The English at the North Pole - Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Jules Verne is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Jules Verne then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 508
In this sequel to Reunion, follow the lives of four friends in a romantic tale that spans the globe and proves that you can cross the whole of cyberspace only to find love a few suburbs away.Emma is not having a very good start to her vacation. She's lost in love, lost her job and quickly feels like she's lost her mind as she finds herself getting caught up in the world of Internet chat sites.Toni isn't having the best week either. She's split up with her girlfriend, her cat has had a bad accident, and now she's caught a nasty virus that's left her housebound. Daily visits from a colleague have kept her in touch with the real world, but it's the Internet and Kayisha, the new chat site participant, who has really grabbed her attention.Then there's Cathy, Toni's employer. She's on cloud nine because her girlfriend Lisa has just officially moved in, and they're going to Italy for a month to celebrate their first anniversary. But will Toni's illness cut their plans short? And how will Lisa react to the news of Cathy's desire to have a child? Views: 508
Crusade is a richly detailed historical adventure, from Carnegie shortlisted author, Elizabeth Laird.Two boys. Two faiths. One unholy war. . . When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He burns with determination to strike down the infidel enemy . . . Salim, a merchant's son, is leading an uneventful life in the port of Acre - until news arrives that a Crusader attack is imminent. To keep Salim safe, his father buys him an apprenticeship with an esteemed, travelling doctor. But Salim's employment leads him to the heart of Sultan Saladin's camp - and into battle against the barbaric and unholy invaders . . . Views: 505
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that forces the Russian Federation into a shocking admission. The unmarked plane is a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared with its crew more than fifty years ago while carrying two metric tons of weaponized anthrax.
Desperate to prevent a political and diplomatic firestorm, the U.S. president dispatches a Covert-One team led by Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith to the crash site. But others have reached the frigid, windswept island first, including an international arms dealer and his crew of vicious mercenaries. As for the Russians, they are lying: a second, even deadlier secret rests within the hulk of the lost bomber, a secret the Russians are willing to kill to protect. Trapped in a polar wilderness, Smith and his team find themselves fighting a savage war on two front--against an enemy they can see and another hiding within their own ranks. Views: 502
"If you ever want to hide from the world, live in a small city, where everyone seems anonymous. "That's the advice of twelve-year-old Ariella Montero, who lives with her father in Saratoga Springs, New York, in a house haunted more by secrets than by memories. "The Society of S" traces her journey south, to Asheville and Savannah, and on to Florida, as she learns that everything she knows about her family is a lie. When she finds her mother, she learns the truth: Ariella is a fledgling member of the Society of S. "S" stands for "Sanguinists: " a sect of environmentalists concerned with ethics and human rights -- although they happen to be vampires. S also stands for synesthete: a person able to see words and letters in colors. The letter S is lucky for Sara, Ariella's mother, who gravitates to cities such as Savannah and Sarasota. But will it be lucky for Ariella? Susan Hubbard's novel is an intricate literary mystery that raises provocative questions about the way we live now. Ariella's voice will lure you into a world where you'll meet the "others" among us: vampires who cope with their special nature and need for blood in a variety of ways, ranging from the savage to the mundane to the scientific. Views: 502
A brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, The Traveler, The Dark River follows the Harlequin, Maya, and the Traveler, Gabriel Corrigan, on their search for Gabriel’s lost father.
In his first novel, John Twelve Hawks introduced the world of two brothers, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, who learned they were Travelers, a line of prophets through history who are able to travel into different realms of consciousness and existence, and Maya, a Harlequin who, like Harlequins before her, pledged to lay down her own life to protect any Traveler.
The Dark River opens following Maya and Gabriel’s narrow escape from his brother, Michael, and the group of powerful men who have been pursuing them. The landscape has shifted: Michael has become part of the group that wants to capture Gabriel, and thanks to advanced surveillance technology there are few places for them to hide. While he is recuperating and staying in the shadows in New York City, a shocking piece of information trickles back to Gabriel concerning his and Michael’s father. A Traveler who was believed to be dead for nearly twenty years, Gabriel hears, may still be alive and trapped somewhere across the globe. Gabriel, Maya, Hollis and Vicki must plan their escape from New York as well as their path to Gabriel’s father, who has the ability to revive the failing Traveler movement. But Michael and his group of Tabula mercenaries are equally motivated to find both Gabriel and their father–for both represent an obstacle to Michael’s unchallenged power.
