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'A spellbinding read' LOUISE CANDLISH 'A stylish and page-turning mystery' RACHEL HORE A gripping drama of past secrets revealed, of manipulation and revenge for fans of Daphne du Maurier and noir movies like All About Eve and A Star is Born Delia Maxwell is an international singing sensation...

A novelette about an unlikely superhero.

There's a pandemic. People are turning into clowns. Society isn't interested in finding a cure or treating the infected as humans. But when unconventional couriers begin to harass the contaminated, and clowns start disappearing, a band of transformed coworkers set out to find answers.

Jennifer's dream vacation in sunny Portugal has suddenly turned into an unending nightmare! The two brothers she encounters are bound by the same strange family heritage: a fascination with fire. Jennifer is attracted to both Neil and Philip Alenquer, but one of them is lying about the tragedy that has taken place in their castle overlooking the Atlantic.

"Xan said I should go to the doctor so they could cut off my hand. I ignored him and placed the hit of acid on my tongue. I looked at my black and withered left hand as he warmed the heroin." Earth, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory: There is only one way to move from any of these worlds to the next...

Spanning the first part of the 21st century, Better Angels revolves around the mystery of an ancient, alien artifact resembling an angel's shoulder blade, and the transcendent effect it has on five people, whose lives and relationships lead to - and are forever altered by - its discovery.

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Kate Jones is on the run with a backpack full of money, intent on finding her way back to the United States from Mexico. Unfortunately, a ruthless drug lord named Salazar is just as intent on finding her, retrieving his stolen money, and making her pay for ever having left him. Is there anyone she can trust?

Una nave espacial proveniente de una civilización distante que clama haber visitado y creado vida en el planeta tierra millones de años atrás, se estrella inesperadamente en el Océano Pacífico cerca de la costa occidental de los Estados Unidos. Sus intenciones pacíficas son repetir la contribución de antaño plantando materia biológica en nuestras aguas confiando en un desenlace mejor esta vez: un mundo libre de enfermedades, física y mentalmente, tal vez hasta de conflicto entre nosotros los humanos.

A plausibly mad "mushroom messiah" and a lost tribe - soon to be more lost than ever as humanity's first ambassadors to the stars. Three fighter pilots on a secret mission involving the Roswell cover story's surprising truth. An early astronomer discovers the macrocosm of which our universe is just a part. A trip backwards from 1999 to the 1939 World's Fair, and a meeting with Einstein. More strange yet compelling characters encountering the challenges of a technological world.

Debs expresses concern for the vast number of workingmen without trades, who are often termed “unskilled” laborers. He argues that their importance in carrying forward the great industrial enterprises of the world has not been recognized in the past, and was not appreciated at the time. He also mentions that the term “skill” is often used in a sense which does great injustice to men who do not wear the badge of some particular trade, and hence, the term “skilled laborer” is never applied to men who are known as “common laborers.”

The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. More than a century has passed since the glorious day of Earth’s annexation. Struggling to hold on to a handful of planets in the frontier provinces, humanity is at war with Rigel. After the destruction of both our fleet and theirs, a time of quiet rebuilding has begun.

Writing in an exciting, fast-paced narrative style, Gerstner takes readers through his experiences at IBM -- from the high-powered recruiting pressure to take the Chairman's position, to first days on the job learning the strengths and weaknesses of IBM, to formulating and successfully...

A desperate young woman’s bargain with a wealthy couple is not what it seems in this gothic tale of big city dreams gone wrong from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews—whose books are now major Lifetime TV movies. The English countryside is beautiful...

Once, only her own life hung in the balance. Oddly enough, when Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. But she'd survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands - and protect her relationship with Valek. Suddenly, though, they are beset on all sides by those vying for power through politics and intrigue. Valek's job and his life are in danger.

The disappearance of a wealthy Brazilian industrialist’s daughter, Lara, causes Thiago to hire the world's most elite information-gathering unit, the R-Group, to quietly locate and return her. Is the heiress in trouble and gone forever or merely hiding in plain sight to escape her destiny? The award-winning Breakfield and Burkey story draws you into a techno-thriller that focuses on overcoming opportunistic cyber-crime in the high-stakes world of information brokering in today’s 21st century.

Kolejny tom bestsellerowej serii B.V. Larsona, króla Amazona. Wielka miedzygwiezdna wojna miedzy robotami a istotami zywymi trwa. Sily Gwiezdne ponownie musza powstrzymac maszynowych najezdzców - ale jak? Kyle'owiRiggsowi udalo sie uwolnic Ziemie od makrosów, jednak za ogromna cene. Wielkie maszyny juz mu dluzej nie ufaja. Jak wsciekly pies, musi zostac wyeliminowany, a razem z nim Sily Gwiezdne. Jesli ten plan sie powiedzie, ludzkosc czeka zaglada.

Kyle Riggs od dawna nie odwiedzał Ziemi. Nie ma pojęcia, co tam się dzieje. Nadchodzące raporty są coraz rzadsze i coraz dziwniejsze. Riggs, odizolowany w systemie Eden ze swoimi marines, zaczyna zdawać sobie sprawę, że przeciwko niemu formuje się sojusz. Dwie ogromne floty wkrótce ruszą, by zniszczyć siły pułkownika. Ostatni obrońcy z Sił Gwiezdnych muszą stawić czoła wrogom. Trzeba zawrzeć przymierze z obcymi biotami. Ale które gatunki są naprawdę godne zaufania?

W "Unicestwieniu", siódmej powieści z serii Star Force, nic nie idzie zgodnie z planem. Trzy niedawno założone ludzkie kolonie w układzie Eden radzą sobie coraz lepiej, lecz liczne siły dążą do ich wyeliminowania. Skorupiaki proszą o pomoc, choć są zaprzysięgłymi wrogami Sił Gwiezdnych. Czy okażą się potencjalnymi sojusznikami, czy też podstępnymi zdrajcami? I dlaczego temperatura oceanów na ich światach rośnie?

Siły Gwiezdne podejmują wyprawę do Układu Słonecznego, chcąc wyzwolić ludzkość spod okrutnej dyktatury imperatora Crowa. Zanosi się na wojnę domową na wielką skalę, jednak do gry wkraczają Niebiescy, a ich okręt nie przypomina niczego, z czym Riggs i jego ludzie zetknęli się do tej pory. Nowy rodzaj broni stworzyły też Siły Imperialne - niesamowite cyborgi okazują się niezwykle wymagającym przeciwnikiem. Pułkownik Riggs musi podjąć kilka trudnych decyzji, a jego oficerowie często mają odmienne zdanie.