South Of Darkness

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Adventure stories, Australian
ISBN : 1743535457

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South of Darkness by John Marsden Pdf

My name, then, is Barnaby Fletch. To the best of my knowledge I have no middle name and cannot say of whom I am the son, or of whom my father's father's father was the son. Alas, my origins are shrouded in mystery.Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business.When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world - a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life.To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world.And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again. A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.

Author : Harry Thompson
Publisher : Tinder Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755376056

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This Thing Of Darkness by Harry Thompson Pdf

The 15th anniversary edition of a brilliant, action-packed and gripping novel of Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle - longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. New introduction from Daisy Goodwin. 'A master storyteller' Sunday Times In 1831 Charles Darwin set off in HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy on a voyage that would change the world. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tear them apart, leading one to triumph, and the other to disaster. 'An outstandingly good first novel. A page-turning action-adventure combined with subtle intellectual arguments. The meticulous research enriches this fascinating tale' Sunday Telegraph

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385544580

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The White Darkness by David Grann Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death, and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackleton's men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artifacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modeled his military command on Shackleton's legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackleton's crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion, and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 13, 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone. David Grann tells Worsley's remarkable story with the intensity and power that have led him to be called "simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today." Illustrated with more than fifty stunning photographs from Worsley's and Shackleton's journeys, The White Darkness is both a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love, and a man pushing himself to the extremes of human capacity. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Author : Karen Harper
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460396599

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Falling Darkness by Karen Harper Pdf

Forensic psychologist Claire Britten finds herself at the mercy of a treacherous sea in the third nail-biting South Shores novel. Claire Britten’s training never prepared her for this—the forensic psychology curriculum didn’t cover plane crashes. Or how to help fellow survivors cope, seven frightened people huddled in two small rafts awaiting a rescue that may never come. Especially when three of them are your ex-husband, your young daughter—and the man you love, Nick Markwood, whose pursuit by a criminal mastermind forced you all to run in the first place. When the bedraggled crew finally reaches dry land, they are still far from safe. Nick tries to secure transport to their witness-protection placement, urging everyone to stick to the identities laid out for them. They don’t need any complications. But when danger follows them to their supposed safe haven, Claire and Nick no longer know who is helping or harming them. Racked by doubt and mistrust, still hunted, they must band together—or fall.

Author : ARTHUR KOESTLER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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DARKNESS AT NOON by ARTHUR KOESTLER Pdf

Author : Holley Moyes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457117503

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Sacred Darkness by Holley Moyes Pdf

Caves have been used in various ways across human society but despite the persistence within popular culture of the iconic caveman, deep caves were never used primarily as habitation sites for early humans. Rather, in both ancient and contemporary contexts, caves have served primarily as ritual spaces. In Sacred Darkness, contributors use archaeological evidence as well as ethnographic studies of modern ritual practices to envision the cave as place of spiritual and ideological power and a potent venue for ritual practice. Covering the ritual use of caves in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and the US Southwest and Eastern woodlands, this book brings together case studies by prominent scholars whose research spans from the Paleolithic period to the present day. These contributions demonstrate that cave sites are as fruitful as surface contexts in promoting the understanding of both ancient and modern religious beliefs and practices. This state-of-the-art survey of ritual cave use will be one of the most valuable resources for understanding the role of caves in studies of religion, sacred landscape, or cosmology and a must-read for any archaeologist interested in caves.

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Aleph Book Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Diplomatic relations
ISBN : 938306465X

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An Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor Pdf

A few years later, the young and weakened Mughal emperor, Shah Alam II, was browbeaten into issuing an edict that replaced his own revenue officials with the Company s representatives. Over the next several decades, the East India Company, backed by the British government, extended its control over most of India

Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Bible
ISBN : WISC:89094613635

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Arcana Coelestia by Emanuel Swedenborg Pdf

Author : Robert D. Ballard,Will Hively
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691175621

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The Eternal Darkness by Robert D. Ballard,Will Hively Pdf

"Featuring a new preface by the author."

Author : David Lambkin
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143529477

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Plain Of Darkness by David Lambkin Pdf

Paul Morgan, a much-divorced recluse, meets a wild and sensual young girl on a deserted beach and is plunged into a sexually dangerous liaison. The action moves from the raw Atlantic sea-coast to the African wilderness - and Paul is compelled to confront his demons and escape from his bondage to the woman he once loved.

Author : Ashley Hope Pérez
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781467776783

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Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez Pdf

A 2016 Michael L. Printz Honoree "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people.

Author : Stacy Willingham
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250803832

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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller “A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Author : Lisa Wingate
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425284698

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Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate Pdf

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller “Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLain Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty. Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. Publishers Weekly’s #3 Longest-Running Bestseller of 2017 • Winner of the Southern Book Prize • If All Arkansas Read the Same Book Selection This edition includes a new essay by the author about shantyboat life.

Author : Adrian Bristow
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473811584

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A Serious Disappointment by Adrian Bristow Pdf

On 9 May 1915 the British First Army under Haig and the French Tenth Army launched a joint offensive against the Germans on the Western Front. The British attempt to capture Aubers Ridge ended up a disaster. The full story h as never been told before.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN46PA

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The Living Age by Anonim Pdf