Otci, a rising youth in the village of Attaugee in the great Muskogee nation, knew the rites of initiation to warriorhood and manhood would demand the best of mind, body and spirit. But what he didn’t know was how quickly the tensions mounting in the nation would bring the ultimate conflict, and challenge Otci to his very core. Otci and his brother initiates are trained by a master legend-giver for the ceremony that marks their transition. He is ...
All the makings of your favorite adventure story – drama, intrigue, promise, love, hope, and heartache spanning two thousand years…and YOU are a part of it! Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church is a fresh retelling of the history of the Church. In this easy-to-read, not-your-average history book, Steve Weidenkopf introduces you to the vivid, dynamic story of God’s work in the world since Pentecost. Along the way, you will meet the wei ...
Wounded Tiger is the compelling true story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese pilot who led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. Fuming with a hatred for Americans and a strong sense of national and racial pride, Fuchida allows an intense passion and determination to lead him through the ranks of the Japanese Navy and reaches a position he always knew he would achieve. Jake DeShazer joins the U.S. Army as a bombardier, burning wit ...
Неизвестные письма и стихи, положенные на могилу. Самиздатовские записи тех времен – июля 1980 года. Реальные факты и события из рассказов и воспоминаний очевидцев. Театр на Таганке в те дни, панихида, проводы, тысячи людей на улицах Москвы, Ваганьково.
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Library Journal Best Books 2011: Historical Fiction selectionFinalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ PrizeFinalist for the Canadian Authors Association Fiction AwardFinalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel AwardFinalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize1851. London, England. Once a well-known prize-fighter with a terrifying right fist (known as “The Hammer of Heaven”), Daniel O’Thunder has seen the light, and ...
In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, nineteen-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body stabbed over thirty times and missing both feet and a forearm was discovered on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of twenty-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Over the next two years, five more bodies of female students wer ...
Это русский вариант «Трех мушкетёров» А. Дюма, где вместо мушкетёров короля городовые казаки, враждующие с царскими стрельцами, вместо гугенотской Ла Рошели турецкий Азов, а вместо фехтования на шпагах казачье боевое искусство. Главный герой Дарташов со своими друзьями: сыном боярским Порфирием Затёсиным по прозвищу Затёс; потомком Кара-Гильдей хана Карамисом и запорожцем Опанасом Портосенко служит у атамана Тревиня, борясь против коварных интри ...
