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When a young trooper is shot in the head at the Regiment's renowned Killing House, Nick Stone is perfectly qualified to investigate the mysterious circumstances more deeply. He has just returned from Moscow - still trying to come to terms with the fact that his girlfriend and baby son are safer there without him - so combines an unrivalled understanding of the Special Forces landscape with a detachment that should allow him to remain in cover. But less than forty-eight hours later, a second death catapults him back into the firing line - into the telescopic sights of an unknown assassin bent on protecting a secret that could strike at the heart of the establishment that Stone has, in his maverick fashion, spent most of his life fighting to protect. And now the clock is ticking, Stone hurtles from the solitude of a remote Welsh confessional to Glencoe - whose shadows still whisper of murder and betrayal - and on to Southern Spain, in an increasingly desperate quest to uncover the truth about a chain of events that began in the darkness of an Afghan hillside, and left a young man haunted by the never-ending screams of a friend the Taliban skinned alive. Nick Stone's most heart-stopping adventure yet will force the reader to recognise the thinness of the line that separates sacrifice from suicide, to share the nightmares that walk hand in hand with heroism - and to count the real cost of actions taken in the name of loyalty.

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series.16From J.R. Ward, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart-stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series.This is a world where sin and salvation collide. This is a world where a cynical fallen angel struggles with the seven deadly sins and seven chosen souls. With the spellbinding Immortal , the riveting series that changed the face of paranormal romance" comes to an epic close as mankinds reluctant savior struggles with his greatest challenge yet...13Praise for the Fallen Angels novels: "Fans of the Black Dagger Brotherhood clear a shelf: Your next series addiction has just begun." - Publishers Weekly "This is a great series." - Night Owl Reviews "It grabbed me from the very beginning." - SmexyBooks "A fantastic read...Go get this book!" - Fresh Fiction "A sumptuous mix of danger and romance." - Booklist "[A] unique style of writing...outrageous shocks and twists." - Suite101.com"Proves that J.R. Wards talents dont stop at vampires." - LoveVampires.com"Complex...fascinating." - Midwest Book Review01J. R. Ward ist in den USA eine der erfolgreichsten Bestseller-Autorinnen fur die Mischung aus Mystery und Romance.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE In a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a lost woman, and throws them to the sea. My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together But the bottle is picked up by Theresa, a mother with a shattered past, who feels unaccountably drawn to this lonely man. Who are this couple? What is their story? Beginning a search that will take her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation, it is a tale that resonates with everlasting love and the enduring promise of redemption. NIGHTS IN RODANTHE Two fragile people. One desperate second chance. Reeling and desolate, Adrienne Willis needs space to rethink her life after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Fleeing everything, she jumps at the chance to look after her friends guesthouse in the coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina. But there is a storm heading for Adrienne, in more ways than she can imagine. Stranded and isolated as the weather closes in, Adrienne has only one guest: Paul Flanner, a man running from his own shattered past. Taking refuge, Paul and Adrienne have only each other to turn to. Against all the odds, their one weekend sets in motion feelings that will resonate through the rest of their lives.

Charlaine Harris'' smash-hit Sookie Stackhouse series may have reached its conclusion, but the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, lives on in this all-new collection of 15 stories.Written by a killer line up of authors, includingNew York Times bestseller Seanan McGuireNew York Times bestseller MaryJanice DavidsonAn introduction by Charlaine Harris herself!Dead but Not Forgotten puts your favourite characters, written by some of your favourite authors, centre stage.

Elizabeth Gaines Ellis is an ordinary suburban wife and mother. That's what she tells herself as she flits between her realtor job, yoga class, and caring for her daughter, Chloe. But for months now, Elizabeth has worried that she's far from normal that she's somehow the cause of a series of brutal, horrible deaths. Her mean-spirited boss. A bullying traffic cop. Her cheating husband. Elizabeth had reason to be angry with them all. She didn't mean for them to die. No one will take her fears seriously--except the private investigator prying into her past. . . The more scared and angry Elizabeth becomes, the higher the death toll grows. But those who wrong her aren't the only ones in danger. Because others have secrets too, and a relentless urge to kill without mercy or remorse

My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old or will be in ten days time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myselfRaphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order and put the record straight. That includes making sense of his own long life a life that spanned the century. He decides to write it all down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen and paper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castle that is his final home. Beginning with a fateful first adventure with Emily, the childhood friend who would become his constant companion, Raphael remembers the multitude of experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way . . .And so begins one mans wholly unorthodox account of the twentieth century or certainly his own riotous, often outrageous, somewhat unreliable and undoubtedly singular interpretation of it.

