2008, ISBN: 9780060160708

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This book is in excellent condition, very minor wear to edges of covers and top of back cover. No markings inner pages, spine intact no creases. "The second novel in the thrilling histori… Mehr…

This book is in excellent condition, very minor wear to edges of covers and top of back cover. No markings inner pages, spine intact no creases. "The second novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars, from the author of the immensely popular Camulod Chronicles.In 1187 one of the few survivors of the Battle of Hattin, young Scots Templar Alexander Sinclair, escapes into the desert despite his wounds. Sinclair has learned about the execution of the surviving Templars after the battle, so when he is rescued, he says nothing of his own standing among the Order of the Temple. Sinclair is one of the Inner Sanctum of the Order-a member of the ancient Brotherhood of Sion, a secret society within the secret society.Two years after the battle, Sir Henry St. Clair is awakened after midnight by a visit from his liege lord, Richard the Lionheart. King Richard is assembling an army to free the Holy Land from the grip of Saladin and his Saracens, and he wants Sir Henry, his first and favorite teacher, to sail with him as his master-atarms. The old man is unwilling to go-he neither likes nor trusts Richard, having found him both a sadist and an egomaniac. But his future, and that of his young son Andr, a rising knight in the order, depends on his allegiance to Richard. Sir Henry knows that Andr worships his older cousin, Alexander Sinclair of the Scottish branch of their family, who has been in the Holy Land for years. Alexander will be an ally in an unfamiliar land. Sir Henry agrees to go despite serious misgivings about Richard, and his motives for war.From the moment the first soldiers of the Third Crusade set foot in the Holy Land, the story of the three templars unfolds as the events of the campaign and the political and personal intrigues of the Crusade's leaders again bring the St. Clair family-and the Order-to the edge of disaster." Good Reads "Jack Whyte is an author and writer born and raised in Scotland, but has been living in western Canada since 1967, and in Kelowna, British Columbia, since 1996.Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This retelling of the popular legend eschews the use of magic (as in T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone) to explain Arthur's ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic license) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the Roman departure from Britain in 410 AD and the subsequent colonization and invasion of Britain by various peoples from Northwestern Europe, including the Saxons, Jutes, Franks, and Angles). Whyte incorporates both traditional Arthurian names, places and events (albeit in gaelic or Latin form) as well as the names of various historical figures that have been suggested as being the possible basis for the original King Arthur legend. The tacit implication is that Whyte's version of history is the true story that has become distorted over time to become the legend and stories of magic that we know today.Jack Whyte served as the official bard of The Calgary Highlanders and performed several tracks of poetry and song on the 1990 recording by the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders entitled Eighty Years of Glory: The Regimental Pipes, Drums and Bard of The Calgary Highlanders." Good Reads, Jove, 2008, 0, This book has been read, minor wear to edges of covers, minor pencil marking first inner page. No other markings inner pages, spine intact some creases. "The second novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars, from the author of the immensely popular Camulod Chronicles.In 1187 one of the few survivors of the Battle of Hattin, young Scots Templar Alexander Sinclair, escapes into the desert despite his wounds. Sinclair has learned about the execution of the surviving Templars after the battle, so when he is rescued, he says nothing of his own standing among the Order of the Temple. Sinclair is one of the Inner Sanctum of the Order-a member of the ancient Brotherhood of Sion, a secret society within the secret society.Two years after the battle, Sir Henry St. Clair is awakened after midnight by a visit from his liege lord, Richard the Lionheart. King Richard is assembling an army to free the Holy