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The best story of adventure published in the last quarter of a century John BuchanThe perennial classic. Arguably the first spy novel ever written remains one of the finest examples of the genre to this day.While on a duck-hunting holiday sailing in the Frisian Isles, Carruthers and his friend Davies become suspicious of German naval activity off the North Sea Coast. The pair decide to investigate, and are soon embroiled in a world of suspense and intrigue, and the pair set about foiling nothing less than a plot to invade England.Initially published in 1903, The Riddle of the Sands proved a prescient vision of the Anglo-German conflict that was to culminate in the First World War. This thrilling adventure is now regarded as the first - and one of the best - spy novels ever written, inspiring later masters of the genre from John Buchan to John le Carre.

In The Murders in the Rue Morgue, all of Paris is in shock following the ghastly murder of two women - but with all witnesses claiming to have heard the suspect speak a different language, the police are stumped. When Dupin finds a suspicious hair at the crime scene, and places an advert in the newspaper asking if anyone has lost an Ourang-Outang, things take an unexpected turn... In The Mystery of Marie Roget, Dupin and his sidekick undertake to solve the murder of the beautiful young grisette who works in a perfume shop, whose body is found floating in the Seine... And The Purloined Letter, the final in the series, finds Dupin engaged on a matter of national importance: a private (and highly compromising) letter has been pilfered from the Queens private drawing room. The police know who the unscrupulous culprit is, but they can not find the letter, and therefore are unable to pin the crime on him. It it is up to Dupin to solve the case - which he does, with characteristic flair.A master of rational deduction and intellectual insight, Dupin sees things for what they are, rather than what they appear to be...

Davids Kampf geht weiterMitosis, die packende neue Story von Bestsellerautor Brandon Sanderson, knupft direkt an die Ereignisse aus Steelheart an und entfuhrt uns erneut in die faszinierend dustere Welt Newcagos: Gerade als David und die anderen Reckoner versuchen wieder ein normales Leben zu fuhren, taucht ein neuer Epic namens Mitosis in der Stadt auf. Mitosis ist auf der Suche nach David und er ist auf Rache aus ...Mitosis erscheint exklusiv als eBook Only und umfasst ca. 50 Buchseiten.

Há quem diga que nos menores frascos estão os melhores perfumes e que de médico e louco todo mundo tem um pouco. O que uma coisa tem a ver com outra? Nada. Mas o novo livro de Rubem Fonseca parece ap

When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party for a luxury residence overlooking Florence, he has no idea what hes walking into. Behind the austere beauty of Palazzo San Giorgios façade terrible secrets lie hidden: not only an old torture chamber uncovered during excavations, but a much more recent malevolence.Then the head of security dies under suspicious circumstances and Sandro takes on the dead mans role. He soon discovers that his predecessors death was not random, or isolated, when one of the residents is found murdered in her room. Now, Sandro must work to untangle the secrets of the palazzo to unmask a deadly killer before the fate of another victim is sealed...

Four friends, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, its no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise works like a charm - until they kidnap the wrong man.Now two groups are after them - the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized crime outfit looking for payback. As they crisscross the country in a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: the real professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice everything.

THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE SANDRO CELLINI SERIES: a dark, unsettling psychological mystery set in a Florence mired in crisis. When Niccolo Rosselli, the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement, collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his long time partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Sandro Cellini is drafted in to investigate. The trail leads to a tired sea-side town and a modest hotel, where Flavia chose to end her life. But Cellini isnt satisfied - why would one so young and with so much to live for, walk away from all she loves? As he digs into Flavias secret world, however, Sandro uncovers the hidden life of a woman consumed with private passions and a deadly, dark obsession. And as the private and public realms intersect, he cannot forget that life in modern Italy has a perilous edge - fuelled as much by rage as desire.

Johann Wolfgang Goethes klassisches Schauspiel in funf Aufzugen "Iphigenie auf Tauris" ist in mehreren Fassungen uberliefert: 1779 wurde die erste Prosafassung in Weimar uraufgefuhrt, 1780 folgte eine Versfassung in freien Rhythmen, dann eine zweite Prosafassung und 1786 die zweite, wahrend der ersten italienischen Reise fertiggestellte Fassung in Blankversen, die 1787 erstmals in Buchform erschien. Den Iphigenie-Stoff entnahm Goethe dem Drama "Iphigenie bei den Taurern" des griechischen Dramatikers Euripides. Bei Goethe vollzieht sich das dramatische Geschehen im Inneren der Personen und in den "Rededuellen". Seine Iphigenie verkorpert das Ideal der Klassik: Humanitat, Aufrichtigkeit und Unschuld. Ihre tiefe Menschlichkeit befreit nicht nur den Bruder Orest vom Wahnsinn und von der Verfolgung durch die Erinnyen, sondern sorgt auch fur einen friedlichen Abschied vom taurischen Konig Thoas.Text aus Reclams Universal-Bibliothek mit Verszahlung der gedruckten Ausgabe.

COULD YOU BETRAY ALL YOUVE EVER KNOWN, FOR THE LIFE YOUVE ALWAYS WANTED?Donovan Creed was once an assassin for the CIA. Now hes a freelance killer who works for anyone who can pay and double crosses anyone who cant.Creeds about to spend some ill-gotten gains on a luxurious Florida vacation with the gorgeous Rachel and hes looking forward to a holiday from trouble. But when youve just stolen billions of dollars from two of the worlds most lethal criminals, trouble has a habit of catching up with you wherever you are...

