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Still reeling from the loss of his beloved but enigmatic mother, Tommy Kiernan is convinced her death is not an accident. He suspects the roots of this tragedy started twenty years ago-in the village in Brittany where his mother lived during the second World War. Leaving behind his college classes and new-found love, he travels to France to unearth her story and unmask a murderer.With the help of storyteller and sometime fisherman Padrig Le Bras, Tommy digs into the past, conjuring ghosts and releasing spectres created by the horrors of war. He uncovers a tale of heroism, heartbreak, and hatred-and an enemy who wants him dead.
"Scotland Yard unearths the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy, eccentric banker, the reason for a dead man in his bank, and the vanishing of the bank's funds. The background shifts from the bank to the club, and the missing millionaire's known habits give necessary leads to the unscrambling of the mystery. Oppenheim continues to hold up his end." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Children and dogs enliven summer doings in Vermont which begin when Polly Freeman and her parents- an artist and a writer- decide to visit the Lanes, who have a kennel. The mystery comes with the disappearance of the oldest and best pup from a brood of cockers and its solution comes with the discovery of a female German Shepherd, escaped and lonely after being imported to America, who had taken the pup to mother. And in the meanwhile there are the neighborhood doings, local projects, dog shows and so forth which make a friendly story." -Kirkus Reviews
Welcome to a Texas Boom Town -Where outlaws ride roughshod and lawmen are laid low!Where a vicious gang, greed-crazed for gold, guns down anyone who stands in their path!Where Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, is marked for death because he alone knows the twisted trail that led to their deadly secret!This is another in the long-running series of exciting Westerns about Walt Slade, the most fearless of the Texas Rangers.
Dick Blackwell and Paul Markham are best pals. Together they share the pleasures of boating, swimming and picnics on the sandy shores of Nantucket Island thirty miles off the Massachusetts coast, as well as the thrill of camping out alone, the excitement of hunting for Indian relics and the terror of being lost in the eerie pine woods at night.
A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the Renaissance, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Bretons), but also including the influence of Renaissance art & culture, and the relationship of the French Court to foreign powers, such as the Papacy, England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Part of a larger series on the history of France.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas, for which he wrote both the music and libretto. ""Tristan und Isolde"" is based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg, and inspired by the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:Stories• Tonight I Wear My Crimson Face, by Adrian Cole• The House of the Witches, by Darrell Schweitzer• The Bones, by Erica Ruppert• The Idols of Xan, by Steve Dilks• Conjurings, by Marlane Quade Cook• Matriarch Unbound, by Glynn Owen Barrass• The Mouth at the Edge of the World, by Luke Walker• "An Autumn Settling", by Alistair Rey• I Know How You'll Die, by K.G. Anderson• Fair Shopping, by Jack Lee Taylor• Black Aggie, by Marina Favila• The Chroma of Home, by Arasibo Campeche• The Last Resort, by Dean MacAllister• The Crypt Beneath the Manse, by S. Subramanian• A Winter Reunion, by C.M. Muller• The Stravinsky Code, by Leonard Carpenter• She Talks to Me, by Matthew Masucci• Wings of Twilight, by L.F. Falconer• A Pantheon of Trash, by Thomas C. Mavroudis• Juliet's Moon, by D.C. Lozar• The Gargoyle's Wife, by Jean Graham• The Melting Man, by Justin Boote• Dead Waves, by Sean McCoy• The Proposal, by J.D. Brink• Dark Energy, by Kevin Hayman• Christmas at Castle Dracula, by S. L. Edwards• There Was Fire, by M. Ravenberg• Them, by Sharon Cullars• For Love of Lythea, by C. I. KempPoetry• Beltane, by K.A. Opperman• Twin Hungers, by Scott J. Couturier• The Jackal, by Ashley Dioses• Our Family Ghost, by Joshua Gage• Le Gargoyle, by Russ Parkhurst"
Drexel Calhoud had quit a good job as a top hand with Paul Bowman to sign up as foreman of the Lone Pine Ranch. But when he found the Lone Pine was owned by a woman, he was ready to give up the whole shebang. It was only the challenge of the enemies his new boss was fighting that kept him on; that and a desire to know who had perforated the hombre on the stagecoach who looked so much like himself. The most powerful ranchers in the region, led by Abelard Vick of the Wagon Wheel, were gunning for the Lone Pine. And besides having a woman owner, the Lone Pine was handicapped by a small and untrustworthy crew...
Living and loving dangerously! Here is a lusty novel of the sea and the woman-hungry, death-defying men who braved its wartime hazards of submarines and bombs. It is also the story of Eric Clark's adventures in Palermo, of the depraved Arab girl in the Casbah brothel. And it is the story of hot-blooded Jane Clark and the fight she waged--and lost--to stay faithful to Eric.
