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If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead
By Andrew Nicoll. 2012
The bright, funny and wild story of an acrobat from Hamburg who decided to become the King of Albania, succeeded,…
and fell in love along the wayOtte Witte is an old man. The Allies are raining bombs on his city and, having narrowly escaped death, he has come home to his little caravan to drink what remains of his coffee (dust) and wait for the inevitable. Convinced that he will not see the sunrise, he decides to write the story of his life for the poor soul who finds what's left of him come the morning.And it's quite a story. Years earlier, when he was in either Buda or Pest, working in the circus, a dear friend showed him a newspaper article: Albania was searching for a long-lost Turkish prince to be the new king. The Turkish prince was the image of Otto... A plan was formed; adventure, disaster, love and sheer, unabashed hope followed.If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead is a joy to read; accomplished and full of the warmth, honesty and lightness of touch for which Andrew Nicoll is known and loved.Nigeria Meltdown
By Don Pendleton. 2014
Brother of TraitorsHidden in the Nigerian jungle, a secret military brotherhood is plotting revolution. When rumors of this terrorist force…
reach Washington, the government must act quickly-without raising red flags in the African country. U.S. military forces can't be part of the equation, which means there's only one man who can fly in under the radar and get the job done.Mack Bolan teams up with Nigerian soldiers and a small group of local fighters to seek out the brotherhood's base camp and expose its leaders. But he soon learns corruption within the country runs deep. Someone on his team is a hired killer, and Bolan is his target. With the traitor poised to strike at any time, Bolan must rely on instinct alone as the group closes in on the camp and the battle begins. His enemies may try to run, but they can never hide from The Executioner.Omen: Star Wars Legends (Fate of the Jedi)
By Christie Golden. 2009
The Jedi Order is in crisis. The late Jacen Solo's shocking transformation into murderous Sith Lord Darth Caedus has cast…
a damning pall over those who wield the Force for good: Two Jedi Knights have succumbed to an inexplicable and dangerous psychosis, criminal charges have driven Luke Skywalker into self-imposed exile, and power-hungry Chief of State Natasi Daala is exploiting anti-Jedi sentiment to undermine the Order' s influence within the Galactic Alliance. Forbidden to intervene in Jedi affairs, Luke is on a desperate mission to uncover the truth behind Jacen's fall to the dark side-and to learn what's turning peaceful Jedi into raving lunatics. But finding answers will mean venturing into the mind-bending space of the Kathol Rift and bargaining with an alien species as likely to destroy outsiders as deal with them. Still, there is no other choice and no time to lose, as the catastrophic events on Coruscant continue to escalate. Stricken by the same violent dementia that infected her brother, Valin, Jedi Knight Jysella Horn faces an equally grim fate after her capture by Natasi Daala' s police. And when Han and Leia Solo narrowly foil another deranged Jedi bent on deadly destruction, even acting Jedi Grand Master Kenth Hamner appears willing to bow to Daala's iron will-at the expense of the Jedi Order. But an even greater threat is looming. Millennia in the past, a Sith starship crashed on an unknown low-tech planet, leaving the survivors stranded. Over the generations, their numbers have grown, the ways of the dark side have been nurtured, and the time is fast approaching when this lost tribe of Sith will once more take to the stars to reclaim their legendary destiny as rulers of the galaxy. Only one thing stands in their way, a name whispered to them through the Force: Skywalker. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!Apocalypse: Star Wars Legends (Fate of the Jedi)
By Troy Denning. 2012
There can be no surrender.There will be no mercy.It's not just the future of the galaxy at stake--It's the destiny…
of the Force. In the stunning finale of the epic Fate of the Jedi series, Jedi and Sith face off--with Coruscant as their battlefield. For the Sith, it's the chance to restore their dominance over the galaxy that forgot them for so long. For Abeloth, it's a giant step in her quest to conquer all life everywhere. For Luke Skywalker, it's a call to arms to eradicate the Sith and their monstrous new master once and for all. In a planetwide strike, teams of Jedi Knights take the Sith infiltrators by swift and lethal surprise. But victory against the cunning and savage Abeloth, and the terrifying endgame she has planned, is anything but certain. And as Luke, Ben, Han, Leia, Jaina, Jag, and their allies close in, the devastating truth about the dark side incarnate will be exposed--and send shock waves through the Jedi Order, the galaxy, and the Force itself.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!The People of the Broken Neck
By Silas Dent Zobal. 2016
From the woods where he hides with his nearly grown son Clarke and his young daughter King, ex-Army Ranger Dominick…
Sawyer watches Agent Charlie Basin's flashlight beam bounce on the walls inside his cabin. Dom's wife is missing. His post-trauma hallucinations rip at him explosively and bring him to his knees. And a local deputy sheriff is dead. When the FBI agents recede into the night, the Sawyers begin to run, across the country in stolen trucks, leaving a trail of blood behind them. Together with a young girl they pick up on the road, they hope to run until they find a peaceable place in the American Northwest.But Agent Basin sees his own troubled family reflected in Dom's haunted existence, and his pursuit is relentless.All any of them want is to spirit King away to someplace safe.All she wants is not to be afraid of her father and to find out why her mother disappeared.Zombie Games (Salvaje) Segunda Parte.
