![]() ![]() ![]() Serialized three times by popular demand before appearing in book form, The Hidden Hand exudes irresistible high spirits and cheer, and still retains the capacity to surprise and delight that enchanted its first readers. Besides, the neighbourhood is infested with evil-doers - Black Donald, the notorious bandit, and Gabriel Le Noir, the owner of the plantation adjoining - combine to make her life full of excitement and peril. In another instant her resolution was taken and her course determined.' Rescued from life on the streets in New York by a southern plantation owner, with his own reasons for befriending her, Capitola is too active and adventurous to settle for the life of a southern belle. ![]() As by a flash of lighting she saw that every feature of her imminent danger - the loneliness of the woods, the lateness of the hour, the recklessness of her fearful companion, and her own weakness. `At the touch of that ruthless hand, at the sound of that giving voice, all her faculties instantly collected and concentrated themselves upon the emergency. ![]() The Hidden Hand (1888) is an exuberant action comedy, featuring fearless Capitola Black, a self-styled female Don Quixote, and the prototype of innumerable adventure heroines. ![]()
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![]() Juliette Howell, Head of Television at Working Title Television, says: “Working Title couldn’t be more proud to be producing this captivating drama. On his first television drama, creator and writer Tom Rob Smith says: “ London Spy has gathered an exceptional cast and a visionary director. Filming on the miniseries started in London this week. London Spy is directed by Jakob Verbruggen, whose credits include The Fall and the US version of The Bridge. He is joined by Academy Award-winning Jim Broadbent ( Moulin Rouge!, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Harry Potter), British actress Charlotte Rampling OBE, whose recent role in Restless in 2012 saw her receive an Emmy Award nomination, and newcomer Edward Holcroft ( Wolf Hall). The gripping, contemporary, emotional thriller stars Ben Whishaw ( The Hour, Skyfall, Bright Star) as Danny, an innocent, young romantic drawn into a dangerous world of espionage. ![]() New York, NY – BBC AMERICA today announced a new original co-production, the five-part miniseries London Spy, created by acclaimed best-selling author Tom Rob Smith ( Child 44), co-produced with BBC Two and produced by Working Title Television. ![]() ![]() The D-Day spies were, without question, one of the oddest military units ever assembled, and their success depended on the delicate, dubious relationship between spy and spymaster, both German and British. These include its director (a brilliant, urbane intelligence officer), a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers (as well as their counterparts in Nazi intelligence), and the five spies who formed Double Cross’s nucleus: a dashing Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter-pilot, a bisexual Peruvian party girl, a deeply eccentric Spaniard, and a volatile Frenchwoman. This epic event has never before been told from the perspective of the key individuals in the Double Cross system, until now. ![]() It was the most sophisticated and successful deception operation ever carried out, ensuring Allied victory at the most pivotal point in the war. ![]() Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, deceived the Nazis into believing that the Allies would attack at Calais and Norway rather than Normandy. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a masterpiece of trickery. On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. ![]() In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. ![]() ![]() ![]() And so, dear reader, should you.” – Sunday Times “A triumph of absurdity, which burlesques the literary canon from Shakespeare, Pope and Austen to Flann O’Brien … The Lammisters is very clever indeed.” – The Guardianįor some bizarre reason, a lot of people seem to think that the majority of women’s fiction authors are bubble- headed blonde ex-air hostesses who wouldn’t know a genius if he stopped them on the street and asked to sniff their undergarments. ” – Irish Times “Above all, The Lammisters gives the impression of a writer enjoying himself. linguistic verve not just on every page but every line. ![]() ” – Liz Nugent “Burke’s exuberant prose takes centre stage … He plays with language like a jazz soloist stretching the boundaries of musical theory.” – Totally Dublin “A mega-meta smorgasbord of inventive language. conducts a forensic analysis on the anatomy of a story. Virtuoso from start to finish.” – Eoin McNamee “This bourbon-smooth riot of jazz-age excess, high satire and Wodehouse flamboyance is a pitch-perfect bullseye of comic brilliance.” – Irish Independent Books of the Year 2019 “This rapid-fire novel deserves a place on any bookshelf that grants asylum to PG Wodehouse, Flann O’Brien or Kyril Bonfiglioli.” – Eoin Colfer, Guardian Best Books of the Year 2019 “The funniest book of the year.” – Sunday Independent “Declan Burke is one funny bastard. The Lammisters dazzles, beguiles and transcends. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: All our books are vintage and second hand with the majority being 45+ years old. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. ![]() Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout. Shop Categories Fiction Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure Journals and Magazines Art, Fashion & Photography Biography & True Stories Classics, Poetry & Drama General Non-Fiction Humanities Social Sciences Economics Law Medicine Science Technology, Engineering & Agri Children's Myths, Legends & Supernatural Ephemera Vintage Collections Wholesale Vinyl Auctions Kofi And The Eagle Kofi And The Eagle by Geraldine Kaye Publisher: Methuen & Co Year Published: 1963 Condition: GOOD Folio: N/A Signed: N/A 1st Edition: Yes Ex-Library: N/A Dust jacket: Yes Dust jacket condition: ACCEPTABLE Pagination: 78 Edition: First Edition ISBN: N/A Reference: 1647599764ADA Image note: Image taken of actual book Description: 1963. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That what the man was being led to was right that what was being done to him was wrong. And, yet, was he? There’s a sense of both here.
