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1000 tulosta hakusanalla K. Patrick Conner
When an acquaintance is robbed and murdered, scientist Anlon Cully and detective Jennifer Stevens suspect they know the motive for the crimes. But then Anlon's companion Pebbles McCarver is kidnapped, changing everything. For the puppet master behind Pebbles' capture is a ten-thousand-year-old tyrant who demands an impossible ransom -- the return of an ancient relic lost to the ages -- leading Anlon and Jennifer on a desperate quest to find the relic and rescue Pebbles before the tyrant adds Pebbles to her long list of victims. Part murder mystery, part fantasy adventure, Curse of the Painted Lady is a continuation of the archaeological mystery explored in Shadows of the Stone Benders and Race for the Flash Stone, the first two books in the Anlon Cully Chronicles series.
Katchachupe The Christmas Capybara
K. Patrick Manning
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Unlike most capybaras living in Lake Vicente, Katchachup (Catch-A-Chew-Pay) doesn't fit the conventional mold. Timid and clumsy, he would rather find a nice spot in the shade to read an adventure book and daydream about faraway lands, than horseplay in the lake with his brothers and sisters all day. After finding a discarded magazine advertisement which depicts a Christmas scene in New York City, Katchy becomes fixated on the holiday and believes it's his calling to find out what this unfamiliar, yet intoxicating concept is. An ambitious task for the world's largest jungle-dwelling rodent. Katchachup 's journey brings him closer to achieving his goal, but it's not without pitfalls. Christmas is in a few days and relying on help from other animals sometimes places him directly in harm's way. During this grand adventure, he will meet a majestic Jaguar King in Mexico and soar high above the American South with the United States Air Force's Rocketeer Ducks, as well as find the girl of his dreams. Join him as he navigates through unfamiliar territory and not only finds the meaning of Christmas, but also finds himself.
A merciless killer comes to the small western town of Epitaph. An otherworldly box appears on a man's dining room table. A high society private eye investigates a murder at a television news studio. A body is found in a domed city where the rain never stops. A school shooter sits in a lonely cell and an author wonders why. In story after story, K. Patrick Glover uses dark situations and surprising revelations to reveal unexpected truths about the human condition, deftly put together with just a little sleight of the mind.
Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects—from nationalism to the discipline of anthropology—have appropriated the Middle Ages for their own ends. Deploying an interdisciplinary toolkit, author K. Patrick Fazioli grounds his analysis in contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps, while also considering the broader implications for scholarly research and public memory.
Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects—from nationalism to the discipline of anthropology—have appropriated the Middle Ages for their own ends. Deploying an interdisciplinary toolkit, author K. Patrick Fazioli grounds his analysis in contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps, while also considering the broader implications for scholarly research and public memory.
The new novel from the Granta Best Young British Novelist and author of the acclaimed Mrs S
An Observer Best Debut of the Year 'Oozes with erotic tension from the start' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life 'Sublime ... I loved this book' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea
An Observer Best Debut of the Year A Granta Best Young British Novelist ‘I loved this book’ JULIA ARMFIELD ‘Exhilarating’ MONICA HEISEY 'Astonishing' ANDREA LAWLOR 'Should be on everyone's summer reading list' iNEWS 'Scorching … One of our favourite reads' TIME OUT A Guardian Essential Summer Read A sensual debut novel of the forbidden love between a young woman and a headmaster’s wife, unfolding across a single heatwave summer. In an elite English boarding school where the girls kiss the marble statue of the famous dead author who used to walk the halls, a young Australian woman arrives to take up the antiquated role of ‘matron’. There she meets Mrs S, the headmaster’s wife, a woman who is her polar opposite: assured, sophisticated, a paragon of femininity. Over the course of a long, restless heatwave, the matron finds herself irresistibly drawn ever closer into the older woman’s world with their unspoken desire blooming into an illicit affair of electric intensity. But, as the summer begins to fade, both know that a choice must finally be made. ‘Desire crackles through these pages like fire’ TELEGRAPH ‘Wildly sexy … I kept forgetting to exhale’ CHARLOTTE MENDELSON ‘There’s nothing else like it out there’ THE TIMES 'Compulsively readable … beautiful, brilliant' OBSERVER ‘Moody, generous and brilliant’ JESSIE BURTON 'Rare and thrilling' SARAH WINMAN
The gruesome death of Anabel Simpson, a retired archaeologist living in a small college town, had rocked her friends and neighbors and stymied the medical examiner. After all, she had been a quiet woman known for her ornate garden, Holstein knickknacks and stories of her days exploring ancient ruins. Little did they know, it was all a cover for a woman with a terrible secret steeped in treachery, jealousy and murder.But Anabel's secret began to unravel after Jennifer Stevens first visited the crime scene. Then came the bank robbery, followed by the armed intruder in Anlon Cully's home and the ransom demand for the safe return of Pebbles McCarver.For Anlon, Pebbles and Jennifer, the ensuing chase to solve the mysteries hidden by Anabel's carefully crafted persona is a perilous journey with rapid-fire twists and turns. It is a hunt that stirs up old terrors and new, leading to an epic showdown with an ancient tyrant, the discovery of a priceless, prehistoric treasure and the haunting truth about sweet, little Anabel.Curse of the Painted Lady is the third installment in The Anlon Cully Chronicles series, a thrilling saga of ancient myths, mystical relics and murder. It is the conclusion of the mystery first explored in Shadows of the Stone Benders and continued in Race for the Flash Stone.Fans of series from Dan Brown, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and James Patterson will most appreciate the blend of murder mystery, archaeology and fantasy baked into Curse of the Painted Lady and the preceding installments of The Anlon Cully Chronicles.