Le fils d’une des familles new-yorkaises les plus aisées se fait kidnapper. Étrangement, aucune demande de rançon ne parvient à la famille ou à la police. Par quoi le tueur peut-il donc être intéress

Aitona Pakok ke-usaina aditu du. -Uf, hau kiratsa!- esan du. Su handi bat dena ari da erretzen: etxeak, zuhaitzak, animaliak... -Gizonek ez zuten horrelakorik egingo, ezta?, galdetzen du haurrak. Aitonak ez du erantzuten. Fina Casalderreyk eta Valenti Gubianasek istorio hunkigarri bat osatu dute, izadia errespetatzera bultzatzen gaituena.

Pas d'indices, pas de mobile, pas de témoin. Dans l'enquête sur le meurtre d'Hanneke Sloet, le capitaine Griessel est au point mort. Pourtant il doit faire vite. Dans un e-mail délirant, un tireur me

La Ruth és una vídua, amb fills ja grans, que viu sola en una casa aïllada a la platja, lluny de la ciutat. Un dia, una desconeguda truca a la porta i li diu que l''envia el govern per atendre-la. I

Els mots ferits és un llibre unitari, ben treballat, de ritme intens i gust clàssic que s'estructura en dues parts. La primera, titulada "Les fúries", conté una reflexió sobre l'acte creatiu i hi tro

In New York City, Isabel Reed, one of the most respected and powerful literary agents in the city, frantically turns the pages of a manuscript into the early dawn hours. This manuscript - printed out, hand-delivered, totally anonymous - is full of shocking revelations and disturbing truths, things which could compromise national security. Is this what she's been waiting for her entire career: a book that will help her move on from a painful past, a book that could save her beloved industry ...a book that will change the world? In Copenhagen, Hayden Gray, a veteran station chief, wary of the CIA's obsession with the Middle East, has been steadfastly monitoring the dangers that abound in Europe. Even if his bosses aren't paying attention, he's determined to stay vigilant. And he's also on the trail of this manuscript - and the secrets that lie at its heart. For him, quite simply, it must never see the light of day. As Isabel and Hayden try to outwit each other, the nameless author watches on from afar. With no-one quite sure who holds all the cards, the stakes couldn't be higher: in just twenty-four hours careers could be ruined, devastating secrets could be unearthed, and innocent people could die. Gripping, sophisticated, and impossible to put down, The Accident is a masterful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed and striking debut thrillers of recent years.

Northern Italy, 1982: Inspector Piero Trotti is breakfasting at a café when gunmen drive up and shoot the man sitting at the next table. Was Trotti their actual target? He can''t be sure. The case falls under the jurisdiction of the local Carabinieri and their detective branch, the Nucleo Investigativo, but Trotti decides to make his own inquiries.The Puppeteer is the follow-up to CWA Dagger-winner Timothy Williams''s dazzling crime fiction debut, Converging Parallels. This tautly written novel takes us to the depths of a corrupt, scheming Italian society in which bank officials, clergymen, masons, lawyers, and, of course, politicians are all suspect of resorting to criminal activity for personal gain. Only the police are deemed trustworthy, and even they are sorely divided

Lunule, she asks: what are you doing? I reply: thinking about my life?

Meet Sarah and her book barge sailing across the sea to France; meet Sebastien, in Mongolia, who sells books to herders of the Altai mountains; meet the bookshop in Canada thats invented the worlds first antiquarian book vending machine.Every bookshop has a storyWe''re talking about bookshops in barns, disused factories, converted churches and underground car parks. Bookshops on boats, on buses and in old run-down railway stations.From the oldest bookshop in the world, to the smallest you could imagine, The Bookshop Book explores the history of books, talks to authors about their favourite places, and looks at more than three hundred weirdly wonderful bookshops across six continents. (Sadly, we''ve yet to build a bookshop down in the South Pole).This book is a love letter to bookshops all around the world.

Gogol''s classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.Written in 1831, this dark tale relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. The basis for many film and opera adaptations, and still a story traditionally read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia, The Night Before Christmas is the best holiday tale by the man whom Vladimir Nabokov called ''the greatest writer Russia has yet produced''.Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was the son of a Ukrainian gentleman farmer. He attended a variety of boarding schools, where he proved an indifferent student but was admired for his theatrical abilities. In 1828 he moved to St. Petersburg and began to publish stories, and by the mid-1830s he had established himself in the literary world and been warmly praised by Pushkin. In 1836, his play The Inspector-General was attacked as immoral, and he left Russia, remaining abroad for most of the next dozen years. During that time he wrote two of his best-known stories, ''The Nose'' and ''The Overcoat,'' and in 1842 he published the first section of his masterpiece Dead Souls. Gogol became increasingly religious as the years passed, and in 1847 he became the disciple of an Orthodox priest who influenced him to burn the second part of Dead Souls and then abandon writing altogether. After undertaking an extreme fast, he died at the age of forty-two.

