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Russian defectors are dying and only Charles Thoroughgood can make it stop 'He saw Cleaner Bob arrive that morning, the morning of his death.' In the peaceful towns and villages of England, Cleaner Bob is washing windows, and people are dying in sudden and unexpected circumstances. When it becomes clear that the victims have a common history as Russian defectors, foul play is suspected and a hunt begins to locate their assailant, the lethal poison that killed them, and the mole who is leaking their locations. In a race against time, only one man has the connections and experience to crack the case before more people perish. Charles Thoroughgood, former head of MI6, is enjoying retirement in the Oxfordshire hamlet he calls home when the call comes in. A man of duty, he agrees to take part in a mission that will lead him into the heart of enemy territory and threaten to undermine the very values he holds most dear. Tense, engrossing...

Long ago, the ancient lady in the darkened bed had been the first white woman to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Or had she been the first to walk around it? Whatever the truth, that legend from her lifetime would soon die with her. Unconscious on her deathbed, scenes from her life run through her head while caregivers chatter around her. [1976]A short story about hunting waterfowl in Northeastern Wisconsin. If you've ever wondered what it might be like to head out to the lake on a cool November morning in search of waterfowl, this is the story for you!Also included is a short preview of Derrek's upcoming YA Fantasy novel, Threshold.

Francis Brett Harte was born at Albany in the State of New York, on August twenty-fifth, 1836. By his relatives and early friends he was called Frank; but soon after beginning his career as an author in San Francisco he signed his name as “Brett,” then as “Bret,” and finally as “Bret Harte.” “Bret Harte,” therefore, is in some degree a nom de guerre, and it was commonly supposed at first, both in the Eastern States and in England, to be wholly such. Our great New England novelist had a similar experience, for “Nathaniel Hawthorne” was long regarded by most of his readers as an assumed name, happily chosen to indicate the quaint and poetic character of the tales to which it was signed. Bret Harte’s father was Henry Hart; but before we trace his ancestry, let us endeavor to see how he looked. Fanny Kemble met him at Lenox, in the year 1875, and was much impressed by his appearance.

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It had a protagonist who seemed to get possessed. If you liked "The Matrix" you will find a similar theme here. Things are not as they appear. This hero suddenly went off to kill a friend, succeeded, then found out the friend was still alive. He then was given certain information, had to fight, kill, and then was told that he had not been given the true facts. The protagonist ended up making thIt had a protagonist who seemed to get possessed. If you liked "The Matrix" you will find a similar theme here. Things are not as they appear. This hero suddenly went off to kill a friend, succeeded, then found out the friend was still alive. He then was given certain information, had to fight, kill, and then was told that he had not been given the true facts. The protagonist ended up making the campus safer for others but at a price.

In the future the civilian population must hire private enforcers since governmental police has been terminated. These are the adventures of Peter Blunt,an enforcer for hire. Because of the high risk involved in his profession he is called a Space Warrior.(Hello and Thank You!) See Also: Space Warrior AD 60,400.111102 and Blood SkullsPrologue Peter Blunt policed for profit. Government control of policing lost out.Private business had overtaken and won the job of enforcing civil law. Contract work for law enforcers lasted six months, max. No job security, pension, or health care to argue about. The government, the protectors of the people, had given the job of policing and enforcing civil law to the civilian creeps, the profit makers. The old timers in the ranks saw it coming. Everyone, including union efforts fell flat. In his favor, Peter Blunt figured the corporations and company businesses did pay for all equipment and supplies needed for the job. The catch: live to collect; die, and you got squat. A crusty, dirty, business, dangerous for sure, but that’s why he selected assignment, those that provided the high risk pay. Most of the guys who started with Peter Blunt were dead. The long stretched corridor he cruised stood as a reminder of other enforcers gone before him. Some people preferred to call the policing or enforcing men space warriors. Laws changed from civilized planet to civilized planet. Maybe a desk job? Heart attack, ulcers, or stroke, they were no worse than a ripped throat from a sneak attack. No, Peter Blunt figured, death from direct weapons fire seemed a better way to travel. Peter Blunt stepped square, shrugged his shoulders, his facial expression clicked. He knew that human life follows its own cycle. Enforcement burned and boiled in his blood. He knew it and did it well. His name carried weight and his skills were prized in the wide open economic market and universe of profit and life.

