Download or read book The Raven s Seal written by Andrei Baltakmens and published by Top Five Books LLC. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the body of Thaddeus Grainger’s rival turns up stabbed to death in an alley just hours after their inconclusive duel, only one suspect comes to mind. Charged with murder, Grainger’s fate is sealed before his trial even begins. A young gentleman of means but of meaningless pursuits, Grainger is cast into the notorious Bellstrom Gaol, where he must quickly learn to survive in the filthy, ramshackle prison. The “Bells”—where debtors, gaolers, whores, thieves, and murderers all mix freely and where every privilege comes at a price—will be the young man’s home for the rest of his life unless he can prove his innocence. But his friends, the journalist William Quillby and Cassie Redruth, the poor young girl who owes Grainger a debt of gratitude, refuse to abandon him. Before they can win his freedom, however, they must decode the meaning behind the crude wax seal that inspires terror in those who know its portent and contend with forces both inside and outside the prison determined to keep Grainger behind bars. Set against the urban backdrop of late 18th-century England, The Raven’s Seal unravels a tale of corruption, betrayal, murder, and—ultimately—redemption and love. Praise for The Raven’s Seal: “Baltakmens captures the flavor and scope of classic British fiction.” —Kirkus Reviews “This atmospheric, character-driven, and plot-twisty bildungsroman is a worthy paean to Oliver Twist and Great Expectations.” —Booklist “Baltakmens gives readers of The Raven’s Seal all of the history and the mystery his subtitle promises. The mood, color, details, and dialogue come across as very authentic . . . [his] characters would not be out of place in a work of DeFoe or Thackeray. In fact, there is much of the latter’s Barry Lyndon here, with its plots and duels and confidence games, as well as deft touches of the former’s Moll Flanders, with its bawdy wenches, prison intrigues, and period squalor.” —ForeWord “The author’s exquisite prose rushes along full of surprises, shadows, betrayal, and squalid situations where the high-born and criminals intermix. A superb mystery with vibrant characters.” —Historical Novels Review
Download or read book Ravens in Winter written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most interesting discoveries I’ve seen in animal sociobiology in years.” —E.O. Wilson Why do ravens, generally understood to be solitary creatures, share food between each other during winter? On the surface, there didn’t appear to be any biological or evolutionary imperative behind the raven’s willingness to share. The more Bernd Heinrich observed their habits, the more odd the bird’s behavior became. What started as mere curiosity turned into an impassioned research project, and Ravens In Winter, the first research of its kind, explores the fascinating biological puzzle of the raven’s rather unconventional social habits. “Bernd Heinrich is no ordinary biologist. He’s the sort who combines formidable scientific rigor with a sense of irony and an unslaked, boyish enthusiasm for his subject, and who even at his current professorial age seems to do a lot of tree climbing in the line of research.” —David Quammen, The New York Times
Download or read book Cobra Strike written by Patrick E. Thomas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No enemy of the United States has escaped the cunning and bravery of Captain Zakkova Ikanovich, a fifteen-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs. After a highly decorated career that includes the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Ikanovich and his 140-pound King Cobra snake retire. But the president of the United States and his advisors are not about to let Ikanovich's skills go unused. He is hired as a private citizen to undertake black covert operations and eliminate some of the world's worst terrorists and heads of state. Ikanvoich's exploits run the gamut: He blows up Iran's nuclear centrifuges in QomIran, setting back Iran's nuclear warhead ambitions by years. He assassinates Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. He attacks and destroys the Sinaloa cartel's major headquarters and cocaine processing facility. He kills thirty Muslim Brotherhood members who try to invade his home. Throughout his missions, Ikanovich befriends a motorcycle gang and becomes their guardian angel against rival gangs and the police. For the formidable Ikanovich, no mission seems too dangerous or too difficult as he seeks to protect the United States from evil forces.
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ravens written by Emma Carlson-Berne and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravens are often feared as symbols of bad luck or even death. And they can often be spotted eating rotting meat. However, ravens are smart, adaptable birds and excellent hunters and foragers. They use tools, work together, and even plan traps to catch prey. Readers will be enthralled to learn more about these birds including how they have been known to lead wolves to prey and then wait patiently for the scraps!
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Download or read book Ghost Recon written by David Knight and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Recon: Marine One is about military treason and espionage. MI-45 references a secret congressional council, funding deep-cover black operations. This is a story about a secret military project genetically engineering hybrids and putting them into military service as presidential combat assassins. The hybrids uncover a major intelligence leak from the CIA to the Russian KGB and stop the leak. MI-45 congressional council funds this operation. The hybrids were kidnapped by the CIA and turned over to the Navy SEALs. But they originated at a secret Marine hybrid center.
Download or read book The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands with Some Notes on Seals and Digressions written by Edmund Selous and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, with Some Notes on Seals—and Digressions" by Edmund Selous. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Download or read book Bulletins of the U S National Museum written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources and the Fisheries of the United States written by David Starr Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Wild Wolves written by Ian McAllister and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through text and photographs describes the lives of wolf packs living on the coast of British Columbia.
Download or read book Mountains of the Heart written by Scott Weidensaul and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, the Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. In Mountains of the Heart, renowned author and avid naturalist Scott Weidensaul shows how geology, ecology, climate, evolution, and 500 million years of history have shaped one of the continent's greatest landscapes into an ecosystem of unmatched beauty. This edition celebrates the book's 20th anniversary of publication and includes a new foreword from the author.
