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Mr. Lincoln's boys: being the mostly true adventures of Abraham Lincoln's trouble-making sons, Tad and Willie
Par Staton Rabin, Bagram Ibatoulline. 2008
Peril on Long's Peak: Rocky Mountain National Park (Adventures with the Parkers #8)
Par Mike Graf, Marjorie Leggitt. 2012
In the seventh book in the Adventure with the Parkers series, the family heads to Colorado to visit the high…
peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park. When the snow clears, the park's many famous sights are on display: Trail Ridge Road, spectacular wildflowers, elk, waterfalls, and unique alpine tundra. The family's big adventure is a hike up Longs Peak, a Colorado "fourteener." But afternoon storms begin to pelt the family during their training hikes, and they begin to question the wisdom of a nighttime summit ascent. Award winner. For grades 5-8I need my own country!
Par Rick Walton, Wes Hargis, Franz Kraus. 2012
Instructs the reader in how to form one's own country when the time comes, from finding a location, a name,…
and a flag, to handling the inevitable civil unrest and invasions. For preschool-grade 2Come, tell me how you live
Par Agatha Christie Mallowan. 2000
Famous mystery writer draws on travels with her archaeologist husband to offer a glimpse of the Arab world between world…
wars. Records excavations, encounters, and observations of customs and people in a book she calls "full of everyday doings and happenings." 2000 introduction by David Pryce-Jones. 1946Dream freedom
Par Sonia Levitin. 2000
In this fictionalized account of real-life events, an American fifth-grade class learns about twentieth-century Sudanese slavery. Led by their teacher,…
they raise money to help with liberation efforts. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves, their owners, and their families. For grades 5-8. 2000Don't you know there's a war on?
Par James Stevenson. 1992
The author, a ten-year-old boy in 1942 when the United States entered World War II, reminisces on just what it…
was like to be a "kid." With his brother and father away fighting, he tried to do his part to win the war by collecting tinfoil, saving tin cans, buying war stamps, planting a "victory garden," and keeping an eye on a neighbor who he suspected was a spy. For grades 2-4 to share with older readersIn these hills
Par Ralph Beer. 2000
After a lifetime spent writing and working on his family's cattle ranch outside of Helena, Montana, Ralph Beer has gathered…
his best magazine essays into one collection called "In These Hills". In thirty-three essays he provides a moving and elegiac tribute to lives now passed, an often humorous homage to the provincial, and an attempt "to fathom the place where we live... to decipher who we are."Dishonour in Camp 133 (The Sergeant Neumann Mysteries #2)
Par Wayne Arthurson. 2021
Sergeant Neumann and the inmates of Camp 133 are back! Even thousands of miles from the front lines, locked into…
a Canadian prisoner-of-war camp at the base of the Canadian Rockies, death isn't far away. For August Neumann, head of Camp Civil Security and decorated German war hero, this is the reality. Chef Schlipal has been found dead in Mess #3, a knife in his back. Now it's up to Neumann to find out what would drive the men of the camp, brothers-in-arms, to turn on each other. He's learned, of course, that beneath the veneer of duty and honour, the camp is anything but civil. When the trail of clues ends at the edge of the prison yard, Neumann must consider the crime bigger than the camp. Is someone getting out of the prison? If so, can he follow? If he can't, he might have to live with the dishonour of Camp 133.How I became a pirate
Par David Shannon, Melinda Long. 2003
Les cahiers noirs de l'aliéniste: 2, Le sang des prairies (GF (Alire (Firme)))
Par Jacques Côté. 2010
"Fort Edmonton, 5 mai 1885.Trois mois après avoir joint les rangs du 65e bataillon de Montréal, le capitaine Georges Villeneuve,…
assisté du lieutenant Bruno Lafontaine et du docteur Paré, entend la déposition sous serment de François Lépine, un interprète métis qui a survécu au massacre de Lac-à-la-Grenouille." -- 4e de couvThe figure of the detective: a literary history and analysis
Par Charles Brownson. 2014
"This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions…
needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge. Sherlock Holmes, the English Classic stories and their inheritors are examined in light of this theme and the balance of two forms of knowledge used in fictional detection--cool or rational, and warm or emotional. The evolution of the genre formula is driven by changes in the social climate in which it is embedded. These changes explain the decay of the English Classic and its replacement by noir, hardboiled and spy stories, to end in the cul-de-sac of the thriller and the nostalgic Neo-Classic. Possible new forms of the detective story are suggested." -- Provided by publisherLast Dance in Havana: Escape to Cuba with the perfect holiday read!
