Download or read book Twixt the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea written by Janet Kinrade Dethick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her distinguished career, submarine HMS Saracen was responsible for sinking thousands of tons of Axis shipping. But in August 1943 her luck ran out when she was mortally wounded by depth charges from two Italian corvettes, the last Allied submarine to be sunk by the Italians. Forced to surface, she was scuttled by her crew who were taken prisoner. But HMS Saracen's story is more than the story of a submarine. It is the story of her crew and their experiences both before and after her loss. From the cat and mouse games of war at sea to their harrowing escape from their stricken ship, from being sent to Dachau to finding themselves on a POW train bombed by the Americans, from being shot by the Germans to being assisted by the Rome Escape Line, from being sheltered by Italian families to joining the partisans, their stories of escape, of flight, of capture, are as varied as the men themselves. But their shared goal was to return home safely to their families and sadly some never did.
Download or read book Reefs and Shoals written by Dewey Lambdin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pity poor Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy! He's been wind-muzzled for weeks in Portsmouth, snugly tucked into a warm shore bed with lovely, and loving, Lydia Stangbourne, a Viscount's daughter, and beginning to enjoy indulging his idle streak, when Admiralty tears Lewrie away and order him to the Bahamas, into the teeth of ferocious winter storms. It's enough to make a rakehell such as he weep and kick furniture! At least his new orders allow Lewrie to form a small squadron from what ships he can dredge up at Bermuda and New Providence and hoist his first broad pendant, even if it is the lesser version, and style himself a Commodore. Lewrie is to scour the shores of Cuba and Spanish Florida, the Keys and the Florida Straits in search of French and Spanish privateers which have been taking British merchantmen at an appalling rate, and call upon neutral American seaports to determine if privateers are getting aid and comfort from that quarter. Lewrie is to be "Diplomatic." Diplomatic? Lewrie? Not bloody likely! To solve the problem and find the answers will put Lewrie in touch with old friends, old foes, and more frustration than a dog has fleas. As usual, though, Captain Alan Lewrie will find his own unique way to fulfill his duties, and in the doing, find some fun in his own irrepressible manner! Reefs and Shoals is the 18th installment in the Alan Lewrie series, from Dewey Lambdin, "The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British naval tales" (Kirkus Reviews).
Download or read book The Drums of Jeopardy written by Harold MacGrath and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book The Drums of Jeopardy written by Harold MacGrath and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book That s Entertainment written by Tighe E. Zimmers and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Schwartz (1900-1984), a premier composer of American Popular Song during the mid-20th century, has been overlooked by historians. This first full-length biography covers his work on Broadway and in Hollywood, where he was known as the "master of the intimate revue" for his songs in the 1930s with Howard Dietz. Schwartz wrote music for films in the 1940s--with Academy Award nominations for They're Either Too Young or Too Old and A Gal in Calico--produced two popular movie musicals--Cover Girl and Night and Day--and was among the first songwriters to work in the new medium of television. The author describes his creative process and includes behind-the-scenes stories of each of his major musicals.
Download or read book Show Tunes written by Steven Suskin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Legendary composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, and Sondheim have been joined by more recent songwriters like Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, and Adam Guettel. This majestic reference book covers their work, their innovations, their successes, and their failures. Show Tunes is simply the most comprehensive volume of its kind ever produced, and this newly revised and updated edition discusses almost 1,000 shows and 9,000 show tunes. The book has been called "a concise skeleton key to the Broadway musical" (Variety) and "a ground-breaking reference work with a difference" (Show Music)-or, as the Washington Post observed, "It makes you sing and dance all over your memory." The eagerly anticipated Fourth Edition, updated through May, 2009, features the entire theatrical output of forty of Broadway's leading composers, in addition to a wide selection of work by other songwriters. The listings include essential production data and statistics, the most extensive information available on published and recorded songs, and lively commentary on the shows, songs, and diverse careers. Based on meticulous research, the book also uncovers dozens of lost musicals-including shows that either closed out of town or were never headed for Broadway-and catalogs hundreds of previously unknown songs, including a number of musical gems that have been misplaced, cut, or forgotten. Informative, insightful, and provocative, Show Tunes is an essential guide for anyone interested in the American musical.