The Dark River is a scintillating novel that, like The Traveler, is deeply and richly drawn, showcasing a superb and original voice. Views: 500
You remember that you were puzzled when I told you I had heard something from the owls—or if not puzzled (for I know you have some experience of these things), you were at any rate anxious to know exactly how it happened. Perhaps the time has now come for you to be told. Views: 498
Bailey Morgan isn't the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to her lower back. Never one to suffer fashion doubt, trendsetter Delia knows exactly where she wants her own tattoo: on her stomach, right where her shirt ends—can you say "midriff"? Annabelle, the quiet one, chooses the back of her neck, and tomboy Zo plasters hers on the top of her foot. The tattoos will last for three days, and Delia's sure that with them, the four friends will absolutely kill at the school dance.
Unfortunately, killing is just what someone has in mind, and Bailey, Delia, Annabelle, and Zo are in for the battle of their lives. Along with her tattoo, each girl receives a gift—a supernatural power to help them in their fight. As Bailey's increasingly frightening dreams reveal the nature of their enemy, it becomes clear to the girls that it's up to them to save the world. And if they can get Delia to stop using her newfound power to turn gum wrappers into Prada pumps, they might actually stand a chance. Views: 498
Writer's block is nothing compared to the sinister assignment London-based novelist Matt Wells has just received.A chain of seemingly innocent e-mails from a devoted fan turns deadly when Matt discovers the correspondent is a cold-blooded killer with an agenda for murder--and his family and friends are among the scheduled victims. Under close surveillance, Matt is plunged into a plot more twisted than any he has used in his novels.This is the real thing, and with each killing, the man known as the White Devil tightens his grip by incriminating Matt at the murder scenes. Cast not only as the ghostwriter of his persecutor's terrifying story, but as the victim, Matt needs to risk everything to protect his loved ones.But with the police closing in and his friends being picked off, he is running out of time. The White Devil is out there--and he's watching.From BooklistMatt Wells, once a best-selling novelist, is suffering from such a bad case of writer's block that he seizes on the smallest opportunity, such as checking his Web site for e-mails from fans, to convince himself he is still a writer. But when the e-mails from one of his most loyal readers suddenly turn threatening, Matt is plunged into a nightmare so bewildering that it could have come from the pages of the kind of novel he used to write. Why is the man who calls himself the White Devil committing gruesome crimes, and why is he leaving evidence at the scenes that links Matt to those crimes? Johnston tells a story that, though a good bit darker, will remind readers of James Grippando or even Donald Westlake in his serious mode (think The Hook). Very gripping, very frightening stuff. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedReview"'The plotting is paranoid, the action is authentic, the characters are convincing, and the denouement is devastating.' Quintin Jardine 'The Death List is white-knuckle stuff...' Mark Billingham 'A thrilling, blackly funny read.' John Connolly" Views: 498
Abandoned by his fellow Darkyn, Gabriel Seran is in continual torment as a prisoner of the religious zealots known as the Brethren. His only hope for rescue lies in Nicola Jefferson, a thief seeking a holy relic-and connected to Gabriel in more ways than she can possibly imagine. . . Views: 497
Randall Garrett was a popular 20th century science fiction and fantasy writer whose works continue to be widely read today. This is one of his most famous works. Views: 496
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War By Joseph A. Altsheler Views: 496
INTO THE INCANDESCENT FOLDS OF THE FLAPPING FIRE-GOD Their sacrifice was imminent! The crew of the spaceship Nomad had traveled to Titan, a moon of Jupiter. They were called the Vagabonds of Space. Carr Parker, his beautiful new wife Ora, her scientist father Detis -- and Car\'s best friend, the Martian called Mado. They had come to Titan to explore -- but sinister and strange vibrations from the rings of Saturn had turned its civilized peoples into utter savages. And the savages captured the Vagabonds of Space, and meant to kill him along with Nazu, a Titan who\'d somehow remained sane. Their only hope? A dead man! EXCITING INTERPLANETARY SPACE ADVENTURE FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION!
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--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Views: 495
In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, beaten to death with a metal pipe; the rooms ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone looking for money to buy drugs.
But as he looks more closely, Lucas Davenport begins to wonder if the items are actually so small or the victims so random; if there might not be some invisible agenda at work here.
Gradually a pattern begins to emerge. But the clues that connect a seemingly random series of murders will lead Davenport to somewhere he never expected. Which is unfortunate, because the killers - and there is more than one of them - are expecting him... Views: 493
