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Allah's Scorpion (Kirk McGarvey Series #11)
by David HagbergUnder the cover of a moonless night, al-Quaida operatives make their way inside the infamous Camp Delta prison on the American base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their goal is to free five prisoners. But their attempt fails. The rescuers and prisoners, all former Iranian Navy submarine crewmen, are killed. Their freedom was to be the first step in unleashing a deadly act of terrorism-a mission code-named Allah's Scorpion. The CIA and Kirk McGarvey are called in, but first McGarvey must stop the destruction of the Panama Canal by a Venezuelan oil tanker rigged to explode in one of the locks. What seems to be an unrelated attack turns up with the same cryptic code name. But this mission may prove to be the ultimate strike against America, a grand finale to what began on 9/11. A pair of Russian nuclear-warhead missiles that were spirited into Libya just before the invasion of Iraq have turned up on the radar, and they are in transit by sea to an undisclosed launch site in the Atlantic Ocean. Once again, Kirk McGarvey is the only man in a position to stop them-the only man capable of knocking out Allah's Scorpion.
Allan Quatermain
by H. Rider HaggardSir Henry Rider Haggard was a writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. <P> <P> His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its sequels. In King Solomon's Mines, Haggard introduces the reader to Allan Quatermain, now one of the most famous literary adventure characters. Second in the series, this book, Allan Quatermain, continues the story of this daring man and chronicles in first person (and through correspondence from some of his fictitious companions) his adventures in Africa. Thought to be one of the fictional characters upon which another such person, Indiana Jones, is based, Quatermain is nevertheless a humble man. By his own definition, he is an . " . . 'Adventurer' -- he that goes out to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another . . . "
Allan Quatermain #10: The Ancient Allan
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Join Allan as he relives his past lives with the help of the Holy Flower he discovered in Africa
Allan Quatermain #1: King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Thrill with Allan as he discovers the mythical King Solomon's Mines and their not-so-mythical curse. These are adventure stories in the grandest tradition.
Allan Quatermain #2: Allan Quatermain
by H. Rider HaggardAfter discovering the hidden mines of King Solomom, Allan Quartermain finds that life back in England is too sedate for his liking. With two travel companions he heads back to Africa in search of further adventure. Teaming up with a valiant warrior and a timid French chef, they enter the land of Paradise, Zu-Vendis. But paradise is not without its dangers, and Allan and his band find themselves at odds with the two beautiful sisters who rule Zu-Vendis. A struggle is imminent--who will emerge the victor?.
Allan Quatermain #3: Allan's Wife
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In this, the third Quartermain book, we get a more personal glimpse into the life of a legend!
Allan Quatermain #4: Maiwa's Revenge
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In this the fourth Quartermain book we watch with Allan as a Zulu Woman takes her revenge!
Allan Quatermain #5: Marie
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Here is the story of Allan's first true love, Marie Marais.
Allan Quatermain #6: Child of Storm
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. This is the second novel featuring the beautiful but deadly Zulu woman, Mameena: the child of storm.
Allan Quatermain #7: Allan and the Holy Flower
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Join Allan as he searches for rare orchids in Africa and finds something more!
Allan Quatermain #8: Finished
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In Finished, an evil Zulu wizard brings about the downfall of the Zulu nation!
Allan Quatermain #9: The Ivory Child
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Join Allan in The Ivory Child as he undertakes the strangest adventure of his life battling the giant elephant god.
Allan Quatermain: Allan Quatermain 14 (Allan Quatermain #Vol. 14)
by H. Rider HaggardThe heroes of King Solomon&’s Mines return to Africa in this action-packed sequel that inspired the film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. Allan Quatermain, big-game hunter and explorer, has recently lost his son, Harry, to smallpox and is ready to get away from civilization. Rather than continue to wallow in grief surrounded by his trophies and guns in England, he instead chooses adventure and journeys to eastern Africa with his friends, Sir Henry Curtis and Capt. John Good. With Zulu chief Umslopogaas accompanying them, they head to uncharted territory in search of the Zu-Vendis, a race of white-skinned people rumored to be isolated from the other tribes of Africa and ruled by two beautiful sister queens. There, the travelers confront angry Zu-Vendi priests who admonish the men for killing their sacred hippopotamuses—and Curtis unwittingly becomes part of a tumultuous love triangle with the sister queens. Soon, the party of adventurers finds themselves embroiled in a civil war. Each queen is now vying for the throne, but only one faction will win—and not everyone will survive.
