Dark Against The Sky

Author : Stephen B. Hauge
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524532797
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Against the Sky written by Stephen B. Hauge and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Against the Sky is the story of a band climbing boys in London in 1834. The arc of their adventures follows the main character, Tommy, as he struggles to find and be re-united with his father, faces the daily challenges of life as a climbing boy ruled by callous master sweeps, and interacts enjoyable with friends and street folk. Though his story is often darkened by his work an the period, it is brightened and ultimately redeemed by his growth in his journey and the humanity he shares with his band of brothers.

Author : C. J. Box
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525538291
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Sky written by C. J. Box and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip—but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted—in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. **Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary novel** When the governor of Wyoming gives Joe Pickett the thankless task of taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip, Joe reluctantly treks into the wilderness with his high-profile charge. But as they venture into the woods, a man-hunter is hot on their heels, driven by a desire for revenge. Finding himself without a weapon, a horse, or a way to communicate, Joe must rely on his wits and his knowledge of the outdoors to protect himself and his companion. Meanwhile, Joe's closest friend, Nate Romanowski, and his own daughter Sheridan learn of the threat to Joe's life and follow him into the woods. In a stunning final showdown, the three of them come up against the worst that nature—and man—have to offer.

Author : Stephen B. Hauge
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514478293
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Against the Sky written by Stephen B. Hauge and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Against the Sky: Sweeping the Shadows continues the tale of Tommy Simpson, a climbing boy (or your chimney sweep) in the streets of London in 1834, that began in Dark Against the Sky: A Climbing Boy’s Story. Tommy has been re-united with his father, who is working again as a cobbler while Tommy helps his costermonger friends, the Meechams. Yet the shadow of the master sweep Kelly looms over their lives. When Kelly decides to rob Dr. Merriweather, he gets Tommy and his street friends to trail Kelly to his hide-out – but they cannot find the silver. As Kelly threatens Tommy by seizing his friend Peter and his girlfriend Jenny, Tommy must use all his skills to rescue them and put Kelly in gaol. Author Hauge again displays the sweep of adventure, range of characters and sure sense of period that enabled Dark Against the Sky: A Climbing Boy’s Story to deliver such enjoyment: “This endearing story details the adventures of Tommy Simpson and his winsome and supportive ‘band of brothers’ . . . the action scenes and descriptions are nicely blended, and the entire book has a smooth cadence. . . . The language used to describe these scenes chimes with bell-like accuracy and vivid images. . . . All ages will become entranced by this fast-paced historical tale.” Foreword Reviews “Hauge is a skillful storyteller. He renders the squalor of 19th century London in prose that is as precise as it is palpable. . . . Dark Against the Sky is an authentic, evocative and classic portrayal of the human capacity to endure. It is a winning tale.” Blueink review

Author : Stuart Clark
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857900145
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sky's Dark Labyrinth written by Stuart Clark and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the seventeenth century everyone believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Yet some men knew that the heavens did not move as they should. And some men began to suspect that this heresy was in fact the truth. As Europe convulsed in conflict between Catholic and Protestant, these men prepared to die for that truth. This is the story of Kepler and Galileo, two men whose struggle with themselves, with the evidence and with the forces of reaction changed not simply themselves but our world. The Sky's Dark Labyrinth is the first of a trilogy of novels inspired by the dramatic struggles, personal and professional, and key historical events in man's quest to understand the Universe.

Author : Jeffrey St. Clair
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born Under a Bad Sky written by Jeffrey St. Clair and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental muckraking by one of the America's most acclaimed radical journalists.

Author : Johan M. Dahlgren
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under A Dark Sky written by Johan M. Dahlgren and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2021-12-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On rebel planet Elysium, a man is executed on live video streamed by religious extremists. Nothing terribly original so far for Elysium. Only this time, the man doesn't die. When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed. Something dark is stirring in the shadows. Something that has been watching humanity since the dawn of history.

Author : C. J. Box
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101609273
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Point written by C. J. Box and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett’s hunt for a fugitive reveals a conspiracy in this taut thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Joe Pickett always liked Butch Roberson—a hard-working local business owner whose daughter is friends with Joe’s girls. Little does he know that when Butch says he’s heading into the mountains to scout elk, he is actually going on the run. Two EPA employees have been murdered and all signs point to Butch as the killer. Joe learns that the land Butch and his wife had bought to retire on was declared a protected wetland by the EPA, and the subsequent fines have torn the family apart. Finally, it seems, the man just cracked. It’s an awful story, but is it the whole story? The more Joe investigates, the more he begins to wonder—and he soon finds himself in the middle of a war in which he must choose sides.

Author : Dean Koontz
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
ISBN 13 : 9781542019910
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Dark Sky written by Dean Koontz and published by Thomas & Mercer. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind's hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe with only misty memories of the past, she begins to receive pleas--by phone, through her TV, in her dreams: I am in a dark place, Jojo. Please come and help me. Heeding the disturbing appeals, Joanna is compelled to return to Montana, and to a strange childhood companion she had long forgotten. She isn't the only one drawn to the Montana farmstead. People from all walks of life have converged at the remote ranch. They are haunted, on the run, obsessed, and seeking answers to the same omniscient danger Joanna came to confront. All the while, on the outskirts of Rustling Willows, a madman lurks with a vision to save the future. Mass murder is the only way to see his frightening manifesto come to pass. Through a bizarre twist of seemingly coincidental circumstances, a band of strangers now find themselves under Montana's big dark sky. Their lives entwined, they face an encroaching horror. Unless they can defeat this threat, it will spell the end for humanity.

Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Hogarth
ISBN 13 : 1984823035
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Ladder to the Sky written by John Boyne and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn’t have is talent—but he’s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don’t need to be his own. Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful – but desperately lonely – older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice’s first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall. . . . Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso. Praise for A Ladder to the Sky “Boyne's mastery of perspective, last seen in The Heart's Invisible Furies, works beautifully here. . . . Boyne understands that it's far more interesting and satisfying for a reader to see that narcissist in action than to be told a catchall phrase. Each step Maurice Swift takes skyward reveals a new layer of calumny he's willing to engage in, and the desperation behind it . . . so dark it seems almost impossible to enjoy reading A Ladder to the Sky as much as you definitely will enjoy reading it.”—NPR “Delicious . . . spins out over several decades with thrilling unpredictability, following Maurice as he masters the art of co-opting the stories of others in increasingly dubious ways. And while the book reads as a thriller with a body count that would make Highsmith proud, it is also an exploration of morality and art: Where is the line between inspiration and thievery? To whom does a story belong?”—Vanity Fair

Author : Rebecca Roanhorse
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534437681
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Sun written by Rebecca Roanhorse and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes "Book club favorites reader's guide.