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81) Into Thin Air
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They looked as if they weren't sure what to do with me until they saw their fallen comrade at my feet. Then, it was on. I'd never fought more than one person at a time before, well, at least not outside of black belt training. But, that was just sparring. Still, I prepared myself just as I would in class. They attacked simultaneously from different sides. I side stepped while delivering a strike to one guy's gut. The other did manage to catch me in...
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Ashley is a time-travel journalist who has fought to prove herself in a world that that believes her road in life was paved by her parents' fortune. After winning a prestigious award, she is selected to travel through time and interview a historical figure. Choosing her childhood hero, Alexander the Great, she voyages back in time for less than a day to interview a man whose legend has survived to the present day. He mistakes her for Persephone, goddess...
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For Sage Alexander, life was forever changed when he realized that the Angelic embodiments he could always see, the magnificent heavenly powers that he possessed, and the destiny he had always been told he had to fulfill were all real and true, and that his promised powers were necessary to defeat the Seven Princes of Hell.
After saving his father from the clutches of Greed incarnate and destroying Prince Mammon, Sage has come to realize his place...
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Ein schwergewichtiger Krimi aus dem schönen Emmental.
Der alternde Box-Champion Hammer-Joe betreibt einen Boxclub im Emmental. Eines Tages verschwindet Magdalena, seine beste Schülerin. Die Polizei kümmert sich nur verhalten darum, denn Magdalena kommt aus schwierigen Verhältnissen – sie wird schon wieder auftauchen. Joe aber befürchtet Schlimmes und beauftragt einen Privatdetektiv. Nach ersten Erfolgen eskaliert die Situation, und Hammer-Joe...
85) Impostor
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From the International Number 1 Bestselling Author of the DCI Ryan Mysteries. Impostor is the first instalment in Ross' brand new Dr. Alex Gregory series, narrated by actor Hugh Dancy.
After an elite criminal profiling unit is shut down amid a storm of scandal and mismanagement, only one person emerges unscathed. Forensic psychiatrist Doctor Alexander Gregory has a reputation for being able to step inside the darkest minds to uncover whatever secrets...
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When an Indiana orphan makes a telepathic connection with Sage Alexander's great-grandfather, Arthur, whose soul has been missing for more than 150 years, it gets the attention of the Angelic Response Council. Rescuing Arthur Alexander's soul, which is trapped within a dragonhead of Remus, a mythical Typhon who resides within the Prince of Envy's dark realm castle, will be a deadly task. Compounding the problem is Philip Alexander, Sage's mentally...
87) Steel Heart
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With the Hope Diamond locked around her throat, Jesse Alexander finds herself in the unfortunate position of being a walking national treasure. With the Starfall stone poised to pulse and flood the world with more of its magic, she must figure out how to remove it before she becomes its pawn yet again.Unfortunately, the stone has a mind-and plans-of its own. Add in a determined tiger, a wolf out for revenge, and an ultimatum to find her clan's missing...
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Im Münster der nahen Zukunft bricht ein weltberühmter Künstler auf dem Rathausbalkon der Giebelstadt vor tausenden Fans tot zusammen. Sein Brustkorb ist innerlich zerfetzt. Warum, ist unklar. Der ermittelnde Hauptkommissar Ivens sucht nach Antworten. Was er findet, ist beklemmend: In der Welt von morgen, in der wir Türen, Steckdosen und Haushaltsroboter über Smartphones steuern, Drohnen und selbstfahrende Autos das Stadtbild prägen, kann ein...
89) Wall of War
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Deep in the wilderness of the Peruvian Andes lies a monument hidden for centuries. Who were the builders? Why was it abandoned? What secrets does it reveal?In 1953, an amateur rock climber makes a startling discovery. Overwhelmed by the choices he must make, the mountaineer completes his ascent deciding he will document his findings and present them to his superiors as soon as possible. It will take another fifty years before anyone reads what he...
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This historical epic, set in the world of 300, tells of the upsurge and decline of the Persian King's empire, and the ascent of the Grecian realm through Alexander.
The ongoing Greek rebellion against Persian tyranny reaches a turning point after the destruction of the city of Sardis and the later battle of Marathon: on a military campaign to vanquish the city of Athens and silence the Greeks once and for all, Xerxes, Persian Prince, watches as his...
91) Bedlam
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FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES
In a world gone mad, who can you trust?
Fresh from a high-profile case in the Paris fashion world, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the New York State Homicide Squad. The wife of a notorious criminal has been admitted to a private psychiatric hospital and can no longer testify in his upcoming trial. Without her, their...
92) Cheshire Cat
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From acclaimed, Russian writer, Alexander Tsypkin, translated by Paul Lazarus, CHESHIRE CAT tells the hilarious story of a son who loses his father's ashes on the eve of his funeral. From a collection of short stories titled, Sammynolie and Other Stories.
93) Death Deserved
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Oslo, 2018. Former long-distance runner Sonja Nordstrøm never shows at the launch of her controversial autobiography, Always Number One. When celebrity blogger Emma Ramm visits Nordstrøm 's home later that day, she finds the door unlocked and signs of a struggle inside. A bib with the number 'one' has been pinned to the TV. Police officer Alexander Blix is appointed to head up the missing-persons investigation, but he still bears the emotional scars...
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Baby T can't fall asleep.
The Tinster barks all day.
And Mummy's sister is travelling yet again.
But what about Daddy?
Daddy is always running somewhere.
Rushing to work, to a meeting or to catch a taxi, a train or a plane.
Join Alexander in his latest colorful quest to find the answer to the puzzling question: Do Daddies have ants in their pants?
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Granny has won yet ANOTHER prize for her fantastic garden.
"Granny really has green fingers," sighed Mummy. Mummy's nails are very green. Daddy's toes are wrinkly and green. Baby T is green all over. And the neighbor is definitely going green! But what about Granny?
Join Alexander in his latest colorful quest to find the answer to the puzzling question,
"Do grannies have green fingers?"
97) Hysteria
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In a beautiful world, murder is always ugly…
Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that he can't ignore. It's Paris fashion week and some of the world's most beautiful women are turning up dead, their faces slashed in a series of frenzied attacks while the world's press looks on.
Amidst the carnage, one victim has survived but...
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"It's been more than a year since the cruise ship Queen of the Sea was transported in time and space to the ancient Mediterranean not long after the death of Alexander the Great. Captain Lars Floden and the other "Ship People" are trying to plant the seeds of modern civilization. It's not an easy task, to put it mildly, even if they have a tacit alliance with the co-regents of Alexander's empire, his widow Roxane, and Eurydice, the wife of his half-brother....
99) One in a Million
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From acclaimed, Russian writer, Alexander Tsypkin, translated by Paul Lazarus, ONE IN A MILLION examines a humorous misunderstanding in St. Petersberg. From a collection of short stories titled, Sammynolie and Other Stories.
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From acclaimed, Russian writer, Alexander Tsypkin, translated by Paul Lazarus, QUOTES (OR LETTERS FROM ISRAEL) is a story that paints a vivid picture of Jewish immigration to Israel from Russia in the 1980s. From a collection of short stories titled, Sammynolie and Other Stories.
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