This book emphasizes prayer in individual experience. One need not be discouraged because he cannot find adjustment at once in this greater fellowship. It is a thing of growth. One gradually goes beyond his community, his communion, his nation, and his race in most things. Why should he not do so in spiritual experience until he reaches the secret sources of the Kingdom of God and himself becomes an echo of the love of God?-Foreword
This volume, originally published in 1922 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a facsimile reproduction of the original work. It celebrates the art and craft of master furniture maker Duncan Phyfe, with 85 illustrations and detailed textual analysis and explanations.
This series collects the complete scripts of 100 selected, previously unpublished plays by 19th-century American playwrights. Volume 8 features "The Great Diamond Robbery," by Edward M Alfriend and A C Wheeler; "A Royal Slave," by Clarence Bennett; "From Rags to Riches," by Charles A Taylor; "No Mother to Guide Her," by Lillian Mortimer; and "Billy the Kid," by Walter Woods.
It was hard for Hannah, with her friends Virginia Lawrence, a Christian Scientist, and Nellie Halloran, a Catholic, to accept the fact that Santa Claus would not be coming down her chimney. No gift could seem quite the same if it did not come the way Virginia's and Nellie's did. All Mother's patient explanation did not make the matter better.
"My wife is unfaithful!" This thought haunted Stanton Wylie on the train to Chicago. The shock of it made him forget that he was a famous architect. That he was about to make a speech and receive an award for his work.He almost forgot Nancy Mainwaring, a magazine reporter who'd come along to interview him. Lovely and wise, Nancy sensed Stanton's misery and induced him to talk about himself. When their bodies accidently touched they felt a thrill of physical attraction.In three dramatic days, this feeling grew to passionate love. Stanton received his award and made a bitter speech that threatened to wreck his career. Only Nancy's love could save him. In the last moments of their weekend, it was her decision they would remember the rest of their lives.
Part 5 of a five-volume series. A revision by A H Clough of the translation, originally by John Dryden, of Plutarch's Lives (also called Parallel Lives, and originally titled in Greek, "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans." A series of biographies, with an eye toward comparing their character, rather than as a history.
Part 4 of a five-volume series. A revision by A H Clough of the translation, originally by John Dryden, of Plutarch's Lives (also called Parallel Lives, and originally titled in Greek, "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans." A series of biographies, with an eye toward comparing their character, rather than as a history.
Part 2 of a five-volume series. A revision by A H Clough of the translation, originally by John Dryden, of Plutarch's Lives (also called Parallel Lives, and originally titled in Greek, "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans." A series of biographies, with an eye toward comparing their character, rather than as a history.
Who was R. Sutherland? That was the question Melinda Marshall asked herself as she set forth one summer day, with San Fransisco as beautiful as ever around her, with her birthday party days away, and nothing to do but lunch with Aunt Julia's "delightful young friend" from England named R. Sutherland.Melinda was stunned when R. Sutherland turned out to be, not the English girl she expected to meet, but tall, blue-eyed Robin Sutherland. The trouble was that odd and threatening things began to happen whenever Robin was on the scene. Melinda was mysteriously warned about him and it was clear that he was hiding something.So, the question remaied: who was R. Sutherland?
An excellent dog story of a wolfhound puppy mothered by an old she-wolf on the western plains, and finally caught and tamed by some cowboys. It is told from two angles, -- human and animal, so that one feels that one can follow the reasoning of the old she-wolf and understand her bewilderment at the antics of her puppy.
"What's up? Indians comin'?" Abel laughed cruelly, and Daniel's mind was swept by unreasoning terror. Three years ago, Indians had come out of the woods, to burn the cabin in the clearing and scalp Daniel's father. Since then the orphan boy had been an unwelcome member of the Worder household.His only chance to start life on his own was to join one of the pack-horse trains carrying supplies to the string of forts General Wayne had built right up to the Indian country. The drivers of the trains faced real danger: the trails led through the dense forests of Ohio, and the Indians grew bolder every day.Daniel doubted that he could overcome his fear of the forest. But he would try for, as Polly said: "You can't enjoy anything if you let yourself be scairt all the time."Fear in the Forest is a story of a stirring age, and is true to the period in the reactions and speech of its characters.
The flaming hell that was World War I was laid bare by the brutal sinking of the Lusitania. Until then, no one -- particularly in neutral America -- was prepared for the coming holocaust. But on May 7, 1915, a German u-boat, lurking off the coast of Ireland, torpedoed the unarmed passenger ship Lusitania. The vessel sank in an incredible 18 minutes -- killing 1,195 men, women, and chilldren.
