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The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Fiction / Poetry
One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English
The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society. The tales are as various as the pilgrims themselves, encompassing comedy, pathos, tragedy, and cynicism. The Miller and the Reeve express their mutual antagonism in a pair of comic stories combining sex and trickery; in “The Shipman’s Tale,” a wife sells her favors to a monk. Others draw on courtly romance and fantasy: the Knight tells of rivals competing for the love of the same woman, and the Squire describes a princess who can speak to birds. In these twenty-four tales, Chaucer displays a dazzling range of literary styles and conjures up a wonderfully vivid picture of medieval life.
This is a freshly established Middle English text with standardized spelling and punctuation and on-page glossing. It Features an introduction by Jill Mann, a chronology of Chaucer’s life and works, detailed explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, a full glossary, and a bibliography.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
Washington Irving
Fiction / Biography / Short Stories
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. THE VOYAGE. Ships, ships, I will descrie you Amidst the main, I will come and try you, What you are protecting, And projecting, What’s your end and aim. One goes abroad for merchandise and trading, Another stays to keep his country from invading, A third is coming home with rich and wealthy lading. Hallo! my fancie, whither wilt thou go? OLD POEM. To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions. The vast space of waters that separate the hemispheres is like a blank page in existence. There is no gradual transition by which, as in Europe, the features and population of one country blend almost imperceptibly with those of another. From the moment you lose sight of the land you have left, all is vacancy, until you step on the opposite shore, and are launched at once into the bustle and novelties of another world. In travelling by land there is a continuity of scene, and a connected succession of persons and incidents, that carry on the story of life, and lessen the effect of absence and separation. We drag, it is true, “a lengthening chain” at each remove of our pilgrimage; but the chain is unbroken; we can trace it back link by link; and we feel that the last still grapples us to home. But a wide sea voyage severs us at once. It makes us conscious of being cast loose from the secure anchorage of settled life, and sent adrift upon a doubtful world. It interposes a gulf, not merely imaginary, but real, between us and our homes—a gulf, subject to tempest, and fear, and uncertainty, rendering distance palpable, and return precarious. Such, at least, was the case with myself. As I saw the last blue lines of my native land fade away like a cloud in the horizon, it seemed as if I had closed one volume of the world and its concerns, and had time for meditation, before I opened another. That land, too, now vanishing from my view, which contained all most dear to me in life; what vicissitudes might ...
The Parliament of Birds
Geoffrey Chaucer
Fiction / Poetry
In this collection of poems, among his very best, Chaucer showcases his lyrical skills to perfection. Verging from tragic to comic, the overriding theme of the poetry is love, in its many guises. Chaucer tells of his passion for reading, which allows him to eavesdrop on a "parliament of birds" on St Valentine’s Day; he tells how he, as an inveterate reader, forsakes his books on the first of May to wander into the fields; he complains of being short of money; and he complains to his scribe for copying his verses badly. All in all, in the course of the poetry he reveals a lot about himself, and does so throughout in an engaging and civilized manner.
Never What It's Supposed To Be
Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Ed Dillon has been on the road for his own reasons. A stop in Texas is far too typical, proving you can't outrun memory.Preston Cunningham and Arvie were the best of friends. Raised in the quaint New England Town of West Brookfield, Massachusetts, an hours drive from the world famous Tanglewood, the summer home of The Boston Pops Orchestra in the heart of The Berkshires.In a scheduled marathon, they were entered into the appropriate age category and trained for the race. Mr. Silverberg was their scoutmaster, and it was he who instilled the basic values in Preston's life.Life changed for the two young men when Preston was drafted into the Army in 1966, and Arvie entered helicopter flight school at Fort Rucker Alabama.With the possibility of serving two years in Vietnam, Preston opted for the Army's new four year program and within three months was assigned to one of the most prestigious military intelligence units in Europe.Following 16 months of living in a civilian status position in Frankfurt. The benefit of civilian clothes, an apartment in the center of the city and a chauffer, the Army in disregard of Preston's contract pulled him out of Germany and sent him to Vietnam.At about the same time, Arvie was assigned as a new young pilot to a medical unit in Vietnam. In January of 1969, Arvie was killed in a horrific air crash. Years later, at the dedication of The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., it was by chance that Preston was searching for the names of his fallen comrades when he came upon Arvie's name on The Wall.Angered by the events of the war, ahd now as a civilian and able to put into words what he was prohibited from doing when he was a soldier, Preston wrote a poster poem about the pain and anger he suffered with the loss of his dear friend Arvid Silverberg.The poster poem was presentedto President Ronald Reagan and in a surprise move displayed it in the White House, and from that moment on The Wall - The Poem became a national best seller.UP UNTIL THIS TIME THE STORY IS TRUE BUT HERE ON IT IS FICTIONPreston Cunningham becomes the first Vietnam Veteran President of The United States, and returns to The Wall upon taking the oath of office and searches for Arvie's name...This book is free and it is the desire of this author that you will read the other books abailable in this series. Thank you!
Swallowing Portugal Will Settle My Spanish Bellyache
Part #4 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
Book 4The French army is cut off and starving, north of Lisbon. Their efforts to build a bridge to cross the Tagus at Santarem are under threat by a detachment of The Hornets. Meanwhile, in southern Spain, the Hornets come to the aid of the Spanish forces in the mountains to hold the strongholds east of Gibraltar. Their success is crucial if General Graham is to win the Battle of Barossa...
