DescriptionCynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers, and bodies, once more, trading sleuthing for soldiering as a warrior-for-hire and helping a far-flung planet's government put down a bloody revolution…
DescriptionJack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold: to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish. Invention and surprise follow at every turn in this tale of 19th-century seamanship, as rich, as compelling, and as masterly as any of its predecessors.
DescriptionAlistair Cooke looks back on a rich and varied life, one which has taken him across the ocean but never far away from the BBC. Drawing on archive recordings, this selection includes interviews from radio and television, Cooke's Letter From America, and a speech made to the Royal Television Society at New York's Cosmopolitan Club. It charts the journalist's career from his first trip to America as a young Cambridge graduate to the establishment of the enormously successful Letter From America, originally scheduled for 13 weeks but still running today. Alistair Cooke's biographer, Nick Clarke, introduces this in-depth retrospective which examines the heroes, hobbies, and experiences of one of the greatest names in broadcasting.
DescriptionThe most renowned American authors in Western fiction are brought together in one bang 'em-up, shoot-it-out collection! Titles include: "War Party" by Louis L'Amour; "At Yuma Crossing" by Brian Garfield; "Sweet Cactus Wine" by Marcia Muller; "No Room at the Inn" by Bill Pronzini; "Gun Job" by Thomas Thompson; "The Tin Star (High Noon)" by John M. Cunningham; "One Night at the Medicine Trail" by Chad Oliver; "The Guns of William Longley" by Donald Hamilton; "Mago's Bride" by Loren D. Estleman; "Timberline" by Owen Wister.
DescriptionIn 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to ADD, and the news is great. Drug therapies, our understanding of the role of diet and ex…
DescriptionAmerican soldiers serve willingly. They risk their lives so the rest of us can be safe. The one small thing they ask is that they not be sent into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. But after being lied to about weapons of mass destruction and…
