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Cal Stokes's good friend Neil Patel has disappeared. Following the trail to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Stokes and his men must find the culprit and rescue their colleague before it's too late. The only problem is that the enemy lies in wait, hoping for a final showdown.

Ever since he fell off the stage live on Question Time, Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge has been stuck in political limbo. Struggling with a tiny majority and a career that's going nowhere, he's caught between the impossible demands of his constituents and the dictates of Westminster—and constantly afflicted by the bane of all politicians: events. Whether he's getting wound up about a wind farm, saving his party agent from a rabid Russian oligarch, fending off accusations or losing a laptop full of reports, life never runs smoothly for the beleaguered backbencher.

During Britannia's tribal age, vengeance is brutal, bloody and will come for even those who think themselves invincible. Family feuds must be settled, whatever the cost. Both Seeress Meddi of the Eorlingas and Wærmund of the Gyrwe have old scores to settle. Meddi for her tribe to survive and thrive, and Waermund to cast himself from his father's shadow once and for all. But unbeknownst, Meddi and Wærmund share a common enemy who threatens them both – the elusive Elen and her ally is someone Wærmund has travelled the breadth of Britannia to outrun.

When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it will end in divorce. But when the client’s wife is found stabbed in her drawing room, it becomes clear that marital problems are only part of the story. As they peel back the lies and expose the sordid details of a marriage in tatters, they see firsthand how gossip and politics fuel the machinations of high society.

March 1917 tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. The anti-Tsarist bourgeois opposition, horrified by the violence, scrambles to declare that it is provisionally taking power, while socialists immediately create a Soviet alternative to undermine it.

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.

The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency humwithin the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.

Acclaimed author JG Farrell came to fame with his Empire Trilogy, exploring the collapse of British colonialism and its repercussions in three different countries. The first book in the series, Troubles, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize, while the second, The Siege of Krishnapur, was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction. Included here are three BBC Radio adaptations of the trilogy, plus an edition of Witness History exploring Farrell's tragic accidental death.

Berlin, 1961. Rebecca Hoffmann erfährt durch Zufall, dass ihr Mann bei der Stasi arbeitet, und damit bricht ihre ganze Welt zusammen. Ihr Schicksal - und das eines ganzen Volkes - scheint besiegelt, als die Regierung eine Mauer erbauen lässt, die jede Flucht unmöglich machen soll. Doch weder Rebecca, noch ihre Kinder geben auf! Und sie bleiben nicht alleine...Boston, 1961. George Jake und Verena Marquand, zwei junge Schwarze, erfahren am eigenen Leib, was Rassendiskriminierung bedeutet - und wie falsch angebliche Freunde sein können. Wem kann man in einer von Misstrauen und Vorurteilen beherrschten Gesellschaft trauen, wem nicht.

For more than a year, Heather O'Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn. But other forces are rising too.

Ex-CIA station chief Mark Sava has a new life in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, making easy money as a spy for hire. But then his girlfriend, Daria Buckingham, discovers the private intelligence company Sava works for has smuggled a mysterious young boy into one of the orphanages for which she arranges funding - and Saudi and CIA forces show an unhealthy interest in the child. Sava calls on old friend and ex-Navy SEAL John Decker to keep the child safe as he and Daria search for the truth.

By the time Phil Chase is elected president, the world's climate is far on its way to irreversible change. Food scarcity, housing shortages, diminishing medical care, and vanishing species are just some of the consequences. The erratic winter the Washington, D.C., area is experiencing is another grim reminder of a global weather pattern gone haywire: bone-chilling cold one day, balmy weather the next. BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by author Kim Stanley Robinson.

In the wake of a devastating space attack, Guy Erma, teenage bodyguard to the young King, miraculously survives. However, his close friend and charge, Teodor of Earth, is missing and feared dead. After a devastating attack in space, only Guy, the king's brave young bodyguard, survives. His best friend and heir to the throne, Teodor of Earth, is missing and might be gone for good. Now, every second counts as Guy launches daring rescue missions to find survivors.

Der Krieg ist vorüber. Die Deutschen träumen von einer besseren Zukunft, als Berlin plötzlich durch Kontrollstellen geteilt wird. Nicht alle finden sich damit ab. Der Wunsch, gegen die Maßnahmen aufzubegehren, spaltet auch Augustas Familie. Gleichzeitig entfacht ein erbitterter Kampf der Geheimdienste. Es geht um einen Bunker, in dem geheime Pläne der Nazis für eine nukleare Superbombe lagern sollen. Offensichtlich war Oberst Wartenberg einer der Wenigen, die den Standort kannten. Doch Wartenberg ist tot.

Ottaviano ha sconfitto e ucciso i cesaricidi Bruto e Cassio, ma la strada verso il potere assoluto è ancora lunga e piena di avversari. A minacciarlo ora è il fratello di Marco Antonio, aiutato dalla perfida cognata Fulvia. Il vincitore della battaglia di Filippi, intanto, è in Oriente e sta creando un regno autonomo con Cleopatra. A Perugia ha luogo lo scontro finale di una guerra civile che sta logorando la penisola.

Dritter Teil der Trilogie des gegenwärtigen Scheiterns. Familiäre Verwerfungen und politische Radikalisierung: mit bissigem Witz erzählt Christoph Peters von den tiefen Rissen, die unsere Gesellschaft durchziehen. Es ist der 9. November 2022. Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine überschattet das private wie das öffentliche Leben. Am Abend wird die erste Einzelausstellung des aufstrebenden Künstlers Fabian Kolb in der berühmten Berliner Galerie Konrad Raspe eröffnet. Fabians Familie, Eigentümer der letzten Krefelder Krawattenmanufaktur, ist eigens für dieses Ereignis angereist.

هذا المجلّد الثالث يتابع سرد الحكاية الفلسطينية في المنفى . يبدأ بالعام 1958 الذي شهد انضمام سورية إلى مصر في دولة الجمهورية العربية المتحدة ، كما شهد تبلور السعي...

Pushing Lucy Remington's buttons is my favorite pastime and has been since we were kids. Watching as her brilliant blue eyes darken in anger when I mockingly call her Princess—even though she is one—fills me with immense satisfaction. She's the last woman on Earth I would want to take as my wife, yet that's exactly what her grandfather—my King—asks of me.

Mens forberedelserne til Gøteborgs 400-års jubilæum er i fuld gang, findes bygmesteren Ernst Rosbäck død på taget af byens første skyskraber. Desuden er hans 14-årige barnebarn, Nadja, sporløst forsvundet. For politibetjent Dennis Wilhelmson og hans kolleger går efterforskningen langsomt: Lige indtil de finder et spor, der peger mod 1980’ernes Berlin. Men fremgangen stoppes snart af en frygtet virus, som skånselsløst hærger i Europa...

«عندما نراجع حياتنا نجد أن أجمل ما حدث لنا كان مصادفة، وأن الخيبات الكبرى تأتي دومًا على سجادٍ فاخر فرشناه لاستقبال السعادة!». يسافر «خالد» الصحفي الجزائري إلى...