Download or read book Kidnapped on Safari written by Peter Riva and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A filmmaker’s search for a kidnapped safari guide pulls him into a massive terrorist plot in this action-packed, international thriller. Film producer Pero Baltazar’s last job has him filming on Kenya’s Lake Rudolf for a television nature show with the help of his friend, Mbuno, an expert tracker and safari guide. But their idyllic escape is soon spoiled by terrifying news: Mbuno’s nephew has been kidnapped while leading a safari five hundred miles away in Tanzania. As they begin their search, they find a trail of clues that leads to a shocking discovery. The kidnappers have ties to an illegal logging operation run by sinister mercenaries from Boko Haram. They pose an even bigger threat than just human trafficking and deforestation. Rescuing Mbuno’s nephew will not only risk their lives but also the political stability of the entire region . . . Perfect for readers of John le Carré, Daniel Silva, and Iris Johansen. A New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner “An amazing piece of writing . . . incredible page turner.” —Mona Houghton, author of Frottage & Even as We Speak “This is travelling into the Heart of Darkness 120 years later, and the horror—oh the horror!—is still there.” —Åke Edwardson, bestselling and award–winning author of the Erik Winter series “A solid . . . yarn of intrigue and derring-do. . . . Complex, believable action, including a breakneck ride through the jungle on a hijacked train.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Kidnapped on Safari written by Peter Riva and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner • The third book in the Mbuno & Pero series pulls terror from headlines to create a gripping international thriller for readers of John le Carré, Daniel Silva, and Iris Johansen. Expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar are filming on Lake Rudolf in Northern Kenya, East Africa, when they receive news that Mbuno’s son, himself an expert guide, has been kidnapped while on a safari five hundred miles away in Tanzania. After gathering the clues and resources needed to trek through the wilderness, they trace the kidnappers back to an illegal logging operation clear-cutting national park forests, manned by sinister Boko Haram mercenaries. There, they find not only Mbuno's son but also a shocking revelation that has terrifying and far-reaching consequences. Relying on Mbuno’s legendary bush skills, the pair must overcome the danger both from inside and outside the camp to bring Mbuno’s son out alive. In doing so, Mbuno and Pero discover that kidnapping and deforestation are only the beginning of the terrorist group's aspirations, and they realize a threat that would herald an even more dangerous outcome for Tanzania—a coup. A rescue might just risk the entire stability of the region. Exciting and expertly plotted using facts ripped from news’ headlines, Kidnapped on Safari is a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller set in deepest, darkest, Machiavellian, East Africa.
Download or read book Savage Safari written by Harold F Horstmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When elephant biologist Marilyn leads safari clientele on a dawn trek, a band of poachers kidnaps her and Vogue writer Nancee for no apparent reason. Bonding in misery, the dissimilar women suffer the gang's harassment and endure the primitiveness of their hideout, empty miles from nowhere. Notes threaten Harry Ace, the camp bwana, with a gruesome death for fiancee Marilyn unless he arranges the shutdown of the area's antipoaching unit (APU). Contrary to instructions, he risks bringing in faraway authorities, who then insist the ransom demand can't be met, since it could lead to the slaughter of internationally treasured wildlife. The murder of Nancee's querulous husband near camp muddies the situation.Although his death seems connected to the kidnapping, safari guests become suspect because all detested the victim. The murder investigation sidetracks the hostage search. Bush-smart Marilyn and tenderfoot Nancee manage to escape on foot after a lion mauls one of the gang. They elude pursuers and predators for two harrowing days until, on the verge of freedom, the gang recaptures them aboard a river pontoon. The physical toll and the gang's wrath lengthen the odds against their survival at a new hideout. Harry uncovers links between the gang and the APU, whose corrupted chief disappears. After Harry and Red Berets backtrack the hostage trail, they conclude the women may be dead. An alleged ringleader of the gang is subsequently killed before he's interrogated, and once in custody, the APU chief professes ignorance of the kidnapping. Marilyn and Nancee summon all their courage, thwart rape, and flee mindless into the bush without food or water. They suffer a bizarre existence while foraging off the land, determined to survive despite their slim chances. An ambush of the gang leaves none alive for questioning. Hell-bent on avenging the women, Harry pieces together the real reason for the kidnapping and related camp murder; he confronts and outwits the mastermind in a showdown, aware that the culprit's lawyers may win in the end.
