Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812575237
The second of three volumes, which were originally published in one volume as: Legends.
Author : James Albert Michener
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 20,35 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679401339
"A good, old-fashioned, sink-your-teeth-into-it story...Suspenseful." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER James Michener turns the creation and publication of a novel into an extroardinary and exciting experience as he renders believable the intriguing personalities who are the parents to its birth: a writer, editor, critic, and reader are locked in the desperate scenario of life, death, love, and truth. As immediate as today's headlines, as close as the bookshelves, THE NOVEL is a fascinating look into the glamorous world of the writer. Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club
Author : John Olsson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1472538803
Tell kids not to worry. sorting my life out. be in touch to get some things. Instead of being a simple sms message, this text turned out to be crucial and chilling evidence in convicting the deceptive killer of a mother of two. Sent from her phone, after her death, tell tale signs announce themselves to a forensic linguist. Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language. Wordcrime features a series of chapters where gripping cases are described - involving murder, sexual assault, hate mail, suspicious death, code deciphering, arson and even genocide. Olsson describes the evidence he gave in each one. In approachable and clear prose, he details how forensic linguistics helps the law beat the criminals. This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in true crime, in modern, cutting-edge criminology and also where the study of language meets the law.
Author : Thomas Savage
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2009-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316082708
Now an Academy Award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (Boston Globe) for fans of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain. Set in the wide-open spaces of the American West, The Power of the Dog is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers — one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet — and of the mother and son whose arrival on the brothers’ ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel’s startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage’s voice — and the intense passion of his characters — holds readers in thrall. "Gripping and powerful...A work of literary art." —Annie Proulx, from her afterword
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 31,64 MB
Release : 1720
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Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 39,91 MB
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307767485
The steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.
Author : P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393346706
“P.G. Wodehouse is still the funniest writer ever to have put words on paper.”—Hugh Laurie Uncle Fred’s nephew Pongo has just smashed the prized statue of his lady love’s father. His troubles multiply as the replacement bust is revealed to be a smuggling vessel filled with jewels. This bust busting gut buster has Uncle Fred and Wodehouse himself at the very height of their work.
Author : James Stephens
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1775459608
Pass a pleasant afternoon with this delightful collection of short stories. Simple but not simplistic, these diverting tales are rendered in exquisitely rich and often playful language that will have you lingering over sentences and highlighting your favorite passages so you can revisit them again and again. The Crock of Gold is the perfect blend of literary virtuosity and lighthearted fun.
Author : Raymond Chandler
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler. 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.
Author : John Sandford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2002-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101158174
Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner, and the best hitwoman in the business. Now retired and living in Mexico, she nearly dies herself when a sniper kills her boyfriend, the son of a local druglord, and while the boy's father vows vengeance, Rinker knows something he doesn't: The boy wasn't the target-she was-and now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Davenport to help track her down, and with his fiancie deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go-but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, forces of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the crossfire comes, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance.... Filled with the rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, Mortal Prey proves that John Sandford just keeps getting better.
