A Killer of Lions tells the stirring story of "Buddy" A. Bowman, Jr., who ignores racial prejudice to heed his country's call to enlist in the armed forces during World War II. Against his parents' wishes, Buddy defies the military's official policy of "Negro inferiority" and successfully bucks the system to follow his dream. Going from Harlem to the segregated South, he enters the Army, advances to flight school, and is eventually given assignments over Italy and central Europe. As part of the 332nd Fighter Group - four squadrons of black pilots - Buddy experiences ultimate glory over the skies of Germany fighting the Luftwaffe. On his last mission, Buddy is shot down over the Balkans and captured by the Nazis, but escapes into the Romanian countryside to join up with a band of Partisans, where he has a torrid love affair with Mariza. This compellingly authentic story of a fledgling aviator's trials of manhood filled with near death episodes is not only certain to satisfy lovers of WWII adventure stories , but is also a significant addition to the literature on African-American achievement and the heroic deeds of the Tuskegee Airmen.

A Killer of Lions: A Novel Based on the Heroic Deeds of the Tuskegee Airmen

Literature & Fiction

Weisleder, Stan

United States

Chaucer Pr

Howard Farrell once was a successful screenwriter who's now having trouble creating stories and impressing studio executives. Adding to his woes, his wife, Renee, decides to leave him, and his dog, Jakey, dies. Preoccupied with his problems, Howard hits a police car on the road and winds up in traffic court. Spotting a recruiting poster for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, he realizes that's a way to come up with new script ideas. Since he's fiftyish and fat, everyone thinks he's crazy, but he signs up, nonetheless, for the training program for reserve officers. Although he finds the tests hellish and has an antagonistic relationship to B. J. (Bridget-Jolene) Dexter, his chief instructor, he survives the program and finds himself assigned to real-life crime cases. On one case, he and B. J. become sexually involved. Then Howard learns that his former talent agent and best friend, Murray Abromowitz, who recently joined an old friend in a business venture, has been killed by vicious thugs. Howard is assigned to work on the case and soon discovers it involves a dangerous sex trafficking operation that Murray unwittingly became involved with, after thinking he was working for a transportation company. Howard's law enforcement experiences cause him to reassess his life, put his screenwriting ambitions in perspective, and discover what is really important to him as a person.

The Easy Way

Central to this thrilling story of international espionage is a daring plot by the Chinese government to secretly purchase the Kestrel Hotel and Resorts chain, managed by the consummate global hotelier Rolfe Ritter, and use it as a cover for a single purpose: to destabilize emerging and industrial nations who would then be forced to turn to China for economic help and fall under its sphere of influence. The Chinese subcontract their plot to the Moscow-based, criminal gang headed by Yuri Borotin for billions of dollars. When Borotin learns a G8 Summit--which brings together leaders of the world's eight mightiest economies, including his archenemy, the hated Russian president--will be held at the Kestrel's luxurious Audley, San Diego Cliffs Resort, he conceives a plot the Chinese approve: to wipe out the G8 leaders in one fell swoop by detonating a massive bomb during the Summit. Soon Audley Hotel manager Matt Dirksen--the story's unyielding hero--and Beth Taylor--his beautiful life partner and a Kestrel manager--become enmeshed along with the CIA, FBI, Israel's Mossad, the U.K.'s MI5, Russia's FSB, and Te-Wu, the Chinese Secret Service, as Borotin's gang marches relentlessly towards its monstrous objective. Does Borotin's plan succeed? Lovers of international espionage are sure to hang on every word until the culmination of this page-turning, heart-pounding, action-adventure novel.

The Last Resort

Geller, Laurence

Ls Lowry: Conversation Pieces

Arts & Photography

Lambirth, Andrew

Individual Artists

Georgian and Regency architecture spans the years from 1714 until 1830, a period that bequeathed a rich heritage of buildings to the British landscape. From great country houses and churches to the formal city squares of Edinburgh and the graceful crescents of Bath, Georgian structures are distinguished by the elegance and harmony of their design. Georgian and Regency Architecture contains over two hundred illustrations, a chapter on the development of the concept of town planning, and biographical details of the outstanding architects of the time - from Adam and Hawkesmoor to Palladio and Wyatville. This title is part of a trilogy of books published by Chaucer press, lavishly portraying three hundred years of architecture, from the Georgian and Regency period through the Victorian and Edwardian era to the modern day.

