; Wanted - An Enemy; The Man Who Never Grew Young; The Ship Sails at Midnight; The Enchanted Forest; Coming Attraction; Poor Superman; A Pail of Air; The Foxholes of Mars; The Big Trek; The Big Holiday; The Night He Cried; Space Time for Springers; Try and Change the Past; A Deskful of Girls; Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee; Little Old Miss Macbeth; Mariana; The Man Who Made Friends With Electricity; The Good New Days; and America the Beautiful. Gonna Roll the Bones won the Nebula Award for best novelette in 1967 and the Hugo Award for best novelette in 1968; in 1981, Fritz Leiber was presented with the Nebula Grand Masters Award for lifetime achievement. Views: 35
A Phone call for Bowman at two a.m.... A honeyed, velvet voice of invitation... A trip across town in the small hours... A grim discovery in a swanky apartment... From these tense beginnings, Hartley Howard-past-master of the suspense story-constructs a tight web of excitement, of sudden death, and of lovely women playing forhigh stakes in an onrushing tale that will keep you enthralled until the very last page. Views: 35
You can't just ask for the chance to fly . . .When his dad announced they were moving to Iowa, Brian looked forward to making some new friends. But on his first day there he makes an enemy instead — Frankie Heller, the meanest kid in town. Brian needs to hang out with someone cool to get back on track. . . .Alex has always been the coolest guy around, and good with money, just like his dad. But now the family is struggling, and he needs to make some cash to keep up appearances. Then an opportunity falls in his lap . . . .Max is a scientific genius, but his parents are always busy with their own work. Building an actual plane should get their attention — if only he wasn't scared of heights . . .The answer to all three boys' problems starts with Max's secret flyer. But Frankie and the laws of popularity and physics stand in their way. Can they work together in time to get their plan AND their plane off the ground? Views: 35
Giant, technologically superior aliens have conquered Earth, but humankind survives - even flourishes in a way. Men and women live like mice in burrows in the massive walls of the huge homes of the aliens, scurrying about under their feet, stealing from them. A complex social and religious order has evolved, with women preserving knowledge and working as healers, and men serving as warriors and thieves. For the aliens, men and women are just a nuisance, neither civilized nor intelligent, and certainly not a worthy adversary. In fact, they are regarded as vermin, to be exterminated. Which, ironically, may just be humankind's strength and point the way forward. Views: 35
The unforgettable story of a young boy's love for a girl and his extraordinary freindship with a dolphin."A magnificent story, beautifully told, about a boy and his loyalties... The beautiful, exciting episodes of undersea swimming and spearfishing, the happy cavorting of boy and dolphin, and the tragic resolution of the story are all equally \ convincing and moving."Publisher's Weekly"BROTHERS OF THE SEA is a beautifully written and moving story of a boy's conflicting loyalties, a story that captivates the reader by its very simplicity. The author's pen is so visual that one finds himself hanging on tightly as he flies through the water astride the dolphin. Indeed, that is the ultimate merit of the book: the reader becomes completely involved in circumstances that are as believable as they are vividly portrayed."Best Sellers"No summary of this novel can catch its special tenderness and understanding—its articulation, in words, of feelings that can only be expressed as action by the young hero.... Paul, his adventures with a dolphin, his growing love for Danielle, his futile attempts to stave off the tragedy that awaits his father, are described with simplicity and love by Mr. Sherman."St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Author Sherman... gently moves the reader through this touching tale. It's poignant and well-done."Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Views: 35
Entered by a thousand unsuspected gateways—built by a race lost in the clouds of time—the planet its dwellers called the Well World turned beings of every kind into something else. There spacefarer Nathan Brazil found himself companioned by a batman, an amorous female centaur and a mermaid—all once as human as he. Yet Nathan Brazil’s metamorphosis was more terrifying than any of those… and his memory was coming back, bringing with it the secret of the Well World. For at the heart of the bizarre planet lay the goal of every being that had ever lived—and Nathan Brazil and his comrades were… lucky?… enough to find it! Views: 35
The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between
Two Friends and a Lion In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with *Born Free’s* George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
*A Lion Called Christian* tells the remarkable story of how Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London’s King’s Road, where the charismatic and intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising the streets in the back of a Bentley, popping in for lunch at a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the lion cub was growing up—*fast*—and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn’t large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of the hit film *Born Free*, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of “the father of lions” George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully integrated into Africa and a life with other lions. Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, *A Lion Called Christian* is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature Views: 35
**Synopsis:**
The survivors of a devastated future Earth lie in suspended animation on a great satellite. When Earth is safe again, they will awaken. But when the Doctor, Sarah, and Harry arrive on the Terra Nova, they find the systems have failed and the humans never woke. The Wirrrn Queen has infiltrated the satellite, and laid her eggs inside one of the sleepers. As the first of the humans wake, they face an attack by the emerging Wirrrn. But not everyone is what they seem, and the only way the Doctor can discover the truth is by joining with the dead mind of the Wirrrn Queen. The price of failure is the Doctor's death, and the end of humanity! Featuring the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker, and his companions Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan, this novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from January 25-February 15, 1975. Views: 35
A newspaperman investigates the strange case of a murdered society clownHowie Rook does not care for the police. After a long career in newspapers, he has seen too many cases loused up by unimaginative detectives to have any faith in by-the-book investigation. Recently retired, he spends his leisure hours writing letters to the editor regarding police stupidity. He’s so good at pointing out the department’s screw-ups that it has decided to reach out to him. They have an impossible crime, and it requires an amateur’s eye.Real estate magnate James McFarley is found dead in a locked room, a bullet in his chest, and clown make-up on his face. The police have no suspects, no witnesses, and no hope but Rook. The amateur’s skill is about to be put to the test. Will he find the killer, or will he end up looking sillier than a murdered clown?Unhappy Hooligan is part of the Howie Rook Mysteries series, which also includes Rook Takes Knight. Views: 35
An old woman asks eccentric sleuth Nero Wolfe to uncover the mysterious source of her husband's money. When the case leads Wolfe to a confrontation with a racketeer, he resigns from the job and goes into hiding. His wise-guy assistant, Archie, must solve the case without help. Wolfe's career seems to have ended in disgrace. Or has it? Views: 35
