The Baron

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250311467

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The Baron of Magister Valley by Steven Brust Pdf

From the vaults of Dragaeran history and the mind of master fantasist Steven Brust--a tale of betrayal and vengeance that is not at all a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo Reader, you will undoubtedly have had the misfortune of consuming the rotten fruit of fallacies that we—Paarfi of Roundwood (esteemed historian of House of Hawk and exquisite artisan of truths)—“borrow” our factual recount of Dragaeran history from some obscure fellow who goes by the name Al Dumas or some silly nomenclature of that nature. The salacious claims that The Baron of Magister Valley bears any resemblance to a certain nearly fictional narrative about an infamous count are unfounded (we do not dabble in tall tales. The occasional moderately stretched? Yes. But never tall). Our tale is that of a nobleman who is betrayed by those he trusted, and subsequently imprisoned. After centuries of confinement, he contrives to escape and prepares to avenge himself against his betrayers. A mirror image of The Count of Monte Cristo, vitrolic naysayers still grouse? Well, that is nearly and utterly false. Also by Paarfi of Roundwood: The Khaavren Romances 1. The Phoenix Guards 2. Five Hundred Years After 3. The Paths of the Dead (The Viscount of Adrilankha I) 4. The Lorde of Castle Black (The Viscount of Adrilankha II) 5. Sethra Lavode (The Viscount of Adrilankha III) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ingersoll Lockwood
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547040118

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1900; or, The last President by Ingersoll Lockwood Pdf

Lockwood's novel of political satire describes political tug war. It showcases the concepts of a President who won by a narrow margin. It reflects the American society which is under siege by socialists and anarchy. The common people are ignored by politicians and ripped off by Wall Street.

Author : Ingersoll Lockwood
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547637318

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Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood Pdf

"Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey" by Ingersoll Lockwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Falcons
ISBN : 0525472029

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Frightful's Daughter Meets The Baron Weasel by Jean Craighead George Pdf

In another mesmerizing, heartwarming tale of a boys life in the forest, a legendary author returns to the beloved characters of her bestselling wilderness series, accompanied by majestic artwork sure to delight fans old and new. Full color.

Author : Juliana Garnett
Publisher : Loveswept
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307806116

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The Baron by Juliana Garnett Pdf

In Juliana Garnett’s enchanting romance of medieval England, a dashing nobleman and a seductive aristocrat on opposite sides of the law discover that the heart knows no boundaries. Tré Devaux, Third Baron of Brayeton, has just been appointed Sheriff of Nottingham. His first task: to rid the land of the Saxon outlaws who undermine the Norman rule . . . or face the wrath of his vengeful king. Tré is determined to let no one stand in his way, not even the captivating Lady Jane Neville, a known sympathizer to the Saxon cause whose unbridled spirit evokes feelings in Tré he thought were long buried. Although she seems to be the very definition of the perfect English lady, Jane Neville is much more than an elegant noblewoman. She is the niece of the infamous outlaw Robin Hood, and has inherited her uncle’s fierce courage. But even with her warrior’s blood, Jane cannot resist the broad-shouldered, strong-willed Tré, a man whose love comes with harsh consequences. By surrendering to passion, Jane and Tré put themselves in the middle of a civil war that may cost both their hearts—and their lives. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: The Notorious Lady Anne, Along Came Trouble, and Strictly Business.

Author : Margaret Moore
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459275386

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The Baron's Quest by Margaret Moore Pdf

The Baron DeGuerre Had Finally Met His Match Though famed for prowess in tourney and war, Etienne DeGuerre now found himself at odds in the Battle of the Sexes. For his opponent, Gabriella Frechette, was a woman of singular beauty…and single-minded resolve. One who had easily stormed his defenses, and laid siege to his unsuspecting heart.

Author : Matthias B. Lehmann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781503632288

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The Baron by Matthias B. Lehmann Pdf

A sweeping biography that opens a window onto the gilded age of Jewish philanthropy. Baron Maurice de Hirsch was one of the emblematic figures of the nineteenth century. Above all, he was the most influential Jewish philanthropist of his time. Today Hirsch is less well known than the Rothschilds, or his gentile counterpart Andrew Carnegie, yet he was, to his contemporaries, the very embodiment of the gilded age of Jewish philanthropy. Hirsch's life provides a singular entry point for understanding Jewish philanthropy and politics in the late nineteenth century, a period when, as now, private benefactors played an outsize role in shaping the collective fate of Jewish communities. Hirsch's vast fortune derived from his role in creating the first rail line linking Western Europe with the Ottoman Empire, what came to be known as the Orient Express. Socializing with the likes of the Austrian crown prince Rudolph and "Bertie," Prince of Wales, Hirsch rose to the pinnacle of European aristocratic society, but also found himself the frequent target of vicious antisemitism. This was an era when what it meant to be Jewish—and what it meant to be European—were undergoing dramatic changes. Baron Hirsch was at the center of these historic shifts. While in his time Baron Hirsch was the subject of widespread praise, enraged political commentary, and conspiracy theories alike, his legacy is often overlooked. Responding to the crisis wrought by the mass departure of Jews from the Russian Empire at the turn of the century, Hirsch established the Jewish Colonization Association, with the goal of creating a refuge for the Jews in Argentina. When Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, advertised his plan to create a Jewish state (not without inspiration from Hirsch), he still wondered whether to do so in Palestine or in Argentina—and left the question open. In The Baron, Matthias Lehmann tells the story of this remarkable figure whose life and legacy provide a key to understanding the forces that shaped modern Jewish history.

