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Book Synopsis Mystery at the World's Edge by : Alanna Knight
Download or read book Mystery at the World's Edge written by Alanna Knight and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Alanna Knight could hardly be better' Ian Rankin When Tam Eildor arrives unexpectedly on a remote Scottish island in the year 1587 after his time machine develops a fault, he quickly finds himself embroiled in the lives of the colourful locals. Many are trying to escape the tyranny of the power-hungry Earl Robert Stewart as, having imprisoned the beautiful Princess Marie for many years, he now plans to force her into a distasteful marriage with his eldest son, Patrick, to further his own ambitions. Aided by a motley crew including a stowaway, a pirate and one of the earl's own sons, Eildor attempts a daring rescue of the princess. Together they will travel the oceans in search of Spanish gold, lost loves and new futures.
Book Synopsis At the World's Edge by : Maria Steuart
Download or read book At the World's Edge written by Maria Steuart and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World's Edge written by David Hair and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renegade sorcerer Raythe Vyre went off the edge of the map, seeking riches and redemption . . . but he has found the impossible: a vanished civilisation - and the threat of eternal damnation! Chasing a dream of wealth and freedom, Raythe Vyre's ragtag caravan of refugees from imperial oppression went off the map, into the frozen wastes of the north. What they found there was beyond all their expectations: Rath Argentium, the legendary city of the long-vanished Aldar, complete with its fabled floating citadel. Even more unexpectedly, they encountered the Tangato, the remnants of the people who served the Aldar, who are shocked to learn that they're not alone in the world - and hostile to Raythe's interlopers. What awaits Raythe's people in the haunted castle that floats above them, the lair of the last Aldar King? Everlasting wealth - or eternal damnation?
Book Synopsis MYSTERY & ESPIONAGE Ultimate Collection by : John Buchan
Download or read book MYSTERY & ESPIONAGE Ultimate Collection written by John Buchan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 3118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "MYSTERY & ESPIONAGE Ultimate Collection – Complete Richard Hannay, Dickson McCunn & Sir Edward Leithen Series in One Premium Edition" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Richard Hannay The Thirty-Nine Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep The Courts of the Morning The Green Wildebeest Dickson McCunn and the 'Gorbals Die-hards' Huntingtower Castle Gay The House of the Four Winds Sir Edward Leithen Novels The Power-House John Macnab The Dancing Floor The Gap in the Curtain Sick Heart River Sing a Song of Sixpence Autobiography & Biography of John Buchan Memory Hold-the-door (Autobiography) Unforgettable, Unforgotten by Anna M. Buchan John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps, and it is for these that he is now best remembered.
Book Synopsis RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged) by : John Buchan
Download or read book RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged) written by John Buchan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 1725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Major-General Sir Richard Hannay is a character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan. Hannay is based on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, a spy during the Second Boer War. The Thirty-Nine Steps - Hannay is buttonholed by an American stranger who knows of an anarchist plot to assassinate the Greek Premier during his forthcoming visit to London. It is now up to Hannay to save the day and stop Europe from destabilising. Greenmantle - Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion in winning the war. Mr Standfast - Brigadier-General Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret undercover mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. The Three Hostages - Hannay receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people before it's too late... The Island of Sheep - Hannay, now in his fifties, is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also heir to the secret of a great treasure. The Courts of the Morning - Hannay is approached by the American military attache in London to covertly solve the mystery of Blenkiron's disappearance in South America. Hannay seeks out his friend Sandy Arbuthnot for help, but Sandy soon disappears, sending Hannay a mysterious letter . . . The Green Wildebeest - It is a mystery tale of a man afflicted with a terrible curse for doing something he shouldn't have John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. He is now best remembered for his adventure and spy thrillers, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Book Synopsis SIR EDWARD LEITHEN Complete Collection – 6 Titles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Thriller Series) by : John Buchan
