The Chessmen

• Author : Peter May
• Publisher : Quercus
• Release : 05 January 2016

Marilyn Stasio in The New York Times raved: "Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth." Among the many honors received, The Blackhouse, the first novel in May's acclaimed Lewis trilogy, won the Barry and Crime Thriller Hound awards. Now, with The Chessmen, Peter May gives us a dramatic conclusion to his award-winning Lewis trilogy. Living again of the Isle of Lewis, the ex-Detective Inspector Fin McLeod is working as a security officer for a

• Author : Peter May
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 19 November 2012

THE NAIL-BITING, BESTSELLING FINAL CHAPTER IN THE LEWIS TRILOGY 'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years' Independent 'Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York Times PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES THE NEW START Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. THE OLD FRIEND This

• Author : John Bellairs
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 21 December 2011

Johnny Dixon, Fergie, and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the professor's brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.

• Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Publisher : Greenbooks editore
• Release : 24 May 2021

In this novel Burroughs focuses on a younger member of the family established by John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series. The heroine this time is their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, whose hand is sought by the gallant Gahan, Jed (prince) of Gathol.

• Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Publisher : Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
• Release : 25 January 2011

• Author : Simone Zimmermann
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 11 August 2005

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Angewandte Sprach-und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim), course: Proseminar, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Before taking part in the seminar “Introduction to American Ethnic Groups: Asian Americans”, I had neither heard anything about the situation of Asians living in the United States nor could I define terms like Issei, Nisei, relocation camp or assembly center. Through reading “The Chessmen”, looking

• Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1962

Burroughs creates a fantastic Martian world and culture as he portrays a hidden city of dreams, the bodiless kaldanes, a mad scientist, and a living chess game

• Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Publisher : Open Road Media
• Release : 17 March 2020

The Barsoom series continues: A princess is taken prisoner by aliens and forced to play a deadly game in this classic sci-fi fantasy novel. The daughter of Earthman John Carter and Martian Princess Dejah Thoris, Tara, Princess of Helium, was raised to be strong and independent. When Prince Gahan of Gathol seeks her hand in marriage, Tara is unimpressed by his dandyish ways. But while out flying in a storm, she finds herself stranded in an unfamiliar region of Barsoom,

• Author : Barbara Henderson
• Publisher : Pokey Hat
• Release : 29 April 2021

Win. Lose. Survive.I was the boy with a plan. Now I am the boy with nothing.From the moment 12-year-old Kylan hatches a plan to escape from his Norse captors, and return to Scotland to find his mother, his life becomes a dangerous game.The precious Lewis Chessmen pieces--which he helped carve--hold the key to his freedom, but he will need all his courage and wit to triumph against Sven Asleifsson, the cruellest Viking in the realm.One false

• Author : Peter May
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 19 December 2013

The isle of Lewis is a land of strange beauty, harsh living and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod returns from Edinburgh to the island of his childhood to investigate a series of brutal killings. As old memories resurface and old friends reappear, Fin realizes that returning to the past will lead him into danger.

• Author : John Bellairs
• Publisher : Skylark
• Release : 01 April 1991

Johnny and his friends must unravel the baffling riddle in Peregrine Childermass's will--or an evil madman will unleash a force so powerful it could destroy the world! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

• Author : Christel Braae
• Publisher : ISD LLC
• Release : 20 October 2017

This is a study of a unique collection of Inner Mongolian artifacts at the National Museum of Denmark. They are described, analyzed and presented in a catalogue of more than 800 items, documenting the daily life of pastoral society in and around the tent, in the herding of the animals, in caravan trade and in hunting, crafts, sports and games, and in ritual life. Information about the objects was obtained during two expeditions to Inner Mongolia in the 1930s led by

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1978

• Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Publisher : Tebbo
• Release : 01 December 2011

Burroughs' Best Martian Tale - Conventional wisdom has it that the first three books of Burroughs' Martian series, 'A Princess of Mars, ' 'The Gods of Mars, ' and 'The Warlord of Mars' form an excellent trilogy and all the rest of the Martian tales are quite poorly done in comparison. You will disagree. Here are two examples as to why 'Chessmen' is Burroughs' best work in this series. [1] You can hardly conceive of a more ghastly creature than a

• Author : Patent office
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1871