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The second son the silk merchant is a stirring chronicle, charged with lyricism and narrative force, of the decadence of Granada, a Kingdom that had no Christian Middle Ages an that in slightly over ninety years evoved frombeing the last Islamic bastion in Europe to the iron-clad intolerance of the Inquisition.

It's the start of the Hollywood on Hudson film festival, and New York City is swept up in the glamour. There's a red carpet premiere every night; the most exclusive restaurants are filled with wealthy producers and pre-eminent directors; and thousands of fans gather with the paparazzi, hoping to catch a glimpse of the most famous and beautiful faces in the world. With so many celebrities in town, special task force NYPD Red is on high alert - and it can't afford to make a single mistake

When you''re as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose, patched with silver duct tape - it isn''t easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he doesn''t quit. And at last, he''s picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. But within minutes it becomes clear they''re all lying about everything - and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys ... Will they get through because the three are innocent?Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy? With his signature Swiss-watch plotting and heart-thumping suspense, A Wanted Man shows Lee Child at his sublimely skilful best.

High-concept adventure thriller set in Egypt and Cornwall. What connects a lost hoard of ancient religious texts with a revival in satanic rituals? In the sands of Egypt, scattered fragments of an ancient treasure blow on the desert winds...The Sokar Hoard, supposedly the most valuable religious artefact since the Gnostic Gospels or the Dead Sea Scrolls, has been lost for millennia. Written in an obscure Coptic dialect, rumoured to contain earth-shattering revelations about the nature of religion, it has been obsessively hidden from the sight of man. Holy men who have read the contents have gone mad and tried to destroy it, or themselves. Meanwhile, in Cornwall''s remote western moorlands, where abandoned mine shafts crumble into the sea, evidence of horrible rituals have come to light, rituals that bizarrely appear to have Coptic connections. DI Karen Trevithick, returning to her native Cornwall after the death of her mother, finds herself caught up in this unsettling mystery. Amid political turmoil in Egypt, scholar Ryan Harpur, adventurer Helen Fassbinder, and antiquarian Albert Hanna must piece together the puzzle of the Hoard. The future of the Middle East - maybe even the entire world - could rest on what the Sokar Hoard contains.

Die erfahrene Gerichtsmedizinerin Lucy Trask ist einiges gewöhnt. Doch der Anblick dieser verstümmelten Leiche schockiert selbst sie nachhaltig. Zunge und Herz wurden dem Toten fachmännisch entfernt. Nur wenige Tage später erhält Lucy ein grauenvolles Paket. Darin: ein blutendes Herz. Detective JD Fitzpatrick vermutet einen persönlich motivierten Rachefeldzug. Doch wer könnte solchen Hass auf die attraktive Gerichtsmedizinerin haben? Als die Polizei auf eine weitere brutal zugerichtete Leiche stößt, drehen sich Lucys Gedanken nur noch um folgende Fragen: Gibt es tatsächlich eine Verbindung zwischen ihr und dem Killer? Und wer weiß von ihrem gefährlichen Doppelleben?

From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved and The Summer Without Men, a dazzling collection of essays written with Siri Hustvedt''s customary intelligence, wit and ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and lively way. Divided into three sections - Living, which draws on Siri''s own life; Thinking, on memory, emotion and the imagination; and Looking, on art and artists - the essays range across the humanities and science as Siri explores how we see, remember, feel and interact with others, what it means to sleep, dream and speak, and what we mean by ''self''. The combination offers a profound and fascinating insight into ourselves as thinking, feeling beings.

Commissario Brunetti returns, for his 22nd outing! This time Donna Leon's hero is trying to track down the history of a mentally-challenged man who has been found dead. What does his untimely demise have to do with the Mayor of Leon's beautifully-drawn Venice, and how can this man's sad, lonely existence tell Brunetti about a much bigger mystery? Leon has done it again, with the passionate characters, the evocative locations and the enigmatic puzzles we have come to expect from one of our best Crime Writers.

Americas long-reigning Queen of Suspense delivers her most astonishing novel yetpart spine-tingling murder mystery, part breathless treasure hunt. Just weeks after discovering a letter that may have been written by Jesus Christ himself, biblical scholar Jonathan Lyons is found shot to death in his study. Police suspect his wife, who suffers from Alzheimers, murdered him in a jealous rage. But the priceless parchment is missing, and Jonathan had recently confided to a family friend his suspicions that someone he once trusted had designs on the ancient document. It is up to his daughter, Mariah, to clear her mother of murder charges and unravel the real mystery behind her fathers deathbefore her own revelations become her last.

Throughout our world's oceans live wild animals that swim, leap, and dive through the pages of this charming title. The photography in this book presents young readers with a foundation for learning basic counting skills while discovering some magnificent ocean animals. The marine life captured on each page portray familiar favorites along with a few lesser-known, but still amazing, animals. Lyrical text about each creature is both lively and thought-provoking. "Did You Know" facts accompany each spread to add both fun and fascinating tidbits about each creature. Fact boxes in the back of the book include information about the animals' homes, sizes, diets, predators, and babies. The book ends with an interactive map and a brief and inspirational note from National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. A glossary helps kids expand their vocabulary, and a list of books and websites for further reading help jump-start more discovery.

This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting tales ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious and the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius of the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. The stories are so alive with compelling mysteries, vibrant images and unforgettably tormented characters, that it is easy to associate Edgar Allan Poe solely with entertainment and forget that he was also one of the greatest innovators in modern literature. This volume contains all of Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" and "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", and a selection of his poetry.

Certaines inscriptions funéraires possèdent un singulier pouvoir d''évocation ; leur lecture fait surgir le fantôme de personnes disparues depuis parfois des siècles. Blandine Le Callet réunit dans c

Dans une maison de la banlieue de Stockholm, une famille est sauvagement assassinée. Seul un garçon échappe au massacre, mais il navigue entre la vie et la mort, inconscient. L''inspecteur Joona Linna decide alors de recourir a un hypnotiseur pour penetrer le subconscient du garçon et tenter de revoir le carnage a travers ses yeux... Un roman policier d''une intelligence redoutable double d''un thriller terrifiant.

The trap is set. Failure is not an option. When government hit man Will Robie is given his next target he knows he's about to embark on his toughest mission yet. He is tasked with killing one of their own, following evidence to suggest that fellow assassin Jessica Reel has been turned. She's leaving a trail of death in her wake including her handler. The trap is set. To send a killer to catch a killer. But what happens when you can't trust those who have access to the nation's most secret intelligence?