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Author: Simone T. Costa Eriksson
Publisher: John Donald
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9781904881209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mike is unsettled. He knows that something odd is happening at home because his parents are whispering all the time. Being a detective, Mike is quickly on the case and discovers his family is moving to another country. This story will allay the fears of every relocating family member.
Author: Joe Klein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-10-20
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1451677308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces how two veterans of the wars in the Middle East organized ways that injured veterans could continue to serve, sharing inspiring stories of disaster relief in Haiti and post-Sandy New York as well as tales of support for newly returned and traumatized vets.
Author: Leonard B. Scott
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-07-27
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0307801314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →If war may be said to bring out the worst in governments, it frequently brings out the best in people. This is a novel about some of the very best. Some led. Some followed. Some died. “One of the finest novels yet written about the war in Vietnam.”—The Washington Post Sergeant David Grady: Leader of Ranger Team 2-2, the Double Deuce, he was a perfectionist who loved his men, his team, and his Army. For a long time they had been his whole world. Sarah Boyce: Cold. Beautiful. For all her life, she'd been her whole world. She thought she knew it well. Then, in Vietnam, she was overwhelmed by something that completely confused her. People call it love. Major John Colven: Commander, Sierra Company, 75th Infantry Airborne Rangers. Promoted up from the ranks during the Vietnam war, he was the perfect C.O. Every man he lost cost him a piece of his soul. Lieutenant Le Be Son: North Vietnamese Army Regular. He was also a perfectionist who loved his men, his platoon, and his people. He would sacrifice everything to protect his country. He might have to. He's got a date with the Double Deuce. “Charlie Mike may be the greatest war to story to come out of Vietnam. There is something for everyone in Leonard Scott's novel. . . . There's violence and compassion, gore and tenderness, arrogance and humility, friend and foe.”—Columbus Ledger Enquirer
Author: John G. Cawelt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-02-07
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 022614870X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and Owen Wister's The Virginian in the light of his hypotheses about the cultural function of formula literature. He describes the most important artistic characteristics of popular formula stories and the differences between this literature and that commonly labeled "high" or "serious" literature. He also defines the archetypal patterns of adventure, mystery, romance, melodrama, and fantasy, and offers a tentative account of their basis in human psychology.
Author: Beverly Jeanne Raffaele
Publisher:
Published: 2009-03-12
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780557053858
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NOW IN POCKET BOOK SIZE!This story has a lot of twists and turns. There are endearing characters and despicable characters. Each one will come to life and will in some way touch you. After grisly murders, one family in particular will enter Mike's life through circumstances that will leave you enthralled and wondering what's next.
Author: Michael Connelly
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1743435126
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →May 1992, and after four LAPD officers were acquitted after the savage beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is ablaze. As looting and burning take over the city, law and order are swept away in a tidal wave of violence. But under threat of their lives, homicide detectives like Harry Bosch are still stubbornly trying to do their job. With no effective police presence on the streets, murder just got a whole lot easier--and investigating them got a whole lot harder. Escorted by national guard soldiers from murder scene to murder scene, Harry and his colleagues are only able to do the bare minimum in terms of collecting evidence. And for Harry that's not enough. When he finds the body of a female journalist executed in an alley, he cannot accept that he will never be able to bring her killer to justice, and her tragedy starts to eat into his soul. But then, twenty years later, Harry finds himself working in the Open Unsolved Unit, and suddenly the past comes back to haunt him once again, in a way he could never have imagined.
Author: Michael Gray
Publisher:
Published: 2018-11-02
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781730764844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Diaper Dad Turned Detective? When Ned's wife gets an unexpected promotion, he's forced to quit his job and become a stay-at-home dad. Dealing with dirty diapers and the snobby moms at the local baby playtime group is hard enough, but things get worse when Ned's former boss is murdered. Can Ned prove his innocence in time, or will he be forced to raise his baby from behind bars? This humorous mystery about the joys and struggles of raising a young infant is sure to delight cozy mystery fans of all ages. It is 50,417 words and 16 chapters long. The book comes complete with Ned's favorite recipes and a brief excerpt from "Harvey Brothers 4: The Secret of Lilac Inn".
Author: Eric Sandberg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018-04-12
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1442278234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Crime fiction is one of the most popular literary genres and has been for more than a century. At the heart of almost all forms of mysteries—from the Golden Age puzzler to the contemporary police procedural, from American hardboiled fiction to the Japanese timetable mystery—is the investigator. He—or, increasingly, she—can be a private eye, a police officer, or a general busybody. But whatever forms these investigators take, they are the key element of crime fiction. Criminals and their crimes come and go, while our attention is captured by these fascinating characters who exist at the intersection of so many different literary and social roles. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives offers a selection of the most influential, important, and intriguing fictional sleuths—amateur or professional—from around the world. From Sherlock Holmes to Harry Hole, Kinsey Millhone to Kiyoshi Mitarai, the detectives profiled here give readers a broader picture of one of fiction’s most popular genres. Each entry summarizes the distinctive features of notable investigators and their approaches to crime, provides a brief outline of major features of their fictional careers, and makes a case for their importance based on literary-historical impact, novelty, uniqueness, aesthetic quality, or cultural resonance. The characters profiled here include Lew Archer, Martin Beck, Father Brown, Brother Cadfael, Adam Dalgliesh, Mike Hammer, Miss Jane Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, Kay Scarpetta, Sam Spade, Phillip Trent, V. I. Warshawski, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nero Wolfe, and many others. Readers will find some of their favorite detectives here, learn more about their literary and cultural significance, and discover other great sleuths—old and new, local and international—in this engaging volume. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives provides a fascinating look into some of the most intriguing fictional characters of all time.
Author: Ocean Howell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 022629028X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, residents of the city’s iconic Mission District bucked the city-wide development plan, defiantly announcing that in their neighborhood, they would be calling the shots. Ever since, the Mission has become known as a city within a city, and a place where residents have, over the last century, organized and reorganized themselves to make the neighborhood in their own image. In Making the Mission, Ocean Howell tells the story of how residents of the Mission District organized to claim the right to plan their own neighborhood and how they mobilized a politics of place and ethnicity to create a strong, often racialized identity—a pattern that would repeat itself again and again throughout the twentieth century. Surveying the perspectives of formal and informal groups, city officials and district residents, local and federal agencies, Howell articulates how these actors worked with and against one another to establish the very ideas of the public and the public interest, as well as to negotiate and renegotiate what the neighborhood wanted. In the process, he shows that national narratives about how cities grow and change are fundamentally insufficient; everything is always shaped by local actors and concerns.
Author: Michael Bond
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2015-01-22
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 0749017864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Critic/sleuth Pamplemousse has a lot on his plate when he investigates a terrible and strangely popular hotel.
