Penny of Top Hill Trail is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Belle Kanaris Maniates is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Belle Kanaris Maniates then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 153
On the sweltering summer night of July 16, 1918, in the Siberian city of Ekaterinburg, a group of assassins led an unsuspecting Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, the desperately ill Tsarevich, and their four beautiful daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, into a basement room where they were shot and then bayoneted to death.This is the story of those murders, which ended three hundred years of Romanov rule and set their stamp on an era of state-orchestrated terror and brutal repression.The Last Days of the Romanovs counts down to the last, tense hours of the family’s lives, stripping away the over-romanticized versions of previous accounts. The story focuses on the family inside the Ipatiev House, capturing the oppressive atmosphere and the dynamics of a group—the Romanovs, their servants, and guards—thrown together by extraordinary events. Marshaling overlooked evidence from key witnesses such as the British consul to Ekaterinburg, Sir Thomas Preston, American and British travelers in Siberia, and the now-forgotten American journalist Herman Bernstein, Helen Rappaport gives a brilliant account of the political forces swirling through the remote Urals town. She conveys the tension of the watching world: the Kaiser of Germany and George V, King of England—both, like Alexandra, grandchildren of Queen Victoria—their nations locked in combat as the First World War drew to its bitter end. And she draws on recent releases from the Russian archives to challenge the view that the deaths were a unilateral act by a maverick group of the Ekaterinburg Bolsheviks, identifying a chain of command that stretches directly, she believes, to Moscow—and to Lenin himself.Telling the story in a compellingly new and dramatic way, The Last Days of the Romanovs brings those final tragic days vividly alive against the backdrop of Russia in turmoil, on the brink of a devastating civil war.From Publishers WeeklySynthesizing a variety of sources, British historian Rappaport (Joseph Stalin) details the Romanovs last two weeks, imprisoned in a cramped private house in Ekaterinburg, a violently anti-czarist industrial city in the Ural Mountains where Nicholas II; his wife, Alexandra; and their five children were executed on July 17, 1918. The czars rescue was a low priority for the Allies, and several escape plots by Russian monarchists came to naught. A lax guard was replaced by a rigorous new regime on July 4, headed by Yakov Yurovsky, whose familys impoverished Siberian exile had fueled his burning hatred for the imperial family, and his ruthless assistant and surrogate son, Grigory Nikulin. How the last czar and his family died was one of Russias best-kept secrets for decades, and Rappaport spares none of the gory details of the panicked bloodbath (it took an entire clip of bullets to finish off the czarevitch because an undergarment sewn with jewels protected the boys torso) and botched burial of the corpses. Although parts of the Romanov saga are familiar and Rappaports sympathy for the czar often seems naïve, this is an absorbing, lucid and authoritative work. 16 pages of photos. (Feb. 3) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistSince the end of the Soviet Union, details about the murder of the Russian royal family in 1918 have emerged and inspired several accounts of the killings. Author Rappaport, a talented British writer of narrative history, telescopes the post-abdication story of the Romanovs into the two weeks preceding their deaths, during which the final elements of decision in Moscow and execution in the Siberian city of Ekaterinburg fell into place. As storyteller, Rappaport skillfully contrasts the ignorance of the family members of their impending doom with the preparations of the Bolsheviks on the scene. She renders astute personality portraits of the seven members of the family, noting especially the beauty of the daughters that, to a degree, underlies popular interest in and horror about what happened to the Romanovs. Such sentimentality was alien to Bolsheviks waging class war, however, and Rappaport describes the chain of command from Lenin to the firing squad with responsibility-fixing emphasis. Unavoidably ghastly in her last pages, Rappaport, whose research included visits to the murder and burial sites, has produced an emotionally powerful work of history. --Gilbert Taylor Views: 153
Edison Tesla Marshall was an American short story writer and novelist. For some of his work, he used the pseudonym Hall Hunter. His novel Benjamin Blake was adapted into a film in 1942, Son of Fury. Views: 152
Justin Huntly McCarthy was an Irish author and nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1884 to 1892, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was the son of Justin McCarthy. McCarthy wrote various novels, plays, poetical pieces and short histories. Views: 152
It all begins when Alexander H. Gory Jr. passes around a notebook in which he reveals a tantalizing secret: he has proof that their teacher, Mrs. Penrose, is a vampire. Soon the entire class is speculating and adding their opinions to the notebook until . . . it lands in Mrs. Penrose's hands. It turns out that Mrs. Penrose has been keeping a secret: she is expecting a baby. But since the notebook is encouraging her students to write and improving their spelling and grammar, Mrs. Penrose allows it to continue circulating.The notebook becomes a place for jokes, poems, and stories. When Mrs. Penrose's baby comes too soon, she is replaced by a no-nonsense substitute. Now, the students express their fears, frustrations and hopes. Views: 151
