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Detroit Rock City is an oral history of Detroit and its music told by the people who were on the stage, in the clubs, the practice rooms, studios, and in the audience, blasting the music out and soaking it up, in every scene from 1967 to today.From fabled axe men like Ted Nugent, Dick Wagner, and James Williamson jump to Jack White, to pop flashes Suzi Quatro and Andrew W.K., to proto punkers Brother Wayne Kramer and Iggy Pop, Detroit slices the rest of the...

It is the autumn of 1864 and the Confederate raider Palmetto is in Far Eastern waters, where an encounter with Malay pirates and an attack by hostile islanders have left her seriously undermanned.Thomas Grover, Palmetto’s captain, must continue to elude the US warships hunting for his ship, while somehow finding a way of recruiting replacements for his crew. Failure to accomplish this will compel him to undertake a hazardous, return voyage to the American coast, where the overwhelm...

Annabel is an unmarried, childless, thirty-five year old self-made billionaire based in Monaco.Robert is a renowned heart surgeon based in Ireland, aged forty.LiChan is Vietnamese and she is Annabel's personal assistant.Simon Beauvoir is Annabel’s uncle and he runs her bank.Charlotte Rossi is Psychiatrist to both Annabel and LiChan.Barty is Robert’s friend, convalescing in Italy after a heart operation, with his wife Mona.Yolanda is a twenty year o...

Before you come with me, away from Silver Hollow, away from The Union, and away from all that is safe and comfortable, take a moment to look around you. Know that just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.Also remember I did as much research as I could going into this story and consulted a number of people and read expert materials on firearms, Antarctic research facilities, and botany. All mistakes are mine, and mine alone. All creative license taken on many items ...

"Heart of Darkness" is a literary classic by Joseph Conrad about a voyage up the Congo River into the Heart of Africa.The story is narrated by Charles Marlow, recalling his obsessive quest to locate the ivory trader Kurtz, who has become ensconced deep in the jungle managing a remote outpost.As he ventures further down the Congo, Marlow finds himself and his surroundings become increasingly unhinged.The novel provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 ...

Museums enjoy considerable media attention. Much is pleasant. But coverage can also be about difficulties. Major controversies can erupt at a moment’s notice. Oddly, most are brought to the public’s attention by museum outsiders. PERPETUAL MUSEUM ISSUES: An Insider’s Essays 1987 – Now is an exception. It offers one practitioner’s perspectives on a host of issues. Steven Miller has decades of museum experience as a curator, director, consultant, and trustee. The content presents warnings he...

Humour with some adult themes and satire.Step in for a pint and a chat. You'll meet Tracy the Australian actress, the Tramp and both Bruisers, senior and junior, together with Dwyer the bookie, the red Kelly, Rockette, the new recruit to the police force,the CIA agent callerd the Seeker and many more...When the European Union Commissioner for Cultural Harmonisation is kidnapped the local horse betting syndicate of the Teacher,the Barman, the Sergeant and the Parish Priest a...

Auto accidents. Mysterious fires. Cultists. Mythological figures. Poisoned lands. What's real and what isn't? Is danger spreading from sinister Dubbs House? These bloody tales and events come alive under the watchful eye of Albion-born doctor Kathryn Cross, a former victim of the town-turned-survivor.Her staunch skepticism may be the only thing keeping her sane as she unravels a potential conspiracy seeded within the town, and Old Sheriff Callfield has secrets of his own. Follow th...

This novel is an engaging, witty blend of comic fantasy, Irish mythology, romance and taut modern-day thriller, located mainly in Dublin, Ireland.Following the suicide of her teenage mother, baby Fiona is put into State care. Fiona doesn’t know her absent father was the disgraced God of Love. Growing up, she suffers abuse and bullying and begins to see Otherworld creatures such as trolls and faeries, and worries for her sanity. Fiona discovers she has a physical strength beyond wha...

The doorbell went at dawn. The police were there to arrest Edward. When the case is dropped due to insufficient evidence, policewoman Kelly is outraged. She decides Edward will not get away with it.Janet has decided to leave this household and comes up with a surprising solution.

You are in the capital city of Ireland. Like any city, there are problems. Your job is to find Irish solutions to Irish problems.Your team includes your beautiful Russian assistant Alice and the dangerous ex-army ranger, called the PMC, who has a slightly scrambled brain. Your customers include gangsters, police, business men, politicians, and tailors each with a unique problem.Each chapter is a short story, but characters remain and develop as the book progresses.

This is a thriller which traces the history of the Stevens family from 1916 to 2020, covering four generations. What is so unusual about this family is that they are all special intelligence operatives and serve in an ultra-secret unit answering to senior military officers appointed directly by the King. In each generation, the eldest son is selected to carry on the tradition when he reaches the age of 21 years.The operatives are highly-trained as intelligence agents, and their rol...