Georgian & Regency Architecture

AVERY, DEREK

Architecture

Despite its public image as a time of great austerity, the Victorian era was one of the most varied and colorful periods in British history. The architecture of the time reflected the grandeur of the Victorian imagination. Harking back to antiquity, styles ranged from the Italian renaissance, as favored by Sir Charles Barry, to Pugin's Gothic revival, and from Norman Shaw's Queen Anne approach to the Arts and Crafts movement and the rise of the sinuous beauty of Art Nouveau. This era provided Britain with the most varied and colorful building of its architectural history. On the other side of the Atlantic, new methods of construction involving iron, glass and concrete enabled the building of the skyscrapers that were to change urban landscapes worldwide. This book is a comprehensive guide to the architectural styles of the Victorian and Edwardian period. Enhanced by superb color photographs, this volume provides an insight into a truly creative era.

Victorian & Edwardian Architecture

The modern architecture covered in this volume dates from the end of the First World War to the present day. Both world wars ravaged populations and environments alike, giving rise to rapid rebuilding programmes. The availability of new materials and construction methods enabled architects worldwide to experiment in reconciling their individual visions with the forces driving post-industrial society. This richly illustrated overview of the great diversity of structures enhancing our contemporary world contains chapters on Homes and Housing, Art and Culture, Leisure and Recreation, Religious Architecture, Administration and Government, Office Buildings, and a complete index of the Architects and Buildings of the Period. This title is part of a trilogy of books published by Chaucer Press, lavishly portraying three hundred years of architecture, from the Georgian and Regency period through the Victorian and Edwardian era to the modern day.

Modern Architecture

Sandwiched between England and Scotland, the Lakes have acted as muse to many a writer, their unique beauty and serenity calling to the souls of poets. In this fully illustrated anthology we discover the landscapes which inspired the Lakeland Poets - William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey among others. The Lakeland Poets also touches on the work of several poets not usually associated with the Lakes but whose work was influenced by visits to the region. John Keats traveled through on his way to Scotland in 1818 and incorporated his impressions of the majestic landscape into Hyperion. John Ruskin was taken to the Lakes as a child and was inspired to write his earliest published verse, and Matthew Arnold composed some of his best-known verse after a pilgrimage to Wordsworth's grave. This timeless anthology is enhanced throughout by the beautiful and sensitive work of the artist Alfred Heaton Cooper (1814-1929).

The Lakeland Poets: In the Footsteps of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and Others

Andrew Pagett

Poetry

If music is the food of love, poetry has always been its chosen language. Since time immemorial, lovers of all cultures have expressed their passion and pain in verse, finding in the fluid wealth of poetry a means of embodying the most powerful emotion. Countless poets through the ages, both male and female, have immortalised the journeys of their hearts in verse, and their sincere and moving words still speak to us today. Illustrated with paintings from many cultures and times, which reflect the diversity and broad cultural origins of the poems, Thousand Years of Love Poetry is a celebration of the delights and torments of love. Anyone who is, or has been, or would like to be, in love cannot fail to be moved by this extraordinary collection of poetry.

Thousand Years of Love Poetry

Since the early days of human history, poetry has been a cherished means of seeking higher truth. Across all cultures and periods, verse has allowed for the exploration of inner and divine realities, and given shape to mystical perceptions of the natural world. The poetry in this volume is testament to the pursuit of spirituality in all its forms, from the explicitly religious to the intensely psychological. Whether confronting the timeless dilemmas of mortality and grief or expressing a sense of closeness to nature, the poetry assembled by Fiona Pagett displays a passionate love of language and an appreciation of its capacity to map 'the landscape of the soul.' Illustrated with a diverse selection of beautiful images, Thousand Years of Spiritual Poetry takes the reader on a guided tour of humanity's highest longings in a joyful celebration of the spirit.

Thousand Years of Spiritual Poetry: The Landscapes of the Soul

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