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Stuck working at a backwater convenience store in the middle of northern Florida, Mattie longs for a cigarette. She longs for her days as a marine biologist at the Queen Aquarium down south. She longs for her best friend Hank the Manatee. Her colleagues blamed her for his death, and now, she blames herself. She should have done something sooner.

To preserve his reelection, the president orders the execution of a terrorist leader who has threatened to expose their illegal alliance. Sniper team D.O.G., Gunnery Sergeant Zach Hinson and Sergeant First Class Jason Jones are ordered to complete this secret mission, but they are taken captive immediately after the kill shot. Now, Zach and Jason are in a battle to survive captivity.

James Bond is alive. Or at least, he was when he left a clue at the black site where the insidious private military company Rattenfanger held him captive. MI6 cannot spare any more lives attempting to track down one missing agent—no exceptions, even for Bond. But Johanna Harwood, 003, has her own agenda. Sidelined by her superiors while she grieves the loss of a loved one, Harwood goes on an unsanctioned mission: to find 007. Meanwhile, MI6 has another problem.

Experience the thrilling world of Mind Sharing as you enter the mind of a hitman from Chicago, guided by the widow of a medicine man, Sheryl Benally. From the bustling streets of Chicago to the deserts of Arizona, this story will take you on a journey through the intricate workings of the human mind.

Ainda se recuperando da enchente devastadora, a cidade de Perdido se mobiliza para construir um dique que evite novas catástrofes. Porém, quando as obras começam, ocorrem eventos misteriosos, como um desaparecimento. Agora parte da família Caskey, Elinor é contra a construção e entra em choque com a sogra, Mary-Love. Entre alianças, intrigas e sacrifícios, nada está proibido nessa disputa.

Dr. Maurice Ovierto was proud of his handiwork. He removed his little trophies with great care from his victims, wrapped them in surgical gauze and sent them by Express Mail only. Human flesh was much too delicate for regular mail.... He wanted them to arrive in good condition for FBI Inspector Donna Thorpe. She alone understood his special talents, despite the pigs she worked with. He'd killed her partner to make her notice his genius, Now, it was time for her family. Soon Dr. O would have his greatest triumph: Her pain.

O jovem Humphrey van Weyden é salvo de um náufrago pela escuna Ghost. Porém, ele logo compreende que seu pesadelo está apenas começando: o capitão Wolf Larsen o obriga a integrar a tripulação de seu navio! A bordo, ele vivencia a árdua rotina dos marujos e a tirania imposta pelo capitão.

Kim Sherwood es autora y profesora de Escritura Creativa. Nacida en Camden en 1989, ha ejercido la docencia en la Universidad de Sussex, así como en bibliotecas y prisiones. Actualmente da clases en la Universidad de Edimburgo, donde reside.

During World War II, C.O. Jones, under a different name, was recruited into a special unit of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services). Special in that all the members had some kind of extrasensory abilities bordering on magic. Their main mission was to seek out and combat the Nazis' top secret Occult Practitioners. But the war is now over, and C.O. is just another veteran looking for a fresh start. He hopes the quiet little town of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, is the perfect place to do so.

El corredor es un alarido de metal y literatura cuya virtud primordial es llevar al oyente a un paroxismo, a esa exaltación propia de los derviches y pilotos cuyos bólidos están avizorando, en fracciones de segundo, la pared donde habrán de estrellarse, el fuego donde serán desgarrados por engranajes y ángulos enfurecidos.

Aos seis anos, a única preocupação de Alexis é inventar novas brincadeiras e se divertir com seu cachorro Sultão, na cidade de Mobile. Todo o seu mundo desmorona quando ele cai nas mãos de dois personagens enigmáticos. Seu desaparecimento desencadeia uma história emocionante, onde os eventos ocorrem em um ritmo vertiginoso. Peter e Cobrador são lançados em uma busca alucinante, conforme o dia avança inexoravelmente. Eles serão capazes de encontrá-lo antes do anoitecer?

Little Sister has vanished. The prototype device - real name IPD400 - has powers of surveillance that governments and terrorist organizations would kill for. They might yet. James Palatine, a trained killer with a surplus of conscience, invented the device and is the only person who can operate it. He's determined to retrieve it, and so is Natalya Kocharian - the arms dealer who "inadvertently" sold the prototype to a rogue dealer.

Welcome to the life of Owen, a suicidal man who can’t seem to die, no matter how many times he’s tried. Owen’s monotonous, bleak life is interrupted by a chance encounter with Dinah Borst, an ambitious but troubled police captain. The officer offers him the chance to find a purpose in life: Leverage his ability to avoid death and intervene clandestinely in cases where the police are hampered by red-tape.

After being separated by an unforgivable lie, a dying father tells his son about the con men who cheated him of all he had - and the small North western town called Mission that spurned him. Now it is time for revenge. What follows is a twisting story of guile and brutality, mud and gold, as the old man's enemies are played by a young man who has nothing to lose and everything to gain

A young girl, Andrea Jamieson, loses her father, who is trying to rescue a neighbor during a hurricane. She grows up to become a hurricane ''hunter'' and, through her own efforts and those of her husband and colleagues, accidentally creates the largest hurricane in history. Then it disappears in the Devil's Triangle. So does her husband, flying over the storm to drop Silver Iodide crystals into the eye. Then, 30 years later, the storm - and the plane - are back.

Přišel muž – mladý tulák s dlouhými vlasy ve zplihlém kabátu. Pak se z něj stala legenda: JOHN RAMBO. Autor staví veterána z Vietnamu proti policistovi z malého města, který neví, s kým má tu čest. Jak daleko ho Rambo zavede k boji na život a na smrt v lesích, kopcích a jeskyních venkova v Kentucky? Miliony lidí viděly filmy o Rambovi, ale ti, kdo nečetli knihu, kterou to všechno začalo, čeká překvapení – kritikou oceňovaný příběh o charakteru, akci i soucitu. Audioknižní Rambo je mnohem syrovější a surovější než ten filmový.

In PERIL IN PARADISE, Clara Garza is faced with this dilemma while trying to stay one step ahead of her deranged ex-husband, Damian Garza. As she embarks on her voyage for justice, Clara meets Jackson Brady, a man seeking his own revenge, and a man trying to capture her heart. The two find themselves resolving one issue only to face another sinister challenge.