Henry Carter Hull

Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties. Originally published in 1914 - FOREWORD: - As this book is written for boys of all ages, it has been divided under two general heads, The Tomahawk Camps and The Axe Camps, that is, camps which may be built with no tool but a hatchet, and camps that will need the aid of an axe. The smallest boys can build some of the simple shelters and the older boys can build the more difficult ones. The reader may, if he likes, begin...

A father, having received an invitation apparently from God, goes to spend a weekend at the abandoned shack where his daughter may have been brutally murdered after being kidnapped.

Frank and Sean are two ordinary men who are mates. The two become involved in a series of events mainly because of an unquenchable curiosity and a penchant to expose themselves to life threatening situations. Sean, once a banker, now a commercial fisherman, owns an isolated shack in Stanley on the North West coast of Tasmania. The problems they encounter emanate from within and around the shack, but it is their meddling that leads to murder and suicide....

While captive with his mother and sister and a trainload of other passengers traveling towards an ominous destination, a boy enters an interior fantasy that seems every bit as genuine as his present dire circumstances. Which is imagined and which is real? Can he help his family escape their fate by journeying with them into the alternate landscape of his dreams?

An FBI agent stuck behind a desk. A man in a new city, living with his new boyfriend.A plot to quietly steal government data. FBI Special Agent Aaron Pearce is running data searches and doing paperwork for agents in the field, where he should be himself. He is bored and on edge and takes his frustration out on everyone around him, including Mark, his new boyfriend who's just moved in with him. Mark Beecher left his family and friends to move to Washington,...

Fou de chagrin après que sa fille, Missy, ait été enlevée lors d'une excursion en famille dans le parc du lac Wallowa (Oregon) et que les recherches du FBI et de la police aient conclu à sa mort, Mack, le personnage central du livre, un Américain moyen, entre deux âges, se laisse écraser par ce qu'il appelle « La Grande Tristesse ». Quatre ans plus tard, il trouve, glissé sous sa porte, un message énigmatique d'un inconnu qui lui donne...

Pete and Annabelle always believed they were a perfect pair-until junior year, when Annabelle became obsessed with astrology. Now they can hardly stand each other. Pete thinks Annabelle has become a total flake; she thinks he's an uptight jerk. To prove her point, Annabelle dares Pete to open a summer business on the boardwalk giving advice based on the stars. "You and me and an astrology booth. I dare you." Annabelle knows Pete can never say no to...