For fans of Steven Pressfield and the movie "Gladiator" comes this bloody account of the clashing of civilizations, as Attila the Hun, "The Scourge of God", struggles to overthrow the Roman Empire.
The third rollicking adventure in the "Ethan Gage" series from the author whom "Library Journal" calls 'a leader among historical novelists', "The Dakota Cipher" follows Ethan deep into colonial America's wilderness.
What mystical secrets lie beneath the Great Pyramids? Traveling with Napoleon's great expedition, American adventurer Ethan Gage solves a 6,000 year old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion.
Set in the period between October of 1798 and November of 1799, "The Rosetta Key" continues the story of our hero, Ethan Gage, and his quest for the magical "Book of Thoth." This scroll of wisdom may have been stolen from the Great Pyramid by Moses and carried by the Jews to their new kingdom of Israel some three thousand years ago. Whoever holds ...
It's fourth-century Rome, and the empire is on the skids. A high-up commander in the Roman cavalry named Galba is angry when his new boss turns out to be a man with no experience of battle--but a much better pedigree than Galba's own. As he seeks revenge, Galba sets in motion a series of events that not only bring down some crucial men, but also ...
"The Rosetta Key" continues the story of our hero, Ethan Gage, and his quest for the magical 'Book of Thoth.' This scroll of wisdom may have been stolen from the Great Pyramid by Moses and carried by the Jews to their new kingdom of Israel some three thousand years ago. Whoever holds it will have the power to dominate the world. The novel also ...
In 1938, bush pilot Owen Hart is recruited by Germany's fanatical new government to play a crucial role in a top-secret expedition to Antarctica. But beneath the ice, a deadly discovery awaits and the fate of the world hangs in balance.
In the Pacific Northwest, a fierce battle is being fought over the last of this country's huge trees. This book presents the human side of this social, political and scientific struggle--a struggle in which people's lives and livelihoods are at stake.
In his first novel, ICE REICH, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter William Dietrich wrote the ultimate Antarctica adventure. His new novel is a classic of man against nature - and man against himself - plunging us into the unforgiving Australian outback. Here a refugee of corporate America finds himself in a life-and-death struggle for survival in the ...
At America's base at the South Pole, 26 "winterovers" complete the yearly ritual of waving good-bye to the "last plane out," then summon their energies for that season's battle with constant darkness, total isolation and murderous cold that can dip well beneath 100 degrees below zero. Little does the group guess that in succeeding days and weeks, ...
Part history, part sociology, part travelogue, and part journalistic account of a contemporary crisis, this sweeping portrait of the powerful, beautiful Columbia River explores how people changed the river and were in turn changed by it. 3 maps; index.
Ethan Gage, the hero of "Napoleon's Pyramids" and "The Rosetta Key," is back in a rollicking new tale that takes him deep into colonial America's wilderness in search of adventure and treasure.
Why is the United States unable to compete effectively with Japan? What explains the inability of American political leaders to devise an industrial policy capable of focusing the energies of American business on the task of meeting the Japanese challenge? How can America emerge from the shadow of the Rising Sun? This book addresses these ...
For his new book of images, Art Wolfe, a Seattle-born photographer who has traveled the world to capture landscapes and animals on film, turns to the place he knows best: Puget Sound, the beautiful waterway that defines the western Washington coast. From Olympia in the south to the San Juan Islands, from the foothills of the Cascade Range to the ...
Sustainability has a major part to play in the global challenge of continued development of regions, countries, and continents all around the World and biological nitrogen fixation has a key role in this process. This volume begins with chapters specifically addressing crops of major global importance, such as soybeans, rice, and sugar cane. It ...
From the interactive clockwork world of geology, tides, Northwest weather, and snow, to the hidden roles of dirt, stream life, and mosses and lichens, Pulitzer Prize winning writer William Dietrich explores the natural splendors of the Pacific Northwest. His topics include alder and cedar; jellyfish, geoducks, crabs, and killer whales; mosquitoes ...
A new form of terror, unknown until then, forced to flee to entire villages. The fugitives spoke of the existence of a people little lucky, smelly, dark in complexion, who wore the skins of animals until they rotted. Legendary character and ambiguous, Attila is considered by some to be a cruel and greedy, while others attributed to him a character ...
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The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
