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The Courier's Tale

Author : Peter Walker

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 47,26 MB

Release : 2011-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0747580812

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As the King's young cousin, an admired scholar living in Italy, it falls to Reginald Pole to make the case for Henry's divorce from Katherine of Aragon. And it falls to the hapless Michael Throckmorton - the younger son of an impecunious titled family - to become Thomas Cromwell's messenger to Pole in Rome. This dubious privilege makes of Throckmorton's life a tragicomedy of endless journeys back and forth between England and Italy, but it also makes him a canny observer of the great dramas of his time. And like his King, he too nurses a thwarted desire.



A Fine and Private Place

Author : Peter S. Beagle

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 15,94 MB

Release : 2024-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1668025396

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Jonathan Rebeck is homeless. Bankrupt. He has dropped out of society and has been living quietly in a local cemetery, under the care of a raven who is quite good at stealing sandwiches. Far from being lonely, Jonathan is able to converse with the ghosts around him, and finds himself following two spirits who are new, and falling in love with each other. When a visiting widow stumbles across him, will the living world begin to intrude on this fine and private place?



Fatal Journey

Author : Peter C. Mancall

Publisher : Basic Books

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 27,35 MB

Release : 2009-06-09

Category : History

ISBN : 0786747870

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The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition. In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson's small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay. A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men.



The Chicago of Europe, and Other Tales of Foreign Travel

Author : Mark Twain

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 452 pages

File Size : 36,48 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9781402758690

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Introduction. Mark Twain's own letters from the Earth -- Part I. The Mississippi. The lure of the river -- More river thoughts -- Steam boat magic and a small town boy -- The face of the water -- Goin' to the theater in the big city (a letter from "Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass," 1856) -- Mardi-Gras in New Orleans (A letter to Pamela A. Moffett, 1859) -- A tour of New Orleans -- The scene of battle: Vicksburg -- Part II. The West. "Roughing it" lecture -- Among the miners -- The killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- A trip to Tahoe -- Off for San Francisco -- A San Francisco day trip -- San Francisco weather and other natural events -- Part III. Back East. Philadelphia: the first visit -- New York: the overgrown metropolis -- New York: the dreadful Russian bath -- New York: changes in the city -- New York: street people -- New York: personal ads -- Plymouth Rock and the Pilgriims -- First visit to Boston -- Boston: a modern Cretan labyrinth -- Boston antiquities --





The Full Montezuma

Author : Peter Moore

Publisher : Random House

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 39,12 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Caribbean Area

ISBN : 0553817019

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Peter Moore’s wicked sense of humour and eye for the bizarre add to the pleasure of this cautionary tale for anyone planning to cross a continent with their significant other. From Mexico to Jamaica, Honduras to ancient Mayan sites and golden beaches, follow the highs and lows of one couple’s journey.







Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

Author : Jonathan Auxier

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 347 pages

File Size : 49,66 MB

Release : 2011-12-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 161312158X

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick—a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat—and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny. Be sure to read the companion book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Praise for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes “Auxier has a juggler’s dexterity with prose that makes this fantastical tale quicken the senses.” –Kirkus Reviews



Mirror Kingdoms

Author : Peter S. Beagle

Publisher : Subterranean Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,3 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Fantasy fiction, American

ISBN : 9781596062917

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Collects the best of Peter S. Beagle's short stories, ranging across 45 years of his career from early stories to freshly minted tales that will surprise and amaze readers.