Racing The Devil

Author : Charles Todd
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062386236

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Racing the Devil by Charles Todd Pdf

Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series. On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group of English officers having a last drink before returning to the Front make a promise to each other: if they survive the battle ahead—and make it through the war—they will meet in Paris a year after the fighting ends. They will celebrate their good fortune by racing motorcars they beg, borrow, or own from Paris to Nice. In November 1919, the officers all meet as planned, and though their motorcars are not designed for racing, they set out for Nice. But a serious mishap mars the reunion. In the mountains just north of their destination, two vehicles are nearly run off the road, and one man is badly injured. No one knows—or will admit to knowing—which driver was at the wheel of the rogue motorcar. Back in England one year later, during a heavy rainstorm, a driver loses control on a twisting road and is killed in the crash. Was it an accident due to the hazardous conditions? Or premeditated murder? Is the crash connected in some way to the unfortunate events in the mountains above Nice the year before? The dead driver wasn’t in France—although the motorcar he drove was. If it was foul play, was it a case of mistaken identity? Or was the dead man the intended victim after all? Investigating this perplexing case, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge discovers that the truth is elusive—and that the villages on the South Downs, where the accident happened, are adept at keeping secrets, frustrating his search. Determined to remain in the shadows this faceless killer is willing to strike again to stop Rutledge from finding him. This time, the victim he chooses is a child, and it will take all of Rutledge’s skill to stop him before an innocent young life is sacrificed.

Author : Neal Thompson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307522269

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Driving with the Devil by Neal Thompson Pdf

The true story behind NASCAR’s hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins, “fascinating and fast-moving . . . even if you don’t know a master cylinder from a head gasket” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). “[Neal] Thompson exhumes the sport’s Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history.”—Time Today’s NASCAR—equal parts Disney, Vegas, and Barnum & Bailey—is a multibillion-dollar conglomeration with 80 million fans, half of them women, that grows bigger and more mainstream by the day. Long before the sport’s rampant commercialism lurks a distant history of dark secrets that have been carefully hidden from view—until now. In the Depression-wracked South, with few options beyond the factory or farm, a Ford V-8 became the ticket to a better life. Bootlegging offered speed, adventure, and wads of cash. Driving with the Devil reveals how the skills needed to outrun federal agents with a load of corn liquor transferred perfectly to the red-dirt racetracks of Dixie. In this dynamic era (the 1930s and ’40s), three men with a passion for Ford V-8s—convicted felon Raymond Parks, foul-mouthed mechanic Red Vogt, and war veteran Red Byron, NASCAR’s first champ—emerged as the first stock car “team.” Theirs is the violent, poignant story of how moonshine and fast cars merged to create a sport for the South to call its own. In the tradition of Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, this tale captures a bygone era of a beloved sport and the character of the country at a moment in time.

Author : Jaden Terrell
Publisher : Permanent Press (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nashville (Tenn.)
ISBN : 1579622712

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Racing the Devil by Jaden Terrell Pdf

Nashville P.I. Jared McKean has a weakness for women in jeopardy, until one frames him for murder.

Author : Joseph Pearce
Publisher : Saint Benedict Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781618900654

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Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce Pdf

Before he was the world's foremost Catholic biographer, Joseph Pearce was a leader of the National Front, a British-nationalist, white-supremacist group. Before he published books highlighting and celebrating the great Catholic cultural tradition, he disseminated literature extolling the virtues of the white race, and calling for the banishment of all non-white from Britain. Pearce and his cohorts were at the center of the racial and nationalist tensions—often violent—that swirled around London in the late-1970s and early 80s. Eventually Pearce became a top member of the National Front, and the editor of its newspaper, The Bulldog. He was a full-time revolutionary. In 1982 he was imprisoned for six months for hate speech, but he came out with more anger, and more resolve. Several years later, he was imprisoned again, this time for a year and it spurred a sea change in his life. In Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love, Pearce himself takes the reader through his journey from racist revolutionary to Christian, including: The youthful influences that lead him to embrace the National Front and their racist platform His dark, angry, exhilarating but ultimately empty days as a revolutionary on the front lines His imprisonment and subsequent dark night of the soul The role that Catholic luminaries such as G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, and C. S. Lewis played in his conversion from racist radical to joyful Christian And his eventual reception in the Catholic Church Race with the Devil is one man's incredible journey to Christ, but it also much more. It is a testament to God's hand active among us and the infinite grace that Christ pours out on his people, showing that we can all turn—or return—to Christ and his Church.

