The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water PDF

Author: Anita Shreve

Publisher: Little Brown

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0316789976

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A tale of marital intrigue. The protagonist is a woman photographer sent to investigate an old murder on an island. She takes along her husband, the husband's brother and the brother's girlfriend. Problems arise when the husband develops an interest in the other woman. By the author of Resistance.

The Billy Ruffian

The Billy Ruffian PDF

Author: David Cordingly

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2004-10-04

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 158234468X

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A portrait of a British warship that played a key role during the wartime years of the Napoleonic era describes the ship's service in three crucial sea battles--the Glorious First of June (1794), the first action against revolutionary France; the 1798 battle of the Nile; and the battle of Trafalgar (1805)--as well as its role in Napoleon's ultimate surrender. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.