What was this strange legacy Mathilda Bartone’s husband had bequeathed her in return for their May-December marriage? Present the Doll in Red to my solicitor within six months or forfeit all rights to Bartone Hollows and to my fortune.” Her search for the doll led to London with its wicked ways—and to brooding young Lord Bartone. Regency Romance by Joan Vincent; originally published by Dell Candlelight Regency Special Views: 660
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the sixteenth book in the series.
At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen’s objective is to set the revolutionary tinder of South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on the British government which has blundered into war with the young and uncomfortably vigorous United States. The shock and barbarity of hand-to-hand fighting are sharpened by O’Brian’s exact sense of period, his eye for landscape and his feel for a ship under sail. Views: 645
Arthur Rasby is ten years old and having the worst summer of his life. His parents don't listen to him, so he writes everything down -- everything that's real -- in his journal. But when he goes to stay with his Great-Aunt Elda and Great-Uncle Wrisby on their farm, his world is turned upside down. For the first time Arthur wonders what's real and what's not.
His aunt and uncle do things Arthur's parents would never do -- like climbing out windows to sit in trees, singing to their pet pig, and speaking French to a pet chicken. Life on the farm happens much too fast to write down -- sometimes wonderful, sometimes terrible. Arthur begins to understand there is more than one way of seeing and doing and loving. And he realizes there's a whole world just waiting to be discovered. Views: 644
With her beauty, charm and wit, Henrietta Rolland is queen of the London Season - until she discovers that a notorious rake was responsible for the death of her brother at Waterloo. Disguising herself as a fictitious lord, she sets out to avenge her brother, but the plan takes an unexpected turn. Views: 641
On far Tarot dreams come true—and fanged nightmares stalk the land. Sent to pierce the dread curtain of the Animation that turns fantasy into hideous reality, the wanderer-monk Paul finds himself on a trip to the ultimate and most terrifying fantasy of them all. Hell. Views: 636
Rebellious Lady Joanne is banished to the obscurity of Kentoncombe by her father, the libertine Earl of Furness. Lord Jason Kenton, determined to transform her into a lady, was duty-bound to introduce her to the London ton. Destined for another man’s arms—and marriage, was Lady Joanne woman enough to teach her tutor a lesson in love? Georgian Romance by Joan Vincent; originally published by Dell Candlelight Views: 634
In 1979 Robert Penn Warren returned to his native Todd Country, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had just been restored, ninety years after his death, by a special act of Congress. From that nostalgic journey grew this reflective essay on the tragic career of Jefferson Davis — "not a modern man in any sense of the word but a conservative called to manage what was, in one sense, a revolution." Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back is also a meditation by one of our most respected men of letters on the ironies of American history and the paradoxes of the modern South. Views: 626
Young and free-spirited, Luciana longed to escape the superficial glitter of London and embrace the romance of Venice as her mother had done twenty years before. Now, like an irresistible enchantment, the Great City of Canals beckoned the tall, raven-haired beauty, who seemed to know she must follow in her mother's footsteps to discover her own heart's desire.
As a bold adventuress, Luciana arrived in strife-torn Italy embarked on a secret mission. Searching for the mysterious Tonetti, fleeing sinister General Eisenhoph, she had no sooner arrived than she was enmeshed in a web of intrigue and danger - danger that stirred her heart and marked her destiny with the reckless daring that made her the Demon Count's daughter. Views: 618
'A single ball came through at deck level, It struck a burst of sparks from the steel hull, like Brocks Fireworks at Crystal palace, brilliant orange even in the strong sunlight, and the hole it tore through Black Joke's plating was fringed with bare jagged tongues of metal like the petals of a silver sunflower.'
In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But long before they sight that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with all the fury of natural enemies -- and love with all the desperation of those unable to evade the commands of fate. For if she can bring hope and healing to Africa's fever-ridden shores, he, a lawless trader in human cargo, will possess any man -- or woman -- he chooses... Views: 617
Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck. A vicious attack by Malay pirates is repulsed, but the makeshift vessel burns, and they are truly marooned. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the whimsy and ingenuity of Patrick O'Brian—or Stephen Maturin—could devise.
In command now of a new ship, the Nutmeg, Aubrey pursues his interrupted mission. The dreadful penal colony in New South Wales, harrowingly described, is the backdrop to a diplomatic crisis provoked by Maturin's Irish temper, and to a near-fatal encounter with the wildlife of the Australian outback.(less) Views: 598
A German submarine is sunk during World War Two. How do you turn this gimmick into a horror novel? Which direction do you go? What's the creep factor? Robert McCammon, who took the premise of vampires in Los Angeles to its natural conclusion by having half the city turned into vampires and unleashed an Allied werewolf loose on a secret Nazi base, can be counted on to accomplish the task. The raising of the Nazi submarine is central to McCammon's story which delivers surprising twists and bloody confrontations. The U-boat was sunk off a Caribbean island, but under circumstances that leave it largely intact until a diver accidentally dislodges an unexploded depth charge which lets the sand-covered sub bob to the surface. This could result in a nice sale to museum. But soon, it's decided the sub would be better off back in the Big Drink. The problem is, see, the crew is not dead, thanks to a voodoo curse. Views: 597
Spannende spionagethriller die zich afspeelt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog
In totaal werden van Ken Folletts boeken bijna 400.000 exemplaren verkocht in Nederland en Vlaanderen
* *De Duitsers kennen hem als De Sfinx, anderen als Alex Wolff, een Europese zakenman. Als uit het niets duikt hij op vanuit de woestijn, gewapend met een radio, een dodelijk mes en een exemplaar van Daphne du Mauriers *Rebecca*.
Noord-Afrika, 1942. Het leger van veldmaarschalk Rommel lijkt onverslaanbaar. Alex Wolff is zijn geheime wapen, een briljante spion die in Caïro inlichtingen vergaart bij de Britten. Zijn methode is zo oud als de wereld: terwijl buikdanseres Sonja de Engelse officieren verleidt met haar sensuele act, gaat Wolff op zoek naar informatie, die hij aan Rommel doorspeelt via een ingewikkelde code in de roman *Rebecca*. Maar dan keert zijn eigen methode zich tegen hem: Sonja blijkt niet de enige beeldschone jonge vrouw die als dubbelspion wordt ingezet…
**De pers over *Code Rebecca
***‘Opwindende, zeer gedetailleerde thriller gebaseerd op ware gebeurtenissen.’ *Sunday* *Times*
‘Briljant. Zo veel avontuur laat je ademloos achter.’ Time.com
‘Grandioos, bloedstollend, de hit van het jaar.’ *People
*‘Van de openingsscène tot aan de geweldige climax; Ken Follett levert de spanning die de lezers van hem gewend zijn.’*Los Angeles Times
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This hospital-based horror tale features abduction and a research project that violates every principle of modern medicine. This is a reissue of a novel by a popular author often described as the 'Queen of Suspense'. Views: 591
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. In plain English, he explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, and concludes with an assessment of Marx's legacy.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. Views: 589
Elizabeth is forced to grow up when her father goes to fight in World War II. Her family moves in with her grandfather, and a special friend is struck by tragedy.
An ALA Notable Children's Book. Views: 586