Set in Cairo between 1997 and 2011, The Crocodiles is narrated in numbered, prose poem-like paragraphs, set against the backdrop of a burning Tahrir Square, by a man looking back on the magical and explosive period of his life when he and two friends started a secret poetry club amid a time of drugs, messy love affairs, violent sex, clumsy but determined intellectual bravado, and retranslations of the Beat poets. Youssef Rakha's provocative, brutally intelligent novel of growth and change begins with a suicide and ends with a doomed revolution, forcefully capturing thirty years in the life of a living, breathing, daring, burning, and culturally incestuous Cairo.

Two hours to get away, 22 more to survive. The sun released its grip on the mountains in the east as they started running.

Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape

Premi Blai Bellver de Narrativa Una conspiració política obliga el noble Arcàngel Gabriel de Sant Esteve a fugir de l’illa de Xipre, seguint el camí de l’exili que ja va patir son pare. Això el porta

One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over Manhattans hippest neighbourhood, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into - one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnells stellar new novel, One Fifth Avenue is at the heart of the lives theyve carefully established, or hope to establish. There is Schiffer Diamond, a forty-something actress busily proving that women of style are truly ageless. There is spoiled, self-assured Lola, who is determined to launch herself into society and the arms of the right man by clawing a way into the building. Annalisa is the wife of a hedge fund manager and reluctant socialite, while bitter Mindy is married to an under-published writer and has been the family breadwinner for too long. And then there is Enid, the glamorous grande dame and gossip columnist, who has lived at One Fifth Avenue for decades, and sees everything there is to see from her penthouse view . . .

Reissues of King's best-loved horror novels, with dramatic new cover designs

Friends like this are hard to finda From the bestselling author of SOMEONE LIKE YOU and WHAT SHE WANTS an uplifiting novel about how three very different women cope with the complexities of their lives a relationships, careers, and families a to find fulfilment. Full of Cathy Kelly''s trademark warmth, romance, optimism and wit. What''s the secret of the fabulous Miller girlsa? Everyone says that they lead charmed lives: beautiful, brilliant Stella, effortlessly juggling career and single-motherhood; witty TV writer, Tara, and dreamy, artistic Holly. Perhaps it comes from their calm, elegant mother, Rose, the centre of the family and adored wife of Hugh. Now, with Hugh and Rose married for forty years, their perfect daughters and their friends in the Irish country town of Kinvarra are looking forward to a celebration. But as plans are made for the party of the decade, the secret heartaches the four women have kept hidden, even from each other, begin to emerge. Are any of them strong enough to deal with the truth about themselves and their golden lives?

Salzburg, Àustria. Les tropes nazis ocupen la ciutat perseguint i assassinant a sang freda centenars de jueus. Nàdia Blünch aconsegueix amagar el seu nadó al celler de casa seva moments abans de ser

Dopo l''esordio da record ottenuto con l''uscita del 15 settembre negli States, e in arrivo in Italia il nuovo, attesissimo seguito di "Angeli e demoni" e Il Codice da Vinci. Ancora una volta il potagonista e professor Robert Langdon, che, a Washington, si trovera alle prese con i segreti della Massoneria, e dovra decifrare cio che di misterioso si nasconde dietro al Simbolo perduto. La posta in gioco e la vita di Peter Solomon, suo mentore e fratello di Katherine: se in dodici ore Langdon non riuscira a decifrare l''enigma, Peter morira. "Il simbolo perduto" e esattamente cio che i fans di Brown aspettavano: un thriller mozzafiato, che vi trascinera nei meandri della simbologia massonica fino a un incredibile e inaspettato finale. Il libro si apre con Robert Langdon, che accetta di tenere una conferenza a Whashington su richiesta di Peter Solomon. Dopo pochi minuti dal suo arrivo, scopre pero che la conferenza era solo un pretesto: nella National Statuary Hall del palazzo del Campidoglio viene trovato uno strano oggetto con 5 simboli: in realta si tratta della mano di Peter Solomon, tatuata e amputata proprio sopra alla cripta del Campidoglio e proprio sotto l''opera che raffigura George Washington, padre fondatore e massone, come divinita ascendente. Salomon capisce che si tratta di un invito rivolto a lui e sa che l''unico modo per salvare Peter e entrare nel mondo clandestino dei segreti massonici, affrontando storie nascoste e stanze segrete...

Duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates and impossible rescues - these are the deeds that forged the legend of Zorro. But where did the man begin? In southern California, in the late 18th century: Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds, his father an aristocratic Spaniard, his mother a Shoshone warrior. Growing up he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt to Native Americans. Later, following the example of his fencing master, the young Diego joins a secret movement devoted to helping the powerless. His first steps on the road to heroism have been taken. But a great rival will emerge from the ranks of the cruel oppressors. How will Zorro defeat him? And will his childhood sweetheart Isabel claim the prize she so longs for - his true love?

«La solitud és l’únic, Ariadna, que tens per compartir en aquestes platges, mentre veus com s’allunyen els velams que s’han fet forts pel fil descabdellat. Potser vas esperar unes lleialtats que no v

Ka soll fur eine Istanbuler Zeitung eine merkwurdige Serie von Selbstmorden untersuchen: Junge Madchen haben sich umgebracht, weil man sie zwang, das Kopftuch abzulegen. Eingebettet in eine raffinierte und spannende Kriminalgeschichte steht der Konflikt zwischen Verwestlichung und Islamismus - Pamuk besticht durch seine Dialoge, die komplexe Konstruktion und die subtile Zeichnung seiner Figuren... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Un père part à la recherche d'un enfant naturel qu'il a naguère abandonné ou perdu de vue ; ou c'est l'enfant qui se met en quête d'un père de substitution ; ailleurs, c'est son histoire d'enfant adu

Nuit noire à Manhattan. Le président des Etats-Unis s'apprête à dîner avec un vieil ami. Dans l'immeuble d'en face, un inconnu a débranché les systèmes de sécurité et se tient à la fenêtre, fusil à l

Gabriel Lécuyer est un magicien un peu particulier, personne ne se méfie de lui Récemment libéré de prison, il reprend le cours de sa vie : observer, attirer, tuer. Pour ses victimes, il reste Le Magicien. Son public prefere : les enfants. Un homme se mefie de lui, le commissaire Mistral. Forme a dresser le profil psychologique des tueurs en serie et a les traquer, il a senti derriere ces recentes disparitions et meurtres de jeunes garçons la signature d'un meme homme. Invisible, secret, insaisissable.

Paul Stern part pour Hollywood afin de réécrire le scénario d'un film français pour un producteur qui affirme vouloir en réaliser un remake. Il espère ainsi oublier la dépression d'Anna, son épouse,

Since the rediscovery of Elizabethan stage conditions early this century, admiration for Measure for Measure has steadily risen. It is now a favourite with the critics and has attracted widely different styles of performance. At one extreme, the play is seen as a religious allegory; at the other, it has been interpreted as a comedy protesting against power and privilege. Brian Gibbons focuses on the unique tragi-comic experience of watching the play, the intensity and excitement offered by its dramatic rhythm, the reversals and surprises which shock the audience even to the end. His introduction considers how the play''s critical reception and stage history have varied according to prevailing social, moral and religious issues, which have remained highly sensitive. This updated edition contains a new introductory section by Angela Stock, which describes recent stage, film and critical interpretations, and an updated reading list.

Philip Roth aborde une fois de plus le problème du vieillissement – du cortège d’horreurs, de maladies, de petites misères, d’humiliations qui l’accompagnent. Ce lent renoncement obligé à tout ce qui

Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan.In 1611, London's merchants received an intriguing letter written by a marooned English mariner named William Adams, who had been living in the unknown land of Japan for more than a decade. Seven adventurers were sent to Japan with orders to find and befriend Adams. It was believed he held the key to exploiting the opulent riches of this forbidden country; but when they arrived they discovered that William Adams had gone native.

Born to an Indian mother and a white father, Blade became a gunfighter to avenge his loved ones. Now, tired of a reputation that haunts him wherever he goes, Blade needs one last paycheck before he can quit. Escorting Angel Windsor on the long journey to California should be easy for a man of his abilities. Yet her intriguing blend of innocence and defiance tempts him with every step. Angel is desperate to save her nephew from the man who killed her sister. She has no choice but to keep the truth from Blade - and no choice but to fall in love with his strength and surprising gentleness. During long nights spent under western skies, he stirs an untamed hunger deep within her soul. But outrunning their pasts will be as impossible as ignoring the sweet, reckless passion they''ve found together...

Jacinto Lucas Pires