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Personable, good looking, and a whiz at physics, graduate student Allan Diffenduffer "Duff" Bogan has a bright future ahead of him. But while staying at the home of an invalid widow in Florida, Duff makes a discovery that freezes his blood: a cache of uranium hidden in the locked closet of a fellow guest. The FBI is initially skeptical, but Duff knows all too well what his findings portend.

A circus performer turned superspy is caught up in a Cold War web of conspiracy and death when the body of a murdered CIA agent is discovered in a Hawaiian marine park. By any definition, Ringling Wallenda Grove is an extraordinary man. The son of expatriate Russian former circus owners, he mastered the arts of acrobatics, animal training, and magic at a young age; distinguished himself as an officer in World War II; and went on to amass a fortune of several million dollars before going into semiretirement. But there is another side to this man that few know about.

Most people have heard of the Celts - the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empire and the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe. Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few records of their stories exist.

Here is today's lesson; heroes die. It’s been 15 years since the Orcs were defeated. Fifteen years since a new king rose from the battlefield. Fifteen years since Illian knew the horror of war. Fifteen years of peace are about to end. Something is coming. Shadows gather. Whispers of rebellion have reached the king. Darkness stirs beyond Illian’s borders. Beyond the mountains, Dhenaheim has lost a quiet war. Refugees pour into Illian, bringing suspicion and unrest. For Doran Heavybelly, Dhenaheim's war means facing a personal tragedy that demands his attention...and his axe.

Captain Richard MacKintosh returned from Egypt wounded, not only in body but also in spirit, after making a getaway from the rebel band that held him and his military unit captive. Plagued by guilt for leaving his brothers-at-arms behind, he is determined to force the crown to garner their forces to search Egypt for them. He wanted—needed—to spend each waking moment finding the help he needed and nothing was going to make him lose focus. That was until he ran into an angelic face from his past.

“Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo’s best.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys “One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction.” —Booklist Mario Puzo’s final masterwork. A...

The celebrated Penhallow Dynasty series continues in this deliciously witty and romantic Regency, perfect for the readers of Eloisa James, Lisa Kleypas, and Sarah Maclean. How many times can a rake get it wrong . . . before he becomes Mr. Right? Philip Thane—rogue, rake and scoundrel...

Locked in the hold when the crew abandons their ship, The Crown of London,Violet and Samuel cling to each other as the doomed vessel breaks up on rocks off the islands of Orkney. Their love for each other has helped them survive a conflict that has dominated their lives since childhood. They have been persecuted and punished, fought through bitter battles and spent desperate months together as prisoners in Edinburgh's Greyfriars churchyard. Now, banished for life and being transported to work on a plantation in a far-off country, it seems they will pay the ultimate price for their defiance.

After spending six years to an oppressive husband, Evelyn Ashley-Cooper is free to be herself again, to live again...and to love again. Eve finds herself floundering under the veneer of perfection her domineering husband demanded, unable to unleash the vivacious girl she was once was.

Alijah's reign sweeps from Erador to Ayda. Those who would stand against the king are few, their numbers cast across too many battlefields. Does hope lie in the east? Can the elves turn the tide and keep The Rebellion alive? The weight of Dhenaheim now rests on Doran's shoulders. Chained and imprisoned, the clans are shattered and spread across the realm. On the island of Qamnaran, they build to the heavens. In the Moonlit Plains, they dig down into the dark. Only the Heavybellys have the mettle to do what must be done.

Masterfully blending history and fiction, Pfarrer tells the story of a young artillery officer, Philip Nolan, who becomes embroiled in Aaron Burr's 1807 conspiracy to invade the territories of the Louisiana Purchase. Insinuating his scheme has official approval, Burr convinces Nolan to carry a coded message into the Orleans Territory. Nolan has no knowledge of the former vice president's intended treason - and Burr has no idea that Thomas Jefferson has discovered his scheme. Soon Philip Nolan is in military custody with Burr, charged as an accessory to the plot.

In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious, law-abiding, and intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad - mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees on every corner for his beloved boy.