A 17 year old boy moves to Boise, Idaho with his father after his parent's divorce and starts his senior year of high school at a new school where he meets several people who guide him to his salvation.Sebastian had been able to see things more clearly ever since he could remember. A very rare eye condition enabled him to distinguish colours that to other humans appeared to be identical. It motivated him to explore the profusion of his visual ability and exceptional talent by taking him on an exhilarating ride through the possibilities of painting. The beautiful Professor Fiona Raine had a similar ability and was the first person who ever shared this secret with him. Sebastian is about to discover that their abilities and connection are much more significant than sharing a love for painting. He has to choose between life as a normal student and falling in love with his class mate Mia or following his destiny to serve a greater purpose with Fiona Raine.

Stories about Ignatius Loyola, John Bunyan, Telemachus, the twelve Martyrs of Scilla, and some frustrated fisherman. They do such things as start the Jesuit order, put an end to the gladiatorial games in Rome, and die for their faith.Stories about Ignatius Loyola, John Bunyan, Telemachus, the twelve Martyrs of Scilla, and some frustrated fisherman. They do such things as start the Jesuit order, put an end to the gladiatorial games in Rome, and die for their faith. These are mostly biographies and are all written in creative nonfiction style, which is where you take real events and add details so that they read like a novel. The stories pop to life and will challenge you. Would you do what they did?

Above and Beyond - the final book in the Andrew Michaels trilogy. The twins take-off, his faithful (Hawker) Hunter take a dislike to him - 3 times- finally depositing him on an Aircraft Carrier. He becomes a reluctant Diplomat - with benefits,and is 'dumped' in the desert. then he meets an Interior Designer - outside. Who is Charlotte the Harlot, and Charlie makes a 'ghost' appearancAndrew Michaels, our reluctant Billionaire goes from hospital bed to a Spanish Dynasty in three novels - 'Road to Recovery' - 'Onward and Upward' and this, the final one in the trilogy 'Above and Beyond. In this one a matching set of demanding twins take-off, a trio of assassination attempts (disguised as aircraft malfunctions) lead him aboard an Aircraft Carrier. He is then 'tricked' into becoming a 'reluctant' diplomat (with benefits), ending up with him being held hostage in the desert, whilst the world tries to sort itself out. He finally meets the second love of his life, but nothing is ever easy for Andrew, she is a married widow, who happens to still be a virgin, but not to be put off he travels around the world tracking down the reluctant corpses, ending up in the Maldives where Charlie - who was 'killed off' in the second novel, makes a 'ghost' appearance, and fulfills a 'burning' ambition.

Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday-and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art. Waugh's dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide depicts a world where reputation, love, and death cost a very great deal.

A Tour on the Prairies is an original classic in the lore of Oklahoma history. The book chronicles a group of adventurers as they travel through northeastern and central Oklahoma. Of all of the published works of Washington Irving, possibly none has received such scant attention in recent years as A Tour on the Prairies, which was first published in 1835 and which relates briefly the story of a journey that he made into the interior of the present state of Oklahoma, in the autumn of 1832. Many years have passed since A Tour on the Prairies was published in the form of a separate volume. Moreover, it is not included, even in the same volume with other productions of his pen, in some of the published sets of Irving’s works. The narrative of this journey has lost none of its interest with the flight of years, however.

This is a collection of biographies that profile history's most famous romantic couples, from Antony & Cleopatra to Abelard & Heloise. This collection is 4 volumes spanning several millennia.

Though she began her literary career as a social realist working in the vein of her mentor Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell took a mid-career turn into the realm of supernatural writing. Curious, If True brings together a collection of Gaskell's most spine-chilling Victorian tales of horror and suspense. It's a must-read for fans of gothic mysteries.