The commander of the U.S.S. Devilfish is ordered to hunt down and destroy a Russian rogue sub in this gripping tale of submarine warfare from the author of Threat Vector . Views: 52
Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Algernon Blackwood was an English author best known for his ghost stories. Blackwood's short stories The Willows and The Wendigo were very influential in the genre. This collection includes the following:NOVELS:The CentaurJimbo: A FantasyThe Human ChordA Prisoner in FairylandThe Extra DayJulius LeVallonThe Bright MessengerThe Wave: An Egyptian AftermathThe Promise of AirThe Garden of Survival SHORT STORIES:The WillowsThe WendigoThe DamnedThe Man Whom the Trees LovedThe Insanity of JonesThe Man Who Found OutThe Glamour of SnowSandA Physical InvasionAncient SorceriesThe Nemesis of FireSecret WorshipThe Camp of the DogA Victim of Higher SpaceThe Empty HouseA Haunted... Views: 52
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. This is a fast-paced, uplifting story that puts young readers in the middle of the action. It's a gripping story of heroism and survival with the same intensity as the bestselling book and movie The Perfect Storm. A Christy Ottaviano Book Views: 52
When the Queen of Adah dies, her daughters battle each other for the right to become the next queen. These battles are known as the Princess Wars. The outcome is always the same. Only one survives. Views: 52
Lily and Freddy have a wonderful relationship: passionate and fun. Freddy taught her to love again after the death of her father. But then Freddy becomes tense, snappy and distracted. Is he having an affair? The truth turns out to be much worse...Freddy is addicted to gambling. He owes hundreds of thousands of pounds to loan companies; he's been helping himself to money from his own company, which has now gone bust; and worst of all, his wife's money - given to him to invest - is gone. Devastated, Lily leaves him, and moves to stay with her sister in Oxford. There, among the dreaming spires, she will clear her head of Freddy and try to figure out how to move on.But being away from Freddy is far harder than she'd thought. He promises to get help, but can he really ever be cured of his addiction? How can Lily trust him again - surely, after the heartache he's caused her, she would be far better off walking away and starting again? The truth is, she is as addicted to... Views: 52
The race is on. The stakes are high.Frankie James thought his troubles were behind him. He's busy running his Soho Club, and his brother's finally out of prison. But when a postcard arrives from Mallorca, he's stopped in his tracks . . . Is it from his mother – the woman who's been missing for eight years?When the goddaughter of London's fiercest gangster, Tommy Riley, goes missing in Ibiza, Tommy knows there's one man for the job – Frankie James. Just when Frankie was on the straight and narrow, he's now faced with an impossible choice. If he agrees to help find Tanya, he'll be thrown into a world of danger. If he doesn't, Tommy could destroy him.For Frankie James, old habits die hard. One thing's for sure, playing with this gang is no game. But with everything at stake, how can Frankie say no?Double-Kiss is the fast-paced, thrilling sequel to Framed, by snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan Views: 52
A richly compelling and deeply moving novel that traces the converging lives of a young boy who witnesses a brutal murder, the doctor who tends to him, and an elderly woman guarding her long buried past.It seems like just another night shift for Lucy, an overworked ER physician in Providence, Rhode Island, until six-year-old Ben is brought in as the sole survivor from a horrifying crime scene. He's traumatized and wordless; everything he knows has been taken from him in an afternoon. It's not clear what he saw, or what he remembers. Lucy, who's grappling with a personal upheaval of her own, feels a profound, unexpected connection to the little boy. She wants to help him...but will recovering his memory heal him, or damage him further? Across town, Clare will soon be turning one hundred years old. She has long believed that the lifetime of secrets she's been keeping don't matter to anyone anymore, but a surprising encounter makes her realize that the time... Views: 52
Shane MacKenzie's life has been turned upside down. He's lost his command, his identity, and his will to live. He's a dead man walking, and the only thing that makes waking up in the morning worthwhile is knowing he'll come head to head with the one woman who gets his blood moving.Doctor Lacy Shaw spent years as a medic on the battlefield. She's seen things that can never be erased from her memory, and when Declan MacKenzie gives her the opportunity to work for MacKenzie Security, she decides any job has to be better for the body and soul than watching soldiers die in a war zone. That's until she meets Shane MacKenzie and realizes she's never fought so hard for one person to live. Views: 52
