In this stylistically simple, first-person tale of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Through Meursault, Camus portrays a man who rejects the beliefs and life styles imposed on him by society. The events that lead to his ...
Originally self-published, this account of an American who traveled to Australia and joined a tribe of aborigines on a four-month-long trek in the outback, has sold over 370,000 copies. Marlo Morgan, a health-care professional, traveled barefoot through 1,400 miles of terrain, lived as her hosts lived, ate their food, and learned their methods of ...
Though TOM SAWYER, Twain's "other" coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that Huck Finn is. As Twain traces the comic adventures of the inventive young Tom, he effectively and lovingly recreates the pastoral world of his own Hannibal, Missouri, ...
Bourne is shattered by a report that his last friend in the world, Martin Lindros, has gone missing. Bourne sets out to rescue Lindros, but he doesn't realize that the Islamic supremacists have predicted his every move, and are counting on his unwitting help in their plans to destroy America. Now in a tall Premium Edition.
Dirk Pitt is sent to investigate a lethal new way of speeding up diamond excavation, discovered by the head of a major diamond mining corporation. A fast-paced adventure for young adults, in which Pitt must dodge a volcano eruption and a sea serpent, amongst other dangers, in order to save the day.
May 1914. Two top diplomats hurry home by sea and rail, each carrying a document of world-changing importance. Then the liner Empress of India is sunk in a collision, and the Manhattan-Line express plunges from a shattered bridge - both dragging their VIP passengers to watery oblivion. Tragic coincidence - or conspiracy? Seventy-five years later, ...
When Nicholas Neumann takes a job at his late father's bank, he hopes to clear up some of the uncertainties surrounding his dad's death. But instead, Neumann soon uncovers a full-fledged international conspiracy.
Dirk Pitt answers a distress call and rips open a 50-year-old conspiracy. His adventure begins with Teri, a modern Greek goddess in a red bikini, who is the key to a vast drug-smuggling ring and who holds the truth about a Nazi war criminal now ruling over a corrupt empire. Pitt follows a trail of intrigue into an undersea labyrinth where the ...
In this thriller, a Native American Air Force pilot must rely on his wits and survival skills after escaping from a Russian prison as he begins a long, lonely trek across the Bering Strait to freedom in the U.S.
Lucas Corso, an antiquarian book-hunter-for-hire based in Madrid, traffics in only the rarest and most exquisite volumes. He has just accepted two jobs: one to determine the authenticity of a recently discovered manuscript reputed to be the original 42nd chapter to THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and the other, to find and compare three copies of THE BOOK ...
Hemingway's first book--a collection of short stories and vignettes--was published in 1925 and includes his famous Nick Adams stories: "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three Day Blow," and "The Battler."
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Available together in one volume for the first time, the three novels of Cormac McCarthy's award-winning and bestselling "Border Trilogy "constitute a genuine American epic. Beginning with "All the Pretty Horses" and continuing through "The Crossing" and "Cities of the Plain," McCarthy chronicles the lives of two ...
Georgia Senator William Henry Lee IV must fight his way through blackmail, scandal, accusations, and attempted assassinations before beginning his greatest battle: running for the presidency.
Computer hackers, corporate spys and the defence industry...none of them hold a candle to the ultra-cool Kidd Kidd's pretty good painter, but it's his computer genius that pays the rent. That and his criminal brain. In the first novel featuring Kidd, he finds that computer fraud is child's play compared with the defence industry's Machiavellian ...
Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and retrieve a consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his men are bandits and guerrillas. A deadlier enemy is one of his own men.
This sequel to the fan-favorite spy thriller THE BOURNE IDENTITY inspired a 2004 film starring Matt Damon in the title role. Jason Bourne does not exist. He is merely a cover identity for CIA assassin David Webb, now in retirement. Nevertheless, someone has taken the Bourne identity--and used it to kill the Chinese Vice-Premier. Disturbed by this ...
In this, the first of Johnstone's famous Ashes series, America has been brought to its knees by nuclear apocalypse. Gangs, looters and vandals have seized the streets, while decent citizens have united and are praying for a leader who can protect them. Luckily, one of the survivors is mercenary and tireless patriot, Ben Raines, a man sworn to ...
A fantastic tale of adventure by the English novelist. Four Europeans travelling in the Far East find themselves stranded in a lost world when their plane goes off course near Nepal and is forced to land in a mysterious kingdom called Shangri-La. One of the four, a young Englishman named Conway, narrates the tale of their experiences, which become ...
Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark plots undercover maneuvers that few have the experience, knowledge, and survival skills to execute. A champion of U.S. causes overseas, Clark faces his greatest challenge yet when he takes on a group of cold-blooded environmentalists bent on threatening global safety.
After nuclear apocalypse brought civilization to its knees, one man rose up to lead a once-great nation out of the ashes. When everything fell apart, it was Ben Raines, heroic soldier and survival expert, who became the leader that freedom-loving, law-abiding people everywhere could rally around.Now a bloodthirsty religious cult called the Ninth ...
Enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg makes a wager that he can travel around the world in only 80 days. With his faithful valet, Passepartout, the two men set off on an adventure with an inept detective, Mr. Fix, close behind. One of the classics from Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires series.
While those who survived the bombs, the fallout, and the germ warfare struggle to stay alive in a world gone mad, legendary soldier and survival expert Ben Raines is fighting to rebuild a nation out of anarchy and bitter chaos.In this hellish new order, there are devils leading armed gangs of marauders. Under monikers like Cowboy Vic and Texas Red ...
Torn straight out of today's headlines, national bestselling author William W. Johnstone's groundbreaking and controversial series refuses to die...Destroyed by the fires of nuclear holocaust, our once great nation is in shambles. Life as we know it is no more. But among the survivors stands Ben Raines, retired soldier, mercenary, and the only man ...
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