Blood Of The Oak

Author : Eliot Pattison
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619027596

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Blood of the Oak by Eliot Pattison Pdf

The Edgar Award–winner’s colonial series continues as Scottish exile Duncan McCallum uncovers a loyalist conspiracy—“Historical mystery at its best” (Booklist, starred review). The American Colonies, 1765. As the Stamp Act dissent marks the first organized resistance to English rule, someone is kidnapping and killing members of the Iroquois Nation. Asked by an elder to investigate, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum soon uncovers a network of secret runners supporting the nascent “committees of correspondence,” engaged in the political dissent fomenting across colonial borders. But as Duncan follows the trail further, it leads to his capture. Thrown into slavery with the kidnapped runners, Duncan discovers a powerful conspiracy of highly placed English aristocrats bent on crushing all dissent. Inspired by an aged Native American slave and new African friends, Duncan decides not just to escape but to turn their own intrigue against the London lords. A Publishers Weekly Best Book, the fourth entry in the Bone Rattler series moves ever closer to the beginning of the American Revolution. With a cast of characters that includes Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, the early Pennsylvania rebel James Smith, and Dr. Benjamin Rush, Blood of the Oak takes a fresh view on the birth of the new American nation.

Author : Raven Watson,Moon Watson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663224439

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The Blood Oak Chronicles by Raven Watson,Moon Watson Pdf

As of this moment you are now trapped within a new world. New and yet also unsettlingly familiar. The Blood Oak Chronicles Book One: The Mark gives you the first part of an epic period drama. A historical fantasy yarn, unraveled in four parts... to begin. For you see , there are many tales to be told of Blood Oak and just as many marvelous creatures. Just, try to keep your invested emotions safely measured because anything can happen and in Blood Oak, There are no happy endings.

Author : Garrett Bettencourt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692116753

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Blood and Oak by Garrett Bettencourt Pdf

In 1798, the Barbary Pirates stole his freedom. Now, John Sullivan wants blood. Growing up on his father's ship was an adventure for young John. His world crumbled the day the Barbary Pirates took him away in chains, along with his mother and sister. Five years later, after a daring escape to America, John is eager to join USS Philadelphia and meet the corsairs with steel.Then one stormy night, a stranger brings word: His sister Kaitlin is alive. John must risk everything on a bold plan to sail to the Barbary Coast. To defy the odds and free his family, he'll need his skill with a blade, his leadership in battle, and his wits at sea. In his path--cutthroat smugglers, ruthless pirates, and a deadly foe bent on destruction. Yet in John Sullivan's heart, the fires of revenge blaze ever hotter, threatening to burn those he loves. In his bid to save the lost, he may find his most dangerous enemy lies within¿

Author : Eliot Pattison
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619029071

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Blood of the Oak by Eliot Pattison Pdf

The Edgar Award–winner’s colonial series continues as Scottish exile Duncan McCallum uncovers a loyalist conspiracy—“Historical mystery at its best” (Booklist, starred review). The American Colonies, 1765. As the Stamp Act dissent marks the first organized resistance to English rule, someone is kidnapping and killing members of the Iroquois Nation. Asked by an elder to investigate, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum soon uncovers a network of secret runners supporting the nascent “committees of correspondence,” engaged in the political dissent fomenting across colonial borders. But as Duncan follows the trail further, it leads to his capture. Thrown into slavery with the kidnapped runners, Duncan discovers a powerful conspiracy of highly placed English aristocrats bent on crushing all dissent. Inspired by an aged Native American slave and new African friends, Duncan decides not just to escape but to turn their own intrigue against the London lords. A Publishers Weekly Best Book, the fourth entry in the Bone Rattler series moves ever closer to the beginning of the American Revolution. With a cast of characters that includes Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, the early Pennsylvania rebel James Smith, and Dr. Benjamin Rush, Blood of the Oak takes a fresh view on the birth of the new American nation.

Author : Gary B. O'sullivan, M.d.,MD Facog Facs Gary B. O'Sullivan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780615155579

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The Oak and Serpent by Gary B. O'sullivan, M.d.,MD Facog Facs Gary B. O'Sullivan Pdf

A definitive history of the illustrious O'Sullivan clan, including new information concerning the true meaning of the name. The O'Sullivan tartan and the O'Sullivan battle flag are introduced and a detailed account of the O'Sullivan MacCragh sept of Dunderry Castle is provided.

Author : Jeff W. Bens
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982604158

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The Mighty Oak by Jeff W. Bens Pdf

Tim O’Connor is paid to be violent. He plays for the El Paso Storm in the West Texas Hockey League. People call him Oak. He’s been an enforcer for longer than his hip or shoulder or back have been able to hold together. He is a broken machine of gristle and rage. And he has been away from home for too long. He’s called back to Boston by his mother’s death. There he confronts a life he failed to live, a daughter he doesn’t know, and a body that is quickly breaking down. Still, he can’t conceive of a future without hockey, even as he chews oxycodone and Adderall to numb his injuries and steady his brain. When a brutal encounter with the police places him in the path of Joan Linney, a haunted public defender, and Kip, a boy with a brave face, Oak and his chance companions roam cold streets from Castle Island to Quincy Point, struggling to believe in a different future. In spare, potent language, Jeff W. Bens builds a remarkable character from the skates up. The Mighty Oak is a visceral and emotional experience. The fact of Oak’s physical existence is powerfully rendered, and the bone-deep transformation of his character is one you will not soon forget.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11548861

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Silver Donald Cameron
Publisher : Steerforth
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781586422936

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Blood in the Water by Silver Donald Cameron Pdf

