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The Revolutionaries Try Again

Mauro Javier Cardenas

The Revolutionaries Try Again

Extravagant, absurd, and self-aware, The Revolutionaries Try Again plays out against the lost decade of Ecuador's austerity and the stymied idealism of three childhood friendsan expat, a bureaucrat, and a playwrightwho are as sure about the evils of dictatorship as they are unsure of everything else, including each other. Everyone thinks they're the chosen ones, Masha wrote on Antonio's manuscript. See About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson. Then she quoted from...

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Mauro Javier Cardenas

The Breath of God

Jeffrey Small

The Breath of God

A murder at the Taj Mahal. A kidnapping in a sacred city. A desperate chase through a cliffside monastery. All in the pursuit of a legend that could link the world’s great religious faiths.In 1887, a Russian journalist made an explosive discovery in a remote Himalayan monastery only to be condemned and silenced for the heresy he proposed. His discovery vanished shortly thereafter.Now, graduate student Grant Matthews journeys to the Himalayas in search of this ancient mystery. But...

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Jeffrey Small

The Book of Stone

Jonathan Papernick

The Book of Stone

The Book of Stone examines the evolution of the terrorist mentality and the complexities of religious extremism, as well as how easily a vulnerable mind can be exploited for dark purposes.Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant fatherwho is also a disgraced judge. After his father’s death, Matthew is a young man alone. He turns to his father’s beloved books for comfort, perceiving within them guidance that leads him to...

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Jonathan Papernick

Der Präsident (Gekürzt)

Sam Bourne

Der Präsident (Gekürzt)

Stell dir vor, der mächtigste Mann der Welt wäre ein gefährlicher Egomane … Als die Bürger der USA einen unberechenbaren Demagogen zum Präsidenten wählen, hält die Welt den Atem an. Kaum jemand weiß: Bereits kurz nach Amtsantritt ordnet der Präsident fast einen Nuklearstreich an, nachdem ein Wortgefecht mit dem Machthaber von Nordkorea aus dem Ruder läuft. Eins ist den Mitwissern klar: Jemand muss etwas unternehmen, oder die Welt steht kurz vor einem dritten Weltkrieg. Ein Attentat scheint der...

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Sam Bourne

Ministers of Fire

Mark Harril Saunders

Ministers of Fire

Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979: CIA station chief Lucius Burling, an idealistic but flawed product of his nation’s intelligence establishment, barely survives the assassination of the American ambassador. Burling’s reaction to the murder, and his desire to understand its larger meaning, propel him on a journey of intrigue and betrayal that will reach its ultimate end in the streets of Shanghai, months after 9/11. A Chinese dissident physicist may (or may not) be planning to sell his country’s nuclear...

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Mark Harril Saunders

Der Feind im Dunkeln - Will Robies...

Дэвид Болдаччи

Der Feind im Dunkeln - Will Robies fünfter Fall - Will Robie 5 (Gekürzt)

Will Robie und Jessica Reel sind die zwei tödlichsten Auftragskiller der US-Regierung. Während ihrer gefährlichen Missionen in Übersee hält ihnen ein Mann zu Hause den Rücken frei: Blue Man, ihr Führungsoffizier bei der CIA. Als Blue Man im Heimaturlaub spurlos verschwindet, machen Robie und Reel sich sofort auf den Weg nach Colorado. Dort, in dem kleinen Kaff Grand, stoßen sie rasch auf gewaltbereite Hinterwäldler. Im Hintergrund jedoch zieht ein weitaus gefährlicherer Gegner die Strippen, ein...

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Дэвид Болдаччи

Ausgebrannt (Ungekürzt)

Andreas Eschbach

Ausgebrannt (Ungekürzt)

Stellen Sie sich vor, der Liter Superbenzin würde über 4 Euro kosten. Ein Alptraum? Ja. Bloß wäre es erst der Anfang. Als in Saudi-Arabien das größte Ölfeld der Welt versiegt, kommt es weltweit zu Unruhen. Bahnt sich tatsächlich das Ende unserer Zivilisation an? Nur Markus Westermann glaubt an ein Wunder. Er glaubt, eine Methode zu kennen, wie man noch Öl finden kann. Viel Öl. Doch der Schein trügt. Die Menschheit vor ihrer größten Herausforderung: Das Ende des Erdölzeitalters steht bevor!...

