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Who was the enigma the world knows as Christopher Columbus.....and why has his true identity been covered up for centuries? When an aged scholar is found mysteriously dead in his hotel room, Thomas Noronha, expert cryptographer and professor of history, is called upon to finish the man's...

Set against the dramatic backdrop of late fifteenth-century Spain, The Son of Columbus follows Diego, the young son of the visionary navigator Christopher Columbus, as he forges a deep friendship with Don Felipe, a nobleman's son, while the two boys are raised together in a monastery under the...

As a special bonus, this audiobook download also includes a recording of the short story, The Admiral’s Mark, read by Scott Brick. He was called by many names—Columb, Colom, Colón—but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and...

A family’s secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government—all are linked by a single puzzling possibility: What if everything we know about the discovery of America was a lie? What if that lie was designed to hide the secret of why Columbus sailed in 1492? And what...

Brought to you by Penguin. This dazzling collection of short stories explores the allure and confusion of what happens when East meets West. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an...