Mars 1943. Le Reich vient de perdre Stalingrad. Pour Joseph Goebbels, il faut absolument redonner le moral à l'armée allemande et porter un coup aux Alliés. Or sur le territoire soviétique, près de la frontière biélorusse, à Smolensk, ville occupée par les Allemands depuis 1941, la rumeur enfle. Des milliers de soldats polonais auraient été assassinés et enterrés dans des fosses communes.

"Lo Svedese" è un soprannome magico al liceo di Newark, New Jersey. Appartiene a Seymour Levov, il ragazzo che tutti vorrebbero essere. Alto, biondo, atletico, ebreo, Levov eccelle nel baseball e - nell' America degli anni '50 - è destinato ad eccellere nella vita: il successo professionale, quello famigliare, la villetta borghese. Ma la lunga ed estenuante guerra del Vietnam squasserà l'America e coinvolgerà personalmente Seymour, nel modo più tremendo.

Hoping to win the hand of lovely Cleone Charteris, Philip Jettan discovers that wealth and country manners are not enough. Cleone has been exposed to the gallantries of London society and finds Philip too blunt and boorish. His sophisticated father agrees and the frustrated young man departs for Paris and an education.

BERLIN 1934. DIE WELT IST BLIND. BERNIE GUNTHER NICHT. Gerade sind die Nazis an die Macht gekommen, und Bernie Gunther will als Privatdetektiv im Hotel Adlon so wenig Aufsehen wie möglich erregen. Doch dann stirbt ein Hotelgast. Als auch noch die Leiche eines jüdischen Boxers im Landwehrkanal auftaucht, gerät Gunther in den Strudel krimineller Machenschaften um den Bau des Olympiastadions. Gleichzeitig drohen die Amerikaner, die Spiele zu boykottieren. Entschiedene Befürworterin eines Boykotts ist die wunderschöne jüdisch-amerikanische Journalistin Noreen Charalambides.

Die Wahrheit in einem Wald voller Lügen. Lang und bitterkalt ist der russische Winter 1943. Doch im März wittern die ausgehungerten Wölfe von Katyn etwas im angetauten Boden: Knochen. Menschliche Gebeine. Gerüchten zufolge ein Massengrab für polnische Offiziere - ermordet von Russen. Goebbels will das Kriegsverbrechen für seine Propaganda nutzen. Um Beweise für die angebliche Tat zu sammeln, schickt er Privatdetektiv Bernie Gunther nach Katyn. Bernie steht unter dem unbarmherzigen Druck, Goebbels zu geben, was er fordert.

Une nouvelle enquête de Bernie Gunther. Quand, en septembre 1941, Bernie Gunther revient du front russe, la capitale du Reich a bien changé. Pénurie, rationnement, couvre-feu, crimes... Berlin rime avec misère et terreur. La découverte d’un cadavre sur une voie de chemin de fer puis l’agression d’une jeune femme précipitent Bernie, affecté au département des homicides de la sinistre Kripo, dans de nouvelles enquêtes criminelles.

Privatermittler Bernie Gunther kann seinen Ruhestand auf Kuba nicht genießen, denn seine Widersacher lassen ihm keine Ruhe. Gerade will er die Insel in Richtung Haiti ver­lassen, da entführt die US Navy im Auftrag der CIA sein Boot und bringt ihn erst nach Guantánamo, dann ins Militärgefängnis bei New York. Von der Anschuldigung, ein Kriegsverbrecher zu sein, wird er freigesprochen, aber nur unter der Bedingung, dass er für die CIA Stasi-Funktionär Erich Mielke aufstöbert.

Buenos Aires, 1950. Privatdetektiv Bernie Gunther soll für Peróns Geheimpolizei die vermisste Fabienne von Bader ausfindig machen. Bei seiner Suche nach dem fünfzehnjährigen Mädchen stößt er in der Wüste auf ein verlassenes Lager, das seine schlimmsten Befürchtungen weckt. Immer mehr gerät Gunther unter Druck, denn nicht nur die Perónistas sind hinter dem Mädchen her. Zu welchem Schatz ist Fabienne der Schlüssel? Und welche Rolle spielt die schöne Jüdin Anna? Bald steht Gunther im Fadenkreuz der verschiedensten Mächte.