By Yaiza Barrio Parra, Kristen Middleton. 2014
Segunda parte de Zombie Games. Cassandra Wild huye de un peligroso psicópata. Tras ser secuestrada, resultar herida y acabar con…
un nuevo grupo de inadaptados sociales, las cosas se complican... Necesita reunir todas sus fuerzas y su valor para sobrevivir en un mundo enloquecido.Underground: Chronicles of Caleath
By Rosalie Skinner. 2013
After the battle of Invaded, Caleath searches for his friends whisked underground, where magic is scorned and shackled. He must…
rescue Raul and Nasith before the Day of the Sun. Beneath the artificial illumination of a strange red orb Caleath begins his journey plagued by relentless light. Accepting custody of a confused young dread lord and guided by a feisty Gabrielle, Caleath struggles to unravel the conspiracy holding a race in thrall. His journey to rescue Nasith and save Raul from being sacrificed drives him into the hands if his enemy.Fish Finelli (Medieval Mysteries #2)
By Jason Beene, E. S. Farber. 2014
When Bryce Billings says he will clobber Fish Finelli in the Captain Kidd Classic boat race, Fish has no choice…
but to accept the bet. But Fish's 1970s Whaler with a broken motor is no match for Bryce's new, top-of-the-line, 9.9-horsepower Viper--even if Fish, Roger, and T. J. can fix their measly 5-horsepower motor, it can't compete with Bryce's boat. With $9.63 between them, do the guys even have a chance at the Classic? A hilarious romp, filled with fun facts seamlessly integrated into the story, Fish Finelli informs as much as it entertains for perfect middle-grade reading.Prodigies of Mystery: Limited Edition II (Prodigies of Mystery #2)
By Lindsay Townsend, Conda V. Douglas, C. Chessher. 2014
3 Mystery Novels in 1...Starke Naked Dead by Conda V. Douglas...Jeweler Dora must become a sleuth to solve a murder…
in the first of the Starke Dead cozy mystery series. An Older Evil by Lindsay Townsend...In the spring of 1386 trouble is brewing, murderous trouble... The Highway Shooter: A South Texas Cozy Mystery by C. Chessher...In The Highway Shooter: A South Texas Cozy Mystery, newspaper reporter Glennis Dunning and Deputy Sheriff Jake Briggs join forces to free a Hispanic teenager wrongly accused of murder.Herland
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 2015
Herland is a utopian novel written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of…
women who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. The story is told from the perspective of Van Jennings, a student of sociology who, along with two friends, Terry O. Nicholson and Jeff Margrave, forms an expedition party to explore an area of unchartered land where it is rumored lives a society consisting entirely of women. The three friends do not really believe the rumors as they are unable to conceive of how human reproduction could occur without males. The men speculate about what a society of women would be like, each guessing differently based on the stereotype of women which he holds most dear. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.El Mar Que Nos Rodea
By Maria Emilia Ruiz, Robert Friedman. 2014
Transcurre el año 2000 en Puerto Rico. Stevie Pérez y su novia Laura Rosario se han unido a una protesta…
de estudiantes contra los bombardeos de la Marina de Estados Unidos que han causado enfermedades, daños ambientales y muertes en la pequeña isla de Vieques. La brigada antidisturbios llega al campus para reprimir la protesta y con la consiguiente violencia, Laura recibe un disparo de bala y muere.Un afligido Stevie promete mantener la memoria de Laura viva, creando una beca con su nombre. Sus intentos de conseguir fondos de la comunidad se ven frustrados y decide convertirse en una mula de drogas para conseguir el dinero para la beca. Luego de varios viajes lucrativos, queda en medio de una trampa. Su vida queda en peligro, y Stevie se ve forzado a escapar de la pandilla que lo persigue de el Bronx hasta San Juan y al pueblo en las montañas de Puerto Rico. En el camino, Stevie aprende duras verdades sobre la vida, el amor y las pérdidas.Red Shadows
By Robert E. Howard. 2012
Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard's puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane tracks his prey…
over land and sea, enters the jungles of Africa, and even faces dark Gods and evil magic -- all to avenge a woman he'd never met before.The Ownley Inn
By Joseph Lincoln, Freeman Lincoln. 2018
In this novel which was first published in 1939 author Joseph C Lincoln collaborated with his son…
Freeman to produce the sort of fresh and salty tale of Cape Cod that has made him so famous and well-loved Dick Clarke in disgrace because of the theft of a valuable book from the Knowlton Library finds himself on old Sepatonk Island staying at the Ownley Inn run by Seth Hammond Ownley who when asked the reason for the cannon on the front lawn invariably replies To repel boarders Then things begin to happen A hurricane isolates the island and a wrecked cruising launch starts a train of events which keeps Anne Francis a charming girl who has quarrelled with Clarke Perry Hale a none-too-scrupulous book collector and most of the other boarders in a state of commotion and at times fearThe Medusa Stone
