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The Spiral Staircase & Other Novellas
Differing themes and voices, some classic, some contemporary, others though mysterious, planted firmly in reality. All used to depict an assortment of psychological suspense thrillers, coming of age sagas and modern satires.
At First Light
Welcome to the school of hard knocks, Pain, humor, excitement and a whole lot of luck fill the stories ahead. If you love fishing, hunting, or just being in the great outdoors, this book is for you. Ride along on the ocean voyages, river trips and hunting expeditions with Captain John as he learns the lessons of survival the hard way.
Another Green and Pleasant Land
Twenty-nine-year-old Kate is dissatisfied with her life. Her half-sisters vanished many years ago in mysterious circumstances, and her best friend spoke of a supernatural world before disappearing, never to be heard from again. Left behind in our world, Kate experiences puzzling glimpses of this other world in her dreams, while trying to find love and build a career as a solicitor. However, fate takes her away from the ex-boyfriend she pines for to a job at an archaeological dig, where she encounters more mysterious happenings and tight-lipped colleagues. But what are her new co-workers hiding, and might Kate's dreams come true in the world of the Westlands and the Woldsheart?
Monsoon in the Making
Set against the turbulence leading to the Arab Spring, Glyn Sumner and his comrades have unexpected encounters in Tunis, profoundly affecting their futures. On sojourn, Sumner and the crew of the schooner Poseidon voyage around the Med. Finding solace away from the ever-imposing regulations and sterility of Blighty, they experience transcendence and seminal life in North African ports. Tunis brings bewildering confrontations for the crew with Saleh, an Ethiopian asylum seeker suspected of crime and terrorist involvement, and Chief of Police Colonel Nassar, responsible for homeland security. Off Sicily, Poseidon’s crew witnesses an asylum seeker sea rescue by the coast guard. They wonder if Saleh is aboard, or whether he is shaking hands with Neptune. Glyn ponders if the dark side also beckons them, visions of a European dystopia on the horizon.
The Deadly Favour
The House of Lothwold has been at war with the House of Malwarden for years. A truce is called and hostages from both houses must be exchanged in order to ensure it is kept. Fun-loving, flirtatious Hawise of Lothwold is keen to avoid the nunnery and volunteers to go to Castle Malwarden as a hostage, hoping to make a second marriage afterwards. Meanwhile, her friend Bessy yearns to go to a local convent to be with her lover. In a world full of dragons, plots and treachery, both women soon get what they want - but not what they had imagined. A romantic fantasy adventure set in a quasi-medieval world, The Deadly Favour is the first book in The Woldsheart Chronicles by Ruth Danes.
People of Ancient Egypt
Explores the lives of 20 prominent persons who lived in ancient Egyptian society from the Old Kingdom to the end of Cleopatra's reign. Lives are reconstructed so as to learn about families, careers, illnesses and religious beliefs.
Twentieth-century Western Writers
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about nearly five hundred twentieth-century writers of Western fiction, each featuring a biography, a bibliography, a signed critical essay, and, in some cases, comments from the author. Includes a title index.
