Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. The armada ghost book by bernard, christine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. According to legend, the womanwhose name was margaretwas the survivor of a shipwreck that killed her children, and, in her grief, would often wander the rocks at. Diving the shipwrecks of sri lanka by dharshana jayawardena by strike on june 14, 2016 0 where there are ships, there will be wrecks.
It contains much of the same storytelling as a work by someone like tom clancy, but with an intensity, depth of knowledge, and vision infrequently found in those books. Bernard put together an eclectic mix of tales, featuring classic ghost stories, some retellings of spooky folktales, plus a sprinking of new tales penned by modern authors. The armada ghost book by bernard, christine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at abebooks. A contemporary, wholly original, spinetingling ghost story born of pirate legend that school library journal calls reminiscent of the film pirates of the caribbean. The second armada ghost book by bernard, christine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. And so in 1967, a little anthology of spooky tales for younger readers, entitled the armada ghost book first appeared on the shelves. Buy 1st armada ghost book paperback softback by christine bernard isbn. Therefore when the idea of a junior equivalent was mooted, christine bernard once again took the reins. The headless horseman washington irving, adapted by wade denning track 2. The armada ghost book 1 the armada ghost book 1967 a by christine bernard also appeared as.
In 1995, a russian aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that just as mysteriously disappears thereafter. The armada ghost book by christine bernard abebooks. An engaging, casual history of librarians and libraries and a famous one that burned down. In her latest, new yorker staff writer orlean rin tin tin. The kaz ii was a small yacht found off of australias coast in 2008 and was reported to have been manned by three people on its departure, des batten and peter and john tunstead.
Toughguy actor lawrence tierney makes his uncredited screen debut here as the jocular louie parker. Ghost fleet is a pageturning speculative thriller in the spirit of the hunt for red october. Some believe the ghost is a maid impregnated and abandoned by one of the stuarts, the 18th century local landowners. Happy jack palmer who is a class eleven telepath and a gloomy bugger, melody chambers expert at computers and girl geek, and jc chance he got touched by something that came from the outside in a previous case, which is something that he is not quite sure how to deal with. Members of another vessel, the dei gratia, boarded her and saw no trace of struggle, no serious. On discovery, the yacht had a torn sail and contained a stillon laptop and a mug of halfempty coffeebut no crew a coroner stated he had solved the mystery, saying that one of the crew fell in trying to free a. Buy a cheap copy of ghost ship book by diane carey. Famous ghost stories with scary sounds produced by wade denning year. The authors weave a variety of political tensions, social changes, emerging technologies, and weapons systems now in various stages of development into the narrative. Set in the near future, the book portrays a scenario in which a postcommunist china, assisted by russia, is able to launch a technologicallysophisticated attack against the united states in the pacific, leading to the occupation of the hawaiian islands.
The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in that every trend and technology featured in the novel no matter how scifi it may seem is real, or could be soon. The cynical crew of the ghost ship includes the oneeyed, peglegged captain mordecai cousse, the giantnosed first mate dequayne, the ships poet, and the rest of. Singer is a strategist and senior fellow at the new america foundation and the coauthor of ghost fleet. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mainebased writers sharon lee and steve miller teamed up in the late 80s to bring the world the story of kinzel, a inept wizard with a love of cats, a thirst for justice, and a staff of true power. Kurt austin and his national underwater marine agency team save the world yet again, this time from a criminal family thats been hijacking the innocent and taking hostages for four generations. Rebuilding itself after the rigours of a lengthy civil war, the island nation of sri lanka is rapidly becoming. When things go bump in the night northern ireland style.
The books in the series follow a group of three ghost finders. See more ideas about books, reading and books to read. I remember flashbacks lighting up magic whip eight oclock, kowloon emptiness, handle it the white horse image i had of you eleven seconds ago. Oh, okay i pinched it from the school library and then the teacher said i could keep it. A shortlived series from lewis, xericwinning creator of true swamp. Little did we expect we when set out to write a book about world war iii that we would become the proud owners of the rights to an alice cooper space opera. Although the ghost ship came at the tail end of dixs career, the film marked a beginning for another actor. The authors paint a compelling scenario in which the simmering cold war turns hot with the opening salvos taking place in. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Vicki plans to spend her summer vacation waitressing in her fathers famous seaside restaurant. Armada books was an imprint used to publish paperback titles from 1962 until 1995 created by gordon landsborough as the paperback imprint of may fair books ltd, it focused exclusively on books for children to buy with their pocket money it was sold in 1966 and eventually ended up in the hands of collins, who used it to publish books for 10 to 15yearolds under their fontana books. I thought id mention it here, just in case you ever find yourself in two minds about buying any of mary danbys classics as a. Diving the shipwrecks of sri lanka by dharshana jayawardena. Ghost fleets nearly 400 endnotes, something not often seen in novels, document the years of research the authors did to bring their story close to fact.
Pulling ships out of the reserve fleet was common, especially in all the u. In their retirement, vessels in the ghost fleet have been used for all sorts of military and civilian endeavors, from demolition practice to grain storage. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, ghost fleet has drawn praise as a new kind of technothriller while also becoming the new mustread for military leaders around the world. Kevin mauer, author of the new york times bestseller no easy day an absolute pleasure to read. Singer and august cole tell the story of a future war between the united states on one side and china and russia on the other. Page 254 the song that plays in the background of the tiangong. Most of the books are concerned with the sea, but in any case all will give a good idea of life in the nineteenth century. The economist ghost fleet is a thrilling trip through a terrifyingly plausible.
To the artists who lived and worked in the warehouse that caught fire friday, the ghost ship was a coveted haven in the bay areas gentrifying landscape. On december 4, 1872, a small merchant ship, the mary celeste, was discovered floating without a crew. A novel of the next world war, which imagines a conflict across land, sea, and. This of course includes attitudes prevalent at the time, but frowned upon nowadays. The two of us went on to become a policy analyst and defense journalist, respectively. The ghost ship was a return to form for dix, whose portrayal of the homicidal captain stone is one of the films standouts. Bounds contribution to the series but i got carried away. The ghost of peggys cove the site of the famous peggys point lighthouse in nova scotia is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman named who took her own life in 1800. Border ghost stories ghosts, howard pease first edition. But when the bay goes dry and a 1772 sailing ship appears, vickis course is reset.
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