Land from the grip of Saladin and his Saracens, and he wants Sir Henry, his first and favorite teacher, to sail with him as his master-atarms. The old man is unwilling to go-he neither likes nor trusts Richard, having found him both a sadist and an egomaniac. But his future, and that of his young son Andr, a rising knight in the order, depends on his allegiance to Richard. Sir Henry knows that Andr worships his older cousin, Alexander Sinclair of the Scottish branch of their family, who has been in the Holy Land for years. Alexander will be an ally in an unfamiliar land. Sir Henry agrees to go despite serious misgivings about Richard, and his motives for war.From the moment the first soldiers of the Third Crusade set foot in the Holy Land, the story of the three templars unfolds as the events of the campaign and the political and personal intrigues of the Crusade's leaders again bring the St. Clair family-and the Order-to the edge of disaster." Good Reads "Jack Whyte is an author and writer born and raised in Scotland, but has been living in western Canada since 1967, and in Kelowna, British Columbia, since 1996.Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This retelling of the popular legend eschews the use of magic (as in T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone) to explain Arthur's ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic license) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the Roman departure from Britain in 410 AD and the subsequent colonization and invasion of Britain by various peoples from Northwestern Europe, including the Saxons, Jutes, Franks, and Angles). Whyte incorporates both traditional Arthurian names, places and events (albeit in gaelic or Latin form) as well as the names of various historical figures that have been suggested as being the possible basis for the original King Arthur legend. The tacit implication is that Whyte's version of history is the true story that has become distorted over time to become the legend and stories of magic that we know today.Jack Whyte served as the official bard of The Calgary Highlanders and performed several tracks of poetry and song on the 1990 recording by the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders entitled Eighty Years of Glory: The Regimental Pipes, Drums and Bard of The Calgary Highlanders." Good Reads, Penguin Group (canada), 2008, 3, New York. 1989. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0060160705. 214 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Paul Davis (after a photo by John B.B. Wellington). keywords: Literature America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Charlotte Lewes, young, newly widowed by World War I, and deeply unhappy, decides to embark for Rangoon in 1918, she is looking to escape the ruins of her old life. As a school-teacher in colonial Burma, she comes alive again in the sensual climate of the Orient, discovering the spirituality of Buddhist temples and monks beside which the Church of England pales, preferring a house on stilts near the bay to the colonial compound, and, in a stunning nocturnal scene, meeting John Dollar, a sailor, the man with whom she will share a passionate love and whose own ill-fated destiny shapes the disturbing course of the novel. On a festive expedition to a distant island, which the colonials want to claim, rename, and offer to their beloved King George, the tightly knit British community falls prey to disaster: Fathers and mothers and sons, servants and crew, all disappear from the three British ships one night, while an earthquake and tidal wave sweep John Dollar, Charlotte, and eight young girls who are Charlotte's pupils off the ships anchored near the island and into the violent sea. When the eight girls come to consciousness again on the beaches of this Island of Our Outlawed Dreams, they huddle around John Dollar, who is paralyzed from the waist down. An atmosphere of menace and doom builds, culminating in some shocking, absolutely riveting scenes of death and survival. Compelling, disturbing, and seductive, JOHN DOLLAR is a major work of fiction from a talented and provocative writer. The emotional impact of the narrative will leave readers gasping, while the prose style of Marianne Wiggins manages to be both opulent and spare, immensely resonant, and unmistakably original. JOHN DOLLAR is a haunting tale, a literary tour de force, and an unforgettable read. inventory #11479 ISBN: 0060160705., 0<

