Frederic: 615 books

A man and a woman meet on a train in mysterious circumstances, and this tale of love and suspense follows from there.

It was the coldest morning of the winter, thus far, and winter is no joke on those northern tablelands, where the streams still run black in token of their forest origin, and old men remember how the deer used to be driven to their clearings for food, when the snow had piled itself breast high through...

THE big, mud-spattered touring car, which for the past hour had been plowing its way steadily northward from the city of Washington, hesitated for a moment before the gateway which marked the end of the well kept drive, then swept on to the house. A man, stoutly built, keen of eye, showing haste in his every movement, sprang from the machine and ascended the veranda steps.

American detective Richard Duvall is given a top secret highly sensitive task by Monsieur Lefevre, Paris' Prefect of Police. The French ambassador in London has lost an ivory snuffbox, and it is Duvall's task to find it and retrieve it safely as quickly and invisibly as possible--on the day that...

The kidnapping of an American millionaire's infant son in Paris, in broad daylight, from a field in the Bois de Boulogne, seems inexplicable until Richard Duvall applies "the inexorable laws of logic and deduction . . . to arrive at a solution as astonishing as it is simple, when once it has been reached."

"WHEN we study the foundation of the United Provinces," says a great French writer, "we learn how a State, from an origin almost unnoticed, rapidly rose into greatness, was formed without design, and in the end belied all human forecast. Those large and wealthy provinces of the mainland...

ZEKE TISDALE was the father of Company F. Not that this title had ever been formally conferred upon him, or even recognized in terms, but everybody understood about it. Sometimes Company F was for whole days together exceedingly proud of the relation—but alas! more often it viewed its parent with...

Ce livre retrace l’histoire hors du commun d’un « jeune », venu d’ailleurs, piégé par E.T., alors qu’il ne connaissait rien à la Bourse et à ses arcanes. Dix ans plus tard, il est devenu  « incollable ».     Il évoque les différentes...

A young man bred in refined poverty abroad, is suddenly called to England, and told he is the heir to a dukedom and much wealth. From this high pinnacle of expectation he perceives the possibilities of his new fortunes. He can turn into a rowdy, brutal, hunting squire, like the majority of his relations;...

Photoinitiating systems play a key role in the starting point of a polymerization reaction under exposure to a UV or a visible light. The number of publications discussing photoinitiating systems for polymerization has seen a significant growth in recent years and this book provides an update on their...

HISTORIA Y LEYENDA COMO NUNCA ANTES SE HABÍA CONTADO. Un libro dedicado a la historia barcelonista, un mosaico formado por centenares de anécdotas que repasan la trayectoria centenaria del “más que un club”. Un retrato de múltiples niveles y épocas diversas que sorprenderá incluso a aquellos...

Biom Alpha erreicht das nächste Sonnensystem, als der Konflikt mit den Separatisten eskaliert. Monsignore Capello und April geraten zwischen die Fronten. Als Lo-Well und seine Sippe ihr Biom verlassen und auf dem Planeten Bkek landen, tobt ein Krieg zwischen den Einheimischen und fremden Lebensformen....

A plethora of politicians, military leaders and think-tank intellectuals have written books about their experience with the Bush Administration. But what about the rest of us? What were we thinking as America marched off to war against Iraq? Fred Rounds, the author of War of the Willing, is one of...