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The ultimate battle between good and evil
"LITERATE AND SAVVY . . . BRIMS WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE."--TheWashington Post Book WorldEngland 1943. Much of the infamous NaziEnigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrableoperational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans'movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Alliedvessels. Feeling that the blood of Allied sailors is on theirhands, a top-secret team of British cryptographers works feverishlyaround the clock to break Shark. And when brilliant mathematicianTom Jericho succeeds, it is the stuff of legend. . . ."A TENSE ANDTHOUGHTFUL THRILLER."--San Francisco ChronicleUntil the unthinkablehappens: the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has beencracked. And they've changed the code. . . ."SUSPENSEFUL ANDFASCINATING."--The Orlando SentinelAs an Allied convoy crosses theU-boat infested North Atlantic . . . as Jericho's ex-lover Clairedisappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator . . .as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, hecannot esca
A passionate, epic writer, the author of Before Night Falls,concludes his five-novel sequence--a "secret history of Cuba" and awriter's autobiography--with this allegorical satire. Arenas paintsa harrowing yet boldly entertaining Kafka-esque picture of adehumanized people and the despair of an observer/narrator clingingto sanity.
With over eight million copies of her beloved books in print,Sophie Kinsella is a true phenomenon. Now Becky Brandon (neeBloomwood) is back, in a hilarious new" "Shopaholic novel Becky'slife is blooming She's working at London's newest big store, TheLook, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a ShoeRoom)...and she's pregnant She couldn't be moreoverjoyed--especially since discovering that shopping cures morningsickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from thedesigner nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity,must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turnsout to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky'sperfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two...but arethere three in her marriage?
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Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating thebrutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of thewoods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recentlyescaped from a mental institution. The only witness is atwelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and aresident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs anearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the threemisfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance. Shrewdly, patiently, asis his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangenessof the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals,and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information hetries to collect. Fossum once again provides extraordinary insightinto marginalized lives and richly evokes the atmosphere shecaptured so brilliantly in Don't Look Back.
Stealing her abusive ex-husband's expensive stallion, MollyWells shows up at known horse whisperer Jake Coulter's Oregon horseranch. Fearful of her ex-husband, Molly escapes with no clothes ormoney, but she's willing to risk everything to save Sonora Sunset,little realizing she needs to save herself as well. Hoping Jack'stalents work their magic on the horse, Molly doesn't expect them towork on her.
The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At asmall-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned bytelegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed JasonBourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand thetelegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos,known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusiveterrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: afinal confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor ofOriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped hewould never have to do again -- assume the terrible identity ofJason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically andeconomically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure thecunning Jackal into a deadly trap -- a trap from which only one ofthem will escape.
Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, masterthief GIDEON'S SWORD At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-classmathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideonlearned the truth: His father was framed and deliberatelyslaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avengehim. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-timemission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father'sdestruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, andsuccessful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone,who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has needof just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .
Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time. In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.
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Gotz and Meyer, two noncommissioned SS officers, are entrustedwith an assignment, "not a big one," but one that "requiresefficiency." Their task is to transport prisoners from aconcentration camp near Belgrade in a hermetically sealed truck, inwhich they are asphyxiated. The nameless narrator of "Gotz andMeyer," a Jewish school-teacher, discovers Wilhelm Gotz and ErwinMeyer while researching the deaths of his relatives. Overwhelmed bythe horror of his discoveries as they become entangled with his ownfeverish imaginings, he organizes a class trip. The school busbecomes Gotz and Meyer's truck, and the teacher and his studentsmerge with Belgrade's lost souls in a sacred act ofremembering.
Muir kept this journal on his first extended trip to Yosemitein 1869. Here he faithfully recorded his impressions of thedazzling animal and plant life he encountered in the magnificentSierra.
The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A GrubStreet printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murderedin their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving madpoet brandishing a bloody axe. Surely the culprit had been found,and justice would be swift and severe. But to Sir John Fielding, justice was more than finding aculprit-it was finding the truth. Aided by thirteen-year-old JeremyProctor, Fielding decided to investigate further. And the truthbehind the Grub Street massacre was more evil-and more deadly-thanthe dastardly crime itself.
A brand new CONTEMPORARY series from the New York Timesbestselling author whose novels are: Born with second sight, Loni MacEwen must warn the handsomerancher Clint Harrigan that his son is in danger-except he doesn'teven have a son. Then the drama Loni predicted unfolds on the news:an orphaned boy is lost in the wilderness. As Loni and Clint helpin the search for the boy, they begin to form a bond of theirown...
