Books with author Ripley

In the 1960s during the Vietnam War, US forces used a chemical substance called napalm to burn away the jungle in search of enemy soldiers. But when napalm came in contact with human skin, it caused horrific injuries. Its use in war became highly controversial.Chemistry has long been at the heart of warfare. The invention of gunpowder ninth-century China led to the development of guns, grenades, and other explosives. In World War I chemists created deadly poison gas—as well as gas masks to protect soldiers from enemy gas. From Greek fire to bulletproof vests, learn how chemistry has changed how wars are fought.

Cocoa and the Missing Bits is the second book in the series Tales from the Great Forest. Once again, the story takes place in Mushroom Valley in the Great Forest. Cocoa and the Missing Bits is about a whisper named Cocoa who lives in a birdhouse and loves to write. She writes all kinds of stories for young Whisper seedlings so that they can learn and grow into strong Whispers just like her! Cocoa loves to write more than anything but she writes best when she has her chocolate. Her red, chocolate bits are her favourite and she never writes without them. One day, however, Cocoa realizes that her red, chocolate bits have mysteriously gone missing. “Well where on earth could they have gone?” she wonders. As Cocoa is sitting on her favourite chocolate bean chair to think about where they could have gone, she has a rather silly idea. What if her red, chocolate bits had simply grown legs and walked away? From that little thought, Cocoa finds herself in an imaginary world with red bits, a pirate who's pants keep catching on fire, and a parrot named Crumbs.Cocoa and the Missing Bits will teach children how lying and stealing often affects, not just you, but everyone else around you. It is a story with Christian values.

The Third Wyatt Storme Thriller A young co-ed is raped by a country music legend in Branson, the “NashVegas” of Missouri. Ignored by the police, she turns to TV newswoman Sandy Collingsworth for help. Sandy’s investigation stirs up a hornet’s nest of corruption and crime, putting her in the mob’s crosshairs …something her boyfriend Wyatt Storme, a freelance troubleshooter, won’t abide. Storme rolls into Branson like a hurricane with his buddy Chick Easton, an unhinged ex-CIA operative, to settle the score with his own brand of justice.“Storme is one of my all-time favorite series characters, up there with Spenser and Dave Robicheaux,” Ace Atkins, the New York Times Bestselling author of The Forsaken and Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot"Here's one for the boys who love to kick butt….Storme has the catlike moves of the early Spenser, before he got to be such a prig,” Kirkus Reviews"For those of us who still feel an ache for the immortal John D. MacDonald, there might finally be a replacement on the horizon." Tampa Tribune“This is a fine series that has improved dramatically with each outing. Superior entertainment." BooklistPreviously published as "Electric Country Roulette"

A soul weary Shane Ryan has physical and emotional scars—souvenirs of his gruesome occupation. His latest job is in Nashua, a sleepy little upstate New Hampshire town that’s been awakened by a rampage of murders in Slater Mill. The body count is escalating at an alarming rate. The police have no motive or suspects regarding the grisly killings and the residents are scared! As he prepares to leave for Slater Mill, Shane is visited by an old acquaintance whose timing couldn’t be worse. Shane’s personal demons are driving him to the edge and he’s running out of time to save himself and stop the slaughter at the mill. Finally, armed and ready, he heads to Nashua to take down the ghost behind the killings, Pierre Gustav, who is just as brutal in death as he was in life! The minute Shane reaches the old abandoned building, his senses are jangling. The mill is deathly silent as a ghost crew mans the machines. Shane focuses on Pierre, knowing the merciless specter must not win this battle. Shane isn’t afraid to die; at one time, he would have welcomed death. But it’s not in him to quit. Now facing the deadliest fight of his life, Shane only has one goal: destroy Pierre Gustav or die trying…

A man’s seductive voice emanates from an antique radio, luring women into his murderous embrace… It’s business as usual for Stefan Korzh as he continues to send haunted antiques onto unsuspecting buyers. Despite going into hiding, his desire to punish the universe for his own misfortune remains unchecked. Victor Daniels, now more than ever, is focused on grabbing Korzh by the neck and making him feel the full extent of his pain and suffering. But plans change when a suave ghost from the 1940s leaves a trail of dead bodies in his wake. Hank, a sly and charming specter, uses a mahogany-colored radio to reach his victims...lonely, elderly women in nursing homes who find him hard to resist. Meanwhile, Tom Crane is slowly adjusting to the life of a homeschooled student, spending his days immersed in books from the local library. But brewing underneath his scholarly demeanor is his insatiable thirst for revenge. With Victor occupied, Tom embarks on a dangerous mission to confront the man behind his misery. The lives of Stefan, Victor, and Tom become more and more intertwined as they continue to play the blood-riddled sport. When old friends – and enemies – reveal themselves, they discover that anything is possible in a game filled with ghosts and vengeance. Even the hunter can become the hunted…

