Whatever it was — heat , humidity , what they ate the night before the game , they never had won in Houston . He brought up the page permitting him to interact with the betting pool's electronic odds maker .
photo courtesy of Harris M. Austin Cochino 's commander . . . : U.S. Navy photo, courtesy of Rafael C. Benitez Red Austin, 1939...: courtesy of Richard M. Austin Cochino's men survived ... : photo and back note courtesy of Harris M.
Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer.
Growing up in rural Texas, Slats Threadgill gets caught up in the bitter rivalry between Copperas Cove and Okalie high schools
Two investigative reporters and a researcher tell the epic story of American espionage from the early Cold War Years to the Clinton Administration, showing how the Navy and CIA have used submarines to gather intelligence and launch covert ...
At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind.
They tell the complete story of the audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and how it was doomed from the start.
At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind.
Blind Man's Bluff
Scottie must wear a bandage after he hurts his eye and becomes unexpected friends with Davey, a boy whom he had avoided earlier because he was of a different race.
A true life story of a legally blind man's rise from poverty to criminal defense attorney while concealing his disability. An amazing life of accomplishments while refusing to accept defeat.
This is a story of unfailing tenacity and courage in the face of impossible odds. It tells the tale of an unlikely group of friends who live in a post-war world of amazing technology, untold wealth, and apparent beneficence.
Includes a new afterword describing submariners' responses and reactions and a new appendix of all award-winning subs honored for service in Cold War espionage operations. With 16 pages of black-and-white photos
From the author of Sight Unseen comes a thriller as innovative as it is terrifying.
Perversely, but perhaps appropriately, Aidan Higgins—one of the few contemporary writers worthy of comparison with Beckett and Joyce, now celebrating his 85th year-—has chosen to wait until his sight has nearly left him to assemble this ...
Twenty five year old Miles Breckinridge has been non-sighted for over eighteen years and feels his life will never change.