At an isolated spot, the car containing Ottavegio and Robertson pulled up, and Robertson got out, opened the trunk of the car, and took a look at the contents of the suitcase. Then he spotted the helicopter and got panicky, ...
Galbraith was standing in the waist, supervising the sheeting home of the halyards. Gordon moved to the poop and hailed him. “Mr. Galbraith!” “Sir?” Galbraith stiffened to attention. “I want a man aloft with a good telescope to keep an ...
From the drama of this brutal war of liberation, author C.S. Forester tells the story of a gun -- a remarkable cannon, an immense eighteen-pounder, used by local townspeople in the rebellion against the French until they are forced to hide ...
Stone-flagged corridors; keys jangling; a cell door locked behind him. An eye at the peephole in the door, frequently returning, so that he knew, whether he stood or sat, that he was being observed under the harsh glare of the electric ...
“You'll find him in his office in the stone building over there.” “Thank you. Do you know his name?” “Foster. Rear Admiral Harry Foster.” “Thank you.” That must be Dreadnought Foster. He had been one of the board of captains who had ...
A fine company, I thought, in that wide hall of Greyhouse, four of us breathing the same poisoned air. But what did it matter any longer? I would not exchange that world and its fever for the tame come-and-go of other life, even because ...
Daniel P Mannix addresses the reasons for the rise of the Hellfire Club, its singular influence on the course of history, and its inevitable destruction.
He put his mules in the barn and left his plow in the field, and went down to Mr. Wallace's store. “I'm going to war, Mr. Wallace,” he said. “Will you look after my farm? You can have all you make, if you'll pay the taxes.
More Backyard Zoo is an exception. Highly recommended for children and adults alike. Sit down and read aloud the stories of Daniel Mannix's childhood multitude of animals and adventures. Your family will howl with delight.
Ben Caldwell came up for air and he and Mingo watched Kingston falling behind. “How long would it take a fishing smack to get from Kingston to Cuba?” The pilgrim was leaning over the rail, watching the foam spray white from the paddle.
“The baby gorillas nurse readily enough,” Fernandez assured me, pointing to a little male sucking happily at the black breast of his foster mother. “But within a few days, they sicken and die. I do not know why.” I knew why.
(24th of June S. Conrado Villa Quinfero cedula #3340986 26 years old traveling on plataforma of a train for Medellin fell, between Botero and Popalito stations. El Senor Villa was horribly destrozado for when the tren could stop ya ...
Although three generations are represented in this story, Tomorrow We Reap is principally the story of the oldest son of Bruce and Kyd Dabney — Big Sans Dabney, a man as steadfast as the rock and trees and sky, yet the son most resistant ...
This may have suffered a bit in the translation, as it was translated by Jochelson (a political exile in Siberia under the Czars) into Russian first and then into English. All the ingredients of ethnological scholarship are contained ...
Then he got up and walked out of the library. “By God!” said Trimble. “Do you know who that is? Do you know who you've got there?” “No,” said we. “Who?” “Jason C. Reid.” “Jason C.?” I said. “No, it'sJ. Chapman. Oh, yes, I see. So what?
Another ball killed Ross's horse beneath him and comically undermined the British commander's moment of triumph. Ross ordered his men to surround the house and shouted at its tenants to come out. When there was no response, ...
The Struggle for Tennessee: Tupelo to Stones River is the second of the volumes in the Time-Life Civil War series, published in 1985, dealing with the Western Theater of the war after the Battle of Shiloh.
Street especially loved to tell about the unusual and surprising and doesn't disappoint. Do you have the needed skills to qualify as a Two-beer Civil War Debater? Street will tell you what you need to know.
The cases reported in Inside the FBI were compiled during those years and are loaded with quotes and quips and substantial details. An intriguing book from an ace newspaperman with a gift for turning American history into a great read.
A collection of one hundred columns written between 1962-1987 on subjects such as the Vietnam War, how to fry the perfect egg, and cats―to name a few.