Download or read book SIR EDWARD LEITHEN Complete Collection – 6 Titles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Thriller Series) written by John Buchan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 1205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "SIR EDWARD LEITHEN Complete Collection – 6 Titles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Thriller Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Power-House - Barrister and Tory MP Edward Leithen must thwart an international anarchist organization plans to destroy Western civilisation, led by Andrew Lumley a rich Englishman. John Macnab - Leithan and his friends now in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. Under the collective name of 'John Macnab' they issue a challenge to their neighbours to prevent them from poaching on their lands undetected... The Dancing Floor - Leithan and his new friend Milburn find themselves on the Greek island of Plakos where they must save the beautiful Koré Arabin from the superstitious islanders and prevent Milburn's nightmares from coming true. The Gap in the Curtain - Leithen is introduced at a house party to the brilliant physicist and mathematician professor Moe. Moe has been working on a new theory of time, and believes he has found a way of enabling people to see, as if through a 'gap in the curtain', details of a future event... Sick Heart River - Leithen is diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and given a year to live. While deciding how to spend his remaining days, an American associate, John S. Blenkiron, requests help to find his niece's husband, Francis Galliard, who has disappeared from his very successful financial career in New York and fled to Canada. Sing a Song of Sixpence – Leithan tells a story of a "pretty generous allowance of romance" that cost him sixpence. John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. He is now best remembered for his adventure and spy thrillers.
Book Synopsis After World's End by : Jack Williamson
Download or read book After World's End written by Jack Williamson and published by Fiction Hunter Press. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When adventurer, Barry Horn, is chosen to be the worlds first Rocketeer, the first human to set foot on other worlds, he is reluctant to accept the job until he receives a vision seemingly from his late wife telling him he must go or all humanity will be lost. When his mission goes wrong, he winds up in a suspended state. Conscious that he has failed, but unable to move, he has visions of mankind through the centuries. He witnesses his descendents going into space, creating the first living robot, sees the rise of the Robot Corporation, and its enslavement of man. When he is finally awakened, Barry finds that the knowledge he possesses after his long slumber is man's last hope to survive against the robots. Hugo and Nebula Award winner, Jack Williamson, has crafted a sweeping epic of space opera, harkening back to the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials of the 1930's.
Book Synopsis Beyond World's End by : Mercedes Lackey
Download or read book Beyond World's End written by Mercedes Lackey and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS YOUR SOUL ON DRUGS After the events chronicled in Bedlam's Bard, world-saving bard and magician Eric Banyon moves into his new New York apartment hoping to settle down to the quiet life. No such luck: his building is a safe-house for a group of occultist Guardians protecting the city from supernatural evil. And there's a new evil for them to guard against.... When unethical drug researchers discover that they can induce amazing mental powers using psychotropic drugs, they begin planning to raise a drug-enslaved army of mercenaries and grow very, very rich. But this gets the attention of Aerune mac Audelaine, lord of the dark Unseleighe Sidney, who hopes to use the drugs to break through to the human world and feed on the suffering there. Both plans will bring terror to the world-and both are threatened by the very existence of Eric Banyan. With his possibly loyal companions-a beautiful elven half-breed and a gargoyle Eric heads for a three-way battle of wizardry that will determine Gotham's fate-and his own. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Book Synopsis Tales of Mystery & Suspense: 25+ Thrillers in One Edition by : E. Phillips Oppenheim
Download or read book Tales of Mystery & Suspense: 25+ Thrillers in One Edition written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection of "Tales of Mystery & Suspense: 25+ Thrillers in One Edition” has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Great Impersonation The Double Traitor The Black Box The Devil's Paw A Maker Of History The New Tenant The Cinema Murder The Box With Broken Seals The Yellow Crayon The Yellow House; Or As A Man Lives Mr. Marx's Secret The Great Secret Mysterious Mr. Sabin The World's Great Snare The Lost Ambassador Havoc The Lighted Way The Kingdom Of The Blind The Evil Shepherd The Great Prince Shan False Evidence The Betrayal Jeanne Of The Marshes The Vanished Messenger The Zeppelin's Passenger A Monk of Cruta The Traitor A Prince Of Sinners Anna The Adventuress The Master Mummer E. Phillips Oppenheim, the Prince of Storytellers (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.
