Under A Pole Star

Author : Stef Penney
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681441153

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Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney Pdf

Sometimes you have to travel to the farthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it... A panoramic historical epic and an unforgettable love story from the author of The Tenderness of Wolves, for fans of Kristin Hannah, Sarah Perry, and Barbara Kingsolver A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. Years later, in 1892, determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland as a scientist at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh world. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is born. The violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to come.

Author : Stef Penney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416571308

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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney Pdf

When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature. A first novel. Winner of the 2006 Costa Book of the Year. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

Author : Helge Ingstad
Publisher : New York : St. Martin's Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034830450

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Land Under the Pole Star by Helge Ingstad Pdf

Norwegian explorer reconstructs all aspects of life in Norse communities founded by Eirik the Red about 1000 A.D.

Author : Martin Cruz Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849838245

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Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith Pdf

Don't miss the latest book in the Arkady Renko series, THE SIBERIAN DILEMMA by Martin Cruz Smith, ‘the master of the international thriller’ (New York Times) – available to order now! AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL: #2 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid 'Makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin’ Independent *** Arkady Renko, former Chief Investigator of the Moscow Town Prosecutor's Office, made too many enemies and lost the favour of his party. After a self-imposed exile in Siberia, Renko toils on the 'slime line' of a factory ship in the Bering Sea. But when an adventurous Georgian woman comes up with the day's catch, the signs of murder are undeniable. Up against the Soviet bureaucracy in a complex international web, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he once was. And in doing so, he discovers much more than he bargained for . . . Praise for Martin Cruz Smith 'The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity – a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid ‘Cleverly and intelligently told, The Girl from Venice is a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it’ Kate Furnivall, author of The Liberation ‘Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' Mail on Sunday 'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' Guardian 'Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph' Sunday Times ‘Martin Cruz Smith’s Renko novels are superb’ William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier

Author : Rachel Hickman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545808934

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One Silver Summer by Rachel Hickman Pdf

A modern fairy tale that explores the ache of loss as beautifully as it captures the breathless excitement of first love. After losing her mom in an accident, Sass is sent to live with her uncle in England. Far from her native Brooklyn, the rocky shores and crumbling castles of Cornwall seem like the perfect place to hide her grief. And when she stumbles across a silver horse in a sunlit meadow, Sass feels a surprising sense of peace . . . only to have it broken by a boy. Arrogant and distrustful, the horse's trainer, Alex, doesn't approve of the trespassing American. Yet after a few chance meetings, he begins to feel a connection to the curious girl with the sad eyes, and offers to teach her to ride. Sass never expected to feel anything again--least of all love--but the lessons reveal a far different Alex, and soon their friendship turns into something more.But Alex has a secret--a bombshell about his family that could shatter Sass's trust . . . and force him to abandon the one girl who made him believe in himself.

Author : Stef Penney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101554166

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The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney Pdf

In a hospital bed, small-time private detective Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium. But before the accident that landed him there, he’d been hired to find Rose Janko, the estranged daughter of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he’s been chosen more for his blood than for his investigative skills. Still, he’s surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven’t had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they’re either cursed or hiding a terrible secret—the discovery of which Ray can’t help suspecting is connected to Rose’s disappearance… Seamlessly toggling between Ray’s past and present, and the perspective of the missing woman’s young nephew JJ, Stef Penney builds a gripping page-turner that doesn’t let go until its shocking end.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Submarines (Ships)
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1INV

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Pdf

Author : Emma Donoghue
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443461795

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The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue Pdf

THE NEW #1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WONDER AND ROOM Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the great flu. A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of The Wonder and Room. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other’s lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, caregivers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.

Author : Garrett Chaffin Quiray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1465239227

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Under the Tent-Pole by Garrett Chaffin Quiray Pdf

Author : Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 0645270474

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Under the North Pole by Sir George Hubert Wilkins Pdf

Under the North Pole is an account of Wilkins' planned adventure in 1931: to take a submarine under the polar ice for the first time, a dangerous project described as a 'suicide club' by the American media. In response, Wilkins produced this book about the expedition before it had even begun. He argued the book, written by experts, would reassure a sceptical world that his 'Nautilus' mission was feasible. This edition includes an introduction by Carolyn Spooner, and an afterword by Stephen Carthew on the inner dimensions of the life of George Hubert Wilkins.

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1584154020

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Exploring the North Pole by Josepha Sherman Pdf

Two Americans, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, were determined to do what no one ever had, reach the North Pole.

Author : Valerie Bodden
Publisher : Great Expeditions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1608180697

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To the South Pole by Valerie Bodden Pdf

"A history of Roald Amundsen's successful 1911 trip to the South Pole, detailing the challenges encountered, the individuals involved, the discoveries made, and how the expedition left its mark upon the world"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Michael Nardone
Publisher : Book*hug Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 177166455X

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The Ritualites by Michael Nardone Pdf

The Ritualites is Michael Nardone's book-length poem on the sonic topography of North America. Composed over ten years at sites all across the continent--from Far Rockaway to the Olympic Peninsula, Great Bear Lake to the Gulf of California--the book documents the poet's listening amid our public exchanges, mediated ambiances, and itinerant intimacies. The Ritualites is a series of linguistic rituals that shift, page to page, through a range of forms and genres--a rhapsodic text for occasional singing and a best-selling thriller, a self-help guide and sabotage manual, a score for solo performance and a cacophony of voices.

Author : Pat Farmer
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781742377841

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Pole to Pole by Pat Farmer Pdf

In a feat that ranks with the brave and inspiring deeds of Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary and Jessica Watson, famed Australian ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer did what no human has ever done: run from the North Pole to South Pole. His mission: to raise money for the Red Cross to fund water projects in the world's neediest regions.

Author : Peter Lerangis
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0439163870

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Journey to the Pole by Peter Lerangis Pdf

In 1909, a secret group of American explorers, including the leader's teenage son and stepson, and their sponsor's nephew, must concede defeat and give up their dreams of reaching the South Pole, yet going back to civilization isn't nearly as easy as they thought it would be and so each passing day becomes a battle for survival against the elements.