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Andreas Eschbach

Sag niemals stirb (Ungekürzt)

Тесс Герритсен

Sag niemals stirb (Ungekürzt)

Zwanzig Jahre sind vergangen, seit ihr Vater mit seinem Flugzeug abgestürzt ist: Wilone «Willy» Maitland reist nach Vietnam, um seinem Schicksal auf den Grund zu gehen. Dort trifft sie auf Guy Barnard, einen ortskundigen Paläontologen, der ihr seine Hilfe anbietet. Er erzählt ihr von einem berüchtigten US-Piloten, den man nur unter Friar Tuck kannte – und der für den Feind geflogen ist. War ihr Vater etwa ein Verräter? Schnell erfährt Willy, dass dunkle Mächte auch vor Mord nicht...

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Тесс Герритсен

Der Drahtzieher - Ein Gabriel Allon...

Daniel Silva

Der Drahtzieher - Ein Gabriel Allon-Thriller (Ungekürzt)

London: Ein grausamer Anschlag des IS im Westend kostet unzählige Menschenleben. Ein Beweis für das teuflische Genie von Saladin, IS-Chefstratege und Urheber einiger der schwersten Terrorangriffe in Europa und den USA. Gabriel Allon, legendärer Agent und mittlerweile Leiter des israelischen Geheimdienstes, führt eine multinationale Operation zu Saladins Neutralisierung an. Ihn auszuschalten hat für Allon oberste Priorität. Als bei einem Besuch Allons die Zentrale der französischen...

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Daniel Silva

Act of Darkness - A Gregor Demarkia...

Ксюша Ангел

Act of Darkness - A Gregor Demarkian Holiday Mystery 3 (Unabridged)

Stephen Fox may be a moron, but he may also be America's next president. The dimwitted legislator is just smart enough to know when to smile for the camera. But two women stand in the way of his campaign: his mistress and his wife, who has never recovered from the death of their daughter, a pain she manages by devoting herself to fundraising for children with Down syndrome. During a weekend-long charity extravaganza on Long Island Sound, Fox's candidacy goes off the rails in a...

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Ксюша Ангел

Der Patriot (Ungekürzt)

Ксюша Ангел

Der Patriot (Ungekürzt)

In Stockholms Zeitungsredaktionen regiert die Angst. Drohungen gehören zum Alltag, populistische Meinungsmacher verschärfen die aufgeheizte Stimmung noch. Als eine junge Journalistin, die strikt für Meinungsfreiheit eingetreten ist, kaltblütig ermordet wird, werden die schlimmsten Befürchtungen plötzlich real. Nur Madeleine Winther, eine junge aufstrebende Nachrichtenredakteurin, bleibt davon merkwürdig unberührt und plant stattdessen ihre nächsten Schritte auf der Karriereleiter. Doch auch sie...

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Ксюша Ангел

Destination Dallas (Ungekürzt)

Lou Berney

Destination Dallas (Ungekürzt)

November 1963: Amerika befindet sich in Schockstarre. Präsident Kennedy ist gerade in Dallas erschossen worden. Auch den sonst nie um ein Wort verlegenen Frank Guidry macht die Nachricht sprachlos. Einige Tage zuvor hat er seinem Boss, der Mafiagröße Carlos Marcello, einen Gefallen getan und unweit des Tatorts ein Auto abgestellt. Ein Fluchtwagen, wie es nun scheint. Da Frank weder verhaftet, noch als Mitwisser zum Schweigen gebracht werden will, muss er die Stadt schnellstmöglich verlassen. Die...

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Lou Berney

PIPER'S, INC. 2 - JUDAS KISS

Joaquin De Torres

PIPER'S, INC. 2 - JUDAS KISS

The second American Revolution lasted just three years. For three years the nation experienced an economic tsunami, political stability, judicial equality and social prosperity on levels never before seen in our history. The secret society of assassins – PIPER'S, INC. – America's vigilant watchdog, had all but eliminated the puppet masters of our corrupt Congress, eviscerated the overseers of a degenerate criminal justice...

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Joaquin De Torres

Cut to the Chase

Ray CW Scott

Cut to the Chase

Harry Wallace is asked by the Australian Intelligence Service to collect and deliver a small package during a business trip to Indonesia. This simple task becomes a nightmare when he unwittingly becomes a target of the security police and narrowly avoids arrest. He needs all his wits to deliver the package to the Australian Embassy and does so successfully. Harry returns to Australia, but the Jakarta episode comes back to haunt him when he travels...

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Ray CW Scott

Rockefeller & the Demise of Ibu Per...

