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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This fast-paced Noir page turner will satisfy readers dying to see strong modern women who are smart and tough enough to get the best of both Nazis and their own pet hard boiled detective. Set in the milieu of San Francisco and the Bay Area in the late 1930's, Frisco waterfront detective Phil Bourbon meets a rich new client with a wad of money who's in a lot of trouble. 60 minutes later she turns up dead in his '35 Plymouth. According to his pal Shultz, from Homicide, the hard boiled detective is a suspect until proven otherwise. At first, Phil's girlfriend Lily - the owner of a Chinatown Night Club - seems nothing more than a 'deliciously wrapped chocolate'. Lily is, however, anything but trivial. Set against the pre-war American back drop of loud and ubiquitous Nazi propaganda and the free circulation of fascist ideas, Phil is unwittingly thrust into a hidden world of German and Japanese espionage and murder. Sally - his mysterious client and formidable 'army brat' - becomes his ally in a no holds barred fight against the Nazi spies and moles who killed her father and sister. Or is she Together they find allies among the old Wobblies and socialist egg ranchers populating the countryside around Petaluma and Pt. Reyes, and among the fishermen of China Camp, and Italians of North Beach. Luckily Morris Shultz believes their incredible story. As the Germans and Japanese pursue Phil and Sally, the tables are turned. Surprised spies find themselves being hunted and killed while most Americans, official and otherwise, seem to be sleep walking. Can this pair 'running wild' - shooting up small towns with a piper cub and a tommy-gun - stop the Nazis before they get their stolen secrets out of the country Can Sally and Phil convince the Army and FBI that they are the good guys, despite a trail of explosions and dead Germans who had diplomatic immunity And Where does Lily fit into all this A fancy Packard is waiting. Fog horns are moaning. Cathedral Bells are chiming. The cannery gals are sharpening their knives down on the docks. Odd radio signals are coming from a cottage up on the hill. Read on and find out! _____________________________ While this is fast paced cinematic pulp, keen readers will rejoice in its historical and geographic accuracy, and perhaps in its thoroughly patriotic left wing tone, and spare but colorful style. You can learn more about the making of this book on the FriscoBooks website. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This is a book of poetry that addresses observations about what makes us different and what brings us together; about what is amazing in this world and yet what is tragic and inhumane; as well as our failures and successes. The poetry style is pleasing to read and is yet often peppered with deep meaning. There is an abundance of an older, lyrical style in modern poetic offerings. The author eschews vulgarity in all forms with a belief that there is enough of that in this world already. Take some 'me' time, and enjoy this wonderful book of poetry.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Joshua Tyrone Sanderson is a passably old, homeless black alcoholic in Indianapolis. A loner by choice, minute by minute and day by day he survives on the near downtown streets as valorously as any Agamemnon or Odysseus brandishing raw valor in battle in classical Greece or Troy. His life is a barbed poem ever as epic as theirs. When the son of a local drug pusher is forced into his life for a day and a half, his own battle to remain alone may be lost. He has steps to take, but his desire is to take them alone. But who will win - his jug, his angels or his demons.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written historically authentic, Jenice Graham Benedict's true-life novel, IN THE LAND OF COTTON, tells of her family through seven protagonists. The novel is set in America's mid-nineteenth century, moves forward a hundred years through the Second Industrial Revolution, and ends in the modern twentieth century. Each of the characters typifies a segment of the American dream, living it in his or her own way, along with their sacrifices. Benedict's epic is geared to American history lovers, Civil War buffs, true love romantics, adventurists, genealogists, Christian faith groups, and Southern culture aficionados.The four parts of the book are written in either first person or third person to deliver the unique personality of each character. Beginning with the author's great-great-grandfather, read how dutiful Andrew Hancock wished to exercise the fundamental right of the pursuit of happiness and was willing to fight for Alabama and his family's way of life as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Learn how Talitha Polk Hancock struggled to conquer personal tragedy and gender inequalities while her young son, A.J., relentlessly worked as a cotton crop field hand during Reconstruction, to lift them both out of poverty. Understand how Marcus Boone achieved his dream of owning farmland in North Texas while his wife Callie struggled to keep their dugout homestead intact and family fed in ruthless conditions. Appreciate how Methodist circuit rider preacher Reverend M. L. Boone and his wife Ruby wished to serve God by faith and example, and spent their lives helping others in Texas to achieve Christian salvation.The novel's characters constantly struggle to keep their health, stamina, faith, and love intact while adapting to their fates in isolated Southern communities. Many of the protagonists live without electricity or conveniences, and experience volatile social unrest, bankruptcy, epidemics, bigotry, gender disparity, two world wars, and the stifling subjugation of economic depression. In due course, some benefited from the upturn of urbanization, medical advancements, national prosperity, and lastly, the Technological Revolution with its marvel of mass communications, computers, nuclear power, and the Space Age.IN THE LAND OF COTTON is a novel about the enduring essence of family and the incredible resilience of the Southern American spirit. No matter what genre is favored, clearly first-time novelist Jenice Benedict is a new, creative voice in the literary world.…