HardCover. Pages: 256 Publisher:. HarperCollins UK Let Fay show you how to impress with no stress in the kitchen Mumsnet Best Cookbook winner is back with over 100 deliciously easy and simple recipes that will keep your family and friends coming back for more Fay. . Ripley knows how busy life can get As a working mum-of-two and actress. shes juggled the needs of family. children and friends for years - and in the process has developed fail-proof recipes that dazzle every diner Fay knows there. are times when you need to throw everything in one pot and let it bubble away while you get on with other things -. thats the beauty of Spiced Chicken with Apricot Rice And Crispy Sesame Kale is the perfect way to make a Sunday roast go the extra mile. should you find yourself having to feed unexpected guests. Whether youre looking for a show-stopping dessert like Hazelnut and Raspberr...

In 1878 tiny Russian speedboats raced toward a huge enemy warship in the Black Sea. The speedboats carried new weapons called torpedoes. The Russian torpedoes struck the Turkish warship, and it sank. It was the first time small boats had destroyed a warship.Physics, or the science of forces, has always been an important part of war. In the late nineteenth century, inventors developed machine guns that could fire thousands of bullets a minute. During World War II, physicists took part in a top-secret project to create the most powerful weapon in the world: the atom bomb. From crossbows and cannons to rocket launchers and laser-guided missiles, discover how physicists have changed weapons and warfare!

There isn't much that can lure enigmatic NFL star Wyatt Storme away from his life of splendid isolation in the mountains near Denver. One thing that can is his friendship with Chick Easton - a hard-drinking, wisecracking, much-decorated fellow Vietnam vet, who is all too willing to coax Storme into trouble. Another is a plea for help from Sandra Collingsworth, a beautiful television journalist, whose energy intoxicates Storme and whose love undermines his stoicism and disenchantment with modern society.Electric Country Roulette is set in the Branson, Missouri, resort area - "The New Nashville" - one of the fastest-growing areas in the United States. Once an obscure fisherman's paradise, North Branson (a boomtown outpacing its namesake, Branson), has exploded into a fireball of electric marquee lights, country music stars, and greed - the quick march of progress spawning an underbelly of corruption and crime. Aided by Sandy and Chick, Wyatt investigates the death of a young college woman who had accused celebrity country singer Travis Conrad of date rape. The local police are apathetic, even hostile, to questions about the murder, which they call an "accident."Entangled beyond their expectations, the trio eventually uncover a conspiracy, hatched by a nest of unscrupulous land speculators, to exploit a lucrative deal bringing Disney World to the Ozarks. Along the way the three encounter bodyguards, mob leg-breakers, seamy hucksters, and corrupt public officials who have incentive to silence Storme and, even more, his girlfriend. When Storme's investigation puts Sandy at grave risk, Storme and Easton set a deadly trap for the perpetrators. But vengeance exacts an onerous and unintended toll as the escapade rips open a wound in Storme's tortured soul - a soul already scarred by the postwar trauma of Vietnam - a wound that provides a clue as to why the iconoclastic hero has chosen his reclusive lifestyle.

They say truth is stranger than fiction, but can you tell the difference? This book contains over 200 fascinating facts about weird and wonderful inventions, but you need to decide whether they are true or false. All the answers are provided so you can quiz yourself and your family and friends. Hours of wacky trivia fun! Includes hilarious colour illustrations.

In 1878 tiny Russian speedboats raced toward a huge enemy warship in the Black Sea. The speedboats carried new weapons called torpedoes. The Russian torpedoes struck the Turkish warship, and it sank. It was the first time small boats had destroyed a warship. Physics, or the science of forces, has always been an important part of war. In the late nineteenth century, inventors developed machine guns that could fire thousands of bullets a minute. During World War II, physicists took part in a top-secret project to create the most powerful weapon in the world: the atom bomb. From crossbows and cannons to rocket launchers and laser-guided missiles, discover how physicists have changed weapons and warfare!