Books with author Richard Lake

It is the late 1930s in Europe and the darkness is gathering. The Nazis are marching, both inside Austria and outside. What can one man do to make a difference?Alex Kovacs can see what’s coming – he can, all of his friends can, all of Vienna can. When an opportunity presents itself, a chance to thwart the Nazi invasion of Austria, he agrees to join an espionage network that will take advantage of his regular business trips to Germany to gather secret information. But a personal tragedy soon complicates Alex’s mission and entangles him with a suspicious Gestapo captain in ways that he never anticipated.Vienna at Nightfall is the first book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time where looming terror and moral ambiguity live side-by-side, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s new pre-World War II thriller.Pick up Vienna at Nightfall to discover this exciting new series today!

France has been overrun and the Gestapo now controls the country with a sinister terror. The Resistance does what it can, at enormous personal risk to its members. But is it worth it?After the fall of France, Alex Kovacs and his wife, Manon, travel to her home in Lyon to continue the fight they began as espionage agents in Switzerland. Disillusioned by the leaders who ignored so many warnings and allowed France to be steamrollered by the Germans, they form a Resistance cell and sabotage the Nazis wherever they can. But the effects are fleeting even as the danger for them grows exponentially. And when that danger surrounds them, smothering them, Alex is forced to make the ultimate decision — to risk everything for his family and his cause.The Lyon Resistance is the third book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time of unfathomable evil where the biggest questions sometimes are forced upon the most ordinary of people, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s new World War II thriller.Pick up The Lyon Resistance to travel along on Alex’s latest adventure!

The war stops for nothing. If you are in the French Resistance, there is no time for grieving or second-guessing or regret — that is what they say. But how do you listen to what your head is telling you when you are living with such a damaged soul?Alex Kovacs has been smuggled into Limoges after a botched attempt to rescue him and his wife from the Gestapo by flying them out of France. She is gone and he is bereft. In Limoges and the surrounding area, he finds himself confronted not only by the German occupiers of the country but by different Resistance groups with different loyalties and perspectives — some followers of de Gaulle, some Communists, all with an agenda. Struggling with his emotions, and with these competing Resistance groups — all of which have one eye on who will take charge once the war is over — Alex becomes involved in sabotage missions, assassinations and revenge, all of which test his own moral foundation.The Limoges Dilemma is the fourth book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time where looming terror and moral ambiguity live side-by-side, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s World War II thriller series.Pick up The Limoges Dilemma to discover this exciting series today!

The first three books in the Alex Kovacs thriller series, collected in a single volume: Vienna at Nightfall, The Spies of Zurich, and The Lyon Resistance.So who is Alex Kovacs?Born in Czechoslovakia, raised in Vienna, a salesman traveling throughout Austria and Germany, Alex is a cosmopolitan nomad drawn into the building European crisis. He is a reluctant spy at first, but as the crisis builds on the continent and as the Nazi steamroller gains momentum, we watch him forced to move from country to country and experience with him as his life evolves and his commitment grows, from courier to espionage agent to Resistance fighter.Three-quarters of the reviews have been 5-stars. Here is a sampling:“Richard Wake tells a really good story! His storytelling reminds me a bit of the Bernie Gunther novels by Philip Kerr. The characters are likable, the story is paced well and there's the right amount of suspense.”“He really knows his stuff.”“I love this author! Compelling story line with great writing. His writing is clever but not pretentious. Characters are interesting and yet realistic. Not over done.”“Richard Wake's Alex Kovacs thrillers are among the most intelligent and entertaining in this genre. I've been a fan of Alan Furst and Phillip Kerr for years, and am happy to have discovered Wake's brilliant new books.”“Having read Wake's first three books nearly non stop I say without reservation he is without doubt one of the top three finest new writers to be published in the last decade. He has a unique writing ability to make one feel they are living the characters own experiences and feeling their emotions, beliefs and ambitions.”Buy this collection and get started on a great new thriller series!

