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Softly Calls the Devil

de Christopher Blake ...

Things are going well for Matt Buchanan. After some hard times, life is peaceful as sole-charge constable for the small, isolated settlement of Haast on New Zealand's wild West Coast. He's made friends among the locals, won their trust. He keeps their little world safe. And he's working in spectacular surroundings - the fierce Tasman Sea, the dense beech forest, the dark, cold swamps, the snowy ... Leer más

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Things are going well for Matt Buchanan. After some hard times, life is peaceful as sole-charge constable for the small, isolated settlement of Haast on New Zealand's wild West Coast. He's made friends among the locals, won their trust. He keeps their little world safe. And he's working in spectacular surroundings - the fierce Tasman Sea, the dense beech forest, the dark, cold swamps, the snowy
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50 Essential Classics You Must Read - British Literature

The Definitive British Literature Collection from Beowulf to the Romantic Poets

de Anonymous, The Essential Classics Library, William Langland, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Malory, Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, M.G. Lewis, Mary Shelley, William Beckford, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Various Authors, Multiple Authors ...

Series Libro 1 - 50 Essential Classics You Must Read
A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this ... Leer más

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A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature. This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this
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Tomorrowville

Dystopian Science Fiction

de David T. Isaak ...

Narrado por Christopher James Mayer ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - The Isaak Collection
Completo

7 hora 36 minutos

Toby wasn’t ready to die in 2008 and wake up in 2088. 2088 wasn’t ready for Toby either.Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead.But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.Welcome to ... Leer más

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Toby wasn’t ready to die in 2008 and wake up in 2088. 2088 wasn’t ready for Toby either.Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead.But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.Welcome to
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Headcase

de Jack Heath ...

Narrado por Christopher Ragland ...

Series Audiolibro 4 - Timothy Blake
Completo

12 hora 12 minutos

A Chinese astronaut is found dead in a NASA training environment in Houston, Texas. No one can explain how he got there. Amid fears of a diplomatic catastrophe, the CIA dispatches Timothy 'Hangman' Blake to investigate a convicted kidnapper who works in the facility – someone Blake put away seven years ago. Blake is deeply insane, afflicted by terrible urges he can barely control – but he's also ... Leer más

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A Chinese astronaut is found dead in a NASA training environment in Houston, Texas. No one can explain how he got there. Amid fears of a diplomatic catastrophe, the CIA dispatches Timothy 'Hangman' Blake to investigate a convicted kidnapper who works in the facility – someone Blake put away seven years ago. Blake is deeply insane, afflicted by terrible urges he can barely control – but he's also
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Policing Terrorism

de Christopher Blake, Barrie Sheldon, Rachael Strzelecki, Peter Williams ...

Series series Policing Matters Series
This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has become a major issue for policing during the 21st century, exacerbated by world events, the emerging new terrorism with its global implications, and a growing need to develop effective counter-terrorism strategies. The book provides students with a ... Leer más

$67.49 USD

This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has become a major issue for policing during the 21st century, exacerbated by world events, the emerging new terrorism with its global implications, and a growing need to develop effective counter-terrorism strategies. The book provides students with a
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Policing and Criminal Justice

de Christopher Blake, Peter Williams, Barrie Sheldon ...

Series series Policing Matters Series
This text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to criminal justice for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing. It will also be relevant to degree courses in criminology and criminal justice. The book provides a holistic overview of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and an exploration of the roles of key players within the system and how the police interact ... Leer más

$65.69 USD

This text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to criminal justice for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing. It will also be relevant to degree courses in criminology and criminal justice. The book provides a holistic overview of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and an exploration of the roles of key players within the system and how the police interact
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Rose Cottage Chronicles

Civil War Letters of the Bryant-Stephens Families of North Florida

de Arch Frederick Blakely, Ann Smith Lainhart, Winston Bryant Stephens ...

Narrado por Christopher Walker ...

Completo

18 hora 8 minutos

As fresh and poignant today as when they were written, these touching letters capture the heart of everyday life during the Civil War.Set both at home in Florida and on the front, the letters were written by two generations of families whose members included radical secessionists, moderates, and even a few unionists.The domestic letters, written mostly by mothers and daughters, describe their ... Leer más

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As fresh and poignant today as when they were written, these touching letters capture the heart of everyday life during the Civil War.Set both at home in Florida and on the front, the letters were written by two generations of families whose members included radical secessionists, moderates, and even a few unionists.The domestic letters, written mostly by mothers and daughters, describe their
... Leer más
Harnessing the Power of Focus - Stay on Track and Get More Done

de Christopher Blake ...

