Café society ; Bohemian life from Swift to Bob Dylan

Politics & Social Sciences

Bradshaw, Steve

Social Sciences

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Blending historical fact with fiction, the authors have combined novel with biography to tell this story of John Pelham Humphries and his claim to land in one of the largest oil fields in Texas. Seventeen years of research are distilled into this fascinating account about Spindletop - a place and an event that heralded the advent of the Petroleum Age. The book is enhanced with numerous photographs of the people and places that figure prominently in the story. Giving added value is an excellent collection of document reproductions, which testify to the thoroughness of the research. Nation- and world-wide, over twenty-five thousand people claim kinship to the Humphries line: cxpecting the mystery to be magically solved, expecting to find a secret escrow account for billions of dollars buried deep in a bank vault somewhere, and expecting to share equally in its distribution. Like the hardy pioneers who gave up everything to seek a pot of gold, a lost city, a silver mine, the Humphries family tirelessly pursues the world's greatest treasure hunt. A delight to read, it is a mystery that proves fact is truly stranger than fiction.

Heirs to Misfortune: In Search of the Pelham Humphries Legacy

Duncan, Joyce

Literature & Fiction

Overmountain Press

Forensic pathologist Elliott Sumner learns the connection between himself and a prolific serial killer holds a secret to life. One that people will kill for. The BLUFF CITY BUTCHER steps from the fog ofMemphis urban legend to throw a Midsouth community into unbridled terror that captivates the country and introduces unimaginable consequences for the world. A billionaire family patriarch, a premier biotechnology entrepreneur, and a world renowned forensic pathologist discover they are inextricably linked to a real monster. Their lives of great privilege and rare gifts are defined by weaknesses of the heart until paths converge and each finds what has been missing.

Bluff City Butcher

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Barringer Publishing/Schlesinger Advertising

The breathtaking journey whirls readers into the fascinating worlds of forensics and cutting edge biotechnology where chilling conflict tests the human spirit. Elliott Sumner-world renowned forensic pathologist-believes the nightmare is over when the heads of seven Gilgamesh board members are found on stakes in a neat row on Mud Island. Hours later, their chairman dies at the end of a serial killer's knife. But three escape and find refuge in Cape Town, South Africa, where they are intent on resurrecting the sinister, secret society and its century-old mission to control mankind's greatest evolutionary leap. Dr. Enrique Medino-a brilliant anti-aging geneticist- uncovers a secret to life with profound implications. He dies mysteriously and his groundbreaking research is thought lost, until a portable hard drive is delivered to the mansion of billionaire patriarch-Albert Bell. The accompanying message is clear-Elliott Sumner must take the Medino biologic to the world. Doubting such fantasy, and reluctant to engage in a hopeless battle against the deadly legions of Gilgamesh, Elliott refuses to put at risk those most important to him. He resists but is soon pulled into a death spiral that confirms his worst fears. In a desperate bid to survive, Elliott embarks on a quest to crack the hard drive's code. If successful, the biologic must be produced and the world's population infused. As his doubts transform into wonder, Elliott assembles a cast of unlikely characters to accomplish their seemingly impossible mission.

Blood Lions

This book sets out to trace the development of our social dancing from its origins in the ancient ring dances of antiquity to the teenager's beat dancing of today. From the invention of the couple dance by the Troubadors of Provence, through the domination of the Italian, the English and the French courts to the French Revolution and then on to the most shocking dance ever known to Western man, the Waltz. Eighty years later, and the syncopated beat of ragtime leads us to the age of the Foxtrot and the Quickstep - until Bill Haley starts to play and Elvis moves his pelvis . . . This is not a look at how to dance but what people danced, and why. Belinda Quirey was an Honorary Member of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and a Founder Fellow (and past Chairman) of the Historical Branch of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. She taught dance history at the Royal Academy of Dancing, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the London College of Dance and Drama, the London Contemporary Dance School, the London Theatre School, and the British and European Studies Group. She choreographed for most of our main theatrical companies, and was for many years the choreographer of the English Bach Festival Trust in its revivals of Baroque operas. Steve Bradshaw, after studying English at Queens College, Cambridge, joined BBC Radio London during its early days, producing and presenting 'Breakthrough' a rock magazine programme for young people. He is now a freelance film-maker, writer, journalist and broadcaster. Ronald Smedley was Producer of the BBC television series 'May I Have The Pleasure?', and is a member of the English Folk Dance and Song Society and visiting teacher in traditional dance at the Royal Ballet School.

