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What is a billionaire heiress supposed to do when all of her older siblings take to business like her parents, proving that business is in their blood but not hers? There are many good choices. Unfortunately, Chloe decided that partying was the right one. Now, to keep her money, she's required to attend daily meetings with the family psychologist-daily meetings about how she must change her present to change her future. The worst part? The meetings are before noon, so she has to get up...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Father Kevin Thrall, chaplain to an inner-city parochial school in Washington, D.C., leads a quiet and rewarding life. But to the Vatican, Thrall's past of elite military combat is uniquely suited for a dangerous mission-one directly tied to the mysterious prophecy revealed by the Blessed Virgin to three Portuguese shepherd children. The three Secrets of Fatima were closely held by the Vatican for decades, but many believe that the Vatican withheld important – and possibly dangerous – parts...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
In this second addition to Edgar Rice Burroughs' epic adventures of Tarzan, listeners will find the jungle man leaving America to visit old friends in Europe. Through spirals of action, disaster, and shipwreck, we find Tarzan and a group of travelers, including his first love Jane and his new archenemy Rokoff, back in the jungle where he was raised. Encountering even more hardship in the harsh jungle, Tarzan again fights wild animals and savage tribes in the ultimate search for secret...
| Автор | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
A lone rider stops at the border, preparing to return to the United States for the first time in three years. When he left for Mexico, the Rio Kid was eighteen, a terrified youngster fleeing a fraudulent murder charge. He returns a grown man, with blood on his hands and twin .45s on his hips. His destination is a small town in Arizona, where he plans to clear his name and reclaim his legacy. But there is a lot of trail between here and there. Wanted signs paper every border town, offering...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Die Besatzung ist nicht an Bord, als sich in der Nacht zum 15. Februar 1860 fünfzehn Zöglinge des Internats Chairman zu einer Ferienkreuzfahrt an Bord des Schoners Sloughi begeben. Ein Unglück geschieht: Das Haltetau reißt, der Schoner treibt ab, gerät in einen wütenden Sturm und strandet nach tagelanger Irrfahrt vor einer unbekannten Insel. An baldige Rettung ist nicht zu denken, und die Jungen, allen voran Doniphan, Gordon und Briant und der Schiffsjunge Dick, der als einziger etwas von...
| Автор | Жюль Верн |
Twenty years after her father's plane crashes in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters. Willy knows she can't proceed without the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard, who knows the mysterious land well. But in a place where truth has many faces, she suspects even Guy has hidden motives. What she couldn't have prepared for are the shocking secrets...
| Автор | Тесс Герритсен |
For artist Francis Bacon, life with David grows more dangerous by the day. When sober, he is charming, but when he drinks, he is violent, slashing Francis's paintings and threatening to gut the painter, too. When David leaves London for Morocco, Francis cannot help but follow this man whom he loves but can no longer trust. In Tangier, they find a thriving community of expats who guzzle champagne while revolutionaries gather in the desert. But in Morocco's International Zone, death does...
| Автор | Janice Law |
Hopalong Cassidy is an iconic western cowboy hero conceived by Clarence Mulford, but immortalized in a series of films starring William Boyd from 1935-1948. A tough-talking and violent character in the print novels, Cassidy was remade into a clean-cut hero who traveled the West with his sidekicks fighting villains who took advantage of the weak. Clarence E Mulford takes you back to the beginning by relating the stories (as told to him by Red and the boys of the BAR-20) of how Buck Peters started...
| Автор | Clarence E. Mulford |
Als der Doktor in ferner Zukunft auf der Erde landet, muss er entsetzt entdecken, dass der Planet von einer Hungersnot heimgesucht worden ist. England ist ein unfruchtbares Ödland geworden, und Wissenschaftler versuchen verzweifelt, neue Pflanzen wachsen zu lassen. Aber es scheint, als würde noch etwas viel Schlimmeres passieren. Karl Baring, der Besitzer der Forschungsanlage «The Grange», wurde mitten in der Nacht entführt. Seine Schwester Katy war bei ihm, als er verschwand, allerdings hat...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
"Hey, what's up, come a little closer, I have something to tell you," God said to Cornelio. The deal was simple: God would be the silent partner in the norteño band that Cornelio had started with his best friend Ramon. Cornelio would sing and play the bajo sexto, Ramon the accordion, and God would write the songs. Cornelio agreed; he would sell his soul to God. Success and disaster followed. The band went from playing bars in Tijuana to playing the biggest stadiums in Mexico....
| Автор | Luis Humberto Crosthwaite |
Once a rising star in the field of archaeology, Marah Chase is now a black-market treasure hunter, her services available to the highest bidder. But when she's caught «rescuing» relics in Syria before they're destroyed by war, an MI6 officer named Joanna Mason approaches her with an offer she can't refuse: help save the world or rot in prison. All Chase has to do is find Alexander the Great's lost tomb, recover an ancient weapon of mass destruction he may have used to conquer...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
"It’s impossible not to be charmed by Edgar Donahoe (Publishers Weekly)," and he’s back for another misguided adventure. When Edgar is expelled from college for drunkenly bellowing expletives from a dorm window at 3:00 am, he hitchhikes to Colorado and trains as a cook. A postcard arrives from Edgar’s college buddy, Mountain Moses, inviting him to a Caribbean island. Once there Edgar cooks at the local tourist resort and falls in love with Mountain’s...
