Books with author John Duncan

The Island of Sheep (1936), John Buchan's last thriller, features the return of Richard Hannay, the hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, and The Three Hostages. A long-lost comrade, a key to buried treasure, and a blood-feud jolt Hannay out of his comfortable but boring retirement. Remembering an oath sworn long ago under an African moon, he agrees to help the son of a former acquaintance seek refuge from a diabolical conspiracy. The action moves from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront the villains. Memorable for its vivid evocations of place, the novel reflects upon its own position at the end of Buchan's career, and at the end of a modern Scottish tradition of adventure romances.This is the first critical edition of The Island of Sheep, with extensive notes and an introduction exploring the novel's themes and preoccupations in relation to Buchan's previous works.

In the cool of a desert night sits a mysterious scorpion, poised, waiting for whoever may come his way ... Dangerously charming and forever patient, will he lure our sweet cricket friend to dinner? Follow a conversation that's just full of half truths to find out whether either is clever enough for the other. This black and white thriller will reach out its claws and grab the whole family's attention! For all ages!

The Missing Bone is a story about a new dog who is adopted by an old lady who already has a dog and three little mischievous kittens who bully, torment and steal the new dog's bone, causing him to have sleepless days and nights until the older dog in the family helps him solve this problem by turning the tables on the kittens; thus, teaching them a valuable lesson.

The making of the X-Files is a unique, moment-by-moment look at how the film was conceived, directed, designed, and acted from the men and women who made it happen. Here's everything you won't see on the big screen including: * The wizardry behind the film's more than 220 special effects * Behind the scenes with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson * What it's like to work with a swarm of 300,000 bees * How the huge, complicated sets were created and filmed - from a snowy ice cap in April to the 115 degree heat of the California desert in July and much, more more!

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