The Slummer
Geoffrey Simpson
"This is the first running book I've read that I think, wow this is like peeking into my brain and my way of thinking. I will be reading it again and again."CHRIS SOLINSKY, Former American Record Holder - 10,000 m (26:59.60)Nobody wants him here anyway, but he can't quit. Quitting isn't in his DNA. In 2083, Benjamin Brandt is among the millions of "slummers" who are relegated to poverty and struggle on the outskirts of society. As a minority growing up in the gritty underbelly of Cleveland's Industrial Valley, Ben sees the way genetically designed "elites" live only from a distance: from the shadows of public spaces people like him are forbidden to use, and on TV, where he watches the enhanced athletes compete at an extraordinary level. For years, a national track championship has inspired Ben to ferociously cultivate his own talent as a runner.As Ben logs...
It's Not Indigestion, I'll Eat What I Like
Part #3 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
Book 3Commodore (Brigadier) Sir Joshua Welbeloved increases the Hornets to company strength and recruits enough of Napoleon's Hanoverians to make a German company. They harass the French from Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida to the battle of Buçaco and the lines of Torres Vedras, then return to the mountains and cut off all French communications with Spain.Further recruitment is made, to increase their strength to four companies - British - German - Portuguese and Spanish.The Condesa's blacksmith modifies captured French muskets to breech-loaders with 200 yards accuracy. He also converts some Baker rifles to breech-loading.
The Prize
Geoffrey M Cooper
What does it take to win a Nobel Prize? Deceit, fraud, even murder? Set in the competitive world of cutting-edge medical research, The Prize is a science thriller in which jealousy over the discovery of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease leads to fraud, betrayal and violence. Pam Weller makes the discovery of a lifetime when she finds a drug with the potential for treating Alzheimer's. But her success threatens the supremacy of Eric Prescott, a leading figure in Alzheimer's research. Lusting relentlessly for the Nobel Prize, Prescott fears that Pam's work will derail his ambitions. He seduces one of Pam's research fellows and enlists her in a plot to brand Pam a fraud and steal her discovery. Leading Pam into a world where nothing is real, except threats to her career, her freedom and even her life.
A Sort Of Homecoming
Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Two veterans from our recent wars catch up on mutual friends, their experiences, then ask the one question that seems the most important one of all.“Imagine things and make them real.”When Oliver Bell meets a beautiful young woman one night in his dreams, he literally can’t get her out of his mind. Unfortunately, he also can’t tell if she’s anything more than just a wonderful figment of his imagination. It’s only when she starts leaving him clues for how to find her in the real world that Oliver’s sense of fantasy and reality begin to blur into something strange and new. The journey that follows takes Oliver everywhere he can imagine and beyond; across the country to a city he doesn’t know, to things from his terrible past he would rather forget; over concrete and bluebells and snow and ice; all leading him to the truth that love can exist in dreams.
Crime Novels
Geoffrey O'Brien
History / Crime / True Crime
In the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genre’s literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter—here are five of their finest worksThis is the first of two volumes gathering the best American crime fiction of the 1960s, nine novels of astonishing variety and inventiveness that pulse with the energies of that turbulent, transformative decade.In The Murderers (1961) by Fredric Brown, an out-of-work actor, hanging out with Beat drifters on the fringes of Hollywood, concocts a murder scheme that devolves into nightmare. This late work by a master in many genres is one of his darkest and most ingenious.Dan J. Marlowe’s The Name of the Game Is Death (1962) channels the inner life of a violent criminal who freely acknowledges the truth of a prison psychiatrist’s diagnosis: “Your values are not civilized values.” Written with unnerving emotional...
The Nutty Neighbours of Possum Road
Iron Geoffrey
David’s new school-teacher Mrs Wigglit, begins each day with a fascinating fact about the Possum Road residents. Her stories are so incredible that David tries to visit each one of his neighbours after school, often with disastrous results. During David’s visits, the Nutty Neighbour’s various vehicles always seem to end up being bashed, smashed or even trashed.Fortunately, all damaged cars qualify for the BOTTOMHAMSTED VILLAGE MAIN EVENT.
The Ghost Shipment
Geoffrey Robert
When a young tourist dies in a surfing accident in Bali while high on cocaine, his billionaire father hires the Aristotle investigative team of Bec Corelli, Jay Duggan and Mike Bullard to track down the drug kingpin ultimately responsible. Ped Garland, a maverick with a troubled past who is campaigning to become the Republican presidential candidate, captivates voters with his candid and unorthodox approach to politics, and bold plan to end the nation's drug nightmare. With Garland's bid gaining momentum, the investigation leads the Aristotle team from the exotic resorts and nightclubs of Bali to the lawless backstreets of Colombia, tranquil neighborhoods of New Zealand, and rarefied halls of Washington's elite as they battle powerful adversaries determined to protect their secrets.
The Hunt--For Allies
David Geoffrey Adams
Twelve years have passed since the destruction of the Earth and two years ago the Starship Einstein discovered an apparently unoccupied planet, now called Eden, on the edge of the Hyades Cluster.Unoccupied it may have been but alone it was not. Monitored by advanced artificial intelligences called Guardians.The Einstein's crew soon found that there were other ways to cross the light years and there are beings so advanced that their science appeared more like magic and other civilisations in the cluster.After defeating one attempt to capture the Einstein the humans are invited to travel through the network of wormholes to meet the intelligence that built it.*** *** ***"You tell us that you are over a million years old. That you have existed since before the earliest ancestors of homo sapiens roamed the grasslands of Earth and you want to help us. Why do we warrant such aid?" Ellen sat very still even as she struggled with their...
