6/30/2023 0 Comments Amy leatheran![]() ![]() With one spot of blood as his only clue, Hercule Poirot must embark on a journey across the desert to unravel a mystery which taxes even his remarkable powers! To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie. ![]() Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder. When Amy Leatheran travels to an ancient site in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she has ever imagined. Print Murder in Mesopotamia (Poirot Facsimile Edition)Ī facsimile first edition hardback of the famous Poirot book, with a strange death in the desert. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Barbarian days by william finnegan![]() ![]() He and a buddy, their knapsacks crammed with reef charts, bushwhack through Polynesia. Youthful folly-he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui-is served up with rueful humor. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships annealed in challenging waves.įinnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu even while his closest friend was a Hawaiian surfer. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses-off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. To initiates, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writerīarbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Deception Point by Dan Brown![]() ![]() Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery-a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory-a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. What they discover, however, is a plot of unimaginable deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy-a vicious, high-ranking conspiracy that may lead all the way to the White House. After a NASA satellite discovers a mysterious object buried beneath the Arctic ice, a team of scientists is called in to verify the authenticity of the find. ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout her journey Susie forges lifelong connections with her African partners who teach her about local culture and traditions. ![]() Ultimately, she focuses on her last ten years transforming a small two-room orphanage in rural Tanzania into an NGO that boasts a home, an organic farm, and a primary school for 350 children. After grieving the sudden death of her first husband, Susie begins to explore Africa, quickly falling in love with the continent, where she starts by running AIDS prevention programs for the Clinton Foundation. In her engaging memoir, we come to discover her fierce spirit as she seeks out a life of purpose, never shying away from adventures that often carry unseen dangers. The daughter of a Green Beret, Susie has lived a transient life ever since she was a young girl. From walking with lions in the bush to dodging bombs in Tanzania's largest city, psychologist Susanne Rheault recounts with candor and humility the hard lessons learned during a life working to help impoverished communities in Africa. ![]() |