It is the late 1930s in Europe and the darkness is gathering. The Nazis are marching, both inside Austria and outside. What can one man do to make a difference?Alex Kovacs can see what’s coming – he can, all of his friends can, all of Vienna can. When an opportunity presents itself, a chance to thwart the Nazi invasion of Austria, he agrees to join an espionage network that will take advantage of his regular business trips to Germany to gather secret information. But a personal tragedy soon complicates Alex’s mission and entangles him with a suspicious Gestapo captain in ways that he never anticipated.Vienna at Nightfall is the first book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time where looming terror and moral ambiguity live side-by-side, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s new pre-World War II thriller.Pick up Vienna at Nightfall to discover this exciting new series today!

The war stops for nothing. If you are in the French Resistance, there is no time for grieving or second-guessing or regret — that is what they say. But how do you listen to what your head is telling you when you are living with such a damaged soul?Alex Kovacs has been smuggled into Limoges after a botched attempt to rescue him and his wife from the Gestapo by flying them out of France. She is gone and he is bereft. In Limoges and the surrounding area, he finds himself confronted not only by the German occupiers of the country but by different Resistance groups with different loyalties and perspectives — some followers of de Gaulle, some Communists, all with an agenda. Struggling with his emotions, and with these competing Resistance groups — all of which have one eye on who will take charge once the war is over — Alex becomes involved in sabotage missions, assassinations and revenge, all of which test his own moral foundation.The Limoges Dilemma is the fourth book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like to explore the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time where looming terror and moral ambiguity live side-by-side, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s World War II thriller series.Pick up The Limoges Dilemma to discover this exciting series today!

France has been overrun and the Gestapo now controls the country with a sinister terror. The Resistance does what it can, at enormous personal risk to its members. But is it worth it?After the fall of France, Alex Kovacs and his wife, Manon, travel to her home in Lyon to continue the fight they began as espionage agents in Switzerland. Disillusioned by the leaders who ignored so many warnings and allowed France to be steamrollered by the Germans, they form a Resistance cell and sabotage the Nazis wherever they can. But the effects are fleeting even as the danger for them grows exponentially. And when that danger surrounds them, smothering them, Alex is forced to make the ultimate decision — to risk everything for his family and his cause.The Lyon Resistance is the third book in the Alex Kovacs historical espionage thriller series. If you like the world inhabited by Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther or the characters created by Alan Furst, a place and time of unfathomable evil where the biggest questions sometimes are forced upon the most ordinary of people, then you’ll love Richard Wake’s new World War II thriller.Pick up The Lyon Resistance to travel along on Alex’s latest adventure!

It started as a game. Six college kids at a party. Then someone suggested they try the Ouija board. The board that Corie had hidden in the back of her closet and swore never to touch again. Not after what happened last time. Not after Jake's death…They were only playing around, but the Ouija board worked, all right. Maybe too well. A spirit who called himself Butler began to send them messages—and make demands. Butler promised them a hidden treasure if only they would follow his directions and head off to a secluded spot in the mountains...a wild, isolated spot where anything could be waiting for them. Treasure or death. Or Butler himself.