Steel Trap: A Jack Steel Action Mystery Thriller, Book 4
Geoffrey Saign
When Steel picks up a CIA asset with classified intel in the Bahamas, his team is hit hard and the mission blows up.~The Jack Steel series is now in development for a major motion picture.~A Russian Oligarch and a KGB operative will stop at nothing to prevent Steel from delivering intel that will expose the criminality of a hundred powerful men. Fighting for his life, Steel asks for help from an old acquaintance—a reluctant cartel hitman. Worse, Steel's partner, Christie, has a family emergency and she has to leave Steel—but even Montana isn't going to be safe. Steel will do anything to deliver the CIA asset, but a twisted mercenary is setting a trap—and Steel's own team isn't even sure they can trust each other… Steel Justice is the fourth book in the high-octane Jack Steel thriller series. If you like action-packed scenes, formidable threats, and electric characters, then you'll love Geoffrey Saign's heart-stopping adventure.
Something Special
Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Will Chambers is reluctant to try infidelity. When he meets Missy Short, the two of them end with as many questions as answers.About the book:"Once She Saw...A Blind Man" is the first installment of the Ms Araminta Cozy Mystery series written by rising author Deborah Diaz. The story revolves around the protagonist Miss Araminta and the surprising turn of events that take place after she witnessed a theft. Beautifully written, "Once She Saw...A Blind Man" is filled with moments of joy, happiness, sadness and despair. Each character in the book has an interesting back-story that makes them come to life. Sometimes things are not exactly what they seem. Only those who have the heart to dig deeper uncover the truth. And sometimes that one deed saves the lives of many! That is what we come to learn from "Once She Saw...A Blind Man". Order your copy to find out more!Summary of the book:"Once She Saw...A Blind Man" opens with the image of a quiet suburb in Nashville, Tennessee. Miss Araminta, the 67 year old retired insurance agent, is one of the residents of the Melrose suburbia. Though it was not the fanciest of neighborhoods, it had everything the people needed within walking distance. After losing her husband— the only man she had ever loved—in the Vietnam War, Ms. Araminta resolved to live alone. She now owns a small business of selling crocheted dish towels, stoles, mufflers, lap robes and so on. As a respected member of the church, she also does a lot of volunteer work and helps out people in need. One morning while she was on her way to the grocery store, Miss Araminta spotted a seemingly well-to-do woman stealing change from Bill, the blind beggar that the local community knows and loves. Seeing someone steal from this helpless man left Miss Araminta shocked. But she knew she had to help the poor man and seek justice. As she proceeded to find more information about the thief, she discovered something she never guessed. Who is this woman? Why was she stealing from the blind beggar? Will Miss Araminta be able do right by Bill? Order your copy to find out!
I Think I Really Do Have an Ulcer
Part #6 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
Before Wellington could move into Spain, he had to capture the two walled towns of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. The French had large garrisons in each and even larger garrisons within three or four day's march at Salamanca and Seville. The Hornets had all four battalions out tackling any French reconnaissance-in-force, enabling Wellington to conclude a rapid and bloody siege in each case, before relief could arrive. Once captured, Wellington could move into Spain. Again the Hornets were out cutting the communications between Marshals Marmont and Soult at Almaraz and denying the French any news of Wellington's build-up.**
Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto
Geoffrey McSkimming
A junior Jonathan Creek-style mystery in which the clever and resourceful young magician, Phyllis Wong, helps solve numerous crimes including the thefts of a missing diamond necklace and the most valuable painting ever to come to the city.Conjuring is in Phyllis Wong's veins. It was passed down from her great-grandfather who, before his mysterious disappearance, was one of the world's most brilliant and successful magicians. Now Phyllis lives in what was his grand old home, converted into a number of apartments, in the middle of the city with her father and her loyal dog Daisy.When a series of incomprehensible robberies takes place in the city, Phyllis realises there is much more to the crimes than meets the eye. It may be baffling her friend Chief Inspector Inglis, but Phyllis is determined to find out more. Who is this thief? What does he want? And how is he achieving the impossible?
Balance of Trust
Part #1 of "Jerome Bender" series by Charles Geoffrey
Terrorists plan to kill millions of innocents in the U.S.Jerome Bender is the last man who can stop them.Called back from the hellish landscape of Afghanistan to join the covert Blackhood Ops group, Special Ops veteran Jerome Bender is immediately thrust into action in Canada for Operation Hellfire.Bender and his team navigate wilderness to attack a small cabin, where sophisticated terrorists are planning a deadly threat. Expecting poorly-prepared jihadis, the Op quickly falls apart.Worse, Bender faces an overwhelming desire to save an innocent child. He knows what his orders are, he’s just not sure he can follow them. Millions of lives hang in the balance, along with Bender’s conscience.But it doesn’t look like he’ll make it through the day…
A Ghost to Watch Over Me
Geoffrey Sleight
Living alone after sorrowfully parting with his wife, an unearthly presence wakes Gary Belmont in the night and draws him to an old chest stored in the loft. Inside he discovers a secret letter. The revelation it contains leads into a trap of deceit, corruption and violence, threatening not only him, but also the new woman who has entered his life. Now dark forces are moving in to eliminate them for knowing too much.