Kerry B Collison

Rockefeller & the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi

In 1962, and one month following the disappearance of Michael C. Rockefeller off the southern coast of what was then known as Dutch Western New Guinea, Indonesia invaded and annexed the territory and commenced the systematic slaughter of indigenous Papuans, to pave the way for a massive wave of transmigrated Javanese. With the meteoric rise of the new powerhouses, China and India, Indonesian-occupied West Papua's wealth of oil, gas and minerals precipitates an...

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Kerry B Collison

The Song of Mawu

Jeff Edwards

The Song of Mawu

Genocide in the African country of Sontaria causes a surge of escaping refugees to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Namola. In Namola, The Fund uses all its resources to build a state-of-the-art facility and to move the refugees from their disease ridden camp on the border. However, President for Life Joseph Lattua has other plans for the new encampment and evicts the refugees, moving his brother's army into the quarters. Justine Small and her fellow board...

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Jeff Edwards

Cull

Stafford Ray

Cull

An international tale of intrigue and conspiracy. Originally conceived as a play set in The White House, this political thriller is impossible to put down. Harry Fromm, ambassador for the US, finds himself party to an international conspiracy to solve the twin problems of overpopulation and climate change by destroying half the world's population. Pursued by the CIA across the US and into Canada, he is aided and protected by his Russian friend Yuri. When Harry and...

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Stafford Ray

Crescent Moon Rising

Kerry B Collison

Crescent Moon Rising

At a time when Australians are wavering in support of a proposed US-led invasion of Iraq, more than six hundred US Marines rotating on R & R in Bali suddenly disappear; then, Kuta erupts in a fireball and Australia falls into line with America's demand to become part of the 'Coalition of the Willing'. Based on indisputable fact, a step by step account of the Bali bombers, the rise of extremist Islamic militancy across Asia and what the future might...

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Kerry B Collison

Blood Demons

Richard Jeffries

Blood Demons

BLOODS AND CRYPTS Once again, America is under siege. A devastating terrorist attack has destroyed one of the nation’s most treasured landmarks. With Mt. Rushmore now reduced to a pile of rubble, Major Josiah Key, commander of the secretive Cerberus Unit, is dispatched to hunt down the mastermind responsible: the most fanatically evil extremist the world has ever known. And he’s hidden in the most isolated region of the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. Climbing to the fiend’s remote,...

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Richard Jeffries

The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian

E.F. Granell

The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian

Written by Galician surrealist artist and revolutionary E.F. Granell, The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian is a picaresque, Cervantes-influenced allegory of the Spanish Civil War. Set against a cruel landscape peopled by generals, priests, conquistadors, poets, witches, and nuns, Tupinamba Indian embodies Granell's wartime experiences while transforming them through his lush and incendiary surrealist imagination. Praise for The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian : "In an ever-shifting...

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E.F. Granell

Global Warming

G. S. Willmott

Global Warming

"Global Warming is a complex thriller with Garry Willmott's trademark mix of fact, fiction and projection. From the death of one man, pilot Ericson, the story builds to a tsunami of blackmail, terrorism, compromise and revenge… and that's before the Russian mafia gets in on the act!If you've enjoyed Garry's other novels, you'll love Global Warming. Just hold on to your hats and watch out for AK47s."– Sally Odgers, author. "Garry...

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G. S. Willmott

Merdeka Square

Kerry B Collison

Merdeka Square

Tense, intelligent and gripping, Merdeka Square presents a rich portrayal of the terrifying crisis which brought General Suharto to power, and the deadly aftermath which claimed more than one million lives throughout the Indonesian Archipelago. Was 'the coup' the work of communists, President Sukarno's own sympathisers, the US backed Council of Generals, or simply a master-stroke by the ambitions General Suharto? <br...

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Kerry B Collison

Jakarta

Kerry B Collison

Jakarta

Indonesia post-Soeharto: the new military government hits overdrive with ambitious plans to construct state-of-the-art nuclear power stations in Java and Bali. But will it stop there or will Indonesia's burgeoning nuclear potential expose the unstable region to a terrifying arms race? How will the powerful Lim family gain from the installation of the nuclear reactors, and what is the mysterious Bartlett's treacherous game? When events spin out of control, only...

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Kerry B Collison

Elixir

Charles Atkins

Elixir

Dr Frank Garfield has found a cure for cancer, but cut-throat businesses are looking to profit on the research and don't care who they trample over to do so. Paediatric oncologist Dr Frank Garfield has discovered a genetic cure for cancer that can save his young patients. But his mentor, Nobel Prize laureate Dr Jackson Atlas, believes his research is like blood in the water for profit-hungry drug companies that will twist and weaponize it. UNICO Pharmaceuticals CEO Leona Lang is...

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Charles Atkins

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