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Men like Mike Gannon and Black John Bennett made their living off the Erie Canal, forever battling one another for control of canal shipping. <P> Women like Moira Kennally—the wanton widow turned Madam—and the Egyptian, owner of the notorious parlor The Golden Tassel—made their living off men like Mike and Black John, offering their passionate embraces in return for the hard-earned dollars the canalers wrested from «The Big Ditch.» <P> Together and apart they lived and loved in...
| Автор | Gardner Fox |
Centuries before, the multiwave-drive ships had come to Morkath of the Caravan Stars – bringing colonists, empires, confederations of plunderers. Finally, the planet was exhausted and left to descent slowly to barbarism. <P> Now, savage tribal leaders fight over the blighted lands. Among these warriors is the young hunter Jamnar, who vows to reclaim Morkath from the demonic powers that grip it – the dark god Shaphath, the priestesses of Astaphar, the evil priests called Kvunuvun… ...
| Автор | Dave Van Arnam |
"SOMETHING is going to happen to me!"<P> Joe Hammond was in Rome on furlough after fifteen months at the front. It was to be seven days of excitement and pleasure – a lifetime of love in one week. The first day he met Maria Consorti who gave him her body for a meal, and then abandoned him for an American capitano. Then he found Nina Bonte, business woman, who left her prosperous Bar Nazionale long enough to have a brief affair with him. And there was sad-eyed Gianna Aragno, too weak...
| Автор | Robert Lowry |
TRUE STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR collects true tales of the Civil War, meticulously researched by Civil War authority Joseph J. Millard. These classic works, all originally published in TRUE Magazine, are great reading for any Civil War buff! <P> "The Spy Who Saved the Union" – The tale of the amateur spy who single-handed wrecked the greatest treason conspiracy this country has ever known! <P> "Lincoln’s Shootin’ Fools" – The modern Pentagon wasn’t even a gleam in its...
| Автор | Joseph J. Millard |
Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, radio/TV; Schalit’s book will appeal to readers across the political spectrum; the Obama Administration’s approach to Middle East politics will figure prominently in the book.
| Автор | Joel Schalit |
Qurval, the Wizard of Storms, took pride in his madness, exquisite pleasure in the pain of his prisoners. Beautiful Laishalla and her friends, Konarr and The Bowman, knew every day brought them closer to a terrible death, yet they were helpless. Evil and insane, Qurval tormented the universe with catastrophes and howling storms. Through the thunder and lightning called forth to do his bidding, the Wizard's malevolent laughter rang out, defying anyone or anything to challenge his limitless...
| Автор | Dave Van Arnam |
Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976) earned a distinguished reputation among writers of science fiction, one that caused his enthusiastic following to nominate him again and again for awards. Unique in his talent, his novels dealt not with the far future, but with the enigma of the past. Prior to the dawn of human history, the Earth did not belong solely to humanity – there were other intelligent species still fighting a last-stand battle against extinction.Remembered today only in legend, these are...
| Автор | Thomas Burnett Swann |
They were called the Geh-i-nah, and they were dying. First it was the plague, forcing them from their ancestral homes in the east. Then the terrible journey itself took its toll upon the tribe. And when they found a seeming refuge in the mountains of present-day New Mexico, they were attacked again and again by a relentless enemy, and their ranks steadily diminished. Only Ayina, medicine-woman of the Geh-i-nah, could find a way of preserving their heritage. Only her wisdom, her strength, and her...
| Автор | Ardath Mayhar |
THE HOUR OF THE FOX HAS COME! <P> Mara has escaped death, and is on the run with the slave-boy Phrygillus. Thomasius and Manasa are hunting a killer (or is he hunting them?) <P> Young Aulus is sent on a surprising mission. <P> Decimus is given his most dangerous assignment yet: to penetrate the intrigue and corruption at the heart of the Imperial court. <P> And Florianus the court eunuch, surrounded by enemies, is struggling to stay alive. <P> As...
| Автор | Francis Jarman |
"Master Bernard is a historical novel which reflects what actually happened during the terrible religious wars between the Roman Catholics and the Huguenots (Calvinist Protestants) in France during the second half of the 16th century. The principal character is a real person: Bernard Palissy, master potter, craftsman, writer, researcher and lecturer who lived from 1510 to 1589. Many of his glazed pottery masterpieces can be found today in the Louvre and other major museums around the world....
| Автор | Elie Berthet |
–Abani's last novel, «GraceLand,» was a selection of the TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB, winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, a Silver Medal in the California Book Awards, and was a finalist for several other prizes including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
| Автор | Chris Abani |
An epic endeavor by a man genuinely enamored of his native Rome, Livy's «The History of Rome» was originally written in 142 books spanning the entire history of the Roman people up to Livy's day in the time of Augustus in the first century BC. While this Roman historian's monumental undertaking took most of his life, only 35 books still survive today. Livy begins with Aeneas' landing on Italy and the myth of Romulus and Remus' founding of Rome. He also thoroughly covers...
| Автор | Livius (Livy) Titus |
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS face the might of Rommel’s army and win?In the North African desert in 1941 the war is being won by the brilliant German commander General Rommel, and the British are in retreat on all fronts.A young British army lieutenant, David Stirling, believes that the only way to reverse this situation is to attack the enemy behind their own lines, using small groups of men who can insert by land, sea or air as required. The first of these men are...
| Автор | Shaun Clarke |
Ruin is coming.For ten millennia, the Machinery Selected the greatest leaders of humanity, bringing glory to the Overland. But the Machinery came with a Prophecy: in the 10,000th year, it will break, and Ruin will come.Now, the Prophecy is being fulfilled. The Machinery has Selected a terrible being to rule the Overland, an immortal who cares little for the humans she governs. Some call her the Strategist. Others call her the One. Everyone knows her as Mother.Mother will do anything to find the...
| Автор | Gerrard Cowan |
The second novel in Lynne Francis’s gripping family saga trilogy. Prepare to be captured by the story of Alice…Can uncovering a long forgotten family mystery change your life?1890 Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family, working at the local cotton mill. But when she suddenly begins to attract the wrong attention, her life begins to spiral out of control…2018 For Alys, one bad decision after another has left her feeling that her life hasn’t quite turned out the way it should have. But when...
| Автор | Lynne Francis |
In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime’s study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular representations: instead of a gloomy, sexless “Puritan”, we have a dashingly thinker, branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine.
| Автор | Christopher Hill |
As joint owner of London’s most notorious gambling hall, The Underworld, Cole Hewitt spends his days surrounded by wealth – and looks every inch the debonair. But, unknown to most, he was born a bastard – and knows better than anyone the fine line between the elite and the slums.When he falls for the beautiful Lady Gemma Amberson, sister to the Duke of Kent, Cole knows that his past means he will never be considered worthy of her. But Cole has no intention of being cast aside again.But Cole’s...
| Автор | Anabelle Bryant |