May I Have the Pleasure?

Arts & Photography

Quirey, Belinda

Smedley, Ronald

Performing Arts

Dance Books Ltd.

(NEW 2nd Edition - Authorized by the Author) The Bluff City Butcher was once just an urban legend. Now a real monster has stepped out of the fog of a century-old mystery and thrown a midsouth community into unbridled terror. When world renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Elliott Sumner gets the call from the Butcher, he knows he's not dealing with just any serial killer. Not only is the BCB a genius and psychopath, he is the genetic recipient of a legendary mutation some would kill for. Elliott's battle with his own inner demons could get in the way of stopping the very real monster. But will ending the reign of terror of the Bluff City Butcher solve the century-old mystery? Or will it put an end to the single greatest evolutionary leap for mankind?

The Bluff City Butcher: (NEW 2nd Edition - approved by the author) (The Bell Trilogy)

Griffyn Ink

(NEW 2nd Edition - Authorized by the Author) World renowned forensic sleuth Dr. Elliott Sumner believes the nightmare is over when heads of board members are found and a serial killer is dead. But three in Cape Town resurrect a sinister plot to control a genetic mutation with profound implications. When the groundbreaking formula surfaces with a message from the dead geneticist, Elliott knows only he can take the anti-aging biologic to the world. Doubting such fantasy, and reluctant to engage in a hopeless battle against deadly minions, Elliott's worse fears are confirmed. In a desperate bid to survive, Elliott faces an impossible mission. Can he infuse the world population, or will the biologic be controlled by the sinister few? As his doubts turn into wonder, Elliott realizes he must unite with a real monster or the greatest evolutionary leap for mankind will be lost.

Blood Lions: (NEW 2nd Edition - approved by the author) (The Bell Trilogy)

An unknown invader - code name GRAY WOLF - commandeers a nuclear missile silo in North Dakota and threatens to launch a Minuteman III ICMB. The President's only containment option is to obliterate the Midwest nuclear arsenal at a cost of millions of civilian lives. Across the country in Key West, the world-renowned forensic sleuth Dr. Elliott Sumner is pulled into the international crisis moments after he spots a serial killer he put away for life. Elliott gets the call to examine hideously mutilated corpses found frozen solid in the wilderness. The macabre blood trail is the only way to identify GRAY WOLF, and give the President more options. Setting aside a life-threatening condition, Sumner goes to North Dakota. Can Elliott solve the grisly international forensic puzzle, or will time run out? Can the launch of a rogue Minuteman III missile into the world be averted, or is a nuclear Armageddon the only outcome for the unimaginable terminal breach?

Terminal Breach

Thrillers & Suspense

The President of the United States is awakened in the middle of the night by the two words he prayed he would never hear-TERMINAL BREACH. An unknown invader-code name GRAY WOLF- commandeers a U.S. nuclear missile silo in North Dakota and threatens to launch a Minuteman III ICBM into the world. The PRESIDENT'S only certain containment option is the obliteration of the U.S. Midwest nuclear arsenal. But that comes at a horrific cost--several millions of civilian lives lost. Across the country, the world-renowned forensic sleuth on hiatus, Dr. Elliot Sumner, is pulled into the international crisis moments after he spots a serial killer in the streets of Key West. A monster he thought he put away for life. Somehow this killer is entangled in the assault on the country. Within hours of the breach, the POTUS connects with Elliott Sumner. He asks the gifted forensic pathologist to examine bizarre evidence that may help to profile the invading entity. The mutilated corpses found around the world are processed, frozen solid, and hidden (dispersed) in a peculiar manner. Maybe the macabre blood trail can identify GRAY WOLF and give the President more options. Setting aside his life-threatening condition, Elliott Sumner travels to North Dakota to do what only he can do. Can the gifted forensic mind solve the grisly international puzzle before time runs out for the President? Will the launch of a rogue Minuteman III nuclear missile into the world be averted? Or is a nuclear Armageddon the only possible outcome for an unimaginable TERMINAL BREACH?

TERMINAL BREACH

Genre Fiction

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