Author : Sulari Gentill
Publisher : Pantera Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781921997587

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Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill Pdf

When Rowland Sinclair is invited to take his yellow Mercedes onto the Maroubra Speedway, popularly known as the Killer Track, he agrees without caution or reserve. But then people start to die... The body of a journalist covering the race is found in a House of Horrors, an English blueblood with Blackshirt affiliations is killed on the race track... and it seems that someone has Rowland in their sights. A strange young reporter preoccupied with black magic, a mysterious vagabond, an up-and-coming actor by the name of Flynn, and ruthless bookmakers all add mayhem to the mix. With danger presenting at every turn, and the brakes long since disengaged, Rowland Sinclair hurtles towards disaster with an artist, a poet and brazen sculptress along for the ride.

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307275905

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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager—and one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation—comes a “horrifying, hilarious, and outlandish” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of gripping true crime mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be a superb storyteller. In The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery of rogues and heroes with their own particular fixations who show that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Author : Jamie Freveletti
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061875045

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Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti Pdf

“A breathless, hair-raising read, one of the most gripping thrillers I’ve read in a long, long time.” —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Keepsake A high-octane debut thriller in the tradition of James Rollins, Lee Child, and Daniel Silva, Running From the Devil by Jaime Freveletti starts racing on page one and never slows down for a minute until it crosses the finish line. Lee Child calls it, “Just terrific—full of thrills and tradecraft, pace and peril,” and anyone who craves the adrenaline rush of smart, exceptional thriller fiction will love Running From the Devil and its strong, compelling heroine Emma Caldwell.

Author : Charles Todd
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062443755

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Tales by Charles Todd Pdf

Now published together for the first time: Charles Todd's absorbing short stories—"The Kidnapping," "The Girl on the Beach," "Cold Comfort," and "The Maharani's Pearls"—featuring everyone's favorite Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge and intrepid battlefield nurse Bess Crawford. These vibrant tales transport readers from the home front in Great Britain where ominous clouds of war will soon lead to the trenches of France, to the bloody front lines where Lieutenant Rutledge must risk his life to save his men. And finally to the exotic, dangerous India of Bess Crawford's youth. Together they create a fascinating glimpse into the extraordinary backgrounds of two of mystery's most popular characters.

Author : Bryan Smith
Publisher : Grindhouse Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941918964

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Racing with the Devil by Bryan Smith Pdf

It's Halloween night in 1987. The era of fast cars, big hair, and glam metal is in full swing. A group of young friends push their appetite for destruction to the limit as they race along dark and dangerous back roads in search of a rumored epic spook night beer bash out in the boonies. But things take a tragic turn when they encounter a smirking villain in a sinister black car. They become trapped in haunted nightmare country with no obvious way out. Before long, it's time to strap in tight, grab another cold one, and race with the devil. First to the finish line might even get to live.

Author : E. Michael Terrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0979916763

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Racing the Devil by E. Michael Terrell Pdf

Nashville private investigator Jared McKean has a weakness for women in jeopardy--until one frames him for murder. As Jared tries to clear his name and hold his family together, he is forced to confront the possibility that the killer may be someone close to him.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520930223

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The Devil's Race-Track by Mark Twain Pdf

Mark Twain explores the darker side of life in these lesser-known later writings dealing with personal tragedies, nightmarish world events, and a doubtful cosmic order. He views his own situation as that of a ship trapped in a fearsome Bermuda Triangle-like region, the Devil's Race-Track. He sees history as a treadmill of endlessly and monotonously repeated events. And he conceives of a universal food chain, a vast round of devourers who in their turn become victims, humankind and God included. The tone of these writings is lightened considerably by Mark Twain's sagely ironic humor and his warmth, which together balance his tough-mindedness. And even when he shows the human race caught in some vicious circle, he may be seen courageously seeking a way out and at times believing he has found it.

Author : J., E., and J. P. Weatherby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555074459

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The Racing Calender for the Year 1885. Races to Come. Volume One Hundred and Thirteenth. by J., E., and J. P. Weatherby Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : NYPL:33433066591730

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Racing Calendar by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Smurthwaite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : MINN:31951002790771F

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Racing Illustrated by Henry Smurthwaite Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : OXFORD:555074429

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The Racing Calendar by Anonim Pdf