Download or read book Murder on the Safari Star Adventures on Trains 3 written by M. G. Leonard and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...and stumbles onto a murder mystery! Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle—this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board! Accident . . . or murder? With help from a new friend, Winston (and his mongoose, Chipo), Hal is determined to figure out if a murder has really taken place and, if so, who among a long list of suspects is the killer—all before the Safari Star arrives at its final destination.
Download or read book Legally Kidnapped written by Oliver Kaye and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real life story disguised to protect the child involved. The story embraces powerful human emotions from possessive jealousy to extraordinary parental deceit, at the same time overcoming infertility problems and the dogged determination to get a rung on the farming ladder. A roller coaster of extreme emotions that are finally eclipsed by the shenanigans by the professionals in the Family Court system, leaving an ending that beggars belief.
Download or read book Dangerous Beauty Life and Death in Africa written by Mark C. Ross and published by Miramax Books. This book was released on 2001-08-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from "one of the most seasoned and skilled safari guides at work in Africa today ... [presenting] his close-hand encounters with danger and natural beauty in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Uganda."--Jacket.
Download or read book Mrs Pollifax on Safari written by Dorothy Gilman and published by Prelude Books. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs Pollifax is sent on a safari to smoke out an international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia. “Just take a lot of pictures of everyone on that safari,” the CIA man told her. “One of them has to be our man.” It sounded simple enough. But it wasn’t. Because shortly after she started taking pictures, someone stole her film. And right after that she was kidnapped by Rhodesian terrorists. And right after that – well, read for yourself ... Armed with only an open mind and a little karate, Mrs Pollifax is the most unlikely and lovable of international spies. What readers are saying: “Love, love, love Mrs Pollifax. Ms Gilman has an extraordinary way of keeping you on the edge of your seat and turning the pages of her books.” “How can a sweet little old lady get into so much trouble? Mrs Pollifax is a gem and a hoot!” “A book that gives you a big smile on every page. I'm looking forward to my next Mrs Pollifax adventure.” “Who wouldn't fall in love with a senior citizen who wears absurd hats, pushes the book cart at the hospital, and knows karate?” “I first read the Mrs Pollifax books when I was a little girl and I keep coming back to read the books again and again.” “Read it, it's the best thing you can do for yourself. It's like a reminder of the zest for life.” Editorial reviews: “Mrs Pollifax is an enchantress.” New York Times “Mrs Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.” Toronto Star “Filled with adventures–and misadventures–but through it all Mrs Pollifax is triumphant.” Booklist “Absorbing and worthwhile ... You won’t want to put the book down.” Portland Telegram “The pace never flags, bolstered by the shrewd Mrs P. and a host of well-defined characters who all work their surprising wiles.” Publishers Weekly “Should delight you whether you’re looking for smiles or thrills.” New York Times Book Review “All’s right with the world as long as Mrs Pollifax is part of it.” Mobile Register
Download or read book The Rip ROARING Mystery on the African Safari Kruger National Park written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ItÍs a loooooong plane flight from Georgia to South Africa for Grant, Christina, Papa, and the kidsÍ mystery-writing grandmother Mimi! TheyÍre going on a safari! Grant canÍt wait to see the ñBig Fiveî lions, elephants, Cape buffalo, rhinos, and leopards. But he and Christina end up seeing much more and find themselves embroiled in a hot, dusty, safari-style mystery! It all starts when a white lion goes missing. . . followed by mischievous monkeys. . . mysterious messages. . .a snapping snake. . .and ends up with Grant coming face-to-face with the most fearsome creature of them all! RRROOOAAARRR! Come along for a wild ride through the sunny, South African savanna. This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. This book includes a map, inline glossary definitions, and lots more! This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile Level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level and Developmental Reading Assessment. LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Places: Kruger National Park - Hoyo Hoyo Tsonga Lodge - Sable Sleepover Hide - Sable Dam - Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - Spirit of Adventure Safari - Tunisia, North Africa Educational Items: Kruger National Park Facts - Poachers - Mining - Predators and prey - Savannah - Watering holes - Snake Charming - Stampedes - Foods in South Africa; Chicken Schnitzel, Ostrich burger, mopani worms - South Africa Facts - 11 official languages - Gold Exports in Africa Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 129390 Lexile Measure: 680 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Download or read book A Long Walk Home written by Judith Tebbutt and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, I was torn away from the life I knew and loved, and dragged down to the depths of despair; of how I endured enforced isolation and near-starvation at the hands of Somali pirates; and of how I made a choice to survive by any and all means that I could muster.In September 2011 Judith Tebbutt and her husband David set out on an adventurous holiday to Kenya. A couple for thirty-three years, they had first met in Zambia: Africa