5/13/2023 0 Comments Treasure hunters book order![]() ![]() ![]() A man called Willhelm Hoettl fed the story to Simon Wiesenthal who fed it to Anthony Terry at the Sunday Times where Freddie picked it up and all these people put their spin on it. I’ve spoken to Freddie and he all but admitted it, but because of his book the myth persists. I read it as a teenager and loved it.Īh, well, the problem with Odessa, which stands for Organisation of Former SS Associates, you can look the German up, is that if you’d been in the SS and were trying not to get hunted you’re not going to call your organisation that, are you? So, basically, it’s bollocks. So he ended up with two men in mind – his real villain, Edward Roschmann, the Butcher of Riga, and the hero of his book, Peter Miller, who hunts Roschmann for reasons that become apparent at the end – there might be people who haven’t read this book. Freddie had been Reuters correspondent in Germany and was aware that there was a significant number of former Nazis ending up in government and Simon Wiesenthal told him about Odessa. His publishers said: ‘Do Nazis first and mercenaries later.’ That’s publishing pretty much to a T. Now, Odessa File is Freddie’s second book (I always call him Freddie), and after the enormous success of Day of the Jackal he was thinking of doing something about mercenaries in Africa. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments The smoke jumper by nicholas evans![]() ![]() ![]() Now of course I have a lot of friends there and it has become the place that I yearn to be in. But it wasn’t until I was researching The Horse Whisperer that I got to go to Montana. The real countryside was so much bigger and more dramatic. It wasn’t until my twenties that I first got the chance to visit the American West and when I did, of course, I realized that most of those TV westerns had been shot on the back lot of some LA studio. ![]() The first writer that I really connected with was Jack London. I was also an avid reader and devoured westerns. I used to watch all those great old TV western series – Wagon Train, Rawhide, Hawkeye and The Last of the Mohicans. When I was quite young my parents moved way out in the English countryside, a long way from all my friends, so I spent a lot of time on my own, most of it playing cowboys and indians. Long before I got a chance to travel there, the images of that landscape had a great influence on me. ![]() The truth is I have always been obsessed with the place. A lot of people find it odd that an English guy should be writing about the American West. What is it that draws you to writing about the American West?Ī: This is my third novel, and the third in which the action (though not all of it) takes place in Montana. Q: You’re English … but you don’t write “English” novels. The following is a conversation with Nicholas Evans about The Smoke Jumper. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments River Run Red by Andrew Ward![]() ![]() To this day, Fort Pillow remains one of the most controversial battles in American history.The fullest, most accurate account of the battle yet written, River Run Redvividly depicts the incompetence and corruption of Union occupation in Tennessee, the horrors of guerrilla warfare, and the pent-up bigotry and rage that found its release at Fort Pillow. Northerners deemed it premeditated slaughter. Confederates called this bloody battle and its aftermath a hard- won victory. ![]() By the next day, hundreds of Federals were dead or wounded, more than 60 black troops had been captured and reenslaved, and more than 100 white troops had been marched off to their doom at Andersonville. On April 12, 1864, a force of more than 3,000 Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest galloped across West Tennessee to storm Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, overwhelming a garrison of some 350 Southern white Unionists and over 300 former slaves turned artillerymen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Join indie bestseller, Mark Dawson and first-time author James Blatch, as they shine a light on the secrets of self-publishing success. ![]() Do you want to make a living from your writing? No more gatekeepers, no more barriers, no one standing between you and your readers. We've had people tag us in videos for half a million views about Zodiac Academy, so we are not even doing it at that point, it's doing it for you. Ĭaroline Peckham: Once you hit that market and it does well, and people are then doing their own TikToks about it. Narrator: On this edition of the Self-Publishing Show. SPS-315: Meet the Superstar Sisters of TikTok - with Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti ![]() MERCH: Are you a ligneous beetle or a yawning hippopotamus? Get your SPF hoodies and t-shirts in the brand new SPF Store. SPS LIVE 2022: Get on the waitlist for tickets to Self-Publishing Show Live in London in June SELL MORE BOOKS: Ads for Authors is open for enrolment now PATREON: Self Publishing Formula Show’s Patreon page
