The Master's Ruse
Author: Patricia Schonstein
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 180
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Author: Patricia Schonstein
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John D. MacDonald
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2013-08-13
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0812984056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a beloved master of crime fiction, The Scarlet Ruse is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Travis McGee’s getting lazy. Drinking Boodles on the Busted Flush has become a full-time job. But when he hears that six figures’ worth of rare stamps have wandered off, McGee finds himself back in the salvage business. To deliver on this case, McGee will have to be suspicious of everyone he meets—because what he’s looking for is property of the mob. “The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.”—Jonathan Kellerman Hirsh Fedderman has misplaced an extremely valuable commodity: the stamp collection of mobster Frank Sprenger. Assessed at around four hundred thousand dollars, these are no ordinary stamps, and Sprenger’s no ordinary collector: He’s liable to break some fingers if he doesn’t get what he’s owed. Lucky for Hirsh, he’s got a friend in Travis McGee. Soon McGee is hot on the trail of the missing collection—not to mention hot for a voluptuous stamp expert by the name of Mary Alice. Only it’s not McGee’s heart that’s in danger. He soon realizes that he’s run afoul of a vicious syndicate, and neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will keep them from collecting McGee’s head. Features a new Introduction by Lee Child
Author: Edward (of Norwich)
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Ruse
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 0691195951
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A brief, accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the present. Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with purpose, and even Darwin's theory of natural selection, which profoundly shook the idea, was unable to kill it. Indeed, teleological explanation--what Aristotle called understanding in terms of "final causes"--Seems to be making a comeback today, as both religious proponents of intelligent design and some prominent secular philosophers argue that any explanation of life without the idea of purpose is missing something essential. In On Purpose, Michael Ruse explores the history of the idea of purpose in philosophical, religious, scientific, and historical thought, from ancient Greece to the present. Accessibly written and filled with literary and other examples, the book examines "purpose" thinking in the natural and human world. It shows how three ideas about purpose have been at the heart of Western thought for more than two thousand years. In the Platonic view, purpose results from the planning of a human or divine being; in the Aristotelian, purpose stems from a tendency or principle of order in the natural world; and in the Kantian, purpose is essentially heuristic, or something to be discovered, an idea given substance by Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection. On Purpose traces the profound and fascinating implications of these ways of thinking about purpose."--
Author: Edward Marshall
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael RUSE
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0674042972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his latest book, Ruse uncovers surprising similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking. Exploring the underlying philosophical commitments of evolutionists, he reveals that those most hostile to religion are just as evangelical as their fundamentalist opponents. But more crucially, and reaching beyond the biblical issues at stake, he demonstrates that these two diametrically opposed ideologies have, since the Enlightenment, engaged in a struggle for the privilege of defining human origins, moral values, and the nature of reality.
Author: Jack McKinney
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2010-12-22
Total Pages: 697
ISBN-13: 0307761681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKROBOTECH - THREE NOVELS IN ONE BUNDLE #7 SOUTHERN CROSS The Robotech Masters had come to Earth to finish the conquest their Zentraedi warrior-slaves had begun...and a battle-ravaged planet had to defend itself once more. That was when Dana Sterling, half-Human, half-Zentraedi commander of an elite Hovertank unit, stepped into the spotlight of interstellar history! #8 METAL FIRE An alien fortress had crashlanded on Earth--brought down in the struggle between the Robotech Masters and Earth's Human inhabitants. Now the fortress dared someone to penetrate its dark mysteries. And who better to brave that ship than Dana Sterling's 15th Squadron ATACs--after all, they had brought the thing down to begin with! #9 THE FINAL NIGHTMARE The Robotech Masters' Protoculture Matrix was degenerating, transforming into the Flower of Life--which was sure to draw the savage, merciless Invid across the galaxy to Earth. But the Army of the Southern Cross vowed to fight to the bitter end. And Dana Sterling raged a desperate war of her own to decipher her strange visions and the secret of her alien heritage...
Author: Mindy Klasky
Publisher: Peabridge Press
Published: 2022-12-13
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1950184307
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A gritty sense of realism…for this strong heroine.” — Romantic Times When all is lost, no risk seems foolish… The kingdom of Morenia has fallen. King Halaravilli has fled his home with a small band of loyal followers, seeking one last ally in neighboring Sarmonia. Hal is desperate to ensure the safety of his wife and newborn heir. Rani Trader travels with her king, having nearly sacrificed all in her pursuit to become a master in the art of stained glass. She is hunted by a single-minded enemy soldier, thwarted by the traveling troupe of players she once sponsored, and outcast from the lost glasswrights’ guild she loved. What will Rani risk to discover her true destiny? The Lost Guild Series includes: The Glasswrights' Apprentice The Glasswrights' Progress The Glasswrights' Journeyman The Glasswrights' Test The Glasswrights' Master 121322mfm
Author: Patricia Schonstein
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1770098070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In Banquet at Brabazan, Patricia Schonstein takes us to the heart of Cape Town's violent inner city, creating a cornucopia of baroque magic realism featuring an angel, drug-money, a muti murder, superb food, romance, a cappella, a miracle or two, librettos, reflections on South Africa's war in Angola, visions of the Afterlife, poetry, Shakespearean drama and various works of fine art, with flashbacks to her wondrous A Time of Angels."--P. [4] of cover.
Author: Patricia Schonstein
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-09-14
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0062031422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrimo Verona is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he is able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. Brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy, and storytelling, Primo accurately reads the futures of the local community who pay him in honey cake, tiramisu, and other delicacies. Pasquale Benvenuto is the owner of a beloved wine bar and delicatessen whose culinary reputation rests on recipes for the fruited breads and salamis his father taught him to make. Together Primo and Pasquale form an easy friendship triangle with the beautiful Beatrice, Primo's wife and Pasquale's former girlfriend. But when Beatrice leaves her husband for her old love, Primo is devastated. He casts spells to spoil Pasquale's creations and to win back Beatrice -- but inadvertently conjures up an unexpected visitor.