![]() ![]() As a pragmatic convert to Islam, Pellow fared better, earning a wife who bore him a daughter. Put into forced labor and appalling living conditions, they perished in huge numbers. Placing Pellow's tale within wider horizons, Milton describes how, during the 17th and 18th centuries, thousands of European captives were snatched from their coastal villages by Islamic slave traders intent on waging war on Christendom. ![]() Pellow remained in Morocco for more than 20 years, his family barely recognizing him when he at last escaped home. ) draws primarily on the memoir of a Cornish cabin boy, Thomas Pellow, who was taken by Islamic pirates in 1716 and sold as a slave to the legendarily tyrannical Sultan Moulay Ismail. ![]() For this harrowing story of white captives in 18th-century Morocco, Milton (author of the highly praised Nathaniel's Nutmeg ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The author of numerous books, he lives in the Netherlands.John and Elizabeth Sherrill, co-authors of numerous classics and two of the co-founders of Chosen Books, have traveled the world in search of stories that reveal the power of God. Buy a used copy of Gods Smuggler book by Baker Publishing Group Staff, Brother Andrew, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill. His ministry, Open Doors International, continues to help Christians in the world's most oppressed countries. ![]() ![]() Brother Andrew began taking Bibles to Christians behind closed doors in 1955. ![]() ![]() takes the reader on a journey to the frontiers of science and beyond' Guardian 'One of the world's most distinguished physicists. 'A rich compendium of jaw-dropping reality checks' The Times 'A brilliant, provocative, freewheeling tour around the exotic shores of physics' Independent Michio Kaku, bestselling science author and one of the world's most acclaimed physicists, looks at the technologies of the future and explains what's just around the corner, what we might have to wait a few millennia to get our hands on and how surprisingly little of it is truly impossible. ![]() ![]() From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact.Īlbert Einstein said, 'If at first an idea does not sound absurd, there is no hope for it.' Physics of the Impossible shows how our most far-fetched ideas today - from Star Trek's phasers and teleportation to time travel as envisioned by Back to the Future - are destined to become tomorrow's reality. ![]() ![]() These bulbs typically come in Halogen or LED versions. The GU10 has a slight bevel whereas the GZ10 does not and has a more square base. When their next-door neighbors are killed in a grisly double homicide, Molly begins to suspect the incidents are linked. But almost immediately after the lights go up, the town's children begin to act strangely, especially Molly's own brother, Roger. GU4 and GU5.3 are pins, while GU10 and GZ10 have locking mechanisms that require a push and twist to fit the bulb. It's winter break and Molly Monroe is content to enjoy her town's annual Festival of Lights with her girlfriend Chelsea at her side. GU and GZ types are the most common spotlight bulbs used in a wide range of our lighting. These are available in a range of different sizes and apply to different types of bulb including LED, CFL and incandescent. The Small bayonet cap (SBC) is typically 15mm in diameter, while the Bayonet cap is 22mm in diameter.Įdison screw cap (E type) bulbs are the standard screw-in light bulb used widely around the world. ![]() We’ve highlighted some of the most popular to help you select the right one for your fitting and room.īayonet cap (BC) bulbs come with a push and twist locking mechanism and are usually used for mains voltage lamps, though they may also be found in some low voltage halogen lamps. With many different types of bulb to choose from, picking the right one is key. ![]() ![]() ![]() But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect his city hits home. And with them - on sleek private jets that slip in and out of town like whispers in the night - come pro football players, rap stars, and international gamblers, all sharing an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport - and the dark vices that go with it. Rumor has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas to its Mississippi backwater. ![]() But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like props from Gone With the Wind. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But it is as mayor of his hometown - Natchez, Mississippi - that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. ![]() As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. The Devil's Punchbowl reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town. ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet. ![]() ![]() Shop assistant, Monsignor Quixote, PBS, 1987. ![]()
![]() ‘Then bring sheets, old ones, and we can tear them.’ ![]() ‘Glory to God, Doctor, you have every towel there is in the house!’ ‘I shall want more hot water, and those towels there will not be enough.’ Owing to difficulty in comprehension by the uninitiated, the Tyneside dialect has not been adhered to. The characters in this book are entirely fictitious and have no relation to any living person.Īlthough the setting is Tyneside and several actual place names have been used, ‘the fifteen streets’ are imaginary. Kate Hannigan: a novel / Catherine Cookson.ġ. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Manufactured in the United States of America SIMON & SCHUSTER and colophon are registered trademarks (Publishers) Ltd.Īll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Originally published in 1950 in Great Britain by Macdonald & Co. ![]() Of the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Ĭopyright restored (under section 104A of 17 U.S.C., as amended by the Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]() Kate Hannigan’s Girl (her hundredth published novel) Kate Hannigan (her first published novel) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was dark, brooding and OBSESSED, which is something I’m coming to learn I love in romance. I loved the way that Aiden started out charming and got progressively darker as the book continued (understandably so, given the events that took place). ![]() I’m trying to think of the best way to put my feelings about this book into more words than that and I’m struggling. I’ve felt all of the emotions and I’m drained. This book has me EMOTIONAL, okay? I spent the first 25% of the book grinning like a fool, the next 50% nervous and just completely absorbed in the tension between Riley and Aiden, and the last 25% crying. I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review Only, I disappeared before he could act on it. The siren who calls to the darkest parts of him. Orpheus in the flesh, with his sad songs and strange obsessions. Her past sins should be the least of her worries.įrom the moment he saw me, I knew I’d ruin his life.Īlone at the bar, I dared the monster to come and play. The ghost she’s tried for years to escape.īut I never stopped trying, and now that I have, Sitting all alone at the bar, she looked like an angel.Įurydice in human form her beauty eclipsed by demons. From the second I saw her, I knew she’d be my ruin. ![]() ![]() ![]() Billy's obscure origin also accentuates his universality. For this reason, and for the role he plays in the novel, Billy resembles Christ, who also resorted to violence in driving the moneychangers from the Temple. Wherever he goes, Billy is acknowledged as a peacemaker, yet he maintains his manhood by handy application of his fists when need be. ![]() His only blemish is a tendency to stutter when he is under emotional strain. In fact, because of his innocent nature, Billy can be compared to Adam before God casts him from the Garden of Eden. A youth of outstanding beauty and sincere kindness, he exhibits ingenuous innocence reflecting his lack of awareness that evil exists. He, with his blue eyes and youthful figure, is the center of attention and is surrounded by many flat and stereotypical characters who go about their shipboard tasks like robots.īilly's characterization is one of Melville's major accomplishments. ![]() Commenting at some length on the prototype of the Handsome Sailor, whose good looks, prowess, and masculine charm attract attention wherever he goes and win for him the admiration and homage of his less gifted associates, the narrator introduces Billy, foretopman in the British fleet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thousands of people were wounded or killed, the fire department was decimated, planes were shot out of the sky, and massive ocean-bound freighters disintegrated. When an explosion ripped through its docks, the effect was cataclysmic. In 1947, Texas City was experiencing boom times, bristling with chemical and oil plants, built to fuel Europe's seemingly endless appetite for the raw materials needed to rebuild its ruined cities. And, in time, the survivors of that all-American city found themselves wondering if their own government had delivered them into this hell on earth. On a day that dawned with brisk breezes, a clear sky, and perfect temperatures, the small town of Texas City suddenly found itself facing the greatest industrial disaster in the most industrialized nation on the planet. ![]() |