had played a major part in their life together. After a joyous week on safari in the Masai Mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of Somalia. And there, in the early hours of 11 September, tragedy struck them.Judith was torn away from David by a band of armed pirates, dragged over sea and land to a village in the arid heart of lawless Somalia, and there held hostage in a squalid room, a ransom on her head. There, too, she learned the terrible truth that the responsibility of securing her release now rested with her son Ollie. But though she was isolated, intimidated and near-starved, Judith resolved to survive - walking endless circuits of her nine-foot prison, trying to make her captors see her as a human being, keeping her faith at all times in Ollie. Powerful, moving and at times quite devastating, this is Judith Tebbutt's story in her own words. It is a memoir of the life she shared with her beloved husband, an unflinching account of the ordeal that overturned her world, and a testament to the inner resilience and familial love that sustained her through captivity.There is nothing so bad in life as to have no hope - to believe you have been defeated, to give in to that. Now that I found myself in confinement, four thousand miles from home under a hostile sky, I would not accept that fate for myself.
Download or read book Safari City written by Wendy Wann and published by Wendy Wann. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the year 1615. Two years passed since Safari City ended its decades-old civil war. Yet, many reptiles and amphibians still lived in a divided world, where mammals reigned supreme. Sick of her lowly status, Elizabeth "Liz" Gecko abandoned home and trained to become an elite soldier. During a rescue mission, a freak accident plunged her ten years into the past. As Liz raced against time to get back to the present, old familiar faces emerged, forcing her to reflect on her past reckless behavior. With that epiphany, should Liz risk changing history? What would be the consequences of amending her past mistakes?
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Download or read book Merchants of Men written by Loretta Napoleoni and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees a day all along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. The new breed of criminals that controls it has risen out of the political chaos of post-9/11 Western foreign policy and the fiasco of the Arab Spring. These merchants of men are intertwined with jihadist armed organizations such as al Qaeda in the Maghreb. They have prospered smuggling cocaine from West Africa and kidnapping Westerners. More recently, the destabilization of Syria and Iraq coupled with the rise of ISIS offered them new business opportunities in the Middle East, from selling Western hostages to jihadist groups to trafficking in refugees numbering in the millions. Overall, the kidnapping industry today is bigger than the illegal drug trade and worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Merchants of Men is based on exclusive access to hostage negotiators actively involved in ransom negotiations and rescue missions, counter-terrorism experts, members of security services, and former hostages, among many others. The reader will discover that the protocols of prevention and rescue change according to the type of abduction and the designated targets, and will come to know first hand the range of experiences of kidnapping victims. Will the West once again reap the benefits of the political chaos it has sown in its own backyard? From colonization to the advent of "friendly" dictatorial regimes, today's fast-aging European nations are buyers on the refugee market. New workers are needed, and the merchants of men are supplying them. But only skilled, highly educated refugees are wanted. As a tsunami of migrants and refugees floods Europe, new questions almost too numerous to count must be answered.
Download or read book The Berlin Package written by Peter Riva and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A filmmaker moonlighting as a top-secret courier must thwart a deadly plot involving kidnappers and Nazi gold in this break-neck thriller. Pero Baltazar’s work as a film producer takes him all over the world. It’s the sort of career that has made him an asset to the US State Department as a part-time courier. His last assignment from them, however, proved almost fatal and required some time off. Finally rested and ready to get back to work, Pero takes a job on a spy film shooting in Berlin. Unfortunately, someone at the CIA has a mysterious package waiting for him upon his arrival. With little details or instructions to go off of, Pero finds himself thrust into a deadly game. Soon the director and the star of his film are kidnapped, and Pero discovers the secret behind the package’s contents. Enlisting the help of his friend, Mbuno, an expert tracker and safari guide, Pero hopes he can stay ahead of his enemies, because if he gets killed, millions more could die . . . Praise for The Berlin Package “An explosive radioactive thriller written with intelligence. . . . The reluctant spy motif works grandly. . . . An extremely thoughtful and terrifying exposure of the dangers inherent in the nuclear world.” —Ron Lealos, author of Pashtun and Don’t Mean Nuthin’
Download or read book Cry My Safari written by Stefanie DeLeo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cry My Safari is the story of a young girl kidnapped while on holiday in Nairobi with her family. She is raised in rural Kenya, where she finds a new home among a Kenyan tribe. But, after eleven years in the wilderness, she is discovered and brought back to reunite with her family in the United States, where she faces the arduous task of re-assimilating into a life she had forgotten. It's the story of a young girl's journey to finding her true identity in a racially and economically conflicted world spanning two continents.
