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David Stuart

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Unearthing the Past

**“An extraordinary recovery of a lost world.”—Peter Brown, author of The World of Late AntiquityFrom the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia**The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civiliz...

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David J. Stuart

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A Rondo of Hope and Pain

A prosperous nation abandons the impoverished. A world of love and wonder besieged by a hateful cult. An uncharted paradise bears a terrible curse. To bring the lands together, she must tear herself apart.When Ana Blufelt, arguably the most powerful spellslinger in Tabaria, is offered a divine quest promising vast riches, she can't resist. Setting out with her three fellow mercenaries to what appears to be a blissful paradise, success is almost certain.Almost.Meanwh...

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David Stuart Davies

A child's body found in woodland. Parents torn apart by grief. But this is only the first victim in a series of apparently motiveless crimes. Detective Inspector Paul Snow, heading the enquiry, must discover the pattern and reveal the chilling truth as a cunning and violent murderer becomes desperate and even more unpredictable. Haunted by secrets of his own, the complex DI Snow races against the clock, following a murderous trail that leads all the way to a dark and shock...

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David J. Stuart

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The Khalif Migration

Jordan Koyne plans to kill himself in two weeks. A software engineer who half-asses half-assing it, he's so deeply depressed he barely noticed when the elven Fandorell, orcish Taruk, and dwarven Gurt migrated to Earth a year ago - a man with a plan to kill himself in two weeks. Meanwhile, his business analyst Tyrlok ain Skrlosh, one of the select few Fandorell given a job as part of a pilot program, has been ordered to improve Jordan's performance within two weeks. Otherwise, she will be f...

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David Stuart

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Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series

Nearly twenty-five years ago, David Stuart published an article titled “The Arrival of Strangers,” in which he proposed that “Spearthrower Owl,” a prominent historical figure cited in the Early Classic inscriptions of Tikal, might be a ruler of Teotihuacan. Stuart expands on this provocative argument in Spearthrower Owl: A Teotihuacan Ruler in Maya History, offering evidence that Spearthrower Owl was a historical individual whose political legacy reverberated for generations in th...

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David Stuart MacLean

"A deeply moving account of amnesia that . . . reminds us how we are all always trying to find a version of ourselves that we can live with." — Los Angeles TimesOn October 17, 2002, David MacLean "woke up" on a train platform in India with no idea who he was or why he was there. No money. No passport. No identity.Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then started to hallucinate so severely he had to be tied down. He could remember song l...

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David Stuart Davies

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Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A visit from the distraught Ronald Temple sets SHERLOCK HOLMES and Dr Watson on the hunt for a kidnapped child. With no ransom note and a sinister connection to the highest echelons of Victorian society, it becomes clear that it is no ordinary kidnapping, and soon the companions’ lives are in danger. What is the child’s true heritage? And what is the connection with the Whitechapel murders of a decade before?

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David Stuart Davies

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Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth, a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptian papyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster...In this fast-paced adventure, the action moves from London to the picturesque Lake District as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson once more battle with the forces of evil.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in a new series of h...

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William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

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Full Cast, Mort Shelby, Joey Sourlis, Elizabeth Jernigan, Terence Aselford, David Engel, James Konicek, Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Kimberly Gilbert, Zeke Alton, Scott McCormick

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First Mountain Man

In a North American British province, a group of Norweigan settlers have carved a life for themselves in a lakeshore village called Skarkavik. Hunters and fishermen, they raise their families in peace under the natural cover of the surrounding forest.Decker Galloway believes the land’s natural resources are being wasted on the few when so many have a greater need. Having made his fortune logging the wilderness of the eastern provinces, he wants to turn his axes and saws loose on th...

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David Stuart Davies

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Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detecting duo gets new life in this fascinating reimagining of the Sherlock Holmes mythosA young Sherlock Holmes arrives in London to begin his career as a private detective, catching the eye of the master criminal, Professor James Moriarty. Enter Dr. Watson, newly returned from Afghanistan, soon to make history as Holmes’ companion . . .By turns both shocking and exciting, David Stuart Davies’ controversial take on the Holmes my...

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David Stuart Davies

A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang...When Professor James Moriarty plunged over the Reichenbach Falls the world believed that Sherlock Holmes was also dead. Three years later, Holmes has returned – but so, too, has a deadly threat. With Moriarty’s criminal empire still very much alive, Holmes and Watson are forced to ask themselves if their greatest foe really...

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David Stuart Ryan

The amazing story of the rise of John Lennon's group - The Beatles - to fame and fortune.David Stuart Ryan carried out a great deal of original research into the true background to John, speaking to many of the characters who helped formhis intense view of the world. This was backed up with full access to the files of Time magazine. The result is a comprehensive picture of a great artist living at a time of both tumult and awakening.The author spoke to many of the ke...