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In this tightly-paced, thrilling novel begun by Jack London and finished after his death by Robert Fish, young Winter Hall discovers a secret organization called the Assassination Bureau. Believing them to be a society of evil, ruthless killers, he initiates a cunning plan to destroy the organization once and for all. However, the Bureau is more than it seems, and Winter Hall quickly becomes embroiled in a struggle between two factions of "ethical lunatics" within the organization. He will find his loyalties, and his morals, tested on a year-long journey across the United States. - Summary by ...

When a rough old seaman calling himself "the Captain" appears at the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' father, young Jim little dreams what adventures will follow in the man's wake. Soon, the once-peaceful inn is threatened by pirates, Jim's father is laid in his grave, and Jim finds himself in possession of a map showing the location of treasure buried by the legendary and notorious Captain Flint. Along with a group of brave men: the sensible Dr. Livesey, the fearless and unflagging Captain Smollett, and the blustering but well-meaning Squire Trelawney, Jim sets out in quest of the treasure. Many ...

Entre confidences et révélations, le grand illusionniste du XIXe siècle Jean‑Eugène Robert‑Houdin raconte comment naît une vocation et se forge un art. Dans ce récit mêlant souvenirs, coulisses et réflexions, il dévoile avec élégance l’apprentissage, la patience et l’ingéniosité qui transforment un curieux en « sorcier ».

À travers un parcours franco-ontarien intimiste et lucide, Robert Major interroge ce que signifie « appartenir »: entre racines et départs, mémoire et présent, langue et lieux. Dans une prose réfléchie, il tisse observations, souvenirs et réflexions pour éclairer l’expérience d’une communauté qui se réinvente. Porté par la recherche du mot juste, ce récit essayistique explore l’identité, l’héritage et les liens qui nous unissent. Un voyage intérieur et collectif qui invite l’écoute, la reconnaissance et la redécouverte du territoire des appartenances.

A fiendishly clever, yet cozy entry in the much-loved mystery series starring Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes. Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously...

Robert P. Watson delves into the complex and often misunderstood origins of the Declaration, revealing how a series of missteps by the British Crown, shifting colonial sentiments, and a convergence of enlightened thinkers led to a revolutionary moment that changed the course of history. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources—including letters, diaries, newspapers, and diplomatic communiqués—Watson reconstructs the debates, drafts, and drama that surrounded the Declaration's creation.

Die Straße ist nicht im Zentrum der Stadt und nicht an ihrem Rand. Versteckt liegt sie irgendwo dazwischen. Ein Junge wird vom Jagdfieber gepackt. Ein anderer weiß nicht, wohin mit seiner Wut. Eine Blumenhändlerin lebt für einen Mann, der sie nicht einmal sieht. Eine Heimleiterin wacht über ihre Schützlinge und ist selbst die Einsamste von allen. Ein Geistlicher kommt seiner Gemeinde abhanden. Sorge rüttelt an den Bewohnern, Sehnsucht treibt sie nachts auf die Straße, die Liebe bringt sie um den Verstand.

A strange new merchant arrives in the Witch City, the League of the Moon are on high alert. Jagger Corey seemed to appear from nowhere. He's arrived with a dark wish, and unusual things have begun to happen in Salem. Henry Trank, called to Maine to take care of his ailing father, has disappeared...

An einem kalten Februarabend geht der Journalist Ben Harper auf die Geburtstagsfeier eines Kollegen. Während alle ausgelassen feiern, wirkt Bens Chefin Madeline Wilson seltsam angespannt. Als sie die Feier verlässt, beobachtet Ben, wie sie zu jemandem ins Auto steigt. Am nächsten Morgen ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Als Ben herausfindet, dass kurz vor ihrem Verschwinden genau der Mann aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wurde, dessen spektakuläre Verurteilung vor zehn Jahren Madelines Karriere begründet hat, weiß er, dass er schnell handeln muss.

Famoso per i suoi bellissimi paesaggi, il pittore Sakumat viene chiamato dal burban Ganuan per dipingere le pareti bianche delle stanze in cui vive, isolato dal mondo, suo figlio, che ha una strana malattia. Le figure che nasceranno e vivranno sulle pareti non saranno ornamento, ma avranno il potere di prendere vita. Lo stralisco è la storia di un'amicizia delicata e assoluta, una fiaba sul potere dell'amore.

