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LES STANDIFORD is the author of the critically acclaimed Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning, as well as ten novels. Recipient of the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, he is director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University in Miami, where he lives with his wife and three children. Visit his website at Les-Standiford.com.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Last Train to Paradise
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler’s... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler’s... Read more >
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Meet You in Hell
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $13.95
Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $13.95
Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age... Read more >
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Washington Burning
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $16.00
Washington Burning transports us in time to the very founding of our nation and its capital. We learn that the Washington we know might never have come to be had it not been for the destruction of the young city by British troops in 1814, or for Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $16.00
Washington Burning transports us in time to the very founding of our nation and its capital. We learn that the Washington we know might never have come to be had it not been for the destruction of the young city by British troops in 1814, or for Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the... Read more >
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Washington Burning
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $24.95
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $24.95
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Meet You in Hell
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $13.95
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $13.95
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Washington Burning
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $16.00
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $16.00
The Riveting Story of the Federal City and the Men Who Built It
In 1814, British troops invaded Washington, consuming President Madison’s hastily abandoned dinner before setting his home and the rest of the city ablaze. The White House still bears scorch and soot marks on its foundation stones. It was only... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $19.95
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Last Train to Paradise
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 24, 2002
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 24, 2002
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
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Last Train to Paradise
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 13, 2002
Price: $17.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 13, 2002
Price: $17.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
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Havana Run
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 3, 2003
Price: $17.50
Many writers have highlighted South Florida's colorful characters, but John Deal is a remarkably normal man, put in extraordinary situations. Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. Cuba has just normalized relations with the United States, and when... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 3, 2003
Price: $17.50
Many writers have highlighted South Florida's colorful characters, but John Deal is a remarkably normal man, put in extraordinary situations. Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. Cuba has just normalized relations with the United States, and when... Read more >
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Bone Key
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 23, 2004
Price: $17.50
In 1931, a storm passes through the Florida straits, soon followed by a devastating explosion aboard a freighter, The Magdalena. Decades later, John Deal, the brooding real-estate developer and hero of eight previous Standiford mysteries, is traveling to Key West to talk over a prospective project with an old friend of... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 23, 2004
Price: $17.50
In 1931, a storm passes through the Florida straits, soon followed by a devastating explosion aboard a freighter, The Magdalena. Decades later, John Deal, the brooding real-estate developer and hero of eight previous Standiford mysteries, is traveling to Key West to talk over a prospective project with an old friend of... Read more >
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Meet You in Hell
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $13.75
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $13.75
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
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Last Train to Paradise
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Meet You in Hell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 31, 2005
Price: $20.00
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 31, 2005
Price: $20.00
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting... Read more >
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