By Jack, Du Brul. 2000
Ten years ago, the spy satellite Medusa burned upon re-entry - but not before its sensors revealed a secret buried…
deep in the earth. A priceless discovery that some would die to find - and kill to possess . . . With uncanny talent as a geologist and a quick intelligence matched by savvy and courage, Philip Mercer is fast becoming a legend in powerful circles around the world. And at least two groups in those circles need his help. One group - of unknown allegiance and with a reputation for violence - snatches and holds hostage his oldest friend, forcing Mercer to help them. In a harsh and hostile land ravaged by violence, Mercer races to find the one thing that will save his friend. But the location of this ancient treasure is elusive. He is thwarted by brutal competing forces, and suddenly, he learns that there is much more at stake than either his life or the life of an old friend: The fate of thousands of innocent souls depends on him - and him alone . . .Slocum and the Lone Star Feud (Slocum #233)
By Jake Logan. 1998
The Geographer's Library
By Jon Fasman. 2005
Jon Fasman's dizzyingly plotted intellectual thriller suggests a marriage between Dan Brown and Donna Tartt. When reporter Paul Tomm is…
assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a reclusive academic, he finds himself pursuing leads that date back to the twelfth century and the theft of alchemical instruments from the geographer of the Sicilian court. Now someone is trying to retrieve them. Interspersed with the present action are the stories of the men and women who came to possess those charmed--and sometimes cursed--artifacts, which have powers that go well beyond the transmutation of lead into gold. Deftly combining history, magic, suspense, and romance--and as handsomely illustrated as an ancient incunabulum--The Geographer's Library is irresistible.Across Spoon River: An Autobiography (American Biography Ser.)
By Edgar Masters. 1991
The memoirs of one of Illinois great poets author of Spoon River Anthology with many…
vignettes of the Chicago Renaissance This intimate and provocative autobiography first published in 1936 reveals the innermost thoughts of a great American poet Edgar Lee Masters was a transitional figure in American literature with one foot planted in the nineteenth century and the other firmly placed on the path of what we now think of as the modern period Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photographs Across Spoon River An Autobiography is blunt and cranky about a life Masters saw as largely scrappy and unmanageable Emphasizing life on his grandfather s farm his school days his political battles the workday world and the growth of a poet s mind through wide reading the book is a valuable record of Masters s work habits and offers considerable insight on his position as a critic and his place in American literature Ronald Primeau American National BiographyA Well-Timed Enchantment
By Vivian Vande Velde. 1990
It's bad enough that Deanna has to waste her summer in France and her only friend is a mangy black…
cat, but now she's staring hopelessly into a well, trying to figure out what in the world to wish for. Before she can make a wish, the cat scratches her, her watch falls into the well, and then . . . so has she! Except that now she's in medieval France, the cat is a handsome young man, and her watch has the power to completely change history. Maybe a quiet summer would have been nice?Yeats’s Iconography
By F Wilson. 2018
William Butler Yeats 1865-1939 was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature…
A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments he helped to found the Abbey Theatre and in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 Yeats along with Lady Gregory Edward Martyn and others was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival This study is a sequel to my W B Yeats And Tradition and the Yeats scholar may like to take all my work in conjunction but I have tried to make it possible for the two books to be read independently The aim of this book is to interpret what Yeats meant by the symbolism of five of his plays Four Plays for Dancers and The Cat and the Moon also by that of a number of related lyrics I should stress once and for all that I am concerned primarily with what the symbols meant for the poet himself Yeats of course hoped that the words on the page would work for him and he also believed in a collective unconscious which would operate to suggest his archetypal meanings to all readers but it can of course be maintained that communication fails I myself doubt whether this ever happens but I cannot prove this statement in a book not concerned with technique and this is why I define my field as I have done What Yeats believed his plays and poems to mean is a valid field for scholarship and the meaning he attached is certainly the archetypal meaning which is therefore my main preoccupation F A C WilsonBlood in Kansas (Slocum #231)
By Jake Logan. 1998