Casa editrice: Green Griffin Books
Bite size fantasy & SF stories How long does a good story need to be? Ten words? The length of a tweet? 100 words? More? You’ll enjoy finding out in this collection of very short stories of fantasy, science fiction and horror.
An explorer obsessed with reaching the North Pole undertakes a harrowing expedition in this classic novel of adventure and survival in the Arctic.Capt. John Hatteras will stop at nothing to reach the North Pole. After having a steamship built for the purpose, he embarks for terra incognita. But when he encounters a frozen sea, mutiny and shipwreck leave Hatteras and his remaining crew stranded on an island in the harsh Arctic winter. Even in the face of death by starvation or polar bear attack, Hatteras knows that the sea must eventually thaw, opening a path to incredible discovery. First published in 1864, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras was written in two parts: The English at the North Pole and The Desert of Ice. It was later included in Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages series, alongside Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, and many others.Mostra libro
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES & JOHN WATSON The case of the lost fireworks and guy. This completely new story I have written involves the 10 year old boys who will be the great detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, his assistant, when they grow up, this is their formative years where they perfect their skills before adulthood on what my appear to be inconsequential subjects, but the principle remains the same. This is just one of an extensive series I will be publishing as audio books in the very near future and I do hope you enjoy this first one, and its only $1.25 cents, all subsequent will remain at that price as I would not like price to be a barrier to your enjoyment. I have worked very hard and meticulously to provide you with an enjoyable experience, the initial opening credit music which does run to approximately 2 minutes sets the scene, so to speak, a violin Holme's musical instrument of choice and is energetic and the closing music ends the tale on a more restrained mode and only about 1 minute. The story itself runs to about 7 minutes 30 seconds and is of course a short story, it is read in my own voice. The story starts on 4th November 1895 in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and it discovered that all the fireworks and the guy ready for the next day's night celebrating Guy Fawks (who nearly blew up the houses of parliament on 5th November 1605 along with the members and Charles 1) had gone missing. Queen Victoria herself had organised the celebration and it would have been extremely embarrassed to have to cancel with all the aristocrats and members of the royal family and their children expecting a spectacular affair. Needless to say Holmes solves the mystery, returns the fireworks and guy to the Queen and the event is a great success. The Queen summons Young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson to express her great gratitude to them.Mostra libro
"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their first appearance in English. As acknowledged in the prefaces, although Lang himself made most of the selections, his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and telling of the actual stories." (summary from wikipedia)Mostra libro
The gripping psychological thriller from the author of Am I Guilty, The Perfect Couple and The Happy Family When Mary receives a blank diary as a present, she thinks nothing of it. Until she opens the diary, and sees it’s not blank after all… 1st January MURDER LISA, OXFORD 1st February MURDER JANE, BIRMINGHAM 1st March MURDER DAVID, CARDIFF 1st April MURDER MARY, CHELTENHAM Is this a sick joke? But…it’s the end of January now. And a woman called Lisa was murdered in Oxford on 1st January. Could there really be a killer out there, planning to commit a new murder each month? And is the Mary due to be killed on 1st April her? The clock is ticking for Mary to uncover the truth, before she becomes the next victim on the killer’s list…Readers have been gripped by The Murder List: ‘One of the best thrillers of the year’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Suspenseful, full of tension and absolutely gripping’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute corker . . . totally engrossing and superbly written’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was totally captivated’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolutely incredible thriller . . . must-read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A roller coaster of a read, so many twists and turns’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great suspense . . . a brilliant read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Will keep you on the edge of your seat’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Phenomenal . . . truly remarkable and amazingly unpredictable’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The concept is pure genius’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Perfectly paced’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is prime for a TV adaptation’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great page turner with plenty of twists’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The police procedural takes a dark turn as the detective delves deeper into the mystery. The domestic lives of the victims, once filled with joy and love, are now marred by the shadow of the impending crime. For fans of Freida Mcfadden (The Tenant), Theo Baxter (The Widow's Secret), James Caine (A Sister's Promise), Kiersten Modglin (The Atonement), and Samantha Hayes (The Engagement). HarperCollins 2022Mostra libro
She wants to quit smoking. He wants to start a nuclear war. They both want the girl with the cryptic tattoo. Stuck working at a backwater convenience store in the middle of northern Florida, Mattie longs for a cigarette. She longs for her days as a marine biologist at the Queen Aquarium down south. She longs for her best friend-Hank the Manatee. Her colleagues blamed her for his death, and now, she blames herself. She should have done something sooner. Today, a nervous couple enters the convenience store. The man is big, bald, and has a tight grip on the girl's arm. The girl is small, young, and has a number tattooed on her leg. It looks like a brand. When they leave, Mattie finds a note on the floor. ". . . Blue Honda mini-van going to Salt Springs. Someone named Stanley." A similar thing happened to Mattie's cousin. This girl is being kidnapped. Trafficked. The note isn't enough for the police to care, but Mattie does. She jumps into her decrepit Toyota wagon and flies onto the highway, wasting no time. She's got to stop that mini-van before it reaches Salt Springs. She's got to save that girl before she's sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, in Cuba, a militant rebel has sent his men to the US. He's been searching for a young woman with a cryptic tattoo on her leg for over ten years. When his men bring her to him, he'll finally have the negotiating power he needs to overthrow the Cuban government. He'll have the power to make the United States listen to Cuba for once. It's only a matter of time. His men are already in Salt Springs, waiting for her. "The Crisis is a suspenseful thriller filled with vivid characters, mounting tension, and explosive twists that keep readers guessing until the final page." ★★★★★ - Readers' FavoriteMostra libro
“Raining here, but I’ve got a cup of hot tea and a Joe Pickett novel, so who has it better than me?”—Stephen King Game warden Joe Pickett fights for his life as his daughters try to uncover who shot him and left him for dead in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box. Marybeth Pickett gets the call she has always dreaded: her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. Joe was found in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leading to a dangerous family. Each family with a different bone to pick with the local game warden. Marybeth and the new sheriff assume that Joe was ambushed by one of the families, but they have no idea which one since Joe didn’t say where he was going or why. With Joe unconscious and fighting for his life with Marybeth at his side, Sheridan, April, and Lucy split up and investigate each of the families to uncover the truth of what happened to their father, before it’s too late.Mostra libro
