The Paradise War

Author : Stephen Lawhead
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418555573

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The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead Pdf

Experience the dazzling brilliance of a world like ours—yet infinitely bolder and brighter: a place of kings and warriors, bards and battles, feats of glory and honour. It is a place you will forever wish to be. It is Albion. "When I opened my eyes, I was no longer in the world I knew." Lewis Gillies is an American graduate student in Oxford who should be getting on with his life. Yet for some reason, he finds himself speeding north with his roommate Simon on a lark—half-heartedly searching for a long-extinct creature allegedly spotted in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis accidently crosses through a mystical gateway where two worlds meet: into the time-between-times, as the ancient Celts called it. And into the heart of a collision between good and evil that's been raging since long before Lewis was born. First published more than twenty years ago, The Song of Albion Trilogy has become a modern classic that continues to attract passionate new readers. Part of The Song of Albion trilogy: Book One: The Paradise War Book Two: The Silver Hand Book Three: The Endless Knot Epic historical fantasy Book length: 138,000 words Includes additional insights from the author in “Albion Forever!” and an interview

Author : Stephen R. Lawhead
Publisher : Harper Voyager
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0380716461

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Soa 1: Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead Pdf

When an aurochs, a huge prehistoric ox long thought to be extinct, falls dead in a farmer's field in Scotland, Simon and Lewis, two graduate students, decide to investigate

Author : Jack Mattis
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663200914

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The Paradise War by Jack Mattis Pdf

One of the untold stories of World War II, “The Paradise War” is about gold. French gold. Three-hundred-fifty tons of bullion dispatched by man-of-war to the French West Indies when the Nazis overran the mother country in the spring of 1940. A goodly portion of the wealth of France, the gold was secreted behind the walls of an ancient fortress on the island of Martinique. There it lay in the early years of the war while Nazi U-Boats prowled the Caribbean and the island braced for invasion, a treasure far too tempting to resist. When America entered the war in December of '41, Martinique was the gateway to the West Indies, the Gibraltar of the Caribbean. French warships were bottled up in the Bay of Forte de France, invasion plans were being drawn up by British and Americans, and with the gold smoldering in the hills, the island was a hotbed of confusion and intrigue. Enter Dante O'Shea, US Navy Captain, sent to Martinique to seek out the mysterious "Skipjack," an enigmatic islander who has uncovered a plot to hijack the gold. Enter also Oberleutnant Viktor Reinmann, special envoy of German Admiral Karl Doenitz and a young submariner seeking more than gold in this balmy island paradise. Meet Christopher Delon, a French castaway with a volatile secret of his own and Nikole Rollet, physician and artist, who knows the island and its secrets better than the drawing rooms of her native Normandy. And last but not least, meet Lillette Bonnier, the youthful courtesan who may hold the key to the survival of them all.

Author : Stephen Lawhead
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 1141 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780718031879

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The Song of Albion Collection by Stephen Lawhead Pdf

Bestselling author Stephen R. Lawhead's Song of Albion Trilogy now available in one volume! The Paradise War Lewis Gillies is an American graduate student in Oxford who should be getting on with his life. Yet for some reason, he finds himself speeding north with his roommate Simon on a larkùhalf-heartedly searching for a long-extinct creature allegedly spotted in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis accidently crosses through a mystical gateway where two worlds meet: into the time-between-times, as the ancient Celts called it. And into the heart of a collision between good and evil that's been raging since long before Lewis was born. The Silver Hand The great king is dead and his kingdom lies in ruins. Treachery and brutality rule the land, and Albion is the scene of an epic struggle for the throne. Lewis is now known as Llew in this Otherworld and has become a threat to the usurper Meldron. Exiled and driven from the clan, he must seek the meaning behind a mysterious prophecyùthe making of a true king and the revealing of a long-awaited champion: Silver Hand. The Endless Knot Fires rage in Albion: strange, hidden, dark-flamed, invisible to the eye. In the midst of it, Llew must journey to the Foul Land to redeem his greatest treasure. As the last battle begins, the myths, passions, and heroism of an ancient people come to life . . . and Llew Silver Hand will face a challenge that will test his very soul.

Author : Stephen Lawhead,Steve Lawhead
Publisher : HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0310218225

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The Silver Hand by Stephen Lawhead,Steve Lawhead Pdf

In this second book in the Song of Albion series, Lewis's search leads him through a door to another reality -- and unimagined discoveries about life, good and evil, and his own identity and destiny.

Author : Omar El Akkad
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529069501

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What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad Pdf

‘Deserves to be an instant classic. I haven’t loved a book this much in a long time . . . What Strange Paradise . . . reads as a parable for our times . . . Such beautiful writing . . . This is an extraordinary book.’ – New York Times From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Akkad, a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic and profoundly moving novel that brings the global refugee crisis down to the level of a child’s eyes. More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too-many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one had made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials, but of Vänna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though Vänna and Amir are complete strangers and don’t speak a common language, Vänna determines to do whatever it takes to save him. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of Amir’s life and of how he came to be on the ship; and we follow the duo as they make their way towards a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls, we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair – and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one.

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775414834

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.