A Despite of Hornets
Part #1 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
Book 1Captain Welbeloved R.N., an ex-American loyalist, must form and train a platoon or Royal Marines for special service against the French. Armed with accurate, breech-loading Furguson rifles, trained to American Indian standards of skirmishing, and dressed in sailcloth dirt-coloured uniforms; their first mission is to rescue two minor Spanish royals from Madrid. Preferably before Napoleon returns to invade and put his brother Joseph on the throne.
Reynard's Dream
Geoffrey Simpson
Ethan, Jacob, and Liz are back in this explosive follow-up to The Three Hares: Bloodline, which was described as:"A smart, twisty adventure mystery that will keep young readers simply spellbound until the remarkably unpredictable conclusion."Midwest Book Review Ezra Reynard returns with rage, reinforcements, and a dream. As the school year wraps up, an unexpected announcement echoes through the halls. Students are dismissed early, and a new school system is to be introduced after the summer. But first, they must take a test... one which will define their entire futures.Winslow Falls is teetering on the brink of disaster, and their only hope is lurking within a three-hundred-year-old cypher.
Hitler's Terror Weapons
Brooks, Geoffrey
This is the story of the Terror Weapons developed by Hitler and Nazi Germany that were intended to be unleashed with devastating effect on the rest of the World. The book charts the development of the V rockets and their successes against allied targets. It then goes on to look at the even more sinister deadly weapons that Hitler was planning and developing, but fortunately did not succeed in producing. Hitler’s Terror Weapons tells of the desperate efforts of the Nazis to produce war-winning weapons, and the measures taken by the Allies at the high levels to frustrate them in their aim.
Can No One Win Battles if I'm Not There
Part #5 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
The starving French army is in full retreat from Portugal, harassed all the way by the Hornets. They make a stand on the River Côa, fighting a battle on the high plateau near Sabugal. Masséna retreats to Salamanca, but returns to fight and lose at Fuentes de Oñoro. Wellington splits his army to besiege Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Soult races up from Seville and fights Beresford at the bloody battle of Albuera. The various battalions of the Hornets take part in all these, culminating in the attack by General Hill on d'Erlon's division. The Portuguese Vespãos battalion helps to train units of the Spanish Army of Galicia and together they attack French garrisons to distract the French from the two sieges.**
Death's No Antidote
Geoffrey Osborne
The author of Traitor's Gaitdelivers this chilling international thriller that "moves relentlessly to an explosive climax" (Tom Kasey, author of Cold Kill). One phone call is all it takes to shatter Julian Croome-Pugglesley's happiness and plunge him into a world of fear. An unfortunate incident in his past has made him susceptible to blackmail all these years . . . and the time finally comes to pay for his mistakes. With the threat of extortion hanging over his head, C.P. is forced to steal a DNA file—inside of which contains a secret formula with terrifying potential. In the wrong hands, the information—the key to groundbreaking genetic engineering possibilities—can lead to the creation of a master race. Handing over this file could mean disaster for Britain and her allies, but even C.P. doesn't know whom he is supposed to be working for. When C.P. disappears from the Foreign...
Conditional Voluntary
Geoffrey A. Feller
Fiction / Mystery / Crime
Patrick Coyne feels like he’s safe from the drug authorities as a patient in a mental hospital during the late 1980s. He even calms down an angry young girl and thinks his love life is about to improve. Will legally prescribed drugs end his paranoia? And why won’t the staff let him have a girlfriend?Patrick Coyne is sure that the drug authorities are out to get him. His psychiatrist calls it paranoia but Patrick isn’t so sure. Yet as a patient on a voluntary mental ward in during the late-1980s War on Drugs, he begins to feel oddly safe. Around him are other patients as well as staff members, each with their own concerns. When Patrick calms down the angry young Justine, he thinks his love life is about to improve. But there is a reason why she’s also in the hospital. Will legally prescribed drugs bring Patrick back to reality? And why won’t the staff let him have a girlfriend?
Falling Hour
Geoffrey Morrison
THE GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 30 CANADIAN BOOKS TO READ IN 2023All talk, no action: The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut
It's a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in an uncannily depopulated public park, he will sift through the pieces and traverse the baroque landscape of his own thoughts: the theology of nosiness, the beauty of the arbutus tree, the pathos of Gene Hackman, the theory of quantum immortality, Louis Riel's letter to an Irish newspaper, the baleful influence of Calvinism on the Scottish working class, the sea, the CIA, and, ultimately, thinking itself and how it may be represented in writing. The result is a strange, meandering sojourn, as if the history-haunted landscapes of W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn were shrunk down to a mere 85...
Amadeus, Trust No One!
