Meg Harris Mysteries 5-Book Bundle
Автор: R.J. Harlick
Год издания: 0000
"Skillfully weaves murder, greed, traditional customs, bonding and betrayal into a gripping read." – Chronicle-Journal In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first five novels of the Meg Harris Mystery series by R.J. Harlick. Meg Harris, an amateur sleuth who drinks a little too much and is afraid of the dark, delves into the finds herself confronting an underside of life she would rather not know existed. Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel (Arctic Blue Death). A Green Place for Dying – A Meg Harris Mystery #5 A friend of Harris’s has been missing for over two months, but she’s not the only one… Arctic Blue Death – A Meg Harris Mystery #4 In search of the truth behind her father’s disappearance when she was a child, Meg travels to Iqaluit to investigate and is sucked into the world of Inuit art forgery. The River Runs Orange – A Meg Harris Mystery #3 Meg Harris discovers the skull and bones of a woman whose very existence takes the archeological world by storm. But when her neighbours, the Migiskan Algonquin, declare their rights to the ancient remains, Meg becomes embroiled in a fight that pits ancient beliefs against modern ones and leads eventually to murder. Red Ice for a Shroud – A Meg Harris Mystery #2 A young Qubcoise sneaks off to meet her Algonquin lover in an isolated hunting camp on the Migiskan Reserve. Five days later, Meg Harris discovers her frozen and brutalized body. Death’s Golden Whisper – A Meg Harris Mystery #1 Meg Harris believes are fishermen to the isolated northern lake she lives on. Within hours, she discovers that these men have come to develop a gold mine. She combines forces with Eric Odjik, chief of the neighbouring Migiskan reserve, to fight the mining company. Watch for the next book in the Meg Harris Mystery series, Silver Totem of Shame , coming in May 2014.
A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries
Автор: Thomas Sharp
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Полный вариант заголовка: «A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries, anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city : chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors : compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored : to which are added, the Pageant of the shearmen & taylor's company, and other municipal entertainments of a public nature / by Thomas Sharp».
Mysteries of The St.Petersburg suburbs: Kroniort’s gold. Historical photostory
Автор: Valery Pikulev
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Documentary and art historical photostory. By historical reconstruction covers drama events of the past: release of the northwest lands of Russia from the Swedish occupation (1703) also describes search of gold treasury of the Swedish general Abraham Kroniort near the northern suburb of St. Petersburg – Sestroretsk.Based on the real facts, with a set of color photos (more than 60), the story opens as well history of the city of Sestroretsk – from the birth and up to now.