Par Rosanna Ley. 2016
From the #1 Kindle Bestseller comes an exotic tale of love, family and friendship'The perfect holiday companion' - Heat'The ultimate…
feel-good read' - Candis'Sun-soaked escapism' - Best**********Cuba, 1958Elisa is only sixteen years old when she meets Duardo and she knows he's the love of her life from the moment they first dance the rumba together in downtown Havana. But Duardo is a rebel, determined to fight in Castro's army, and Elisa is forced to leave behind her homeland and rebuild her life in distant England. But how can she stop longing for the warmth of Havana, when the music of the rumba still calls to her?England, 2012Grace has a troubled relationship with her father, whom she blames for her beloved mother's untimely death. And this year more than ever she could do with a shoulder to cry on - Grace's career is in flux, she isn't sure she wants the baby her husband is so desperate to have and, worst of all, she's begun to develop feelings for their best friend Theo. Theo is a Cuban born magician but even he can't make Grace's problems disappear. Is the passion Grace feels for Theo enough to risk her family's happiness?********SEE WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT ROSANNA LEY:'An impeccably researched and deftly written narrative that kept me hooked until the end' - Kathryn Hughes, bestselling author of The Letter 'Loved it from start to finish. A brilliant holiday read' - Amazon reviewer 'Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Victoria Hislop and Leah Fleming' - Candis 'On so many levels a fantastic read' - Amazon reviewer'A fascinating story with engaging themes' - Dinah Jefferies, bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife 'Warm, enthralling, one of my favourite authors' - Amazon reviewerThe Justice Machine
Par Dick Bauch. 2015
Chas Robertson is driven to steal to survive through a severe drought. His crime is witnessed by a police Aboriginal…
tracker and he is charged. Suddenly he is accused of attempting to murder the same witness. If Chas cannot convince the jury of his innocence he faces time in Darlinghurst Gaol. Or worse! Based on a true story, The Justice Machine examines the motivations of the players in the law game. The Magistrate, the Policeman, the Prosecutor, the Barrister and the Judge all have their own reasons for being there. Hardly any of them are to do with justice. The law and justice are different things it seems. The year is 1882 but this could be any time. Injustice is timeless.Henry Wood – Detective Privato
Par Brian Meeks. 2018
1 gennaio 1955 Henry Wood uscito malconcio dai bagordi della notte di capodanno del…
1954 Nel suo mondo le cose finora sono state bianche o nere giuste o sbagliate ma la sua vita sta per cambiare e d ora in poi ci saranno sempre sfumature di grigio Tutto sommato non niente male come detective Tifoso sfegatato dei Brooklyn Dodgers Henry sta per essere ingaggiato da una bella ragazza affinch le ritrovi il padre e il libro contabile di cui questi si stava occupando Il caso appare alquanto semplice ma quando un seconda donna richiede i suoi servizi per ritrovare lo stesso libro contabile Henry comincia sospettare che dietro alla sparizione dell uomo ci sia qualcosa di grosso di molto pi grande di lui E ha ragione Ritrovare l uomo e il suo libro contabile diventer ben presto l ultimo dei suoi problemi perch anche il capo della mafia locale Tommy il Coltello mira a quel libro contabile e finch non riuscir a entrarne in possesso il boss sa di essere vulnerabile facile preda degli altri capi famiglia Ma di chi si pu fidare Henry C un misterioso quanto sconosciuto benefattore che sembra avere a cuore solo il suo bene Henry accetter l aiuto che gli verr offerto Ma soprattutto ha altra sceltaWalrus With A Gold Tooth: Crime in Anchorage, Alaska—the Pioneer Way—Unorganized!
Par Steven Levi. 2014
In the two decades between the Second World War and the Great Alaska Earthquake, Anchorage grew by a factor of…
10. Money was, quite literally, washing down the street. The economic boom was so great that all you needed to make a million dollars was a cash register. At the same time Anchorage was one of the few cities in America where organized crime never got a firm foothold. Uptown, downtown, out of town, the locals were clever enough to keep the East Coast families out. Walrus With A Gold Tooth is a fictionalized version of crime in Anchorage over these two decades and a step-by-step history of how the local squeezed out the mob before it ever made it in. And if you know your Anchorage history, you just might be able to determine which characters are actual people whose names have been changed to protect the guilty.El Buque
Par Gillian E Hamer, Debra Jansen. 2015
Thriller policíaco, desarrollado en Gales del Norte, con un toque sobrenatural. Sarah Morton espera que descubrir la verdad acerca del…
naufragio del Royal Charter en 1859, silencie los demonios de su pasado. Pero, atormentada por visiones y atentados contra su vida, Sarah teme que el buque pueda reclamarla como su víctima final. Desarrollada sobre la dramática y peligrosa costa de Anglesey, El Buque es una historia de codicia y perdón - de cuando los tesoros del pasado evocan los crímenes de hoy.El Sello De Salomón
Par Steven Savile, Rodolfo Laiz Ledesma. 2014