A gripping behind-the-scenes drama of four women who face life and death every dayOn her first day at Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Medical Center, L.A.-transplant Lydia Fiore, the new ER attending physician, loses a patient: the Chief of Surgery's son. Now, to save her career, Lydia must discover the truth behind her patient's death, even as it leads her into unfamiliar-and risky-territory.At least she's not alone. There's med student Amanda, a sweet Southern belle with problems of her own; Gina, a resident with a chip on her shoulder; and Nora, the no-nonsense charge nurse with a cool head but a fiery temper. Not to mention the paramedic who'd like to try out his bedside manner on Lydia.From Publishers WeeklyIn Lyons's spot-on debut, Dr. Lydia Fiore's first case as attending emergency physician at Pittsburgh's Angels of Mercy Hospital goes much better than her second: Jonah, the son of the chief of surgery, dies despite her best efforts. Put on immediate suspension pending a review and with no clear answers as to why the young man died, Lydia initiates her own investigation. To Lydia, the autopsy points to murder, and the team that worked on Jonah with her—med student Amanda, resident Gina and nurse Nora—agrees. As bodies begin to pile up in the morgue, fans of reading about medical procedures up close won't be disappointed. And the gore (and romance with a paramedic) doesn't slow down the action: Lyons delivers a breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"An exciting debut novel...Engrossing, intriguing; I will be looking forward to all her work in the future." -HEATHER GRAHAM, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Views: 151
Las Vegas provides the classic sophistication and darkness necessary
for a deadly noir story. Stylish, sultry, brimming with ambition and greed, the
characters that populate this literary Las Vegas are pushed to the extremes of
human experience. From the neon glitter of the Strip to the treacherous views of
Red Rock Canyon and Boulder City, from the desperation of Naked City to the
racial tensions of the Westside, no other location offers so many different
avenues leading to serious trouble.
Many legendary authors have turned their attention to Vegas to
investigate the city's moods and mysteries. Now, the most recent crop of
acclaimed writers explore the secret neighborhoods and byways of America's most
sinful city, offering readers not only compelling noir tales but also an
insider's understanding of this steamy oasis. These authors take readers beneath
the surface flash of Freemont Street and the Strip and into the gritty
multicultural environs of underground Vegas.
Jarret Keene is author/editor of three books, including the poetry
collection Monster Fashion, the alt-travel tome The Underground Guide
to Las Vegas, and the unauthorized rock bio The Killers: Destiny Is
Calling Me. He lives in Las Vegas.
Todd James Pierce is the author of three books, including the novel
A Woman of Stone and the short story collection Newsworld, which
won the 2006 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. He is an assistant professor of
English at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo,
California.Table of
ContentsIntroductionPart I: Sin City"The Tik" by
John O'Brien (Scotch 80s)"Pretty Little Parasite" by David Corbett
(Fremont)"Mitzhav" by Tod Goldberg (Summerlin)"Babs" by Scott Phillips
(Naked City)"This or Any Desert" by Vu Tran (Chinatown)Part II:
Neon Grit"Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders" by Pablo Medina (West Las
Vegas)"Bits and Pieces" by Christine McKellar (Green Valley)"Crip" by Preston L. Allen (Nellis)"Three Times a Night,
Every Other Night" by Lori Kozlowski (North Las Vegas)"Disappear" by Jaq
Greenspon (Sunset Park)"All About Balls" by Jose Skinner (East Las
Vegas)Part III: Tales from the Outskirts"Atomic City" by Nora
Pierce (Test Site)"Dirty Blood" by Celeste Starr (Pahrump)"Guns Don't
Kill People" by Bliss Esposito (Centennial Hills)"Murder Is Academic" by
Felicia Campbell (Mount Charleston)"The Road to Rachel" by Janet Berliner
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The Branding Iron is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Katharine Newlin Burt is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Katharine Newlin Burt then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 150
Franceso Petrarch (1304-1374), creator of the sonnet form, remained for more than three hundred years the most influential poet in Europe, his works more widely read than even those of Dante. This collection contains English language versions of his poems from across six centuries, in a wide variety of translations and reinterpretations. Spanning the Trionfi series and the Canzoniere - Petrarch's empassioned sonnet-sequence concerning his beloved Laura - it also includes great English poems influenced by Petrarch. From Chaucer's early adaptation of a Petrarchan sonnet in Troilus and Criseyde to the sixteenth century translations by the Earl of Surrey, Byron's mocking consideration of the Canzoniere in Don Juan and Ezra Pound's parody Silet, all provide a unique insight into the significance of the founder of the European lyric tradition. Views: 149
Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Margheraa body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the corpse but is met with a wall of silence. He then receives a telephone call from a contact who promises some tantalizing information. And before the night is out, Brunetti is confronting yet another appalling, and apparently senseless, death. Views: 149
LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTORecovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station -- and the link it provides to their original Life Times -- the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath.To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the s... Views: 149
