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Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476712867
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Poisoned Island written by Lloyd Shepherd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.
Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471100375
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)
Download or read book The Poisoned Island written by Lloyd Shepherd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of The English Monster takes us on another voyage of discovery from Kew Gardens to the island of Otaheite by way of a murder investigation. LONDON 1812: For forty years Britain has dreamed of the Pacific island of Tahiti, a dark paradise of bloody cults and beautiful natives. Now, decades after the first voyage of Captain Cook, a new ship returns to London, crammed with botanical specimens and, it seems, the mysteries of Tahiti. When, days after the Solander's arrival, some of its crew are found dead and their sea-chests ransacked - their throats slashed, faces frozen into terrible smiles - John Harriott, magistrate of the Thames river police, puts constable Charles Horton in charge of the investigation. But what connects the crewmen's dying dreams with the ambitions of the ship's principal backer, Sir Joseph Banks of the Royal Society? And how can Britain's new science possibly explain the strangeness of Tahiti's floral riches now growing at Kew? Horton must employ his singular methods to uncover a chain of conspiracy stretching all the way back to the foot of the great dead volcano Tahiti Nui, beneath the hungry eyes of ancient gods. 'I loved it! Very stylish, very ingenious and very well-written' Joanne Harris 'Shepherd adroitly blurs fact and fiction with a hint of the fantastic, creating his own superior blend of historical crime fiction' Financial Times 'Georgian London is vividly brought to life … A gutsy, involving yarn' Guardian
Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476712875
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Poisoned Island written by Lloyd Shepherd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant young police officer discovers a series of bizarre deaths are connected to the cargo of a research vessel bound for Kew Gardens in this fantasy-tinged historical thriller set in early nineteenth-century London. Tahiti 1769. English sailors arrive on the shores of the Polynesian paradise— a place of staggering beauty where magic and ancient myths still hold sway. But they soon devastate the island with disease, war, and death, planting deadly seeds that will be carried back to England forty years later. London 1812. On a gray June morning, the Solander docks, her hold containing hundreds of exotic plants from Tahiti for the King’s Gardens at Kew. The apparently successful expedition soon takes a horrifying— and inexplicable—turn: The crew of the Solander starts dying one by one. Thames River Police Chief Charles Horton can find no signs of murder or suicide to explain the deaths, and the ship’s surviving crew seems intent on hampering his investigation. When one of the plants begins to show frightening changes, it is up to Charles Horton to determine how it might be stopped.
Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Clipper Audio
ISBN 13 : 9781471237461
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (374 download)
Download or read book The Poisoned Island written by Lloyd Shepherd and published by Clipper Audio. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1812. When the crew of the 'Solander', a ship carrying rare specimens of plant from the paradise island of Otaheite, are found dead, their faces twisted into hideous expressions, Detective Charles Horton is put in charge of the investigation. It becomes clear that this is a mystery that began near the foot of great Tahiti Nui, in the shadow of a dead volcano, beneath the eyes of unforgiving ancient gods.
Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Poison Island written by Arthur Quiller-Couch and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1907 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jon Mitchell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538130343
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Poisoning the Pacific written by Jon Mitchell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this devastating exposé, investigative journalist Jon Mitchell reveals the shocking toxic contamination of the Pacific Ocean and millions of victims by the US military. For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed—but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. After World War II, the United States granted immunity to Japanese military scientists in exchange for their data on biological weapons tests conducted in China; in the following years, nuclear detonations in the Pacific obliterated entire islands and exposed Americans, Marshallese, Chamorros, and Japanese fishing crews to radioactive fallout. At the same time, the United States experimented with biological weapons on Okinawa and stockpiled the island with nuclear and chemical munitions, causing numerous accidents. Meanwhile, the CIA orchestrated a campaign to introduce nuclear power to Japan—the folly of which became horrifyingly clear in the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture. Caught in a geopolitical grey zone, US territories have been among the worst affected by military contamination, including Guam, Saipan, and Johnston Island, the final disposal site of apocalyptic volumes of chemical weapons and Agent Orange. Accompanying this damage, US authorities have waged a campaign of cover-ups, lies, and attacks on the media, which the author has experienced firsthand in the form of military surveillance and attempts by the State Department to impede his work. Now, for the first time, this explosive book reveals the horrific extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.
Author : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Gregg Press
ISBN 13 : 9781446087008
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Poison Island written by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and published by Gregg Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Poison Island written by Arthur Quiller-Couch and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Sir
Publisher : Tutis Digital Pub
ISBN 13 : 9788184563139
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Poison Island written by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Sir and published by Tutis Digital Pub. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501154877
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Island of Sea Women written by Lisa See and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility—but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook find it impossible to ignore their differences. The Island of Sea Women takes place over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. “This vivid…thoughtful and empathetic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge and the men take care of the children. “A wonderful ode to a truly singular group of women” (Publishers Weekly), The Island of Sea Women is a “beautiful story…about the endurance of friendship when it’s pushed to its limits, and you…will love it” (Cosmopolitan).
Author : Cal Flyn
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984878204
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Islands of Abandonment written by Cal Flyn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence "[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity's destructive impulse, and she arrives at a new appreciation of life, 'all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence.'" --The New Yorker Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. Islands of Abandonment is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.
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Author : Arthur Thomas Sir Quiller-Couch, 1863
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372453939
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (539 download)
Download or read book POISON ISLAND written by Arthur Thomas Sir Quiller-Couch, 1863 and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Isabel Allende
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063049643
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Island Beneath the Sea written by Isabel Allende and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman—a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny—in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”—Los Angeles Times The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité—known as Tété—was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns to his teenaged slave Tété, who becomes his most important confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.
Author : Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (641 download)
Download or read book Poison Island written by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Poisoned Well written by Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and published by . This book was released on 1989-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide showing concerned citizens how to take on an aggressive role in fighting water pollution.
Author : William Stolzenburg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608191036
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Rat Island written by William Stolzenburg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the highly controversial practice of rescuing endangered island species by killing their predators, explaining how rats and other animals introduced to the Bering Sea midway by shipwrecks have decimated native bird populations.
