"A fast-paced narrative. . . . compelling and intense reading, by turns funny, tender, and horrifying, Girl Singer is the real deal—a captivating, well-told tale." —Fred Kasten, Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist"Carlon is a natural heir of Robert Louis Stevenson. If you like good fiction, you'll like Girl Singer ." —Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz "Carlon is a unique educational fo ...
Philip Stenning is a commercial pilot, trained during the First World War. After his engine fails, he crashes and is rescued by an escaped convict, Denis Compton, who turns out to have been framed for embezzlement by his Italian half-brother, Baron Rodrigo Mattani, who is smuggling drugs into England. ...
Frederick Niven was British Columbia’s first professional man of letters and the first significant literary figure of the Kootenays. He lived by his wits, as an independent writer, mainly on the outskirts of Nelson, from 1920 until 1944. Although some of his more than 40 titles were written to keep the wolf from the door, such as Cinderella of Skookum Creek (1916), by contrast, Niven’s collection of 16 short stories called Above Your Heads (1911 ...
Here is the haunting story of the great female poet Hung Tu, who flourished in the ninth century during one of the great periods of Chinese literature. The daughter of a Government official far from the capital, on the Silk River, she was, most unusually, brought up with her brothers whom she far outshone. Falling on evil times, her father sells her to the best Blue House on the Silk River. Hung Tu's poetry and calligraphy bring her great r ...
Молодой инквизитор Валентин всегда качественно выполнял свою работу. Но однажды ему пришлось вершить правосудие в отношении человека, с которым он меньше всего хотел бы иметь дело.
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Вернувшись из похода, молодой Торвард узнает, что погиб его отец, предводитель племени фьяллей. Чтобы унаследовать власть, необходимо отправиться на священный остров за благословением великой Богини. Ее воплощение на земле, прекрасная жрица Эрхина, покоряет Торварда своей красотой. Воин, не привыкший робеть даже перед богами, сватается к Эрхине. Та оскорблена – ни один смертный не смеет посягать на ее свободу. И мстительная жрица бросает на фья ...
Юмористический роман – пародия в жанре фэнтези. Роман читается на одном дыхании, и не хочется расставаться с его героями. В этой книге не только смешные приключения и юмор, в персонажах романа многие узнают себя и своих близких, а кому-то роман поможет глубже заглянуть в себя и переосмыслить в какой-то мере свою жизнь.
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A typhoon brings the renowned karate master Chojun Miyagi into the life of young Kenichi Ota, who must prove himself before he can enter the master's inner circle. As once-peaceful Okinawa prepares for war, master and student venture to China in search of the deepest meaning of karate. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the tides of war turn against Japan and an American invasion fleet approaches Okinawa. Kenichi is conscripted as a runner ...
There's a fine line between kill and cure. Edinburgh, 1849. Despite Edinburgh being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson. A whispering campaign seeks to blame him for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances. Simpson’s protege Will Raven and former ...
