Chris Conlan is the coolest kid in sixth grade—the golden-armed quarterback of the football team and the boy all the others look up to. Scott Parry is the new kid, the boy with the huge brain, but with feet that trip over themselves. These two boys may seem like an odd couple, but each has a secret that draws them together, and proves that the will to succeed is even more important than raw talent. Views: 28
Dark and atmospheric science fiction books for struggling readers. The stories centre around Matt Merton and his plight to save the Earth from extinction in the aftermath of an alien invasion. Written for readers aged 10 to 14, who have a reading age of 7 to 8, each book offers a satisfying and worthwhile read, with fast-moving narratives, specially-designed text and thought-provoking themes. Views: 28
The Truth Can Be The Hardest Thing To TellJune 26, 1862Charlotte Randolph isn't sure she can go on with her deception, no matter what her brother says or how noble the cause. How can she tell him that it seems her own name has come to mean "liar" and "traitor"? She is supposed to be a good Southern woman, spying for the Confederate cause, and yet ever since Union soldiers took over her home, it's been difficult to remember that they're the enemy. She knows that Captain Ben Chandler, the general's aide-de-camp, suspects that she has secrets. What if he discovers the truth about little Alexander? What if he finds out that Charlotte's taking information to the Rebels? And what if he realizes that her interest in him is far more than polite? Secretly engaged to three different Union officers, it's impossible to deny--she has fallen in love with the only one who can destroy her... Inspired by the true story of a Memphis Belle. Views: 28
From the talented(Bertrice Small) author of Midwife of the Blue Ridge, a stirring novel set on the brink of the American Revolution.On a bright May day in New York City, Anne Peabody receives an unexpected kiss from a stranger. Bringing news of the repeal of the Stamp Act, Jack Hampton, a member of the Sons of Liberty, abruptly sweeps Anne into his arms, kisses herand then leaves her to her fate of an arranged marriage1775: Nearly ten years have passed and Anne, now the Widow Merrick, continues her late husbands business printing Tory propaganda, not because she believes in the cause, but because she needs the money to survive. When her shop is ransacked by the Sons of Liberty, Anne once again comes face to face with Jack and finds herself drawn to the ardent patriot and his rebel cause.As shots ring out at Lexington and war erupts, Anne is faced with a life-altering decision: sit back and watch her world torn apart, or stand and fight for both her countrys... Views: 28
roduct Description This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty science fiction short stories and novellas by more than forty different authors. Most of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s.Included within this work are stories by H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster, Randall Garrett, Robert Sheckley, Stanley Weinbaum, Alan Nourse, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.ContentsRING ONCE FOR DEATHBy Robert ArthurTHIS CROWDED EARTHBy Robert BlochTHE LANI PEOPLEBy J. F. BoneMIZORA: A PROPHECYBy Mary E. BradleyTHE DOOR THROUGH SPACEBy Marion Zimmer BradleyFELONYBy James CauseyTHE SKY IS FALLINGBy Lester del ReySTAMPED CAUTIONBy Raymond Z. GallunCARD ... TRICKBy Randall GarrettDAMNED IF YOU DON'TBy Randall GarrettMECCANIA: THE SUPER-STATEBy Owen GregoryBREAKING POINTby James E. GunnTHE SMILERBy Albert HernhunterTHE LOVE OF FRANK NINETEENBy David C. KnightTHE SIX FINGERS OF TIMEBy R. A. LaffertyMARS CONFIDENTIAL!By Jack Lait & Lee MortimerTHE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPERBy Murray LeinsterTHE WATER EATERBy Win MarksBEYOND PANDORABy Robert J. MartinMOTHER AMERICABy Sam Mcclatchie, M.D.WHEN CAVERNS YAWNEDBy S. P. MeekTHE LINKBy Alan E. NoursePOLICE OPERATIONBy H. Beam PiperSONNYBy Rick RaphaelHOLES INCORPORATEDBy L. Major ReynoldsWHERE I WASN'T GOINGBy Walt and Leigh RichmondDECISIONBy Frank M. RobinsonTHE PREMIEREBy Richard SabiaOPERATION LORELIEBy William P. SaltonFELINE REDBy Robert SampsonZERO DATABy Charles SaphroWATCHBIRDBy Robert SheckleyJIMSY AND THE MONSTERSBy Walt SheldonTHE VILBAR PARTYBy Evelyn E. SmithBRKNK'S BOUNTYBy Jerry SohlB-12's MOON GLOWBy Charles A. StearnsGARTH AND THE VISITORBy L. J. StecherVITAL INGREDIENTBy Gerald VanceTHE OBSERVERSBy G. L. VandenburgVULCAN'S WORKSHOPBy Harl VincentFORGET ME NEARLYBy F. L. WallaceTO EACH HIS STARBy Bryce WaltonTHE WORLDS OF IFBy Stanley G. WeinbaumTHE SEED OF THE TOC-TOC BIRDSBy George Henry WeissTHE CAVERN OF THE SHINING ONESBy Hal K. WellsTHE FIRST MEN IN THE MOONBy H.G. WellsCOGITO, ERGO SUMBy John Foster WestCAT AND MOUSEBy Ralph WilliamsHOMO INFERIORBy Mari WolfTHE INFRA-MEDIANSBy Sewell Peaslee Wright Views: 28
