The Poisoned Island

Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476712871

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A brilliant young police officer discovers a series of bizarre deaths are connected to the cargo of a research vessel bound for Kew Gardens in this fantasy-tinged historical thriller set in early nineteenth-century London. Tahiti 1769. English sailors arrive on the shores of the Polynesian paradise— a place of staggering beauty where magic and ancient myths still hold sway. But they soon devastate the island with disease, war, and death, planting deadly seeds that will be carried back to England forty years later. London 1812. On a gray June morning, the Solander docks, her hold containing hundreds of exotic plants from Tahiti for the King’s Gardens at Kew. The apparently successful expedition soon takes a horrifying— and inexplicable—turn: The crew of the Solander starts dying one by one. Thames River Police Chief Charles Horton can find no signs of murder or suicide to explain the deaths, and the ship’s surviving crew seems intent on hampering his investigation. When one of the plants begins to show frightening changes, it is up to Charles Horton to determine how it might be stopped.

Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Clipper Audio
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 147123746X

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London, 1812. When the crew of the 'Solander', a ship carrying rare specimens of plant from the paradise island of Otaheite, are found dead, their faces twisted into hideous expressions, Detective Charles Horton is put in charge of the investigation. It becomes clear that this is a mystery that began near the foot of great Tahiti Nui, in the shadow of a dead volcano, beneath the eyes of unforgiving ancient gods.

Author : Lloyd Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476712864

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Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.

Author : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1428067264

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Poison Island by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Pdf

Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:746960787

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Poison Island by Arthur Quiller-Couch Pdf

Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547522560

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Poison Island by Arthur Quiller-Couch Pdf

"Poison Island" by Arthur Quiller-Couch. 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 : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Tutis Digital Pub
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8132021827

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Author : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Sir
Publisher : Tutis Digital Pub
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8184563132

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Poison Island by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Sir Pdf

Author : Jon Mitchell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538130346

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Poisoning the Pacific by Jon Mitchell Pdf

In this devastating exposé, investigative journalist Jon Mitchell reveals the shocking toxic contamination of the Pacific Ocean and millions of victims by the US military. For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed—but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. After World War II, the United States granted immunity to Japanese military scientists in exchange for their data on biological weapons tests conducted in China; in the following years, nuclear detonations in the Pacific obliterated entire islands and exposed Americans, Marshallese, Chamorros, and Japanese fishing crews to radioactive fallout. At the same time, the United States experimented with biological weapons on Okinawa and stockpiled the island with nuclear and chemical munitions, causing numerous accidents. Meanwhile, the CIA orchestrated a campaign to introduce nuclear power to Japan—the folly of which became horrifyingly clear in the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture. Caught in a geopolitical grey zone, US territories have been among the worst affected by military contamination, including Guam, Saipan, and Johnston Island, the final disposal site of apocalyptic volumes of chemical weapons and Agent Orange. Accompanying this damage, US authorities have waged a campaign of cover-ups, lies, and attacks on the media, which the author has experienced firsthand in the form of military surveillance and attempts by the State Department to impede his work. Now, for the first time, this explosive book reveals the horrific extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.

Author : Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:29580041

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Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501154874

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The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Pdf

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility—but also danger. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook find it impossible to ignore their differences. The Island of Sea Women takes place over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Little do the two friends know that forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. “This vivid…thoughtful and empathetic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) illuminates a world turned upside down, one where the women are in charge and the men take care of the children. “A wonderful ode to a truly singular group of women” (Publishers Weekly), The Island of Sea Women is a “beautiful story…about the endurance of friendship when it’s pushed to its limits, and you…will love it” (Cosmopolitan).

Author : Steven Bednarski
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442604773

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A Poisoned Past by Steven Bednarski Pdf

This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a medieval French woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. Through the depositions and accusations made in court, the reader learns not only about Margarida herself, but also about medieval women, female agency, kin networks, solidarity, sex, sickness, medicine, and law. Unlike most histories, this compelling book does not remove the author from the analysis. Rather, it lays bare the working method of the historian, helping the reader learn how historians "do" history and discover the rewards and pitfalls of working with primary sources. The book opens with a chapter on microhistory as a genre, explaining its strengths, weaknesses, and inherent risks. It then tells the narrative of Margarida's criminal trial, including chapters on the civil suits, appeal, and Margarida's eventual fate. A map of late medieval Manosque is provided, as well as an example of a court notary's rough copy, a notarial act, a sample folio of a criminal inquest record. A timeline of Margarida?s life, list of characters, and two family trees provide useful information on key people in the story.

Author : Cal Flyn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781984878205

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Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn Pdf

A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence "[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity's destructive impulse, and she arrives at a new appreciation of life, 'all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence.'" --The New Yorker Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal Flyn, an investigative journalist, exceptional nature writer, and promising new literary voice visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an "island" of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists. Islands of Abandonment is a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it is a case that hope is far from lost, and it is ultimately a story of redemption: the most polluted spots on Earth can be rehabilitated through ecological processes and, in fact, they already are.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555101419

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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : R. Cavalloro
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9061916097

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Integrated Pest Control in Olive Groves by R. Cavalloro Pdf