Rendezvous Eighteenth

Rendezvous Eighteenth
Author: Jake Lamar
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312336059

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Rendezvous Eighteenth marks the emergence of an exciting voice in crime fiction. Ricky Jenks gave up life in the U.S. years ago and is content, if not happy, with his life as a piano player in a small café in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris. He has many friends among the other African-Americans living in Paris and is happily, if casually, involved with a French Muslim woman. But then everything changes. His American life comes crashing down on him when his estranged cousin wants help finding his runaway wife, whom he thinks might have come to Paris, even though he's vague about why. That same night Ricky finds a prostitute dead in his apartment building in Paris's Eighteenth Arrondissment, one of the most multicultural sections of Paris. That these two events could be connected is something he never imagines. This intricate, absorbing thriller is ultimately much more than a suspense novel. Lamar's detailed and vibrant portrait of life in Paris is as much the story of a black man's alienation and redemption-indeed, the story of an entire community searching for a home-as it is a taut thriller about revenge, obsession, and murder.

The Rendezvous

The Rendezvous
Author: Justine Levy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0684846322

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Raised by parents who came of age in the sixties and went on to achieve worldwide fame, Louise has survived their celebrity, their turbulent marriage, and the divorce that left her in the care of her devoted father and on the periphery of her mother's chaotic life. Now eighteen, Louise waits for her long-absent mother in a cafe. Carefully balancing anticipation with the fear that her mother will once again disappoint her, she digs deep into a store of memories. Her recollections of childhood incidents bring her face to face with the reasons behind her mother's self-destructive behavior and clarify her own complicated feelings for a deeply flawed parent.Writing with wry humor and sometimes savage irony, Levy captures the essence of a love at once profoundly troubled and indestructible. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Politics Noir

Politics Noir
Author: Gary Phillips
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789603854

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From authors including National Book Award winner Pete Hautman, Deadly Ink 2007 winner Darrell James, and renowned social commentator turned short-story writer Mike Davis, Politics Noir is a chilling and subversive collection of new crime stories featuring greed, corruption, insatiable ambition-and murder in the very highest places.

The Ancestor's Tale

The Ancestor's Tale
Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2016-04-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1474600573

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A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written, featuring new fractal diagrams, six new 'tales' and the latest scientific developments. THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of life: Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong take us on an exhilarating reverse journey through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life. It is a journey happily interrupted by meetings of fellow modern animals (as well as plants, fungi and bacteria) similarly tracing their evolutionary path back through history. As each evolutionary pilgrim tells their tale, Dawkins and Wong shed light on topics such as speciation, sexual selection and extinction. Written with unparalleled wit, clarity and intelligence; taking in new scientific discoveries of the past decade; and including new 'tales', illustrations and fractal diagrams, THE ANCESTOR'S TALE shows us how remarkable we are, how astonishing our history, and how intimate our relationship with the rest of the living world.

To the River's End

To the River's End
Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496734521

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An epic saga based on true events of the American West—with the trailblazing fur trappers and the mountain men who lived it. This is an unforgettable journey into the untamed American frontier. Where nature is cruel, violence lurks behind every tree, and where only the strongest of the strong survive. This is a story of America. TO THE RIVER’S END Luke Ransom was just eighteen years old when he answered an ad in a St. Louis newspaper that would change his life forever. The American Fur Company needed one-hundred enterprising men to travel up the Missouri River—the longest in North America—all the way to its source. They would hunt and trap furs for one, two, or three years. Along the way, they would face unimaginable hardships: grueling weather, wild animals, hunger, exhaustion, and hostile attacks by the Blackfeet and Arikara. Luke Ransom was one of the brave men chosen for the job—and one of the few to survive . . . Five years later, Luke is a seasoned trapper and hunter, a master of his trade. The year is 1833, and the American Fur Company is sending him to the now-famous Rendezvous at Green River. For Luke, it may be his last job for the company. After facing death countless times, he is ready to strike out on his own. But when he encounters a fellow trapper under attack by Indians, his life takes an unexpected turn. A new friendship is forged in blood. And a dangerous new journey begins…

If 6 Were 9

If 6 Were 9
Author: Jake Lamar
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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When the dead body of a former mistress is discovered in a colleague's office, Clay Robinette, a happily married and happily tenured black professor has to hustle to "unmask the killer before he becomes the prime suspect."--Jacket.

So Wild a Dream

So Wild a Dream
Author: Win Blevins
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2004-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765344816

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An ambitious and daring young man, Sam Morgan leaves his home in 1820s Pennsylvania to seek adventure and a fortune in the frontier West, accompanied by a colorful assortment of companions he meets along the way.

Rendezvous with Fate

Rendezvous with Fate
Author: Jeanne Sumerix
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2008-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781585712823

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Two former college sweethearts get a second chance at love when they discover that together they can overcome the mistakes of the past to have a future together. Original.