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Shark Attack!
224 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2003
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Anthony Masters
260 books12 followersAnthony Masters was a writer, educator and humanitarian of exceptional gifts and prodigious energy. He was, in the parlance of his spiritual ancestors, the ancient mariners, that rare voyager "as gracious as a trade wind and as dependable as an anchor".
He leaves 11 works of adult fiction – notably, Conquering Heroes (1969), Red Ice (1986, with Nicholas Barker), The Men (1997), The Good and Faithful Servant (1999) and Lifers (2001) – and was in the process of completing another, Dark Bridges, which he thought would be his best. Many of these works carry deep insights into social problems that he gained, over four decades, by helping the socially excluded, be it by running soup kitchens for drug addicts or by campaigning for the civic rights of gypsies and other ethnic minorities.
His non-fiction output was typically eclectic. It ranged from the biographies of such diverse personalities as Hannah Senesh (The Summer that Bled, 1972), Mikhail Bakunin (Bakunin: the father of anarchism, 1974), Nancy Astor (Nancy Astor: a life, 1981) and the British secret service chief immortalised by Ian Fleming in his James Bond books (The Man Who Was M: the life of Maxwell Knight, 1984), to a history of the notorious asylum Bedlam (Bedlam, 1977).
He leaves 11 works of adult fiction – notably, Conquering Heroes (1969), Red Ice (1986, with Nicholas Barker), The Men (1997), The Good and Faithful Servant (1999) and Lifers (2001) – and was in the process of completing another, Dark Bridges, which he thought would be his best. Many of these works carry deep insights into social problems that he gained, over four decades, by helping the socially excluded, be it by running soup kitchens for drug addicts or by campaigning for the civic rights of gypsies and other ethnic minorities.
His non-fiction output was typically eclectic. It ranged from the biographies of such diverse personalities as Hannah Senesh (The Summer that Bled, 1972), Mikhail Bakunin (Bakunin: the father of anarchism, 1974), Nancy Astor (Nancy Astor: a life, 1981) and the British secret service chief immortalised by Ian Fleming in his James Bond books (The Man Who Was M: the life of Maxwell Knight, 1984), to a history of the notorious asylum Bedlam (Bedlam, 1977).
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January 3, 2013
This was a book I very dearly read as a child, and was devoted to the entire series of 'Animal Attacks'. This book was mainly through my extreme love and attraction to sharks themselves, but will offer a plot gripping enough to keep you reading to find what happens to the end.
I'm afraid I cannot be more detailed than that, as I will need a refresh to describe in more detail, but young children, particularly boys, who are interested in sharks or people who just want to read about this particular issue will not be disappointed.
I'm afraid I cannot be more detailed than that, as I will need a refresh to describe in more detail, but young children, particularly boys, who are interested in sharks or people who just want to read about this particular issue will not be disappointed.
March 4, 2012
An amazing and yet a short book, this book was so interesting that I wish you can make part two because I really wanted to read more. The detail given in this book is excellent, you can imagine the whole thing. My favourite line would be "The crimson red stain on the ocean". Since this has a little horror I would give this a age rating of 11+. I would be looking forward to seeing part two and other books of the same kind.
June 19, 2010
Interesting although some parts a little gory
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