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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Exciting . . . hard to put down without reading one more page.”—The Florida Times-Union The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face...

Tim LaHaye created the Left Behind Series, which has become one of the most popular fiction series of all time. Those novels, with more that 50 million copies sold, presented a unique combination of suspense and substance drawn from his lifelong study of Biblical prophecy. Now Tim LaHaye has...

Heartbreak, healing, and a dash of revenge come together in this soul-searching, spice-filled journey through India from beloved author Arielle Ford. When chef Holly’s carefully built life unravels—first through a painful betrayal, then a near-fatal accident—she’s left reeling, uncertain...

"Tom Robbins has a grasp on things that dazzles the brain and he's also a world-class storyteller." --Thomas Pynchon In Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, his seventh and biggest novel, the wise, witty, always gutsy Tom Robbins brings onstage the most complex and compelling character he has...

Still reeling from betrayal, Reality’s newest sorcerer finds herself at the heart of a centuries-old conspiracy that could destabilize worlds. Billions of lives are at risk. Hidden motivations are everywhere. Evander has family trouble. Lennu has a theory. Gale has gossip—doesn’t she always? And Kira has a plan. Maybe. If her magic would just behave.

There is a box. Inside that box is a door. And beyond that door is a whole world. In some rooms, forests grow. In others, animals and objects come to life. Elsewhere, secrets and treasures wait for the brave and foolhardy. And at the very top of the house, a prisoner sits behind a locked door waiting for a key to turn. The day that happens, the world will end...

#1 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE “A picaresque, swashbuckling adventure.”—The Washington Post Book World They’re an odd pair, to be sure: pale, rail-thin, black-clad Zelikman, a moody, itinerant physician fond of...

Ihr ganzes Leben lang hat Susannah nur gemacht, was richtig war: Sie war die perfekte Tochter und Verlobte, sie war sanft und wohlerzogen. In letzter Sekunde vor dem Traualtar jedoch weiß sie, dass sie dieses für sie geplante Leben nicht führen kann. Und als der attraktive Sam Gamble die perfekte Hochzeitsfeier stört, schwingt sie sich mit ihm auf seine Harley Davidson und lässt alles hinter sich, um ihr eigenes kleines Imperium aufzubauen - mit Herz, Mut, Witz und Erfolg! Doch als sie schließlich alles zu verlieren droht, entdeckt Susannah endlich, was - und wer - wirklich wichtig ist in ihrem Leben.

Even better, no one suspects she is human. Masquerading as a goblin Traveler, she roams Reality in her glittering van pulled by her two trusty world walking birds, Warp and Weft. But when a storm of cosmic chaos strands her in an outer thread, the only refuge in sight is the legendary Darkhouse of Doom. Goblin legend says it is cursed; that the appearance of the wandering darkhouse foretells the appearance of world-devouring monsters and the death of all who see it.

Després d’estudiar ciències de la informació a Barcelona, torna a Menorca amb el triple objectiu de trobar feina, escriure una novel·la i casar-se. Enamorat d’una bella peixatera, treballa de periodista i reescriu la novel·la que ha de fer que aquesta l’estimi a pesar dels seus trets simiescos. Un esforç que el guia també en la resolució del secret més ben guardat del seu pare.