Geoffrey Brokos
(Target audience recommended: Young Adult such as Jr. High Boys to College Male humor) Banned in Utah and Nevada, and burned by the Westboro Baptist Church. ATNO! was also made into an intense audio-book (music, sound effects) and narrated huge youtube comedian Brock Baker. Readers should note that this is not a deep story, but something fun/ridiculous and spoofing on conspiracy thrillers. ATNO! is fast pace, short and on crack. Perfect for something to read on a long trip, boring day at work or for the short attention span. Phil, a psych student and street musician, is offered a chance to have his college loan's paid off. In-return, he must become disguised as a security guard at Disneyland, to help an F.B.I agent who doesn't have a warrant find a bomb. Phil stumbles across something deadlier than the bomb and it might just get him assassinated. Join in on an intense dark comedy, heart-pounding thriller, which will have you asking the question : "Who do you trust?" For t-shirts, book trailer, and other kick butt merch visit geoffreybrokos.com/store.htm
Contact
David Geoffrey Adams
Contact is the second book in the Fighting the Machines Saga and follows the continuing journeys of the starship Einstein and its new Captain.Ten years after the death of Earth, the survivors have found a planet so close to a paradise it might have been prepared for humans.The settlers are working hard to build a sustainable life so that they can look forward to a future when they will seek out and destroy the machines that tried to kill the human race.But all is not as it seems. Eden was prepared but not for the Einstein and its people and now AIs left to guard the system thousands of years before are taking action to warn their designers."That's a wormhole! Captain, you wondered how that craft might cross interstellar space. Well it looks like we now know the means, if not the how."83,000 words
Stop Talking, Start Communicating
Geoffrey Tumlin
PLAY DUMB. BE BORING.DON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS.AND ABOVE ALL, DON'T BE YOURSELF.Not exactly what you'd expect to hear from a communication expert, but these counterintuitive strategies are precisely what we need to interact productively and meaningfully in today's digital world. Our overreliance on quick, cheap, and easy means of "staying connected" is eroding our communication skills. Speed steamrolls thoughtfulness; self-expression trumps restraint. Errors and misunderstandings increase. And our relationships suffer.With startling insights and a dash of humor, Stop Talking, Start Communicating combines scientific research with real-world strategies to deliver a proven approach to more effective communication."Only Geoffrey Tumlin could write a book about a serious problem—our mounting communication deficiencies—and make me laugh and learn all the way through it. Witty, smart, and 100 percent accurate, Stop Talking, Start...
Summerland
Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Saying goodbye is never easy. Summerland is the place Nick gets one last look at the ones he loves, getting a surprising sign that the time to go has come.The Burn is full of nuclear fallout, roving gangs, anarchy, unreliable plumbing. That's what Terra's father tells her. She has lived her whole life in comfort in a colony at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She hates it. And she would pay any price to leave. But when Terra finally escapes the colony, she finds out her father is right.She finds a group of survivors that quickly become friends, and every day with them is a race for survival. When she witnesses and commits unspeakable acts, she has to decide where her loyalty lies: with the colony she despises or The Burn, where every day is filled with nightmares.
Without Let or Hindrance
Geoffrey Charin
It's the summer of 1938 and Veronica and her fascist boyfriend Billy attend a pro-German event hosted by the 5th Duke of Wellington. Amid the evening's glamour and fervour, Veronica meets Sir Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford, who invite her on a trip to Berlin.All over Europe, evil triumphs as good men do nothing, but for Veronica, doing nothing is no longer an option.As Europe edges towards war and the Nazis prepare to unleash the Kristallnacht pogrom on Germany's Jews, the British government juggles appeasing Hitler with growing pressure to accept Jewish refugees.Veronica finds herself entering into a high-risk world of deadly intrigue and high-level political conspiracy to place herself at the very heart of darkness: Berlin under the Nazis."A nail-biting plot set against the dramatic, real-life effort to help Jews escape from Nazi Germany."– Jane Thynne, author of The Words I Never Wrote"Highly readable."...
Traitor's Gait
Geoffrey Osborne
The author of The Power Bug "trawls the murky depths of Cold War espionage and delivers gold" (Tom Kasey, author of Cold Kill). The Russian space research center just outside Moscow is surrounded by searchlight and machine-gun towers; the inner perimeter fence is electrified and the place is strongly guarded by the KGB and by the GRU. But Britain wants the secrets of the space bom being developed there, and the director of Britain's Special Security (Operations) Section has worked out a plan to get them. James Dingle and Glyn Jones are briefed for the job. Undercover, they must try to unearth secrets of the Russian development for dropping warheads from a low-orbit vehicle. Posing as tourists, their mission is to find out as much as they can about this project. But from the moment Dingle boards the plane for Moscow he is uneasy; he feels sure that he is being watched by the KGB. Has something gone...
The Confrontation at Salamanca
Part #7 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
There had always been more French soldiers in Spain: at one time, four or five times the strength of Wellington's entire Anglo-Portuguese army. He fought them one army at a time and had always had to pit himself against greater numbers. Now, he wanted to attack Marshal Marmont, who still commanded more men than he did, but had them scattered in garrison all over the north of Spain. Using the Hornets, now a division of nearly three thousand men, he was able to gather intelligence, create diversions and rouse guerrilla forces without the French being alarmed enough to concentrate their cores until too late. It enabled him to fight against equal numbers for the first time and gave the Hornets a chance to play an important role in the battle itself.**
Draca
Geoffrey Gudgion
Draca was a vintage sailing cutter, Old Eddie's pride and joy. But now she's beached, her varnish peeling. She's dying, just like Eddie. Eddie leaves Draca to his grandson Jack, a legacy that's the final wedge between Jack and his father. Yet for Jack, the old boat is a lifeline. Medically discharged from the Marines, with his marriage on the rocks, the damaged veteran finds new purpose; Draca will sail again. Wonderful therapy for a wounded hero, people say.Young Georgia 'George' Fenton, who runs the boatyard, has doubts. She saw changes in Old Eddie that were more sinister even than cancer. And by the time Draca tastes the sea again, the man she dares to love is going the same way. To George, Jack's 'purpose' has become 'possession'; the boat owns the man and her flawed hero is on a mission to self-destruct. As his controlling and disinherited father pushes him closer to the edge, she gives all she has to hold him back....
