Download or read book Veterans Tales of Intrigue Adventure and Mystery written by Marshall Ginevan and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis: Veterans' Tales is a collection of stories about veterans. Intrigue, Adventure, and Mystery describe the types of stories, each one different from the others. But each story will hold the reader's attention until the end. Autobiography: Marshall Ginevan grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania. He joined the Air Force after high school where he worked in law enforcement. After the Air Force, he worked in both federal law enforcement and at a city police department. He is a pilot, owned an aircraft and an aviation company in Texas, and retired from airport management. He taught college classes and has been a writer for over twenty-five years. He is now living back in Pennsylvania.
Download or read book No Final Whistle written by John Barry and published by . This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A no punches pulled story of an American sailor in Vietnam. Action, adventure, mystery and intrigue. Written by a US Navy Vietnam veteran.
Download or read book Mercy s Heroes The Fight for Human Dignity in the Bangkok Slums written by Tom Crowley and published by Koehler Books. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mercy's Heroes, a Vietnam veteran battling with PTSD turns from the business world to life as a volunteer, helping to rescue and protect street kids in Bangkok's biggest slum. Here Tom Crowley details the children's efforts to survive abuse and the struggle for dignity waged by the poorest of families. Interwoven throughout, the author's combat experiences and pain highlight the question of how to find personal reconciliation amid the struggles of abused children in the slums. In his efforts to help others, he gains a spiritual understanding worth much more than his financial loss. At the same time, he learns, "You must consign the failures to the burden the angels can carry and let go of the guilt." This story will resonate with all those who want to gain a deeper insight into social work at the street level. The successes are to be celebrated-the losses mourned. Mercy's Heroes portrays the healing that is to be found in helping others.
Download or read book The Veteran and Other Stories written by Frederick Forsyth and published by Random House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five short suspense stories by Frederick Forsyth.
Download or read book Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film Television and Other Media written by Jim Harmon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-01-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1920s to the 1950s, radio was the entertainment source for millions. Two of the primary themes of radio serials were mysteries and adventure. This is a detailed analysis of the important programs in these genres--Jack Armstrong, The Green Hornet, Sergeant Preston, Tom Mix, and more. Each entry includes type of series, broadcast days, air dates, sponsors, network, cast and production credits, and a comprehensive essay. When, as often happened, the series landed in other media, that is examined as well.
Download or read book Forbes Piper written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twentieth Century Crime Mystery Writers written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 1585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Girl from Nowhere written by Tiffany Rosenhan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fast-paced spy thriller with enough twists and turns to keep readers entertained." - Publishers Weekly Red Sparrow meets One of Us Is Lying in this action-packed, romance-filled YA debut about a girl trying to outrun her past. Ninety-four countries. Thirty-one schools. Two bullets. Now it's over . . . or so she thinks. Sophia Hepworth has spent her life all over the world--moving quickly, never staying in one place for too long. She knows to always look over her shoulder, to be able to fight to survive at a moment's notice. She has trained to be ready for anything. Except this. Suddenly it's over. Now Sophia is expected to attend high school in a sleepy Montana town. She is told to forget the past, but she's haunted by it. As hard as she tries to be like her new friends and live a normal life, she can't shake the feeling that this new normal won't last. Then comes strong and silent Aksel, whose skills match Sophia's, and who seems to know more about her than he's letting on . . . What if everything Sophia thought she knew about her past is a lie? Cinematic and breathtaking, Tiffany Rosenhan's debut stars a fierce heroine who will risk everything to save the life she has built for herself.
Download or read book Under the Eagle Eagles of the Empire 1 written by Simon Scarrow and published by Headline. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME! UNDER THE EAGLE is the gripping first novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. Praise for Simon Scarrow's compelling novels: 'Gripping and moving' The Times AD 42, Germany. Tough, brutal and unforgiving. That's how new recruit Cato is finding life in the Roman Second Legion. He may have contacts in high places, but he could really use a friend amongst his fellow soldiers right now. Cato has been promoted above his comrades at the order of the Emperor and is deeply resented by the other men. But he quickly earns the respect of his Centurion, Macro, a battle-hardened veteran as rough and ready as Cato is quick-witted and well-educated. They are poles apart, but soon realise they have a lot to learn from one another. On a campaign to Britannia - a land of utter barbarity - an enduring friendship begins. But as they undertake a special mission to thwart a conspiracy against the Emperor they rapidly find themselves in a desperate fight to survive...
Download or read book Adventure written by Chris Roberson and published by Monkeybrain. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADVENTURE, the first volume of an annual anthology of original fiction in the spirit of early twentieth-century pulp fiction magazines, features stories from all genres, promising both literary sophistication and pulse-pounding action. Contributors to the first volume, among them leading lights and award-winners in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and western, include John Edward Ames, Lou Anders, Neal Asher, Kage Baker, Barry Baldwin, O'Neil De Noux, Paul Di Filippo, Mark Finn, Michael Kurland, John Meaney, Michael Moorcock, Chris Nakashima-Brown, Kim Newman, Mike Resnick, Chris Roberson, Matthew Rossi, and Marc Singer.