Book Synopsis A Book of Mystery and Vision by : Arthur Edward Waite
Download or read book A Book of Mystery and Vision written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Summer at World's End by : Monica Dickens
Download or read book Summer at World's End written by Monica Dickens and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom, Carrie, Em and Michael are still living on their own at World's End. In between wondering where the next meal will come from, and trying to avoid interfering grown-ups, they are never short of fun and excitement. Carrie cannot stand to see an animal suffer, and when she plunges into another rescue operation, more perilous than any she has attempted before – putting her, and faithful dog Charlie, into terrible danger – things quickly spiral out of control. Desperately the children struggle to save Charlie from a dreadful fate; but it is a race against time. Summer at World's End is the second adventure in The World's End Series.
Book Synopsis 50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 1) by : Jules Verne
Download or read book 50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 1) written by Jules Verne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 12151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience at least once in their life: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie) The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe) The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe) The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Innocence of Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton) The Abbey Court Murder (Annie Haynes) The Man Who Knew Too Much (G. K. Chesterton) The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins) Bleak House (Charles Dickens) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart) Bulldog Drummond (Sapper) Martin Hewitt Investigator (Arthur Morrison) The Lodger (Marie Belloc Lowndes) Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers) The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan) The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) Arsène Lupin (Maurice Leblanc) The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) The Widow Lerouge (Émile Gaboriau) Fantômas (Marcel Allain) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu) The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft) The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson) The Willows (Algernon Blackwood) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
Book Synopsis 101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die by : Jules Verne
Download or read book 101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die written by Jules Verne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 23935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
Book Synopsis The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries by : Graham Hodson
Download or read book The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries written by Graham Hodson and published by Rockwood Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating collection of stories, you are taken on a journey through the shadowy corridors of history's most perplexing mysteries. "The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries" travels the earth and spans the decades, exploring cases that have puzzled experts and mystery enthusiasts alike. Delve into the curious case of the Circleville Letters, where an entire town was gripped by fear of an unseen menace, ponder over what really happened at Area 51, and read about the haunting disappearance of the Yuba County Five, a case that defies all logical explanation. Each story is meticulously crafted, inviting readers to ponder the endless possibilities that lie just beyond the edge of the known world. Prepare to be enthralled by these tales of mystery, where history, science, and legend intertwine, creating a tapestry of the unexplained. "The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries" calls you to lose yourself in a world where the line between the known and the unknown blurs, and draws you into mysteries that have captivated