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A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award with In the Time of Butterflies, author Julia Alvarez is a beloved voice in modern fiction and poetry. In Saving the World, she weaves the stories of two courageous women—separated by two centuries—into a breathtaking novel of love and idealism in an increasingly troubled world.

Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors.

When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population - killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant - the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power - and the strong who possess it.

Maridos y mujeres. Madres e hijas. El pasado y el futuro. La autora del afamado Flores cortadas vuelve con un electrizante thriller, muy complejo emocionalmente y que sumergirá a su protagonista en las oscuras profundidades de un caso que puede destruirle. El descubrimiento de un...

The extraordinary new novel from the Orange Prize winning author of ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’. What do you pack for the rest of your life? Shepherd Knacker is bored with his humdrum existence. He's sold his successful handy-man business for a million dollars and is now ready to embark on...

Una giovane scienziata sta svolgendo una ricerca sulla formazione della personalità e sulle differenze di comportamento tra gemelli. Improvvisamente, quando scopre due gemelli assolutamente identici, ma nati da madri diverse, si accorge che qualcuno sta cercando di fermarla in tutti i modi. Perché le sue indagini mettono in allarme una società di punta nel campo della biogenetica? È possibile che esperimenti segreti di clonazione siano stati condotti su cavie umane inconsapevolmente? E in che modo è coinvolto nella vicenda anche un candidato alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of The Covenant of Water: A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.”...

Julia began her career as an emergency physician but changed her chosen specialty after a tragic case. A young boy was brought to her ER with a severe allergic reaction and dies after she attempts a life-saving procedure.

Des effets secondaires insoupçonnés. Poids à perdre: huit foutues livres. Méthodes utilisées pour y parvenir: faire de l’exercice de façon saine? Manger santé? Non.... Suer à grosses gouttes avec un sac poubelle sur le dos, ne rien avaler de la journée et, surtout, vomir. Ç’a toujours été la solution la plus efficace. Mais mon chum Manu commençait à en avoir assez de mon petit manège. Et moi aussi, d’ailleurs.

Mary Liddell, Tochter der Oppositionsführerin, wird entführt. Keine Spur, keine Forderung – die Polizei steht vor einem Rätsel. In ihrer Verzweiflung greift die Regierung zu fragwürdigen Mitteln: Ein Medium soll helfen. Währenddessen stößt Kommissarin Olivia Jenner auf eine bewusstlose Frau mit Amnesie – und Neuropsychologin Susanna Madueke erkennt schnell: Diese Unbekannte ist der Schlüssel zum Fall. Doch je näher die beiden Frauen der Wahrheit kommen, desto tiefer geraten sie in ein Netz aus Intrigen, Geheimdiensten und politischem Verrat. Wem kann man noch trauen, wenn es um alles geht?

Dr. Autumn Trent, forensische Psychologin und Kriminalpsychologin, will beim Wechsel in die Abteilung für Verhaltensanalyse des FBI weiter Erfahrung sammeln und routinierter werden. In Lavender Lake, Florida, verschwinden hochschwangere Frauen. Den einzigen Hinweis auf ihr Schicksal stellt eine einzelne Hand dar … gefunden in einem Sumpfgebiet, in dem es von Alligatoren wimmelt. Ein kaltblütiger Unmensch befindet sich auf einer heiligen Mission, um sein Licht in die dunkle Welt zu bringen. Wie schnappt man einen Kriminellen, der dafür sorgt, dass alle Beweismittel aufgefressen werden?

Filled with tension and continual surprises, Unnatural Exposure is a thrilling chapter in Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta's life--and a triumph for #1 New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell. The body of an elderly woman is found dismembered in a Virginia landfill...

Camilo Escobedo, un competente neurólogo que ha llegado a ser ingresado en un psiquiátrico, nos traslada en primera persona su increíble lucha contra la enfermedad a la que precisamente dedicaba su investigación. "Las defensas" es, en realidad, una novela...

Telefonate oscene. Minacce. E quella continua sensazione che ogni suo gesto sia maniacalmente osservato. Beryl Madison, scrittrice di successo, vive da mesi nel terrore, sa che la sua vita è in pericolo. Eppure apre la porta di casa al suo assassino. Poco dopo, sempre a Richmond, viene ucciso un altro famoso scrittore. E i due cadaveri finiscono all'Istituto di medicina legale. Comincia così il difficile lavoro della dottoressa Kay Scarpetta. Indagini di laboratorio che, a poco a poco, si trasformano in un incubo spaventoso che coinvolge la sua stessa vita.

Eine grausame Mordserie und nur eine Psychologie-Professorin kann das Rätsel entschlüsseln... Der hochspannende und packende Thriller von Matthias Ernst. London: Ein Serienkiller tötet und verstümmelt junge Frauen. Die Polizistin Olivia Jenner ist überzeugt davon, dass es sich bei dem Täter um den Putney-Slasher handelt, der sieben Jahre zuvor mehrere Frauen auf die gleiche Weise ermordete. Das Problem: Der Hauptverdächtige wurde damals angeschossen und ist seitdem bei vollem Bewusstsein in einem gelähmten Körper gefangen.

Als der Schriftsteller Christopher Maddock tot aufgefunden wird, ist das Interesse der Yellow Press enorm. Sie beschuldigt den Londoner Psychotherapeuten John Burgess, einen Behandlungsfehler begangen zu haben, der zum Suizid des Schriftstellers führte. Doch dann wird John ein Tagebuch zugespielt, in dem Maddock seine Albträume notiert hat. Zusammen mit seiner Tochter Poppy beginnt John, die Träume zu deuten und findet Hinweise darauf, dass Maddocks Tod kein Suizid war.

The No. 1 bestselling series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy...

She's taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival. Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country's largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the Houston Ship Channel. Her crucial evidence comes from Dr. Tori Nelson, a respected physician and Jo's college crush, whose research exposes devastating community health impacts.

A decade ago, a tragic surgery forever altered the lives of Dr. Jackie Stone and Sarah Taylor. Haunted by the loss of that patient, Dr. Stone has since immersed herself in her work, believing that if she stays busy, she can escape the pain of her past. Sarah Taylor, now a determined intern at Manhattan's prestigious Watson Memorial Hospital, finds herself under the supervision of the very doctor who was present during her brother's ill-fated surgery ten years ago.

Now twenty-four, Hanna is living an outwardly normal life of domestic content. Married to real estate agent Jacob, she’s also stepmother to his teenage daughter Joelle. They live in a beautiful home, and Hanna loves her career as a phlebotomist—a job perfectly suited to her occasional need to hurt people. But when Joelle begins to change in ways that don’t suit Hanna’s purposes, her carefully planned existence threatens to come apart.