From The Other Side: Two Stories
Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Two stories of life, death. the after-life, and the power of love. In "Drawing Down Dark", Christ Helms gets some help finding his way back to his Mom and Dad. "From The Other Side" is a send-up of popular paranormal investigation programs, told from the ghosts point-of-view. If you ever wondered what they were doing in the midst of all the madness, here's your chance.This book is a collection of short stories written by the children of Knowsley Schools.During the Autumn term of 2013, Knowsley CLCs held a competition for children between the ages of 7 to 11 called the “Young Author Competition”. This gave primary school children in Knowsley the chance to become a published author whilst still at school and have their story downloaded read and enjoyed all around the world. This competition will be an annual event that aims to celebrate National Short Story Week.
Scorpion Trail
Geoffrey Archer
Twenty years out of the combat zone, hidden from killers, but now fate has thrust Alex Crawford back into the front line. Though he is an aid worker, the secret service minders who have protected him for twenty years have reactivated him: they want information about the man who perpetrated a massacre in a Muslim village in Bosnia. His target is the most ruthless killer in the whole war zone: Milan Pravic, codename the Scorpion. And the only eyewitness to the massacre is a twelve-year-old girl whom Pravic will do anything to silence-
Bloodline: The Three Hares, #1
Geoffrey Simpson
This book is available for pre-order. Release Date 06-01-2018. The Adventure of a Lifetime . . . Ethan Drake is a living legend. If only his late father had mentioned it.Ethan and his friends decode a series of cryptic riddles from an ancient treasure map. Their discovery entangles them in a centuries-old struggle between warring secret societies.It soon becomes clear that Ethan is not just an adventurous teen who accidentally stumbles upon a shadowy world. He is a catalyst… a spark which ignites the resurgence.The Three Hares is a smart, twisty adventure mystery, one that will keep you reading until the remarkable end.
A Mild Case of Indigestion
Part #2 of "Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer" series by Geoffrey Watson
Book 2Wellbeloved marries his rescued Condesa and returns to Spain to support and encourage the guerrilla bands. He learns that Sir Arthur Wellesley has thrown Marshal Soult out of Portugal. Now, having two platoons, he moves down to Talavera in time to play an unofficial part in Wellesley's battle.The British have to retreat after the battle and avoid being trapped. The Hornets smuggle over a hundred recovering casualties to the Condesa's estates and train enough of them to provide a welcome increase to their own strength.
Troilus and Criseyde
Geoffrey Chaucer
Fiction / Poetry
Set against the epic backdrop of the battle of Troy, Troilus and Criseyde is an evocative story of love and loss. When Troilus, the son of Priam, falls in love with the beautiful Criseyde, he is able to win her heart with the help of his cunning uncle Pandarus, and the lovers experience a brief period of bliss together. But the pair are soon forced apart by the inexorable tide of war and - despite their oath to remain faithful - Troilus is ultimately betrayed. Regarded by many as the greatest love poem of the Middle Ages, Troilus and Criseyde skilfully combines elements of comedy and tragedy to form an exquisite meditation on the fragility of romantic love, and the fallibility of humanity.
Black Sun
Geoffrey Wolff
Includes an afterword by the author. Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby’s pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself. Black Sun is novelist and master biographer Geoffrey Wolff’s subtle and striking picture of a man who killed himself to make his life a work of art.
A Time for Vengeance
Geoffrey Osborne
Fate catches up to former Nazis in a Cold War thriller that "weaves a wonderful tapestry of twists and deceits" (Tom Kasey, author of Cold Kill). Erich Mueller knows it isn't a coincidence that his old colleague Gerhard Kohner should show up, after all these years, just as the Israelis find him. The two were once loyal Nazis and former SS men and their hunters are intelligence operatives, sent to South America to capture them. Staring at a photo of the pair—taken in secret—the director of Britain's Special Security (Operations) Section immediately recognizes them. Kohner and Mueller once tortured him but he managed to escape. However, many others—mainly Jewish men and women—weren't so lucky. To add to present matters, a new conspiracy orchestrated by East Germany threatens to destabilize the world—a plan with Kohner at the helm. He needs Mueller, who is apparently key to the plot:...
Guardian, the Quest
Part #2 of "Magical Beasts" series by Geoffrey Saign
Can Sam can save the man she loves? And will she have to die to do it?Sam and Jake must capture a magical golden dragon—or Jake dies. But everyone wants the golden dragon, including the powerful Evil One, who has been hiding for centuries and has sworn to destroy all of life. No one can be trusted. Enemies surround Sam and Jake. And Death Matches and ancient secrets will test the guardians as never before.Sam fears that whatever she does, she won't be able to save Jake…nor stop the Evil One.Guardian: The Quest is the exciting book two of a magic-filled fantasy starring a powerful heroine, a tough brawny hero, and a slew of not-so-friendly magical beasts.
Escape
David Geoffrey Adams
Short Listed for Best New Author 2020; Runner-up2nd EditionHave you ever wondered why the world's major powers have started a new arms race while continuing to work together in space, especially on the international space station?Could the conspiracy theorists be both right and wrong? Might it be that Roswell and Area 51 are just misleading? That governments are hiding not past contacts but the prospect of a dangerous future contact?This is the story of two remarkable young women and their journey of discovery. Set against that background without knowing why their work is supported by world governments they will lead humans to the stars.