minds and sparked debates for decades. The fascinating stories in this book include: The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Jack the Ripper The Voynich Manuscript The Bermuda Triangle The Dyatlov Pass Incident The Tunguska Event The Disappearance of Flight MH370 Leonardo da Vinci, the Knights Templar, and the Priory of Sion The Nazca Lines The Fate of the Roanoke Colony The Shroud of Turin The Zodiac Killer The Wow! Signal Stonehenge The Lost Colony of Paititi The Rongorongo Writing of Easter Island The Oak Island Enigma Hollywood's Dark Rose The Loch Ness Monster The Lost City of Atlantis The Location of Cleopatra's Tomb The Tale of the Smalls Lighthouse Dark Matter and Dark Energy The Taos Hum D.B. Cooper The Isdal Woman UFO Sightings The Easter Island Statues The Fate of the Roman Ninth Legion The Man in the Iron Mask The Beale Ciphers The Mary Celeste The Pioneer Anomaly The Hessdalen Lights The Placebo Effect Animal Mass Die-Offs The Mothman The Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe The Bell Witch The Chupacabra The Tamam Shud Case The Authorship of Shakespeare's Works The Scream Painting Theft The Secret of Rennes-le-Château The Disappearance of the Amber Room The Princes in the Tower The Sea Peoples The Disappearance of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers
Book Synopsis The Arthur Morrison Mystery MEGAPACK® by : Arthur Morrison
Download or read book The Arthur Morrison Mystery MEGAPACK® written by Arthur Morrison and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 2067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, one series of which featured the adventures of detective Martin Hewitt. Morrison’s best known work of fiction is probably his novel "A Child of the Jago" (1896, included here), but fans of detective fiction will recognize him from his mystery short stories, some of which were featured in the Rivals of Sherlock Holmes series. Included are: THE NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES RIGBY THE CASE OF JANISSARY THE CASE OF THE "MIRROR OF PORTUGAL" THE AFFAIR OF THE "AVALANCHE BICYCLE AND TYRE CO., LIMITED" THE CASE OF MR. LOFTUS DEACON OLD CATER'S MONEY THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIES THE LOSS OF SAMMY CROCKETT THE CASE OF MR. FOGGATT THE CASE OF THE DIXON TORPEDO THE QUINTON JEWEL AFFAIR THE STANWAY CAMEO MYSTERY THE AFFAIR OF THE TORTOISE THE IVY COTTAGE MYSTERY THE NICOBAR BULLION CASE THE HOLFORD WILL CASE THE CASE OF THE MISSING HAND THE CASE OF LAKER, ABSCONDED THE CASE OF THE LOST FOREIGNER THE AFFAIR OF MRS. SETON'S CHILD THE CASE OF MR. GELDARD'S ELOPEMENT THE CASE OF THE DEAD SKIPPER THE CASE OF THE "FLITTERBAT LANCERS" THE CASE OF THE LATE MR. REWSE THE CASE OF THE WARD LANE TABERNACLE THE AFFAIR OF SAMUEL'S DIAMONDS THE CASE OF MR. JACOB MASON THE CASE OF THE LEVER KEY THE CASE OF THE BURNT BARN THE CASE OF THE ADMIRALTY CODE THE ADVENTURE OF CHANNEL MARSH LIZERUNT WITHOUT VISIBLE MEANS TO BOW BRIDGE THAT BRUTE SIMMONS BEHIND THE SHADE THREE ROUNDS IN BUSINESS THE RED COW GROUP ON THE STAIRS SQUIRE NAPPER "A POOR STICK" A CONVERSION "ALL THAT MESSUAGE" THE THING IN THE UPPER ROOM MR. MACFADYEN, MORTAL A PASSED MASTER AS FAR AS THEY HAD GOT AUNT SARAH'S BROOCHZ A GAME OF BILLIARDS A VISION OF TOYOKUNI CHANCE OF THE GAME SPOTTO'S RECLAMATION A "DEAD 'UN" THE DISORDER OF THE BATH HIS TALE OF BRICKS TEACHER AND TAUGHT A BLOT ON ST. BASIL ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE INGRATES AT BAGSHAW'S RHYMER THE SECOND CHARLWOOD WITH A NUMBER A POOR BARGAIN STATEMENT OF EDWARD CHALONER LOST TOMMY JEPPS THE LEGEND OF LAPWATER HALL THE BLACK BADGER THE TORN HEART THE FIRST MAGNUM MR. NORIE'S MAGNUM MR. CLIFTON'S MAGNUM THE STEWARD'S MAGNUM—AND ANOTHER MR. POOLEY'S MAGNUM A BOX OF ODDMENTS MR. SMITH'S MAGNUMS THE GREEN EYE A SKINFUL OF TROUBLE THE ABSENT THREE THE STOLEN BLENKINSOP CAP'EN JOLLYFAX'S GUN SNORKEY TIMMS, HIS MARKS THE COPPER CHARM DOBBS'S PARROT THE SELLER OF HATE THE RODD STREET REVOLUTION THE CHAMBER OF LIGHT: A FANTASY MR. BOSTOCK'S BACK-SLIDING THE HOUSE OF HADDOCK A LUCIFO MATCH ARTS AND CRAFTS WICKS'S WATERLOO THE DRINKWATER ROMANCE MR. WALKER'S AEROPLANE LIES UNREGISTERED FIDDLE O' DREAMS A PROFESSIONAL EPISODE BYLESTONES THE FOUR-WANT WAY THE THING IN THE UPPER ROOM MYXOMYCETES SPORTS OF MUGBY FRENZIED FINANCE BILLY BLENKIN'S RADIUM INFANTRY AT THE DOUBLE THE EAST A-CALLIN' BUSKERS AT BAY A CHILD OF THE JAGO THE HOLE IN THE WALL If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Book Synopsis Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions by : Frank L. Holt
