A short intermission entertainment, intermezzo, entre-acte, or lobby play to stop a gap while we await further full-length works from the Tickham girls. Concerning the diversions of village life and the merit of observing a sound aphorism.A free introduction to life in the village of Hapeney Fen, filling the space between 'Home Economics for Girls' and 'The Mystery of the Elasticated Waistband'. An unfortunate connection between Violet's slipper and a steaming sign of the old dog Marcus's passage, and finding an old bike in the shed, gives Mother a mysterious thoughtful look. Kitty is despatched to the Vicar's Invitational village baking contest, where the old bike will be auctioned. She does not solve the mystery, but she does eat a lot of cake. Views: 536
The summer of 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand.
There is a severe marijuana drought.
Two couples, a gynecologist and a physicist, together with a violinist and an actress, meet by accident in a pub and help a Maori evade the police.
A group of Maori plans to deliver a truckload of cannabis to Auckland.
A Chinese family has harvested four greenhouses of enhanced sensimilla.
A criminal mastermind plots to start a drug war.
A police inspector hunts a fugitive Maori.
The war on drugs starts in New Zealand. Views: 536
The "Soldiers - Warriors" series of short stories continues with 2 more in “Soldiers Three - Warriors of Strength”. In the first two, we concentrated on the hardships that can plague soldiers while the second two were on how much courage it takes to perform their duties. The third set of stories are on how much strength a soldier needs, not only physically, but also mentally.The "Soldiers - Warriors" series of short stories continues with 2 more stories in “Soldiers Three”. While the first two stories were about “Warriors of Misfortune”, and the second two were on “Warriors of Courage”, the third two are about “Warriors of Strength”. In the first two I concentrated on the hardships that can plague soldiers while the second two are on how much courage it takes to perform their duties. The third stories are on how much strength a soldier needs, not only physically, but also mentally. Although the stories are set in the far future, the same staunch human spirit exists as it always will and to which we will always be forever grateful for. Views: 536
From the internationally-bestselling author of A Gift from Tiffany's comes another New York Christmas love story make you fall in love all over again.Hollywood movies are Beth's passion. She hopes her life will always be filled with classic movie moments, where magical things happen every day. Her boyfriend Danny has always been the embodiment of her perfect Hollywood hero—though after seven years together the initial silver-screen romance has settled into something more predictable.Then one morning at work just before Christmas, Beth receives an anonymous gift of a take-out coffee cup with a cryptic message. From there, she is given a series of other gifts and riddles directing her to some of NYC's most popular landmarks—a treasure trail using unique rom-com-related prompts perfect for a movie-lover like Beth to decipher.And she is forced to wonder: has Danny realized their relationship needs a boost—or could it be that... Views: 536
In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and sleeping on it." We assume that the quick-thinking "hare brain" will beat out the slower Intuition of the "tortoise mind." However, now research in cognitive science is changing this understanding of the human mind. It suggests that patience and confusion—rather than rigor and certainty—are the essential precursors of wisdom.With a compelling argument that the mind works best when we trust our unconscious, or "undermind," psychologist Guy Claxton makes an appeal that we be less analytical and let our creativity have free rein. He also encourages reevaluation of society's obsession with results-oriented thinking and problem-solving under pressure. Packed with Interesting anecdotes, a dozen puzzles to test your reasoning, and the latest related research, Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind is an Illuminating, uplifting, stimulating read that focuses on a... Views: 536
Nothing is impossible! By A Customer on March 4, 2002 Format: Paperback Fans of impossible crimes and locked room mysteries will love this book. How can a horse and carriage vanish from inside a covered bridge? How can a master criminal escape from a locked cell? How can a man be stabbed while alone in a voting booth? Get this book and find out the answers to these and nine other ingenious puzzlers from the great Edward D. Hoch, the reigning king of impossible crimes. ( Amazon customer review)
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A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE FILLED WITH DARK DESIRES AND DANGEROUS SECRETS…
Emily Wayborn has made a decision.
