RANDALL HONOR demanded that Jim Randall help the only woman to break his heart. Patience Anderson's child's life was at stake--so Jim swept back into her life, secreting her and her son high in the mountains to protect them from a dangerous enemy.RANDALL PRIDE prevented Jim from giving in to his desire for Patience. As the threat neared, Jim convinced himself it was fear--not passion--that drove her into his embrace. But just as it seemed they had eluded their foe, Patience's life was threatened once more.RANDALL DESTINY had been determined. And now two souls would battle the odds to form a union no evil could destroy. Views: 49
With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skullduggery stretching across the country. They are forced to ask themselves, just how much is someone prepared to hazard to win? Views: 49
SUMMARY: November 2001. A Zodiac Inflatable Slips Away From A Submarine Off The North African Coast. If He Hadn'T Needed American Citizenship So Badly, Nick Stone Wouldn T Have Agreed To Do This One Last Job, But The Cia S Offer Of A New Life In The United States, And The Chance To Share It With Carrie, The Woman He S Fallen In Love With, Is One He Cannot Refuse. The Job Seems Simple Enough For A Man Of His Particular Skills: Infiltrate Into The Hostile And Violent Republic Of Algeria, Kill A Money-Laundering Local Businessman, And Bring Back His Severed Head To The West. Stone Isn T Told Why The Man Has To Die Like This, And He Doesn T Want To Know. He Just Guesses It S Got Something To Do With The Democratic World S Fightback After The Terrible Events Of 11 September. But As Events Unfold Alarmingly Fast, Stone Realizes That By No Means Has He Been Told The Full Story - And That In Reality The Job Has Only Just Begun. Then Comes The Devastating News That Carrie, Enraged By His Broken Promise Never To Work With The Cia Again, Has Turned Her Back On Him For Ever. Operating In The Dangerous Underworld Of The South Of France, Where Al-Qaeda Has Embarked On A Panicked Round-Up Of Funds Using The Ancient Banking System Of Hawalla, Stone Is In At The Deep End Of A Very Dirty War. In The Most Daunting Mission He Has Ever Undertaken, As One Bloody Twist Leads To Another, Stone Ultimately Finds Himself Confronted By The Most Desperate Dilemma A Man Could Ever Face. Views: 49
From New York Times bestselling author James Brady-the story of Marine legend John Basilone, one of three main characters in HBO's The PacificGunnery Sergeant John Basilone was a Marine legend who received the Medal of Honor for holding off 3,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal and the Navy Cross posthumously for his bravery on Iwo Jima. This is the story of how a young man from Raritan, New Jersey, became one of America's biggest World War II heroes.Profiles one of three main characters in HBO's The Pacific, the successful sequel to the popular mini-series Band of Brothers"A carefully reported, briskly written book . . . that could go a long way toward correcting . . . historical oversight." --The Los Angeles TimesSorts through the differing accounts of Basilone's life and exploits, including what he did on Iwo Jima and how he diedThe final book by James Brady, the Korean War veteran and well-known columnist and author... Views: 49
Once upon a time, long, long ago a flower fairy looked toward the skies and dared to fall in love with The Man in the Moon... An exciting new tale in the world of Kingdom and a hidden secret revealed about one of its most beloved characters. Views: 49
The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed and chaos prevails over the attempt at order. The Warriors follows the Dominators making their way back to their home territory without being killed. The police are prowling the city in search of anyone involved in the mayhem. An exhilarating novel that examines New York City teenagers, left behind by society, who form identity and personal strength through their affiliation with their "family," The Warriors weaves together social commentary with ancient legends for a classic coming-of-age tale. This edition includes a new introduction by the author. Views: 49
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the scene. Luckily, Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn is in the audience… Views: 49
Stark and beautiful. Feministing/-/Haunting and lyrical. NYT bestselling author James Moore /-/ Affecting. Huffington Post /-/ You gave [war] a soul, and for that, I thank you. Iraq veteran Charlie Preusser /-/ A cab-driving former professor. A charming and acerbic Vietnam vet. A lover deployed to war, an annoying mother in-law, and an uncommon friendship with a cynical Army wife. Views: 49
It is England, in the late fourteenth century, a time when the whim of a lord or the pleasure of a bishop can seal nearly anyone's fate. The printing press has yet to be invented. Books, written only in Latin or Norman French, are rare and costly, painstakingly lettered and illuminated with exquisite paintings---far beyond the reach of ordinary people.But there are cracks in the old feudal order---and in the absolute power of the Church. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church but also, in secret, for the heretical Oxford cleric John Wycliffe. Under the nose of the powerful Abbot of Broomholm, Finn illuminates pages for Wycliffe---an English translation of the Bible, meant to bring the word of God to the masses. And Finn has another secret, one that will lead both himself and his beloved daughter into ever-increasing peril.Lady Kathryn, the mistress of Blackingham Manor, is a widow who finds herself caught between the King's taxes and... Views: 49