![]() Smith’s paranormal masterpieces have been re-released in time for the show’s premiere. Mark my words, that show will be winning an Emmy next year for the best use of fog machine. Oh, teenaged self, you are so unintentionally hilarious.) Anyway, you may be familiar with The Vampire Diaries because it’s now a show that just appeared on the CW network. (Fun fact: When I was young, I thought reading a NYT Bestseller made me look worldly and cerebral. ![]() ![]() Her Vampire Diaries series hit the New York Times Bestseller list back before there was a separate list for every imaginable genre. LJ (Lisa Jane) Smith was the Stephanie Meyer of the early 1990s. I’m talking, of course, about the novels by LJ Smith. ![]() Well, I say in my bio (see below!) that my goal is to convert young girls to fangirlism and it just so happens that some of the nerdygirl books I loved when I was a kid are being re-released these days. But then it’s really hard for me to pick just one book for anything. ![]() I wasn’t sure what book to pick for my first review at “The Discriminating Fangirl.†I wanted something that expresses something about me so all my future friends can get a sense of who I am. ![]() ![]() Illustrated by Julius Gopez and colored by Ross Campbell. Ebook, Dragonsteel EntertainmentĮbook, Dragonsteel Entertainment Īrcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collectionįirst printed in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (2016). Collected in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (2016). Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hellĭangerous Women, edited by George R. Published with the Mistborn Adventure Game. Novels TitleĬollected in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (2016). They are often subtly connected, with some characters appearing across the various series. ![]() ![]() Many of Sanderson's works are set on different planets in an overarching universe known as the Cosmere. This is the bibliography of American fantasy and science fiction writer Brandon Sanderson. ![]() ![]() Ira comes to see Everett and the banter between the two is instantly fantastic, but any flirting is very gentle and subtle. ![]() So tentative, in fact, that it takes ages for anything approaching romance to happen. But it’s a glorious, tentative slow burn kind of magic. The crime scene detective on scene suggests that Everett reach out to Detective Ira Doyle of the forensic artists unit as he might be able to help.Īnd so, magic happens. He’s called to the scene of a crime as the victim is already a skeleton and the dudebros of the homicide squad don’t want a ‘loser’ case. Buried with the skeleton is a death mask. A tree has blown over in Madison Square Park and in its uprooting, a crated skeleton has been unearthed. The mystery plot in this book is strong enough to stand on its own, but my god, does the romance sweeten the deal.ĭetective Everett Larkin works for the cold case squad in New York. ![]() I love romantic suspense, but they can sometimes be a little light on the suspense and a little heavy on the romance for me. Genre: LGBTQIA, Mystery/Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Romance ![]() ![]() ![]() Joe Morelli helps protect her, too, and we learn a lot more about the mob families in Trenton. Lula and Ranger help her operate the diner, but one of their tight little family is actually kidnapped. Will Stephanie be the 7th? Along the path, she runs into Wulf, the crazy vampire-like guy she met through Diesel. Except it seems… all the managers are kidnapped. Vinnie puts Stephanie in charge of keeping the place running well so Harry doesn’t hammer him. ![]() Instead of chasing six to eight felons, Stephanie’s been recruited to manage a diner that her cousin Vinnie’s father-in-law, Harry the Hammer, inherited when someone couldn’t pay back a loan. I wasn’t letting this one slip through my fingers.įor fans of the series, you’ll get the same thing you get every book but with a small twist. It pushed back a few other items on my reading schedule, but nothing I couldn’t easily re-arrange. Since I had only a few days to accept it, I happily jumped into the book and finished it within two days. What a shock when I moved up to #1 in the waiting queue last week. ![]() I was surprised to see it already available at the New York Public Library (NYPL) and requested it around Christmas. When Look Alive Twenty-Five from the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich was published last fall, I devoured the remaining books I’d not caught up on yet. Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich ![]() |