From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Lonely Silver Rain is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.Travis McGee has luck to thank for his reputation as a first-rate salvager of stolen boats. Now Billy Ingraham, a self-made tycoon, is betting that McGee can locate his $700,000 custom cruiser. McGee isn’t so sure. He knows all too well the dangerous link between Florida boatjackings and the...

Black Rain is centered around the story of a young woman who was caught in the radioactive "black rain" that fell after the bombing of Hiroshima. lbuse bases his tale on real-life diaries and interviews with victims of the holocaust; the result is a book that is free from sentimentality yet manages to reveal the magnitude of the human suffering caused by the atom bomb. The life of Yasuko, on whom the black rain fell, is changed forever by periodic bouts of radiation sickness and t...

¡Descubre qué te ha estado frenando para alcanzar tu verdadero potencial!Este libro es único e inspirador, lleno de herramientas poderosas que transforman vidas y resuelven desafíos de larga data en áreas clave de tu vida: salud, relaciones y finanzas.Es directo, fácil de entender y efectivo.Todos nos involucramos tanto en el drama de la vida que es muy fácil perder de vista lo que realmente es importante para nosotros. Este libro tiene mucho sent...

Previously published as Rain FallName: John Rain.Vocation: Assassin.Specialty: Natural Causes.Base of operations: Tokyo.Availability: Worldwide.Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why…Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist—and the daughter o...

Football in Wind and Rain provides educational but entertaining bite-size accounts of the history of British football and its people an essential bedside book for all fans.Filled with succinct observations and narrative stories, the book charts changes in the people, events and culture of the game from its origins in 1863 to the modern-day global dominance of the Premier League. Its short, episodic chapters highlight the unusual, the epic, the remarkable o...

A classic, must-read Vietnam war memoir about the unforgettable story and unflinching portrait of a young soldier's journey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam.…and a hard rain fell, has been updated for its 20th anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam. John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago."A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm's-eye view of soldiering in...

Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half-Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death. But the best route to the minister is through his gorgeous Italian wife, Maria, a route that puts Rain on a collision course not only with Victor but with the ...

A delightful book, celebrating the wonders of simplicity and minimalism in a noisy, overwhelming world.Our planet was once teeming with all kinds of life, but our grandchildren will inherit one with less than 20 per cent of its early forests still in tact, and thousands of plant and animal species extinct. Sooner or later, a more frugal lifestyle is not only desirable, but will soon be imperative. Life at the moment isn't what it should be – technological and econo...

This is a true African tale of persistence and tenacity.The story of a farmer and pilot raised in colonial Kenya who went on to play an active role in Mozambican politics whilst leading Lonrho’s foreign investment in that country. This unique memoir describes life during Mozambique’s transition from communism to democracy, from poverty to an investor’s choice. It has been a life creating farms, gold mining, and operating hotels through war and peace. Then supporting peasant farmers...

Der geborene Lykaner John wurde von Menschen auf einer idyllischen Insel im Gulf of Saint Lawrence großgezogen. Doch nach dem Tod seiner Eltern kehrt er dem Eiland endgültig den Rücken und konzentriert sich auf seinen beruflichen Werdegang.Endlich den Abschluss in der Tasche beginnt er ein Leben als Streuner und widmet sich voll und ganz der Suche nach seiner Gefährtin. Dabei kreuzen seine Wege sich mit denen der Jägerinnen Jasmin und Emily. Sie nutzen seinen wehrlosesten Moment aus...

It's business as usual for Emmett Love as he attempts to overcome terminal illness; murderous, cave-dwelling cannibals; looters; schemers; fraudsters; bounty hunters; mercenaries; and the crazy cast of characters who are somehow beating him in his reelection for sheriff.PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:"The excruciatingly long wait for Spider Rain is finally over, and it doesn't disappoint! Poor Emmett appears to be the only sane person in Dodge, and that makes for lots of laughs. Of c...

Lane drew a circle on a map that represented a one-mile radius from his home, and explored every facet of the place including the topography, history, ancient and current citizenry, and industry. This exploration sharpened his sense of place and serves as a model for how we might look at our own homes, terrain, and communities.