Download or read book Adult Catalog Fiction written by Los Angeles County Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Short Mysteries written by Robert G. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Earl, Joe, and Michelle receive the call from their boss, Mr. Millo, the three employees who are tasked to complete government research are never sure where the assignments will take them. From the forests of North America to remote atolls in the ocean to the mountains of South America, the three tackle projects around the globe. With each mission, they face a range of challenging factors weather, outside unknown forces, and possible kidnapping. They often have reliable backup, but generally the trio must rely on their own knowledge, skills, and resources to get them out of some sticky, off-beat situations. Earl, Joe, and Michelle find their jobs very rewarding and are proud when the missions are completed effectively. From assignment to assignment, they never know if their adversary will be the forces of nature or the forces of man. This collection of mysteries shares ten tales of intrigue and adventure, as three dedicated researchers make their way around the world, solving problems along the way.
Download or read book Master of Adventure written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, just how was Tarzan created? Eager to know the inside story about the legendary John Carter and the amazing cities and peoples of Barsoom? Perhaps your taste is more suited to David Innes and the fantastic lost world at the Earth?s core? Or maybe wrong-way Napier and the bizarre civilizations of cloud-enshrouded Venus are more to your liking? These pages contain all that you will ever want to know about the wondrous worlds and unforgettable characters penned by the master storyteller Edgar Rice Burroughs. ø Richard A. Lupoff, the respected critic and writer who helped spark a Burroughs revival in the 1960s, reveals fascinating details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan. Featured here are outlines of all of Burroughs?s major novels, with descriptions of how they were each written and their respective sources of inspiration. This Bison Books edition includes a new foreword by fantasy writer Michael Moorcock, a new introduction by the author, a final chapter by Phillip R. Burger, as well as corrected text and an updated bibliography.
Download or read book OLR Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heirloom written by Nancy Wakeley and published by A Kate Tyler Novel. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing secrets and a battle for survival await in Eden Springs Kate Tyler is already in a life crisis when she inherits Howard's Walk in Eden Springs, North Carolina, after the sudden death of her twin sister, Rebecca. The last thing she wants is to be tied down to an abandoned estate and its neglected once-famous gardens. She vows to sell it as quickly as possible. But on her first visit to Howard's Walk, Kate finds a family heirloom, an embroidered tablecloth, that Rebecca has left behind. That connection, and the deepening sense of loss she is feeling, convince her to stay--at least for a little while. As Kate struggles alone in her grief, healing appears in the form of new friends and neighbors. When secrets begin to surface within the old house, she questions the connection she feels with a mentally challenged young man from the farm next door. When she meets the owner of a local garden center, she begins to open her heart again to the possibility of love. When she learns that a powerful and vengeful man who was denied ownership of Howard's Walk in the past is determined to finally own it at any cost, Kate must decide what Howard's Walk means to her and whether she has the strength to battle for its survival as well as her own. Fans of Kate Morton and Susanna Kearsley will welcome Nancy Wakeley's debut.
Download or read book A set of six Done written by Joseph Conrad and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a riveting journey filled with adventure and intrigue with "A Set of Six" by Joseph Conrad. Join the esteemed author as he takes you on a captivating exploration of the human spirit, where each tale offers a glimpse into the depths of the human soul. As you delve into Conrad's mesmerizing narrative, prepare to be captivated by the richness of his storytelling and the complexity of his characters. From the remote corners of the globe to the inner landscapes of the mind, each story is a masterclass in suspense, atmosphere, and psychological depth. But beyond the surface of action and suspense, "A Set of Six" delves into deeper themes of morality, existential angst, and the struggle for self-discovery. Conrad's prose is a tapestry of beauty and depth, inviting readers to ponder the mysteries of life and the complexities of the human condition. Yet, amidst the adventure and intrigue, a profound question emerges: What timeless truths can we glean from Conrad's tales of human experience, and how do they resonate with our own lives? Engage with Conrad's thought-provoking narratives through vivid imagery and compelling characters that linger in the mind long after the stories end. As you journey through each tale, you'll find yourself drawn into a world of moral ambiguity, existential uncertainty, and the eternal quest for meaning. Now, as you immerse yourself in "A Set of Six," consider this: How can Conrad's exploration of adventure and intrigue inspire us to confront our own fears, embrace the unknown, and navigate the complexities of the human condition? Don't miss the opportunity to experience the magic of Joseph Conrad's storytelling with "A Set of Six." Acquire your copy today and embark on a journey of discovery, where every story is a revelation and every page a window into the depths of the human soul. ```
Download or read book D moren written by Seth Skorkowsky and published by Mystique Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A secret society of monster hunters. A holy revolver forged to eradicate demons. A possessed man with a tragic past. A rising evil bent on destroying them all."--Back cover.
