Author: Jack Higgins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671728202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In his biggest and most exciting novel since The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins sweeps the reader into one of the most extraordinary--and secret--episodes of World War II: a mission to rescue from the hands of the Germans a man who knows the time and place of D-Day!
Night of the Fox
Author: Jack Higgins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671728202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In his biggest and most exciting novel since The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins sweeps the reader into one of the most extraordinary--and secret--episodes of World War II: a mission to rescue from the hands of the Germans a man who knows the time and place of D-Day!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671728202
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In his biggest and most exciting novel since The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins sweeps the reader into one of the most extraordinary--and secret--episodes of World War II: a mission to rescue from the hands of the Germans a man who knows the time and place of D-Day!
Seven Days in May
Author: Fletcher Knebel
Publisher: Bantam books
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam books
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Double Image
Author: Helen Macinnes
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 178116441X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
While carrying out research in Paris, American historian John Craig is surprised when he runs into his old college professor. Sussman is a worried man. A survivor of Auschwitz, he in shock, having seen and been seen by one of the Nazis who tortured him in the camp. But SS Colonel Berg has been dead for ten years – or has he? Before Craig can help solve the riddle, Sussman is found dead and Craig is being questioned by the police. As various international organisations are drawn into the hunt for Sussman’s killer, he realises that the ex-Nazi is far more than just a wanted war criminal. Soon Craig’s search for the truth takes him from Paris to the island of Mykonos, where he must unmask a dangerous and powerful foe.
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 178116441X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
While carrying out research in Paris, American historian John Craig is surprised when he runs into his old college professor. Sussman is a worried man. A survivor of Auschwitz, he in shock, having seen and been seen by one of the Nazis who tortured him in the camp. But SS Colonel Berg has been dead for ten years – or has he? Before Craig can help solve the riddle, Sussman is found dead and Craig is being questioned by the police. As various international organisations are drawn into the hunt for Sussman’s killer, he realises that the ex-Nazi is far more than just a wanted war criminal. Soon Craig’s search for the truth takes him from Paris to the island of Mykonos, where he must unmask a dangerous and powerful foe.
GIFT OF DEER
Author: Helen Hoover
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307831353
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In the farthest wilds of northeastern Minnesota, back in the Gunflint Range, the author of this book and her artist-husband have a two-room cabin home in the bush country. Beginning one Christmas Day when they first watched the starving deer they later named Peter, the Hoovers had many opportunities, a passionate inclination, and the nature skills to observe this whitetail buck—joined later by his mate, and finally by several of their offspring—through the changing seasons of four years. Close as their relationship was to the generations of beautiful animals, the Hoovers did not consider them pets but fellow inhabitants of that wild country. Their observations reveal the rewards of living close to wild creatures; but more than that, they add valuable information to our knowledge of the cycle of life of the deer and other creatures native to the same world. For although the deer are the chief characters of this book, they are by no means the only wild creatures Mrs. Hoover writes of. Her naturalist’s eye is just as sharp and her affection just as great for the antics of a curious chickadee or a flying squirrel. Mrs. Hoover’s identification with nature knows no favoritism. The Hoovers’ world—the bush country of the United States-Canadian border—is farther removed from civilization than “Mr. Emerson’s woodlot,” but the close relationship of The Gift of the Deer to Walden is evident for all to enjoy. Adrian Hoover’s drawings are from life, and they add another level of understanding to his wife’s vivid prose.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307831353
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In the farthest wilds of northeastern Minnesota, back in the Gunflint Range, the author of this book and her artist-husband have a two-room cabin home in the bush country. Beginning one Christmas Day when they first watched the starving deer they later named Peter, the Hoovers had many opportunities, a passionate inclination, and the nature skills to observe this whitetail buck—joined later by his mate, and finally by several of their offspring—through the changing seasons of four years. Close as their relationship was to the generations of beautiful animals, the Hoovers did not consider them pets but fellow inhabitants of that wild country. Their observations reveal the rewards of living close to wild creatures; but more than that, they add valuable information to our knowledge of the cycle of life of the deer and other creatures native to the same world. For although the deer are the chief characters of this book, they are by no means the only wild creatures Mrs. Hoover writes of. Her naturalist’s eye is just as sharp and her affection just as great for the antics of a curious chickadee or a flying squirrel. Mrs. Hoover’s identification with nature knows no favoritism. The Hoovers’ world—the bush country of the United States-Canadian border—is farther removed from civilization than “Mr. Emerson’s woodlot,” but the close relationship of The Gift of the Deer to Walden is evident for all to enjoy. Adrian Hoover’s drawings are from life, and they add another level of understanding to his wife’s vivid prose.
Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Choice Pub
ISBN: 9780945260295
Category : Condensed books
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A condensation of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Choice Pub
ISBN: 9780945260295
Category : Condensed books
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A condensation of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
Jaws
Author: Peter Benchley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781509860166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A special edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach . . . A summer of terror had begun. Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974. It has sold over twenty million copies around the world, creating a legend that refuses to die - it's never safe to go back in the water . . .
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781509860166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A special edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach . . . A summer of terror had begun. Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974. It has sold over twenty million copies around the world, creating a legend that refuses to die - it's never safe to go back in the water . . .
Kidnapped & Catriona
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
In "Kidnapped" (1886) and later fiction such as "The Master of Ballantrae" (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland's past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief. This dualism is most famous in "Kidnapped", whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Stevenson wrote the sequel "Catriona" with the title David Balfour, but during serialisation in England the public became confused, thinking it might be a reprint of "Kidnapped". At publisher Cassell's request, the title was changed to "Catriona", after Balfour's daughter.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857907085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
In "Kidnapped" (1886) and later fiction such as "The Master of Ballantrae" (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland's past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief. This dualism is most famous in "Kidnapped", whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Stevenson wrote the sequel "Catriona" with the title David Balfour, but during serialisation in England the public became confused, thinking it might be a reprint of "Kidnapped". At publisher Cassell's request, the title was changed to "Catriona", after Balfour's daughter.
The Kitchen Madonna
Author: Rumer Godden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932350234
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
A boy's efforts to create an icon to please the family's new maid helps him to make new friends and discover an artistic talent.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932350234
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
A boy's efforts to create an icon to please the family's new maid helps him to make new friends and discover an artistic talent.
Book of North American Birds
Author: Reader's Digest Association
Publisher: Readers Digest
ISBN: 9780895773517
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The birds of North America are an endless source of delight to anyone who enjoys nature, and this volume collects over 570 of these remarkable species--every major North American species--in all their beauty. Hundreds of full-color paintings by world-renowned nature artists are coupled with lively, informative commentary.
Publisher: Readers Digest
ISBN: 9780895773517
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The birds of North America are an endless source of delight to anyone who enjoys nature, and this volume collects over 570 of these remarkable species--every major North American species--in all their beauty. Hundreds of full-color paintings by world-renowned nature artists are coupled with lively, informative commentary.
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers
Author: Jack London
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945260288
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. . -- Calm, stoic captain Mac Whirr has just been given command of a new steamship, the Nan-Shan. He and his crew are transporting Asian workers across the China Sea when a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure alerts Mac Whirr of, "some uncommonly dirty weather knocking about."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945260288
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. . -- Calm, stoic captain Mac Whirr has just been given command of a new steamship, the Nan-Shan. He and his crew are transporting Asian workers across the China Sea when a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure alerts Mac Whirr of, "some uncommonly dirty weather knocking about."