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Wall of Hadrian. Britannia, 382 AD. War is creeping back into the land. As silent as snowfall, as inevitable as winter. They've had sixteen years of peace, but all things must end. Tribune Sixtus Victorinus has grown old, complacent. It is his friend, Prefect Gaius Felicius, who first spots the signs. Once more, the Caledonian tribes are rearing their heads in the north, but the greatest danger does not lie with them. For there is a new pretender to the throne of the West.

David Joseph's "The Great Hijacking", "Putin's Shoot-Down", and "The Bully" all bundled into one book titled Putin and MH370/MH17. A Boeing 777 takes off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and rendezvouses behind an American tanker refueling fighters, thus falling in its radar. Chinese military computer hackers break into a key defense satellite, a North Korean cargo ship drops a black box into the Indian Ocean, and a home flight simulator has traces of island landings in the Indian Ocean. All the events combine to produce a perfect storm for "The Great Hijacking".

Stones of Temple David takes twists and turns across various places and cultures. The novel begins in pre-war Poland and then it leads the listener through the dark ages of communism, escape to the free world, love, betrayal, espionage, and the evils of bureaucracy in the US. It also includes hallucinating time-travel.

It is 2008. Sam’s dream publishing debut is three years behind him. Now he is a writer without a story. Desperate for inspiration, he takes the opportunity to ghostwrite an old Vietnamese solider’s memoir, only to find that his subject, Mr. Lan, is an intractable communist, whose amazing narrative is rooted in the vilification of Vietnamese emigres, the very people Sam’s debut celebrated.

Author David Joseph brings his most intriguing thriller yet - a terrifying story about terrorism and rescue - brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action. While tracking the 9/11 terrorist hijackers at the "Kuala Lumpur Summit", the Silent Six team are redirected on a rescue mission of sheer audacity and nerve - rescue a group of children being transported from Camp 14 in North Korea.

Eine Legende über Leiden, Heldentum und Leidenschaft im Schatten des Kilimandscharos. David Read beschreibt in seinem historischen Roman das Leben der Massai zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen, in einer Zeit als der afrikanische Kontinent minutiös zwischen den europäischen Kolonialmächten aufgeteilt war. Die Gebräuche und Überlieferungen sind genau beschrieben und in eine spannende Rahmengeschichte eingebettet.

Political reporter Jack Sharpe is logging time at the tail end of a disappointing career - jaded about politics and stung by personal hard knocks. But after an odd election result in the Ohio Congressional district he covers, Sharpe stumbles across irregularities that spur him to dig deeper. The story takes him far beyond his corner of Ohio as he discovers an international plot one that strikes at the heart of American democracy by taking advantage of weaknesses in today's political architecture.

Life of Right depicts the dramatic conflict between pro-choice and pro-life protesters in Washington, DC in the days leading up to the landmark 1992 Supreme Court decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that upheld Roe v. Wade. Ultimately, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter find the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment protects a woman's right to choose abortion. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas, a virgin named Mary finds herself with child, but not by her mate Joseph.

Wer sind wir ohne Arbeit? Was brauchen wir zum Leben? Was macht uns aus? David Schalkos Was der Tag bringt ist ein bestechender Kommentar auf unsere sich radikal verändernde Arbeitswelt – ein Roman, grotesk, komisch und aufwühlend bis zuletzt. Felix ist Ende dreißig, Single und Unternehmer. Mit seinem Start-up für nachhaltiges Catering ist er, endlich, auf einem guten Weg. Dann aber kommt die Pandemie, bleiben die Aufträge aus, gewährt ihm die Bank keinen weiteren Kredit.

This sequel to The Myth of the Anal Probe tells the story of what happens to Mike after he returns to Earth. He and his best friend Peter start a movement that is aimed at freeing the masses from control of a corrupt government while at the same time making the world a better place to live. That is no small order.

An embattled prime minister is handed an unexpected solution to all her country's problems.