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The hero of The Pilot - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper's fourth novel, published in 1823, helped start the genre of sea novels. Cooper's other major works include the renowned Leatherstocking Tales: The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prarie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer.

Cora is scared to fly again after her husband died in a recent helicopter crash in Pago Pago. A thousand times she has told herself to turn around, not get on the flight, go back to her young children. But now, she’s seated in first class across the aisle from the girlfriend of a famous billionaire pharmaceutical entrepreneur. Halfway across the Pacific, the flight is hijacked. Six people are dead - including the pilots.

Kaum tritt ein neuer Kampfpilot seinen Dienst auf der Ultimo-1 an, da bezichtigt ihn ein anonymer Briefschreiber auch schon als Mörder. Ein Fall für Sherlock Holmes, der zusammen mit Dr. Watson dem jungen Mann auf den Zahn fühlen soll.

The glitzy days of 1920s New York meet the devastation of those left behind in World War II in a new, delectable historical novel from USA Today bestselling author Meredith Jaeger. In the final months of World War II, San Francisco newspaper secretary Ellie Morgan should be planning her wedding...

Kaum tritt ein neuer Kampfpilot seinen Dienst auf der Ultimo-1 an, da bezichtigt ihn ein anonymer Briefschreiber auch schon als Mörder. Ein Fall für Sherlock Holmes, der zusammen mit Dr. Watson dem jungen Mann auf den Zahn fühlen soll.

Laos, 1981: When an unofficial mailman drops off a strange bilingual diary, Dr. Siri is intrigued. Half is in Lao, but the other half is in Japanese, which no one Siri knows can read; it appears to have been written during the Second World War. Most mysterious of all, it comes with a note stapled to it: Dr. Siri, we need your help most urgently. But who is “we”, and why have they left no return address?

Monza: In der italienischen Stadt findet wie jedes Jahr das bekannte Autorennen statt. Charly Lynn möchte gerne noch einmal den großen Preis gewinnen, doch die Werksleitung hat sich für einen anderen Fahrer entschieden. Pierre Dumont, der bei Charly die Kunst des Autorennens gelernt hat, soll nun an den Start gehen und den Sieg holen. Dann hat Lynn plötzlich einen folgenschweren Unfall. Brenda Stone, eine Reporterin, recherchiert und stellt fest, dass es sich dabei um kein Unglück, sondern um einen gezielten Anschlag handelte.

For Squadron Leader Alex Everton dogfights in his Spitfire have become his way of life. He knows every time he goes up in the air, he might not make it home again, but he’ll keep fighting anyway. The boys in blue seem to be winning the Battle of Britain, but during a raid over Dieppe the Luftwaffe gain the upper hand and Alex’s spitfire is shot down. Alex expects to either drown in the water beneath him or be incarcerated in a German prisoner of war camp. Instead, he becomes an evader, dodging the enemy as he tries to get back home to Blighty.

Michael Palin reads this classic adventure by W. E. Johns, featuring pilot-adventurer James ‘Biggles’ Bigglesworth When Biggles receives a letter from an old wartime chum asking for help, he responds at once. With his comrades, Algy, Ginger and Flight Sergeant Smyth, our hero flies to Fort...

In the 1960s, Don Elkins was a respected physics professor and commercial airline pilot living in Louisville, Kentucky. But behind closed doors, he was leading secretive groups who believed they were in contact with the occupants of UFOS. Decades before the term “non-human intelligence” made headlines, Elkins was recording hours of sessions with a human “instrument”—conversations he believed were real, urgent, and meant for humanity.In 1984, after years of increasingly strange behavior and growing isolation, Elkins died by suicide following a six-hour standoff with police and ...

Pilot Pete England used to think there was nothing more exciting in the world than flying off into the wild blue yonder. But lately, the blue yonder hasn’t been wild at all...it’s been downright dull. Pete’s hungry for adventure - and he’s about to get his fill. Pete has fallen into a rut, flying the same route - New York to DC - with the same passengers, day after day after day. He might as well be driving a bus...until “her highness” climbs aboard. Apparently a princess, and for one flight, she’s bought up every ticket on the plane.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. In the summer of 1940, eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England: the Battle for Britain has just begun. But Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has...

On August 26, 1980, 14-year-old Ronda Blaylock disappeared shortly after leaving her high school. In the days to follow, her family and friends searched for her in the area of her hometown in Rural Hall, North Carolina, hoping to bring her home alive. Shockingly, Ronda’s partially clothed body was found three days later in a town called Pilot Mountain, with deputies saying she’d been raped and brutally stabbed to death. As an appalled community wrapped their minds around the vicious crime, detectives released information on a suspect. The killer, however, remained at large. More than three...

Le 18 novembre 1992, à la suite d’une envolée depuis la Colombie digne d’un scénario hollywoodien, l’avion de Raymond Boulanger se pose sur une piste d’atterrissage de la région de la Haute-Mauricie. L’arrestation du pilote et la saisie de son bimoteur - une véritable bombe volante transportant pas moins de 4000 kilos de cocaïne et 45 barils d’essence - a marqué l’histoire criminelle du Canada.

Carrera Panamericana México 1954, el acontecimiento automovilístico más importante del año. El joven mecánico español Dionisio Lorenzo compite como copiloto del millonario uruguayo de origen alemán Ernst Schneider. En la segunda etapa tienen un terrible accidente y Dionisio desaparece sin dejar rastro. A miles de kilómetros de distancia, en Montevideo, su mujer, Carmen, desaparece al mismo tiempo. Medio siglo después, el historiador e investigador de archivos Ulises López de Ayala recibe el encargo de solucionar ese misterio a partir de una sola pista....

When Ensign Deke Mallory is deployed to the Mediterranean at a crucial Cold War juncture, the fledgling Navy fighter pilot falls for a winsome Spanish girl - and under the spell of a rogue Navy Ace whose mutinous plan to flame their MiG tormentors violates the president's peace initiative. But the real threat to peace is lurking off-stage, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where a ex-Nazi SS unit has gone to ground with an insidious ruse guaranteed to trigger the superpowers' "mutually assured destruction".

Ein Sommermorgen auf dem Sportflugplatz Hahnweide bei Kirchheim/Teck. Als die Sekretärin der Motorflugschule zu ihrem Büro fährt, packt sie das Entsetzen...

Wilson shot a glance over his right shoulder at San Ramon. In addition to the blinking of anti-aircraft artillery guns, he could see clouds of smoke on the field from the numerous Slash hits. Breathing through his mouth, he concentrated on getting fast and maintaining a slight climb. Bright fireballs of AAA shot by him in groups of three and four, orderly trails from low to high. His body was tense, ready for impact. He felt and heard the thud behind, on his right.

Quelque chose se trame sous la surface de la métropole archaïque de Mexico. Des tremblements de terre à répétition et des éruptions volcaniques sèment la terreur chez les habitants. Mais les dernières catastrophes naturelles qui ont frappé la ville semblent de plus en plus anormales...et sinistres.