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Houston, Texas, 1985: While investigating the affluent and seedy Gasper family, Rachel Hawkins, a junior reporter with the Galveston Daily News, stumbles upon a story that will make her career. Billy Gasper, son to the billionaire tycoon Gasper family, is missing. His yacht found near the Port of Galveston, abandoned all but for a seemingly deranged captain. Where are the crew? And where is Billy?

Crime reporter Colin Crampton thinks he's wrapped up a story that began with a robbery and ended with a murder. But that was before he hit on a new clue - which takes him to New York and into more danger. Before long, Colin discovers his hunt for the truth has dumped him into a conspiracy he could never have foreseen. As he battles to find a way out of danger, he meets a stripper with a pet python and a clumsy assassin who kills the wrong people. The laughs are never far from the action when Colin faces dangers he never anticipated as he races to crack the case.

The man that history came to know by the name of Trotsky has the well-established legacy of being one of the most mysterious of all the cast and characters involved with the Russian Revolution. If the Russian Revolution was a Shakespearean tragedy, Trotsky would undoubtedly be cast into the role of an Othello or King Lear type figure who means well but seems to hamstring himself with his never-ending ideological speculation and theorizing.

Ace crime reporter Colin Crampton believes he's uncovered the stunning motive behind a train robbery that ended in murder. But that was before he uncovers unexpected clues. With his feisty Australian girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith, Colin sets out on the daring finale of his adventure. If he can nail this story, editors will be beating a path to his door. But only if?

When Cosmic Tush hire the back room in Zoe’s pub to record the video to their comeback single, her life is flipped upside down, and it’s not because her favorite band invades her life. Will Harvey, just as popular within the fandom, is a pushy charmer, and he has his eye on Zoe. Not that she complains that much - what’s wrong with a bit of harmless flirting and a fling?

The City of Angels holds a world of nightmares for irreverent wizard Josiah Quinn. Not even the end of the world could convince him to visit. But when his estranged daughter Maggie goes missing, he’s on the first flight there to track her down. As he tries to pull together the threads of Maggie’s life, Josiah uncovers a disturbing trend: sex, drugs, and dangerous magic. Maggie was walking an all too familiar path toward destruction. And now she’s gone. To find her, Josiah must navigate an unfamiliar underworld and face an old enemy he thought he left for dead 20 years ago.

The inside story of the booming video game industry from the late 1990s to the present, as told by the Managing Director of Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment (The Division, Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations).At Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest...

O salmista confirma a sentença precedente, demonstrando a grandeza de Deus à luz do maravilhoso caráter de suas obras. Ele não fala da essência secreta e misteriosa de Deus que enche céu e terra, mas das manifestações de seu poder, sabedoria, bondade e justiça, que são claramente exibidos, embora sejam tão vastos para que nosso tacanho entendimento os apreenda. À luz deste fato aprendemos que a glória de Deus está bem perto de nós, e que ele tão franca e claramente se desvendou, que não podemos com razão pretender qualquer justificativa para a ignorância.

April, 1144. A body is found floating in Fladbury Mill leat, a man in green who has been stabbed but not robbed. The lord sheriff’s trio discover him to be an Evesham horse dealer, who has a beautiful young wife who ‘strays’. Did the wife or one of her lovers get rid of him? What is the connection with the lord of Harvington, who wed the man’s sister, and how did that lady meet her death? The trio have to work seamlessly together to unravel the thread that links seemingly disparate deaths before even more people die, and in the process keep Walkelin from the noose.

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Ex-US Navy specialists Carter Hunt and Jayden Takada are working one of their first jobs in civilian life - repairing a subsea data cable for an international telecom company - when their mini-sub is attacked by persons unknown wishing to stem the flow of information in and out of Egypt. They survive the encounter only to receive a call from Hunt’s ex-girlfriend, an archaeologist currently on an excavation at the Great Pyramid of Giza. She has a most unusual request - she needs someone to scuba dive inside the pyramid.

