Haynes: 513 books
by Berneta L. Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Withdrawn Philadelphia attorney Landrien Moriset has spent most of her life emotionally closed off from everyone around her, and that’s just how she likes it. With a nice little apartment, no lack of lovers, and a caring police officer brother, she has few complaints. She’s living by her own rules,...
Spies
The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
“This important new book . . . based on archival material . . . shows the huge extent of Soviet espionage activity in the United States during the 20th century” (The Telegraph).
Based on KGB archives that have never been previously released, this stunning book provides the most complete...
The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories
Great tales of the turf from Jorrocks to Black Caviar
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Jim Haynes, Australia's favourite tale teller, loves the sport of kings as much as he loves Aussie yarns and bush verse. From country picnic tracks to the thoroughbred racecourses of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, from Archer to Black Caviar, from the mysterious punter Louis the Possum to the great...
The End of Early Music
A Period Performer's History of Music for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2007
Part history, part explanation of early music, this book also plays devil's advocate, criticizing current practices and urging experimentation. Haynes, a veteran of the movement, describes a vision of the future that involves improvisation, rhetorical expression, and composition.
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost?
From...
The Battle for America
The Story of an Extraordinary Election
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009
The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two...
by Alan Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Every child has heard of Guy Fawkes and will most likely have watched a "guy" being burnt on a bonfire and fireworks lighting up the night sky on Bonfire Night. This book answers the questions of history that lie behind the celebrations of 5 November. Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he come...
Captain John Gallop
Master Mariner and Indian Trader
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Capt. John Gallop; Master Mariner and Indian Trader, and his son, John, Jr.—the colorful careers of pioneers in our coastal-West Indian trader by Williams Haynes.
Sponsored by the Gallup Family Association, Inc.
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The trucker's job-so vital to our nation's everyday life-makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories.
This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and...
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Australia's national character and spirit have always been defined, rightly or wrongly, by 'the bush'. This entertaining, thought-provoking, humorous, nostalgic and, above all, highly readable collection of stories for the modern reader shows why the romance endures.
From Jim Haynes, one of...
The Abbey Court Murder
An Inspector Furnival Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
“A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats called Abbey Court.”
Lady Judith Carew acted furtively on the night of the Denboroughs’ party. Her secret assignation at 9:30pm was a meeting to which she took a loaded revolver. The Abbey...
The House in Charlton Crescent
An Inspector Furnival Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Protruding from the dead woman’s breast was the gold and jewelled dagger she had shown them half an hour before. And, looking horribly incongruous among the laces of her fichu, a deep stain was spreading.Elderly cantankerous widow Lady Anne Daventry summons a private detective, Bruce Cardyn, to...
by Alan Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Approached through the literature and literary personalities of the period, this fascinating study examines sexual behaviour in the Elizabethan age. Although there is much we will never know, poets and playwrights can provide valuable insights into our ancestors' sexual lives. Here, with help from...
Who Killed Charmian Karslake?
An Inspector Stoddart Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
“Owing to the sudden death of Miss Charmian Karslake this theatre is closed until further notice. Money for tickets already booked will be refunded.”
Who killed Charmian Karslake, the famous American actress, on the night of the ball at Hepton Abbey? Who was the mysterious Peter Hailsham...