Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in the Amazon, the gold trade continues to touch the lives and livelihoods of people across the world.Bloomfield and Maconachie tell the intriguing story of the yellow metal, tracing the seismic shifts in the industry over the past few decades. They show how huge...

Sam and Annabel are on vacation with Annabel's parents in Italy.While visiting the small hilltop town of Civita, they hear rumors of looted gold from World War II buried somewhere in the town's network of underground tunnels and caves. Once again the two friends cross paths with their old nemesis, Humphrey Battleford, but he is not the only one in pursuit of the gold. An intimidating man named Kurt, the grandson of a ruthless Nazi, is also snooping around. After An...

A nationally acclaimed historian has his briefcase stolen during a contentious sheriff’s race in Namekagon County, and John Cabrelli is pulled into a murder investigation with more questions than answers. The victim refuses to cooperate, a political rival circles like a vulture, and Cabrelli’s only suspect turns up dead—run down before he can speak.As the case spirals, Cabrelli follows a trail leading through cryptic journals, whispers of lost French gold, and long-buried secrets i...

Gold detecting and adventure in outback Australia. Join John and Jan as they prospect in some of the most inhospitable country in the world. This book also includes photo's of some of their adventures.

Princess the Cat must dig deep… for gold!When a mysterious man in black arrives at the same time disaster strikes Princess the Cat’s neighborhood, it can’t be an accident.But if Princess the Cat can find the legendary Rio Grande Gold, her problems will blow away in the wind like a tumbleweed. Too bad a gang of robbers, birds of prey, and a host of other enemies await her in the Canyon where the gold—allegedly—hides.For her fifth adventure, Princess ...

Cup of Gold' is the debut novel of American author John Steinbeck, first published in 1929. Steinbeck, who would later win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, is best known for his powerful portrayals of human struggle and social injustice in works such as The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. However, Cup of Gold stands apart as a romantic historical adventure, revealing the young author’s early fascination with legend, ambition, and the nature of glory.The novel is a fictionalized ...

This three-story anthology is packed with all the feels, the Spencer atmosphere, and the holiday cheer you've come to expect from the Aspen Gold authors. The stories will have you in the mood for Christmas as quickly as you can say Saint Nick.The Baby Contract~~Cheryl St.JohnShe thought she knew what she was looking for…until what she was looking for found herShe wants a baby. Piper Newport has made up her mind. It has always been only her ...

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History was John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of historical fiction based loosely on the life and death of 17th-century privateer Henry Morgan.

Honor and betrayal fuel a caste-shattering revolution in the action-packed new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Rising Trilogy. Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned. Pierce Brown expands ...

**“John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen KingWith an Introduction by Lee Child**When Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can’t help it: He has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam Taggart, a reckless, restless man like himself, with the woman who’s still waiting for him. But what begins as a simple matchmaking scheme soon becomes a bloody chase that takes McGee t...

From John D. MacDonald, one of the enduring American novelists of the twentieth century, comes a science fiction classic with a timeless premise. An aimless young man discovers a way to stop the world in its tracks—and that’s when his life truly begins.Introduction by Dean KoontzOnce an ordinary math teacher, Omar Krepps developed a knack for gambling, amassed a fabulous fortune, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world and giving away his million...

The letters of Keats between 1816 and 1821 are passionate, revealing and sensitive. Furthermore, it was within the context of these letters that many of the poems first appeared. Perry Keenlyside has selected some of the most revealing of the letters to show the state of mind and attitudes of the poet while he was writing that made him one of the most loved poets in the English language.