Sands Of Death

Author : Matthew Sprange
Publisher : Mongoose Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781903980057
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gladiator written by Matthew Sprange and published by Mongoose Pub. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not yet mid-morning and yet the air of excitement around the grand arena is palpableThe crowds mill about you, all streaming for the grand arena, some mute with trepidation, other proclaiming loudly which gladiator will triumph in the matches. It has been a month since the last games day and you, along with everyone else in the city, are eager to leave behind the concerns of your everyday life, replacing it with an afternoon of fun, excitement and sheer passion. The first match is very familiar to you as all games days start this way. These are novice gladiators, either slaves or those seeking fame and fortune, desperately competing to gain the notice of the crowd. The match is short and bloody, but you focus on one woman closest to you, a lithe and well-toned figure who, although outmatched in strength by most of her opponents, adeptly avoids their blows whilst running them through with her spear. Before you know it, she is the last gladiator standing and though you try hard to catch the arena manager's announcement, you miss her name. You will certainly watch out for her later though - she may be worth a strong wager. A cheer rises as the arena manager makes the announcement that Sketari and Deimos - you heard those names well enough - the famed charioteering rivals, have decided to settle who is the greatest once and for all. You immediately jump upon your seat to better see this match - chariot racing is the fastest and deadliest of all arena events. It is also your favourite. The two heavy chariots burst into the arena, sand flying up high behind them. Turning to the man standing next to you, you quickly wager three silver on Deimos. A high wager, but Deimos has long been a your favoured gladiator. The blood is pumping and the adrenaline rushing - there is nothing you enjoy so much as games day.

Author : Michael Asher
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780222548
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sands of Death written by Michael Asher and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. 'Paris to Timbuctoo in Six Days' was the slogan. It would do for the French colonies what the American railways were doing in the western states at the same time. No native opposition was expected. As one of the expedition's organizers said, 'A hundred uncivilized tribesmen armed with old-fashioned spears: what is that against the might of France?' Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote outpost on the edge of the desert. Although armed with modern rifles, the column had been lured to destruction by the self-styled 'lords of the desert', the Tuareg. At this, the highpoint of European colonialism in Africa, this story of treachery, massacre, torture and even cannibalism made headlines around the world. Attacked by the Tuareg in their remote heartland, the survivors had been pursued for weeks on end, driven into the waterless desert to die. The desperate lengths they resorted to shocked Victorian sensibilities. They do not make easy reading now. This grisly story, told by our greatest living desert explorer reveals what happened when the conceit of western colonialism met the equally arrogant Tuareg, who had dominated this remote region, and anyone trying to cross it, for a thousand years.

Author : Michael Asher
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780222548
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sands of Death written by Michael Asher and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. 'Paris to Timbuctoo in Six Days' was the slogan. It would do for the French colonies what the American railways were doing in the western states at the same time. No native opposition was expected. As one of the expedition's organizers said, 'A hundred uncivilized tribesmen armed with old-fashioned spears: what is that against the might of France?' Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote outpost on the edge of the desert. Although armed with modern rifles, the column had been lured to destruction by the self-styled 'lords of the desert', the Tuareg. At this, the highpoint of European colonialism in Africa, this story of treachery, massacre, torture and even cannibalism made headlines around the world. Attacked by the Tuareg in their remote heartland, the survivors had been pursued for weeks on end, driven into the waterless desert to die. The desperate lengths they resorted to shocked Victorian sensibilities. They do not make easy reading now. This grisly story, told by our greatest living desert explorer reveals what happened when the conceit of western colonialism met the equally arrogant Tuareg, who had dominated this remote region, and anyone trying to cross it, for a thousand years.

