Passage Of Arms

Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375726781

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In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world. Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they were on was turning out to be a bore. So when the gracious Mr. Tan requests that Greg take a side trip to Singapore to resolve a bureaucratic detail involving a consignment of small arms, Greg is surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers, he’s told, and he’ll be paid a handsome fee. And everything does go smoothly, until it comes to getting a check co-signed by the rebel leader…

Author : Richard Bradley
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 052138446X

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The Passage of Arms by Richard Bradley Pdf

A new paperback edition of Richard Bradley's study of the fine objects that were so often buried in hoards or deposited in watery locations such as rivers or bogs. Richard Bradley brings his views up-to-date and answers some of his critics in a new introduction.

Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307950000

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Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler Pdf

In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world. Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they were on was turning out to be a bore. So when the gracious Mr. Tan requests that Greg take a side trip to Singapore to resolve a bureaucratic detail involving a consignment of small arms, Greg is surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers, he’s told, and he’ll be paid a handsome fee. And everything does go smoothly, until it comes to getting a check co-signed by the rebel leader…

Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:557725504

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Author : Glen Cook
Publisher : Night Shade
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597801194

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Passage at Arms by Glen Cook Pdf

The Bestselling author of The Black Company Delivers a classic novel of military science fiction The ongoing war between Humanity and the Ulant is a battle of attrition that Humanity is losing. Humans do, however, have one technological advantage — trans-hyperdrive technology. Using this technology, specially designed and outfitted spaceships — humanity's climber fleet — can, under very narrow and strenuous conditions, pass through space undetected. Passage at Arms tells the intimate, detailed, and harrowing story of a climber crew and its captain during a critical juncture of the war. Cook combines speculative technology with a canny and realistic portrait of men at war and the stresses they face in combat. First published in 1985, Passage at Arms is one of the classic novels of military science fiction. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Author : Eric Ambler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610506955

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Author : Jonathan Lunn
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788630948

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Kemp: Passage at Arms by Jonathan Lunn Pdf

A brilliant medieval action thriller perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Matthew Harffy and Giles Kristian. It is 1347 and the French, after a crushing defeat at Crécy, are licking their wounds while their king raises a new army. Locked into a fruitless siege, the English are camped in the marshes around Calais. Among them is foot soldier and archer Martin Kemp, whose dreams of serving his king and reliving the chivalrous adventures of King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table are tempered by the gory and brutal reality of siege warfare. Having narrowly escaped death in a surprise attack from the French, Kemp sees a chance for a reprieve when a shaky truce is signed. But can there really be peace for a man like Kemp? Kemp: Passage at Arms is packed with authentic period detail and narrative verve, and cements Jonathan Lunn’s reputation as one of the most entertaining historical thriller writers working today.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476764528

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

An unforgettable World War I story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for an English nurse.

Author : Scott Stulberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781628735239

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Passage to Burma by Scott Stulberg Pdf

It is a charming and satisfying thing that there are still places in this world where magic seems to pervade the sights, smells, and sounds of a place more than the trappings of the so-called modern world. For more than ten years Scott Stulberg has made multiple pilgrimages to Burma (sometimes called Myanmar) to capture this sense of magic with his cameras. The result of those pilgrimages is captured here in a collection of images that display the heart and soul of this magnificent country. Burma is a place of dreams. Bagan, where two thousand pagodas carved from the native rock occupy an area one-sixth the size of Washington, DC. Mandalay, an exercise in calm and chaos that seduces the eye in every direction. Inle Lake, where small villages cluster along the water like mussels clinging to the rocky shore. Mrauk, a place so remote that tourists are a curious rarity. And Yangon, (once Rangoon), a tropical coastal city that still bears the trappings of colonial rule along its shady avenues. And around every corner of this country of contrasts are Burma’s Buddhist monks in their distinct saffron robes. Their warmth and openness have come to symbolize this amazing country. Passage to Burma is Stulberg’s photographic tribute to this remarkable place. It is a country in transition, yet with a timeless quality to it that is captured beautifully in the images in this book. “This is Burma,” wrote Ruyard Kipling, “it is quite unlike any place you know about.”

Author : Eric Ambler (Schriftsteller, Grossbritannien)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:60018199

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Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler (Schriftsteller, Grossbritannien) Pdf

Author : Jonathan Raban
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307797261

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Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban Pdf

The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. "A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." —The Washington Post Book World With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers—between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class.

Author : Josh Ritter
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679604259

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Bright's Passage by Josh Ritter Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Henry Bright has newly returned to West Virginia from the battlefields of the First World War. Griefstruck by the death of his young wife and unsure of how to care for the infant son she left behind, Bright is soon confronted by the destruction of the only home he’s ever known. His hopes for safety rest with the angel who has followed him to Appalachia from the trenches of France and who now promises to protect him and his son. Haunted by the abiding nightmare of his experiences in the war and shadowed by his dead wife’s father, the Colonel, and his two brutal sons, Bright—along with his newborn—makes his way through a ravaged landscape toward an uncertain salvation. DON’T MISS THE EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION BETWEEN JOSH RITTER AND NEIL GAIMAN IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32435028315265

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Foreign Relations of the United States by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Indiana. General Assembly. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Indiana
ISBN : NYPL:33433082054796

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Journal of the Indiana State Senate During the ... Session of the General Assembly by Indiana. General Assembly. Senate Pdf

Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771064937

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Eastern Passage by Farley Mowat Pdf

Following Farley Mowat’s bestselling memoir, Otherwise, the literary lion returns with an unexpected triumph. Eastern Passage is a new and captivating piece of the puzzle of Farley Mowat’s life: the years from his return from the north in the late 1940s to his discovery of Newfoundland and his love affair with the sea in the 1950s. This was a time in which he wrote his first books and weathered his first storms of controversy, a time when he was discovering himself through experiences that, as he writes, "go to the heart of who and what I was" during his formative years as a writer and activist. In the 1950s, with his career taking off but his first marriage troubled, Farley Mowat buys a piece of land northwest of Toronto and attempts to settle down. His accounts of building his home are by turns hilarious and affecting, while the insights into his early work and his relationship with his publishers offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a writer’s career. But in the end, his restless soul could not be pinned to one place, and when his father offered him a chance to sail down the St. Lawrence, he jumped at it, not realizing that his journey would bring him face to face with one of Canada’s more shocking secrets – one most of us still don’t know today. This horrific incident, recalling as it did the lingering aftermath of war, and from which it took the area decades to recover, would forge the final tempering of Mowat as the activist we know today. Eastern Passage is a funny, astute, and moving book that reveals that there is more yet to this fascinating and beloved figure than we think we know.