In September 1963 President Kennedy commissions intelligence officer Tom Grant to ferret out stolen gold and other treasure that vanished while in the hands of Nazi army officials.Grant soon discovers that nothing in his training at Langley and Fort Benning could adequately prepare him to deal with the deceitful minds and extreme dangers that lie ahead of him. He is caught in a web of intrigue and paranoia as he infiltrates the Iron Curtain. Encountering menacing characters at every turn, he is convinced that ex-Nazis and Communist assassins are following him. Throughout this roller-coaster story, Grant meets and sidesteps perils that nearly destroy him. Only at the thrilling conclusion, when he uncovers dirty little secrets of the Third Reich, does he fully comprehend the gravity of his precarious situation.
But when his wife falls sick, circumstances begin to spiral . . . The Tunnel--wry, wistful, and a tour de force of vital social commentary--is Yehoshua at his finest.
The present book presents an attempt to summarize this evidence and to indicate the main lines of the basic theory.
Scornful of his younger sister's fears, a young boy decides to explore a tunnel forcing her to go after him when he doesn't return. Suggested level: junior, primary.
An engaging introduction to the beliefs, work, and life of psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who "declared war on the denial of death in America" (New York Times) The Tunnel and the Light, drawn from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's lectures on ...
When members of the Clubhouse receive a map showing an entrance to secret tunnels used by the Underground Railroad, they set out to explore, but their adventure takes a bad turn when they are suddenly trapped and must find their way out.
"Gass has produced a book that burrows inside us then wails like a beast, a book that mainlines a century's terror direct to the brain."—Voice Literary Supplement
Fourteen-year-old Will doesn't think he has much in common with his family.
Terry, Gary, and Larry set out to investigate the strange characters and prove that their neighborhood is safe. But then, the detective work backfires, and the boys are trapped.
The Tunnel: The Channel and Beyond
A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own.