She might not fully trust handsome and deadly Reeve Sallis, but he is the one person that gives her what she needs. With Reeve she can finally be herself. Submitting to him is the only thing keeping her grounded as the rest of her life falls apart. But the hotelier is a master at keeping secrets and as she continues her quest for answers someone is making sure she doesn’t find them.
Time is running out and she is questioning everything she thought she knew about friendship and love. She must now make an impossible choice that will determine if she will survive with her heart…or at all. Views: 535
Poseidon, the God of the Seas and the Oceans, is summoned to mount Olympus in order to appear in front of the Council of Gods and explain the reasons for the horrible event which took place in the Aegean Sea, south of the island of Delos.Poseidon finds himself accused for a horrible event which took place south of the island of Delos and which if not properly explained to the Council of Gods, may have grave consequences for the continuation of the luxurious and care free life he is privileged of enjoying. He knows he is basically guilty of severe neglect of duty, but he is not prepared to admit to such negligence nor to any sort of wrong doing. So he carefully prepares an untrue, yet believable story and he gets ready to face Zeus and the rest of the Council of Gods. Views: 535
A story of archaeology set in modern day Jerusalem and the search for the Temple of the Jews, destroyed in 70AD by the Roman Emperor to be Titus, who sacked the city and razed the Temple to the ground.A story of archaeology set in modern day Jerusalem and the search for the Temple of the Jews, destroyed in 70AD by the Roman Emperor to be Titus, who sacked the city and razed the Temple to the ground. Today the Temple Mount is crowned by the Haram esh-Sharif controlled by the Muslim Waqf. A successful writer, Pat O'Connelly, is contacted by a strange French archaeologist in Paris who has developed a theory relating to the site of the Temple using documents dating from the nineteenth century when the British Army surveyed Palestine. The archaeologist seeks O’Connelly’s assistance in the hope of finding a publisher for his work. O’Connelly discovers the arcane world of Biblical archaeology and the conflict between Jewish and Muslim authorities in the Holy Land. Views: 535
The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals, humanised animals...' A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island, the guest of a notorious scientist, Doctor Moreau. Disturbed by the cries of animals in pain, and by his encounters with half-bestial creatures, Edward slowly realises his danger and the extremes of the Doctor's experiments. Saturated in pain and disgust, suffused with grotesque and often unbearable images of torture and bodily mutilation, The Island of Doctor Moreau is unquestionably a shocking novel. It is also a serious, and highly knowledgeable, philosophical engagement with Wells's times, with their climate of scientific openness and advancement, but also their anxieties about the ethical nature of scientific discoveries, and their implications for religion. Darryl Jones's introduction places the book in both its scientific and literary context; with the Origin of Species and Gulliver's Travels,... Views: 535
Drawn to Josiah's strength and the heat in his eyes, Ella enters the violence-filled warrens burdened by a secret yet buoyed by hope. In a place where loyalty is everything and the price of betrayal is death, she's determined to make a life for herself and mother the son who is the reason for her marriage.But when Josiah takes a dangerous prisoner, the happiness that's finally within reach is threatened by the sister whose place she took—when the warlord demanded a bride. Views: 535
William Deacon, magazine journalist and sometimes detective, suddenly heard himself say, "Okay, if you want to sail on the Montmartre, I can get us aboard." He made one phone call, and to the bewilderment of his true love, Twit-Twit, and his true friends, Tom and Betsy Dolan, all four found themselves outward bound for Europe on the supposedly sold-out pride of the line. And thereby lies a trail to America's sexiest movie star (Merrilee), her fears of a fate worse than a fate worse than death, her nightmares that literally come true, and a Hollywood conspiracy that could baffle the C.I.A.—all packed into the wittiest, most tightly plotted mysteries of the year!Herbert Brean was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his... Views: 535
