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The archeologist Jack Brevier is a man of reason, until he stumbles across a treasure, which is so fantastic, that he starts to question his scientific mind. But he is not the only one, who is fascinated by it. Secret powerful orders are also very keen on using the treasure for their hidden agendas. Please review the book, if you liked it!
If keeping secrets is integral to the human soul, so is the desire to uncover the secrets of others. The delicate balance between preserving, revealing, and discovering secrets breeds conflict and the power of knowledge. Yet, as we learn to harness this power and manage these conflicts, we develop trust and discretion. What secrets will you uncover in this anthology of 26 short mysteries, thrillers & memoirs? Written by members of The Ohio Writers' Association, in their 3rd collaboration for audiobook production with members of the Ohio Audiobook Narrators. Made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council. - “Art House” by Marty Vian, narrated by Gary Smith - “Secret o' Life” by Ed Davis, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “In Memoriam” by Jim Hodnett, narrated by Angus Freathy - “The Distance Between Us” by Terri Sutton, narrated by Dinah Dawson - “A Thousand Words Denied” by Jerry Vandal, narrated by Angus Freathy - “Your Other Life” by Peter Gorman, narrated by Becky White - “Home” by Timothy Doyle, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “The Evil Twin” by George Pallas, narrated by Angus Freathy - “Reaper's Return” by Christina Moore, narrated by Becky White - “Leakproof” by Charles O'Donnell, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Redemption” by Darin Miller, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Finder's Fee” by Michael Whitfield, narrated by Grant Bunting - “Vacant” by Corrina Malek, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Just a Touch” by Lois Spencer, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Throwing Stones” by Stephen Kraynak, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Secret Blood, Sacred Blood” by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, narrated by Becky White - “A Story You Have to Be Sober to Tell” by Chase Montana, narrated by Gary Smith - “Fifteen Minutes” by Robbi Bryant, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “The Dancing Queen” by Edward Gosnell, narrated by Gary Smith - “Catacombs” by Bill Vernon, narrated by Gary Smith - “Being Normal” by Steven Kenneth Smith, narrated by Gary Smith - “Who Wants Pie?” by Sandy Kachurek, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Last of My Kind” by Maureen McGuirk, narrated by Phillipa Miller - “Salted Away” by Craig Webb, narrated by Gary Smith - “Fates Entwined” by Jerry Roth, narrated by Becky White - “Such Secrets as Starfish Keep” by Steve Kaczmarek, narrated by Gary SmithVoir livre
Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution. Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it. Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words. Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves. But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the 18th Century and its authors whose time has now come again.Voir livre
After a terrible defeat in Key West, where the subject of Jesse McDermitt’s identity fraud investigation gets away, and which almost costs him dearly, Jesse returns home to his island in the Content Keys, determined to keep those he loves safe from harm. He makes plans to fly his family and friends to the Leeward Islands for a very special occasion, unaware of events taking place on one small uninhabited island located a short distance from his destination—events that will suck him right back into the fray, as a past nemesis rears their head. Gold will turn even the most docile into greedy, dangerous people. When the question of rightful ownership is brought up, legal professionals and government officials on the island, as well as those from France argue over a treasure estimated to be worth $20,000,000. But what is the price of one human life. The simple life isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, and danger abounds in the picturesque city of Gustavia, on the French island of St. Barts, and speeding Mini Mokes on steep mountain roads isn’t the cause.Voir livre
The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is James Stephens.Voir livre
While sitting on his private piazza, the narrator imagines life at an idyllic home in the mountains. In his daydream, he meets a lonely young woman who often gazes at his house from afar and wonders about him. Using prose rife with literary allusions, Melville explores the limitations of idealism. This story is found in his collection of short fiction, The Piazza Tales.Voir livre
Howard Phillips Lovecraft is among the greatest American masters of fantasy and the supernatural. Born in 1890, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, his health was uncertain from childhood and he led a sheltered early life. His semi-invalidism enabled him to read omnivorously, and as a shy imaginative child he began to invent what would in his adult life become a whole macabre fantastic world of his own, peopled by creatures out of his own weird imagination. As an adult he was retiring, almost a recluse. Tall, thin and pale, but with bright alert eyes, he was much given to wandering his native city in the dark hours of the night, and he became a devoted student of its antiquities. Although he began to write early he had nothing published until he was in his twenties. He set many of his stories around the imaginary town of Arkham, and invented an entire mythology of his own, its core being the demoniac cult of Cthulhu, based on the lore or legend that the world was at one time inhabited by another race who, in practising black magic, lost their foothold or were expelled, yet live on outside, ever ready to take possession of this earth again. Since his early death in 1937 his stories have continued to attract attention and praise from an ever-growing audience.Voir livre