Cataclysm collects four more of Lyn McConchie's intriguing and entertaining Sherlock Holmes and Mandalay stories! "Cat's Paw"When Miss Emily Jackson brings a small, second-hand table home, her brown Burmese cat Mandalay will not stop frantically scratching at the table top. What should she do? Consult her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, of course! Holmes discovers the reason for Mandalay's actions, and they follow a series of bizarre clues that reveal past horrors, including theft, debauchery, and death! "Belling the Cat"Who is following Diana McClane, the young friend of Miss Emily Jackson and her brown Burmese cat Mandalay, and why? Miss Emily asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate, and they uncover a menace rooted in her family's history. Can they keep Diana safe from the growing threats of the violent past? "Cat and Mouse"When Miss Emily Jackson's friend Janet Highvin is accused of poisoning her husband, Miss Emily immediately consults her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Only Holmes and Watson-with help from Miss Emily's brown Burmese cat Mandalay-can uncover the truth and save an innocent woman from the hangman! "Kitty"A man abused Mandalay, and now he is dead. Did Miss Emily poison him, as the police believe? Holmes and Watson must unravel a tangled skein of greed and debauchery, torture and murder, before Miss Emily is tried and condemned for a murder she did not commit!
Magnolias and murder -- live oaks and dead women -- romance and violence -- are what three unsuspecting women find on the Garden Club pilgrimage to glamorous Old Natchez. Expecting to recapture the magic of the Old South, they become involved, instead, in an ancient feud of love and death, where the romantic sins of the past come to life in very modern murder!
Do you know these special words used by the dragging and driving experts? DASH-POT: device on some stock cars that keeps the throttle from closing fast and stalling engine when foot is liften suddenly off gas pedal. JOHNSON ROD: there is no such rod. When you can't figure out what is wrong with your engine, you blame it on the Johnson rod. SQUIRREL: the type who guns his motor and burns his tires. VELOCITY STACKS: air funnels on carburetors which eliminate cleaners.
Colonel Hugh North was headed for the most perilous mission to which G-2 had ever assigned him. His job was to stop a multimillion-dollar deal that could shatter the security of the United States.But those involved in the deal, three luscious women and five unscupulous men, weren't going to let that kind of money slip through their fingers-even if it meant more than one murder.
Two French missionaries -- Jean Marie Latour and Joseph Vaillant -- make their way into the harsh, unexplored, mountainous region of New Mexico in the hope of revivifying there the religion that had been brought by Spanish priests and then left to decay in the hand of an insubordinate and materialistic clergy.Father Latour, first bishop of the diocese, knew how to win the confidence of the Indians and to become a father of the Indians and to become a father indeed to the Mexicans.Slowly and firmly he gained control of the padres of the region, gradually replacing the slothful with men stamped by his own ardor. The cathedral that he built in Santa Fe, using the stones of the region so that it might fit into its surroundings, was the crown of his missionary labor, in which he had succeeded in harmonizing two elements: the Catholic religion and the New Mexican way of life.
Tawny was an outlaw from the day he was born. With a price of $1000 on his golden hide, he was hunted more relentlessly than any timber wolf on the range. Running, dodging, hiding -- the handsome, crafty dog escaped the guns and lariats, the poison and traps set to ensnare him. But Tom Harper, the range boy, was Tawny's friend. Tom and Tawny loved and trusted each other, and though it nearly cost their lives, they finally proved to the cow country that Tawny was not a born killer, but a born gentleman.
CHALLENGE THE HELLMAKER is an intriguing novel by a husband and wife team of scientists who have been absent from the science fiction world for too long. Drawing on their exhaustive knowledge and imagination they have conjured up a near-future world dominated by the repressive U.N. Security Corps. The only barrier to its total dictatorship is a small group of international scientists isolated on a space station miles above the Earth... and the Hellmaker.
"The 26th issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales!FEATURES:From Watson's Notebooks, by John H Watson, M DAsk Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha HudsonNON FICTION:Screen of the Crime: Sherlock Gnomes, by Kim NewmanQuail, Partridge, Rubbish Bird, by O'Neill CuratoloThe Kray Twins, by Peter James QuirkThe Whole Art of Detection: Book Review, by Eugene D. GoodwinFICTION:The Adventure of the Tired Captain, by S. SubramanianWhat Would Pacino Do?, by Steve ShrottThe Occurrence of the Air Apparent, by Teel James GlennRetribution, by Peter James QuirkMurder at a Military Funeral, by Archie GoodwinGutsy, by Laird LongThe Brixton Jewel Theft Caper, by Jack GrochotAbove Suspicion, by Victoria WeisfeldThe Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"
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