### From Publishers Weekly Setting his story against one of the grittiest New York City neighborhoods of the late 1980s, Codella, a retired detective sergeant in the NYPD, with ghostwriter Bennett, relates how a tradition-rich district still populated by aging Polish and Ukrainian immigrants was threatened with destruction by the heroin trade. Codella describes his own origins in Brooklyn's Canarsie neighborhood, where old-time mob capos and cops lived side-by-side, as a prelude to his joining the police crusade against a ruthless drug kingpin, Davey Blue Eyes, and his loyal gang of smack dealers, "The Forty Thieves." They dominated the part of lower Manhattan known as Alphabet City. Written in a hyper-noir style reminiscent of Richard Price and George Pelecanos, this memoir features all the stuff of an excellent police procedural complete with drug gang rivalries, beatings, killings, and endless dealer collars and convictions. Raw, bloody, and very real, Codella's book is a historical snapshot of what was one of Gotham's most dangerous neighborhoods and the men who brought order to its frightening mayhem. (Nov.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ### Review "Codella describes [Alphabet City] so vividly, with such hardboiled language that you feel like you’re in the squad car with him." --_New York Post_ "Written in a hyper-noir style reminiscent of Richard Price and George Pelecanos, this memoir features all the stuff of an excellent police procedural complete with drug gang rivalries, beatings, killings, and endless dealer collars and convictions. Raw, bloody, and very real, Codella's book is a historical snapshot of what was one of Gotham's most dangerous neighborhoods and the men who brought order to its frightening mayhem." --_Publishers Weekly_ "From dodging Internal Affairs and a hit ordered by a drug kingpin to making a huge dent in New York’s drug trade, Codella’s life makes for a real page-turner. This should be popular with true crime readers whether or not they agree with him that the ends justified the means. Highly recommended." --_Library Journal_ "Codella secures justice of a sort in this taut true-crime tale... genuinely exciting." --_Kirkus_ “Terrific... It's one of the best cop books I've ever read, and sits on my bookshelf beside such classics as "The French Connection," "Serpico" and "Prince of the City." Codella has written a hair-raising, suspenseful, pull-no-punches true-crime tale about the hunt for Davy Blue Eyes through the bloodstained streets and murderous housing projects of Alphabet City.” –Denis Hamill, _The New York Daily News_ "A blistering cop’s-eye view of the Drug War during the heady years of the late-1980s. Codella and Bennett take the reader down alleyways and into shooting galleries, capturing the mood and patter of a time when a cop nicknamed Rambo and a gang of smack dealers called the Forty Thieves were caught in a dance to the death. You will feel as though you are pounding the pavement and dodging bullets. _Alphaville_ is the real deal.” – T.J. English, _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Havana Nocturne_ and _The Westies_ “_Alphaville_ is a quick, nitty gritty, page turning read that will leave you breathless. Through the eyes of former undercover cop Mike Codella we are given a bird's eye view into one of the most dangerous neighborhoods anywhere in the world- Manhattan's Lower East Side. Though the book is a true account, its characters are so colorful and vivid it reads more like a well-paced novel. I highly, highly recommend this read.” --Philip Carlo, _New York__ Times_ bestselling author of _Ice Man_ "A balls out cop tale from the bad old days of New York City. Watch your back in Alphaville." --Tom Folsom, _New York Times_ bestselling author of The Mad Ones "A narcotics cop's front-line exposure of the battles to eradicate one of America's most drug-infested landscapes. A penetrating primer on how street-savvy investigators struggle to overcome corruption, hitmen, frustrating internal rivalries and bureaucratic red tape in an often disheartening campaign to relieve the miseries generated by well-heeled, sadistic traffickers on a captive community." --Selwyn Raab, author of _Five Families_ “Nerve-shreddingly real. Addictive, brilliant and compelling. A staggeringly well-written true-life drama, which had me breathless from the first page to the last. Stunning!” --R.J. Ellory, author of _A Quiet Belief in Angels_ and _A Simple Act of Violence_ Views: 28
