From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Templar New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury returns with a provocative thriller set at the intersection of science, religion, and history in which a sign in the heavens may unleash hell on earth...

From the moment of the very first contact in the sixteenth century, Japan has always possessed an irresistible fascination for the West. The fascination was if anything increased when Japan closed its borders in 1638, and for over 200 years the only contact was through a small colony of Dutch traders who were permitted to live on the tiny island of Deshima in Nagasaki Bay. After 1858, full trade was

The Surgeon has been locked up for a year but his chilling legacy still haunts the city, and especially Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But now a new killer is at work and Rizzoli senses something horrifyingly familiar about this murderer\'s modus operandi. It\'s when the FBI starts taking an interest in the investigation that Rizzoli begins to wonder just what makes this case so different,

This is the prelude to the Deathstalker books. The Empire that spanned lightyears, is now rotten to the core and its half-mad empress rules with a fist of iron. The stories told are \"Mistworld\", \"Ghostworld\" and \"Hellworld\".

Celebrate 50 years of Star Trek and explore one of the greatest science fiction universes ever created with The Star Trek Book. Boldly go where no one has gone before to discover all things Star Trek. Explore every era of the Star Trek movies and TV series in detail, featuring everything from visionary technology such as communicators and warp drive, to iconic spacecraft such as the Starship Enterprise;

\"A gripping story of love, obsession, and the space in between.\" --Kirkus Reviews Gone Girl meets Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls in this mesmerizing debut novel about a toxic friendship that turns deadly. Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn\'t even know what tomorrow will look like. She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend Jack, and Elise, her best friend--her

The Pearl is Steinbeck\'s flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds \'the Pearl of the world\' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and

Everyone should work for themselves. But don\'t cashflow forecasts, tax returns and P&Ls all sound a bit of a faff? Fear not: help is at hand. In Business for Bohemians, Tom Hodgkinson combines practical advice with laugh-out-loud anecdote to create a refreshingly candid guidebook for all of us who aspire to a greater degree of freedom in our working lives. Whether you dream of launching your own startup

The classic novel of love and family in the nineteenth century has grown some fangs! An uproarious retelling of Little Women that will leave readers craving the bloodthirsty drama on every page.

Beautiful Emma Bovary dreams of love and riches but her marriage to Charles, a dull country doctor, is far from satisfying. In an attempt to escape the narrow confines of her life, she embarks on a series of passionate affairs, hoping to find the romantic ideal she always dreamed about in the arms of other men, but it soon becomes clear that she is hurtling towards tragedy . . . Gustave Flaubert\'s

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair-from the initial butterflies through the soaring heights to the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope. The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav\'s evocative love poetry speaks

A fast-paced, multi-level business English course. The course develops key language skills through activities that reflect the real world of modern business. It has been specifically designed for the in-company language training sector.

The third gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones. A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. Soon afterwards, the body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Forensic anthropologist

Roman. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Aspekte-Literatur-Preis 2002, dem Deutschen Bücherpreis, Kategorie Erfolgreiches Debüt 2003 und dem Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis 2004Erscheinungsjahr: 2004Gewicht: 214 gr / Abmessung: 19 cmVon Bánk, ZsuzsaUngarn 1956: Die Panzer rollen, der Aufstand schlägt fehl, die Hoffnung scheitert, dass die Welt eine andere hätte werden können. Ohne ein Wort verlässt Katalin ihre Familie

Voici trois nouvelles exemplaires par le souci du détail vrai, la rigueur de la construction, la maîtrise du récit, l\'art de la chute. « La Parure » dépeint avec alacrité le menu peuple des bureaux. « Sur l\'eau » évoque la vie nocturne d\'une rivire, ses bruissements mystérieux, sa faune secrte, ses maléfices, ses drames. « La Légende du Mont Saint-Michel » nous transporte au coeur du folklore normand

In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance, with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys, in Peter and Wendy. The Peter Pan stories were Barrie\'s only works

Sometimes when he didn\'t know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain\'s core ...And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understoo d the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able

Max Moreton ist der jüngste Stern an Englands Sternekoch-Himmel. Doch sein Ruf ist gefährdet: Lebensmittelvergiftung nach einem Galadiner – das könnte das Ende seiner Karriere bedeuten. Der Meisterkoch kämpft um seinen Namen – und um sein Leben.

The war in Genosha has boiled over, and the X-Men, X-Factor and the New Mutants will never be the same! With the never-deadlier Cameron Hodge pulling the strings, the heroes are kidnapped, killed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat! And when the dust settles, the teams change lineups, sending the X-Men into a new era! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 235-238, 270-272; NEW MUTANTS (1983)