Author : Stephen Lawhead
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418555597

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The Endless Knot by Stephen Lawhead Pdf

Book three in an epic historical fantasy series that blurs the lines between this world and the Otherworld. Fires rage in Albion: strange, hidden fires, dark-flamed, invisible to the eye. Llew Silver Hand is High King of Albion, but now the Brazen Man has defied his sovereignty and Llew must journey to the Foul Land to redeem his greatest treasure. The last battle begins, and the myths, passions, and heroism of an ancient people come to life as Llew faces his greatest test yet. The ancient Celts admitted no separation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. The Endless Knot crosses the thin places between this work and that, as Lewis Gillies begins his ultimate quest, striking the final resounding chord in the Song of Albion. Part of The Song of Albion trilogy: Book One: The Paradise War Book Two: The Silver Hand Book Three: The Endless Knot Epic historical fantasy Book length: 135,000 words Includes additional insights from the author in “Albion Forever!” and an interview

Author : A. C. Crispin
Publisher : Random House Worlds
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553574159

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The Paradise Snare: Star Wars Legends (The Han Solo Trilogy) by A. C. Crispin Pdf

Here is the first book in the blockbuster trilogy that chronicles the never-before-told story of the young Han Solo. Set before the Star Wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the coming-of-age of the galaxy's most famous con man, smuggler, and thief. The first book in this exciting new Han Solo series begins with a recounting of Han's late teen years and shows us how he escaped an unhappy adopted home situation to carve out an adventurous new life for himself as a pilot. Han Solo, the handsome rogue, is every girl's dream man, and every boy's hero. The Paradise Snare is another stellar Star Wars production, complete with original music and sound effect

Author : Radha Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : India
ISBN : 938829212X

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Paradise at War by Radha Kumar Pdf

Author : Stephen Lawhead
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781595548900

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The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead Pdf

When an aurochs, a huge prehistoric ox long thought to be extinct, falls dead in a farmer's field in Scotland, Simon and Lewis, two graduate students, decide to investigate.

Author : Robert Charles Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466800762

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Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson Pdf

From Robert Charles Wilson, the author of the Hugo-winning Spin, comes Burning Paradise, a new tale of humans coming to grips with a universe of implacable strangeness. Cassie Klyne, nineteen years old, lives in the United States in the year 2015—but it's not our United States, and it's not our 2015. Cassie's world has been at peace since the Great Armistice of 1918. There was no World War II, no Great Depression. Poverty is declining, prosperity is increasing everywhere; social instability is rare. But Cassie knows the world isn't what it seems. Her parents were part of a group who gradually discovered the awful truth: that for decades—back to the dawn of radio communications—human progress has been interfered with, made more peaceful and benign, by an extraterrestrial entity. That by interfering with our communications, this entity has tweaked history in massive and subtle ways. That humanity is, for purposes unknown, being farmed. Cassie's parents were killed for this knowledge, along with most of the other members of their group. Since then, the survivors have scattered and gone into hiding. Cassie and her younger brother Thomas now live with her aunt Nerissa, who shares these dangerous secrets. Others live nearby. For eight years they have attempted to lead unexceptional lives in order to escape detection. The tactic has worked. Until now. Because the killers are back. And they're not human. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Robert Browne
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101543252

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The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne Pdf

Prepare yourself for the paradise prophecy. Then pray it isn’t happening. An iconic, near saintly, pop singer dies suddenly, tragically in an inexplicable fire. She’s only the first victim in a series of similar, unspeakable deaths. Bernadette Callahan is an investigator at a shadowy government organization. She’s on the trail of a serial killer with ungodly means of disposal. Religious historian Sebastian LaLaurie knows that the crimes are more than the work of a psychopath, and that Bernadette is closing in on something she never bargained for. Now Sebastian must convince Bernadette to believe—in the power of fallen angels in disguise. In the ancient clues of the Bible. In the hellfire of a coming apocalypse. In the prophecies of Paradise Lost. And ultimately, in the unholy conspiracy upon them, one far beyond the scope of mankind’s darkest imagination. And one that no human can stop.

Author : Fergus O'Connell
Publisher : Accent Press Limited
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 1786150433

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The Paradise Ghetto by Fergus O'Connell Pdf

A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different - Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naïve and optimistic - they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'. The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls' names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return. Is there a chance of escaping fate?

Author : W. A. R. Wood
Publisher : Souvenir Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Consuls
ISBN : 028564369X

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Consul in Paradise by W. A. R. Wood Pdf

Consul in Paradise describes a life full of interest, and a world that is now long past. Embracing all of Siamese life, we discover a racing stable with just one pony and Siam expertise in beetle fighting, the Siamese language and etiquette, and the nuances between the mountain tribes. It relates a distant period of diplomacy, a time when Wood's duties could include concocting love potions, exorcizing evil spirits (at one time from a rice bin), and creating huge straw hats to protect elephants from sunstroke. This evocative portrait of a corner of the British Empire, an entertaining encounter between Victorian Britain and Siam, "consists merely of a little of the froth collected by a cork which has floated for 68 years on the seas of Siamese and Anglo-Siamese life." This is a new edition of a charming memoir that combines humor, history, and an exploration of a culture that is as distant in time as place. It will fascinate every reader, not only those who know Thailand as a holiday destination.