GORDON - Libros y biografía

In the second book of the "Sword Called Kitten" series, racial tension and rebellion threaten the shaky social fabric of Inderjorne. Kitten is forced to groom an unlikely leader – Eirlin the Healer –...

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), 6th Baron Byron and Fellowsip of the Royal Society, was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as among the greatest of English poets of...

Thieving Dog and Other Short Stories is a collection of three short stories that include a paranormal horror story, fantasy action story, and a crime drama story. "The Hill Mother" is the opening story...

In the late nineteenth century it became clear to the British government that health hazards facing those serving in warmer climates, particularly West Africa, were unacceptable. This led to the origin...

In the 1960s to 1980s, a heated controversy arose as to how best medical care could be delivered to individuals living in rural 'third-world' communities. This became polarised: should the national health...

Between 1946 and 1962, following World War II (1939-45), for the first time in peace-time Britain, conscription was introduced as a partial solution to Churchill's 'cold war' strategy. While the majority...

When Barnabus and his team use Artificial Intelligence to create a communication system in Otherwhere, they stir up the old "ArIn Takeover" phobia.Can he develop the leadership skills to navigate them...

Step into the dynamic world of contemporary jazz-funk with Andrew D. Gordon's book, "100 Ultimate Jazz-Funk Grooves for Tenor Sax." Renowned for his expertise in jazz and funk music, Gordon brings forth...

Step into the dynamic world of contemporary jazz-funk with Andrew D. Gordon's book, "100 Ultimate Jazz-Funk Grooves for Alto Sax." Renowned for his expertise in jazz and funk music, Gordon brings forth...

The real life story of former Baltimore City and Crofton, Maryland Police Officer and Kingwood,West Virginia Chief of Police Joel E. Gordon.From his childhood prayers to his teenage observations of police...

What did Jesus really say about divorce and remarriage? Challenging the evangelical near-consensus that Jesus permitted divorce and remarriage in certain circumstances, Gordon Wenham argues that while...

A few more Short Stories from a Scottish slant and a couple of poems in the mix. As to what constitutes a Scottish slant on things I could not quite say. Hard knocks shake the bloom of all others around...

With a 1st in Mechanical Engineering, Asa has turned her back on Scotland for a successful career in Calgary. Leaving her friends to the prosaic life of Orkney, an undefined incident at Birsay with Roddy...

Five years ago, Asa was a happy child but now she teeters on the brink of self-destruction. At seventeen, she worries about her obsessive pebble collection and a hidden secret past. Asa gathers evidence,...

Shaking off the disappointment of life's dealing to her, Arianwyn sets out beyond her borders naively unaware of what lies lurking in a world she feels fit to conquest by force of personality.In Via Acerbum,...

Arianwyn has turned her back on the crass Occidental world, returning home to seek the peace she desires. Along with her are devoted followers, who have all hope in her vision. Yet, this dream is not...

For Stroma trouble began with the boy next door, Musa Elmahdy, entering her life. Like his Egyptian father, he is attractive and suspect; nothing like his Ethiopian mother, Makla, or delightful sister,...

In a future world, confident teenager Eska is not the average, fun-seeking teenager she appears. Instructed by her teacher, Saurin, to help Lyking to achieve a step at school, she discovers a malevolent...

Disillusioned with police work in an Edwardian spa town, in highland Scotland, Duncan Gow's renewed but unlikely relationship with the unorthodoxly stunning Haldane sisters has made him confident. Margaret,...

Why anyone should kick against her self-perceived societal illusions was inexplicable to all that knew Lucy, but she had. She never fathomed the why herself, bringing as it had, a hard-knock existence...

Nursed from the addiction caused by Petrus, Arianwyn now faces fresh challenges from a range of people who have joined her disparate group. Each skilful but flawed in their own way, they appear to place...

In Waggle Dancer, the nature and meaning of Arianwyn's life through the purpose of Grainne clarifies - horned upon misogyny, perfection cannot be realised yet what alternative can femininity provide?...

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums/percussion...

Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell was at the heart of show business as a top jazz musician/studio player. In a mid-life career change, he found success as a screenwriter of theatrical films, television pilots,...

Le soir des fiançailles de sa fille, un riche financier quitte brutalement la réception sans un mot d'explication à sa famille. Le lendemain, on retrouve le cadavre de deux hommes dans une truffière....

À Mon Repos, chacun a ses priorités : Papa, les éoliennes. Tonton André, son gramophone, l'Oncle Gabriel, le secret de la levure, Tante Athalie, le bon usage des rince-doigts.Blottie au milieu d'un champ...

En 1967, les Mauriciens sont partagés entre indépendantistes et partisans de la domination britannique. Au coeur de ce conflit, Horace Baudelaire, journaliste de son état, a bien du mal à trouver sa place....

Delcourt est né à l'île Maurice. Il y a passé une jeunesse et une adolescence heureuses jusqu'à ce que le démon des voyages l'entraîne à s'exiler en Angleterre. Dans les années 30, il y poursuit des études...

À l'île Maurice, terre du métissage et de la coexistence pacifique, un meurtre mystérieux réveille d'anciens conflits intercommunautaires. Riche héritière d'une famille de sucriers, la belle Rébecca...

Chez nous, à l'île Maurice, en 1941, il y avait des détenus allemands et juifs. Les deux prisons étaient à 500 mètres l'une de l'autre. Et moi, Charles Féline, j'étais le surintendant des deux établissements.Est-ce...