Author : Brendan DuBois
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781648759901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Sand written by Brendan DuBois and published by . This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young waitress is found dead at a New England beachside resort, a retired defense analyst with a mysterious past must uncover the truth behind her murder. Lewis Cole thought he'd left his demons behind. He was looking for serenity, retiring from his high-stress Defense Department job to become a magazine columnist living in the New Hampshire coast. But when a teenage waitress turns up dead, Cole finds himself thrust into action. There is something about this town, and the circumstances surrounding her death, that just doesn't add up. As Cole delves deeper into the shadowy underbelly of the coastal community, he must navigate a web of deceit and danger, making unlikely alliances in his desperate search for justice. Grappling with a past marked by tragedy, he will first have to confront his own darkness and self-doubt. Can Lewis Cole catch a shadowy killer and find peace within himself? Or is he in way over his head? Dive into the first thrilling novel in New York Times bestselling author Brendan DuBois' Lewis Cole series. With a dark blend of mystery and page-turning twists, Dead Sand is a must-read for fans of James Patterson and Michael Connelly.

Author : Marta Becket
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1634176626
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Dance On Sands written by Marta Becket and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Marta Becket . . . "Tears came to my eyes. Marta represented to me the spirit of the individual. The spirit of the theater. The spirit of creativity." -Ray Bradbury, Author "Marta's paintings have a degree of humor and playfulness. The use of color is outstanding and tell of a generosity, talent and skill." -Red Skelton, Comedian/Artist "Long before anybody invented the term performance art, Marta Becket was doing it, in an abandoned opera house in Death Valley Junction. She restored it an

Author : Sean Young
Publisher : Variance LLC
ISBN 13 : 0978655133
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violent Sands written by Sean Young and published by Variance LLC. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jewish zealot who watched Roman soldiers kill his father and pillage his homeland is charged with a mission that could destroy or free Israel.

Author : Ralph Alger Bagnold
Publisher : Eland Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781906011338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Libyan Sands written by Ralph Alger Bagnold and published by Eland Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.A. Bagnold was a pioneer of desert exploration who is credited with making the first recorded east-west crossing of the Libyan Desert. 'Libyan Sands' is the story of a desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara.

Author : Philippe Sands
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525562532
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ratline written by Philippe Sands and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of Nazi lives, mass murder, love, Cold War espionage, a mysterious death in the Vatican, and the Nazi escape route to Perón's Argentina,"the Ratline"—from the author of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning East West Street. "Hypnotic, shocking, and unputdownable." —John le Carré, internationally renowned bestselling author Baron Otto von Wächter, a lawyer, husband, and father, was also a senior SS officer and war criminal, indicted for the murder of more than a hundred thousand Poles and Jews. Although he was given a new identity and life via “the Ratline” to Argentina, the escape route taken by thousands of other Nazis, Wächter and his plan were cut short by his mysterious, shocking death in Rome. In the midst of the burgeoning Cold War, was he being recruited by the Americans or by the Soviets—or perhaps both? Or was he poisoned by one side or the other, as his son believes—or by both? With the cooperation of Wächter’s son Horst, who believes his father to have been “a good man,” award-winning author Philippe Sands draws on a trove of family correspondence to piece together Wächter’s extraordinary life before and during the war, his years evading justice, and his sudden, puzzling death. A riveting work of history, The Ratline is part historical detective story, part love story, part family memoir, and part Cold War espionage thriller.

Author : Alwyn Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698410424
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel of the Sands written by Alwyn Hamilton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries! Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al’Hiza is all three. She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s destined to wind up wed or dead. Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she’s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d gallop away on mythical horse—or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew. This startlingly original Middle-East-meets-Wild-West fantasy reveals what happens when a dream deferred explodes—in the fires of rebellion, of romantic passion, and the all-consuming inferno of a girl finally embracing her power.

Author : SANDS (Vic.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780855723873
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Babies Have Died written by SANDS (Vic.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by bereaved parents sharing their own stories for the benefit of others going through the grief of losing a child. Parents are helped by hearing the stories of others. SANDS has been supporting Australian parents since the early 1980s providing 24-hour access to individual telephone support and monthly group support throughout a network of local community groups. A 60-page brochure they produced has been sold to over 30,000 parents since its first edition. SANDS organisations throughout Australia and internationally have developed the same model of self-help care providing direct support and resources but also advocacy for better care of parents.