Chimera by Simon MawerRequirements: .MP3 reader, 339 MBOverview: First published in 1989 Chimera was Simon Mawer’s first novel. Mawer is renowned as one of today’s most talented writers of historical spy fiction. The fabulous Chimera – mythic monster, part lion, part goat, part serpent – is more that just an Etruscan bronze discovered by archaeologist […]
Prague Spring by Simon MawerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.2mbOverview: It’s the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany […]
In the Maw of the Earth Monster: Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use by James E. Brady & Keith M. Prufer (Editors)Requirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 39.4 MBOverview: As portals to the supernatural realm that creates and animates the universe, caves have always been held sacred by the peoples of Mesoamerica. From ancient times to the present, Mesoamericans […]
Mendel’s Dwarf by Simon MawerRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 1.08 MBOverview: Like his great-great-great-uncle, geneticist Gregor Mendel, Dr. Benedict Lambert struggles to unlock the secrets of heredity and genetic determinism. However, Benedict’s mission is particularly urgent and particularly personal, for he was born with achondroplasia–he’s a dwarf. He’s also a man desperate for love and acceptance, […]
Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen by Peter FitzSimons, Paul English (Narrator)Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 616.9MB Overview: Australia’s best-selling nonfiction author of all time. Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, he led an expedition from Hobart to […]