Author : Suzanna Medeiros
Publisher : Suzanna Medeiros
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781988223391

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The Baron's Return by Suzanna Medeiros Pdf

She broke his heart once before. He won’t give her the chance to do it again. Baron Cranston doesn’t believe in happily-ever-afters. Experience has taught him that love is a risk not worth taking. Forced to marry another man when she was younger, Abigail didn’t know she was carrying Cranston’s child until after he’d entered military service. Now widowed and out of mourning, she is no longer trapped in a union she never wanted. When Abigail tells Cranston about his daughter, she doesn’t expect his proposal. But their marriage of convenience could give her the second chance she never dreamed possible. Now she only needs to convince the cynical baron that his heart isn’t as closed off as he believes. THE BARON’S RETURN is a Regency Historical Romance. It contains the themes of marriage of convenience, second chance, and secret baby.

Author : afterwards HEDGELAND KELLY (Isabella)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026620225

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The Baron's Daughter: a Gothic Romance by afterwards HEDGELAND KELLY (Isabella) Pdf

Author : Eustace FITZ-RICHARD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023919506

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Eustace Fitz-Richard. A tale of the Baron's Wars. By the author of the Bandit Chief, or Lords of Urvino by Eustace FITZ-RICHARD Pdf

Author : David Kingsley Snell
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803288553

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The Baron and the Bear by David Kingsley Snell Pdf

In the 1966 NCAA basketball championship game, an all-white University of Kentucky team was beaten by a team from Texas Western College (now UTEP) that fielded only black players. The game, played in the middle of the racially turbulent 1960s—part David and Goliath in short pants, part emancipation proclamation of college basketball—helped destroy stereotypes about black athletes. Filled with revealing anecdotes, The Baron and the Bear is the story of two intensely passionate coaches and the teams they led through the ups and downs of a college basketball season. In the twilight of his legendary career, Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp (“The Baron of the Bluegrass”) was seeking his fifth NCAA championship. Texas Western’s Don Haskins (“The Bear” to his players) had been coaching at a small West Texas high school just five years before the championship. After this history-making game, conventional wisdom that black players lacked the discipline to win without a white player to lead began to dissolve. Northern schools began to abandon unwritten quotas limiting the number of blacks on the court at one time. Southern schools, where athletics had always been a whites-only activity, began a gradual move toward integration. David Kingsley Snell brings the season to life, offering fresh insights on the teams, the coaches, and the impact of the game on race relations in America.

Author : László Krasznahorkai
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811226653

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Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai Pdf

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE "Krasznahorkai’s masterpiece" (The Millions); "Apocalyptic, visionary, and mad" (Publishers Weekly); "One of the supreme achievements of contemporary literature" (Paris Review); "Obsessive and visionary" (The New Yorker); "Genius" (The Baffler) At last, the capstone to Krasznahorkai’s four-part masterwork Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and what follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town’s alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor—a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town—offers long rants and disquisitions on his attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.

Author : William R. Bremer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781425712501

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The Baron of Mulholland by William R. Bremer Pdf

Visit the author's website at http://www.inlikeflynn.com/flynn.html Several years after the death of her famous father, the teenaged Rory Flynn was discovered by the modeling world and thereafter worked as a high fashion model in New York, London and Paris for nearly a decade. Afterward, she decided to try her talents on the other side of the camera and has since traveled the world as a still photographer for the film industry. Currently, she is happily based in the Hollywood Hills, where she lives with her film producer husband Gideon Amir and their teenaged son Sean, who is carrying on the Flynn name as a successful film and television actor.

Author : Allen French
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1883937531

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The Lost Baron by Allen French Pdf

Martin's first day as a page is also his last when the Baron mysteriously disappears and his visiting relative and heir takes charge of the castle.

Author : John Creasey
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755145324

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The Arrogant Artist by John Creasey Pdf

A quandary for John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’). A young brash artist is found half-dead, with a noose around his neck, on the same day he had attempted to get Mannering to finance his career. The artist's terrified girlfriend desperately seeks help. Has the man tried to kill himself, or is it a case of attempted murder?