“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood “Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very nature of good and evil. In his riveting and meticulously reported final book, Silver Donald Cameron offers a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing and its devastating repercussions. Cameron’s searing, utterly gripping story about one small community raises a disturbing question: Are there times when taking the law into your own hands is not only understandable but the responsible thing to do? In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a small town on Cape Breton Island murdered their neighbor, Phillip Boudreau, at sea. While out checking their lobster traps, two Landry cousins and skipper Dwayne Samson saw Boudreau in his boat, the Midnight Slider, about to vandalize their lobster traps. Like so many times before, the small-time criminal was about to cost them thousands of dollars out of their seasonal livelihood. Boudreau seemed invincible, a miscreant who would plague the village forever. Meanwhile the police and local officials were frustrated, cowed, and hobbled by shrinking budgets. One of the men took out a rifle and fired four shots at Boudreau and his boat. Was the Boudreau killing cold blooded murder, a direct reaction to credible threats, or the tragic result of local officials failing to protect the community? As many local people have said, if those fellows hadn't killed him, someone else would have...

Author : Sarah N. Harvey,Robin Stevenson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781459812956

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Blood on the Beach by Sarah N. Harvey,Robin Stevenson Pdf

Eight teens are dropped off on a remote west-coast island for a week-long treatment program called INTRO (Into Nature to Renew Ourselves). The story is told by two of them: Alice, whose police-officer mother believes Alice might have a substance-abuse problem, and Caleb, who assaulted his abusive stepfather. They are joined by six other miscreants and three staff: a psychologist, a social worker and an ex-cop. On the first night, one of the girls disappears from her cabin. There is a panicked search of the island, but she is nowhere to be found. The adults seem oddly ineffectual in dealing with the crisis—and then the ex-cop gets sick and dies. The radio has been sabotaged, and there is no way to call for help. When the social worker also becomes ill, the kids decide to take matters into their own hands and track down the killer.

Author : Chris Whitaker
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486828459

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Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker Pdf

Nothing is as it seems in Tall Oaks, a small California town where everyone knows each other and violent crime is unheard of. The community's idyllic façade is shattered when a kidnapper in a clown costume snatches three-year-old Harry Monroe from his own home. Despite sensational media coverage and dogged police investigations, the abduction remains a mystery. Three months later, Harry is still missing and most people have moved on, except for Jessica, Harry's distraught mother, and Jim, the local sheriff. Anyone in Tall Oaks could be a suspect: Jerry, the loner with a secret that only his mother knows; Jared, the roving lothario; teenage Manny, an aspiring gangster; and even Jessica's Aunt Henrietta and Uncle Roger, who are clearly hiding something. Chris Whitaker’s debut novel, with its striking blend of tragedy and offbeat humor, was awarded the U.K. Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger Award. The Guardian praised this beguiling novel as "a pleasingly unusual mixture of a psychological thriller and screwball comedy," noting that "the combination of verve, humor, and pathos make it well worth a read."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PURD:32754082227608

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Special Consular Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1416 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : New South Wales
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119247497

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Votes & Proceedings by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council Pdf

Author : Shizhen Li
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1045 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780520395176

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI by Shizhen Li Pdf

Volume VI in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 26 through 33, devoted to vegetables and fruits. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

Author : Eliot Pattison
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250012081

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Mandarin Gate by Eliot Pattison Pdf

In Mandarin Gate, Edgar Award winner Eliot Pattison brings Shan back in a thriller that navigates the explosive political and religious landscape of Tibet. In an earlier time, Shan Tao Yun was an Inspector stationed in Beijing. But he lost his position, his family and his freedom when he ran afoul of a powerful figure high in the Chinese government. Released unofficially from the work camp to which he'd been sentenced, Shan has been living in remote mountains of Tibet with a group of outlawed Buddhist monks. Without status, official identity, or the freedom to return to his former home in Beijing, Shan has just begun to settle into his menial job as an inspector of irrigation and sewer ditches in a remote Tibetan township when he encounters a wrenching crime scene. Strewn across the grounds of an old Buddhist temple undergoing restoration are the bodies of two unidentified men and a Tibetan nun. Shan quickly realizes that the murders pose a riddle the Chinese police might in fact be trying to cover up. When he discovers that a nearby village has been converted into a new internment camp for Tibetan dissidents arrested in Beijing's latest pacification campaign, Shan recognizes the dangerous landscape he has entered. To find justice for the victims and to protect an American woman who witnessed the murders, Shan must navigate through the treacherous worlds of the internment camp, the local criminal gang, and the government's rabid pacification teams, while coping with his growing doubts about his own identity and role in Tibet.

Author : Eliot Pattison
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619023239

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Original Death by Eliot Pattison Pdf

“Edgar–winner Pattison combines action, period details, and a whodunit with ease in his impressive third mystery set in Colonial America.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Despite the raging war between French and British, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum has begun to settle into a new life on the fringes of colonial America, traveling the woodlands with his companion Conawago, even joining the old Indian on his quest to find the last surviving members of his tribe. But the joy they feel on reaching the little settlement of Christian Indians is shattered when they find its residents ritually murdered. As terrible as the deaths may be, Conawago perceives something even darker and more alarming: he is convinced they are a sign of a terrible crisis in the spirit world which he must resolve. Trying to make sense of the murders, Duncan is accused by the British army of the crime. Escaping prison to follow the trail of evidence, he finds himself hounded by vengeful soldiers and stalked by Scottish rebels who are mysteriously trying to manipulate the war to their advantage. As he pieces together the puzzle of violence and deception he gradually realizes that it may not only be the lives of Duncan and his friends that hang in the balance, but the very survival of the native tribes. When he finally discovers the terrible truth, Duncan is forced to make a fateful choice between his beloved Highland clans and the woodland natives who have embraced and protected him.