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Cayman was known as "The Islands that time forgot". However, Bob Soto woke it up when he started the world's first scuba diving company in 1957. He brought it to great success with his talent for marketing. Bob produced Cayman's first promotional film, to advertise the island's sun, sea, sand and amazing underwater beauty. With his permission, the Department of Tourism used the movie as their main advertising tool for many years. It was not long before...
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As a young boy moves to a whole new place with his mother, he discovers that there are many mysteries in this town. Each answer leads him closer to a mission he will need help for.
Twelve-year-old Jules Quatrenoix leaves Paris to settle in Howlingdeadman with his mother in the summer of 1912. She was hired as a housekeeper at the De Chaussecourtes' after her husband, a junior officer on board RMS Titanic, went missing. Much to Jules' annoyance, they...
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Maurice Leblanc - Arsène Lupin, with his characteristic wit, plots over the course of nine short stories to steal many of Frances best antiques and artworks from under their owners noses. Only his classic opponent Detective Ganimard has the brilliance to attempt to foil Arsènes plans, albeit with mixed results.
This first collection of nine Arsène Lupin stories were originally serialised...
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Brice Johnson is just an ordinary person. She spends way too much time on the internet, spoils her pets rotten, and hates washing the dishes. One of the few things odd about her is she loves her job as a bus driver. Brice comes from a long line of superheroes. Everyone she interacts with on a daily basis has some type of superpower. Brice herself is what they call a baron in the world of superheroes-meaning she's someone who should have special powers...
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This book has two parts. The first part of this book will relate some of the many exciting and sometimes dangerous experiences that I encountered while living in the isolated and primitive bush country of North Western Ontario. The extreme cultural shock of moving from a home with hot and cold running water and central heating to a cabin with a coal oil stove for heat, a hand pump for cold water only located at the kitchen sink. The second part of...
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These classic mystery short stories feature Maurice Lebanc's famous rogue, Arsène Lupin. A master of disguise, Lupin moves between high society and a burglar's life, stealing from the rich and powerfull, and creating mischief for Detective Ganimard. Included in this collection are the following tales: "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin" "Arsène Lupin in Prison" "The Escape of Arsène Lupin" "The Mysterious Traveler" "The Queen's Necklace" "The Seven of...
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Set against the backdrop of the vibrant and alluring Parisian landscape, the narrative unfolds with an air of mystery and sophistication. Arsène Lupin, the dashing gentleman thief, takes center stage, captivating readers with his magnetic charm and unparalleled wit. Leblanc paints a vivid portrait of Lupin as he navigates the intricate web of high society, seamlessly blending into the opulent salons while orchestrating daring heists that leave even...
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Charlie Frank is middle-aged, out of work and for the first time in his life, in trouble with the law. To makes matters worse, his octogenarian father is arrested for mooning out of a bus window and his wife, who no longer loves him, is going through a mid-life crisis. Then he meets and falls in love with Grace, a beautiful police officer and for a troubled Charlie Frank, life will never be the same again.
A less than politically correct feel-good...
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This is the story of Eoj Nitram, a man from very humble beginnings who was just seeking some kind of happiness and success in his life. A man who would have to go through a world of hurt, hatred, and abuse at the hands of his so-called loved ones as a child and young adult. Fighting his demons and enemies and lust for battle along the way.
During his adventures, he masters his craft and evolves into the enemy of men worldwide. Eoj finds a...
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One of the most popular characters in all of crime fiction, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar long ago joined his (sometime) rival Sherlock Holmes in the criminal literature Hall of Fame.
Created in 1905 by French author Maurice Leblanc for the magazine Je sais tout, Lupin proved to be such a huge hit that the character would go on to inspire no less than 17 novels, thirty-nine novellas and a series of movie and television adaptations that remain...
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When Marc Ashton was kidnapped, thoughts of his famous father, Horace Dade Ashton, filled his mind. The elder Ashton became a founding member of the Explorers Club, and showed his passion for adventure by visiting many perilous, yet captivating, corners of the world at a time when travel was not easy. Marc believed the key to his escape lay in his father's exploits. Dubbed the "original Indiana Jones," the elder Ashton shared his journeys through...
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Anthony Arismendi moved to the United States from Venezuela as a teenager in the mid-seventies with the dream of becoming a US citizen and an FBI agent, despite the fact that he couldn't speak a word of English.
Transplanted from the dangerous streets of Caracas, Arismendi's unconventional thinking and out-of-the-box approach to life landed him in plenty of comical, often precarious situations. Still, he adapted his survival skills to a new culture,...
18) The Lives and Extraordinary Adventures of Fifteen Tramp Writers from the Golden Age of Vagabondage
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The combined events of the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the first transcontinental railroad opening in 1869, and the financial crash of 1873, found large numbers-including thousands of former soldiers well used to an outdoor life and tramping-thrown into a transient life and forced to roam the continent, surviving on whatever resources came to hand. For most, the life of the hobo was born out of necessity. For a few it became a lifestyle...
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March 1942: Singapore is about to fall. In Java, a Dutch civilian pilot and an Australian military dispatch rider embark on a frightening escape from the advancing Japanese that takes them from Bandung to a crash landing just north of Darwin. Both would join a unique band of flyers determined to strike back at the enemy. This is the extraordinary and little known story of more than 100 Dutch airmen stranded in Australia with no country to return to...
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Few military leaders have been as successful or as flamboyant as Maurice Marshal de Saxe, who reigned supreme in the tangled wars that raged across Europe during the early-Eighteenth Century. In this pithy biography, Edmund D'Auvergne traces the ascent of the future marshal from his lowly roots as an illegitimate son of Augustus II of Poland. He fought in many uniforms, serving the Army of the Holy Roma Empire, Imperial Army and most famously at the...