Gildart Jackson

This book is the further adventures of Mowgli. It describes how his biological parents were ostracized by their village for their connection to a demon child, and recounts how Mowgli leads his wolf-brothers into a fight with the red dogs.

Captain Alexei Korolev endures threats against his family when a high-level murder is tied to corruption in State Security and the NKVD.

"Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom -- from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double...

A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff, family tension, and his wife's devastating illness.

Alex Verus must keep his friends close - and his enemies closer - in the epic conclusion to the best-selling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage. Mage Alex Verus has gone from a Camden shopkeeper to one of the most powerful mages in Britain. Now his last and most dangerous battle lies before him. His lover, the life mage Anne, has fallen fully under the control of the deadly creature she made a bargain with, and it is preparing to create...

The explorer and author of Walking the Americas and Walking the Himalayas delivers "a bold travelogue, illuminating great swathes of modern Africa" (Kirkus Reviews). Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda-where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water-writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the fabled river. He followed the Nile for nine...

Whiskey and Charlie might have come from the same family, but they'd tell you two completely different stories about growing up. Whiskey is bold, daring and carefree. Charlie blames his twin brother for always stealing the limelight, always getting everything, and always pushing Charlie back. By the time the twins reach adulthood, they are barely even speaking to each other. When Charlie hears that Whiskey has been in a terrible accident and has slipped...

This classic collection of linked stories feature some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentlemans gentleman-in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Berties friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession

"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing...

The result of Smith's efforts is a witty, hightly readable work of genius filled with perscient theories that form the basis of a thriving capitalist system.