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First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height
of her considerable powers as a purveyor of well-made, traditional
and emphatic detective fiction. The book presents a fascinating
`return of the prodigal' mystery set in the later stages of the
Second World War amidst the close-knit farmerfolk community of
Lancashire's lovely Lune valley. The Garths had farmed their
fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the
towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere
Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered
Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his
household with a rod of iron. The peaceful dales and fells of the
north country provide the setting for this grim story of a murder,
a setting in fact which is one of the attractive features of an
unusual and distinctive tale of evil passions and murderous hate in
a small rural community.
In these short stories, Jack D. Forbes captures the remarkable
breadth and variety of American Indian life. Drawing on his skills
as scholar and native activist, and, above all, as artist, Forbes
enlarges our sense of how American Indians experience themselves
and the world around them.
Though all the main characters are of Indian descent, each is a
unique combination of tribal origin, social status, age, and
life-style-from native elder and college professor to lesbian
barmaid and Chicano adolescent. Nevertheless the U.S. government
(and perhaps white society as a whole) narrows the definition of
"Indian."
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Identity Stunt
(Hardcover)
Joe Khachadourian; Contributions by Allison J Briscoe
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Carmilla
(Hardcover)
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu; Edited by Savannah Stuttgen; Foreword by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
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R559
R513
Discovery Miles 5 130
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Anderkant omdraai is 'n versameling van Jan van Tonder se rubrieke
wat in Rapport Tydskrif verskyn het. Kort-kortverhale, essays,
sketse en anekdotes wissel mekaar af en bied 'n vermaaklike
leeservaring. Die leser van die rubrieke kan verwag om te lag en om
geroer te word. Van Tonder skryf oortuigend oor die nostalgie van
vroeer, en jukstaponeer dit met aktuele sake van vandag. Van Tonder
slaag weereens daarin om lewenswaarhede op 'n ongeforseerde en
verrassende vars manier oor te dra.
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