I'lam's gasping had quickened. The dogs big body rocked and heaved. “I don't know, but this is a hospital. For human beings. We don't take dogs.” Detective O'Hearn, who'd been staring fixedly at I-lam, finally lifted his gaze.
“ An English supporter came up to me this weekend , asked me for an autograph , and said , ' You are a legend , ” Maradona told the Sun , a London newspaper , during a trip to England . “ This made me very happy .
“Though if you don't mind some disagreeable manners, Mr Higgins, I'd like to facilitate Miss Crook's coffee.” Esther shook her head. “If you'd like, we can play a game ourselves? If Mr Higgins has no objections?
Two ninth graders, Clara and Amos, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by their families, by each other, and by the two meanest brothers in town.
Here for the first time is the tale told in his own words: the terrifying supernatural secret he stumbled upon as a young man, the truth behind the Cold War, and the truth behind the Watergate cover-up.
A gloriously sideways glance at evangelical and Sapphic love way down south, Crooked premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, 3 May 2006. 'a work of warped loveliness, directed with exquisite delicacy and acted with tenderness and wit . . .
A mythical tale about San Marco's lake as told from the perspective of an old villager.
If the theories put forth in this book are true, the convergence of metals, microbes and medicine that started two hundred years ago may have set humanity on a path of suffering that could make the deadliest epidemics in history pale in ...
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, ...
Crooked is the story of a Private Investigator's battle to quit smoking cold turkey, which causes him to have dreams so terrifying sleep is the one thing he fears most until he receives a call that submerges him into an underworld so ...
As fortune hunters, lovers, and other strangers gather around him, there’s one thing Nicholas must remember above all else: in this business, it’s better to be crooked than dead.
In Crooked, Nathan Masters restores this story of murderers, con artists, secret lovers, spies, bootleggers, and corrupt politicians to its full, page-turning glory.
Benefiting from personal interviews with many figures either involved in or on the periphery of recent scandals, including BALCO''s Victor Conte, Crooked presents a pageant of infamy as rich as the history of modern sports itself.