Venom House (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, #16) (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte)
by Arthur Upfield
The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of Venom House - perhaps because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aboriginals slaughtered by the Answerth ancestors. Whatever the reason, most people are content to give Venom House and its occupants a wide berth...until a couple of corpses turn up in the lake. Inspector Bonaparte ha...
The Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pré Volume Three (Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pre)
by Peter Bowen
The Hawaiian Funeral (Misadventures of Haole Boy, #4)
by Richard Allen Kapuaala
People of the Thunder (North America's Forgotten Past, #16) (People)
by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent wind is brewing that may topple the city's mighty walls. Great armies are on the march and a cunning new leader, Smoke Shield, has risen. He will lead the Sky Hand people either to stunning triumph or to bloody doom. A novel of desperate political intrigue and spiritual power, "People of the Thunder...
People of the Lakes (First North Americans) (North America's Forgotten Past)
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Clan fighting over a powerful totemic mask has brought the Mount Builder peoples of the Great Lakes region to the edge of destruction. It is up to Star Shell, daughter of a Hopewell Chief, to rid her people of this curse. Along with her companions: Otter, a trader; Pearl, a runaway; and Green Spider, either prophet or madman, she braves the stormy waters of the lakes to reach the majestic waterfall known as Roaring Water. She is determined to banish the mask forever to a watery grave. But vengef...
An action-packed and adventure-filled book that follows Kazan, the pup, in his escape and through his doubts and fears. A brilliant depiction, it sets the imagination to flight. This book is highly engrossing and entertaining for juvenile readers.