2018, ISBN: 9780060160708

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Stan R. Murray, Australia, 2018. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Immerse yourself in the world of Fanciful Fairy Tales (life in that other world) where anything and everything is pos… Mehr…

Stan R. Murray, Australia, 2018. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Immerse yourself in the world of Fanciful Fairy Tales (life in that other world) where anything and everything is possible! Where Moses, a cat, and Sampson, a rat, unite in defiance against a town of aristocrats intent on having them banished – and all because neither fit the image of Queen Isadora’s monarchy. Where a frog breaks with tradition and defies her parents by falling in love with a lawn mower. Follow in the steps of two penguin sisters, Prim & Proper, as they adjust to their new lives when reborn as shoes. Join Cauliflower Jones, the world’s greatest detective, as he tries to solve the case of the missing Caterpillar Diamonds. Every family has their little disagreements – but wait until you meet the family of Punctuation Marks as they try to outrank each other! Journey back in time as Donte and Groo go in search of their missing Yesterday, and take a ringside seat as the Fly, the Flea and the Bee race each other to become King of the park, King of the world. Enter into this magical world of make believe where the nonsensical outranks the sensible, where yesterday was once tomorrow and where the key to unlocking one’s mind is only limited by one’s imagination. Fanciful Fairy Tales (life in that other world) is a compilation of seven stories from the madcap mind of creator and illustrator S.R.Murray. 255 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children's::Children's Fiction; Children; ISBN/EAN: 9780646983493. Inventory No: 267353.. 9780646983493, Stan R. Murray, 2018, 3, New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2010. CC4 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9"x6", 243 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. "I'm going to kill the king." A formidable nation is being destroyed by corruption at its very foundation. While clans, guilds, and cults tear at each other for control of the senate, the king rules through manipulation and fear, driven only to expand his power by any means possible. When the reckless bounty hunter Kellson is convicted of crimes he didn't commit, he escapes but he's determined to bring down the king and his decaying government. Running from the authorities, Kellson stumbles into a world thought only to be legend - a world of Shadows, an infamous clan of warriors who oppose corruption in any form. Known for their elite skills as fighters and infiltrators, they take in Kellson and begin to teach him their secret skills as insurgents. But Kellson has a bigger plan; he intends to lead a rebellion... if he can master the Shadows' skills and convince them to join him.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., iUniverse, Inc., 2010, 3, London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2004. Paperback. Fine. Bloomsbury (UK) 2004 Trade Paperback, 2004. Book Condition: Fine. As new copy, with just a slight hint of use. The 'Kite Runner' of Khaled Hosseini's book is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with 'a face like a Chinese doll' was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys. Narrated by Amir, a 40-year-old novelist living in California, 'The Kite Runner' tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. 'The Kite Runner' begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling. 324 pages. SAS4, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2004, 5, Baltimore. 1966. Penguin Books. Reprinted Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. Translated from the Greek by Philip Vellacott. paperback. keywords: Penguin Classic Paperback Greece Drama Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been destroyed by his wife's infidelity and ends with his death at her callous hand. Clytemnestra's crime is repaid in The Choephori when her outraged son Orestes kills both her and her lover. The Eumenides then follows Orestes as he is hounded to Athens by the Furies' law of vengeance and depicts Athene replacing the bloody cycle of revenge with a system of civil justice. Written in the years after the Battle of Marathon, 'The Oresteian Trilogy' affirmed the deliverance of democratic Athens not only from Persian conquest, but also from its own barbaric past. inventory #29371, 0, New York. 1989. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0060160705. 214 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Paul Davis (after a photo by John B.B. Wellington). keywords: Literature America Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Charlotte Lewes, young, newly widowed by World War I, and deeply unhappy, decides to embark for Rangoon in 1918, she is looking to escape the ruins of her old life. As a school-teacher in colonial Burma, she comes alive again in the sensual climate of the Orient, discovering the spirituality of Buddhist temples and monks beside which the Church of England pales, preferring a house on stilts near the bay to the colonial compound, and, in a stunning nocturnal scene, meeting John Dollar, a sailor, the man with whom she will share a passionate love and whose own ill-fated destiny shapes the disturbing course of the novel. On a festive expedition to a distant island, which the colonials want to claim, rename, and offer to their beloved King George, the tightly knit British community falls prey to disaster: Fathers and mothers and sons, servants and crew, all disappear from the three British ships one night, while an earthquake and tidal wave sweep John Dollar, Charlotte, and eight young girls who are Charlotte's pupils off the ships anchored near the island and into the violent sea. When the eight girls come to consciousness again on the beaches of this Island of Our Outlawed Dreams, they huddle around John Dollar, who is paralyzed from the waist down. An atmosphere of menace and doom builds, culminating in some shocking, absolutely riveting scenes of death and survival. Compelling, disturbing, and seductive, JOHN DOLLAR is a major work of fiction from a talented and provocative writer. The emotional impact of the narrative will leave readers gasping, while the prose style of Marianne Wiggins manages to be both opulent and spare, immensely resonant, and unmistakably original. JOHN DOLLAR is a haunting tale, a literary tour de force, and an unforgettable read. inventory #11479 ISBN: 0060160705., 0<