Download or read book The Rip Roaring Mystery on the African Safari written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you purchase the Library Bound mystery you will receive FREE online eBook access! Carole Marsh Mystery Online eBooks are an easy, effective, and immediate way to read your favorite Carole Marsh Mystery on the go! Each web-hosted Online eBookis filled with the same exact pages as the book, plus additional features like pages that "flip" with a fun sound as you read, a full chapter directory, full-screen and thumbnail viewing capabilities, and more! Online eBooks allow readers to access their book anytime, from anywhere by using a computer, tablet, or other device with Internet access. They require NO additional access or hosting fees When you purchase a library bound Carole Marsh Mystery book, you get unlimited access to the Online eBook version for FREE You don't need to download Online eBooks they are available to you online 24/7! Online eBooks are available exclusively from Gallopade.
Download or read book Dial D for Don written by Neeraj Kumar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 1993. Mumbai was rocked by a series of bomb blasts. Unknown to most, Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind behind the terror attack, had made several calls to the CBI. The don was desperate to prove his ‘innocence’ by giving himself up, but with conditions. October 1999. The world’s very first case of cricket match-fixing led to the banning of six top Indian cricketers, including the then team captain. It was only in 2013, after the then commissioner of police revived the case, that a charge sheet was filed in a court of law. January 2002. Aftab Ansari—a notorious Dubai-based don responsible for kidnapping a shoe baron in 2001 with the help of Jihadi groups in Pakistan—was arrested just as he was about to escape Dubai on a forged passport to Pakistan. All these cases of life-threatening moments and unbelievable relief, involved the sharp investigative skills of an Indian Police Service officer then serving in the CBI. In his thirty-seven years of service, Neeraj Kumar neutralized several terror modules and decimated insidious organized crime syndicates spanning continents, working closely with Interpol, FBI, Scotland Yard and several national and international agencies. Much decorated and feted, he hung up his boots in 2013, after his last calling as Delhi’s police commissioner. He has now decided that the inside details of what have been some of the most fascinating crime stories of our times must not go unheard and untold. The book covers several high-profile cases cracked by him in recent years, including the arrest and deportation of Aftab Ansari, the main accused in the shooting at the American Center in Kolkata, the nabbing of Jagtar Singh Tara, the man behind Punjab CM Beant Singh’s assassination, and the arrest of Romesh Sharma, a Dawood henchman masquerading as a politician based in Delhi.
Download or read book Let s Go on Safari written by Kate Gilman William and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when 8-year-old Kate, on safari in South Africa with her family, meets Michelle, a professional wildlife guide? The two new friends – one from America, the other from South Africa – turn their adventures into a lively book in which they share facts and secrets about the African bushveld. At the same time, they show how young children everywhere can become advocates for wild animals. Let’s Go on Safari! combines daily entries in Kate’s African safari journal with insights from Michelle about the bushveld and wildlife. Kate discovers the wonders of wildlife contrasted with the threats that animals face. She is inspired to make a difference. The book provides examples of small-scale, achievable animal advocacy projects that kids can initiate in their own communities and schools. Let’s Go on Safari! has been endorsed by significant conservation bodies, including the Jane Goodall Institute, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Global Wildlife Conservation, an organisation working around the world to save endangered animals. Sales points: An entertaining account of what happens on a bushveld safari, told by a young nature lover; packed with interesting facts and full-colour photographs, and presented in an accessible journal style; shows young readers that they can play a positive role in saving wildlife; endorsed by global conservation bodies: the Jane Goodall Institute, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Global Wildlife Conservation.