Allan Quatermain: Second Of The Quatermain Novels (Classics To Go)
by H. Rider HaggardSir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. Haggard wrote the book over his summer holiday in 1885 immediately after King Solomon's Mines. At the beginning, Allan Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umslopogaas to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa into the territory of the Maasai. While staying with a Scottish missionary, Mr. Mackenzie, they are attacked by a Maasai group, whom they overcome heroically. They travel by canoe along an underground river to a lake (which turns out to be the sacred lake of Zu-Vendis) in the kingdom of Zu-Vendis beyond a range of mountains. The Zu-Vendi are a warlike race of white-skinned people isolated from other African races; their capital is called Milosis. At the time of the British party's arrival, they are ruled jointly by two sisters, Nyleptha and Sorais. The priests of the Zu-Vendi religion are hostile to the explorers as they had killed hippopotamuses — animals sacred to the Zu-Vendis — on their arrival, but the queens protect them. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Allan Quatermain: The Zulu Trilogy
by H. Rider HaggardBefore there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. These three novels-Marie, Child of Storm, and Finished-form the Zulu Trilogy in which the Zulu wizard, Zikali, gains his revenge on the Zulu nation and its king, Cetawayo. Here are tales of magic, revenge, and something darker and far more sinister.
Allan and the Holy Flower (Classics To Go)
by H. Rider HaggardSir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. “Allan and the Holy Flower” is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot involves Quatermain going on a trek into Africa to find a mysterious flower. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Allan and the Ice-Gods (Classics To Go)
by H. Rider HaggardThis novel is the final volume of the Allan Quatermain saga, and it comprises the fourth part of a loosely linked series begun with Allan and the Holy Flower. Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he finds himself reliving as Wi, an civilised man living in the barbaric ice age as part of a clan of cavemen. (Goodreads)
Allan's Wife
by H. Rider HaggardHenry Rider Haggard was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the natives. <P> <P> He often portrayed Africans as heroic in his stories even though the main characters are usually European. Allan's Wife is part of the Allan Quartermain series. Alan Quartermain was the main character in the novel King Solomon's Mines. He also appears in several sequels including Marie and the novel She which paired Quartermain with another Haggard character favorite Ayesha. . Quartermain was a progressive Victorian. He was a big game hunter in Africa who championed the cause of the natives.
Allan's Wife (Classics To Go)
by H. Rider HaggardSir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. “Allan's Wife” - the story of Quartermain's early life, and his marriage to childhood sweetheart, Stella, mother of his son Harry. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Allauddin Adbutha Deepam - Muripinche Bommalato
by Sri. P. B VeeraachaariAllauddin Adbutha Deepam is a set of fictional stories about the life of a sailor Allauddin and how he finds a genie that helps him in his life.
Alle Dinge Valentyn
by Dawn BrowerWelkom by die dorp Kismetbaai waar towery en die noodlot 'n manier van lewe is... Percival Wright het 'n bekoorlike lewe gelei. Ten minste glo die inwoners van Kismetbaai dit. Dit is 'n noukeurig ontwerpte gevel dit verberg die werklike waarheid. Hy is heeltemal ellendig en die een vrou wat hy nog altyd wou gehad het, sien hom nie regtig raak nie. Valentynsdag is een van die besigste dae van die jaar by Blooms of Destiny, en Amadea Strange kan nie wag om dit agter haar te kry nie. Die romantiese dag is goed vir besigheid, maar sy het nie tyd vir liefde nie. So natuurlik, dit is die een dag waarop die noodlot besluit het om haar te wys wat alles Valentyn beteken...
Alle Herren: Um die Wahlen in Pinerolo zu gewinnen, waren sie bereit, alles zu tun... sogar zu verlieren.
by Pier-Giorgio TomatisAlle Herren von Pier Giorgio Tomatis Um die Wahlen in Pinerolo zu gewinnen, waren sie bereit, alles zu tun... sogar zu verlieren. Alle Herren Aldo Boaglio war ein Frauenheld, Giovanni Stortis ein Unternehmer, Giacomo Peretti ein Bauer. Alle drei bewarben sich um das Amt des Senators der Republik in Pinerolo. Und um zu gewinnen, zögerten sie nicht, jedes Mittel einzusetzen. Eine Vanette von der Müllabfuhr ... zum Beispiel.