Download or read book Death Rides the Pecos written by Brett Halliday and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the road to easy living, Twister and Chuckaluck ride straight into a heapin’ mess of mystery and intrigue Twister Malone and Chuckaluck Thompson can’t catch a break. These two wisecracking friends—the first lean and clever, the second stout and tough—have ridden together from the Rocky Mountains to the deserts of West Texas. All they want is a trail to follow straight through to Mexico, where a ranching job offers honest work, peace, and quiet. But no matter how fast they ride, trouble keeps hot on their heels. A gunshot breaks the silence of the lonely wagon road. By the time Twister and Chuckaluck reach the corpse, the killer is long gone. In the victim’s pocket they find a letter from a woman begging for help, a woman whose savior now lies dead in the alkali dust. Twister and Chuckaluck have no choice but to take up his mission—even if it means facing down the quickest draw they’ve ever been up against. Death Rides the Pecos is the 2nd book in the Twister and Chuckaluck Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Download or read book The King s Marauder written by Dewey Lambdin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. In The King's Marauder, his frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he's recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there's a bright spot. When fit, Admiralty awards him a new commission; not a frigate but a clumsy, slow two-decker Fourth Rate 50. Are his frigate days over for good? Lewrie's ordered to Gibraltar, but Foreign Office Secret Branch's spies and manipulators have use for him, again! HMS Sapphire is the wrong ship for the task, raising chaos and mayhem along the Spanish coasts, and servicing agents and informers. And, what he's ordered to do needs soldiers, landing craft, and a transport ship, all of which he doesn't have, and must find a way to finagle it all. He could beg off and say that it's asking too much, but . . . Alan Lewrie is not a man to admit failure and defeat, and his quest might prove the most daunting of his long naval career. For fans of historical fiction, Dewey Lambdin's Alan Lewrie series ranks alongside such greats as Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester for its terrific period detail and irresistible hero.
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Download or read book The Carpet from Bagdad written by Harold MacGrath and published by McLeod & Allen. This book was released on 1911 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Man with Three Names written by Harold MacGrath and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under one name he had captured the book world, Under another he was fighting in a human cause against the father of the girl he loved. But the third name must not be known.
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Download or read book Blood Brothel written by Liza Street and published by Liza Street. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught by the curse of a faithless fae, Gracie’s posse can’t say no to a mysterious bounty that takes them deep into the territory of their nightmares. Everyone’s heard of Saintsville because of Stolen Roses, the brothel that caters to every desire. But it turns out Saintsville isn’t just the town that hosts Stolen Roses—it hosts all manner of nightmares, plaguing the dreams of locals and visitors alike. And somehow, Gracie Boswell and her posse have to wrangle the truth from those nightmares in order to find a missing outlaw and untwist Gracie’s curse. Between navigating a new relationship with one of her posse, sending messages back to her fickle fae client, and trying to sleep when every dream is filled with terrors, Gracie will need to keep her grip tight on not only her heart, but her six-shooter. USA Today best-selling author Liza Street adds a thrilling new installment to her western gothic series. Pick up your copy of Blood Brothel and join the posse for another wild ride through the dark and dangerous west! Additional keywords: vampire, shapeshifter, witch, magic, fairy, faerie, western, gunslinger, weird west, alternate history fantasy
Download or read book Fellah and Townsman in the Middle East written by Gabriel Baer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the history of the "common people" in the Middle East, both villagers and urban dwellers. It investigates some of the characteristic traits of the structure and development of urban and rural society in pre-modern and modern Middle Eastern history.
Download or read book The Clearing written by Jeannie Morgan and published by Australian Self Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clearing is a sequel to Jeannie Morgan’s prize winning first novel, Absence of Manners. Once again she vividly captures the realities and intricacies of life in mid nineteenth century Australia. Andrew Walters, an unsophisticated colonial lad, is dragged by a long hidden family secret into the tragedy of the Scottish Highland Clearances. At the same time, his own country, Australia, and his own life, are being changed forever by the tumult of the gold rushes. Love, loyalty and betrayal stretch his beliefs and his person. Is any of it worth the struggle?
