Snowstorm In August

Author : Marshall Karp
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798200714032

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Snowstorm in August by Marshall Karp Pdf

The riveting new thriller from Marshall Karp, cocreator and coauthor, with James Patterson, of the #1 New York Times bestselling NYPD Red series The most powerful drug lord on the planet, Joaquín Alboroto, has a gift for New York City—four thousand pounds of uncut cocaine burying Central Park and raining death upon hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon. The only NYPD unit trained to go up against this level of terrorism has been disbanded, so the task falls to former NYPD captain Danny Corcoran. In this heart-stopping, unflinching, and highly entertaining thriller of life and death, drugs and heroism, Corcoran leads a team of retired top cops, funded by four anonymous billionaires, on a mission to stop Alboroto before it’s too late. Snowstorm in August also features a sneak peek of the popular NYPD Red series, NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority.

Author : Jefferson Morley
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307477484

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Snow-Storm in August by Jefferson Morley Pdf

In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen, who stumbled home drunkenly one night, picked up an axe, and threatened his owner, respected socialite Anna Thornton. Despite no blood being shed, Bowen was eventually arrested and tried for attempted murder by district attorney Francis Scott Key, but not before news of the incident spread like wildfire. Within days Washington’s first race riot exploded as whites, fearing a slave rebellion, attacked the property of free blacks. One of their victims was gregarious former slave and successful restaurateur Beverly Snow, who became the target of the mob’s rage. With Snow-Storm in August, Jefferson Morley delivers readers into an unknown chapter in history with an absorbing account of this uniquely American battle for justice.

Author : Pete Hamill
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446569668

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Snow in August by Pete Hamill Pdf

Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumph for Pete Hamill. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....

Author : Richard Johnson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780571339273

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Once Upon a Snowstorm by Richard Johnson Pdf

The story of a father and his son who live by themselves in a cosy cabin in the woods. But, one day they are separated out in the beautifully falling snow. The boy is lost and falls asleep. When he wakes up he is surrounded by blinking eyes, a rabbit, a fox, an owl and all manner of other creatures have surrounded him! But with a bear hug he and the woodland animals become best of friends! But soon he misses his dad and so the animals bring him back home. The father opens up his heart and home, and lets nature and love envelop their previously lonely existence.

Author : Stephen Mack Jones
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616959609

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Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones Pdf

Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown is caught in the crosshairs of a human trafficking scheme. When the body of an unidentified young Hispanic woman is dredged from the Detroit River, the Wayne County coroner gives her photo to ex-police detective August Snow, insisting August ask around his native Mexicantown to see if anyone recognizes her. August’s good friend Elena, an advocate for undocumented immigrants, immediately pinpoints the girl as local teenager Isadora del Torres. It turns out Izzy isn’t the only young woman to have disappeared during an ICE raid only to turn up dead a few weeks later. Preyed upon by the law itself, the people of Mexicantown have no one to turn to but August. In a guns-blazing wild ride across Detroit, he will put his own life on the line to protect the community he loves.

Author : Meriol Trevor
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1883937256

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The Crystal Snowstorm by Meriol Trevor Pdf

On the eve of 1848 as small revolutions begin all over Europe, thirteen-year-old Catherine Ayre finds herself involved in dangerous political intrigue in the small but troubled country of Letzenstein where her grandfather, the Grand Duke Edmond, is ruler.

Author : James Patterson,Marshall Karp
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316097550

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Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson,Marshall Karp Pdf

A poor art student living in New York stumbles on a bag of diamonds . . . but they come at a price in this unforgettable novel from "America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes). Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his stunning girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts - until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge. Trailing him is the Ghost, the world's greatest assassin, who has just pulled off his most high-profile hit: killing Walter Zelvas, a top member of the international Diamond Syndicate. There's only one small problem: the diamonds he was supposed to retrieve from Zelvas are missing. Now, the Ghost is on Bannon's trail but so is a rival assassin who would like nothing more than to make the Ghost disappear forever. From the world's #1 writer comes a high-speed thrill ride of adrenaline-fueled suspense you'll never forget.

