Henry Carter Hull

Journey to South America on a search for endangered species with the author of My Family and Other Animals. In 1950, Gerald Durrell set off for British Guiana (now Guyana) to collect native wildlife and bring it back to his Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. On his journey, Durrell experienced all kinds of adventures: some amusing, some thrilling, and some extremely irritating. He traveled up the Essequibo...

Includes three Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures: "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches."

"A hilarious guide to not having it all, with vague instructions on what to do when you've dropped all the balls you ought to have kept in the air, perfect for fans of Caitlin Moran Does an exciting weekend for you mean scrubbing all the grouting in your bathroom with a toothbrush? Do you ponder marrying the Albanian builder who has just fitted alcove shelving because he's brought you more happiness in three days than your useless ex-boyfriend brought...

An ebook collection of three novels that follow the hilarious misadventures of a woman who takes no prisoners-which is never ideal for a police officer. Mavis Upton tackles everything life can throw at her in this humorous, poignant, and moving series of an everyday girl who one day followed a law enforcement dream . . . Handcuffs, Truncheon and a Polyester Thong Single mom Mavis Upton decides to pursue her lifelong ambition to become...

The adventures of 60 pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during World War IIA narrative description and condensed history of the Spitfire's construction, combat career, and postwar service tell all there is to know about the finest fighter of World War II. When the book Spitfire at War first appeared in 1974, it enjoyed critical acclaim, for the aircraft had never been described in such terms and detail before. It was followed...

Matt Passmore is back as Jim Longworth, a Chicago detective who relocates to Palm Glades, Florida. He has an intriguing caseload packed with alien abductions, steamy love triangles, nudist colonies, murder and more.

"In Season Three of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Jack is working as a CIA case officer in Rome when he is tipped off that the Sokol Project, a secret plan to restore the Soviet Empire, is being resurrected mor that 50 years after it was thought to have been shut down. Jack embarks on a mission to confirm the intelligence, but things quickly go awry, and he is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy. Crisscrossing Europe, he races against the clock to...

"Three charming stories of cozy quilting circles and budding romance Patchwork Promises by Amy Clipston When Colin Zook and his beloved grandmother lose everything in a fire, their greatest loss is a beloved family heirloom quilt that helped keep her dementia at bay. When Joanne Lapp hears about the loss, she decides to re-create the quilt. Colin soon feels himself developing feelings for her, but he's held back by the knowledge that a future with...

"Get the first four books in the breathtakingly fast-paced, both hard-boiled and heart-breaking Lori Anderson series in one GREAT-VALUE box set. Single mum and part-time Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson is no super-hero, but she's skilled, smart and fiercely determined... and she'll stop at nothing when her family is threatened. An electric, action-packed, blisteringly authentic series of thrillers by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction....

"A collection of vignettes and stories, including the Nick Adams tale "Indian Camp," from one of American literature's greatest twentieth-century writers. This volume of short fiction offers brief glimpses into Ernest Hemingway's life and mind, portraying the evolution of an artist-a writer of nonfiction testing the form's limits, stretching his imagination, and experimenting with the "fibrous and athletic" language that would propel his novels...