The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure

The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0393333167

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Setting out with his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly archaeologist cousin after the deaths of his missionary parents, 1930s American teen Derrick joins a culturally lavish search for a cache of priceless Asian jade.


Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian

Author: Dean King

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 679

ISBN-13: 1453238336

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DIVA revealing and insightful look at one of the modern world’s most acclaimed historical novelists/div DIVPatrick O’Brian was well into his seventies when the world fell in love with his greatest creation: the maritime adventures of Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin. But despite his fame, little detail was available about the life of the reclusive author, whose mysterious past King uncovers in this groundbreaking biography./divDIV /divDIVKing traces O’Brian’s personal history, beginning as a London-born Protestant named Richard Patrick Russ, to his tortured relationship with his first wife and child, to his emergence from World War II with the entirely new identity under which he would publish twenty volumes in the Aubrey–Maturin series. What King unearths is a life no less thrilling than the seafaring world of O’Brian’s imagination./div


The Golden Ocean

The Golden Ocean

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780393036305

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Commodore (late Admiral) Anson's fatefaul circumnavigation of the globe in 1740, wherein Anson and his men encounter disaster, disease, and astonishing success, is the ground to The Golden Ocean. Here ia a tale certain to please not only admirers of O'Brian's work but also any reader with an adventurous soul.


80+ ADVENTURE TALES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD - The Ultimate Action-Packed Collection

80+ ADVENTURE TALES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD - The Ultimate Action-Packed Collection

Author: Robert E. Howard

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2024-01-14

Total Pages: 4939

ISBN-13:

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Robert E. Howard's '80+ Adventure Tales of Robert E. Howard' is a comprehensive collection of action-packed stories that showcase the author's masterful storytelling and vivid imagination. Set in a variety of exotic locales and time periods, Howard's tales introduce readers to unforgettable characters who embark on thrilling adventures filled with danger and excitement. The collection captures Howard's unique blend of action, suspense, and the supernatural, making it a must-read for fans of adventure fiction. His fast-paced narratives and vivid descriptions immerse readers in the worlds he creates, leaving them on the edge of their seats until the very last page. Howard's own life experiences and his fascination with history and mythology are evident in his work, as he expertly weaves together elements of real-world history with elements of fantasy and the supernatural. His passion for storytelling shines through in every tale, making him a pioneer in the genres of adventure and sword-and-sorcery fiction. Readers looking for an action-packed, immersive reading experience will find '80+ Adventure Tales of Robert E. Howard' to be a thrilling and captivating collection that showcases the best of Howard's storytelling prowess.


The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780393060119

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These five volumes are a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. Now, four years after O'Brian's death, his estate has agreed to release the chapters of the novel he was working on when he died. It is both fitting and moving that in these pages we are given a glimpse of Jack Aubrey raising his admiral's flag at last.


The Catalans: A Novel

The Catalans: A Novel

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2007-07-17

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0393329720

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Alan Roig returns to Saint-Feliu to find his family in crisis. His dour cousin Xavier, mayor and most powerful citizen of the town, plans to marry the daughter of the local grocer. Unfortunately she does not return his affection, and instead falls in love with Alain.


The Neverending Hunt

The Neverending Hunt

Author: Paul Herman

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2008-09-08

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 0809562561

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Prepared by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman with the assistance of Glenn Lord, this is the first new bibliography of Robert E. Howard since 1976. This massive volume contains more than twice as much information as the preceding biblio, The Last Celt. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian, yet wrote successfully in numerous genres. The Neverending Hunt lists every story, poem, letter and publication in which a Howard work has appeared. It's more than you might think . . .


The Unknown Shore

The Unknown Shore

Author: Patrick O’Brian

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2012-06-28

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0007466455

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The second book Patrick O’Brian wrote about the sea and a brilliant sequel to The Golden Ocean.


Alphabetical Africa

Alphabetical Africa

Author: Walter Abish

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780811205337

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"Walter Abish has dovetailed his novel within a Procrustean scheme that has the terrifying and irrefutable logic of the alphabet. Alphabetical Africa is in the line of writers such as Raymond Roussel, Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec and Harry Mathews, who have used constrictive forms to penetrate the space on the other side of poetry." -- John Ashbery