![]() The story sees Kate’s father pursuing the diamond rush in Africa to get rich. The protagonist, Kate, has inherited not only her father’s thriving business but also his ambition. Master Of The Game is a book about ambition and family legacy. Sheldon breathed his last in 2007, though his legacy continues to inspire budding and seasoned writers alike the world over. ![]() It is for this reason that many regard him as one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. His books have a dramatic flair to them, often ending in big, unexpected twists. It was only after turning fifty did he start writing his present-day classics like The Naked Face, Stranger in the Mirror and If Tomorrow Comes. In fact, at the age of twenty-one, Sheldon won an Oscar for writing the critically acclaimed comedy, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. He also wrote scripts for movies and television. ![]() Sheldon had started his writing career with Broadway plays. Sidneey Sheldon was an author most famously known for his crime and thriller novels. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. Or would make an ideal gift for the fan / reader in your life. Paperback : Chapbook soft cover edition in very good condition, A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself. If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!." A beautiful early edition, in good to very good condition. Brown paper covers with green Fleur de Lis border - a small beautiful book about 4"x 6" In part: "f you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream-and not make dreams your master If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same. ![]() ![]() "IF" poem's title on front cover and title page. Kipling's "If" -is one of his most influential and famous works. ![]() ![]() John Flanagan, author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. ![]() The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. ![]() Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice! ![]() |