"Die Leiden des jungen Werther" losten bei ihrem Erscheinen eine Epidemie von Selbstmorden aus. Der Roman wurde Goethes groter Publikumserfolg und erregte ebenso enthusiastische Resonanz wie scharfste Ablehnung.Text aus Reclams Universal-Bibliothek mit Seitenzahlung der gedruckten Ausgabe.

THE THIRD INSTALMENT IN THE SANDRO CELLINI SERIES: Florence lies deserted. The sluggish Arno and the Ponte Vecchio shimmer in the summer haze. A corpse lies on the roadside, waiting for discovery... Every August, Florence shimmers in the summer heat. But this year the heatwave is fiercer than usual, and the citys inhabitants have fled to the cool of the hills. So it is no surprise that amidst the shrubbery of a normally busy roundabout, a corpse lies unnoticed, bloating in the humid air.Sandro Cellini will not be joining the crowds of holidaymakers this year. The former policeman turned private detective has a case: a man who seems to have vanished into thin air - leaving his pregnant young wife alone in the city. Meanwhile, bankteller Roxana Delfino is also stuck in the city for the season, with nothing to do but worry for her aging mother and puzzle over the disappearance of one her regular clients.As all Florence sweats it out, Cellini attempts to grapple with his case and the complications it throws up. And when the weather finally breaks, it brings with it a shocking revelation...

A standalone supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries.December has the shortest days, the darkest nights... In the ruins of a medieval abbey on the Welsh Border, four young musicians start work on an album influenced by the sites bloody history. Its December 1980 - the night John Lennon will be murdered in New York. And therell be more horror before the sun rises and the session tapes are burned. Or are they? Years later, Moira, Dave, Tom and Simon are persuaded to return to the abbey to complete the recordings they thought had been destroyed. But the old tapes - and all the darkness they contain - have been restored. And its December again.A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVEL

The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C - recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning. Drawn to the bright lights of a casino, and the passion of a desperate stranger, she discovers a purpose once again but at what cost? In this vivid and moving tale of a compassionate woman, and her defining experience, Zweig explores the power of intense love, overwhelming loneliness and regret that can last for a lifetime.

Esta Antologia poética de Fernando Pessoa reúne alguns dos poemas mais importantes da obra pessoana. Do ortônimo — chamado também Fernando Pessoa, ele mesmo, mas nem por isso a representação fiel da

Qual é a mulher de verdade? A Amélia que acha bonito não ter o que comer e não tem a menor vaidade (leia-se cuidados com a aparência)? A periguete que não tem outra preocupação senão roupas de grife

As Sandro gets to grips with the dispiriting realities of life as a private detective, touting for business among old contacts and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him... As Sandro Cellini gets to grips with the dispiriting realities of life as a private detective, touting for business among old contacts and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him...Once the subject of a routine investigation back in Sandros early days as an investigator, Loni Meadows - the glamorous, charming and ruthless director of an artistic Trust based in a castle in the hills outside Florence - is found dead in circumstances Sandro cannot convince himself are accidental. However inconvenient his suspicions might be, both to Sandro - whose marriage appears to be disintegrating - and to Meadowss erstwhile employers at the Trust, he presses ahead with the case. And as Sandro attempts to uncover the truth of Loni Meadowss violent and lonely death, he finds himself drawn into the lives of the castles highly strung community and the closed world they inhabit in the Casentinos isolated hills.

From the Children of Lir to Díarmuid and Gráinne to the Salmon of Knowledge and Oisín in Tír na nÓg, Padraic OFarrell reintroduces the classic stories of the Celtic past.

A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVELA supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries.Though dead for two millennia, he remains perfectly preserved in black peat. The Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century. But, for the isolated Pennine community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign. A danger to the ancient spiritual tradition maintained, curiously, by the Mothers Union.In the weeks approaching Samhain - the Celtic feast of the dead - tragedy strikes again in Bridelow. Scottish folk singer Moira Cairns and American film producer Mungo Macbeth discover their Celtic roots are deeper and darker than they imagined. And, as fundamentalist zealots of both Christian and satanic persuasions challenge an older, gentler faith, the village faces a natural disaster unknown since the reign of Henry VIII. Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff. - The Times

Imogen Green is gone. Her favourite underwear is not in her drawer, her sexy summer dress no longer hangs in the wardrobe and her passport is not in the bureau. She has left her cat, her garden and her boyfriend, Toby Doubt.As Imogens departure sinks in, Toby sets out to discover what could have driven his lover away. But her disappearance just doesnt add up. Surely, deep down, Toby knows where Imogens gone and if shell be back.This love story with a heart-breaking twist leaves Toby wondering whether there is anyone left to catch him as he falls.

As the celebrations of Barack Obamas presidential victory draw to an end in the social melting pot of Harlem, New York, an old womans death reveals deceit, racial tension, and city corruption... In New Yorks Harlem, every street is steeped in history, and the music of jazz legends plays in the memories of its residents. Artie Cohen could feel at home here - if he wasnt on the trail of a killer intent on erasing the past... An elderly Russian woman is found dead in her apartment, and Cohen finds himself in the centre of a violent debate between city developers and an older generation of Harlem tenants. Not to mention the tensions between himself, his old girlfriend, and her new, younger lover. Meanwhile someone in these once-violent streets is intent on hauling Harlem into the twenty-first century, no matter what it takes...