Showing results for "The Return of History" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the Continent. Natalie Zemon Davis reconstructs the lives of ordinary people, in a sparkling way that reveals the hidden attachments and sensibilities of nonliterate 16th-century villagers.

In 1972, Fred Carrasco, an international heroin dealer, a known killer, escapes prison in Mexico and returns home to San Antonio. His return upends the city but captures the imagination of a generation of Mexican Americans...including me.

Ein verzweifelter Notruf von der Erde erreicht die neue Kolonie auf Lumera. Nicht nur das Überleben der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel, sondern das Schicksal allen Lebens im uns bekannten Universum. Ausgerechnet jetzt bedroht ein tot geglaubter Feind den Frieden zwischen Menschen und Kidj’Dan: Dr. Elias Fox, der skrupellose Politiker, ist dank seiner Hyperbots zu einer wandelnden Superwaffe mutiert und kennt nur noch ein Ziel: Rache.

"THIS WEEK'S HOTTEST NEW RELEASES: Murder befouls the outback... [A] gripping work of true crime." —USA TODAY Return to Uluru explores a cold case that strikes at the heart of white supremacy—the death of an Aboriginal man in 1934; the iconic life of a white, "outback" police officer...

The king’s coronation brings hope. Until a murderer strikes. Spring 1661: After years of civil war followed by Oliver Cromwell's joyless rule as Lord Protector, England awaits the coronation of King Charles II. The mood in London is one of relief and hope for a better future. But when two...

Satan. Murder. Teenage sex. High school. Suicide. Heavy Metal. Mental illness. Punk Rock. Teen angst. Sexual predators. Mass hysteria. 1985.

Series Overview "Beyond Hope: Miraculous Returns" chronicles extraordinary stories of survival and return when all reasonable expectation of life had been abandoned. Each installment explores remarkable cases where individuals, officially presumed dead with search efforts terminated, somehow managed to survive and return to a world that had already processed their loss. Through meticulously researched accounts, the series examines not only the physical and psychological dimensions of these against-all-odds survivals but also the profound complications of returning to lives that had continued ...