In today’s world of endless distractions and constant demands, staying focused can feel like an impossible task. "Harnessing the Power of Focus - Stay on Track and Get More Done" is your guide to regaining control, maximizing productivity, and achieving your goals with clarity and intention. This book provides actionable strategies to help you overcome distractions, sharpen your focus, and make ... Leer más

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In today’s world of endless distractions and constant demands, staying focused can feel like an impossible task. "Harnessing the Power of Focus - Stay on Track and Get More Done" is your guide to regaining control, maximizing productivity, and achieving your goals with clarity and intention. This book provides actionable strategies to help you overcome distractions, sharpen your focus, and make
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The Oxford Book of Poetry

A Cross-Century Anthology of Classical, Medieval, Romantic, and Victorian Verse

de Ovid, Virgil, Claudius, Julius Caesar, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Porcius Licinius, Gaius Maecenas, Numa Pompilius, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Emily Brontë, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson, T. W. Rolleston, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, George MacDonald, George Meredith, Robert Browning, Thomas Love Peacock, Robert Burns, Oliver Goldsmith, Alexander Pope, John Milton, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gilbert Parker ...

The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic ... Leer más

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The Oxford Book of Poetry surveys an expansive poetic inheritance, bringing classical Roman voices into conversation with medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and modern traditions. Its range encompasses epic and lyric, satire and pastoral, dramatic speech, ballad, elegy, and visionary meditation. Classical civic utterance, Chaucerian narrative energy, metaphysical intensity, Romantic
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Linville Gorge Wilderness Area

de Christopher Blake ...

Series series Images of America
Famed as 'the Grand Canyon of the East,' the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area is a rugged tract of more than 12,000 acres located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Native Americans once referred to the Linville River as Eeseeoh, or 'River of Cliffs,' a name that accurately describes the river as it twists its way through the gorge under sheer rock faces and distinctive craggy ... Leer más

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Famed as 'the Grand Canyon of the East,' the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area is a rugged tract of more than 12,000 acres located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Native Americans once referred to the Linville River as Eeseeoh, or 'River of Cliffs,' a name that accurately describes the river as it twists its way through the gorge under sheer rock faces and distinctive craggy
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The Detective Stories Library (26 Books). Illustrated

The House of the Poplars by Dorothy L. Sayers, Grand Guignol by John Dickson Carr, Boots by Ngaio Marsh, The Yellow Sphere by John Rhode, Shadowed Sunlight by Christianna Brand and Many Others

de Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, E. C. R. Lorac, John Rhode, Anthony Berkeley, Anthony Gilbert, Christianna Brand, J. Jefferson Farjeon, Lynn Brock, Cyril Hare, Christopher Bush, Joseph Commings, Christopher St. John Sprigg, Alice Campbell, Stuart Palmer, Josephine Bell, G. D. H. & M. Cole, William A. R. Collins, Nicholas Blake, Ethel Lina White, H. C. Bailey, Gladys Mitchell, Richard Keverne, Herbert Adams ...

The Detective Stories Library is a rich and engaging collection of classic mysteries by some of the greatest writers of the genre. This illustrated volume brings together brilliant tales of crime, deduction, and suspense, featuring works by masters of the Golden Age of detective fiction such as Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, John Rhode, and Christianna Brand. Among the ... Leer más

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The Detective Stories Library is a rich and engaging collection of classic mysteries by some of the greatest writers of the genre. This illustrated volume brings together brilliant tales of crime, deduction, and suspense, featuring works by masters of the Golden Age of detective fiction such as Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, John Rhode, and Christianna Brand. Among the
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The Razor's Edge

de Joshua Palmatier, Troy Carrol Bucher, Blake Jessop, William C. Dietz, Gerald Brandt, D.B. Jackson, Sharon P. Goza, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Steve Perry, Walter H. Hunt, Kay Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, Christopher Allenby, Chris Kennedy, Alex Gideon, Brian Hugenbruch, Y.M. Pang, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. ...

One man’s insurgent is another man’s freedom fighter…From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to The Hunger Games, everyone enjoys a good rebellion. There is something compelling about a group (or individual) who throws caution to the wind and rises up in armed defiance against oppression, tyranny, religion, the government—you name it. No matter the cause, or how small the chance, it’s the courage to ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

One man’s insurgent is another man’s freedom fighter…From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to The Hunger Games, everyone enjoys a good rebellion. There is something compelling about a group (or individual) who throws caution to the wind and rises up in armed defiance against oppression, tyranny, religion, the government—you name it. No matter the cause, or how small the chance, it’s the courage to
... Leer más