Finding Fabi
Geoffrey Robert
When brilliant but emotionally-tortured New York journalist Bec Corelli learns her father has died mysteriously on vacation in India, she walks out on her job and heads to Delhi. Pharmaceutical CEO Ernst Reiniger, facing ruin over a failed drug, has hatched a chilling plan to save his 300-year-old family company. With a lethal virus decimating the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas and threatening a global pandemic more deadly than Covid, Reiniger has the inside running on producing a vaccine. As Bec chases leads across India, supported by blogger Mike Bullard and New Zealand eco-warrior Jay Duggan, she is confronted by powerful forces determined to stop her discovering the truth about her father.
The Biscuit Barrel Murder
Geoffrey Start
Wispy Fescue runs a detective agency with his colleagues, Strangely Drye and Miss Wanda Cushway. They've had a few unlikely successes, but recently there's been a conspicuous lack of wires looking for their services. If they're ever to make a name for themselves, they need a high-profile case – and soon.Wispy's chance presents itself with the conviction of Miss Josephine Leighton, the prospective parliamentary candidate for Lewisham West, who is found guilty of murdering her fiancé in a preposterous miscarriage of justice. He and his colleagues are tasked with finding crucial evidence to overturn the conviction. Their mission takes them from Norfolk across England and over the Channel, and they take every opportunity to indulge in the local gastronomy on their travels.With only thirteen days until the sentencing, can Wispy find the real killer and save Josephine from the hangman's noose?|Wispy Fescue runs a detective agency with his colleagues, Strangely...
Blood Moon
Part #3 of "Ravenscliff" series by Geoffrey Huntington
The mystery of the Tower at Ravenscliff is at last revealed, in the long awaited continuation of The Ravenscliff Series. A returning threat roams the halls of Ravenscliff Manor, the mad sorceress Clarissa, but she is only one of many problems facing Devon March. His budding relationship with Cecily takes a hit when he discovers she might be his (gulp!) sister, while his pal Marcus is mysteriously linked with the savage, gorilla-like beast that turns up in Misery Point on nights of the full moon. The only way to solve these mysteries is to take another trip down the Staircase Into Time, with Devon emerging at the Ravenscliff of thirty years ago. A time when his guardian Amanda and the mysterious Rolfe are toddlers, and the Madman, Jackson Muir, is very much alive.
Nondisclosure
Geoffrey M Cooper
When a popular professor at a leading medical research institute accuses a colleague of drugging and sexually assaulting a student, department chair Brad Parker and university detective Karen Richmond join forces to investigate, only to be stymied by a victim who can't remember what happened. But as fragments of memory resurface, she's brutally attacked and murdered. The conclusion is obvious, but in the absence of forensic evidence, police hit a wall—until Brad and Karen's inquiries take an unexpected turn that not only threatens their own lives, but exposes a cover-up at the highest levels of the university. Nondisclosure: A Medical Thriller takes a frightening look at a culture that promotes sexual misconduct in academic life.
The Copyart Murders
Geoffrey Gates
Blake Knox, a young Australian working on his novel in France, finds himself in a police cell, caught up in a crime that echoes scenes from his own manuscript. As Inspecteur Sauveur pores over the details of the case, the facts ceaselessly point to the author. Blake's secret liaison with an Icelandic beauty and the intimate familiarity of the Provence setting of his manuscript are only the beginning... Will Blake be jailed for a murder he believed was just part of a good story? And what will his fiancée make of this? From the author of A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion, this story will dazzle adventurers and armchair detectives alike.
From Bogey to Birdie--Against the Odds
David Geoffrey Adams
"They had it coming to them!"No, they didn't but have the murderous actions of the killer destroyed the young golfer's career before it starts and left injuries that will stop her winning true love?Sophie must overcome the loss of her leg while Rob struggles to cope with the aftermath of cancer.Both have life-changing damage.This is their story of determination, love, and a lot of golf.
Geoffrey Hampstead: A Novel
Stinson Jarvis
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Leeward
Geoffrey Lehmann
This is a lyrical and honest memoir of a poet's life in Sydney. From Lavender Bay to Lindfield, Geoff Lehmann tells the story of his life as a poet, tax lawyer, member of the Sydney Push, single father to three small children and finally, a happily married man who returns to poetry writing and translation. His life and work crosses with some of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century and beyond—Les Murray, Judith Wright, Christopher Brennan, Clive James. He traces the contours of his own life and his family history, and the contours of particular slice of Sydney.
Mean Boys
Geoffrey Mak
"This book is a rare comfort, a companion . . . Makes you say: yes, that is exactly how it is."-Torrey PetersA ferocious inquiry into art and desire, style and politics, madness and salvation, and coming of age in our volatile, image-obsessed present.You know them when you see them: mean boys take up space, wielding cruelty to claim their place in the pecking order. Some mean boys make art or music or fashion; others make memes. Mean boys stomp the runways in Milan and Paris; mean boys marched at Charlottesville. And in the eyes of critic and style expert Geoffrey Mak, mean boys are the emblem of our society: an era ravenous for novelty, always thirsting for the next edgy thing, even at our peril. In this pyrotechnic memoir-in-essays, Mak ranges widely over our landscape of paranoia, crisis, and frenetic, clickable consumption. He grants readers an inside pass to the spaces where culture...