"Richard Drake had a long career in the slave trade, describes several slave raids involving Euro-Americans." -Cambridge World History of Slavery (2011)"Drake described loading a boat so completely that not only was the hold crammed, but 50 slaves were also 'tied around the mast and rails' so that 'every available foot of space had been covered with black flesh.''' - NY Times, Feb. 7, 2003Arriving in Boston in 1802 at the age of 12, Richard Drake (1790-1857) joins his uncle on a slaving voyage between Benin and Brazil. Thus begins Richard Drake's 50-year career as a slave trader.Drake's harrowing account of his life as slave trader "Revelations of a Slave Smuggler," was published posthumously in 1860. His account includes many close 'scapes and adventures from run-away slave hunts, gold prospecting in Western Africa, being captured by an African tribe, a journey to the interior of Africa, lion hunting, slave hunting in Africa with a tribe, marriage to an African woman, visits with African kings and princes, slave markets, hurricanes, smuggling slaves into the United States, clipper ships, West Indies trade, emigration to Cuba, bloodhounds, piracy, ship sinkings, becoming captain, slave marts, loss of the Amistad, and his wretched conclusion.About the source of the slaves for the slave trade, Drake writes: "There is a war going on between the King of Ashantee and his neighbors, and he is capturing a great many prisoners, which he ships down the river to sell as slaves, or else sends to the mountains to wash out gold. The slaves are here traded for blue cotton gowns, called tobes, coral beads, looking-glasses, and trinkets of brass and copper, as well as for gold dust."In describing the moment of his capture by an African tribe, Drake writes: " I was seated under a tree, drinking water from a calabash, when the first shouts and a shower of arrows threw our camp into confusion. Next moment the forest appeared to be alive with a legion of savages. I saw my uncle seize his pistols and sword, just as a ferocious negro, armed with a huge club, was making at me...."On a later slave ship expedition, when the ship caught fire, he witnessed from his life boat slaves on the burning ship who had escaped from the hold, including one who called out his name who turned out to be his "devoted Yallaba wife." He then realized that "doubtless, it was my own child that I beheld embraced by the poor loving mother. At that moment I forgot Diego Ramos, and my uncle; remembered nothing but that I had once held this poor African wife in my arms, and that she had once preserved my life at the risk of her own. I stretched out my arms, and shouted in the Dahoman tongue, 'Sooluh! Sooluh! Philip will save you!'"In the end, Drake would repent for his part in the slave trade, writing, "May God forgive me for my crimes, and have mercy on me hereafter; and may my story serve some good purpose in the world I am leaving."

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One of the most fascinating 'discoveries' made by the Jacques Costeau expedition to the Amazon was the existence of, and the legends surrounding one of the most amazing animals on earth, the Amazon River dolphin or Boto. Of course, to natives of Amazonia the 'mermaid-like' (as described by a French explorer to the region in the 18th century) legends involving one of the friendliest dolphin species in the world were already well-known. That, and other legends and beliefs regarding the Boto became basis of very strong taboos against harming the dolphins of the Ticuna and almost all other tribes and peoples of the Amazon. Scientists agree that the Boto is an amazing animal if only for its proven abilities. The Boto has a brain that is 40% larger than a human's, is the most flexible dolphin on earth and has a sonar that can locate fish in the muddiest waters. Natives of Amazonia believe the animal is even more amazing. One particular legend of the Boto states that juvenile Botos will occasionally fall in love with humans that they see on shore. At night, the legend goes, they have the capability of appearing to humans as stunningly beautiful humans. A Dolphin's Tale tells the story of one such Boto and the young Ribereno (mixed blood Amazonian native) boy that she falls in love with. Termed a "beautiful story" by Leo P.H. Chu, Vice President for Creative Affairs for Disney Feature Animations, the book contains 22 illustrations, as well as the story and extensive end notes that are mind-opening and educational. Furthermore, in light of the increasing threats to the Amazonian rainforest, river dolphins worldwide and the liveability of our planet as a whole, I believe that A Dolphin's Tale is a story that needs to be told. As stated in the book a portion of the books proceeds go to programs to save freshwater dolphins worldwide.

THE ONE BIBLE THAT SHOWS HOW A LIGHT FROM ABOVE SHAPED OUR NATION. Never has a version of the Bible targeted the spiritual needs of those who love our country more than The American Patriot's Bible. This extremely unique Bible shows how the history of the United States connects the people and events of the Bible to our lives in a modern world. The story of the United States is wonderfully woven into the teachings of the Bible and includes a beautiful full-color family record section, memorable images from our nation's history and hundreds of enlightening articles which complement the historic King James Version Bible text. Features include: Full-color presentation and family record section; 48 beautiful full-color insert pages including memorable images from America's history; The historic King James Version Bible text, large print; 1600 Bible pages (illustrated, two-color) with: 80 full-page articles, 70 half-page articles, 104 quarter-page articles, and 66 book introductions; Index and concordance. Part of the Signature Series line of Thomas Nelson Bibles. American Patriot's Bibles sold to date: More than 125,000 -- The King James Version The most successful Bible translation in history with billions of copies published