A collection of uncollected work by the master of crime fiction showcases Higgins's famous dialogue while also presenting his trademark humor and stories of revenge and corruption. Reprint.
Sawatsky Papers, 84-38, box 1, file 7, interview with Lloyd Tararyn, April 19, 1984. 2. CBC Archives (www.cbc.ca), program dated March 1 1, 1966. 3. As one observer of the Canadian legal scene expressed it: "Stringent libel laws may ...
Readers who enjoy military and naval history, presidential biographies and accounts of the early American republic, will find that Joseph Wheelan's spirited narrative of Jefferson's war provides as important new perspective on America's ...
Three Victorian entertainments to overwhelm the senses. From a precocious sexpot and a lady of fashion to a Baronet and his stepdaughter, these justly popular tales will please even the most sophisticated reader.
A hardcover bestseller last year, this volume of 15 stories by eminent mystery writers includes the talents of Stephen King, John Gardner, Dorothy B. Hughes, Michael Gilbert, and Peter Lovesey.
How to Win at Rotisserie Baseball, 1991 Edition
The book features a special Introduction by Shaara's son, Jeff, who wrote the bestsellers "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure, " continuing the story of "The Killer Angels." Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
A noted military historian takes a close-up look at the fighting methods, tactics, and weaponry on both sides of the American Civil War in a thorough analysis of Civil War military practices that chronicles the evolution of warfare from the ...
Dispatched to Florence in 1373 to secure a loan for Edward III, poet and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer encounters resistance from the banker's blind brother, a situation that is further complicated when the banker is found murdered.
All-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoths ever - from the funniest writers in the field, including Tom Holt and Esther Friesner.
Set within the milieu of Sherlock Holmes, this mystery novel follows Watson and Holmes on a search through London for clues in a perplexing crime scene that seems to have disappeared before their eyes.
The modern history of the Middle East begins with the reign of King Farouk. There is no better entry point to the ancient cultures, tortured politics, and historical antagonisms that...
A historian and author of Gods of Eden takes on the myth of Atlantis, chronicling his earnest and often frustrating search around the world for the legendary land mentioned by Plato. Reprint.
First published in 1941 to considerable acclaim, Berlin Embassy is the classic account of the last days of peace in Europe, and has been out-of-print for almost fifty years.
This memoir is about Clancy Sigal's boyhood in Depression-era Chicago, then James Farrell and Nelson Algren territory.
Bawdy, provocative, irresistibly entertaining, this collection of the jokes, ballads, epic sexual adventures, and scandalous gossip that appeared in Victorian London's first and most infamous 'Journal of Voluptuous Reading' will delight the ...
The author reveals how a series of actions initiated by Hitler align with episodes in three Ibsen scripts, and that Hitler adopted characters as analogs to his own career path.
The Art of the Mystery Story: A Collection of Critical Essays
A revealing witty memoir of Adrienne Barbeau's career and marriages.
Bringing together stirring tales of battle and bloodshed from across the centuries, this collection of true war stories includes tales that range from the wars of ancient Greece to the deserts of Saudi Arabia in 1991. Original.