The Diamond Courier

Author : Hannah Byron
Publisher : A Resistance Girl Novel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diamond Courier written by Hannah Byron and published by A Resistance Girl Novel. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hannah Byron's Resistance Girl Series is outstanding! The Diamond Courier is packed with adventures and hardships and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end!" -Amazon Reviewer England, 1939 At age 19, Lili Hamilton dreams of becoming a war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War. She doesn't want to settle for a marriage of convenience, even though the Scottish Iain Brodie is her best friend. To avoid the scandal of her broken engagement, her traditional parents send her to a finishing school in Switzerland. On the way to her exile, she meets the dashing Leo Oppenheim, leader of the British Communist party, and a whole new world opens up for Lili. When World War 2 erupts, Lili flees to Leo in London, embracing communist ideals and free love. But causes need money to thrive, and Leo has set his sights on a daring raid of the biggest diamond center in war-torn Europe: Antwerp. Lili infiltrates the Jewish community in Belgium and befriends both the Goldmunz family and Gestapo leader Ulrich Lemberg. Despite the horrors of war, despite witnessing the murder of a comrade, she is destined to become the diamond courier between Antwerp and London. With terrible consequences... The Diamond Courier is a young woman's fight to liberate herself from her privileged upbringing, for which she pays the highest price. Will love conquer over politics? An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking wartime story of the enduring power of love, for fans of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Nightingale.

Author : Hannah Byron
Publisher : 342
ISBN 13 : 9789083089218
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diamond Courier: Sequel to In Picardy's Fields written by Hannah Byron and published by 342. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel England, 1939 Would you settle for a marriage of convenience even if your intended is your best friend? Restless and independent, Lili Hamilton dreams of becoming a radical journalist. To avoid the scandal of her broken engagement to Scotsman Iain Brodie, her traditional parents send her to finishing school in Switzerland. On the way to her exile, she meets the dashing Leo Oppenheim, leader of the British Communist party, and a whole new world opens up for Lili. As the rhetoric of Hitler booms across the Continent and World War II erupts, Lili flees to Leo in London, embracing communist ideals and free love. But causes need money to thrive, and Leo has set his sights on a daring raid of the biggest diamond center in war-torn Europe: Antwerp. Lili infiltrates the Jewish community in Belgium and befriends both the Goldmunz family and Gestapo leader Ulrich Lemberg. Despite the horrors of war, despite witnessing the murder of a comrade, she becomes the diamond courier between Antwerp and London. With terrible consequences... The Diamond Courier is a young woman's fight to liberate herself from her privileged upbringing, for which she pays the highest price. Will love conquer over politics?

Author : Ian Smillie
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0756707927
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heart of the Matter written by Ian Smillie and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How diamonds have been the cause of widespread death, misery, & destruction for almost a decade in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Through the 1990s, Sierra Leone's rebel war became a tragedy of major humanitarian, political & historic proportions, but the story goes back 60 years, to the discovery of the diamonds. The diamond mining sector has become influenced by organized crime & by the smuggling not just of diamonds, but of guns & drugs, & by vast sums of money in search of a laundry. No peace agree. would be sustainable until the problems of mining & selling diamonds had been addressed, both inside Sierra Leone & internationally. Tables.

Author : Richard Bogovich
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476646074
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frank Grant written by Richard Bogovich and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely considered the best black player of the 19th century, Hall-of-Famer Frank Grant challenged baseball's color barrier in the 1880s to play for all-white professional teams--two of which fought a legal battle for his services. This first full-length biography documents Grant's career highlights, including successful games against Major League teams and at-bats against Hall-of-Fame pitchers. Stories overlooked for more than a century are examined, including a falsified anecdote that obscured one of Grant's best games from history. New light is shed on the early years of the Cuban Giants, the first black pro ball club.

Author : E. B. Alston
Publisher : Righter Bookstore
ISBN 13 : 0977894835
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hammer Spade and the Diamond Smugglers written by E. B. Alston and published by Righter Bookstore. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hammer Spade, private investigator in North Carolina, takes off for South Africa to chase down a diamond smuggling operation. Little does he know that his life will be in danger from the very thieves he chases.

Author : Ian Fleming
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diamonds are Forever written by Ian Fleming and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Diamonds are Forever" by Ian Fleming. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Timothy Jay Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1948924129
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fourth Courier written by Timothy Jay Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** "Sharply drawn characters, rich dialogue, and a clever conclusion bode well for any sequel." —Publishers Weekly ** ** “Smith skillfully bridges police procedural and espionage fiction, crafting a show-stealing sense of place and realistically pairing the threats of underworld crime and destabilized regimes.” -- Booklist ** For International Espionage Fans of Alan Furst and Daniel Silva, a new thriller set in post-Soviet era Poland. It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist who designed a portable atomic bomb has disappeared, the race is on to find him—and the bomb—before it ends up in the wrong hands. Smith’s depiction of post-cold war Poland is gloomily atmospheric and murky in a world where nothing is quite as it seems. Suspenseful, thrilling, and smart, The Fourth Courier brings together a straight white FBI agent and gay black CIA officer as they team up to uncover a gruesome plot involving murder, radioactive contraband, narcissistic government leaders, and unconscionable greed.

Author : Tim Newby
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 1985900874
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Original Louisville Slugger written by Tim Newby and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis "Pete" Rogers Browning was one of the greatest baseball players of the nineteenth century. His skills with the bat made the difficult art of hitting a baseball appear easy. Over his thirteen-year career, he won three batting titles, finished in the top three nine times, and was one of the premodern era's greatest hitters. Browning is recognized as not only the namesake but also the genesis for the famed Louisville Slugger, as the Hillerich & Bradsby Company shaped the first ever custom-made bat based on his instructions. Browning's athletic prowess was overshadowed by his drunken adventures and struggles off the field. A champion consumer of bourbon and a man with obvious demons, he led a life littered with eccentricities. During games he refused to slide and often stood perched on one leg. Known as the Gladiator, he drank tabasco sauce, washed his eyes with buttermilk, and named bats after biblical characters, all in an effort to improve his hitting. Few were aware that, behind the comedic persona, Browning suffered from mastoiditis, a devastating physical ailment that robbed him of his hearing, deprived him of an education, eroded his professional skills, and led to his heavy dependence on alcohol. Accounts of Browning's unconventional behavior were bolstered by his own outlandish storytelling. These stories were embellished by newspapers of the time, making him a legend. Tim Newby addresses the myths surrounding the larger-than-life figure, uncovers the thin line between fact and fiction, and presents an extensive account of Browning—the man, and legendary ball player.

Author : Betty Sullivan La Pierre
Publisher : SynergEbooks
ISBN 13 : 1591093643
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirty Diamonds written by Betty Sullivan La Pierre and published by SynergEbooks. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Jamey Gray-Schyler, a shrewd, conniving, sexy young woman who can take you down a path of robbery and murder.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1098 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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