L'ex agente della CIA Lemuel Gunn, dopo aver lasciato l'Afghanistan, sceglie di vivere nel New Mexico, a bordo della sua casa mobile, e di lavorare come investigatore privato. È come se volesse alleggerire il mondo della sua presenza. Finché un giorno piomba nella sua vita una giovane donna, elegante e a piedi nudi, come la contessa scalza: il suo nome è Ornella Neppi, e deve trovare al più presto un certo Emilio Gava, rilasciato dal carcere su cauzione e sparito nel nulla.

Pionerd is a daily Minnesota history podcast. Every day, one story drawn from the people, places, and moments that shaped the state we call home. From the Iron Range to the Mississippi headwaters, from the Twin Cities to the small towns most maps forget, Minnesota's history is richer and stranger than most people realize. Join us every day and find out what happened here.

This is the extraordinary tale of a boy, Jim Hawkins, who comes into possession of Captain Flint's treasure map, after a buccaneer takes a room at his inn and later dies. The map spreads its ill luck to all who know of it. A local squire outfits a ship to voyage to the Treasure Island, unearth the treasure, and bring it home. Little does he suspect that the man he has hired aboard as cook was formerly Flint's quartermaster, who then connives to hire many of his old mates. Once ashore, pirates being pirates, what follows is a mutiny. Jim and a handful of honest men find themselves harried and ...

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the exciting and chilling magazine The Thrill Book, noted precursor to Weird Tales Magazine! In this, issue #6, we have two crackling serials: the first part of the terrifying haunted room story "The Crawling Hands" and the dashing conclusion of the sea-faring adventure yarn "The Devil's Own". Also included is the modern occult magic tale "Magic in Manhattan", the mysterious ghost story "From Over the Border", the creepy crawly "When Basset Forgot", the fantastical "The Rim of the World" and much more! Grab your gear and keep a light burning... It's ...

Generazioni è il podcast del Giornale di Brescia che racconta storie di imprese familiari nate spesso da un’intuizione, cresciute grazie alla passione e rafforzate dal passaggio tra padri e figli. Perché dietro ogni marchio, ogni capannone e ogni ufficio c’è molto più di un’azienda: c’è una comunità che cresce, generazione dopo generazione.

Twenty-five centuries ago, a Chinese military strategist named Sun Tzu wrote that the general who wins first makes many calculations before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes only a few. Sun Tzu was writing about war. He was also, without knowing it, writing about every catastrophic storm that has ever made landfall on an inhabited coast.Art of Storm is a narrative history podcast that examines the decisions, systems, and failures that determine who survives a disaster and who does not — and why the same patterns appear, storm after storm, generation after generation, across ...

Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales

It's the dawn of a new era with this first issue of The Thrill Book Volume 2, and the influential pulp magazine is back and twice as big as prior issues! This time we have the suspenseful gold mining mystery "Vanishing Gold", the taut spy thriller "The Seventh Glass", the third part of the globe-trotting spy story "Strasbourg Rose", and the first part to H. Bedord-Jones' swashbuckling adventure "The Opium Ship" to meet your pulpy needs. And if you are looking for something a little more weird or spooky, the suicide-tinged "When Ghosts Walked", the bizarre tale "The Bibulous Baby", and the ...

Most of the stories in this collection attempt to present one or another of those problems of life or nature to which, as it appears to many of us, there is no adequate solution within sight. Others are the almost literal transcript of dreams which seemed to me to have a coherency, completeness, and symbolic significance sufficiently marked to justify me in setting them down. The rest are scenes from that simple life of Canadian backwoods and tide-country with which my earlier years made me familiar. - Summary by CHARLES G D ROBERTS

Fresh from the flaming wreckage of Treystone, that was absolutely not their fault, the Crimson Hunters are sky-bound and somehow in possession of a stolen airship. Their mission? Reach Dellerin before the world ends. However, the sky above is packed with demons, dangerous flying armadas, and far too many questionable decisions. Meanwhile, far below, one exhausted soldier named Erin stumbles through the mud and blood of a fierce battleground carrying a powerful relic that might stop the Dark One's war—if she isn't hunted down by an unrelenting enemy first.