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No one’s mourning the death of Cuba’s dictator, Fidel Castro. His heirs, including daughter Carla, are jockeying for power. Guerrilla rebels threaten to topple the teetering government. But there’s more at stake than just the island nation. Il Jeffe’s legacy includes a long-hidden atomic missile, left over from the Kennedy-era Bay of Pigs crisis - which guerrilla leaders threaten to use against any American interference. Ace pilot Marine Lt. Edward Garcia is tasked to find the launch site.

Nile Nightingale is on the run. Fleeing across the border to rural Quebec, he seeks refuge at an abandoned church when his junked-up, overstimulated mind takes in that he has just witnessed a body drop - in a bloody sack tied with Christmas ribbon. The contents, unconscious but still alive, turn out to be 15-year-old Cleste Jonqures, who has been beaten and slashed, like wild game, to slowly bleed out. From his hideout, as he nurses his patient back from the brink and begins to face his own life, he pieces together what he has stumbled into.

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.

Peterson is bewildered by the satellite photos in front of him. As head of the CIA, he is never supposed to be surprised, but what could be happening in Chad alarms him. The pictures show a small research installation, nestled in the African jungle, where a West German company claims to be building a base to launch communications satellites for use by developing African nations. But Peterson’s analysts tell him that the ordinary, innocent-looking silo is just the size necessary to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile into outer space.

Princess Yu-Malu (The Dragon Princess), ancient in age (although seemingly young), most beautiful, and vastly wealthy, hates Western civilization and vows its downfall. She is assisted by a Corps of Dragonflies, members of the Hung, a powerful Secret Society. Yu-Malu wants China restored to its rightful place in the world. As part of her campaign, the Princess desires to obtain the formula of a revolutionary new rocket fuel invented by the West. Unless her demands are met, she will destroy the entire gold stocks of the West with her secret weapon. Already, planes carrying gold have been disappearing, but Yu-Malu's patience has been exhausted.

A series of child abductions in Peru leads an FBI agent and an archaeologist to uncover the ultimate secret of the Inca Empire. On a Peruvian Andes mountaintop, archaeology professor Nina Ramirez and her students make two stunning discoveries: The five-hundred-year-old mummy of an Inca girl, the victim of ritual sacrifice, and in another grave, the corpse of a recently kidnapped boy wearing the same ancient costume. Child abductions are being reported throughout Peru, and when an American boy is snatched in Lima, FBI agent Adam Palma is assigned to the case.

Freelance photographer and wildcat smuggler Dan Abatangelo blows into Vegas to hit the tables and taste the night life. In his path waits Shel Beaudry, a knockout redhead with a smile that says, "Gentlemen, start your engines." The attraction is instant - and soon the two are living the gypsy life on the West Coast, where Dan captains a distribution ring for premium Thai marijuana, His credo: "No guns, no gangsters, it's only money." But the trade is changing.

A New Kind of War takes us back to the Greece and Germany of 1945 - as the old kind of war comes to its official end. Why has David Audley broken the British-Greek truce? And furthermore, why did his brigadier order his actions? Is it just coincidence that Audley is surprised near Delphi by Captain Fattorini of the Royal Engineers?As a result of that unfortunate encounter, Fattorini finds himself in occupied Germany as the newest member of TRR-2: a special intelligence unit engaged in a dangerous and brutal game.

El rastro de un joven español se esfuma por el sur de Inglaterra tras dejar un mensaje de socorro en el teléfono móvil de su madre. Ella, que apenas ha abandonado su pequeño pueblo en contadas ocasiones, decide ir en su busca. Hace un año, su marido desapareció en las tranquilas aguas de la Albufera y no está dispuesta a vivir de nuevo una angustia como aquella.

Milano, aprile 2003. Riccardo Mezzanotte, un giovane ispettore dal passato burrascoso, ha appena preso servizio nella Sezione di Polizia ferroviaria della Stazione Centrale. Insofferente a gerarchie e regolamenti e con un'innata propensione a ficcarsi nei guai, comincia a indagare su un caso che non sembra interessare a nessun altro: qualcuno sta disseminando in giro per la stazione dei cadaveri di animali orrendamente mutilati. Intuisce ben presto che c'è sotto più di quanto appaia, ma individuare il responsabile si rivela un'impresa tutt'altro che facile.

When Grady Bowman and his new girlfriend, Julia Elkins, travel from San Francisco to the Far East to get Grady back into the gem business, a jeweler in Bangkok tells them the extraordinary true story of two female Japanese pearl divers who discovered in the Andaman Sea an oyster bed filled with priceless, naturally blue pearls. The divers were murdered for what they found, and now the son of one of the divers wants revenge. As Grady and Julia hunt for the source of the priceless pearls, they are led to the estate and oyster farms of the world's wealthiest pearl dealer.