Author : Chuck Klosterman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416580652

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Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman Pdf

Now a major film! New York Times bestselling author and “one of America’s top cultural critics” (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman’s debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small-town life. Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don’t have cable. They don’t really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that’s not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it’s perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they’ve never met. But when a deadly blizzard—based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984—hits the area, their lives are derailed in unexpected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is “a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the profound” (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Marshall Karp
Publisher : Mesa Films, Inc.
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781736379257

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The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp Pdf

The first book in this fast-paced, laugh-out-loud crime series featuring LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs finds the duo investigating the murder of the actor playing Rambunctious Rabbit, the mascot of Lamaar Studio's Familyland theme park. As more Lamaar employees are brutally killed, Lomax and Biggs must race to expose a conspiracy hell-bent on destroying the entertainment conglomerate.

Author : Beryl Netherclift
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Fantasy
ISBN : 0394916131

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The Snowstorm by Beryl Netherclift Pdf

While staying with their aunt in an ancient English house, three children discover a strange snowstorm paperweight which takes them back in time, bringing them face-to-face with ancestors who help them find a long lost treasure trove.

Author : Michael Northrop
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545332491

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Trapped by Michael Northrop Pdf

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . .Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, an epic book and game adventure series featuring the magic of ancient Egypt. He is also the author of Trapped, an Indie Next List Selection, and Plunked, a New York Public Library best book of the year and an NPR Backseat Book Club selection. An editor at Sports Illustrated Kids for many years, he now writes full-time from his home in New York City. Learn more at www.michaelnorthrop.net.

Author : Victoria. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924086752155

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Annual Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by Victoria. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Sonja Van Leeuwe
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781618628428

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A Balloon in the Snowstorm by Sonja Van Leeuwe Pdf

Baby Madison is born during a blizzard in southwestern Minnesota on Christmas Day 2009. Everything seems perfect, until Madison has trouble breathing and turns blue only hours after she is discharged home from the hospital. As she is rushed to the ER, her emotional and incredible journey begins. The doctors at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, suspect that Madison is suffering from a metabolic condition called CPS deficiency, which can be associated with severe neurological damage and even death. Now only time will tell how badly Madison has been affected by this rare and devastating disorder. While the medical world labors to find a treatment for Madison, her parents, Eric and Sonja, struggle to keep their hope and faith alive. With the support and love of their family and friends, Eric and Sonja continue to fight for their beloved daughter, as Madison continues to show slow progress and much strength and love. Throughout Madison's unimaginable experience, she touches the lives of many and initiates many transformations within the medical community. By joining Eric and Sonja on Madison's Journey, you will discover the powerful message that Madison was sent to reveal.

Author : Shari Lapena
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385690805

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An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena Pdf

A remote lodge in upstate New York is the perfect winter wonderland getaway . . . until the bodies start piling up. It's winter in the Catskills and the weather outside is frightful, but Mitchell's Inn is so delightful! The cozy lodge nestled deep in the woods is perfect for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. The Inn boasts spacious old rooms with huge wood-burning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or just curling up with a book and someone you love. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in for the long haul. The power's down but they've got candles, blankets and firewood--a genuine rustic experience! Soon, though, a body turns up--surely an accident. When a second body appears, they start to panic. Then they find a third body. Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. They can't leave, and with no cell service, there's no prospect of getting the police in until the weather loosens its icy grip. The weekend getaway has turned deadly. For some couples, it's their first time away. For others, it will be their last. And there's nothing they can do about it but huddle in and hope they can survive the storm.

Author : Michael McCarthy
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681370415

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The Moth Snowstorm by Michael McCarthy Pdf

The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths “would pack a car’s headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard,” is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species that still exist. The Moth Snowstorm is unlike any other book about climate change today; combining the personal with the polemical, it is a manifesto rooted in experience, a poignant memoir of the author’s first love: nature. McCarthy traces his adoration of the natural world to when he was seven, when the discovery of butterflies and birds brought sudden joy to a boy whose mother had just been hospitalized and whose family life was deteriorating. He goes on to record in painful detail the rapid dissolution of nature’s abundance in the intervening decades, and he proposes a radical solution to our current problem: that we each recognize in ourselves the capacity to love the natural world. Arguing that neither sustainable development nor ecosystem services have provided adequate defense against pollution, habitat destruction, species degradation, and climate change, McCarthy asks us to consider nature as an intrinsic good and an emotional and spiritual resource, capable of inspiring joy, wonder, and even love. An award-winning environmental journalist, McCarthy presents a clear, well-documented picture of what he calls “the great thinning” around the world, while interweaving the story of his own early discovery of the wilderness and a childhood saved by nature. Drawing on the truths of poets, the studies of scientists, and the author’s long experience in the field, The Moth Snowstorm is part elegy, part ode, and part argument, resulting in a passionate call to action.