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Jamie Sharpe & the Seas of Treachery
Cocky Jamie Sharpe aims to become a captain like his father. However, a wealthy slave trader demands immediate payment a note on the Sharpe family business. Racing to secure the money, Jamie is ambushed. He awakes aboard a slaver bound for Africa, at the mercy of old enemies. Jamie will need to grow up quickly to survive the seas of treachery.
Sail Into Treachery
In 1803, Jamie Sharpe, a cocky Boston boy, graduates top in his class from Bullard's Academy. Hoping to become a ship's captain like his father, Jamie has worked every odd mariner job and even sailed his own sloop to Halifax. However, his dreams are shattered when Captain Cutts, a wealthy slave trader, demands payment on a note he holds on the Sharpe family fortune. To satisfy the note, Jamie must travel across Massachusetts to get money from his grandfather. During the return trip, Jamie is ambushed and taken aboard a slaver bound for Africa. Jamie will need to grow up quickly if he intends to survive a Sail into Treachery.
Blood Work
Edited by Rick Ollerman. Alphabetical list of contributors: Scott Adlerberg, Eric Beetner, Kristi Belcamino, Michael A. Black, Michael Bracken, Don Bruns, Gary R. Bush, Austin Camacho, Dave Case, Jessie Chandler, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jen Conley, John Gaspard, Lois Greiman, Libby Fischer Hellmann, David Housewright, William Kent Krueger, Jess Lourey, Michael Allan Mallory, Terrence McCauley, Jenny Milchman, Stuart Neville, Rick Ollerman, Nick Petrie, Gary Phillips, Lissa Marie Redmond, Michael Stanley, Duane Swierczynski, Randy Wayne White, and Case Younggren. Many of today’s top writers get together to celebrate the themes of books and bookstores (and even a tuba or two!) As we celebrate the life of Mystery Writers of America Raven Award-winning Gary Shulze, long-time owner of the legendary Once Upon a Crime bookstore in Minneapolis. Gary left an indelible mark on the crime fiction community across the world before he passed away in 2016 due to complications from leukemia. Join as Duane Swierczynski, William Kent Krueger, Randy Wayne White, Jess Lourey, Stuart Neville and more come together in this tribute to a man whose legacy will not be forgotten.
Jamie Sharpe and the Pirates of Barbary
In 1803, having survived kidnapping, mutiny, and shipwreck, Jamie Sharpe is finally sailing home, when his ship is attacked by Barbary pirates. Taken captive by the infamous renegade now known as Kemal Rais, Jamie and his cohorts are forced into servitude, but their hearts remain unconquered and longing for escape. With the shadow of war looming over the region, will the arrival of an American ship mean freedom or more danger?
Detective Kubu Investigates
The first collection of Michael Stanley short stories introducing Detective David “Kubu” Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. A large man with big appetites—his nickname Kubu means hippo in the Setswana language—he’s happily married and lives in the capital, Gaborone. And he’s smart! Entertainment Weekly called him “The African Columbo,” and the New York Times said that “Readers may be lured to Africa by the landscape, but it takes a great character like Kubu to win our loyalty.”Twenty-first century Botswana is a country with real issues and real murders. In this collection of stories—one specially written for this collection—Kubu investigates thre...
Lost in Space
When 15-year-old Ramon Garza's grades start to slip, he's forced to help out his mother after school. She's a food service worker at the NASA, which is about to launch another rocket ship to the moon. While there, Ramon meets the crew and watches as Apollo 13 soars into space on April 11, 1970. But only two days after the launch, the mission goes horribly wrong.
Presidential Decisions for War
Following World War II, Americans expected that the United States would wage another major war against a superpower. Instead, the nation has fought limited wars against much weaker states, such as North Korea, North Vietnam, and Iraq. This revised and updated edition of Presidential Decisions for War analyzes the means by which four presidents have taken the nation to war and assesses the effectiveness of each president's leadership during those conflicts. Gary Hess recreates the unfolding crises in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq to probe the reasons why Presidents Truman, Johnson, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush and their advisors decided in favor of war. He compares the performance of the ...