| Автор | Poe Ballantine |
They're back! Fabian, Demi, Luke, Pepper, Jude, Tess, Emmitt, and little Silvia have had their families slaughtered, were held against their will by an evil, powerful organization in search of the secret of their wondrous and unique abilities, and discovered their ties to one another. The 8ight have survived the impossible and escaped the Company. Or have they?<br><br>Determined to stay free at any cost, the 8ight struggle to remain off the Company's radar as they...
| Автор | Maxine Boone's McClendon |
This book mixes contemporary and the historical worlds in a bold tale of clashing cultures. The love story between a Muslim and a Jew, documentary film director Aisha and historian Benjamin, is set in modern Spain against the vibrant and colorful background of a film festival, the location shoot of a Hollywood epic, the seductive intentions of a movie megastar, and the violent actions of terrorists who wish to reclaim that country for Islam. Telling its story in multiple voices, Red Star,...
| Автор | Robert A. Rosenstone |
The year is 1989 and Joe LeRice, an expat Englishman has it all, a beautiful wife, a successful business and a peaceful life in the idyllic Cayman Islands. As he enjoys the fruits of his labor, he is disturbed to learn that the world of casino gambling has cast its eye on the country he now calls his home. A consortium from Las Vegas visits Grand Cayman where gambling is illegal and Joe observes as the wheels of politics, lubricated by lust and cash, threaten to turn this tranquil place into yet...
| Автор | David Ph.D. Shibli |
Model Citizens is the wild, illegitimate, daughter of Melrose Place. This erotic thriller unfolds during one dramatic week in the exciting and dangerous world of the Super Model.<br><br>When Angela Durand and Joanne Hart use sexual blackmail to win the world's most prestigious modelling competition, they become instant Super Models and overnight celebrities. <br><br>The glamorous Los Angeles high life is at their fingertips. Multi-million dollar modelling...
| Автор | Henry Pepper |
Talcon Star City has been honored as a "Finalist" of the 2012 International Book Awards in the "Fiction: Science Fiction" category. <br><br>Somewhere in the future, the universe is filled with hundreds of wild, weird and completely diverse civilizations existing on a myriad of strange and wonderful planets. But amidst all these brave new worlds, are otherworldly enemies intent on control, no matter what it costs them or the universe, and all...
| Автор | Gary Boone's Caplan |
About the story.... 'The Luck of the Mayaâ is an adventure with science fiction overtones and even a love interest. It takes place partly in the Petén jungle of southern México, partly in Houston and Austin with side trips to Chicago and New York and occasionally Las Vegas.<br><br>The story is told from the perspective of 2017 and set mostly in the late 1970s, the important target date is December 21, 2012—the end...
| Автор | Theodore Brazeau |
At 3:05 pm the Chemical Plant across the river sounds its horn indicating a shift change . . . <br><br>At that exact moment Belinda Johnson falls from the school roof, her Quarterback boyfriend Mark Harris becoming the police's number one suspect. <br><br>Was it a suicide, murder, or an accident? Are the two incidents related?<br><br>Randi, Caren, Kaye and Deirdre; four high school girls; will race to uncover the truth surrounding their classmates...
| Автор | Christian Jr. Bertoni |
Did you know the center of the Earth was hollow? Do you know the words that can take you there, if you're under the covers in your swimming suit and prepared for the trip? Can you imagine traveling anywhere in the world where there's a swimming pool – and being home again in time for breakfast? If you haven't been to Tube World yet, this book will tell you the secrets you need to know. And it will tell you about some children who discovered Tube World and used...
| Автор | David Inc. Swanson |
When a commuter plane crashes in a violent storm in the Canadian Rockies, four unlikely passengers must find a way to survive. Each will be tested in ways that can't imagine.<br><br>Their chances seem impossible at the outset. A determined, obsessive boy scout, an arrogant 'Mr. America,' and old Italian deli man with a bad heart and a pretty flight attendant are thrown together on a Canadian mountainside.<br><br>Before they can escape to...
| Автор | Donald Ph.D. Ladew |
Billionaire, visionary, architect and engineer, Dr. Marko Marmilic, has changed the world in unimaginable ways. From his cutting-edge inventions in bio-genetics and cellular rejuvenation, to mechanical design and space-age metallurgy, he's been labeled "the Nikola Tesla of the modern age."<br><br>But his newest technological breakthrough is, by far, his most ambitious, and most controversial. Marmilic has been commissioned to develop a machine that will...
| Автор | Joaquin De Torres |
Although the Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. A Japanese screen, a painting that plays...
| Автор | Andre Alexis |
A gripping adventure story based on real historic quests for the priceless buried treasures of ancient Egypt.<br /> <br />How do you lose an army of fifty thousand without a trace?<br /> <br />Napoleon's invasion of Egypt turned into a treasure hunt with ancient sites plundered to enhance France's museums and palaces. When, in 1799, Napoleon learned his position in Egypt was untenable due to the British blockade, Bonaparte ordered that the best gold and jewel...
| Автор | Karl Hudousek |