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Exit Visa by Marcus Clark. Free trial E-book. Read the first 70 pages free. Not for the squeamish. EXIT VISA is a factual novel about the aftermath of the Vietnam war, a vivid and gripping narrative, it chronicles the horrors experienced by those who fled after the fall of Saigon. We have all seen movies about Vietnam, "We Were Soldiers" is the most recent. But have you ever noticed, none of them tell you what happened when the war ended? What happened to the population when the communists took over? Why did hundreds of thousands of people flee? What happened in Kampuchea that led to two million people dying? EXIT VISA gives vivid descriptions of the last days of the Vietnam war; the murder of the Kampucheans during Year Zero; working on the Ho Chi Minh Trail; living in Saigon after the communists took over; the fleeing of the 'boat people' from Vietnam; the boat journey to Malaysia; resettlement in Australia. This is one of the few books published (in English) that describes these events through Vietnamese eyes. In this novel a young schoolteacher and her family flee the approaching communist army. A brutal and corrupt police sergeant bribes his way out of Saigon and onto a jet. An elderly jeweller watches in despair as the city and people he loves are destroyed. A Khmer Rouge fanatic, trained to torture for pleasure and to kill on orders, seeks sanctuary in Vietnam; a young communist soldier loses his faith in the new order and goes into hiding and starvation with a frightened woman and her children. Each is seeking an Exit Visa, no matter what the price. You can read the first 70 pages free! If you don't like it there is nothing to pay and you can keep the ebook. If you like it, you can buy the password for $7 to open the whole e-book.
EXIT VISA E-BOOK 1
Exit Visa by Marcus Clark. Free trial E-book. Read the first 70 pages free. Not for the squeamish. EXIT VISA is a factual novel about the aftermath of the Vietnam war, a vivid and gripping narrative, it chronicles the horrors experienced by those who fled after the fall of Saigon. We have all seen movies about Vietnam, "We Were Soldiers" is the most recent. But have you ever noticed, none of them tell you what happened when the war ended? What happened to the population when the communists took over? Why did hundreds of thousands of people flee? What happened in Kampuchea that led to two million people dying? EXIT VISA gives vivid descriptions of the last days of the Vietnam war; the murder of the Kampucheans during Year Zero; working on the Ho Chi Minh Trail; living in Saigon after the communists took over; the fleeing of the 'boat people' from Vietnam; the boat journey to Malaysia; resettlement in Australia. This is one of the few books published (in English) that describes these events through Vietnamese eyes. In this novel a young schoolteacher and her family flee the approaching communist army. A brutal and corrupt police sergeant bribes his way out of Saigon and onto a jet. An elderly jeweller watches in despair as the city and people he loves are destroyed. A Khmer Rouge fanatic, trained to torture for pleasure and to kill on orders, seeks sanctuary in Vietnam; a young communist soldier loses his faith in the new order and goes into hiding and starvation with a frightened woman and her children. Each is seeking an Exit Visa, no matter what the price. You can read the first 70 pages free! If you don't like it there is nothing to pay and you can keep the ebook. If you like it, you can buy the password for $7 to open the whole e-book.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When two rich single gentlemen come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes.
Supergenius
This ebook is strange both in form and contents. Very hard to explain but the author teaches you a new approach, a new method to learn fast and REMEMBER what you learned. Is this an ebook? Is this a philosophic treatise? Find out by yourself!
The Giants Toothache
In this adventure Willy helps a giant with a very bad toothache
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