Download or read book Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions written by Frank L. Holt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-11-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frank Holt probably knows more than anyone alive about the mysterious Greek kingdoms in Bactria and on the frontiers of India that were one of the odder legacies of Alexander's Eastern conquests. The literary evidence is sparse, the coins remain ambiguous, the topography defeats all but the toughest. Holt's forays into this world are those of a clever and persistent detective: he loves cracking problems, and the tougher they are, the better. This time—very properly beginning by invoking the name of Sherlock Holmes—he has given us what Conan Doyle would probably have called 'The Adventure of the Elephant Medallions.’ Debate has raged over the scene these portray ever since the first was discovered. A cavalryman with a lance confronts an opponent on an elephant. Who are they? What is the occasion? Guesses have ranged from Alexander to the Greco-Bactrian monarch Eucratides, from Porus at the Jhelum to Darius at Gaugamela. Using his numismatic and historical skills like a Holmesian magnifying-glass, Holt takes us through the theories, deftly explodes the fallacies, and comes up with a (for me) entirely cogent and satisfying solution. He has also, somewhere along the way, acquired a really marvelous prose style. Not only is the problem in itself a page-turner; Holt also throws in, by way of introduction, the best short impressionistic account of Alexander's career I have ever read. This is high scholarship at its most exciting."—Peter Green, author of Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography "[This book] brings to a wider audience one of the few contemporary pieces of evidence for the image and ideology of Alexander the Great. While relatively well known to experts in the field, the 'elephant medallions' of the title are far less well understood, and have thus played a smaller part, in popular accounts of Alexander than they probably should. Holt's book offers a well thought out introduction first to Alexander and the Alexander story, second to the entrance of the 'medallions' into modern scholarship, and third to the medallions themselves."—Andrew Meadows, Curator of Greek Coins, British Museum
Book Synopsis Bearing the Mystery by : Gregory Wolfe
Download or read book Bearing the Mystery written by Gregory Wolfe and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In celebration of the twentieth year of Image Journal, Eerdmans presents an anthology of the best of Images pages over two decadeswriting and visual art that highlight the rich and ongoing legacy of imagination fed by faith. / The volume includes essays by Annie Dillard, Ron Hansen, Ann Patchett, and Wim Wenders; fiction by Clyde Edgerton, Joy Williams, and Melanie Rae Thon; poetry by Scott Cairns, B.H. Fairchild, Denise Levertov, and Kathleen Norris; and gorgeous four-color art by Ed Knippers, Tim Rollins and KOS, Catherine Prescott, and Steve Hawley. / Image is one of Americas leading literary quarterliesand one of the top ten in terms of paid circulation. Its award-winning material regularly appears in the Years Best anthologies and has been reprinted in books, websites, and magazines such as Harpers, Utne Reader, and the Wilson Quarterly. / Highly regarded in the public square of American culture, Image has also become the foremost source of contemporary art and literature in faith communities, winning recognition from the Associated Church Press as well as some of our eras most prominent church leaders and theologians. Novelist Bret Lott calls it the most meaningful literary journal being published today
