Dead Won't Stay Dead ***For a limited time, you can get a free copy of Craig's novel, Allied Zombies for Peace for free – click here to find out more > http://www.craignybo.com/freebook/ < (just copy and paste into your browser)*** A half-century-old curse lies over the small community of Ridgewater ever since Sarah Chase died in a car accident during a teen-angst-driven game of chicken back in 1962. She perished in the back seat of a 1961 Impala, accompanied by a group of...
The face of evil.And the face of greed…The video showed a nearly naked man bloodied and beaten. Even as archaeologist and TV presenter Annja Creed watched, the clock on his suicide vest ticked down, and precious seconds were lost. But this was no stranger. Garin was her friend. Their fates had been bound by the secrets of Joan of Arc's sword. And Annja had less than twenty-four hours to save his life….The price for Garin's life was the lost mask of Torquemada, rumored to have been cast by the...
Karl Marlantes’s debut novel, Matterhorn , and his nonfiction account of combat, What It Is Like to Go to War , were both New York Times bestsellers and have sold over half a million copies combined across all formats. An enormous critical success, Matterhorn won the Center for Fiction’s 2010 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and was named a New York Times Notable Book, among many other accolades. Marlantes is a key talking head in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s monumental 10-part, 18-hour...
A new fairy tale for grownups written in a classic style but with knowing humour and heart Ron Sexsmith is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with an international following Potential sales both from fans and curious book lovers Ron has nearly 27,000 Facebook likes for his artist page and 24,000 Twitter followers; he is extremely active on Twitter, posting every day with either photos, puns, or YouTube videos of him performing cover tunes Ron takes his visual way with words that...
From the author of the bestselling Jalna series. This early novel from the pen of one of Canada’s most universally known writers sparkles with life and vitality. Here we find the primitive, the natural, and the innocent in conflict with the conventional, the civilized, and the corrupt. And here we meet Delight Mainprize, whose extraordinary beauty and charm come close to devastating an entire community.
Der Deutsche Bauernkrieg beginnt … Deutschland, 1525. Zehntausende Bauern erheben sich, um von den Fürsten mehr Rechte einzufordern. Auch der Hörige Lud kämpft an der Seite seines Herrn Florian Geyer für die Bauern, obwohl er nicht an ihre Sache glaubt – ein Schwur, den er einst Florians Vater leistete, bindet ihn. Für Lud gibt es nur einen Grund, warum er in diesem Krieg nicht sterben darf: die Täuferin Kristina, seine große Liebe. Doch während er von Schlacht zu Schlacht zieht, gerät Kristina...
Hamburg, 1912: Mina Deharde liegt der Kaffeehandel im Blut. Kein Wunder, verbringt sie doch jede freie Minute im Kaffeekontor ihres Vaters, mitten in der Hamburger Speicherstadt. Doch beide wissen, dass sie als Frau das Geschäft nicht übernehmen kann, und einen männlichen Erben gibt es nicht. Während Mina davon träumt, mit ihrem Jugendfreund Edo nach New York auszuwandern, hat ihr Vater andere Pläne für sie. Mina muss sich entscheiden: zwischen Pflicht und Freiheit, Liebe und Familie … Auftakt...