Alle jagen John Mulligan (Classics To Go)
by Friedrich GerstäckerSynopsis: "In früheren Jahren war Australien nichts als eine Verbrecherkolonie, und immer neue Schiffsladungen voll Missetäter wurden von England aus hinübergeschickt. Zugleich aber gingen auch einzelne freie Ansiedler in das ferne Land, die sich, unbekümmert um das rohe Gesindel umher, da niederließen und Ackerbau oder Viehzucht trieben. Ihr Leben dort verlief aber nicht so glatt und einförmig, wie das jetzt wohl der Fall ist, wo sie sich um wenig mehr als ihre Felder und Herden zu kümmern haben. Auch die Polizei hatte mehr zu tun als die unsrige – wenn ich auch nicht sagen will, daß sie sich mehr beschäftigte –, und die kühnsten und unternehmendsten Leute wurden ihr eingereiht. Es galt jedoch nicht nur nächtlichen und scheuen Dieben aufzulauern, sondern oft den entsprungenen und zur Verzweiflung getriebenen Sträflingen draußen im Freien zu begegnen, und in dem weiten, wilden Lande gehörte dazu nicht allein eine zähe Ausdauer, sondern auch ein fester Mut, der vor keiner Gefahr zurückschreckte. Die Polizei war deshalb militärisch organisiert, und die Polizeioffiziere hatten völlig freie Hand, nach eigenem Gutdünken mit hinreichender Mannschaft oft gar nicht unbedeutende Streifzüge zu unternehmen. Man mußte sie eben von leeren Förmlichkeiten entbinden, um ihr freie Hand zu lassen, dem Augenblick nach zu handeln; denn häufig war es nötig, sehr schnell einen entscheidenden Streich gegen irgendeine der im Walde zerstreuten Banden entflohener Verbrecher zu unternehmen...”
Alle quattro basi
by Kate Mcmurray Gaia MarinoFin dall'infanzia, Jake, Adam, Kyle e Brendan sono stati compagni di squadra, migliori amici, quasi fratelli. Un giorno, però, compiuti venticinque anni, Adam sparisce senza dire una parola, sconvolgendo i suoi amici - nessuno però quanto Jake, che ne è stato segretamente innamorato sin dall'adolescenza. Ora, cinque anni dopo, Adam torna e non riesce a smettere di pensare a Jake. Ma tutti quegli anni di rabbia, dolore e confusione sono troppo da superare e l'amico non riesce a perdonarlo facilmente. Non sa se torneranno più a essere perfetti l'uno per l'altro come lo erano stati in passato. Jake, Kyle e Brendan sono andati avanti con le loro vite, ma la carriera di famoso uomo d'affari di Adam lo costringe a rimanere nascosto - lì dove è rimasto per anni. Eppure le sue scuse sembrano sincere, l'attrazione è ancora presente e Jake vuole disperatamente concedergli una seconda possibilità. Ma prima, deve scoprire perché Adam se n'è andato e se è davvero tornato per sempre.
Alleanza di Sangue (Legami di sangue #1)
by Ariel Tachna Emanuela CarderelliSerie Legami di sangue, Libro 1Un mago disperato e un vampiro disilluso e amareggiato possono trovare il modo di costruire un'alleanza che possa salvare il loro mondo? In un mondo scosso da una guerra combattuta a colpi di magia, i vampiri sono considerati meno che umani, le tipiche creature della notte che, come nelle leggende, danno la caccia agli uomini. Ma all'inasprirsi dei combattimenti, i maghi capiscono di aver bisogno di un vantaggio che volga gli eventi in loro favore: la forza che i vampiri possono dare loro nella lotta contro i maghi oscuri, i quali cercano di distruggere la vita così come la conoscono. Con una mossa azzardata, ma indice di buona volontà, i maghi chiedono al capo dei vampiri di incontrali, per perorare la loro causa. Un uomo disperato, Alain Maigner, e un vampiro amareggiato e disilluso, Orlando St. Clair, si incontrano a Parigi, e il destino del mondo dipenderà dalle loro decisioni: i vampiri si uniranno alla causa e formeranno un'alleanza con i maghi per vincere la guerra?