Una coppia perfetta, Étienne e Vive. Solida di una solidità costruita in dieci anni di convivenza. Come tutte le coppie, Étienne e Vive hanno i loro rituali: i vernissage a cui viene invitata Vive, i concerti di Étienne il martedì, le vacanze insieme in Italia, ogni agosto. Una vita sociale piena, a cui Vive partecipa con entusiasmo e che Étienne in parte subisce. I problemi di soldi, gli occasionali litigi, le riappacificazioni. Étienne e Vive si compensano.

È il gennaio del 2020 quando Ralph Core vola in Zimbabwe per raccogliere materiale per il suo nuovo libro. Vuole scrivere della diga di Kariba, un’opera colossale e avveniristica che sbarra il fiume Zambesi e dal 1960, grazie al lavoro ingegneristico di alcune imprese italiane, fornisce energia idroelettrica al paese centrafricano e a quelli vicini. I lavori, che all’epoca avevano costretto 70.000 indigeni Tonga ad abbandonare tra tensioni e rivolte le fertili rive dello Zambesi e della Gwembe Valley, erano stati però considerati non solo un’opportunità ma una ferita inferta a Nyaminyami, il dio del fiume.

Renata tiene catorce años y la certeza de que es feliz por la muerte de su madre: Sabina. Los lectores desconocemos sus impulsos y precisamente esa incógnita es la que nos mantiene enmarañados en esta historia que muestra personajes complejos, trazados con una pluma que sin duda sabe contar historias. El origen de todos los males muestra de lo que es capaz un ser cuando los celos se convierten en su mayor motivación.

Molly Gray non è come tutti gli altri. Fatica a intrattenere rapporti sociali e interpreta a modo suo le intenzioni di chi le è vicino. La nonna, che l’aveva cresciuta, rielaborava il mondo per lei, codificandolo in semplici regole secondo le quali Molly poteva vivere, ma da quando la nonna è morta, la venticinquenne Molly ha dovuto affrontare da sola le complessità della vita. Lanciandosi con ancor più passione nel suo lavoro di cameriera d’albergo. Il carattere riservato, il suo amore ossessivo per la pulizia e l’ordine, la rendono una cameriera eccezionale.

La nuova serie thriller I Tredici di G. L. Barone: riuscirà il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati a sventare una minaccia globale proveniente dal cielo ma ben radicata sulla terra? Venezia. Due terribili delitti sconvolgono il mondo dello spettacolo: prima il regista Dante Bertoletti, possibile vincitore del Festival del Cinema, viene trovato senza vita nel suo albergo. Poi, anche lo sceneggiatore Steven Lucas viene ucciso sull’isola di Poveglia. Il procuratore Lorenzo Fossati viene incaricato di seguire le indagini: perché il regista sembra aver inserito nel film indizi che presagivano la sua morte?

An evil shadow has secretly crossed thousands of years to reach ‘Kaliyuga’, where declining ‘dharma’ has pushed the gods into cosmic sleep. Meanwhile, Captain Abhinav Trivedi and Major Ravi Chandra are fighting a battle in Siachen, when strange events catapult them far away from earth, into a strange world beyond human dimensions. Abhinav soon finds out that he is born into a great destiny beyond his understanding and holds the key to foil the greatest deception the world has ever seen.

Zaragoza, noviembre de 2018. Despiertan en plena noche a Quina Larrea, la jefa del Servicio de Epidemiología del Instituto de Salud Pública, donde se ha producido un asalto. Además del robo de todas las vacunas que se hallaban en las cámaras, su despacho aparece destrozado y con un grafiti amenazante.

Der einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogene Bond hat versucht, M, seinen Chef, zu ermorden, und ist gescheitert. Nun muss Bond beweisen, dass er in alter Form zurück und wieder vertrauenswürdig ist. „Alles“, was 007 zu tun hat, ist, den tödlichsten Auftragskiller der Welt zur Strecke zu bringen – Paco „Pistols“ Scaramanga, der Mann mit dem goldenen Colt. Doch trotz seiner Lizenz zum Töten ist 007 kein Mörder. So beschließt er auf der Suche nach Scaramanga in der schwülen Hitze Jamaikas, die kriminelle Vereinigung des Killers zu infiltrieren. Bald schon wird ihm klar, dass er seinen Gegner so schnell wie möglich erledigen muss.

Neil Anderson, después de escapar de la mansión de Califa junto con la ayuda de Christian Scott, se embarca en un viaje a Escocia en busca de su hermana desaparecida. Sin embargo, descubre que su situación es mucho más peligrosa de lo que imaginaba. Perseguidos por Venus, la asesina predilecta de Califa, Neil y Christian se convierten en blancos de su implacable caza. A medida que intentan eludirla, también deben evadir a la Scotland Yard, que los considera sospechosos de secuestro y posible asesinato.