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Vietnam's donors and development partners need to forcefully express their public support for Vietnam's courageous activists and call for the immediate release of all who have been arbitrarily detained." "With a steady stream of people being locked up for nothing more than asking for their rights, the situation is critical," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. (New York) - Dozens of peaceful advocates for democratic reforms, rule of law, religious freedom, and human rights face arbitrary detention and harsh prison sentences, with no respite in sight, Human Rights Watch said today, on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the democracy movement known as Block 8406. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The Rising by Brian Keene![]() ![]() ![]() Winning various awards for his work, he is seen as being at the forefront of the recent trend in zombie fiction that has been enjoying mainstream appeal. Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the RoadĬhiral Mad 4: An Anthology of CollaborationsĪn American writer who is primarily known for his horror and crime-fiction, along with his many comic books as well, the author Brian Keene has been writing for a number of years now, as his audience has been building steadily over the many years of his now highly regarded literary career. ![]() My Favorite Story Podcast Author Anthology Mister October, Volume II - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Mary wollstonecraft's![]() ![]() Dissatisfied by the restricted career choices then available to women, she made the radical decision to support herself as a professional writer, something very few women of the time could do. ![]() Though denied educational opportunities beyond the superficial schooling allowed to girls at the time, Wollstonecraft loved to read and yearned for intellectual life. But Wollstonecraft’s vision of a social order founded on reason and women’s education would become her lasting legacy. ![]() Later relationships would also prove difficult, as when the father of Wollstonecraft’s first child abandoned her with the infant in France in the midst of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Raised in a financially unstable home dominated by a violent, alcoholic father, she was no stranger to hardship. Historically, many people have been more interested in Wollstonecraft’s unusual personal life and associations than her writing. Her life, though short and tumultuous, was characterized by an Enlightenment-inspired passion for reason unusual among women of her era. Early British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a revolutionary thinker who sought to become “the first of a new genus,” a new kind of woman. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Marissa meyer cinder![]() An animated feature film adaptation, to be produced by Locksmith Animation, was announced in 2019.Ĭress is the third book in The Lunar Chronicles and fourth chronologically. Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic. Each book entails a science fictional twist on a classic fairy tale, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White. ![]() The Lunar Chronicles is a series of four young adult science fiction fantasy novels, a novella and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]() Fantasy, young adult fiction, romance, science fiction, dystopian ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Claymore manga vol 1![]() ![]() Deaths come one after another, but it wasn't all that grave, there are times to mourn but the story goes on. ![]() The characters are well drawn and depicted. The author did well to keep the power balance, the monsters are naturally stronger, but the warriors fight smart. The fights are good, claymores and youma / awakened fights are always enjoyable to watch. From one chapter to another, there's more and more mysteries revealed, which has kept me going. First we were introduced to the monsters (youma), then the warriors (claymores), then to awakened being, then we were introduced to the strongest 3, the abysal ones. It's set on an island, and it remain so throughout the story. I got to read Berserk way later, but I think I still prefer Claymore.įirst of all, Claymore's world is not very vast. ![]() Claymore was the 1st of its kind that I read (monster manga). ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Austenland by Shannon Hale![]() ![]() Wattlesbrook, who prefers the wealthier guests. “Elizabeth Charming”, Jane is treated with disdain by the manager, Mrs. While Jane can only afford the cheapest "copper" package, the other guests have purchased the most expensive "platinum" option. The highlight of the resort is guaranteed romance with the male actors, though no touching is allowed. At “Austenland”, guests receive pseudonyms and period costumes, living as ladies of the Regency era. Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice – spends her entire savings on a trip to a Jane Austen-themed resort in England. Jane Hayes, an American woman obsessed with Jane Austen – especially Colin Firth's portrayal of Mr. JJ Feild, Jane Seymour, Bret McKenzie, and Jennifer Coolidge co-star. Based on Shannon Hale's 2007 novel of the same name and produced by author Stephenie Meyer, it stars Keri Russell as a single thirty-something obsessed with Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, who travels to a British resort called Austenland, in which the Austen era is recreated. Austenland is a 2013 romantic comedy film directed by Jerusha Hess. ![]() |