¡EL ESPERADÍSIMO REGRESO DEL EQUIPO OGMIOS!"Es perfecto para aquellos fans del Código DaVinci que busquen otra lectura apasionante que combina…
la historia bíblica con un Armagedón actual." Douglas Presston, autor de betsellers del NYT como IMPACTO y Blasfemia.Tras el descubrimiento del tanto tiempo buscado SELLO DE SALOMÓN Konstantin Khavan y Orla Nyren se ven embueltos en una lucha mortal en Jerusalén y Palestina, con enemigos en todos los bandos. No saben en quien pueden confiar. No saben cuál será su siguiente camino. Lo único que saben es que tienen que encontrar el Sello mientras evitan la explosión de una bomba sucia en uno de los lugares más sagrados de Jerusalén.Lo que no esta mal, pero Orla ya ha estado aquí antes, durante los peores dias de su vida cuando era una prisionera en Jenin, un campamento de refugiados junto a la frontera. Fue brutalmente violentada por un sádico al que recuerda como la Bestia, un hombre al que creía haber matado durante su fuga.Pero no está muerto.Es el hombre que tiene el Sello.Y Orla tendrá que enfrentarse a la Bestia sola.Inukshuk
Par Gregory Spatz. 2012
"An elaborate tale of family and the paths people take to understanding." -Seattle Times"[This] mix of well-researched history and contemporary…
fiction makes for a fine, sad read." -Minneapolis Star Tribune"Hauntingly honest and emotionally resonant." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Gregory Spatz's prose is as clean and sparkling as a new fall of snow." -JANET FITCH, author of White Oleander and Paint it Black"At its heart Inukshuk is about family. But Spatz has transfigured this beautifully told, wise story with history and myth, poetry and magic into something rarer, stranger and altogether amazing. A book that points unerringly true north." -KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Wit's EndJohn Franklin has moved his fifteen-year-old son to the remote northern Canadian town of Houndstitch to make a new life together after his wife, Thomas' mother, left them. Mourning her disappearance, John, a high school English teacher, writes poetry and escapes into an affair, while Thomas withdraws into a fantasy recreation of the infamous Victorian-era arctic expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin. With teenage bravado, Thomas gives himself scurvy so that he can sympathize with the characters in the film of his mind-and is almost lost himself.While told over the course of only a few days, this gripping tale slips through time, powerfully evoking a modern family in distress and the legendary "Franklin's Lost Expedition" crew's descent into despair, madness, and cannibalism aboard the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror on the Arctic tundra.Gregory Spatz is the author of the novels Inukshuk, Fiddler's Dream, and No One But Us, and the short fiction collections Wonderful Tricks and Half as Happy. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recipient of a Washington State Book Award, he teaches at Eastern Washington University in Spokane and plays the fiddle and tours with Mighty Squirrel and the internationally acclaimed bluegrass band John Reischman and The Jaybirds.Il Sigillo di Salomone
Par Steven Savile, Valeria Malacasa. 2015
Con la scoperta del Sigillo di Salomone, un artefatto da tempo perduto, Konstantin Khavin e Orla Nyrén si ritrovano a…
Gerusalemme e in Palestina a lottare per la propria vita, circondati dai nemici. Non sanno di chi possono fidarsi. Non sanno da che parte voltarsi. Tutto ciò che sanno è che devono ritrovare il Sigillo e, al tempo stesso, disinnescare una bomba radiologica che potrebbe esplodere in uno dei luoghi più sacri di Gerusalemme. Fin qui, tutto bene. Ma Orla è già stata qui, durante i giorni peggiori della sua vita, quando venne sequestrata a Jenin, un campo profughi sul confine. Fu abusata brutalmente da un sadico che chiama "la bestia" e che è impresso nella sua memoria, un uomo che credeva di aver ucciso scappando da quel luogo, tanto tempo fa. Ma lui non è morto. Lui ha il Sigillo. E Orla dovrà affrontare la bestia da sola.Henry Wood – Detective Privato
Par Marina Albamonte, Brian D. Meeks. 2018
1° gennaio 1955. Henry Wood è uscito malconcio dai bagordi della notte di capodanno del 1954. Nel suo mondo le…
cose finora sono state bianche o nere, giuste o sbagliate, ma la sua vita sta per cambiare e d’ora in poi ci saranno sempre sfumature di grigio. Tutto sommato non è niente male come detective. Tifoso sfegatato dei Brooklyn Dodgers, Henry sta per essere ingaggiato da una bella ragazza affinché le ritrovi il padre e il libro contabile di cui questi si stava occupando. Il caso appare alquanto semplice, ma quando un seconda donna richiede i suoi servizi per ritrovare lo stesso libro contabile, Henry comincia sospettare che dietro alla sparizione dell’uomo ci sia qualcosa di grosso, di molto più grande di lui. E ha ragione. Ritrovare l’uomo e il suo libro contabile diventerà ben presto l’ultimo dei suoi problemi perché anche il capo della mafia locale, Tommy “il Coltello” mira a quel libro contabile e, finché non riuscirà a entrarne in possesso, il boss sa di essere vulnerabile, facile preda degli altri capi famiglia. Ma di chi si può fidare Henry? C’è un misterioso quanto sconosciuto benefattore che sembra avere a cuore solo il suo bene. Henry accetterà l’aiuto che gli verrà offerto? Ma soprattutto, ha altra scelta?