![]() ![]() Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. ![]() Praise for Alaska Few will escape the allure of the land and people describes. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaskas story: its brutal origins the American acquisition the gold rush the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. ![]() Michener guides us through Alaskas fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. Book Synopsis In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. About the Book Now for the first time in trade paperback, Micheners magnificent journey through the history of Alaska and his epic tale of the men and women who tried to claim the land and its spirit. ![]()
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![]() This is powerful material, required reading for anyone interested in modern warfare. Second in the terrifying and authentic series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man. As in the best of this genre, there are no cartoon villains, just dedicated warriors who are given a mission and are determined to carry it out. ![]() The various battles fought on land, sea, and in the air are exciting, realistic, and technically detailed, complete with the high emotions experienced by the combatants. Wysyka i sprzeda przez sprzedawc: Amazon. DARMOWA dostawa Greaney, M: Mission Critical Mark Greaney Mikka oprawa 48,16 z Dostpny. The Russian president approves, and Red Metal is on. Ten produkt:Red Metal Mark Greaney Mikka oprawa 42,04 z Dostpny. Borbikov proposes a Russian raid into Europe to destroy America's Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, and a simultaneous attack to retake the mine. A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three rare Earth. From the New York Times best-selling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic novel of World War III. ![]() Yuri Borbikov, the Russian special forces commander who was in charge of the mine, draws up a plan, Operation Red Metal. Red Metal by Mark Greaney - Free Audiobook Online. ![]() ![]() Several years after the Russians lose control of a rare earth mine in Kenya, Col. Bestseller Greaney (the Gray Man series) and Rawlings, a Marine lieutenant colonel, closely follow more than a score of characters in this outstanding near-future military action thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() He clearly believed that homosexuality was a character trait, which he called "adhesiveness." The term comes from phrenology, the then-popular study of the skull as an indicator of personality. Whitman was a vigorous adherent of this view, Schmidgall shows. ![]() It was only in the mid-19th century that sodomy - as same-sex relations were called - began to be regarded not simply as a sexual act but as a temperament. The core of Schmidgall's biography lies in the book's examination of Whitman's homosexuality and his love affairs. In contrast to earlier biographers, who have ignored, pathologized or denied the poet's sexuality, Gary Schmidgall focuses on Whitman as "a gay man finding his voice, finding sex, finding love, finding friendship." In the process, Schmidgall has written an exciting biography that may permanently recast the terms of Whitman scholarship. More than 100 years after his death, the exuberantly gay - in all senses of the word - Walt Whitman finally has a biographer who puts the poet's homosexuality where the poet himself placed it, at the front and center of his work and his life. ![]() ![]() David Bowie, however, asked for $100,000 to utilize his song 'Heroes' during the final scene and credits, so Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill was used instead. The Chocolate War By: Robert Cormier Narrated by: Frank Muller Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins Release date: 07-15-04 Language: English 356 ratings Regular price: 12. Most of the artists featured on the soundtrack allowed the filmmakers to use their songs inexpensively. The film had a paltry music budget of about $15,000. The sadistic headmaster, Brother Leon, and 'The Vigils', a viscious gang of school thugs, make Jerry's life hell when he decides he won't be pushed around anymore. New student Jerry Renault (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates for the school's annual fund-raising event. ![]() It is about a teenaged boy named Jerry and his life as an individual at an all boys catholic school. The film offers a portrait of the hierarchical structure, both formal and informal, of a Catholic boys' school. The Chocolate War is a book written by Robert Cormier. American movie from 1988, based on Robert Cormier's novel of the same name, directed by Keith Gordon and starring John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wally Ward, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright and Bud Cort. Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1974. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. 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The (true) story is great: legendary historical figures like Isaac Newton, Galileo, James Cook, King George III scientific conundrums innovative engineering a ransom of millions at stake and a humble, lone man competing against oppressive and manipulative big-wigs.īackground: Latitude lines are the parallel lines that circle the globe above and below the equator, and any sailor could figure out his latitude by measuring the length of the day or looking at the angle of the sun or the north star. ![]() It was the first non-fiction book, I think, that I really couldn't put down. I first read Longitude, by Dava Sobel, just after I finished high school, and I devoured it in a sitting or two. ![]() ![]() The Day You Begin is a Guided Reading Level P, which makes it a third-grade book. ![]()
![]() And disturbing memories stirring up a growing relationship with her sister. A promise to a dead friend and two needy little lives. But when cancer takes the life of her best friend, Jules finds herself caring for her friend’s two small children as well as the Blue Bayou. It looks like strengthening her relationship with her sister and improving the prospects of the Blue Bayou farm will be Jules’ chief concerns. And now Pop is gone, leaving Jules with his struggling Washington State potato farm with a sister excluded from his will and with a heart wounded by the sacrifice she has made on behalf of her father. Only for Pop could Jules have made such a sacrifice. ![]() ![]() Now the man Jules loves best can’t stand the sight of her. Jules broke off her wedding to Cruz practically at the altar. Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order Lost Melody (With: Virginia Smith) (2011). ![]() ![]() They’re the first thought you wake up to and the last thought you sleep on. When you wake up in the morning, they slowly condensate around you like they’re your life-long companions. You know that feeling when words keep hammering in your head until they form a suffocating fog? Until they’re all you can think about and all you can breathe? Until he can smile and show me his pretty dimples. Now, I’ll hug him until the pain goes away. ![]() He stayed with me until I fell asleep and didn’t leave my side. ![]() When Nana left, Xan hugged me while I cried. His pain is so real and close, it’s as if I’m the one hurting, not him. I cry, too, because his pain feels like mine now. He sobs so hard, I feel the vibration against my skin. Xan wraps his arms around my waist, hides his face in my neck, and sobs. My knight is beautiful and can’t have dirt on his armour. “I hate it when you cry, too.” I inch closer and put my arms around his neck, keeping the one with the melting gelato away so I don’t make a mess out of him as well. I sniffle, wiping my face with the back of my hand, mixing his tears with mine. ![]() Slowly facing me, he watches me closely, his blond brows pinching as more tears slide down his cheeks. ![]() Xan places a hand on my shoulder and shoves me, then stares at the ground. I’ll always be his Green and he’ll always be my knight. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jon Hollins, author of DRAGON LORDS: FOOL'S GOLD It was a fantastic read, a rollicking, page-turning, edge-of-your-seat road-trip of a book. If the Beatles held a concert tomorrow (with all the necromancy required for that to happen), it still wouldn't be as good a 'getting the band back together' story as this. Instead, I'll have to content myself with waiting for the sequel, and reading it again - B&N SCI-FI AND FANTASY BLOG An outstanding debut which will make you laugh and cry and hold your breath. If I could, I'd see the tour, and buy the t-shirt. Eames clearly set out to write something fun to read and he has succeeded spectacularly - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Manages to be a comedy, an adventure tale, a consideration on growing older, and a sendup of fantasy conventions, all at the same time. ![]() ![]() Moreover, the plot is emotionally rewarding, original, and hilarious. Eames has cranked the thrills of epic fantasy up to 11. ![]() |