Book Description
One of Scotland's most successful crime writers is found dead in the author tent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and Bob Skinner is on the case.
Author : Quintin Jardine
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Celebrities
ISBN : 9780755329168
One of Scotland's most successful crime writers is found dead in the author tent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and Bob Skinner is on the case.
Author : Quintin Jardine
Publisher : Headline
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755353528
Death reads between the lines... It's no ordinary summer for DCC Bob Skinner, as murder and mystery leap from the page of Fatal Last Words, the nineteenth volume of Quintin Jardine's outstanding crime series. Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter May. 'Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unravelling of the mystery is excellently done...Very enjoyable. Fatal Last Words will accompany many on their holidays and quite right too' - Allan Massie, Scotsman August in Edinburgh: As Skinner stands on the edge of a career-defining moment and his fiancée, Scotland's First Minister Aileen de Marco faces a political crisis, a famous figure from another field is found dead. As the mystery deepens, Skinner finds himself crossing swords with an old enemy from the past, while his investigating detectives are faced with the unwelcome complication of a duke's junkie daughter. Meanwhile a second Scottish celebrity dies violently in Australia. It seems impossible, but could the two be connected? As DCS Mario McGuire heads to Melbourne to investigate, back in Scotland his boss's big moment is compromised in the most dramatic and unexpected manner, as a famous friendship is shattered for ever. What readers are saying about Fatal Last Words: 'Gripping, from page one to the twist at the end' 'Very exciting and very hard to put down' 'Five stars'
Author : Laura Ward
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781856487085
Contains an anthology of famous last words, quotes, deathbed scenes, epitaphs, and obituaries from a number of notable individuals including Bob Hope, Alexander Blackwell, and Roman Emperor Vespasian.
Author : Steven Cushing
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 1994-03-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226132006
On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in Tenerife, the Canary Islands. The cause, a miscommunication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The pilot radioed, "We are now at takeoff," meaning that the plane was lifting off, but the tower controller misunderstood and thought the plane was waiting on the runway. In Fatal Words, Steven Cushing explains how miscommunication has led to dozens of aircraft disasters, and he proposes innovative solutions for preventing them. He examines ambiguities in language when aviation jargon and colloquial English are mixed, when a word is used that has different meanings, and when different words are used that sound alike. To remedy these problems, Cushing proposes a visual communication system and a computerized voice mechanism to help clear up confusing language. Fatal Words is an accessible explanation of some of the most notorious aircraft tragedies of our time, and it will appeal to scholars in communications, linguistics, and cognitive science, to aviation experts, and to general readers.
Author : Quintin Jardine
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781445040592
Author : Jardine
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
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Author : Herbert Lockyer
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release :
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825496455
This collection of 700 quotes includes the last words of commoners, atheists, poets, and politicians along with noted Christians and martyrs. Ready reference source for the pastor or public speaker.
Author : sir William Beatty
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 1807
Category :
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Author : Jim Dwyer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 2006-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805080322
"Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling—102 Minutesdoes for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece,A Night to Remember."—Rick Atkinson, author ofIn the Company of SoldiersandAn Army at Dawn At 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with rescuers and survivors, thousands of pages of oral histories, and countless phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts,New York Timesreporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn tell the story of September 11 from the inside looking out, weaving together the stories of ordinary men and women into an epic account of struggle, determination, and grace. Hailed immediately upon its hardcover publication as the definitive account of that terrible morning,102 Minutesnow contains a new Afterword that incorporates powerful firsthand material, including tapes and documents, that Dwyer and Flynn recently obtained after more than three years of litigation with the city of New York. Eight weeks on theNew York Timesbestseller list and translated into a dozen languages,102 Minutesis a gripping narrative that is also investigative reporting of the first rank—"in a class by itself," according toReader's Digest. Dwyer and Flynn reveal the decisions, both good and bad, that proved to be the difference between life and death on a day that changed America forever.
Author : Barnaby Conrad
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 25,24 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Last words
ISBN :
Alphabetically arranged death-bed utterances of famous people.