Richard Hughes
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in the nineteenth century against a backdrop of island life and the vast surrounding seas, A High Wind in Jamaica is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them back to England following a hurricane in the postcolonial Caribbean they call home. Having set sail, the children quickly fall into the hands of pirates. As their voyage continues, things take an awful turn.
Narrated largely from the perspective of the children,...
4) The enforcer
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Dreaded Miami mob muscle Cuda (Antonio Banderas) never questioned his actions over the years as he shored up the criminal enterprise of his cunning boss (Kate Bosworth). That changed after he befriended a runaway teenage girl-and learned that she'd been targeted for talent as his employer branched into cybersex trafficking. Will he be the one walking away after the final confrontation?
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the first edition of Myths America Lives By, Hughes identified the five key myths that lie at the heart of the American experience-the myths of the Chosen Nation, of Nature's Nation, of the Christian Nation, of the Millennial Nation, and of the Innocent Nation. Drawing on a range of dissenting voices, Hughes shows that by canonizing these seemingly harmless myths of national identity as absolute truths, America risks undermining the sweepingly...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two Welsh mining brothers win tickets to a rugby match in London pitting England against Wales. Overzealous in their first trip to London, the brothers become separated from their group and then each other, and a newpaper gardening correspondent is given the task of locating the brothers for a human interest story.
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