Who is Peter Norman? He's the greatest Australian hero you don't know. Peter Norman is the 'forgotten man' in one of the most powerful and influential photos of all time. Peter is in the photo because he won Australia a silver medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics after running the 200 metres in 20...

After the initial series of summer blizzards, the snowfall has decreased, but the temperatures continue to drop, the icy wind still blows, and with each passing day, the darkness lasts longer and longer. It is in the darkness the monsters thrive. Confined to the lake house and having no communication with the outside world, Grady and the others live every day in fear, questioning what the future holds. Will the snow melt? Will the sun ever rise? Can the wraiths be defeated? But as the days turn to weeks, no answers come.

An offbeat suspense tale about an unemployed man who is mistaken for a professional vampire slayer. Lost and frustrated after missing out on a job interview, Ryan is offered a job by a mysterious woman in the office parking lot. Only one hitch, the woman thinks that Ryan is a hitman and the "job" is killing her sister-in-law whom she insists is a vampire.

Ötzi ist die berühmteste Mumie der Welt und eine der größten archäologischen Sensationen. Mehr als 5000 Jahre alt und damit älter als die klassischen ägyptischen Mumien, blieb er im Eis der Alpengletscher konserviert. Der Mann aus dem Eis fasziniert noch immer, auch zwanzig Jahre nach seiner Entdeckung. Mit der erst kürzlich geglückten Entschlüsselung des Erbguts wird Ötzi viele offene Fragen beantworten. Rätselhaft bleibt er dennoch. Und viele Fragen rund um seinen Tod werden sich wohl nie beantworten lassen: Warum wurde dieser Mann ermordet?

Was samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up by events beyond his control? Did he really declare himself to be the new emperor? Did he suffer divine retribution for his ego and ambition? Filled with insurrections, tribal uprisings, pirate disturbances, and natural disasters, this action-packed account of Masakado's insurrection offers a captivating introduction to the samurai, their role in 10th-century society, and the world outside the capital - a must-listen for those interested in early Japan, samurai warfare, or the mystique of ancient warriors.

xkcd-Fans aufgepasst: Nach "What if?" jetzt der weltoriginellste "Self-Help-Guide" von Randall Munroe! Für jede Aufgabe, die sich uns stellt, gibt es einen richtigen Weg, einen falschen, und einen, der so offensichtlich absurd ist, dass man ihn niemals in Betracht ziehen würde. "How to" ist eine Anleitung zu diesem dritten Ansatz. Es zeigt uns, wie wir digitale Daten versenden, indem wir USB-Sticks an Zugvögeln befestigen. Wie wir unserem Auto Starthilfe geben, indem wir elf Jahre auf eine Sonneneruption warten. Und wir erfahren, wie wir endlich pünktlich zu Verabredungen kommen.

Two women are snatched off the streets of London in one weekend. DI Charlie George and his team get to work. The lives of these young women - one of them a mother - are on the line, and the clock is ticking. When they catch a lucky break from a CCTV camera, Charlie is sure they have their man. And that's when he gets his first surprise. Because nothing about this case is simple, and not everyone is quite what they seem.

Parker Peevyhouse's The Echo Room is a smart, claustrophobic, speculative young adult thriller with an immersive psychological mystery. The only thing worse than being locked in is facing what you locked out. Rett Ward knows how to hide. He's had six years of practice at Walling Home, the...

Wie ein Zugvogel zieht er von Land zu Land, jede Grenze überwindend. Nationalstaaten sind seine Brutstätten. Er ist die unsichtbare Verbindung zwischen international operierenden Geldwäschern, Diktatoren und Waffenhändlern. Wo er landet, brechen Chaos und Terror aus. Wer ist der Starling? Im mexikanischen Dschungel läuft eine Razzia völlig aus dem Ruder, ein Banküberfall in Washington scheint nur ein Täuschungsmanöver zu sein und ein inhaftierter afrikanischer Diktator plant seinen Ausbruch. Zwischen den Ereignissen gibt es eine Verbindung: den "Starling".