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At a secretive medical institute, cutting-edge stem cell therapies offer hope of reversing aging itself. But as powerful elites line up for a chance at immortality, the experimental treatments reveal chilling side effects. Alexa Hampton only wanted to extend her life. Now she's fighting to hold on to her memories, her identity, and her very humanity. Across the country, journalist Stone Aimes races to expose the truth behind the institute's astonishing breakthroughs before it's too late.

Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book....

A sharp and prescient novel about women in the workplace, the power of Big Tech, and the looming threat of foreign espionage from Kathy Wang, “a skilled satirist of the northern California dream” (Harper’s Bazaar) In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in...

Ein packender, atmosphärischer Thriller um die skandalösen Machenschaften der Organmafia! Dr. Johannes Krafft, genannt Joe the Butcher, ist ein gebrochener Mann. Seit er seine Familie bei einem Unfall verlor, verdingt sich der brillante Chirurg als ambulanter Operateur für eine Organspende-Organisation. Ist es Zufall, dass in letzter Zeit immer mehr geeignete Spender sterben? Als ein alter Bekannter ermordet wird, beginnt Joe Fragen zu stellen. Bald gerät er nicht nur selbst ins Visier der Ermittlungen, sondern auch ins Fadenkreuz der Gegenseite, die einen Skandal um jeden Preis vermeiden will.

När julen står för dörren i Jakobstad försvinner plötsligt en ung kvinna vid namn Molly Mattsson. Har hon frivilligt gått under jorden eller ligger fult spel bakom hennes försvinnande? För den pensionerade sjöbevakaren Håkan Stendahl, tillika Mollys mammas pojkvän, lutar det åt det förstnämnda. Men när han ger sig ut för att leta efter Molly gör han oroväckande upptäckter om både henne och den hemstad han trott sig känna utan och innan. Och när mörka hemligheter börjar se dagens ljus inser Håkan att han kan ha haft fel. Väldigt, väldigt fel.

The four stories narrate the struggles of the tiny island nation of Buron to resist the onslaught of its much bigger neighbor, Garsia, via any means necessary. “Green Monkey Syndrome” describes the disaster of a pathogenic weapon leaked among indigenous tribespeople; “The Gaoka Case” tracks through case files a pharmaceutical offensive designed to take advantage of the enemy’s patriarchal culture; “I Love Thee Winona” and “The Lost Bird” describe campaigns to manipulate disastrous weather patterns and deliver bioweapons through migrating birds.

Sub aparența unui scriitor veleitar, în prezent pensionar inofensiv, retras într-o existență banală, Septimiu Făcăleanu ascunde un trecut întunecat, de milițian și paznic la penitenciarul din orașul S. Prins în mașinăria cinică, necruțătoare a presei, acceptă să-şi dezvăluie adevărata poveste, participând la o discuție televizată cu câțiva foști deținuți politici. Confesiunea lui va declanșa o avalanșă de reacții a unor foști torționari, care vor fi exploatate pe larg de întreaga presă românească, adâncind criza morală a celui care, din vanitate, acceptase șarada jurnalistică.

La acción transcurre en el invierno del año 2012, post bicentenario de la revolución de mayo en la República Argentina, en una Buenas Aires caótica, con cortes de luz, autopistas inutilizadas y constantes lluvias. Hay dos obeliscos, el barrio de Constitución ha sido incendiado por...