An Evil Love
Geoffrey Wansell
The reverberations from Fred West's crimes continue to this day. The story never dies.West was perhaps one of Britain's most evil, feared serial killers. His horrifying compulsion to kidnap, rape and torture his victims before murdering them showed a savagery and cruelty that can barely be believed. His 'House of Horrors' at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, became a burial ground for the women who fell into his hands.This new publication of Geoffrey Wansell's iconic, bestselling true crime masterpiece comes thirty years after West was arrested, in 1992. Dead by suicide by 1994, he never truly faced justice for the twelve murders he was charged with.Wansell, chosen as West's official biographer, gained exclusive access to all West's police interviews, prison diaries, papers, solicitor interviews - and his private collection of video tapes, as well as all the interviews given by his wife, Rose West.Once and for all, he reveals the full story of Fred and Rose...
A Boy Off the Bank
Geoffrey Lewis
First book of the Michael Baker series, A Boy Off the Bank tells a story of England's canals in wartime, of the pressure and pain, the humour and resilience of the boating people. Both tragic and heart-warming, it charts the progress of an arduous and difficult job against the broader panorama of worldwide events, seen from a narrowboat's back cabin through the eyes of a young boy:Ten-year-old Michael has had enough—mentally and physically abused by his drunken father, treated as a skivvy by his hard-pressed mother, he's taken all that his miserable life can throw at him. The final blow falls when his pet dog is taken away as well; on a January night in 1940 he sets out to commit suicide. But all does not go according to plan...
The Courtesy of Death
Geoffrey Household
A retired engineer in rural Britain finds himself caught up in the murderous machinations of an ancient pagan blood cult A former British mining engineer, Yarrow is hoping to start over in the English countryside as the owner and operator of a small combination inn and garage. But while staying the night at a prospective property near Avalon, he is awakened by a loud pounding at the door—and opens it to discover a distraught, seemingly mad visitor babbling on about all manner of incomprehensible concerns. Intrigued by the engaging lunatic Barnabas Fosworthy and unable to turn a deaf ear to his desperate pleas for help in finding a missing young woman, the all-too-good-hearted Yarrow inadvertently invites grave danger into his life. Fosworthy is part of a circle of crazed fanatics tied to ancient and terrifying beliefs—and before Yarrow realizes what he has gotten himself into, he finds himself trapped in an underground cavern, the prisoner of determined...
A Walk in the Sun
Geoffrey Alan Landis
Hugo Best Short Story winner (1992) Electronic SF Award Best Short Story (1992)
Rogue Justice
Geoffrey Household
When the Rogue Male misses his chance to assassinate Hitler in peacetime, he goes undercover in Nazi Germany looking for a second opportunity. Here, he declares his own personal war and recklessly fights his way across occupied Europe, with the Gestapo hot on his heels. Battling against Nazi ideology, he's transported across a continent, allied with escaping Jews and resistance groups, as he seeks justice for the evils done to the land, the people and the woman that he loved.
The Spanish Cave
Geoffrey Household
A twelve year-old boy finds terror and adventure inside a Spanish cave When his parents died, Dick stepped aboard a ship on the Thames and left England behind forever. He made his way to Spain, where he found work as a fisherman. Life at sea is difficult, but since learning to speak their language, Dick has found the Spanish to be the most hospitable people on earth. They call him Ricardito and treat him as one of their own. It is an idyllic life—until the day he makes his discovery. Dick is fishing with a friend when their net drags the skull up from the bottom of the forbidding Cave of the Angels. Although the locals warn against exploring the mysterious cave, Dick cannot resist. Dared by one of his friends to spend a night there, Dick ventures inside. Something terrible lurks inside the Cave of the Angels, but there is no creature of the sea that can frighten Ricardito.
Duke of Deception
Geoffrey Wolff
Duke Wolff was a flawless specimen of the American clubman -- a product of Yale and the OSS, a one-time fighter pilot turned aviation engineer. Duke Wolff was a failure who flunked out of a series of undistinguished schools, was passed up for military service, and supported himself with desperately improvised scams, exploiting employers, wives, and, finally, his own son.In The Duke of Deception, Geoffrey Wolff unravels the enigma of this Gatsbyesque figure, a bad man who somehow was also a very good father, an inveterate liar who falsified everything but love.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Shadow Hunter
Geoffrey Archer
HMS Truculent is a nuclear-powered, hunter-killer submarine, and one of the most deadly weapon systems in the world. Phil Hitchens is its distinguished British commander - who has broken away from a NATO exercise and embarked on his own darkly vengeful and deadly mission. Shadowhunter is the codename of the desperate sonar search for HMS Truculent, last seen heading for the Kola Inlet where the cream of Soviet sea power lies unsuspecting at anchor. Shadowhunter is Geoffrey Archer's nail-biting, authentic thriller of undersea battle and international tension - a chillingly credible account of the world brought to the brink of catastrophe.
The Salvation of Pisco Gabar and Other Stories
Geoffrey Household
Twelve evocative and unforgettable tales of adventure, self-discovery, and flawed humanity by one of the twentieth century's most able storytellers The literary career of the remarkable Geoffrey Household spanned more than half a century, from the 1930s to the late 1980s, and it began with the publication of his first short story, "The Salvation of Pisco Gabar," in the Atlantic Monthly in 1936. A powerful, moving tale of a fateful bargain struck between a nonbelieving entrepreneur and a mad Indian priest at a treacherous impasse in the mountains of Peru, it begins a sterling collect of short fiction by a successor of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson. Here are a dozen masterful yarns and parables that span the world, transporting the reader from the quaint, picturesque hamlets of Europe to the remote villages of South America, from the bustle of New York City to the Mediterranean dockside. Whether he's spinning the tale of a downtrodden Cockney...