Colin: 2238 books

A father returns from work to find a cryptic note on his bed. Is his son going to kill the president? Why would he and what can the father do to stop him? This 2,000 word story is the second of three fast-paced intelligent short stories from British writer Colin Marks.

A late night knock at a door starts a ‘Kafkaesque’ tale of confusion and frustration in this latest 4,000 word short story from British writer Colin Marks. This story came to me when I was at the bedside of my girlfriend who had just had a hip replacement only hours earlier. She explained...

This is the first book to examine the troubled relationships between women, Islam and cinema. Film critic and author Gönül Dönmez-Colin explores the role of women as spectators, images and image constructors in the cinemas of the countries where Islam is the predominant religion, focusing on Iran...

TERROR IN PARADISE AS A KILLER STALKS THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA, SHATTERING THE TRANQUILITY OF THIS JEWEL OF THE ATLANTIC. A series of grisly murders of women who in one way or another are connected to a fancy hotel in Bermuda owned by Lord Phillips, a wealthy and influential businessman. The local police,...

Originally published by A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1965, this is the first of a new series of books by The Halcyon Press, “Halcyon Hunting Classics.” Voted one of the best ten hunting books of the twentieth century, Halcyon have re-issued in a modern format this classic hunting tale. Set first in the Wairarapa...

Award-winning, bestselling novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron returns to fiction with his first novel in more than a decade, a searing, poetic masterwork of memory. A house is burning, threatening the existence of its six tenants—including a failed priest; a naturalist; a neurosurgeon;...

From Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society, comes the stunning third book in the New York Times bestselling fantasy-adventure series the Wildwood Chronicles. A young girl's midnight séance awakens a long-slumbering...

When Danny finds an emu egg in the bush outside town and is determined to hatch it, his problems begin. It seems that Hacker, the school bully, has other ideas, and when he releases a hungry goanna and steals the egg at the school pet show, Danny has to move fast! COLIN THIELE, AC, was one...

'The bird hung in the air above the river. It was so low that Luke could see it clearly, a big nuggety bird with strong talons and curving beak. Its feathers were beautiful ? a lovely chestnut colour on the back and sides and bright white on the head and breast.' That was the first time Luke...

Imagine sneaking away to spend seven days with the most famous woman in the world… In 1956, fresh from Oxford University, twenty-three-year-old Colin Clark began work as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe....

An honest lawyer, a Czech hand model, and a box of mysterious Christmas ornaments--each plays a part in Colin Harrison's compelling new intrigue George Young never thought of himself as a detective, but that's pretty much his vocation--an attorney at a top insurance firm, it's his job to pin...

Have you ever been tempted to get “get even?” Get revenge? Stand up for the underdog or make sure justice is done? Would you go so far as to commit a crime to get what you wanted? These short stories tell about ordinary people who are tempted to commit crimes. Find out what happens to them.There’s...

Learn about a pioneering alternative to antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia! In Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. Colin A. Ross-founder of the Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma-presents a new theory of the existence of a dissociative subtype of...

The divorce rate has been rising significantly throughout the twentieth century. By interweaving the historical, demographic, sociological, legal, political and policy aspects of this increase, Colin Gibson explores the effects it has had on family patterns and habits. Dissolving Wedlock presents...